Dr. Frita
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first heard Apr 2026
last heard 22 Jul
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And just to get to the nitty gritty of it, it found that humiliation was directly associated with poor arterial flow and increased high blood pressure.
So bottom line-
something that seems just mental actually shows up in the physical.
All right, so very specifically, let's just take high blood pressure.
When one has stress, of course, the stress hormone increases, cortisol.
When cortisol increases, that causes blood vessels to tighten.
When blood vessels tighten, that causes blood pressure to rise.
When you have high blood pressure, that increases your risk for strokes, heart attacks, and high blood pressure is the second leading cause of kidney failure.
And so when you have people walking around with recurrent stress and from be it chronic humiliation, be it from the economy, be it from systemic racism, be it from being fired from jobs, be it from having birthright citizenship threatened, you name it.
But when you have people and once you start getting into certain cultures who experience the stress more than others, it does show up.
And again, we have the data to support it.
Absolutely.
Mind, body and soul.
So when it comes to sleep, your body for most adults requires anywhere from seven to nine hours of continuous, restful, uninterrupted sleep.
So it's not just a matter of lying in the bed and scrolling through your phone or, you know, having the TV on.
If you don't get that sleep and your body does not get the rest and you don't go to that proper basal state, then you will have points in the night when you should be sleeping where you have that increased stress, that increased cortisol, which could increase your blood pressure even while you're sleeping and you don't realize it.
And so when you're not getting this proper sleep, that can also lead to daytime somnolence, which we've seen some folks in the White House with daytime somnolence.
And that can be associated with negative health outcomes.
The other thing that stress does, as it increases cortisol, it can also decrease your insulin sensitivity, meaning stress can lead to you having high blood sugar.
High blood sugar can lead to diabetes.
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