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![]() by StrawberrySun 06-03-2010, 10:05 AM
by Leo Galland, M.D. Practicing physician, author and leader in integrated medicine.
![]() If you're stressed about your weight, here's a good reason to relax: stress is often a major cause of weight gain and relaxation can ease your path to healthy weight loss. My simple steps for relaxation are listed below, to help you get started in calming your mind and recharging your body. But first, here is a quick look at how stress can affect body weight. One way stress impacts body weight is behavioral. You just may eat more when you're stressed, looking for quick comfort in food. The other way is hormonal. Chronic stress raises the blood level of a hormone called cortisol, which is made by your adrenal glands. Cortisol raises your blood sugar and causes fat cells to grow larger. Persistently high levels of cortisol will increase your amount of belly fat, in particular. Laboratory studies show that high cortisol levels interfere with your body's response to hormones that are important for weight regulation such as leptin and insulin. (1, 2) As I explain in my book, The Fat Resistance Diet, leptin is a hormone that should enable you to maintain a lean body weight, because it decreases appetite and speeds metabolism. Resistance to leptin interferes with weight loss. Cortisol also disturbs insulin, a hormone that reduces blood sugar. (3) Resistance to insulin helps to create type 2 diabetes. In addition, cortisol turns off the gene for producing adiponectin, a hormone that decreases inflammation and may protect against heart disease. (4) And some studies also show that cortisol increases food consumption by turning off your brain's natural appetite-suppressing signals. (5) Of course, this information itself can be very stressful. Kind of like the command, "You must relax, or else ... " Seeing relaxation as an obligation or a goal pretty much defeats its purpose. And if your day is packed with things you must do, adding another thing you must do can be self-defeating. There's a simple technique which I use that can make relaxation almost automatic. (6) It helps you quickly identify tension in your body and learn to dispel it. Here's how it goes:
Leo Galland, M.D. is the founder of pilladvised.com, an online resource for learning about medications, supplements and food. Sign up for his weekly Pill Advised Newsletter, watch his videos on YouTube and join his Facebook page. References 1) Diabetes Metab Res Rev. 1999 Nov-Dec;15(6):427-41. "Neuroendocrine perturbations as a cause of insulin resistance." Bjorntorp P. 2) J Biol Chem. 2004 May 7;279(19):19658-64. "Rapid inhibition of leptin signaling by glucocorticoids in vitro and in vivo." Ishida-Takahashi R, Uotani S, Abe T, Degawa-Yamauchi M, Fukushima T, Fujita N, Sakamaki H, Yamasaki H, Yamaguchi Y, Eguchi K. 3) Med Sci Monit. 2003 Feb;9(2):RA35-9. "Stress induced disturbances of the HPA axis: a pathway to Type 2 diabetes?" Rosmond R. 4) Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2002 Jan 25; 290(3):1084-9 "Hormonal regulation of adiponectin gene expression in 3T3-L1 adipocytes." Fasshauer M, Klein J, Neumann S, Eszlinger M, Paschke R. 5) Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord. 2000 Jun;24 Suppl 2:S77-9."Glucocorticoids and neuroendocrine function." Cavagnini F, Croci M, Putignano P, Petroni ML, Invitti C. 6) Patient Care. 1980 14: 138-72. "Easing Stress: How to Help Patients Learn to Relax," Galland L.
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hmmmmmmmmm
it worked too
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I think i will do it every day
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I'd prefer to masturbate to be honest.
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^^mmmmmmmm... calming
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Calm Your Mind, Relax Your Body and Lose Weight
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