1. I don't know one person that has not been affected in some way directly or indirectly by the stress of the world we live in. But can stress make us sick?
2. A new report in the Journal of the Association for Psychological Science reviews the researches of how we can weak or havoc our bodies, and importantly what we can do about it.
3. There is actually a field of medicine that focuses on the science of stress, investigating the connection between negative emotions and health outcomes.
4. It's known as psychoneuroimmunology. Over the past few decades, researchers in this field have built a library of scientific evidence supporting the notion that stress can be more than a nuisance.
5. As one example, stress can hamper our immune system, or how well we heal from or ward off illness or injury.
比如,壓力會妨礙我們的免疫系統(tǒng),妨礙我們很好地康復(fù)或避免疾病或傷害。
6. So now we have sufficient stress data over how bad stress is. What to do?
所以,現(xiàn)在我們有足夠的數(shù)據(jù)表明壓力有多糟糕。對此該怎么辦呢?
7. Step One: create awareness around us. Know that too much stress is hurting you or those you love.
第一步,要意識到周圍的事物。要意識到太多的壓力在傷害著你或你所愛的人。
8. And take steps to manage it in healthy ways. Regular exercise is one great technique.
要采取步驟,用健康的方式來應(yīng)對壓力。經(jīng)常性鍛煉就是一項很好的方法。
9. Another: small changes in your diet like incorporating Omega-3 fatty acids found in oil nuts and fish can fight against damaging effects of stress on the body.