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Does stress affect your sugar levels ?
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YES: It prepares the body for " fight or flight mechanism" by utiling release of extra glucose and stimulatiing the endocrine system.
Answered 11/16/2018
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Stress: As mentioned, stress impacts your body chemistry by making it ready for fight-flight-freeze. You can manage stress w/the opposite, called the Relaxation Response, a simple mind-body technique developed by a cardiologist. See www.relaxationresponse.org. Peace and good health.
Answered 10/30/2018
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