The clinical definition of stress is very different than the popular usage of the word to denote anxiety or nervous tension. As the video below demonstrates (which I wrote for ZYTO Corp), stress refers to our body’s system that maintains homeostasis and keeps us alive. Click the video to play.

Main points:

• Stress is your friend.
• Stress is the body’s system to maintain balance or homeostasis by counteracting stressors.
• Stressors include bacteria, injuries, allergies, lack of sleep, toxins, emotional strain, traumatic events, and even the requirements of our physical systems (like digestion, adjusting blood pressure, etc.) which are exacerbated by poor health and lack of fitness.
• Balance is required to maintain health and optimum functionality.
• Catatoxic stress refers to the body’s reactions that directly attack or otherwise deal with stressors.
• Syntoxic stress refers to the body’s mechanisms to moderate catatoxic stress reactions.
• Although the body generally does a great job of maintaining balance, it sometimes needs support.
• Each individual has specific support needs which may change from day to day.
• When the body is unable to completely eliminate a stressor (such as bacteria or toxins), it accomodates the stressor, such as by storing the stressor within fat or other cells which requires less stress than fighting the stressor directly.
• Whenever the brain has a stress response (to deal with stressors and maintain homeostasis), the skin’s cell potential changes. This changes the skin’s ability to conduct electricity and can be measured by a system called galvanic skin response (GSR).
• ZYTO technology uses GSR to measure stress reactions to specific stressors and thereby glean valuable data regarding what the body reacts to, what stressors it may be dealing with currently, and what support will most effectively support its efforts to regain balance, health, and optimal functionality.