Archive for August 2011
Our body reacts three different ways to stress:
1- When you feel challenged: Release norepinephrine (fight hormone)
2- When you feel loss of control: Release epinephrine (flight/anxiety hormone)
3- When you experience chronic stress: Release cortisol leading to “cortisol cascade”
What is cortisol cascade?
A- Release fatty acids in blood which is a precurser to heart disease
B- Relocating fat deposits to deep abdomen (visceral obesity)
C- Enhances lipogenisis or new fat creation
How can we manage stress?
Exercise, mind-body programs, relaxation techniques and problem solving strategies lead to reduced stress, depression, and less cognitive decline.
References: Maglione-Garves, C.A. Kravitz, L. & Schneider. S. Cortisol connection (2005). ACSM’s Health & Fitness Journal
One day your life will flash before your eyes- make sure its worth watching.
Unknown
When it comes to staying young, a mind-lift beats a face-lift anyday.
Marty Bucella
It’s important to have a twinkle in your wrinkle!
Author unknown
Optimal Aging….. “The capacity to function across many domains: physical, functional, cognitive, emotional, social, spiritual–to one’s satisfaction and in spite of one’s medical conditions.”
What factors increase the chance of aging optimally?
A. Aerobic exercise
B. Resistance exercise
C. Adequate sleep
D. Lifestyle (i.e. stress management)
E. Healthy nutrition choices
F. Preventive medicine (examinations, immunizations, screening tests, etc)
G. Early treatment of disease & medical conditions
The choices you make today will improve your quality of life and increase longevity….. Go for it!
reference: The Science of Longevity by Len Kravitz, Ph.D.
If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not
too much, we would have found the safest way to health.
Hippocrates
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