While short-term stress is normal, long-term chronic stress has been associated with numerous health conditions such as anxiety, hypertension, chronic fatigue syndrome, HPA axis dysfunction (aka adrenal fatigue), and metabolic syndrome.
Inside Stress:
No one can avoid stress entirely but what truly matters is how each person internalizes stress. For one person, a spider, flying in an airplane, or keeping up with the daily grind is no big deal - for another, all of this can be downright traumatizing.
The Salk Institute published a study in 2015 showing mice limited to eating during an 8-hour period to be healthier than mice eating freely throughout the day. After 100 days, the mice that ate frequently gained weight, developed high cholesterol and high blood sugar levels, showed evidence of liver damage and reduced physical abilities; eerily similar to what we see in humans with pre diabetes and type 2 diabetes.
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