Stress is characterized by any change or condition that upsets the body's equilibrium. This can be a physical, emotional and/or a mental response. Therefore, nutrition can have a significant affect on stress. To function properly the body needs to have a balanced diet consisting of basic and necessary nutrients. In today's environment it is very difficult to obtain all of the nutrients we need through diet. Why? Because nutrients are significantly decreased when food if frozen, processed, cut and left exposed to the air, picked too early, etc. Much of our agricultural sold is also depleted of the elements it needs to grow crops complete in nutrients. Also, the body needs additional nutrients to combat all of the other stresses it encounters, i.e. pollution, stress, disease, injuries, etc… Consider the following effects of stress on the body:
Dr. Hans Selye postulated the General Adaptation Syndrome (3 stages the body goes through in order to adapt to stress):
- • Alarm stage- acute initial response
- • Resistance stage- attempt to adapt to repetitive stress
- • Exhaustion stage- exceeded the body's coping mechanisms, resulting in physical, emotional and mental health problems and a compromised immune system.
Physiological Consequences of Stress:
- • Fight or Flight response:
- • Increased heart rate, blood pressure and respiration
- • Increased sugar in the blood
- • Thickening of the blood
- • Prioritizing of blood supply to peripheral muscles to motor and basic-functions regions in the brain; decreased blood supply to digestive system and higher order brain regions
- • Secretion of adrenaline and other stress hormones
- • Secretion of endorphins
- • Results of cardiovascular changes
- • Increased oxidation and waste products
- • Decreased blood mobility
- • Results of neurological/ hormonal changes
- • Over-sensitized hippocampus and amygdala
- • Dependence on hormonal stimulation
- • Depressed immune response
Therapeutic Considerations:
- • Decrease sympathetic nervous system activity
- • Restore heart rate and blood pressure to normal levels
- • Increase blood mobility
- • Blunt hormonal/ adrenal response
- • Relax muscles and digestive system
- • Decrease extraneous mental activity
- • Improve Immune activity
Nutritional Supplements for Stress and Immune support:
EleCore™ Stress & Mood is an effective and unique product. Its primary active ingredient is L-theanine. It works by stimulating alpha brain waves. It is an amino acid extracted from green tea leaves. It is all natural, non-addictive and does not cause drowsiness.
EleCore Benefits:
- • Promotes healthy, pleasant relaxation
- • Helps soothe and relax the digestive system
- • Helps reduce nervous irritability
- • Helps restore mental alertness and wakefulness when fatigued or drowsy
- • Helps maintain healthy microbial environment in the mouth and ears
- • Promotes relaxation without compromising alertness
- • Stimulates alpha brain waves
- • Taking L-theanine before bed has been shown to help improve the quality of sleep
- • In 1999 the University of Shizuoka, Japan found that L-theanine helps improve learning performance, mental clarity and concentration
- • Helps diminish normal symptoms associated with premenstrual syndrome (keep in mind that this product is just as suitable for men as women)
Our recommendation for a nutritional supplement to help relieve stress: Try EleCore™ Stress & Mood |
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