Fight Back At Stress These 3 Ways

I'm so STRESSED OUT!

How many times have you heard someone say that, or said it yourself?

We can't avoid it--ours is a high-stress world and it doesn't look
like it will be chilling out any time soon.

In addition to the obvious mental pressure and emotional effects it
causes, stress also affects your body physically in MANY different
ways, some of which you might not be aware of.

But it's crucial to know ALL of the ways that stress may be affecting
you so you can recognize it and most importantly, do something about
it.

Let's take a look at three of the major, but sometimes unknown,
physical prices of stress, as well as ways you can help fight back and
keep your body in balance:

1- Stress And Your Hormones

When your body gears up to deal with outside stressors, the hormones
adrenaline and cortisol are released to jump-start fats and carbohydrates
in your body for quick energy.

This reflects the way our bodies functioned back in the day of our caveman
ancestors, whose lives depended on how quick their "fight or flight"
reactions were.

Although we're no longer running from ferocious animals or battling rival
tribes (our modern stresses are usually mental in nature), that biological
programming is still in us.  And regardless of whether a stress is mental
or physical, your body reacts the same way.

So when your body senses stress, adrenaline kicks in and increases your heart
rate, blood pressure, cardiac output and carbohydrate metabolism.

Plus cortisol directs the necessary energy to meet the increased needs of your
brain and muscles to respond to the stress.

Now, once the stressful event is over, your adrenaline level drops pretty
quickly, but cortisol remains high for a while to refuel your body and bring it
back to balance.

One way it does this is it gives you a RAVENOUS appetite, hoping that you'll
replace whatever fat and carbs you used up during the "crisis."

This reaction is fine if the stress you've just dealt with is sudden or temporary
and short-lived, like maybe getting in a fender-bender, giving a presentation at
work or taking an important exam at school.

But the problem arises when people have chronic stress, day in and day out.  With
chronic stress, cortisol levels get high and stay high.

This causes you to "stress eat" a lot because the cortisol in your body is
repeatedly telling you to refuel.

And you know what THAT means...your backside gets wider and wider.

Chronically elevated cortisol can also lead to depressed immune function, low
thyroid function, problems with blood sugar control and eventually adrenal burnout
and chronic illness (like type II diabetes, repeated infections, chronic fatigue,
high blood pressure and hypothyroidism).

2- Stress And Your Stomach

Chronic stress can also lead to an inflammation of the stomach called gastritis.

Its symptoms are like acid reflux or an ulcer and can include:

    Burning or ache in your stomach
    Loss of appetite
    Bloating
    Belching
    Hiccups
    Nausea and vomiting
    Vomiting of blood
    Dark stools
    Inadequate digestion and absorption of nutrients
    Feeling of extreme fullness after just a small amount of food

Antacids are usually prescrembed for gastritis, but since they inhibit your
stomach acid production, and acids are needed for proper protein digestion, they
make the underlying problem WORSE--not better.

Plus gastritis also leads to Vitamin B12 deficiency.

You see, your stomach produces a compound called intrinsic factor which binds to
Vitamin B12 so it can be absorbed in your intestines.  But with people with
gastritis, intrinsic factor production can be hampered...and their Vitamin B12
levels can plummet as a result.

3- Stress And Your Intestines

Your brain and your intestinal tract are definitely connected, and this brain-gut
connection is very evident when it comes to stress.

The "brain-gut axis" is a network of chemical and electrical signals that
continuously pass between the central nervous system (the brain) and the digestive
system.

It's such a close relationship that some experts have even called the gut your
second brain!

Since there's such a profound, close relationship between the brain and the gut,
chronic psychological stress can make you very physically sick.

For example, stress is a major factor in the emergence of IBS (irritable bowel
syndrome) symptoms and in the worsening of the symptoms of colitis and Crohn's disease.

Stress also causes your gut to become hypersensitive, which can contribute to food
allergies and intolerances.

And there's another way that stress affects your gut--the inner lining of your
intestines.

Stress causes this protective mucosal barrier to become less effective at defending
your body against unfriendly bacteria and dangerous pathogens.

That means that you are more susceptible to catching viruses and infections when under
chronic stress--your body literally cannot fight them off as well.

How To Fight Back

It's important to try and eliminate as much stress from your life as you can...but as we
all know, many stresses are unavoidable.

So it's essential to give your body the help it needs to counteract the effects of stress.

In addition to helpful measures like exercise, yoga, meditation and/or taking up a hobby,
here are 3 ways you can help your body fight back against stress:

Efficient digestion is crucial for proper nutrient absorption and can eradicate the
symptoms of gastritis and other GI problems.

And eating a wide variety of good-for-you foods helps nourish the friendly, protective
bacteria in your gut.

Trouble is, most of us eat lots of processed or fast foods that are anything BUT good for
you.  Plus our typical modern meals can be next to impossible for your system to properly
break down.

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2- Balance Your Gut Flora

Although a healthy diet can help encourage a good gut flora balance, since SO many other
factors (like environmental toxins, medications, lack of sleep and STRESS) can affect your
gut microbes, for many people, diet is not enough.

That's why supplementation with a good multi-strain probiotic formula can help SO many
people.

Fighting the effects of stress on your gut is yet another great reason to take Super Shield
probiotic formula every day.

One of Super Shield's 13 superior bacteria strains, Bifidobacteria lactis, has been shown to
have high adhesion to human mucus.  That means it will stick to your colon wall and keep it
strong and protective.

In addition, Super Shield also contains Lactobacillus rhamnosus.  This strain has been shown
to stimulate antibody production and enhance phagocytosis, one of your body's weapons for
destroying dangerous invaders.

It also helps strengthen the gut-barrier function, and can even have beneficial impact on
autoimmune diseases including rheumatoid arthritis and allergies.

3- Be Sure Your B12 Levels Are Strong

It is estimated that as many as 3 out of 4 people have Vitamin B12 levels that are either
close to being low or are already dangerously low.

And if you've had stress-related stomach problems, that means you may not be absorbing
nutrients (including B12) like you should, and/or your stomach may be having trouble
producing the intrinsic factor needed for B12 absorption.

So that 3 out of 4 statistic just might include YOU.

The good news is that, just as a Vitamin B12 deficiency may be �easy to get,� it's just as
easy to help reverse it!

You just need to make sure that you get a potent form of B12 (in spray form) and that you help
encourage easy absorption by your body.

Just five sprays under your tongue each day gives you an effective dose of B12 which can be
absorbed through the mucus membranes in your mouth.

This sublingual method of intake helps to sidestep any problems associated with lacking the
intrinsic factor in the stomach that would be required to absorb B12 through the GI tract�so it
helps ensure that you�re actually getting B12 into your system!

The bottom line is, stress is all around us and it's not going away any time soon.

But when you help your body fight the inevitable stress that we all face, you are taking giant
steps toward keeping your health strong no matter what stresses may come your way!

To your health,

Sherry Brescia
Natural Health Researcher
President, Holistic Blends, Creator of the Bestselling Great Taste No Pain System
Editor, Pain-Free Living