“At every level, from the microcellular to the psychological, exercise not only wards off the ill effects of chronic stress; it can also reverse them. Studies show that if researchers exercise rats that have been chronically stressed, that activity makes the hippocampus grow back to its preshriveled state. The mechanisms by which exercise changes how we think and feel are so much more effective than donuts, medicines, and wine. When you say you feel less stressed out after you go for a swim, or even a fast walk, you are.” IfsThinkingFeelsHas BeensStatesShowsGrowsWalksLevelsStudyEffectsExerciseActivityStressWineMedicineIllPsychologicalSwimMechanismReverseRatsStressedResearchersDonutsStressed Out Author:John Ratey
“Another intruder that plagues our good health is sleeplessness. Insomnia is much like constipation in that stress or nervous tension can bring it on or aggravate it until there's almost no coping with it. That's why you find sleeping pills in so many medicine cabinets next to the laxatives.” NextSleepStressMedicineNervousTensionPillsPlagueInsomniaCopingGood HealthCabinetsSleeplessnessIntrudersSleeping PillsConstipation Book:Revitalize Your Life After Fifty Source: Revitalize Your Life After Fifty
“Stress is extremely harmful to the body. Even mainstream medicine is recognizing how many diseases stress causes.” BodyCausesDiseaseStressMedicineMainstreamRecognizing Author:Eckhart Tolle
“Love and intimacy are at the roots of what makes us sick and what makes us well, what causes sadness and what brings happiness, what makes us suffer and what leads to healing...I am not aware of any other factor in medicine- not diet, not smoking, not exercise, not stress, not genetics, not drugs, not surgery- that has a greater impact on our quality of life, incidence of illness and premature death from all causes.” WellsSufferingCausesHealingQualityGreaterSadnessExerciseDrugRootsSickStressImpactMedicineIllnessFactorsIntimacyDietsSmokingSurgeryQuality Of LifeGeneticsPrematureIncidencePremature Death Author:Dean Ornish
“Running is a part of my medicine. It's what helps relieve my stress, and it's what helps me get away from the concerns of business and anything else that's going on in my life that I need to escape from at times - to find who I am. Running really helps me with that.” NeedsHelpingRunningConcernStressMedicineWho I AmHelp MeGet Away Author:Ziggy Marley
“I tried to change the conventional paradigm, for example, by insisting on the reality of mind-body interaction, by stressing the importance of natural therapies, by focusing attention on lifestyle issues, by looking at worthwhile aspects of alternative medicine. Many people have been threatened by that. Doctors especially tend to think that they know everything about the human body, and don't realize that medical education has really omitted many very important subjects.” PeopleThinkingKnowsMindHumansHas BeensImportantBodyRealityRealizingNaturalAttentionIssuesSubjectsExampleAspectDoctorsImportanceStressMedicineMedicalLifestyleAlternativesTherapyWorthwhileInteractionConventionalThreatenedHuman BodyParadigmInsistingMind BodyAlternative MedicineMedical Education Author:Andrew Weil
“I go running. I go into nature. I really alleviate lot of emotional stress, any kind of stress I'm going through - exercise is my favorite medicine.” KindRunningEmotionalExerciseStressMedicineMy FavoriteAlleviateEmotional Stress Author:Ziggy Marley
“The biggest killer on the planet is stress and I still think the best medicine is and always has been cannabis.” ThinkingHas BeensStillsWarLibertyPlanetsStressMedicineWeedMarijuanaKillersCannabisFunny MarijuanaFunny WeedStonersGanjaGreat WeedMarijuana Legalization Author:Willie Nelson
“In order to do a good job a person must like what he or she is doing....'Love thy work', and you will be successful..... If you do things just because you have to, then you will never enjoy work. Nor will you do a good job if you do it simply out of a sense of duty. stress is often a by-product of such passive or negative attitudes toward work. Paradoxically as it may sound, love of work can be the best medicine for workaholism.” IfsMayPersonsJobsSuccessOrderEnjoySoundAttitudeSuccessfulDutyProductsNegativeStressMedicineBeing The BestBeing SuccessfulPassiveGood JobNegative Attitude Author:Konosuke Matsushita
“People tend to think of breakthroughs in medicine as a new drug, a laser, or a high-tech surgical procedure. They often have a hard time believing that the simple choices that we make in our lifestyle. What we eat, how we respond to stress, whether or not we smoke cigarettes, how much exercise we get, and the quality of our relationships and support can be as powerful as drugs and surgery. And they often are.” PeopleThinkingBelieveHardChoicesSimplePowerfulQualitySupportExerciseDrugEatingStressMedicineLifestyleSmokeHard TimesOur RelationshipCigarettePhysiciansSurgeryBreakthroughProceduresHealthy LifestyleResearchersLasers Author:Dean Ornish
“I have long been an ardent believer in the science of Homeopathy and I feel happy that it has got now a greater hold in India than even in the land of its origin. It is not merely a collection of a few medicines but a real science with a rational philosophy at its base. We require more scientific interest and inquiry into the matter with special stress upon the Indian environment” FeelsLongRealMatterPhilosophyInterestEnvironmentGreaterLandSpecialIndiaStressMedicineBelieverRationalIndianCollectionsInquiryArdentHomeopathy Author:Rabindranath Tagore