Chronic Heart Disease

We learn many things that we develop as a world and global society. One of the most important things we have done in recent years is that, contrary to the culture of the 1980s and 1990s, stress was not a positive impact on your life. Stress used to signify that you have been necessary - you are important, everyone wanted something from you, you were stressed. people were often perceived as being quiet at the lower end of the career ladder, and even social ladder. However, there have been many recent studies linking stress to the possibility of premature death - no matter what precautions you take against diseases like chronic heart disease.

A recent European study has been widely disseminated - This study followed 10,000 British civil servants over a period of 12 years. The factors that were included levels of cortisol (a stress hormone), heart rate, blood pressure, diet, exercise and smoking - and the determining factor was what they felt about their work. In a figure that can not be ignored, under age 50 who think their work was stressful were 70% more likely to develop chronic heart disease as those who thought they had a relatively stress-free career.

We must distinguish here between good stress and bad stress. Good stress is generally regarded as stress over short distances, which is not maintained - it can be either physical or emotional type. Physical stress includes the exercise - that everyone knows is a factor in preventing cardiovascular disease. It may also be short-term emotional stress, like the buzz you try something new, or facing a fear. bad stress is prolonged, the stress of low level - if your body is constantly exposed to high levels of cortisol, this is when your systems may start to wander and increase your risk of heart disease.

Cortisol is one side of the double-edged sword of the effect of stress on heart disease. The other side is that a stressful work often creates changes in the lifestyle of others - people with high stress at work are less likely to choose fruit and vegetables for dinner. They want fattening, sugary comfort foods, and often have no time to cook - eat processed foods, with their guests as "partially hydrogenated present" and "hydrolyzed, which is recognized as an important factor in the risk of developing heart disease. In addition, if you spend all your time at work, and worry about work, you are less likely to engage in the practice, which plays a crucial role in reducing blood pressure and to ensure the walls of arteries are in good health.

However, even those who have made the effort to maintain a healthy lifestyle despite their stress at work had a significantly increased risk of heart disease. The link is maintained because the stress has been found to disrupt the part of the nervous system that governs the functioning of the heart and fight. Cortisol, the stress hormone, increases blood pressure through its effect on the functioning of the heart, and also suppresses the autoimmune system and increased levels of sugar in the blood. You're more likely to have a disease when you're stressed - heart disease and diabetes are the leader among others.

To reduce your risk of being unemployed - and in fact, without a life - reduce your stress at work. Talk to your boss about reduced requirements, consider a career change, or accept the fact that to reduce your stress, you may need to reduce your income. It is in fact a positive factor for your heart!