Talking Lifestyle Medicine

  Stress 🙃   It is hard to imagine how you could go through a day without any stress 🤷🏽 . Although small amounts of stress are less harmful, its effect changes when it becomes chronic. Stress is a reaction when a threat takes place within our body and leads to a release of cortisol and catecholamines into our system. This cascade of endocrine function influence can lead to sympathetic nervous system involvement. Stress can be helpful in our life, to help protect us. If an animal 🐯 jumps out in front of us it can set our fight flight response off, so we can deal with the possible danger. But if this system is overactive, the stress becomes chronic, then that can become a problem…   There is a particular condition called ischemia, where tissues in the body are deprived of oxygen, which is crucial for human life. Where mental health is concerned, it can lead to the presence of ischemia in the heart for up to 30-60% of people. If this ischemia is present in our heart and surround