Let’s put it this way: Those cookies and potato chips aren’t doing you any favors.
And interestingly, these can make or break your stress levels. The good news: Now, at a time when you may feel you have little control, one thing you can get a grip on is your diet choices. How Your Diet Can Affect Stress Levels, for Better or Worse We also asked respondents how they deal with stress, and among the various coping mechanisms they could choose from, 22 percent of people reported turning to food. For Everyday Health’s United States of Stress story in 2019, of the nearly 6,700 people we surveyed, 35 percent rated their stress at 6 or 7 on a scale of 1 to 7 over the previous month. With those sudden and inconvenient changes can come a whole lot of stress, which at times feels unrelenting.Įven in pre-pandemic times, Americans were stressed. It goes without saying that the novel coronavirus has turned our world upside down, affecting school, work, home life, and more. Today, many of us are more stressed than we've ever been, because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which has sickened tens of millions and killed hundreds of thousands of Americans, as The New York Times has reported. That’s right: Stress isn’t just making you grumpier - it may also be making you fatter and sicker.
Left unaddressed, chronic stress can even increase your risk for conditions such as obesity, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, depression, and anxiety, according to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). W hile short-term stress can lead to bothersome headaches, stomach cramps, weight gain, and more bouts of cold and flu, chronic, unremitting stress affects every part of your body, from your digestive and reproductive systems to your immune system.
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