What Everyone Needs to Know to Stay Healthy

Most books about stress do not contain empirically proven details. This book gathers everything you need to know to stay healthy.

About the Book

In recent years, we have gained increasing knowledge of the roles stress and stress hormones play in our health. It is amazing how the presentation of a stressor—whether in one event or a series of events—might involve us in appraising the environmental challenge and lead us to the “fight-or-flight” response on a physiological level.

The idea that stress has only harmful effects does not draw a full picture of its role in our health and well-being. It is scientifically proven that stress and stress hormones not only have a negative impact on our bodies, but they also have potentially beneficial properties, aimed at mobilizing our immune system for fighting immunologic confrontations.

Health specialists can't be wrong

This book is unique among the ones about stress and health, as it is written from the author’s soul, not for the market…

Olga Demyanova, M.D., Ph.D., Gynecologist

The content of this book is based on scientific facts, that are highly helpful to understand the impact of stress on our health and longevity…

Tamila Lessovskaya, M.D., Ph.D., Psychiatrist

The author conveys the link between being stressed-out and our body’s functioning, together with some level of revealing unknown…

Rima Cherman, B.Sc., Nurse

What readers say

"This book is a great read for somebody who is interested in the topics of stress and its effect on our health. At times, the author gives the book a very personal touch which enhances the connection with the reader. If you are looking for a very easy read this may be not the best suited book but if you are looking for a book that is very well researched and backed up by a plenitude of scientific facts, your intellectual curiosity will be fully satisfied."

“It helped me with my sleep problems. I feel more energetic and see my life in brighter colours. The author has produced a remarkably reach and deep book on how stress influence our health. This book goes beyond the existing opinions and presents a valuable and comprehensive set of knowledge for understanding our body. The information given about sleep problems, effects of physical exercises, and nutrition is remarkably applicable to me on a daily basis. This is a must to read book.”

"Dr. Mertsalova's sage and sane advise based on science will help you take charge of your healthy life. Her accessible information is an integrative approach to wellness, based on years of research and deep understanding of body and mind."

“The author shed light on the role of stress plays in our well-being. She provides insight into challenges we can experience in relation to sleep habits, physical activities and nutrients. This ground-breaking book is invaluable to everyone who wants to know how to deal with stress and avoid health problems.”

“The well-thought-out content of the book will help you understand the origins and causes of your health problems and show you how to address them. The chapters about sleep habits, physical exercises and nutrition offer a wealth of suggestions based on science for self-healing. I highly recommend this book to take charge of your life.”

About the Author

Inna B. Mertsalova, Ph.D., M.Ed., M.Sc. was performing stress reduction workshops for the public in community centres in the Greater Toronto Area. She has performed extensive research in psycho-oncology, focusing on how humans’ vulnerability to stress reactions might influence the physiological state of the body. For the last ten years, Dr. Mertsalova has been extensively studying the role of stress and personality in the development and progression of a variety of physiological illnesses. Believing that knowledge empowers us to understand how we become ill due to stress, she provides the results of health psychology research to the public by writing literature reviews.

She is the author of The Solving Life’s Problems Workbook. She is a certified specialist in Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy for practical solutions to real-world problems from the Gail Appel Institute. Also, she is a certified hypnotherapist from the National Guild of Hypnotherapists.

She lives in Richmond Hill, Ontario with her husband and younger daughter. Her older kids are living independently with their families. Her house is full of pets: a borzoi puppy Yaroslav (Yarik), a kitten Freyja, and two bunnies. Living in the forest makes her responsible for taking care of wild animals and birds.

For more information, visit drinnamertsalova.com

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