View this email in your browser     ANH-Intl eAlert No 45 | 8 November 2018         e-ALERT     Stressed out – or loving the pressure?           For many, getting their heads around stress is about as confusing as knowing what to eat. You hear them say: ‘First we hear fat’s bad for us, now we’re told some of it, at least, is good for us.’ There’s as much confusion around salt – and a genuine problem now with people, especially women, eating too little. It’s at least as confusing with stress. Most seems pretty bad. People lose the will to live in some cases. Others react irrationally, dangerously or hurtfully. Others still can thrive off it. So are there types of stress that are always bad – or even good – for us? Or is it less about the type of stress, and more about how we react to different types of stress? Given it’s International Stress Awareness Week, we’ve taken a dive this week into these murky but important waters, looking at stress more generally and then HRV (heart rate variability) as a proxy for measuring it. On a separate note, we’re also nearing UK release time for our ‘blueprint for health system sustainability’. Those who’ve asked to be kept in the loop over endorsement will – tomorrow – get a link to a very near-final, pre-endorsement draft of the ‘blueprint’, along with some simple instructions. It’s the culmination of months of work and we’re nearly there! Thanks for your patience. The real work of health transformation and emergence now begins… In health, naturally, sustainably and harmoniously   Rob Verkerk, PhD Founder, executive & scientific director           HRV – the best proxy measure of your stress? Why we think an HRV app and chest monitor might help you cope better with stress       Chronic stress: the manageable modern-day scourge A wander into the world of stress during International Stress Awareness Week       News Alerts: Week 45, 2018 UK Govt opts for prevention; What’s in your cereal?; Mobile phones and cancer; HPV vaccine juggernaut keeps rolling; UK medical...       Did you know that ANH-Intl was funded only on donations? Your donations directly support our work so we can continue to create maximum impact           HELP SUPPORT US BY FORWARDING TO A FRIEND               Copyright © 2018 Alliance for Natural Health International. Please share or forward this e-ALERT widely using any of the provided share tools. You may copy, reproduce, reprint or forward any content on the condition that attribution is made clearly to Alliance for Natural Health International including date and link to original content. Alliance for Natural Health International. The Atrium, Curtis Road, Dorking, Surrey RH4 1XA, UK   Unsubscribe