Chronic stress sounds all too familiar in our daily lives. Whether it comes from taking care of your child’s daily needs or from the demands of your career, stress is almost inevitable. This leads to different kinds of emotional, mental, and physical effects that could build up and may go out of your control.
In fact, a new study shows how chronic stress can lead to gut dysfunctions in particular. Remember that the gut, also known as the gastrointestinal tract, runs from your mouth down to the anus; meaning, it affects all of your body. It is mainly responsible for the processing of your food. It chooses what to absorb and what to discharge from the body.
Researchers from Japan and Germany found that the healthy subjects [mice] under stress exhibited “micro-inflammation” at specific site centres of the brain and “the inflamed sites then released a small molecule [ATP] that switched on a nerve pathway that is normally turned off. This switch led to gut dysfunctions, bleeding and failure.”
People with Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease are also known to exhibit micro-inflammation caused by accumulation and deposits of particular substances in the brain.
Point is, being an adult in today’s society is never easy. Nevertheless, over 200,000 people per year get relief from stress, anxiety, and depression and boost their creativity and energy from the Tomatis® Method! The Tomatis® Method is an educational intervention designed to work on ear-brain connections and improve learning, communication and quality of life!
References:
Hokkaido University. (2017, August 21). Chronic stress induces fatal organ dysfunctions via a new
neural circuit. ScienceDaily. Retrieved August 21, 2017 from www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170821102733.htm
The Progression of Alzheimer’s Disease. (n.d.). Retrieved August 22, 2017, from www.brightfocus.org/alzheimers/infographic/progression-alzheimers-disease
Wilson, C. (2016, November 30). Parkinson’s disease may start in the gut and travel to the brain.
Retrieved August 22, 2017, from www.newscientist.com/article/mg23231024-100-parkinsons-disease-may-start-in-the-gut-and-travel-to-the-brain/
Françoise Nicoloff
Official Representative of Tomatis Developpement SA in Australia, Asia and South Pacific, Director of the Australian Tomatis® Method, Registered Psychologist, Certified Tomatis® Consultant Senior, Tomatis® International Trainer and Speaker, Co-author of the Listening Journey Series, 40 Years of Experience, Neurodiversity Speaker
