STRESS AND HEART DISEASE

Sunday, October 25, 2009

When a body is under stress, it means that some hormones are being pumped in excess into the system. This, in its turn, means that the blood sugar in the system is being raised. If this stress goes on for a long time, it results in raising the sugar content of the blood and this in the long run leads to diabetes and atherosclerosis. The well-known American heart specialist Dr. Weiss and his staff compared the life-histories of 45 coronary cases with those of an equal number of persons who did not have coronary disease. They made the comparison as far as possible on a like-with-like basis, taking persons with a similar background, age-group and sex. The found a great deal of more tension and stress in the background of the patients who subsequently developed heart attacks than in the others. Make no mistake about it. If the body is under constant tension and stress, it is bound to be harmed. It is rather like a car with has both the accelerator and the brakes full on. In time, something is to bind to give.