17 Reasons to Avoid Stress [Infographic]

Stress and Health | 17 Reasons to Avoid Stress
Infographic from The Adrenal Fatigue Solution

Stress and Health

Chronic stress has been linked to many chronic diseases and medical conditions including cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, eating disorders, systemic and local infections, colds and viruses.  It is also implicated in accidents, mental and emotional disorders and disturbances such as depression and anxiety.


Infographic

This infographic from The Adrenal Fatigue Solution, lists 17 health problems that researchers have linked to stress and provides the citations to the relevant studies:

📌 Headaches
📌 Hair Loss
📌 Memory
📌 Acne / Psoriasis
📌 Insomnia
📌 Heart Attacks
📌 (Worsens) Asthma
📌 Sugar and Fat Cravings
📌 Digestion
📌 Belly Fat
📌 Back Pain
📌 Sex Drive
📌 Blood Pressure
📌 Adrenal Fatigue
📌 Blood Glucose (Sugar)
📌 (Premature) Aging
📌 Immune System

For more information and to see the full sized version of this infographic, please visit 17 Reasons to Avoid Stress: An Infographic.


Managing Stress

In our fast-paced society with so many demands on our time, it is not possible to completely avoid stress.

However, there are a number of things we can do to manage and minimize stress:

🔹 Exercise / Physical Activity
🔹 Meditation
🔹 Mindfulness - 15 Techniques for Stress Reduction
🔹Yoga - Poses for Stress Relief
🔹 Deep Breathing Exercise
🔹 Laughter
🔹 Massage
🔹 Aromatherapy

How Losing Weight Protects Your Heart [Infographic]

How Losing Weight Can Help Protect Your Heart
Infographic from U Weight Loss Clinics

Infographic

This infographic from U Weight Loss Clinics provides some sobering facts and figures on heart disease, obesity and overweight in Canada.  It also goes over major risks for heart disease, and details on two ways to reduce the risks - by eating a healthy diet and being more active.

For more information, please visit How Losing Weight Can Protect Your Heart - U Weight Loss Clinics.



Heart Disease in the U.S.

Heart disease facts and statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:

❣️ About 610,000 people die of heart disease in the United States every year-that’s 1 in every 4 deaths. 

❣️ Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women. More than half of the deaths due to heart disease in 2009 were in men.

❣️ Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the most common type of heart disease, killing over 370,000 people annually.

❣️ Every year about 735,000 Americans have a heart attack. Of these, 525,000 are a first heart attack and 210,000 happen in people who have already had a heart attack.

Heart Disease in Canada

Heart disease facts and statistics from the Government of Canada:

❣️ Heart disease is the 2^nd leading cause of death in Canada.

❣️ About 1 in 12 (or 2.4 million) Canadian adults age 20 and over live with diagnosed heart disease.

  ❣️ Every hour, about 12 Canadian adults age 20 and over with diagnosed heart disease die.

❣️ The death rate is 3 times higher among adults age 20 and over with diagnosed heart disease compared to those without.



Risks for Heart Disease

Risks for heart disease include:

◼️ Overweight and obesity

◼️ Lack of exercise

◼️ Smoking

◼️ High blood pressure

◼️ High cholesterol

◼️ Diabetes

◼️ Stress

◼️ High alcohol intake

Notably, the risks for heart disease are largely a matter of lifestyle factors and are also related.

For example, as noted in the Infographic, weight loss often results in lower blood pressure, lower cholesterol and a lower risk for diabetes.

As another example, a healthy diet and regular exercise can help weight loss and reduce stress which, in turn, helps to lower the other risks, including the risks for diabetes (as well as insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome).

Healthy Heart Food

💕 Omega-3 Fats
💕 Whole (Intact) Grains
💕 Fiber
💕 Fruits and Vegetables
💕 Natural Sugars (as opposed to Added Sugar)