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LIFESTYLE AS A WAY TO MANAGE STRESS

We all live in a stressful age. Stress not only comes from our jobs but from the constant changes that we face daily. Our society is fast paced, where changes are constant and we rush from one place to another, has-negative effects on our health and wellbeing. The distress that we experience on a daily basis plays an important role in the development of many diseases. Many studies have been indicated stress in ones life to be a contributing factor in early death from various ailments. It is frightening for us as it has been found to be related not only to poor quality of life but also with the occurrence of a large number of diseases including the likes of cancer, coronary heart diseases and to some extent even AIDS. It is known that emotional, psychosocial and anxiety stimulated stress produces increased plasma concentration of adrenal corticoids and other hormones through neuro-endocrine pathways. These corticoids concentrations injure elements of the immunological apparatus, this