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It is clear therefore that the factors that influence how food is stress disorder we all suffer and who always referred to, but do we know what and how is it generated? Science states that the process is characterized by excessive activity (overactivation) in the functions of the nervous, endocrine (hormonal response associated) and immune (related to the body’s defenses), as well as so-called complementary systems as the sympathetic (in charge of mobilizing energy reserves in states of emergency) and parasympathetic (whose function is to preserve and store these stockpiles).

For its part, the overactivation forces the body to consume energy to cope with possible dangers, at which hormones play crucial role, for example, adrenaline is responsible for increasing heart and breathing rates in order to send more blood to brain and muscles, which facilitates the ability to think and be active, while the call hydrocortisone helps mobilize energy reserves. Read the rest of this entry »

It is common to experience slight variations in body weight, without straying too far from what it means to make tables and standards. However, there are those who present changes that fall outside the limits, a situation that is usually associated with the consumption of food, not organic or mental abnormality.

Surely you would agree with the finding that there are different ways of eating, for example, who does it for pleasure, self-regulated selectively and is rated gourmet or hedonistic, while those who eat food out of control, choice and satisfaction, are often identified as “compulsive overeaters.” Notably, the latter generally channel their anxiety and stress toward food, learned behavior throughout his life. Read the rest of this entry »

Unfortunately, no one is free from stress does not discriminate on gender, race, socioeconomic position, religion, personal interests and certainly not age. Concerns about job search and work pressure in adults has its pair when it comes to school stress in children.

We were all children once and we remember those distant times when we cried when we had to leave our toys to make the impossible math homework. Not to mention when, a little larger, we face the challenge of studying history and geography lessons for the first test of school and trying the best qualifications for Mom and Dad congratulated us.

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Vitamins are vital substances. The human body is capable of producing only a fraction of them. A small amount of some vitamins are produced by intestinal bacteria and are used by the body, but for most of the vitamins the human body depends on food supply. Vitamins are organic substances, often components of the enzymes, biocatalysts, the body. Until today have identified 13 vitamins.

Today we know that vitamins are not a homogeneous group of substances, but have enough differences in their chemical composition. They play a lot of different functions involved, among others, in blood clotting, nerve functions, growth, reproduction, defense against infections, digestion and eye function.
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