The Institute of Anti-Aging Gives Us Solutions to Stress-free Living 11:33 AM CST on Tuesday, January 6, 2009 The Institute of Anti-Aging 713-807-1000 www.antiageinstitute.com How does stress affect your body - Hypothalamus is the emotion center of your brain center of the fight or flight reflex which is where anxiety and depression reside. 1) Increased adrenaline: feel nervious, crave carbs, 2) Increased cortisol: gain abdominal weight, diabetes, hungry 3) Increased oxytocin: hungry, gain weight 4) Non cyclic vasopressin: poor sleep cycle: tired, fatigued, cranky 5) Decreased gonadotropins: low, irregular sex hormones: low libido 6) Decreased thyrotropin: low thyroid hormone: tired, weight gain, 7) Increased insulin: weight gain, diabetes, poor circulation 8) Impaired free radical quenching: rapid skin, and general aging How Stress Affects Beauty/Aging The same hypothalamic hormonal response to stress and depression too, have profound effects on the skin, specifically: 1) Increased adrenaline: 2) Increased cortisol: increased facial fat, puffiness, thin skin with poor collagen 3) Increased oxytocin: obesity, fluid retention, puffiness 4) Non cyclic vasopressin: fluid retention, fatigued look and feel 5) Decreased gonadotropins: dry, thin skin with poor oil content 6) Decreased thyrotropin: thin, dry skin, hair and nails 7) Increased insulin: diabetic skin: lumpy fat distribution, rapid aging 8) Impaired free radical quenching: thin skin similar to "smokers skin" Stress's Affect on Weight Gain 1) Increased adrenaline: feel nervious, crave carbs, 2) Increased cortisol: gain abdominal weight, diabetes, hungry 3) Increased oxytocin: hungry, gain weight 4) Decreased thyrotropin: low thyroid hormone: tired, weight gain, 5) Increased insulin: weight gain, diabetes, poor circulation Stress's Affect on Hormones 1) Increased cortisol: gain abdominal weight, diabetes, hungry 2) Decreased gonadotropins: low, irregular sex hormones: low libido 3) Decreased thyrotropin: low thyroid hormone: tired, weight gain,