Stress Relief

FM(I) Functional Medicine – The solution   Since 2001 the United States of America has been fighting relentlessly in the Global War on Terror. Our service members have been deployed into hostile, polluted environments with extreme climates for the past 14 years. As a result of this lengthy war, suicides, cancer and other “undiagnosed” or “hidden” injuries are plaguing the ...

Ladies, do you feel depressed or overwhelmed by your moods? Men, do you frequently have low energy or can’t focus? Did you know that this could be from a lack of serotonin in women and dopamine in men? These are brain chemicals and when they’re at normal levels they create a sense of well being and contentment. Many experts, including ...

Hardly anyone with an ounce of business acumen would argue that the concept of an open communication culture in the workplace is preferable to that of a closed, secretive, Soviet-style environment. It makes perfectly good sense, right? Why, then, do so many companies pay so little attention to the practice of developing and continuously fostering such a concept? Like much ...

Can Stress cause weight gain? Stress and weight loss are linked. Emotions influence our hormones which in turn influence our emotions which influence our eating habits. The hormone adrenaline is released when we are frightened, excited or anxious.Adrenaline tends to speed up our metabolic rate, the release of this hormone is likely to promote weight loss. Although,long term stress can ...

You’re stressed. In fact, you’re so stressed that you can hardly function anymore. And you’re looking for help. Sure, there’s Valium, but synthetic drugs can have many side effects.  If you prefer something more natural, you’re in luck. There are quite a few herbs that can help relieve your stress symptoms. And generally they do so without affecting your ability ...

The bible said to train up a child in the way that they should go and when they are old, they will not depart from it. Keeping our word builds character, it shows that we are dependable and people can rely on us. This trait is easier to develop as a child rather than learning it through trials and errors ...

When it comes to our four legged friends, the impact of stress has long been underestimated. Stress in humans can lead to health problems, affect our relationships with others and can make us unbalanced, irritable and aggressive towards our surroundings. So, why wouldn’t we think our dogs are stressed out too? Here are a few Stress symptoms of Dogs. Restlessness ...

You’ve seen the ads promoting supplements that claim to aid everything from common cold relief toweight loss. Another problem many supplements claim to fix? Stress. And since two-thirds of Americans believe stress has a significant impact on their physical and mental health, it’s no wonder these products are flying off the shelves. Although they aren’t for everyone, therapeutic doses of ...