- Stress plays a key role in the management of autoimmune conditions
Dr. Amir Rashidian has seen it countless times with his patientsHis book "The StressProof Life: The Secret to Health, Wealth and Happiness" focuses on preparing your body to handle stress in everyday lifeThe starting point is that when you strengthen the body as a whole it can start to self-regulate and normalizeStress activates 'fight or flight' modeVarious levels of stress bring our body to need different foods, depending on what the immune system needsDr. Amir identifies three 'coins', three dimensions in life that we have to considerEach coin has two sides, for example the physical dimension has exercise as one side and rest as the otherThe body has its own form of intelligence, called 'innate intelligence'Dr. Amir discusses the power of stress reduction via:Visualisation (just 60 seconds per day)MusicSleepEating habitsExerciseBreathing