The Important of Health

Stress at Home, Stress with Friends

Did you ever stress in your life? Did you always anger to your friends or family because of your stress? Its really give you big trouble right? Its same with me because i also face this kind of problem.

How about home?? Stress at home, stress on the job, stress in your relationships. Regardless of the source, stress can have a negative impact on your health and well-being. One of the many physical problems stress can cause is weight gain. In an October, 1998 issue of the International Journal of Obesity, researchers published a study that revealed that high stress is a “predictor for major weight gain.” In a January, 2006 article in the same publication, researchers found that stress can cause both weight loss and weight gain in men, depending on their initial body mass index.

Many people will find themselves reaching for unhealthy foods when they’re stressed. The stereotype of curling up with a quart of ice cream at the end of a bad day isn’t far from the truth. People often seek emotional comfort from foods when they can’t find it elsewhere.

In addition to craving snack foods or sweets, some people experience an increase in appetite as a reaction to stress. Doctors have learned that although the initial reaction to stress, driven by adrenaline, can decrease appetite, the lingering effects of another stress hormone, cortisol, can increase appetite. A 2001 study in Psychoneuroendocrinology indicates that women may be particularly susceptible to this type of stress eating.

Our bodies are designed to react to stress in a fight or flight manner. Our bodies produce adrenaline to help us deal with the immediate stress. After that initial burst of energy, our bodies produce cortisol to increase appetite and replenish our food stores. The problem arises in that we seldom output enough energy in the fight or flight stage to warrant the extra calories we take in during the replenishment stage. The end result is weight gain.

While stress can make you overeat, it can also cause you to neglect your health in other ways. Many times people fail to take time to exercise, get enough sleep, or eat right when they’re under stress. All of these can contribute to weight gain. The weight gain, and the health issues it causes, can then become another source of stress in its own right. For these reasons, it’s imperative to reduce stress and avoid the problems that it brings. Huh, i hope this can help me and my friends.

Ps: Angry now? Never feel that. Just keep your body busy and you will never feel that angry feeling anymore. Maybe its hard. But its a nice advice from my friends. :)