Candida and Stress

[...] Watch this 5 min video on how Candida Affects Your Stress Levels Here are just a few of our daily stress creators:a blasting alarm clock, breakfast on-the-run, crowded freeways, terrorist alerts, polluted environment, extreme weather patterns, slow internet connection, bad food recalls, a new flu bug. And that’s before we even begin to consider our own personal lives and family situations. Is it any wonder that a large percentage of our population is suffering with health ramifications from our “stress laden daily lives?” The effects of continuous stress can cause our immune system to work overtime and jeopardize our overall health and well being. The famous research scientist Dr. Bruce Lipton from the Stanford School Of Medicine in his book “The Biology Of Belief” put it this way: “When the mind perceives that the environment is safe and supportive, the cells are preoccupied with the growth and maintenance of the body. In stressful situations, cells forego their normal growth functions and adopt a defensive ‘protection’ posture. The body’s energy resources normally used to sustain growth are diverted to systems that provide protection during periods of stress. Simply, growth processes are restricted or suspended in a stressed system. While our systems can accommodate periods of acute (brief) stress, prolonged or chronic stress is debilitating for its energy demands interfere with the required maintenance of the body, and as a consequence, leads to dysfunction and disease”.   [...]