Stress Management Part 1: How is Stress making you sick?

The Stress - Disease Connection

Created by: Preeti Syal
M.Sc. (Foods & Nutrition), R.H.N., Ayurvedic consultant

What Will I Learn?

• How is stress making you sick?
• The stress-disease connection!
• What exactly is stress? What’s the definition of stress?
• How can we identify a person going though a lot of stress in life. What exactly are the signs of a stressed out individual?
• What is Cortisol?
• Is there a normal Cortisol Rhythm?
• Physiology of The Stress Response.
• HPA axis (Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis)
• SAM axis (Sympathetic-adreno-medullar axis)
• Stress & Weight gain + Stress & Diabetes
• Stress & Gut health
• Stress & Heart health
• Stress & Mental health
• Stress & Sexual health
• Stress & Immunity
• Stress, Fatigue & Insomnia
• You will learn how knowingly or unknowingly you could be developing chronic health conditions due to chronically being in a state of stress.

Requirements

• A desire to live a stress free life!

Target audience

• Anyone who is feeling the effect of stress!
• Anyone who would like to follow the path of Prevention!
• Anyone who would like to learn about how stress could be the root cause of various chronic health conditions!
• Anyone who is taking care of a family member or a friend in pain due to chronic stress.