STRESS REACTION.

Consequently, a switch flipped in our brains when we went about 16 hours (possibly 12 hours in women) without any calories, and research suggests that our brains still function as they did thousands of years ago. For example, recent research suggests that mindfulness training can reverse the impact of what stress has done to the brain. While most of us believe that suppression is a productive way to manage our emotions, studies have demonstrated that it can increase the stress response within the brain and worsen the situation when faced with a negative stimuli. Research has shown that by positioning the stressor as a growth-inducing opportunity or reinterpreting our body's physiological response to stress, we can decrease the impact that it has on our brains. [Extracted from the article]
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