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Being overweight, having high blood sugar levels, and chronic inflammation are all well-known factors that cause type 2 diabetes.<\/p>\nBeing overweight, having high blood sugar levels, and chronic inflammation are all well-known factors that cause type 2 diabetes.<\/p>\n
And to beat those factors, diet and exercise are always pushed as the main natural methods.<\/p>\n
But a new study from Sweden reveals something completely different. There is a factor \u2013 well under your control \u2013 that may be more dominant than anything else.<\/p>\n
In Sweden, 15 million young men underwent a standardized psychological assessment for stress resilience when entering the military. <\/p>\n
At 62 years old 34,008 of those men had developed type 2 diabetes. <\/p>\n
When the psychological tests were compared, researchers found there was a strong connection between the ability to cope with stress and the development of diabetes. <\/p>\n
It was already known that psychological stress in adulthood is associated with higher risk of type 2 diabetes. These findings show that lower resistance to stress earlier in life is also related to this disease.<\/p>\n
Learning how to relax and lower your stress hormone level is therefore essential, weather you\u2019re 18, 64, or 99.<\/strong> The best method I know to relax include these simple blood pressure exercises found here\u2026<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n