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The link between stress and type 2 diabetes

Blood sugar and stress

Does Stress cause an increase in blood sugar level? Yes! Stress causes the adrenal glands to produce stress hormones – adrenaline, noradrenaline, and cortisol. These stress hormones prepare the body to either run from or fight back to overcome the stressful situation. One way the body prepares for this response is to release glucose from […]

Are you stressed? Understand stress and how it affects you

stress and black women

  Stress is a commonly used word. But do we all understand what it is? It means different things to different people. So we will unpack stress in this blog.   What is stress? Stress is the way the body reacts to the situation around us. These situations are constantly changing. Some of them are in […]