I remember a few years ago when I heard on TV that stress might be linked with diseases like cancer.
At first, I scoffed at this as a media soundbite. I mean, sure, stress can make people more susceptible to things like the common cold but could it actually contribute to major diseases and conditions apart from the obvious ones like skin breakouts? I was sceptical but lately I have changed my mind.
You see, I make a little money on the side with various websites and one area that I have looked heavily into is hyperhidrosis. This is when some people have an imbalance in their bodies and they over-sweat as a result.
Then I heard that someone had cured themselves by eating the raw food diet. By taking away the stresses on the body placed on it from the typical junk that most people eat, they were able to cure themselves.
I have also noticed on message boards for various conditions such as hyperhidrosis, acid reflux and more – that the people who frequent these boards tend to be of a nervous disposition and many of them are what we might call hypochondriacs – they are overly obsessed with their health.
This rings true a little with me because I have this anxiety too and have been battling my entire life with it. And it made me wonder if my own acid reflux problem (I take daily recommendation) is actually related to my anxiety. Could this problem be a product of my own creation?
I say this because there are many conditions that medical science cannot explain. For instance, medical science cannot explain why some people sweat excessively. It cannot explain why some people get acid reflux when there does not appear to be anything physically different with them. And I’ll bet there are a whole host of other conditions that can’t be explained either.
So to come full circle, I believe that anxieties, stresses and the modern lifestyle are responsible for many of our health woes and instead of feeding them with drugs we need to go to the root of the problem. Diet is the biggest change that you can make to restore the balance.