Hello again everyone:
Stress is an inevitable part of life, and we do need some stress to function optimally. Without any stress we would atrophy and wither across all of our systems including muscular, bone, brain, heart, immune etc. However, too much stress for too long is degenerative across all systems as well. We can measure our stress response to see if it is normal by looking at the normal ups and downs of the primary stress hormone, cortisol. This hormone is highest in the morning and lowest at night. When this normal up and down curve happens, researchers find we have the fewest health problems…yet when the curve is flattened or reversed, we have the most health problems.
*immune and inflammatory system dysregulation, fatigue, cancer, obesity/BMI/adiposity, externalizing symptoms, internalizing symptoms, depression symptoms and disorders, other mental health, other physical health, and mortality outcomes were all associated with a flatter diurnal cortisol slope.
Bottom Line:
Chronic stress leads to immune dysregulation and inflammation across multiple organs and systems. As you all know, inflammation causes, perpetuates, or aggravates every known human ailment. There are several things that may ameliorate and normalize the diurnal cortisol slope and most of us will need to incorporate several of them together to successfully reduce stress:
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