Hi.  If you are time-challenged, and stressed out most of the time, but the fatigue makes it even harder to cope, there are some powerful steps you can take; the most important approach you can take however, is to control immune inflammation.

Inflammation is a yin-yang of influences.  For example, inflammation is the primary way that the body protects us from illnesses initiated by pathogens or cancer cells.  You might want to view a “pro-inflammatory” response as one in which the body is trying to “burn” the infection or cancer cells out (“up-regulate” inflammation).  [A more moderate pro-inflammatory response is also used by the body for healing when we are injured or ill.]

A person who is feeling great, both emotionally and physically, is more likely to be in optimal health. In such an individual, once an immune challenge has been met, a healthy immune system will start to down-regulate (turn-down) immune inflammation (“anti-inflammatory” response).

Both phases of an inflammatory immune response are vital for survival.  The body constantly strives for an exquisite balance of both pro-inflammatory and  anti-inflammatory responses.  This is termed immune homeostasis.

Reducing the amount of excessive inflammation that your body produces will go a long way towards helping the body return to immune homeostasis.

Comments and questions welcomed:  DrHellen@DrHellenGreenblatt.info