The Stress Factor

More and more people today are choosing to take greater responsibility for their own health rather
- than relying on the doctor to step in with a cure when something goes wrong. We now recognise that we can influence our health by making an improvement in lifestyle - a better diet, more exercise and reduced stress. People are also becoming increasingly aware that there are other healing methods - some new, others very ancient - that can help to prevent illness or be used as a complement to orthodox medicine.
The series Health and Healing the Natural Way will help you to make your own health choices by giving you clear, comprehensive, straightforward and encouraging information and advice about methods of improving your health. The series explains the different natural therapies now available - aromatherapy, herbalism, acupressure and many others - and the circumstances in which they may be of benefit when used in conjunction with conventional medicine.
The aim of THE STRESS FACTOR is to examine the causes of stress and its effects and to give solutions to the problems it raises. Stress has many causes: demanding children, traffic jams, financial worries, heavy deadlines at work - the list is endless. These stressors can take a huge toll on your health, especially if they're repeated. Research shows that stress leaves us vulnerable to infections, high blood pressure, back pain, allergies and a host of other ills.
In THE STRESS FACTOR you'll learn how to recognise the warning signs before stress gets out of hand. We help to equip you with an armoury of stress-handling skills, showing in true-life cases how others have successfully overcome stress-related difficulties. And you'll find easy-to-follow instructions for many natural therapies that will help you and your family to keep stress at bay and ensure a healthier and happier way of living.