By Chris Becker

Yet again another study reveals that stress is deadly. If you didn’t already have enough reason to do something about it, then you do now. Read more in this article.

Stress has long been said to be damaging to your health and every year you can see more and more evidence for this.

For instance, today, doctors from the European Heart Journal found out that those who are very stressed have a 68 per cent higher risk of developing heart disease. Does this sound like you?

But how can being stressed out be bad for you?

Well first of all, if you are stressed then you are more likely to eat more good to get some happiness to counteract the stress, you probably also do less exercise as well. These things will give you more cholesterol in your blood and they will also give you a bigger belly and this type of fat is well known for being related to heart disease.

And stress can also directly affect you too. When you are stressed, your body releases cortisol into your bloodstream. In nature, a scared animal being attacked by a predator would soon flush the cortisol out of its system because it will run around and burn it up. But when you are sitting at work and getting stressed, this won’t happen and it will stay in your system for a long time. This is also known to be bad for your heart and blood vessels too.

But don’t worry, if you decide to do something about it then you can surely lower your risk in future. I know it’s hard not get stressed - you can’t just quit your job but there are things that you can do to “manage” the stress.

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