Sentences with phrase «stressed by the pressures»

And it's not just lawyers with young children that may find themselves stressed by the pressures of work, family commitments and volunteer activities.

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When Christians spend the Christmas season frantically stressed by consumerist pressures, we echo the values of the empire that Jesus sought to undermine.

Murray Bowen has been examining the forces in contemporary society that increase stress on families and render them highly vulnerable to dysfunction — e.g., the frantic pace of life, the loss of supportive contact with the extended family, the pressures caused by the population explosion and the depletion of nonrenewable resources.

Research has proven that yoga lowers blood pressure, increases musculoskeletal health and circulation, and decreases stress (prison yoga programs have reduced recidivism by as much as 80 percent in their participants).

Plus not being stressed by time pressure as you photograph always makes it an easier, more enjoyable process!

The campaign event was ignited off the back of the public and political pressure created by the broadcast of video images on 60 Minutes supplied to the media outlet by Animals Australia showing issues with heat stress related mortalities for sheep, on a 2017 shipment to the Middle East.

Seven reasons for breast feeding follow, but before giving anyone this list, I also add one bit of advice — that breast feeding, for all its known medical advantages, is no psychological advantage if the woman is unhappy, emotionally uncomfortable or stressed by breast feeding «pressure.

I want her to be able to fully enjoy her childhood, unfettered by the pressures and stress of a packed schedule.

Advantaged kids can be especially harmed by excessive pressure to perform academically and their parents» own stress levels.

Be aware that you can influence how your child responds to stress and pressure by setting a good example.

Traveling by air can also place a pregnant woman's body under stress from cabin pressure, long flight times, layovers, and exposure to recycled air chock full of many passenger's germs.

Blogging on Baby Sleep For Me has become a hobby for me and it's helping to release some of that pressure and stress by talking about it.

It can be caused by anything from stress and fatigue, to pressure on the breast from a bra that's too tight, missed feedings, or poor hand or breast pump hygiene, according to The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine.

Younger babies have greater risk of injury because their spine is not fully formed yet, while the older babies start to get greater stress as their weight increases (Pressure is weight divided by area of contact).

Help your daughter to manage stress and fatigue by taking time away from school and social pressures to simply relax and recuperate.

Researchers in Sweden report that mothers are more burdened by time pressure than fathers, and the women most affected are either highly educated, financially stressed, or lacking in social support (Gunnarsdottir et al 2014; Gunnarsdottir et al 2015).

Being able to correctly identify and address the needs of your baby will deepen the bond with your child, and ease much of the pressure and stress that is felt by parents.

«I'm a deputy communications director of the NDC and I'm saying that is the stand point of the NDC and our response to the call by the clergy and those mounting pressure on the EC to change the voter register,» Boahene stressed

Our hospitals are struggling under pressure and this fund will alleviate some of that stress by keeping patients out of our A&E units and reduce unplanned admissions.

A fight - or - flight stress response, mediated by the sympathetic nervous system, creates almost instantaneous physical reactions, including increased heart rate and blood pressure, changes in attention, memory, and other bodily functions.

Geoscientists have known for decades that the injection of fluid can increase pressures within the pores of deep rock formations, pushing faults that are already critically stressed by forces in Earth's crust past the snapping point.

«The chemicals produced by cooking meats at high temperatures induce oxidative stress, inflammation and insulin resistance in animal studies, and these pathways may also lead to an elevated risk of developing high blood pressure,» said Gang Liu, Ph.D., lead author of the study and a postdoctoral research fellow in the department of nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston.

These pressures imply that now, more than ever, we are threatened by significant weather - related water stress and risks.

The team did that by stressing the animals» hearts in a way that mimics atherosclerosis and by blocking thyroid signaling, which also puts pressure on the organ.

Coulomb's equation states that in order to slide one hand against the other the shear stress — akin to the force applied to slide your hands — divided by the surrounding pressure — squeezing the sand together — must equal something called the friction coefficient.

Using a world - first scientific discovery, Australian researchers are developing a stress - test for coral, to measure how coral reefs are being impacted by pressures from climate cha...

There could be three evolutionary processes could explain this adaptive radiation of hominins: 1) the occupation of novel niches for species living in a highly productive but spatially constrained region when there are deep fresh water lakes in the EARS [46] and 2) the lakes themselves creating spatial structure producing population isolation and vicariance and 3) repeated periods of increased resource availability stimulated adaptation and radiation followed by periods of environmental stress when the lakes rapidly dried up imposing strong selection pressures [28].

«The geometries of these are really complex; everything is curved, the internal surfaces have negative curvature and the morphologies are very interesting,» says Rice postdoctoral researcher Chandra Sekhar Tiwary, who led an earlier study that showed how seashells protect soft bodies from extreme pressure by transferring stress throughout their structures.

I would suggest that you start your routine with exercises where you can put the most pressure and stress on your triceps — this is because when you start training you have all your energy and you are by far the best prepared for it.

Running downhill ground can make you more susceptible to painful shin splints by putting pressure on your shinbones, but running uphill can alleviate that stress (just be careful when you head down!).

Blood pressure can be affected by stress and can in turn cause heart problems.

Characterised by a band of pressure around the head together with neck or jaw tightness, a tension headache is generally associated with physical and / or emotional stress.

The same can be true for high blood pressure, irritable bowel syndrome, headaches, and a host of other chronic ailments, all of which can be exacerbated by persistently high levels of stress hormones, says Mary Coussons - Read, PhD, professor of psychology at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs.

But massage pays off for the giver, too, by eliminating stress and lowering blood pressure.

By combining the practices of deep breathing, stretching, and mindful relaxation, you can reduce your blood pressure, enhance your heart health, improve digestion, and decrease the negative impact of stress and anxiety.

A sustained modest weight - loss of five to 10 % body - weight is associated with improvements in various indices of cardiometabolic health including but not limited to insulin sensitivity, vascular function, blood pressure and lipid levels.3 These beneficial effects of weight - loss can be partially explained by accompanying reductions in adipose tissue mass and dysfunction.5 There is however, some evidence to suggest that energy restriction (ER) alone can confer metabolic changes which are independent to those of weight - loss, by facilitating an acute negative energy balance 6 - 9 and / or by activating adaptive stress response pathways.10

This effect is achieved by the lowering of blood pressure in cases of diabetic patients, decreasing oxidative stress on the sensitive sperm cells and therefore minimising damage to their DNA cargo4.

Forest bathing is proven to lower blood pressure and heart rate, reduce stress hormone production, boost the immune system by increasing killer T cell production, and promote feelings of wellbeing.

Having a pet companion can improve the health of your heart by lowering blood pressure and also calming your pulse when stressed.

Behaviors, signs, symptoms, and conditions resulting from (or being exacerbated by) stressed adrenal glands will vary individually but generally include: high or low blood pressure, blood sugar imbalances (esp.

Whenever the adrenal glands, which sit atop the kidney, are stimulated by stress, they excrete hormones including cortisol, adrenaline, and testosterone, which play a role in increasing heart rate and blood pressure, slowing digestion, and shutting down executive brain functions, among other physiological changes collectively known as the stress response.

The posture could improve circulation, boost digestion, and lower blood pressure levels by easing stress.

Whether real or imagined, your body responds to threat by releasing a cascade of stress hormones that increase your blood pressure, elevate your heart rate, suppress non-essential functions like digestion and sex drive, and prepare you for battle.

Stress is a force or state of tension, pressure or strain imposed by a stressor.

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Before you roll your eyes at the idea, HeartMath has been shown to lower cortisol (our stress hormone) by 23 percent and major corporations use it to help their employees rebalance emotionally and mentally, as well as to lower their blood pressure and blood sugar.

Stress creates a perfect storm of disease - producing reactions, lead by an inflammatory response — causing increased blood pressure, heart rate, blood fats, insulin resistance, along with decreased immune function, digestion, reproductive hormones, and serotonin.

According to one review, eating walnuts can reduce «bad» LDL cholesterol by up to 16 %, lower diastolic blood pressure by 2 — 3 mm Hg and decrease oxidative stress and inflammation (28).

In long - term follow - up studies of the adult children of mothers who ate high protein diets while pregnant between 1948 and 1954, it was found that by age 40 offspring commonly had high levels of the stress hormone cortisol [6] and high blood pressure [7,8].

It can help reduce stress by lowering blood pressure, and it can reduce constipation and bloating due to the water, potassium, and fiber it contains.