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How Stress Affects the Immune System


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HOW STRESS AFFECTS THE IMMUNE SYSTEM

We have become very familiar with discussions on how to improve the immune system, especially in the last couple of years. In this week’s episode of Take a Break, Caroline and Lennis are sharing an overview on how your immune function is affected by stress.

Here are the topics covered today:

✔️ How stress weakens your immune system

✔️ What are some of the long term consequences of stress on your health

✔️ How the ANS (autonomic nervous system) impacts your immunity

✔️ Tools to reduce stress and a fun fact about allergies

✔️ Closing habits/tips to try at home

Video References:

Stress and The Nervous System: https://youtu.be/EC-t0sTIS4g

How to Keep the Brain Healthy: https://youtu.be/0xIHArd9vYg

How does stress affect the digestive system: https://youtu.be/u1FIsDTQ3SA

Stress and hormones: https://youtu.be/dL4cRX3HbvQ

If you have any questions or suggestions, you can email us at takeabreakstem @ gmail.com

To learn more about Lennis, visit www.lennisperez.com.

To learn more about Caroline, visit www.miltoncc.com.

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