There are many different kinds of stress out there, from emotional, to financial and environmental. What is it doing to our body?
Stress is the number one body breaker and it is destroying us today. The reason we have accelerated rates of cancer and autoimmune disease is because this stress is changing, not only the gastrointestinal balance, it’s weakening the immune system which then allows the environmental toxicity to step in.
So what I’m trying to say is we are getting bombarded today from so many angles. The air, food, and water is polluted. The medication overload that people are taking. The stress of how to manage their lives to put food on the table, make a buck, and still figure out how to retire. So because it’s coming in from so many levels, this stress, it’s completely wiping out immune systems. And when you have that, you are literally this open playing field for this unhospitable environment to take over. And then it’s kind of, where’s the wiring going to go? Are going to flip a switch and now it’s autoimmune disease? Is it going to cross the blood-brain barrier and now we’re dealing with Alzheimer, MS, Parkinson’s? Is it going to have genetic mutation and now we have cancer? It’s really how we’re all wired and that’s how we make it up differently.
If you don’t learn how to balance your life, you’re most likely not going to age with quality. The fact is, it’s coming in from all angles and today I don’t know one person who’s not getting hit by all of them.
Then we talk about genetically modified organisms in the food, the herbicides, and pesticides. The xenoestrogens coming off the plastics, in our environment.
Then you’ve got psycho-spiritual stress where people are feeling very disconnected. We have a very chaotic, fluid world right now where it’s very unpredictable and people don’t like that. There’s no sense of security.
Then you’ve got you own inner stress of how you deal with such things such as anger, and fear. And what do you do to download? Do you suppress that? Do you stuff it down with food whether it’s pizza or hamburgers or booze? And then you’ve got the poor diets, so not just what’s in the poor food supply because there’s nothing really left. There’s no nutrient dense foods. It’s very challenging but then it’s eating fast food on top of it.
And then you’ve got the infections, the Candida, the viruses, parasites. And that stress will elevate adrenal hormones which also stimulates blood sugar and before you know it you’re just having a cascade of feeding all this frenzy.
So, it is coming in multiple way and you have to be aware about all of these ways and start looking at your life. And start simply. You know, it’s all complex but it’s actually really simple. You just really sit down with yourself and go, “Hey, what really feels out of balance in my life and what baby step can I do today to start to make this difference?”
I don’t think you can age with quality unless you are diligent. Your body is your house and if you don’t take care of it, it crumbles. If you don’t take care of it, where are you going to live?
As a Holistic Health Coach, I see people who are experiencing these challenges daily. I offer a 60-minute Health Consultation where I sit down with you to explore your current health, nutritional statues, medical conditions and stresses in your life that may be the very reason you are not living at your full potential. Could one conversation change your life?
Villager Maryann Holden is a holistic health coach and can be reached at  HoldenHealth@yahoo.com Â
