Studies show that people under chronic stress are more susceptible  to illness and are at a greater risk of developing depression and heart disease. ​Stress can affect you physically as well as emotionally, changing your hormone levels and activating your body’s inflammatory response.
 
Here are 7 scientifically proven simple and highly effective ways to better manage your stress.

As more and more patients are forced to spend their time at home, they need not be without their supplement regime. The benefits of supplementation in this present climate has proven invaluable and our online service has been especially created for you to easily acquire your supplements and have them delivered to your door free of charge for orders more than R750
Important supplements for immune support at this time is Vitamin, D, C and Zinc, and our leading product for this current environment, Immune Active.
 
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Many mothers choose to breastfeed their baby, which I highly recommend as the benefits of breastfeeding are many.   However, the impact of a suckling baby on the nipple can be quite severe with the resultant cracked, sore nipples, which makes it very difficult to continue breast feeding.

In today’s news we will look at 11 of the most common physical signs that your stress levels are too high.
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Welcome to this week’s Brain-Based Wellness News.
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In today’s news we will look at the effect stress has on a child’s brain and overall health.
 
Researchers are discovering that ongoing stress from poverty, neglect, parents’ substance abuse and other adversities during early childhood is causing detrimental harm to children’s brains and other body systems. 

​In today’s news we look at the impact chronic stress has on your adrenal glands, affecting your overall health.
 
Adrenal glands control your body’s built in stress response. 
 
The adrenal glands help regulate your metabolism, help your body respond to stress, regulate blood pressure, and produce hormones such as adrenaline.
 
When the adrenal glands are over taxed due to chronic stress, they can create a variety of symptoms including:

​Refined Sugar is Terrible for your body, and yet we eat it every day – we know that it is one of the most fattening ingredients we can consume, so here is a reminder of why we should reduce this in our diets:
• Sugar creates inflammation
• Sugar contributes to obesity
• Sugar suppresses the immune system
• Sugar causes hyperactivity and anxiety
• Sugar consumption contributes to disease
• Sugar interferes with the absorption of minerals leading to a nutrient deficient diet.
(Thank you Meredith Shirk for reminding us of this important information)

A: Some Facts About Stress
B: The Common Effects of Stress on Your Body, Your Mood and Your Behaviour
C: When to should seek Chiropractic Care for Stress

Not all stress is bad, in fact eustress or healthy stress has little or no effect on our health and well-being and can even have health benefits.  However chronic stress can be disastrous on our health and lead to many conditions such as high blood pressure, heart disease, obesity and diabetes.
Richard Sutton in The Stress Code speaks of a continuum of stress. Starting with healthy stress which is acute, through intense stress which lasts 3-5 weeks, to relentless stress which may last months or years leading to Burnout or chronic stress.
When you have a healthy stress response, your body reacts to the stress and then all the levels, cortisol, adrenaline, heart rate and breathing for example, return to normal.  When stress is prolonged your body’s ability to return to normal becomes affected and your physiological responses stay in a ‘stress state’.  Over an extended period of time your system has no more resources to cope with the stress and you will Burnout.

Most people accept that chiropractors help patients with painful problems, like back pain, headaches and other related disorders.
 
But many patients visit their chiropractor to build wellness, not only to counteract and relieve their symptoms. 

For many years, this was accepted anecdotally, but now science tells us why chiropractic patients are healthier overall.
 
New research shows that chiropractic adjustments are good for your brain! 
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