Infographic from Stress.org “Stress Is Killing You”
Chronic stress is serious business. According to stress.org, “Stress is the basic cause of 60% of all human illness and disease.” For some, prolonged, elevated levels of stress may even prove life threatening.
When our body senses danger, real or imagined, it sends out various elevated levels of hormones that make the heart beat faster, increase blood pressure, slow down the digestive system, etc, to “protect” itself. While in the short term, our bodies can typically handle the onslaught of “stress hormones,” over time it can damage any of the body’s delicate systems.
Research has suggested that when the heart is continually “under stress,” it can cause inflammation in the coronary arteries, which, some believe, can lead to a heart attack.
Stress increases the risk of heart disease, heart attack, and stroke by an average of 38%.[Source: http://www.stress.org] Continue reading
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