The most effective natural Stress treatment
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What is Stress?

According to a recent EU study, one in three Europeans suffers from some degree of stress. Stress is a syndrome that arises when we lack the ability to live up to our expectations and to those of our surroundings. Long-term stress due in most part to our hectic, modern lifestyles causes our bodies to produce excessive amounts of stress hormones such as adrenaline and cortisol. High levels of these stress hormones over prolonged periods of time may cause fatigue and chronic illness. Our body’s stress reaction is activated when our stress limit is surpassed, a term known as frustration- or stress-tolerance. Frustration-tolerance varies from individual to individual and can even vary within the same person.

Repetitive physical and psychological factors can elevate or lower one’s stress -tolerance; however, a lack of basic nutrients including vitamins and minerals will undoubtedly lower stress–tolerance (increase stress).

Specific natural nutrients (see below) may lower pathologically elevated concentrations of stress hormones and enhance one’s stress-tolerance in cases of stress.

What symptoms may be caused by stress?

  • Feeling irritable.
  • Feeling frustrated at having to wait for something.
  • Inability to concentrate.
  • Becoming easily confused.
  • Having memory problems.
  • Having negative thoughts all the time.
  • Negative self-talk.
  • Having marked mood swings.
  • Overeating.
  • Eating when you are not hungry.
  • Not having enough energy to get things done.
  • Feeling you can't cope.
  • Finding it hard to make decisions.
  • Having emotional outbursts.
  • Generally feeling upset.
  • Lack of sense of humor.

Physical symptoms of stress include:

  • Muscle tension.
  • Lower back pain.
  • Pain in shoulder or neck.
  • Chest pain.
  • Stomach/abdominal pain.
  • Muscle spasms or nervous tics.
  • Unexplained rashes or skin irritations.
  • 'Pounding' or 'racing' heart.
  • Sweaty palms.
  • Sweating when not physically active.
  • 'Butterflies' in stomach.
  • Indigestion and 'the gurgles.'
  • Diarrhea.
  • Inability to sleep or excessive sleep.
  • Shortness of breath.

Which natural ingredients can have an effect on stress?

Vitamins A, C, E, and beta-carotene, selenium, coenzyme Q10, alpha-lipoic acid, Siberian ginseng and ginkgo biloba.

What effects do these ingredients have?

  • Improve your stress-tolerance.
  • Reduce fatigue and improve your energy levels.
  • Reduce excessive mental and physical stress.
  • Reduce excessive levels of adrenaline and cortisol.
  • Improve your well-being and mood.
  • Improve your memory and blood flow to the brain.
  • Lower your risk of stress related illnesses and a weakened immune system.
  • Enchance sexual drive and reduce the risk of impotence in men.
  • Prevent the development of many chronic diseases.
  • Improve your quality of life.

For the reader with a deeper interest:

How do these ingredients work?

  • Treat and prevent vitamin and mineral deficiencies.
  • Lower the concentration of pathologically elevated plasma cortisol.
  • Lower the concentration of elevated adrenaline.
  • Enhance ATP (adenosine triphosphate) synthesis.
  • Antioxidant effect.

The information above is based on more than 18,000 articles published in scientific journals and which are available at MEDLINE, the world's largest medical database. Below you will find a few of them listed:

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