The fight or flight response is an instinctual reaction to danger. It is what causes your heart rate rises when a dangerous situation suddenly happens, like a car suddenly cutting you off. The reaction is okay in the short term, but what happens when the body gets stuck in the reaction long term? It’s almost [...]
Fight or Flight
Stress has recently been linked to inflammation in this article on Science News about stress and inflammation. http://www.sciencenewsdigital.org/sciencenews/20120225?pg=11#pg11 When looked at biochemically it is obvious that stress is the number one health issue today because it leads to so many ailments. I’ll go into that in a minute. Don’t worry,it’s pretty simple. Recent science has [...]
After the article on the fight or flight response came out I started getting requests for more information on how I release that from the body. Great questions. What is the fight or flight response? To review, the fight or flight response is an instinctual and physical reaction to a threat. This was very important [...]
A comment from Steve in 30 Symptoms of Adrenal Fatigue — paraphrased: I read your article and thought I have alot of those symptoms. I am vegetarian (sometimes I eat cheese but rarely eat eggs, meat, or diary) because of IBS. Which really is annoying. Anyway 1/3 of my diet used to be potato chips [...]
