Normally, we derive glucose from the food that we eat. Glucose is the fuel of our cells much like gas is to a car. In the case of cortisol release, this results in your body generating new glucose from the liver, not from food. This is to ensure your body has the proper fuel if you do indeed have to fight or flight. Now, imagine we are now living in modern times. Oh ya, we are. Awesome! No manbearpigs to worry about. Our stressors are much different and typically much more chronic. But our body's reaction is still the same. "Oh no, traffic sucks! I've been sitting here for 2 hours and haven't moved! I'm probably going to be late to work!"
You are officially stressed and your hypothalamus is stimulating your pituitary gland to say hey! adrenal glands! where's my cortisol?! Now cortisol results in you have all sorts of glucose circulating in your blood just waiting to be used! But wait! You're sitting in a car. Not moving. You aren't about to run away from anything because well, you can't. Traffic is here to stay. So you reach for a bagel. And a granola bar. And then a donut and coffee when you finally get to work. What does food become when it breaks down in our body? You got it! Glucose!
yippee! glucose gives me the energy to do stupid jump shots like this;
Hotel Del Coronado robe, Ugg boots
So now, not only do you have all sorts of glucose from the stress of traffic, but now you've just given your body MORE glucose by eating, than it knows what to do with. "Stress eating" is something we are all very familiar with. And since the body can only use so much glucose such as there are only so many seats in a movie theatre, the remaining stays in our blood, looking for arteries to attach to. You cells don't want me? I'll just have to find somewhere else to stay! Do you see where I'm going with this? Imagine if you are sitting in traffic everyday or you have something else in your life that is a chronic stressor. Chronic stress forces the body to have to adapt to the continuous amounts of cortisol and excess glucose in our bodies and this is when we see diseases develop affecting every organ and tissue of the body.
hiking Rattlesnake Ridge with a sexy man
Our body's reaction to stress is directly linked to it believing it is going to either have to fight that manbearpig or flight from it, both of which require expending energy, i.e. glucose! It is in our DNA that exercise should follow a stressor. We have all heard it a million and one times that "exercise reduces stress" but I hope after reading WHY, your motivation for hitting the sidewalk is inspired. You and me baby ain't nothing but mammals so let's do it like they do on the Discovery Channel! Not like that you perv! Get your butt moving! Action follows intention so let's commit to this day forward to put down the bagel and go take a hike. Literally. And if you've heard of the caveman or paleolithic diet, well it seems we don't give them the credit they deserve. Tried and true never fails.
And after your hike, I hope you come home, get a foot rub from the bf or husbee (don't forget to reciprocate!), take a warm shower while practicing some meditation and then slip on some foot adornments that make you happy! Cause it's Friday and it's time to boogie! Now send me those shoe pics to aphiluvaoe@aol.com for next week!
Steven by Steve Madden shoes owned by yours truly
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