Stress
What is chronic stress?
An ongoing state of physiological arousal in response to ongoing or numerous perceived threats
What is a primary function of sleep?
To maintain your physical health, affect your ability to function effectively, and enhances your psychological health
What is the most abundant compound in the human body?
Protein
What is sleep deprivation?
A condition that occurs when sleep is insufficient
What is self-esteem?
sense of self-worth, how you judge yourself in comparison to others
List 4 influential factors of stress
Characteristics of the stressor, biological factors, past experiences, change, frustrations and conflicts, relationships, hassles, bias and discrimination
List three effects sleep has on an individual's health
Maintain Immune system, reduce risk for CVD, metabolism, Male reproductive help, neurological/mental functioning, improves motor task
The DRI recommends men should consume how many cups of water a day?
13
What structure of the brain functions as the control center for the sympathetic nervous systeM?
Hypothalamus
What hormone leads to weight gain in a stressed individual?
Cortisol
What are the three phases of the General Adaption Syndrome (GAS)?
Alarm phase, resistance phase, exhaustion phase
During what period of sleep do dreams occur?
REM sleep
What kinds of foods are simple carbohydrates found?
fruits, vegetables, and dairy
What are 3 internal (individual) factors that can affect your stress response?
What is appraisal?
The interpretation and evaluation of information provided to the brain by the senses
What is the function of the parasympathetic nervous system during the fight-or-flight response?
Slows the systems stimulated by the stress response - counteracts the sympathetic branch
To help sleep better at night, why should you exercise in the morning or afternoon?
Exercise increases your metabolism, makes you more alert, and depletes your energy stores while increasing your body temperature. It takes hours to bring physiological changes down.
What is the AMDR for protein?
10-35% of daily calories
When epinephrine is released due to the fight-or-flight response, what changes occur in the body? (Provide 3)
stimulates body system in response to stress, more blood is pumped with each heart beat, dilates the airways in lungs to increase oxygen intake, increases breathing rate, stimulates the liver to release more glucos, dilates the pupils to increase visual sensitivity.
What is the adaptive response?
The physiological adjustments the body makes in an attempt to restore homeostasis
The sympathetic nervous system energizes the body for fight-or-flight by signaling the release of several key stress hormones. What are 3 key stress hormones?
Epinephrine, norepeinephrine, and cortisol
Sleep helps serve at least two biological purposes. What are those two biological purposes?
Conserves body energy and it restores you both physically and mentally
What are antioxidants?
Substances believed to protect against oxidative stress and resultant cell damage
What hormone is resistance phase in attempt to bring physiological responses back to homeostasis?
Oxytocin
Name the 6 dimensions of health
Physical, social, intellectual, emotional, spiritual, environmental