When you feel in balance, you know it! You have good energy, mood, and stress tolerance and just feel like yourself. Your female hormone system requires tremendous energy to function healthfully. Female hormones are derived from adrenal hormone precursors, and thyroid hormone governs the rate at which both adrenal hormones and female hormones are...

Healthy hair is a reflection that dietary intake of structural nutrition is adequate to offset the demands of stress. Specific nutrients not only help hair, but help nourish internal body structure.* Brittle hair, dry hair, or hair thinning or falling out are all signs of needing structural nutrition. Stress and sluggish thyroid function can also...

The menstrual cycle is one of the most energy-demanding functions in the female body, requiring the energy output of 8 hours of construction work a day for the week prior to it starting -- on top of everything else that has to be done. Because your menstrual cycle is about survival of our species, its energy needs will take priority over any other energy...

Diet, exercise, stress management, and dietary supplements form a comprehensive approach to healthfully managing your blood pressure fitness. It is very important to follow the Five Rules of The Leptin Diet as failing to do so excessively elevates blood fats between meals (triglycerides) which place too much sludge in your circulation and thus your system...

Thyroid hormone sets the pace for energy (ATP) production in all your cells. If the pace is too slow you will not have a basic supply of energy needed to properly run your metabolism and mood. In addition to having the energy to make thyroid hormone in the first place (T4 -- thyroxine) your body must have the energy and capacity to convert T4 to the...

Disturbances in your sleep pattern, either not being able to get to sleep or not being able to stay asleep, are a key sign that stress friction is affecting your nerves. Poor sleep results in poor recovery leading to a reduced energy level and more fatigue the next day. This means even less energy to deal with stress. This nasty de-energizing catch 22 can...

New research has for the first time pinpointed the precise mechanism explaining how excess cortisol results in a fatty liver.

Chlorella helps your immune system cope with stress: this is especially important when your immune system is challenged.

Nearsightedness, or myopia, is the major vision impairment around the world. While glasses are the quick fix, myopia actually reflects an issue within the eye. Prevent this growing problem with the right nutrition.

Is it all in your head? Well, maybe not. Much of mind/body medicine has been based on observation with no clear form of proof adequate to satisfy skeptics. Researchers at Benson-Henry Institute for Mind/Body Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital have shown clear genetic switch differences between the relaxation response and the stress response....

The first human study in a U.S. population shows a direct link between mom's prenatal stress level and the immune system competence of her child.

As your body fat goes up inflammation increases in your body, in turn generating excessive free radical damage. That is the conclusion of a new study measuring these relationships in women age 35-50. Undoubtedly, this data holds true for any overweight person of any age.

Effects of chronic treatment with methylphenidate on oxidative stress and inflammation in hippocampus of adult rats.

Oxidative Stress in Ageing of Hair

Stress induces endotoxemia and low-grade inflammation by increasing barrier permeability

Cross-talk between HPA-axis-increased glucocorticoids and mitochondrial stress determines immune responses and clinical manifestations of patients with sepsis.

A stress response pathway regulates DNA damage through β2-adrenoreceptors and β-arrestin-1.

Glutathione depletion and oxidative stress.