When We Are Under Stress Vitamins And Nutrients Are Depleted By John Bradstreet At Isnare.com Ezine Articles

When we are under stress the body reacts by producing chemicals that flow into the blood stream. This provides us with energy and strength. This is a good thing if the stress is caused by danger. It gives us the ability to react to it quickly. When stress in a result of emotional issues such as family problems, financial issues or overwork it can have negative effects on our health, because we have no way to release that extra strength and energy. We can actually deplete our bodies of the needed nutrients and vitamins. When we are depleted of nutrients and vitamins our bodies do not run efficiently.

The first step to dealing with stress is to identify what is causing it. Let’s look at some of the types of stress we may come under.

* Survival Stress - This happens when we are in physical danger. All people and animals have a "fight" or "flight" instinct when confronted with danger. The body responds with extra energy to deal with situation.

* Internal Stress - This is basically stress that we put on ourselves. Have you ever found yourself worrying over some that you have no control over? This is the hardest type of stress to understand and control. Some people actually become addicted to stress by putting themselves in stressful situations either in their professional or private lives.

* Environmental Stress - This occurs from situations around you. It can be a noisy street, an overcrowded room or the people that we normally come into contact with. If we learn to avoid these situations it can go a long way to reducing stress.

* Fatigue or Overwork - This is the type of stress that can build up over time and have a negative effect on our health. Maybe you work to hard or too many hours, or you may be someone who does not manage their time efficiently. People that are under these types of stressful situations tend to think that it is out of their control and that they can not do anything about it.

When we are under stress our bodies release stress related hormones. Being under stress occasionally is not a problem, but being under stress for a prolonged period of time these hormones begin to rob us of the nutrients that we need. These hormones can deplete us of zinc, potassium, omega-3 fatty acids and proteins. Secreted over long periods of time these hormones can actually interfere with insulin production and blood sugar levels.

If you are one that is prone to long periods of stress or have a history of depression there are things that you should do to replace these depleted nutrients and get your body back to running at it's maximum capacity. We need to replace these nutrients in one of two ways. We can either adjust our diets or use supplementation. Either way you decide to do this the main focus has to be getting these needed nutrients back into your body.

Stress is something that everyone needs to learn to control before it starts to have a negative effect on our quality of life and overall health. Being aware of what is putting us under stress and avoiding and even changing those things will allow us to live happier and healthier lives.

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