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...

In the process of normal metabolism, nerves must stimulate stored fat (white adipose tissue). However, if a person is overweight then nerves tend to excessively stimulate stored fat because that fat is somewhat numb and less metabolically responsive. Extra nerve drive is a form of stress to the kidneys that can strain blood pressure fitness. The kidneys...

Just as your home must stand up to the ravages of weather over time, so it is that your bones must accommodate the stressors and wear and tear factors in your life. It is simple math, do you have adequate rejuvenation to offset the demands and pressures you are under?Central to this equation is a gene signal known as NF-kappaB, which is the basic...

The overall function of thyroid hormone in your body is occurring with permission from the big hormone boss, leptin. Not surprisingly, leptin regulation of bone is even more important than thyroid regulation of bone. We now understand that leptin regulates bone in two primary ways: 1) Leptin signals your subconscious brain (hypothalamus) to turn on...

Those with a blood pressure below the recommended 120/80 are often told that their numbers are terrific with nothing to worry about. This may not be entirely true for some individuals.

There is no private island one can jet off to and avoid stress forever. Use nutrition to nourish the stress response pathway and help your body recover.

Mental exhaustion combined with difficulty getting through the day may reflect a strong case of burnout. Those suffering from burnout will benefit from extra nutrients to offset wear-and-tear.

Over 75 percent of patient visits to primary care physicians are due to stress. Nutritional support with adaptogenic herbs can help to improve stress tolerance and restore vitality.

Vitamin C is a “Jack of all trades” in healthy physiology. Widely used for immune system support and as a general antioxidant, it plays many other important roles.

Research now shows that chronic elevations of the stress hormone cortisol is a predictable risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease years before the onset. Discover natural ways to protect your brain.

Candidate gene analysis in israeli soldiers with stress fractures

Stress responses and innate immunity: aging as a contributory factor.

Perceived psychological stress and serum leptin concentrations in Japanese men.

Depressive symptoms are associated with oxidative stress in middle-aged women: a cross-sectional study.

Chlorella vulgaris treatment ameliorates the suppressive effects of single and repeated stressors on hematopoiesis.

Dietary fatty acids and oxidative stress in the heart mitochondria