Release your stress in a socially acceptable way

Let me talk a little about cortisol, but before I start bashing it I should mention that cortisol is the alertness hormone, which has very important functions in the body. It is secreted by the adrenal gland and its main job is to prepare us for a stressful (threatening) situation.

It raises blood pressure and blood sugar so that we have the energy to get ourselves out of a life-threatening situation. Put simply, it sets aside all vital functions such as regeneration, immunity and reproduction and marshals every energy resource for the fight. That is why people under chronic stress age faster. This is an evolutionarily very useful tool, meant to be used for ten minutes at most. It is just like a saucepan being an excellent tool when you need to cook lunch, but if you hold it in your hands all day long, it gets in the way of your everyday life.

Today's way of life, even if your life is ideal, noise, pollution, poor food and the like, all have a very aggressive effect on our nervous system, and things easily spiral out of control. Over the past twenty years or so, everyday human life has been flooded with too much aggressive information that our nervous system is meant to process. An ordinary trip to a shopping centre, for example, with all its artificial light, colours, sounds and smells, is information that tires the nervous system. So is the use of multimedia, traffic, modern jobs that demand intellectual work, and so on. This is one of the reasons why people today are more frustrated and unhappy than ever.

I had to write this introduction, even though you may have heard something similar before (and if you haven't, all the better). Thank you for staying with me through this text, because unlike similar articles I am also going to offer you a solution and explain how simply it works.

We all know that stress is bad, but no one has yet invented a button to reduce it. Psychoactive substances are not a solution either, and we all know why. Through exercise you can trigger this same effect without any harmful consequences. The endorphin secreted after a workout helps the body restore its vital energy and recover from training. It even took its name from ENDO (which points to internal secretion) and MORPHINE. Since this is a narcotic that the body secretes on its own, there are no consequences from taking it (except that it will make you a little addicted to training 😏).

The fact that life today is faster, better and more interesting is certainly not a bad thing, quite the opposite. Today's way of life simply demands more energy. As long as our energy is in balance, as long as we spend and replenish it in equal measure, everything is fine. A body that is weak gets stuck in fatigue. To cope with today's conditions, we have to learn to spend our energy more sensibly and to replenish it better. Spelta Vita products are also a good source of vital energy.

Physical exercise helps us, in a mechanical way, to steer away from our tiring thoughts and so take a little rest from ourselves. While we tire the body, the mind rests. And by tiring the body physically we stimulate the recovery mechanisms, which in turn give us better-quality sleep and a better recovery process.

The scientific explanation for feeling good after a workout lies in the secretion of endorphins. The body secretes endorphins after intense physical activity in order to ease the pain we feel in our muscles. It reduces psychophysical pain. We all carry depression and anxiety within us, and how much they affect us depends precisely on our endorphin levels. In everyday life you can find examples for yourself among people who do sport in a proper way. They stimulate their body to secrete endorphins and in this way restore their vital energy.

So do not let your frustrations affect your relationships with the people you love, release your stress in a socially acceptable way!

Author: Vladimir Danilović, graduate sports teacher