About This Bowl

Modern life brings with it many demands and pressures, and so has elevated stress levels in many people.

Stress can be felt due to a number of things, from work overload to planning a wedding!

Stress is our body's response to pressures from a situation or life event.
It is the body's way of responding when you feel danger, real or imagined. The body's defences, trigger a rapid automatic process known as "flight or fight" reaction in order to prepare the body to react or to retreat. It's also known as the stress response.

In response to this "Flight or fight", cortisol is released into the body. Cortisol and blood glucose levels intertwine so during times of stress, cortisol mobilises glucose into the bloodstream so it can be used for either the fight or the flight.