Title. And I mean this in a scientific way, like does your brain do or release something specific or doesn’t do something that it should normally?
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When we get stressed our body produces a hormone called Cortisol. Cortisol in large concentrations can be just as, if not more, effective at clogging arteries as cholesterol. The web is full of articles on it. I was informed about this after I had stents put. I had a very stressful full job and a genetic predisposition for heart disease. I would have loved to have this info before the stents put in before I was 40. Maybe could have tried to do something before then to avoid becoming a life long heart patient.
High blood pressure.
Poor appetite can lead to malnutrition
Poor sleep
Generally speaking, anything that wears you down makes you more pron to injury or infection.
Stress releases hormones that activate your flight or fight response. This shuts down all “unnecessary” processes like cell repair, digestion, your immune system, etc., leaving your body unable to do its normal processes and also be more suceptible to sickness. It also releases other hormones to increase your heart rate, blood pressure, etc., which can causes long term health problems like cardiovascular disease.
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