Special Calm E-Report
Some New Science About Stress
Hello,
Many of you may have may have read or heard what we have
all suspected for some
time, “Research Confirms Stress Makes You Sick” as reported
in the Sydney
Morning Herald on the 5 Dec 2005 and on the ABC Radio and as
proven by two
Australian Scientists at the Garvan Institute. I believe it
is worth reproducing so here it
is:-
Australian scientists have proved what many people have
suspected for years: stress
makes you sick.
Researchers at Sydney's Garvan Institute have discovered how
a hormone known as
neuropeptide Y (NPY), often released during times of stress,
can prevent our immune
systems from functioning properly.
The institute's Associate Professors Fabienne Mackay and
Herbert Herzog said their
findings, published in today's edition of the Journal of
Experimental Medicine, prove
a link between the brain and the immune system.
The research paves the way for understanding and preventing
stress-related colds,
flu, depression and even cancer, they said.
"Until now there has mostly been circumstantial evidence of
a link between the brain
and the immune system, but now we have that connection,"
Professor Mackay said.
"During periods of stress, nerves release a lot of NPY and
it gets into the
bloodstream, where it inhibits the cells in the immune
system that look out for and
destroy pathogens [bacteria and viruses] in the body."
The research also opens the door for new opportunities for
therapeutic intervention.
"This discovery will be vital in helping us develop a whole
new generation of drugs
that can stimulate immune defences in people who have high
levels of stress,"
Professor Mackay said.
Under extreme periods of stress, the NPY hormone can also
prevent our good TH1
cells [also known as "helper" cells] from attacking bacteria
and viruses, she said.
Professor Mackay said exploiting this TH1 inhibitory
mechanism to prevent immune
responses getting out of control would be essential in
responding to diseases
including rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, Crohn's
disease, type 1 diabetes
and lupus.
She was quick to point out, however, that proper medication
could take years to
develop and there was a lot more to understand about stress
and its effect on the
immune system.
"In the meantime, it is important that we understand how bad
stress is for all of us,"
Professor Mackay said.
"The best thing to do is to remove stress from our lives
just by reorganising the way
we live, changing our lifestyle and using things like yoga
and relaxation to the best of
our ability.
"That stress makes you sick is no longer a myth, it is a
reality and we need to take it
seriously."
If you would like to read the source and the Full Text you
will find it in the Journal of Experimental Medicine 5 Dec
2005 www.jem.org titled NPY's
mixed
messages with the abstract at
http://www.jem.org/cgi/content/abstract/202/11/1527
What Does It All Mean?
In a nutshell Stress Causes Disease! How does it do that? My
understanding is that
stress prevents the release of the “T Helper Cells”. How can
you fix it? Learn two of
the Peaceful Place methods. One is the fast 30 second method
of relaxing and
releasing stress so that you can release stress easily - as
it happens all day long and
two is - learn to meditate. If you are extremely stressed then
you need to meditate first -
before you learn the 30 second method.
I speak and write all the time about the value of
meditation. Science has proven that
the T Fighting Cells (the T Helper Cells) increase during
meditation, particularly
with guided imagery that uses visualisation to combat an
illness in the body. Yes we
can actually positively increase our immune system – today
this is scientifically called
psycho-neuro-immunology. So stress decreases the Helper
Cells and Meditation
increases them!
I recently wrote an article which was published in heartWISE
volume 28. I reproduce
it below because it really complements this E-Report and
incidentally another E-Report that is relevant is at
http://www.calm.com.au/ereport/EReport170603swon.htm titled Let Go Stress.
What Do I Recommend?
The meditation, which I know is particularly useful in the
Festive Season, is one I made recently called
Peaceful Place Meditation Number 18 –
Overcoming Worry and
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please, please stay relaxed.
All The Best 
Sandy MacGregor
heartWISE Article
Volume 28 -
Stress as Part Of the Modern Working Life
We’re all aware of stress and the damage it can wreak in
our lives and we all know
that a certain amount of stress is part of living – to
keep us motivated and moving
from one goal-post to the next. High chronic stress
levels have been linked to an
increase in cholesterol and blood pressure which in turn
can affect the heart.
Stress can predispose certain people to becoming
lethargic, eat more and exercise less
and perhaps even to smoke – all “enemies” of the heart.
Chronic stress also exposes
us to high levels of the stress hormone adrenaline.
Adrenaline suppresses the immune
system, raises our heart rate and increases our blood
pressure.
Science Today Tells Us That Stress Is Cumulative
If we don't manage our stress levels, releasing stress
as we progress through life, then
the immune system is suppressed, damaging tissues and
organs which can influence
our risk of dying through cancer and heart disease.
The Value Of Meditation
I'm sure we all know the value of exercise as a "Stress
Buster". Many people handle
their stress by jogging, walking and sport. What
exercise does is to secrete
endorphins - the "feel good" hormones. Experts tell us
that exercise alone is not
enough.
I urge you to examine your life and the way stress is
caused for you. Find the causes!
Even the way you talk to yourself can cause stress.
Negative self talk can have a
major impact on self esteem and self confidence. It can
lead to depression.
I believe is that when you recognise a life challenge,
then you're 50% of the way
through the challenge. The next 25% is saying - Yes, I
want to do something about it.
The remaining 25% is doing it - which you're also doing
- and that's where Peaceful
Place methods help.
Tony in Tasmania, who uses the Peaceful Place relaxation
methods, wrote the
following story. I had my first heart attack at about
8.30pm one hot Tuesday evening
(would you believe that it was still 30 degrees in
Hobart) just after completing my
regular evening workout. I was sitting down putting on
my socks when the symptoms
first struck. I was alone, everybody else having left
the gym, and the staff were at the
other end of the complex. They were too far away to
hear, and I could not raise my
voice loud enough to be heard outside of the change
room. I knew that the next person
due in there was the cleaner, and that was not till
9.00pm. It was what happened next
that makes me truly indebted to you Sandy. I went to my
Peaceful Place and was
able to bring down my pulse rate, control the sweating
and feeling of nausea and
"distanced" the pain sufficiently to allow me to get
dressed and go for help. There should be no need to tell you what I did first when I
was struck again some two weeks
later. I'm here to tell you it works! I look forward to
catching up with you again in
the not too distant future, but in the meantime I know
that your support is only a tape
away. TT, Tasmania
You should have a positive attitude and take control of
your life. Meditation reduces
stress without using drugs and may even slow the ageing
process.
How Can I Cope with Stress?
With the Peaceful Place methods you can achieve
relaxation whenever you want – in
30 seconds, respond effectively to difficult situations,
take on new challenges without
feeling stressed and much more.
There is no doubt that life tests us all and many of us
face more challenges than
others; for example grief is something that all of us
will eventually face in one form or
another and we need to learn coping methods.
It is important of course to have the best medical
attention available - and then to have
faith in our doctor. Spiritual faith is also very
important for a lot of people.
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