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Have you ever stopped to consider why there are people who look and feel young even they have certain number of candles on their birthday cake? Their skins are glowing, their bodies are slim and they are full of energy.

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Stress may be made worse by:

• Caffeine:
  Caffeine is a stimulant. One of the reasons we drink it is to raise our levels of arousal, particularly at the start of the day. If you drink many cups of coffee a day, then you may become nervous, hyperactive and irritable. You may find that you can eliminate a lot of stress by switching to a good decaffeinated coffee (or an alternative).
• Alcohol:
  In small amounts, alcohol may help you relax. In larger amounts, it may increase stress as it disrupts sleep, reduces your effectiveness, and possibly harms relationships. Large amounts of alcohol over a long period of time will damage your body: depletes B vitamins, alters blood sugar, elevates blood pressure.
• Nicotine:
  While in the very short term, nicotine can cause its users to relax, its toxic effects raise your heart rate and stress your body. If you smoke, try taking your pulse before and after a cigarette, and notice the difference: You will probably see your pulse rate increase. After the initial period of giving up smoking, most ex-smokers report feeling much more relaxed than they did beforehand.
• Sugar:
  Sugar-rich foods can raise energy in the short term. The problem with this is that your body copes with high levels of sugar by secreting insulin, which reduces the amount of sugar in your blood stream. Insulin can persist and continue acting after it has controlled blood sugar levels. This can cause an energy dip and prompt another sweet treat.

• 'Fast food' as it usually contains more fat and additives than are good for you. Certain food additives may aggravate stress and there is usually more salt in 'fast foods' which can contribute to raised blood pressure and heart problems. Too much fat has a similar effect.

• Excessive amounts of salt (sodium) which can also raise your blood pressure, leading

   

  to possible heart problems. About a quarter of the salt we need is found naturally in food. However, many processed foods contain unhealthily high levels of salt. We require so little that we can quite happily survive on what occurs naturally in our daily diet.

The foods you eat every day could be killing you, one day at a time!

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