• Be aware of excessive physical stress (eg, overtraining) and excessive mental stress (eg, anxiety, work, relationships)
• Never undervalue positivity and laughter
• Also be aware of other types of stresses – chemical(medication/drugs), electromagnetic(radiation/mobile phones), nutritional(poor dietry intake), thermal(too hot/cold)
• Remember everything around you is stress. Stress is necessary to evolution and adaptation. Balancing your overall stress levels is important because excessive stress is detrimental to your health
• Excess stress causes:
  1. stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system (Fight or Flight)
  2. release of catabolic hormones like Cortisol
  3. breakdown of muscles and bone
  4. decreased growth and repair
  5. illness

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