Stress is not just a major health risk factor it is the cause of all health problems, diseases and weight gain. One study involving more than 2,000 women from their 40's through the menopause transition were asked about unhappy events in their life over the past year.
Even after taking into account the factors that could affect weight gain like exercise routines, diet, smoking, etc. it was found that the more abusive things the women reported, the more weight they gained. The greater the emotional stress, the greater the women's weight.
Chronic Stress Tears Down Your Immune System
Many studies have confirmed the role of stress in disease. If your stress is ongoing, your immune system will not function at its optimal level, leaving you vulnerable to diseases.
The Nature Of Stress
Unresolved stress is essentially the root cause of all disease. Stress itself is not necessarily harmful. Stress can be very good and healthy for you, as long as you can recover from it.
Without the stress from gravity, our bones would lose their calcium and our muscles would become too weak for us to walk.
Lifting weights and exercise is a form of deliberate stress that can be good for you. If you lift a one pound weight to avoid the stress of a heavier weight, you will not gain anything good from such a minor stress.
