The Stress Effect

by Weinstein, Richard

• ISBN13: 9781583331811
• ISBN10: 1583331816
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-01-26
• Publisher: Avery Trade

Summary

Everyone knows that stress makes us sick -- it's implicated as a major cause of headaches, insomnia, and ulcers. What you may not know, however, is that an overload of the hormones that stress causes the body to produce can have far-reaching effects that cause or contribute to many major diseases, including obesity, diabetes, autoimmune disorders, and heart disease. The Stress Effect is the first book to make the connection between stress and these wide-ranging illnesses and to pinpoint the link and how strong it is. It then explains how you can repair the damage done by stress, restoring your body to good health. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Dr. Richard Weinstein is a chiropractor in the Santa Cruz area of California.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
The Beginning of the Journey: A Chiropractor's Odyssey with Stress	p. 1
The Paradox of Cortisol: The Hormone of Stress and Inflammation	p. 10
Physical Stress and the Pro-Inflammatory Diet: There's a Fire Down Below	p. 22
Testing Cortisol Levels: The Conditions for Murder Are Met	p. 35
The Relationship of Cortisol to Other Diseases: The Missing Link	p. 41
Resolving Cortisol Imbalances: A Plan That's Easy to Follow and Swallow	p. 56
Make the Pain go Away: Treating Causes Instead of Symptoms	p. 76
The Not-So-Common Commonsense Diet: You're Actually Going to Put That in Your Mouth?	p. 97
Psychological Stress: "It's all in your mind, you know."--George Harrison	p. 129
The Emotional Component of Illness: An Elusive Roadblock to Regaining Good Health	p. 143
Conclusion	p. 160
Resource Guide	p. 163
References	p. 166
Index	p. 179
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