How To Reduce Stress

What is Stress?

Stress is a psychological and physiological response to circumstances and events in our environment. It is characterized by varying symptoms like fast breathing, rapid heartbeat, sweating, muscle tension, ect.

It is triggered by our emotions, but affects us by changing our body chemistry in a way that is damaging to our health. When under stress our bodies release various chemicals like adrenaline, norepinephrine, and cortisol.

These chemicals cause unfavorable shifts in metabolism and body composition, causing us to store fat and break down lean tissue. This is exactly the opposite of what is needed for good health and longevity.

On this site I will give you the information that you can use to reduce your stress, and keep your body in an anabolic state. Tips to reduce stress can involve simple changes in habits, or even therapies that can be self-administered.

See the list below for anti stress products, and strategies on how to reduce stress

	Body Grounding
	The Doyletics Speed Trace
	Herbal Adaptogens
	Music Therapy for Stress

Steps for reducing stress should be made as easy as possible, so that they are easily implemented into your busy lifestyle. All of the above strategies have been chosen because they are quick and easy to do, and thus you are more likely to follow them.

Also important is the relationship between stress and sleep and why getting 7-8 hours of sound restful sleep is vital to good health.

I will go into a more in depth explanation of how to reduce stress with these strategies as this page unfolds. I will also interject my personal experiences with some of them to give you an idea of how effectively they can be used to reduce your stress.

Physiological Effects of Stress

Stress triggers changes in our metabolism, which in turn result in negative changes to our body composition causing muscle loss and fat storage. These changes are what are called “catabolic” and they have very serious health consequences.

One example of a body in an extreme “catabolic” state is someone who has terminal cancer, or AIDS. The loss of muscle that you see in these people is NOT a direct result of the disease, but rather the stress the disease puts on the body!

This to a lesser extent is what happens as we age. It is more subtle and not as dramatic as occurs in cancer or AIDS, but over time the stress of life causes us to go more toward the catabolic (wasting) state, rather than the anabolic (healthy, robust) state.

This shift toward a catabolic state is both predictable and preventable. It can encompass a variety of methods including better nutrition and supplementation. At some point the services of an antiaging physician may be needed.

However one of the best ways to maintain that healthy anabolic state over time is to learn how to reduce stress with the simple and effective tips to reduce stress that you will find in this site.