The constant tension and everyday stress familiarly called, causes a release of catecholamines and therefore increases the accumulation of lipids in the arteries which is considered an important risk factor.
Stress is another cause of blood cholesterol levels and therefore the risk of arteriosclerosis (atherosclerosis). The word stress in English etymology, literally means ‘aggression’. There is no doubt that excessive labor or distressing, is very important in heart disease, circulatory disturbances such as tachycardia or increased blood pressure observed in states of anxiety or insecurity, they are very harmful.
All people have individual characteristics. Those with features of aggressiveness, ambition, competitive spirit and a constant urgency, and play an executive function or command, and must make many decisions every day, make it a person in a state of constant tension.
The internal pressures (desire for success, sense of competence, perfectionism), and external pressures (deadlines to meet, socioeconomic needs, job demands, etc..) Can easily lead to hypertension, high blood fat and cholesterol and myocardial infarction.
The constant work and imbalance due to lack of rest days, in a climate of permanent tension and competitiveness requirements, can produce devastating effects through biochemical substrates of the human organism.
Among the various tests and studies in this field, it is worth noting one, conducted with students and through which it was shown that a few days before final exams, their blood cholesterol levels had increased remarkably compared with those for a few weeks earlier.
Besides overwork, there are other important elements such as the social factor and the same personality of the individual. This means that there are people who, by way of being and certain external Characterology are more predisposed to suffer from the problems associated with cholesterol.
Although, within the scope of the risk factors identified by the individual’s personality and lifestyle, there are many constraints to take into account, it is interesting to highlight a few of them that may be of greater or lesser risk.
Increased risk:
* Change of life from a rural to an urban
* Competitiveness individual work or
* Financial problems
* Separation or Divorce
* Death of a loved
* People with multiple jobs
* Days more than 60 hours per week
* Occupy her professional positions of great responsibility
* Feelings of dissatisfaction
* Feeling spurned by a loved one
* Women who work outside and inside buildings
* Retirement
* Playing sports too much and without considering the possibilities
* Obsessions and phobias
* An excessive desire for constant improvement
* Being male.
LOWER RISK:
* Being female under 45 years
* Marriage and family stability
* Low competitiveness
* Control diet
* Sleep an average of 8 hours per day
* Healthy living
* Conduct a sport in a controlled
* Satisfaction of work done
* Desire to overcome obsessions and competitive without
* Learn to have self self
* Have a full spiritual life.