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Most people talk food when inflammation is mentioned. But let's not forget, arguably, an even bigger contributor: stress - mental or physical, say via a chronic
by asadkn 5y ago
Most people talk food when inflammation is mentioned. But let's not forget, arguably, an even bigger contributor: stress - mental or physical, say via a chronic illness.
Relevant: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5476783/#s2title https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5476783/#s2titl...
- andreygrehov 5y agoCurious – are there legitimate ways to measure stress?
- koolba 5y agoYou could count the amount of hair loss or lack thereof. I bet hours of nightly REM sleep would be inversely correlated as well.
- raducu 5y agoI have terrible sleep, but my hours of REM sleep are fine. It's my deep sleep that's toast; also I get to the REM stage too quickly, I think it's supposed to be a sign of depression. So it's a bit more complicated.
- bbarnett 5y agoThere is nothing wrong with hair loss, it is perfectly natural, even when young and it doesn't mean you are getting old, not even a little bit, it even can look good, OK?
- koolba 5y agoI never said it’s not natural or that there’s anything wrong with it. It’s known to be associated with stress so barring other known factors, if you suddenly start losing your hair then stress could be a cause. In contrast to long term loss, short term loss from stress tends to be reversible if it’s caught early enough.
- bbarnett 5y agoI know, just shaking my fists at the sky with my hair loss, no worries.
- throwaway_isms 5y agocortisol levels can be tested
- thatcat 5y agoonly short term via cortisol, long term burnout is as mysterious as it is destructive
- raducu 5y agoI guess I'll check it out. I'm 37 and I think my room started having the old person smell.
- hobofan 5y agoThat might also be something less dramatic. After a year of mostly staying at home, I had the same feeling, but in the end I think it was mostly stank from some of the more extreme diets I had in recent times. Now that the weather allows for full days of ventilation again (combined with baking soda) that smell was pretty quickly gone.
- sradman 5y agoHeart Rate Variability (HRV), a relatively new feature in wearables with optical heart rate monitors, is a good proxy for stress. Some years ago, IBM did a study that found that HRV in newborns served as an early warning system of illness. Athletes have long used this measure to determine when off days are needed.
- bregma 5y agoStress is measured in metric units of "handwaves." One handwave (Ɦ)is 1 angst (å) per second.
- gadf 5y agoTake aspirin daily forever, if your stomach hurts, stop. Start again.
- pengaru 5y agohttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-heart-aspirin/without-heart-disease-daily-aspirin-may-be-too-risky-idUSKCN1SJ275 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-heart-aspirin/with... https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704511304575075701363436686 https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704511304575075... https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/aug/03/painkillers-such-as-aspirin-do-more-harm-than-good-for-chronic-pain https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/aug/03/painkillers-... https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/18/health/aspirin-health.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/18/health/aspirin-health.htm... https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/09/16/647415462/study-a-daily-baby-aspirin-has-no-benefit-for-healthy-older-people https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/09/16/6474154...
- gogopuppygogo 5y agoCBD is great at helping alleviate inflammation in most people.
- f6v 5y agoWas there a study?
- gogopuppygogo 5y agohttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31881765/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31881765/
- f6v 5y agoI skimmed through that review and it mostly references mice and rats, as well as cell models. There is a huge difference between that and “in most people”. In fact, you’d need a lot studies in actual people(not cell models) of different ages and and conditions to say it works.
- gogopuppygogo 5y agoI didn’t realize that thus was still a debate in 2021 but here are a couple more: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22163000/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22163000/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22585736/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22585736/
- briefcomment 5y agoDon't forget environmental factors.
- synthmeat 5y agoSerendipitously, this popped up for me right as I was reading this thread https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QezLxFuBxvM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QezLxFuBxvM
- f6v 5y agoWe’re just scratching the surface there. So many things can go wrong with the immune system that lead to inflammation.
- virtuallynathan 5y agoThe mechanism may be via the gut, stress increases intestinal permeability.