It is important to have some background information on this condition: Our bodies are designed to handle possible dangers, such as an imminent threat to your safety, which we call the “fight or flight” mechanism. This mechanism makes it possible for our bodies to respond to threats by either “fighting” against, of “fleeing” from the situations. In a dangerous situation, your heart rate increases and so does your blood pressure, this allows your body send additional resources to your muscles and respond accordingly. The downside is that whilst your body is in this heightened mode it suppresses other non-essential bodily functions, which includes digestion, general immune system health, and the reproductive system. Our bodies are designed to cope with these changes in the situation when it is needed, but if this is a constant situation our bodies’ health can be negatively affected. When an individual experiences chronic stress, it will cause the body to be in a constant “fight or flight” mode, thereby causing a continuously high level of Cortisol in our body. Cortisol is commonly known as the stress hormone. Cortisol levels that are constantly high can have harmful effects on the body. Over a prolonged timeframe of high Cortisol levels due to the body being in a state of “fight or flight”, the body can experience damaging symptoms such as high blood pressure & Insulin resistance. Elevated blood pressure along with deteriorating insulin sensitivity, are both contributing factors (as well as several other stress-related physiologic irregularities), to a compromised health state. Eventually, this can predispose individuals to the onslaught of age-related diseases.