A team of Australian Scientists has scientifically proven a long-suspected link between emotional stress and illnesses ranging from the common cold to cancer. The group from Sydney's Garvan Institute found that a hormone released into the body during times of stress, neuropeptide Y (NPY), undermined the body's immune system and literally made you sick.
One wonders what this adds Hans Selye’s ground breaking boook, the Stress of Life published in 1978 - or to Herbert Benson's The Relaxation Response reissued in 1976. The Austrailian group
stressed that it would take years to develop drugs to counter the affects of NPY and that the best short-term solution for people was to combat their stress.Again, the writers are re-discovering an old truth. The connection between spirituality and health is well known. Good spiritual practices keep us away from self-destructive activities and encourage us to correct our past errors. Meditation is already known to reduce stress and change brain structure.
"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,"
Watch for another news flash. Some one is likely to re-discover that attending church is good for children.
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