110: DIG IN: This Episode Could Change Your Life
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Coming up on Dig It. I think having some intentional time to yourself without your phone every morning, as hard as that can be, can be very, very helpful.
I'd encourage you to do the opposite. I want you to go out today. I want you to go towards the discomfort. And I want you to do the opposite of what your anxiety is telling you to do.
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It's been shown to be so important in helping with low-grade depression, for example, and anxiety.
I think getting outside is just such a tonic. Some of our favourite expert moments from Dig It coming up right after this.
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What are micro stress doses and how do they affect your health?
Thank you. Thank you.
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Hi, Diggers. Welcome to a very special episode of Dig It. We have been lucky to have some amazing experts on the show and some of their advice has really stuck with us. So we thought it would be well worth sharing the best moments from those chats.
From the simple ways to make you feel happier every day with Dr. Rangan Chatterjee to managing the menopause and everything that comes with it. All the joys with Dr. Naomi Potter. We've got you covered. First up, have you ever had one of those days where you feel overwhelmed before you've even left the house? At the start of the year, Dr. Rangan Chatterjee shared a concept with us called micro stress doses. And once he explained it, we couldn't stop noticing it everywhere.
I would say stress is probably one of the biggest issues I see for health and happiness. And I think you can look at it in several different ways, Joe. I think stress is we know is responsible for 80 to 90% of what a doctor sees in any given day, which is remarkable, in some ways responsible. And that's because the stress response affects every organ system in the body. So just a quick primer for you guys and your audience, because I found this super interesting and my patients really love to understand what stress actually is. Stress is there to keep you safe, right? That's what your stress response is designed to do. So 100,000 years ago, we're hanging out on our hunter-gatherer tribe, doing our thing, digging tubers and making fire, whatever it is.
And if we see a wild predator approaching the camp, our stress response would kick into gear and several things would happen. Our blood sugar would go up, so more glucose gets to our brain. Our blood pressure goes up, so more oxygen gets to our brain. Our amygdala, which is our brain's emotional center, goes onto high alert, so we're now hypervigilant, so we can hear any pin drop sound, you know, if there's any threat coming from somewhere else. Now, if you just think about those three things, those things are really helpful in the short term if you really are in danger. The problem today, guys, is that for many of us, dare I say it, most of us, our stressed response has been activated by the state of our daily lives.
Email inboxes. Elderly parents we're trying to look after at the same time as trying to bring up young children. Four social media platforms we're trying to keep up to date. Whatever it might be, those things are psychological stresses, but our physical body starts to react in the same way. So those three things that I mentioned, and I could mention 20 different things, but those three things I mentioned, which are helpful in the short term, become really harmful in the long term. So your blood glucose going up for, 20 minutes while you're running away from a tiger or you're doing your spinning class at the gym, no problem. If that's going up every day because of the state of your life, it causes fatigue, weight gain around the belly, and ultimately talk to diabetes.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–1:04
2
What are micro stress doses and how do they affect your health?
1:04–36:18
3
How can a phone-free morning reduce morning micro stress doses?
36:18–38:30
4
Which three morning questions does Dr Rangan recommend to start your day intentionally?
38:30–38:31
Speakers
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