If you ask most Americans which is more stressful work or home, work always gets the nod. But not so.
A California researcher, Arlie Hochschild, was curious why employees at Fortune 500 companies did not take advantage of flex time, part time, maternity leave and other family-friendly benefits. It seems many of us see work as an escape from family problems. In fact, 20% of those she interviewed said they felt more supported and appreciated at work.
Penn State researchers took up Hochschild’s work and recruited 122 men and women, most with ‘good’ jobs (not minimum wage, with salaries between $35K and 75K) and used saliva testing (a la www.i-calq.com and www.MySanyx.com) to measure cortisol levels.
As reported in www.bizpsycho.com/tag/cortisol/: “Over a 3-day period each participant gave a saliva sample which was tested for the level of cortisol, a stress hormone. Each participant was also asked 6 times a day how happy they felt and how much stress they were under. The researchers found that cortisol levels, a biological marker of stress, were significantly lower at work than at home, indicating lower levels of stress at work.
“Although this goes against the idea that work is stressful it supports the fact that people who work have better levels of mental and physical health than people who don’t work.”
According to Peak Biometric Laboratories, the manufacturers of Sanyx, the physician-created ‘Stress Mitigating Compound’ designed to limit the effects of excess cortisol, “We’ve gotten a lot of anecdotal evidence from Sanyx users who test their cortisol levels with the i-calQ smartphone app (www.i-calQ.com). They say their cortisol is higher on weekends when we suppose they’re spending more time at home.”
Stress and resulting excess cortisol have been called the new American health epidemic. That may seem like an exaggeration, but when we see research like this, it makes you wonder if calling it an epidemic is pretty accurate.
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Stress, Cortisol and Smartphone Testing for Around $5
A very interesting article from the legitimate health-related web site www.qualityhealth.com is the latest in what seems to be a media frenzy around the negative effects of excess cortisol and new, smartphone-based systems that allow users to test their cortisol levels right on their phone.
The article did an excellent job explaining how and why the stress hormone can affect almost every organ system… including your brain.
The author put it this way: “Prolonged stress and chronically elevated cortisol levels are associated with multiple health problems, including anxiety, depression, high blood pressure, inflammation, weight gain, and heart disease; stress is also linked to diseases like diabetes.”
It’s quite a litany of what you might call problems created by our stressful American lifestyle. And remember, the key phrase is “excess cortisol.” In and of itself, cortisol is essential to help us deal with real ‘fight or flight’ situations… to increase adrenalin, which, in turn, makes your heart pump faster, increases circulation and increase glucose in your bloodstream to provide more energy… all things you need when a danger is at hand. As the article states, when you’re trying to outrun a lion, not deal with an angry boss or a tight deadline.
Now here’s the good news about testing for cortisol. Simply put, expensive testing is a thing of the past. Now, with the help of a smartphone and some clever technology, you can test cortisol levels for as little as $5. And readers of this blog know, the way to test in the privacy of your own home is via i-calQ (http://i-calq.com), the latest smartphone app and software that’s also been licensed by supplement manufacturer Peak Biometric Research and Sanyx to help people test the efficacy of the company’s exclusive cortisol controlling, stress mitigating formula (http://MySanyx.com).
“… the expense and time associated with these tests has led researchers to seek out faster, cheaper ways to measure cortisol. Now, new software and cell phone technology might make this test more affordable and accessible. According to research presented at a recent joint meeting of the International Society of Endocrinology and the Endocrine Society in Chicago, patients may soon be able to upload a saliva specimen through a special tube attached to their phones to measure cortisol and deliver results within minutes for about $5.”
That’s the power of i-calQ and the promise of Sanyx: fast, inexpensive testing of cortisol levels. And when they are high, a new physician-created supplement to lower excess cortisol levels. You can then retest and see exactly how well Sanyx is working. Finally, the revolutionary ability to test the efficacy of a dietary supplement… an idea that will eventually change the entire industry.
The article did an excellent job explaining how and why the stress hormone can affect almost every organ system… including your brain.
The author put it this way: “Prolonged stress and chronically elevated cortisol levels are associated with multiple health problems, including anxiety, depression, high blood pressure, inflammation, weight gain, and heart disease; stress is also linked to diseases like diabetes.”
It’s quite a litany of what you might call problems created by our stressful American lifestyle. And remember, the key phrase is “excess cortisol.” In and of itself, cortisol is essential to help us deal with real ‘fight or flight’ situations… to increase adrenalin, which, in turn, makes your heart pump faster, increases circulation and increase glucose in your bloodstream to provide more energy… all things you need when a danger is at hand. As the article states, when you’re trying to outrun a lion, not deal with an angry boss or a tight deadline.
Now here’s the good news about testing for cortisol. Simply put, expensive testing is a thing of the past. Now, with the help of a smartphone and some clever technology, you can test cortisol levels for as little as $5. And readers of this blog know, the way to test in the privacy of your own home is via i-calQ (http://i-calq.com), the latest smartphone app and software that’s also been licensed by supplement manufacturer Peak Biometric Research and Sanyx to help people test the efficacy of the company’s exclusive cortisol controlling, stress mitigating formula (http://MySanyx.com).
“… the expense and time associated with these tests has led researchers to seek out faster, cheaper ways to measure cortisol. Now, new software and cell phone technology might make this test more affordable and accessible. According to research presented at a recent joint meeting of the International Society of Endocrinology and the Endocrine Society in Chicago, patients may soon be able to upload a saliva specimen through a special tube attached to their phones to measure cortisol and deliver results within minutes for about $5.”
That’s the power of i-calQ and the promise of Sanyx: fast, inexpensive testing of cortisol levels. And when they are high, a new physician-created supplement to lower excess cortisol levels. You can then retest and see exactly how well Sanyx is working. Finally, the revolutionary ability to test the efficacy of a dietary supplement… an idea that will eventually change the entire industry.
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