African Americans and Latinos are significantly more likely than Whites to experience serious depression, but chronic stress doesn’t seem to explain the difference, according to a new study. Dr. Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) and the senior study author, also found that African Americans and… Continue reading Study: African Americans and Latinos Likelier than Whites to Be at Risk for Depression
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Are You Totally Stressed Out? This Is What It Could Be Doing to Your Body!
You’re trying to get the kids off to school, you can’t find your cell phone, and you’re sitting in traffic. Your hypothalamus, a tiny control tower in your brain, decides to send out the order: Send in the stress hormones! These stress hormones are the same ones that trigger your body’s “fight or flight” response. Your… Continue reading Are You Totally Stressed Out? This Is What It Could Be Doing to Your Body!
Chronic Stress Makes Junk Food Even Worse for You
File this under “That’s not fair!” People who are not dealing with chronic stress can get away with eating a lot of high-fat, high-sugar food without upping their risk of metabolic syndrome, but stressed out people can’t. That’s the finding of research done at the University of Califorina, San Francisco.