Metabolism/Weight Loss

How Stress Makes You Sick

Stress is both a good thing and a bad thing. For example, if you were jogging in an area you normally don’t jog through and suddenly found yourself being chased by a big dog, your body would immediately shift into hyperdrive. Your heart and breathing rate would start racing. Adrenaline would flood every part of your body. And your brain would yell loudly at you to run! Now that’s stress.

Encountering physical dangers demands all your physiological systems to instantly develop superhuman powers. Your body also releases endorphins when stressed, a powerful hormone that acts as a numbing agent to reduce pain and inflammation. Without such a strong response to physical stress by your body, your ability to survive some situations could be limited.

In most cases, threatening physical stress events are temporary. Once you realize you are out of danger, your body begins calming down. You are no longer in survival mode. Your body and its hormone levels return to normal and life goes on. But what happens when your brain and body are constantly feeling physical and/or psychological stress? How can your body maintain such a high degree of hyper-responsiveness without suffering some type of ill effects?

10 Ways Chronic Stress Can Impact Your Health

Cortisol is your body’s main stress hormone. Made by the adrenal glands, cortisol gives you the ability to outrun a vicious dog, finish a big job project with only an hour left until your boss demands it or run into a burning building to save its occupants. Cortisol interacts with certain brain areas to control fear, motivation and emotion during stressful times, so you perform more efficiently and energetically.¹

There’s also a downside to cortisol when it remains at peak levels in your bloodstream. Chronic stress is known to promote the following health problems:²

Heart disease/heart attacks
Stroke
Depression and anxiety
Cognitive issues with memory, focus and thinking clearly
Gastrointestinal disorders
Insomnia
Weight gain
Recurring illnesses due to a dysfunctional immune system
Infertility
Acceleration of the aging process

Learning to reduce stress and cortisol levels is a lifelong process that involves experimenting with different stress-reducing techniques. Some people find meditating helpful, some don’t. You might discover that aromatherapy or acupuncture helps relieve stress. Others depend on hiking in the woods several times a week to feel calmer and more centered. People suffering major depression and anxiety because of chronic stress often feel better when they regularly talk to a counselor.³

Managing stress successfully also means ensuring your brain and body are receiving certain nutrients essential for your overall health and well-being. Some nutrient deficiencies can even exacerbate the physical and cognitive consequences of chronic stress by impairing your body’s ability to produce hormones and neurotransmitters meant to control cortisol release.

5 Stress-Reducing Nutrients Your Body Needs

If you suffer from chronic stress, chances are you may be deficient on one or more of these nutrients: calcium, magnesium, vitamin B complex, vitamin C and zinc.⁴

The most effective method for delivering stress-relieving nutrients directly to cells is with IV nutrient therapy. Within hours after a therapy session, cortisol levels start decreasing and your immune system begins the process of optimizing its ability to fight infections. Many people report feeling the refreshing effects of IV nutrient therapy after only one or two sessions.⁵

Ingredients composing IV supplementation are chosen specifically for their proven benefits. These are some of the health benefits of the nutrients found in our IV nutrient therapy:

Calcium

Helps regulate high blood pressure
May delay the onset or prevent osteoporosis
Some studies indicate calcium may protect women against breast cancer
Promotes weight loss when used in combination with exercise and a healthy diet

Magnesium

Helps get the body ready for sleep by calming the brain and relaxing muscles
Protects heart muscles
May help reduce build-up of calcium in heart arteries (coronary artery calcification)
Works to maintain the balance between potassium and sodium essential for controlling high blood pressure

Vitamin B complex (B5, B6, B12)

Improves nervous system functioning
May help relieve anxiety and depression
Synthesizes RNA and DNA in cells needed to keep skin, nails and hair healthy (anti-aging)
Helps make antibodies essential for fighting infections

Vitamin C

Enhances immune systems weakened by chronic stress
Helps maintain heart and artery health
May help delay premature aging of the skin by boosting collagen production
Offers antioxidant properties to protect against cancer and other free radical damage diseases

Zinc

Helps maximize functioning of the immune system
Aids with DNA and protein synthesis to reduce signs of premature skin aging
Encourages wound healing
Essential for development of healthy immune cells

Renew Health and Wellness’ nutrient-rich IV cocktail for reducing stress and improving health not only boosts metabolism and provides a variety of anti-aging benefits but can also help relieve symptoms of migraine, fibromyalgia, mild to moderate arthritis and various autoimmune disorders.

Although stress is unavoidable, there are actions you can take right now to protect your health against the damage caused by chronic stress. Call Renew Health and Wellness to learn more about the many benefits of IV nutrient therapy.

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Encountering physical dangers demands all your physiological systems instantly develop superhuman powers. Your body also releases endorphins when stressed, a powerful hormone that acts as a numbing agent to reduce pain and inflammation. Without such a strong response to physical stress by your body, your ability to survive some situations could be limited.