I’ve been to the doctors with different symptoms and they’ve always said it’s stressed. What they’ve never done is then help. They just send me a way to figure it out myself. This is the first doctor who’s ever talked about techniques and actual micro level causes!
I think we idealize earlier times as being less stressful. People dealt with chronic stressors like wars, droughts, untreatable health conditions, poverty, oppression, etc.
This is very true. However, the diet many years ago was not full of ultra processed, sugar-rich food which causes spikes in blood sugar. Most humans did a serious amount of physical exercise compared to nowadays which counterbalanced the surge in catecholamines that they were experiencing. The stress that they endured was often more beneficial than the very low level abuse that many modern humans experience. Rangan refers to "micro-stress doses" (MSDs) and the individual thresholds. This is the nub of the issue! Psychological distress was less pronounced 70-80 years ago, as the vast majority of humans had very little time to sit and ponder about their lives. With mechanisation, automation and technological advancement modern humans have a lot of 'loose' time on their hands. People live much longer nowadays, so it is inevitable that people in their 60s onwards have endured five decades of low level, chronic stress. This is an excellent podcast.
Zoe amazes me. I'm still dumbfounded by the knowledge the doctors share in true concern for one's health and well being. Stress plays a huge role with our health and well being. It's about time the medical professionals stood up and shouted it to the world. Hehe at least on RUclips. I can't wait to reveal my results down the road since my journey has just begun. Happy trails!
I am a massage therapist, reflexologist, yogi, pilates junkie, meditator, enjoy prayer and have five children, two with special needs. I home educate and am a full time home maker. I don’t get much sleep. If you put all that together, what I will say is - human touch has to be one of the most underrated super powers we have. I live a high stress life, including huge financial strain, but for the most part maintain excellent health. None of my children have ever had even one dose of calpol (eldest fifteen, youngest 17 months) - I have been continually present with them all and have co slept with them all. This lifestyle is not for everyone but this is my life - and I definitely can attest to the incredible power of loving, wanted human touch.
This is just such a brilliant channel. All this information that we sort of know a bit about but then it’s like a light being switched on each time. Thanks!!
What a brilliant podcast. I think technology is to blame for a lot of stress. I also think the use of self-service tills etc, companies using robots on call centres all adds to this as we are missing the human contact @nd understanding, especially for older people.
❤ Great tips. Really recommend watching. .. .. .. Side note: Greed of small minority is responsible for the stress of vast majority. Unfortunately these broken society pipes no one want to tackle. Which is pity.
Cortigenix’s Cortisol Over Time (COT) test has been a game-changer for managing my chronic stress! It measures cortisol levels over the last 3 months. Thanks Zoe for the podcast! ⭐️
Really great episode. Lots that confirmed my own suspicions and lots of extra info backed up by studies or people more experienced than myself. Rangan was really easy to listen to.
After an hour of saying stress is bad, "we could do an hour on stress relieving techniques." Then why didn't you do that. Everyone already knows constant stress is bad.
That was so helpful. Thank you Ron, John and Zoe! I'm going to put the breathing into practice and think about all the other tidbits too. Thank you! Zoe is a fantastic help to the world. I love the talks.
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Immensely useful toward the end with the practical & easy approaches to dealing with stress. I didn't realise that stress causes diabetes. Love the idea that human touch is so calming to us. I've been doing some work on the Vagus nerve which I've found very useful and takes the idea of breathwork to another level. Working out stress through exercise is a great thought and making it easy to do is really helpful. Thank you very much.
I'm a big fan of Rangan but none of this is new. It's great to see him on Zoe, though. His connection between a row with his wife and then getting a back spasm is a crucial further step for chronic pain sufferers.
A hug a day keeps the Dr away! Yay! Well, we all knew that didn’t we😜😇😂 Best breathing I’ve experienced is 2:1 breathing technique; basically count your in breath: breath in slowly through the nose, hold breath for 4 seconds, breath out through the mouth but make your out breath twice the length of your in breath. Works every time and within minutes. I am now at 3 breaths per minute and totally chilled! Relaxation is in the exhalation! As anyone in Breathology knows, thanks Stig! (Severinsen )
Stress's Impact on Health (00:00-01:07): Dr. Rangan Chatterjee highlights that 60-80% of medical visits are related to stress, which contributes to various health issues like diabetes, heart disease, and mental health conditions. Stress is necessary but becomes harmful when it accumulates. Micro Stressors and Their Effect (16:16-18:14): Micro stress doses are small stressors we face daily, which can accumulate and push individuals closer to their personal stress threshold, causing them to feel overwhelmed quickly. Breathing Techniques for Stress Relief (34:20-38:26): Dr. Chatterjee shares breathing exercises, such as the 3-4-5 breath (longer exhale than inhale) and the physiological sigh (two inhales, one long exhale), which can effectively lower stress levels. Exercise and Stress (40:28-44:01): Regular, even short exercise routines (like a five-minute strength workout) can help reduce stress by lowering cortisol levels, without needing high motivation or long time commitments. The Power of Human Touch (46:07-48:16): Touch, especially slow, gentle strokes, can reduce cortisol levels and stress, as demonstrated by research showing the calming effects of specific touch fibers.
Great podcast as always. You guys are leading the way in informative lifestyle videos and your guests are top notch. Why not practice what you preach in this podcast though about preventing mini stressors in our lives and cease forever nudging us through click bait and persistent requests to turn on notifications. Trust us to watch your podcasts in our own time because they’re good and worthy of watching and not because a little bell notifies us so we become an audience of Pavlovian dogs!
The claim that chronic stress alone can cause type 2 diabetes is a rather bold and unsubstantiated claim. I'd like to see the study that can teaase out chronic stress alone as being the caue I'm sure it's much more nuanced than that!
These techniques are efficient but they just help you coping with stress. How bout getting to the root of the problem and find out why one is so stressed? I feel like giving tips isn't good enough and if someone is dealing with stress related issues they should see a therapist. It might take some time to overcome this but it's then for life.
? I thought it was excellent normal human interaction & didn’t notice anything untoward that would annoy me… but that’s just me. Maybe I need to be more critical.
I had more of an impression that he was listening carefully and wanted to clarify points for his own understanding, or potentially for the understanding of some of the audience. I think that he tries to predict questions that the audience might have.
I read recently that in the 2000s there was a study that an “average” 13 year old had levels of anxiety that would constitute being in a mental institution in the 1950s for the same aged child… I imagine it’s only gotten worse since then.
Love the podcasts in general but are all guests and hosts briefed to use first names as much as possible?? It’s so annoying and a makes the conversations seem really unnatural.
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I’ve been to the doctors with different symptoms and they’ve always said it’s stressed. What they’ve never done is then help. They just send me a way to figure it out myself. This is the first doctor who’s ever talked about techniques and actual micro level causes!
I think we idealize earlier times as being less stressful. People dealt with chronic stressors like wars, droughts, untreatable health conditions, poverty, oppression, etc.
They're not talking about 90 years ago, but 10 years ago.
This is very true. However, the diet many years ago was not full of ultra processed, sugar-rich food which causes spikes in blood sugar. Most humans did a serious amount of physical exercise compared to nowadays which counterbalanced the surge in catecholamines that they were experiencing. The stress that they endured was often more beneficial than the very low level abuse that many modern humans experience. Rangan refers to "micro-stress doses" (MSDs) and the individual thresholds. This is the nub of the issue! Psychological distress was less pronounced 70-80 years ago, as the vast majority of humans had very little time to sit and ponder about their lives. With mechanisation, automation and technological advancement modern humans have a lot of 'loose' time on their hands. People live much longer nowadays, so it is inevitable that people in their 60s onwards have endured five decades of low level, chronic stress. This is an excellent podcast.
Zoe amazes me. I'm still dumbfounded by the knowledge the doctors share in true concern for one's health and well being. Stress plays a huge role with our health and well being. It's about time the medical professionals stood up and shouted it to the world. Hehe at least on RUclips. I can't wait to reveal my results down the road since my journey has just begun. Happy trails!
Thank you Zoe...
As a Family physician i have got benefit from your informations...Regards
I am a massage therapist, reflexologist, yogi, pilates junkie, meditator, enjoy prayer and have five children, two with special needs. I home educate and am a full time home maker. I don’t get much sleep. If you put all that together, what I will say is - human touch has to be one of the most underrated super powers we have. I live a high stress life, including huge financial strain, but for the most part maintain excellent health. None of my children have ever had even one dose of calpol (eldest fifteen, youngest 17 months) - I have been continually present with them all and have co slept with them all. This lifestyle is not for everyone but this is my life - and I definitely can attest to the incredible power of loving, wanted human touch.
Excellent podcast episode. Can’t come at a better time of my life.
This is just such a brilliant channel. All this information that we sort of know a bit about but then it’s like a light being switched on each time. Thanks!!
What a brilliant podcast. I think technology is to blame for a lot of stress. I also think the use of self-service tills etc, companies using robots on call centres all adds to this as we are missing the human contact @nd understanding, especially for older people.
I find other people's behaviour the cause of my stress
So good! Dr Chatterjee is an exceptional human being and shares such great information! ❤
I love Dr. Rangan. He to makes so much sense xxx and his voice is so soothing ❤
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Great tips. Really recommend watching.
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Side note:
Greed of small minority is responsible for the stress of vast majority.
Unfortunately these broken society pipes no one want to tackle. Which is pity.
I love Zoe! It's making a huge difference to my health and life. Gratitude.
Did you sign up Ann? I'm always put off by the heavy marketing and pricing structure.
Brilliant summary, followed RC videos years before Zoe after fellow GP recommended in 2018. Most refreshing.
Cortigenix’s Cortisol Over Time (COT) test has been a game-changer for managing my chronic stress! It measures cortisol levels over the last 3 months. Thanks Zoe for the podcast! ⭐️
So, your Cortisol is high. What then?
Thankyou, I've been wanting to check my cortisol levels for some time.
Really great episode. Lots that confirmed my own suspicions and lots of extra info backed up by studies or people more experienced than myself. Rangan was really easy to listen to.
After an hour of saying stress is bad, "we could do an hour on stress relieving techniques." Then why didn't you do that. Everyone already knows constant stress is bad.
That was so helpful. Thank you Ron, John and Zoe! I'm going to put the breathing into practice and think about all the other tidbits too. Thank you! Zoe is a fantastic help to the world. I love the talks.
🎶 track? It’s *Cats Walking* by *Yomoti* - and yes we are THRILLED to be your trusted provider.
ruclips.net/video/B9Evceq6V1g/видео.html
// Epidemic Sound
Yes, don't look at your phone first thing in the morning. This is greatly liberating
Great video, thank you. It's good to hear the scientific facts behind many things we already know. I will share this, thanks.
Fantastic episode!!! So many helpful informations. Thank you so much dr Rangan and Jonathan Wolf!
Immensely useful toward the end with the practical & easy approaches to dealing with stress. I didn't realise that stress causes diabetes. Love the idea that human touch is so calming to us. I've been doing some work on the Vagus nerve which I've found very useful and takes the idea of breathwork to another level. Working out stress through exercise is a great thought and making it easy to do is really helpful. Thank you very much.
I'm a big fan of Rangan but none of this is new. It's great to see him on Zoe, though. His connection between a row with his wife and then getting a back spasm is a crucial further step for chronic pain sufferers.
Yes indeed. I had a client who wrote a book many years ago about 'dis-ease'. Linking mental pain with physical pain. I wish I still had that book!
Thanks very much. Very helpful to me at this time.
A hug a day keeps the Dr away! Yay! Well, we all knew that didn’t we😜😇😂 Best breathing I’ve experienced is 2:1 breathing technique; basically count your in breath: breath in slowly through the nose, hold breath for 4 seconds, breath out through the mouth but make your out breath twice the length of your in breath. Works every time and within minutes. I am now at 3 breaths per minute and totally chilled! Relaxation is in the exhalation! As anyone in Breathology knows, thanks Stig! (Severinsen )
Brilliant podcast. Thanks
Wonderful and simply put and SO very true!
Stress's Impact on Health (00:00-01:07): Dr. Rangan Chatterjee highlights that 60-80% of medical visits are related to stress, which contributes to various health issues like diabetes, heart disease, and mental health conditions. Stress is necessary but becomes harmful when it accumulates.
Micro Stressors and Their Effect (16:16-18:14): Micro stress doses are small stressors we face daily, which can accumulate and push individuals closer to their personal stress threshold, causing them to feel overwhelmed quickly.
Breathing Techniques for Stress Relief (34:20-38:26): Dr. Chatterjee shares breathing exercises, such as the 3-4-5 breath (longer exhale than inhale) and the physiological sigh (two inhales, one long exhale), which can effectively lower stress levels.
Exercise and Stress (40:28-44:01): Regular, even short exercise routines (like a five-minute strength workout) can help reduce stress by lowering cortisol levels, without needing high motivation or long time commitments.
The Power of Human Touch (46:07-48:16): Touch, especially slow, gentle strokes, can reduce cortisol levels and stress, as demonstrated by research showing the calming effects of specific touch fibers.
I keep clicking the link for the Free 10 tips and I keep being asked to sign up for the newsletter but the 10 types aren’t in the newsletter.
Help 😮
Another amazing episode! Congrats to both of you for this excellent summary of what’s available to reduce stress.👍🙏👌🚀
Great podcast as always. You guys are leading the way in informative lifestyle videos and your guests are top notch. Why not practice what you preach in this podcast though about preventing mini stressors in our lives and cease forever nudging us through click bait and persistent requests to turn on notifications. Trust us to watch your podcasts in our own time because they’re good and worthy of watching and not because a little bell notifies us so we become an audience of Pavlovian dogs!
Fantastic episode!!!
Your channel is amazing!!!
I'm so grateful!😊😊😊
A very informative, helpful podcast.Thankyou
Great insights on the importance of touch.
Any chance of a Zoe package for people with intolerance to certain types of food?
Excellent podcast
Cool video!! Andre
Good luck with getting touched nowadays. People are terrified to do it, and self-touching is definitely second rate.
about touch - is it the same benefit with stressreduction for the one who is doing the thoching strokes?
I heard Weighted blanket helps with stress and anxiety - or hugging a teddybear/cushion
valuable talk with actionable things
So make it easy and attach it to an existing activity.
The claim that chronic stress alone can cause type 2 diabetes is a rather bold and unsubstantiated claim. I'd like to see the study that can teaase out chronic stress alone as being the caue I'm sure it's much more nuanced than that!
From memory, it's that chronic stress encourages poor and hurried food choices, weight is increased....type 2
Also chronic hormone release as a reaction to being in fight or flight all day/week/month ...
What about stress and ADHD ? They must be at high risk of diabetes, as constantly in fight or flight mode
These techniques are efficient but they just help you coping with stress.
How bout getting to the root of the problem and find out why one is so stressed?
I feel like giving tips isn't good enough and if someone is dealing with stress related issues they should see a therapist.
It might take some time to overcome this but it's then for life.
Jonathan please let them finish a sentence rather than you finishing it for them !
A big Zoe fan
? I thought it was excellent normal human interaction & didn’t notice anything untoward that would annoy me… but that’s just me. Maybe I need to be more critical.
There is no problem with Jonathan's inyerventions
Perhaps you need to stress less about Jonathan's style. I thought this was an excellent presentation.
he needs to learn to not constantly be the center of attention when a expert hasn't finished his explanation, it's rude
I had more of an impression that he was listening carefully and wanted to clarify points for his own understanding, or potentially for the understanding of some of the audience. I think that he tries to predict questions that the audience might have.
Getting very stressed by Jonathan's interruptions
Interact with medical "care givers" high stress ask each other for a TRUST MOMENT
I got a micro stress dose when Rangan nearly knocked over his glass of water hahaha
1950’s adults absorbed and processed the same amount of information in their lifetime as the average millennial digests in 1 YEAR….😮…yup
I read recently that in the 2000s there was a study that an “average” 13 year old had levels of anxiety that would constitute being in a mental institution in the 1950s for the same aged child… I imagine it’s only gotten worse since then.
I hate the word exersise to me it means hard graft. Movement l like better its something we all can do.
Love the podcasts in general but are all guests and hosts briefed to use first names as much as possible??
It’s so annoying and a makes the conversations seem really unnatural.
He's got mixed up with the lion, it's called fight or flight, Not stress. Too much exercise can cause stress on the body too.
The fight or flight condition is a massive but acute stress response.
Jonathan, you ruin the momentum and intensity of the conversation with your questions. I wish if you let them complete it first. 😢
Nothing new here. A total waste of time.
Nothing new here. This was a total waste of time.