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Balancing the Autonomic Nervous System
Paul Chek
Today, it is generally accepted that if you need to lose weight, want to put on muscle mass or are stressed out you need to hit the gym and hit it hard! While this approach did bear fruit in the past and became imbedded in our consciousness as the way to do it…, the realities of modern eating habits and lifestyles no longer support the use of an antiquated formula. To see proof of my point, one need only visit a public membership gym; there is no shortage of people who faithfully jog, run, pedal, pump, push and pull several hours a week, yet their body shapes change little, if at all! They get frustrated and their trainers get frustrated. It’s time we apply programming strategy appropriate for the 21st century.
Yow… almost certain that Cortisol (long term stress hormone) is enemy #1 and Insulin Resistance is enemy #2… and abnormal quasi-food is enemy #3, and passive blob lifestyle is enemy #4… taken together they are a formidable opponent… also unstated and undocumented is that (according to some research I’ve read, esp. as regards the young generation entering adulthood, they experience terrible expectation anxiety and have great sub-surface misery as to where they fit into a streamlined, darwinian, plasticized world… so one escape is to eat, eat, eat until U pass out on the couch…) a lot of people are not happy, many are, inspite of Ipods and technological wonderments, actually feeling terribly isolated or fragmented and stuck in lives they barely understood how they got into and have no inkling how to get out of… that only gooses the cortisol levels… and also produced brain melting hormones, glucocorticoids, which cause PTSD in excess quantities… in my acting seminar du jour, at break time they wolf down the carbs, bags of junko junk crispi krap, choco bars, not much clean protein or complex carbs… and, wow, I’m really shocked, there are 3 beautiful young women in this seminar with distinct body problems, not fatness, but flexibilty/metabolic/immune something… and sort of mental case whatnot going with this, nice sweet people, but you keep an eye on them and worry a little…
not to mention booze…
as somebody noted… stress -> drink/feel better followed by activation of sympathetic nervous system. reduced performance socially and at work. weight gain -> stress -> …
Alcohol withdrawal syndrome and sympathetic nervous system function - Biological Research at National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Alcohol Health & Research World - Find Articles
Alcohol withdrawal syndrome and sympathetic nervous system function
Alcohol Health & Research World, Fall, 1989 by Markku Linnoila
Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome and Sympathetic Nervous System Function
Alcohol withdrawal syndrome is a common and potentially serious complication of alcoholism that generally occurs from 6 to 48 hours after the last drink. Among its early symptoms are anxiety, agitation, tremor, profuse sweating, elevated blood pressure, increased heart rate, anorexia, and reduced sleep. In severe cases the syndrome may progress to include seizures.
The similarity between these symptoms and those of overactivity of the sympathetic nervous system has long been recognized. The sympathetic nervous system helps the body to cope with challenges from the outside environment and generally is activated in situations involving stress or strong emotions.