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Your metabolism functions best when your body is in homeostasis (internal stability). But during times of stress and survival situations, your metabolism shifts to a different setting. The changes in metabolism during stress are essential to your survival. However, if these changes are maintained for a prolonged period of time, your metabolism can be negatively affected.
In times when you are stressed, adrenal gland hormones are produced in high amounts. The stress could be anything; stress from a family situation, stress in rush hour traffic or stress from financial pressure. All stress has the same physiological effect on the body. These high levels of adrenal hormones cause shifts in your body. Your memory functions are enhanced. You have a lowered sensitivity to pain. You feel a burst of energy. And your immune system gets a super charge of energy.
These are good changes in certain situations, but only if they are short lived. The longer that your stress hormone (cortisol) level is high, the more damaging it is to your health and the more fat your body could end up storing. Excess cortisol secretion can suppress thyroid function, increase abdominal fat, raise blood pressure, lower immunity, promote higher blood sugar levels and decrease your bone density and muscle mass.
Speaking of muscle, it is a very critical factor in fat burning. Muscle is a metabolically active tissue. In other words, muscle burns calories and it burns more calories than fat does. The last thing you want is a situation where you are losing muscle mass.
Tip: Pay attention to your stress levels. Do activities that help to relax and d -stress you.
by David Cassell
In times when you are stressed, adrenal gland hormones are produced in high amounts. The stress could be anything; stress from a family situation, stress in rush hour traffic or stress from financial pressure. All stress has the same physiological effect on the body. These high levels of adrenal hormones cause shifts in your body. Your memory functions are enhanced. You have a lowered sensitivity to pain. You feel a burst of energy. And your immune system gets a super charge of energy.
These are good changes in certain situations, but only if they are short lived. The longer that your stress hormone (cortisol) level is high, the more damaging it is to your health and the more fat your body could end up storing. Excess cortisol secretion can suppress thyroid function, increase abdominal fat, raise blood pressure, lower immunity, promote higher blood sugar levels and decrease your bone density and muscle mass.
Speaking of muscle, it is a very critical factor in fat burning. Muscle is a metabolically active tissue. In other words, muscle burns calories and it burns more calories than fat does. The last thing you want is a situation where you are losing muscle mass.
Tip: Pay attention to your stress levels. Do activities that help to relax and d -stress you.
by David Cassell
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