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Health: Fighting Stress
Don't let stress hormones hamper your brain activity.
High levels of stress hormones muddle memory in people of all ages by impairing brain areas involved in cognitive processing, a recent study concludes. Keep your memory sharp by fighting stress with regular exercise, social interactions with supportive people, and deep-breathing exercises.
RealAge Benefit: Taking care of your emotional health and well-being can make your RealAge up to 16 years younger.
Originally published on 06/27/2005.
Glucocorticoids are steroid hormones your adrenal glands release in response to stress. Although these hormones help regulate metabolism, blood pressure, and cardiovascular function, they may depress immunity. Several studies also reveal that both long- and short-term exposure to elevated levels of these stress hormones impairs memory and cognitive processing in children and adults. Chronically high levels of stress hormones in older adults may also shrink the hippocampus, a brain area involved in emotion and memory, by up to 14 percent, research suggests.
Source: RealAge.com
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