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“Balancing the Stress Scale: Understanding Allostatic Load and Taking Control of Your Health”

A brief explanation of Allostatic load is the cumulative wear and tear on the body’s physiological systems due to chronic or repeated stress. It encompasses the various physiological responses that the body undergoes to adapt to stressors, such as hormonal changes and other physiological adjustments. When the body encounters stress, it activates its stress response system,…
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Is Intermittent Fasting Good for Weight loss?

The age-old practice of fasting is historically done for religious reasons, but fasting for weight loss is all the hype nowadays. You can find many claimed benefits such as “expelling poisons”, “promoting autophagy”, “ ”MELTS Fat away”, “builds muscle”, and the list goes on!  For our purposes here we are just going to discuss the…
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