Stress Effects Your Brain and Body | HealthmadStress increases the body’s supply of cortisol and that isn’t good, unless we are fighting a bear or in some other danger. A daily high of cortisol can cause increased inflammation, nerve damage, bad cholesterol, sugar cravings, allergies, high blood pressure, chronic disease, pain, and other bodily harm. The answer is to control your stress, which isn’t easy to do. With practice, you can bring stress under better control. Meditation has proven over the centuries to bring peace and calm into stressful lives.
