Anti Stress with Zinc

FORM: 60 tablets

Anti-Stress is formulated with all of the B-Complex vitamins at the optimum dosage to relieve stress. It is also formulated to provide for rich, highly oxygenated blood via its use of the B-Complex vitamins.

Stress can exhaust your natural defenses and activate stress hormones which may deplete nutrient and energy reserves. We all experience stress on a daily basis, it is everywhere! We experience it driving in heavy traffic, dealing with a boss who is less than supportive or just the everyday family situations that come up. What most people don’t understand is that stress is stress (emotional or physical) no matter where it comes from, it is all the same! And all this stress affects the body the same way from a physiological point of view, no matter what the source. So, for overall long term health it is very important that we get it under control, and learn how to deal with it because of the damage it will eventually do to our bodies.

When you work out in the gym…that is stress, when you are constantly being emotionally bombarded… that is stress, when you eat the wrong foods…that is stress and the list goes on. The cumulative physiological effect that all this stress has on the body creates free radicals (which is not good), constricts blood vessels, reduces the amount of oxygen that is available to the body, destroys sleep patterns, causes digestive problems and worst of all destroys the vital nutrients that our bodies need to stay healthy.

So, what do we do? Well, taking supplements such as Anti Stress w/ zinc helps to provide you with the nutrient content that will help you to cope with the daily onslaught of negativity that makes you react to stress the way you do. The additional nutrients in Anti Stress such as zinc have been shown to be useful in the management of stress because it helps to support the immune system. Zinc is a powerful antioxidant as it shields sulfhydryl groups and protects lipids from peroxidation. Zinc increases the production of metallothionein, a very important antioxidant protein, and is a constituent of superoxide dismutase. Zinc deficiency results in lower glutathione, vitamin E, glutathione sulfotransferase (GST), glutathione peroxidase and superoxide dismutase (all very powerful antioxidants) levels. Reactive oxygen species (free radicals) and lipid peroxides increase in tissue membranes and mitochondria when there is a zinc deficiency. This creates an environment that opens the gate to illnesses on almost every level. The B-vitamins in Anti Stress serve a very important role, they are antioxidants that affect not only metabolism but they help and sustain energy levels throughout the day.

Even a marginal B-vitamin deficiency can lower antioxidant levels, promoting mitochondrial (energy producers) decay which causes fatigue and increases cellular dysfunction. Impaired B-vitamin intake in general will cause an increase in the level of oxidative stress; it has been shown that hydroxyl and superoxide (free radicals) radicals even attack B-vitamins directly which increases the need. The types of nutrients in Anti Stress have been shown to have a neuroprotective effect which has obvious implications when it comes to maintaining your overall health, and in the reduction of stress.

Really, dealing with stress begins in the head, and then you can use a nutritious diet and supplements to help provide a solid foundation from which to work to keep you healthy. When you think about it, your body works fine if it is not over worked and you only eat a moderately healthy diet. But the trouble starts when you let things get to you, the body can’t keep up with the ‘drain’ of energy and yearn for more of what keeps us healthy. It is a lot like a race car, you can’t expect it to function at optimal levels if you don’t give it the proper fuel. The body is the same way, it requires nutrients at all levels to be able to deal with situations that are out of the realm of what the system is used to handling.

What we need to do is:< br /> - Identify the short-term stress in your life.
- Manage your work overload and job stress.
- Plan ahead to reduce performance stress.
- Learn how to breathe and relax.
- Eat a nutritious diet.
- And take the right kind of supplements. †

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