Stress depletes nutrients WAS palpitations

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> Stress eats vitamins and minerals right out of your body, and so

> reducing stress is one more way of nourishing yourself to better health.

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> Bee asked:

> Hi . I'd be very interested in any reference you have that stress

> eats vitamins and minerals.

Well, I guess I got this idea from the fact that B vitamins and

magnesium (in particular) are often deficient in stressed out

individuals. I just did a one minute google on " stress depletes

vitamins " and " stress depletes minerals " and got 125,000+ hits. For

example, here's a paragraph from a popular educational website:

" Most people, especially in Western societies, have to deal with some

level of stress as part of their everyday lives. The body being in a

state of stress uses up many nutrients in the release of stress hormones

and glucose designed to prepare the body for 'flight or fight'. The main

vitamins depleted are vitamin C and the B vitamin complex along with a

number of minerals. Just one angry outburst can deplete the body's

vitamin C stores. Repeated several times a day or living in a permanent

state of stress can leave people severely lacking in nutrients. Also,

when the body is in a stressful state, digestion and absorption of food

is disrupted so the nutrients needing to b replaced may not even be

absorbed. Intense exercise and competition are also stressful for the

body and deplete the body of nutrients. "

[http://ezinearticles.com/?Beware-the-Vitamin-Robbers & id=1332705]

It seems that B vitamins, vitamin C, and minerals are the most hard hit

by stress depletion. In addition, higher cortisol levels (associated

with long-term unabated stress like in our modern world) also deplete

additional vitamins and minerals. I'm sure PubMed would have some choice

references on this topic, but I don't have time to search up the

mainstream research.

Let's just say that I am convinced (as you seem to be) that getting

proper nourishment (proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals) is one important

key to healing the immune system and healing disease.

Cheers,

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