STRESS is GOOD for Longevity | If it’s the Right Type | The Power of Hormesis Explained
Ya know that FULL BODY sensation where you feel your heart rate increase, blood vessels tighten, armpits sweat, breath get shallow, mind begin racing, and judgements start flowing…
Yeah, it’d be odd if you didn’t… THIS, is the Fight or Flight Response, or scientifically termed the upregulation of the sympathetic nervous system… Except NOTHING about it is Sympathetic….
It is the ancient biological response that has evolved to help us get out of harms way! The response which has played a critical role in the survival of ALL primate species for millennias…
Yet ultimately ending up being modernly triggered most by millennials scrolling their socials. In fact, to the point where instead of saving lives, its chronic arousal is slowly accelerating our biological clocks in the wrong direction.
Which makes it even MORE ironic that some of the best ways to combat this modern day threat landscape is with… Well,More STRESS! Acute Beneficial Stress…
Cue the Alanis Morissette and lets see how this works under the biological covers!
