The hormones that drive your blood sugar higher, plus other substances associated with chronic stress, can cause your liver to make more “bad” cholesterol (LDL). Chronic stress can also lead to unhealthy behaviors like overeating, eating higher calorie but less nutritious food, and being less ...
It makes hormones that speed up your heart, make you breathe faster and give you a burst of energy. This is called the fight-or-flight stress response. Some stress is normal and even useful. Stress can help if you need to work hard or react quickly. For example, it can help you win...
Chronic stress gets you stuck—neuralpathways in your brain can become stronger, you can become super-sensitized to stress-inducing situations, and your body can get chock-full of stress hormones that it can't get rid of fast enough. What was intended by the body to serve as an occ...
You may think all cholesterol is bad, but your body needs some to work right. Cholesterol is a waxy substance that your body makes and you also get from food. It allows your body to make vitamin D and certain hormones, including estrogen in women and testosterone in men, and helps with...
One of the best things you can do for your body and mind is toexercise regularly. Exercise helps to release endorphins, known as “feel-good hormones” that promote a sense of well-being. Exercise doesn’t have to mean going to the gym or doing strenuous activity. It can simply be goin...
Explore menopause relief options beyond hormone therapy to manage menopause symptoms like hot flashes and reduce risk of health issues like heart disease.
Scientists haven’t yet clearly identified the role that women’s hormones play in RLS, or how menopausal changes influence RLS. We need more research in this area! We do know — and I see this in my own patients — women with RLS often tend to experience more severe symptoms of RLS ...
Exam performance can be hampered by exam anxiety and worse, panic attacks. Here are a few tried-and-tested strategies to manage that properly.
When this response is initiated, stress hormones (including adrenaline) flood your body, causing your heart to beat faster than normal and your pulse and blood pressure to go up. Simultaneously, you start to breathe more rapidly and your body sends extra oxygen to your brain, increasing alertnes...
With prolonged anxiety, the cellular structures of the body struggle under the constant cascade of hormones. That can lead to physical problems, such ashigh blood pressure, lack of appetite and loss of the desire to exercise, he says.