It is simply your body's response to any undesired mental, physical, emotional, or environmental demand made upon it. Stress is a part of life, but how we deal with it determines your overall health and longevity, harmony with your family and friends, or success in your work or business. The key is to learn how to manage it, and not to over react to it. Medical studies have shown that stress has also been linked to allergies, ulcers, asthma, headaches, infections, heart attacks and even cancer, not to mention the new crop of immune deficiency and auto immune diseases. If we allow stress to build up continuously, it becomes chronic.
Chronic stress is a killer.
Simply because the body is not equipped to cope with it. Although we can't avoid stress, the encouraging news is that we can dramatically strengthen the body's ability to adapt to it with proper nutritional supplementation, exercise, and more importantly, having the proper attitude towards life and the conditions around us. Many people handle stress by taking tranquilizers, anti depressants, sleeping pills, mood elevators and muscle relaxants. Unfortunately these substances provide only temporary relief, and some are even addictive. These will only lead you to more problems.