THE STRESS THEORY OF DISEASE
by Dr. Lawrence Wilson
© February 2022, LD Wilson Consultants, Inc.
All information in this article is
solely the opinion of the author and for educational purposes only. It is not for the diagnosis, treatment,
prescription or cure of any disease or health condition.
I.
INTRODUCTION
DEFINITION
The stress theory of disease is an integrated theory
of how our bodies respond to the environment in order to survive. The man who first proposed it was Hans
Selye, MD (1907-1982).
It
theorizes three
stages of stress and the general adaptation syndrome or G.A.S.
THE
UNITY OF ALL DISEASE
SelyeÕs research showed that all types of stressors cause similar
changes in the body. This was an
enormous medical breakthrough!
Doctors are still taught the opposite – that there are thousands
of diseases.
JANOS
ÒHANSÓ SELYE, MD
This article is about the work of Janos ÒHansÓ Selye, MD
(1907-1982). It is very important
research that would revolutionize medical care.
Dr. Selye was born in Komaron, Hungary, now called Komarno, Slovakia.
He grew up and was educated in a Benedictine Monastery. He then went to medical
school in Prague, Czech Republic. He spent the better part of his adult life
working at McGill University in Montreal, Canada.
Dr. Selye spoke eight languages fluently and
was most proud of his Magyar Hungarian heritage. He was brilliant and wrote 40
books and over 1700 medical papers.
He probably received more awards in medicine than any
other physician. He worked 10 to 14 hours per day, seven days a week, including
weekends and holidays.
Some of the terms he coined have come into general use such as stress,
adaptation and others. He is one
of the main founders of modern development science. However, his work is not taught correctly to
physicians. We hope this article
will help.
II.
THE STAGES OF STRESS
According to Dr. Selye, the body passes through three stages of
stress, as he called them. These
he called alarm,
resistance and exhaustion. Then the body dies.
Each stage is worse than the previous one, meaning one has less
adaptive energy. Each stage has a
set of so-called ÒdiseasesÓ associated with it. Really, all they are is various manifestations of problems
associated with each stage of stress.
Dr. Selye had some difficulty measuring the stage of stress using
blood tests.
Dr. Eck found he could measure the stages precisely and mathematically
using hair mineral testing. He
believed the correlation between the oxidation rate and the stages of stress
was roughly:
- Fast oxidation corresponds to the alarm stage.
- Slow oxidation roughly corresponds to the resistance and exhaustion stage of stress.
More recently, we think that slow oxidation corresponds to the
resistance stage and that four lows pattern on a hair mineral test corresponds
to the exhaustion stage.
As one moves through the stages, oneÕs ability to adapt or cope with
stress diminishes.
III.
THE GENERAL ADAPTATION SYNDROME
Dr Selye called the process of moving through the stages of stress the general
adaptation syndrome.
Basically, the body adapts
to these stages of stress. This
means that it changes itself in order to cope with the stress level. The changes involve the nervous system,
nutrient levels, cholesterol level, and the levels of thousands of other
chemicals, hormones and more.
IV.
OTHER TOPICS
IMPORTANCE
OF THE ADRENAL GLANDS
Dr. Selye identified the adrenal glands as central to the stages of
stress. The adrenals are sometimes
called the stress
glands because they secrete anti-stress hormones.
STRESS
THEORY AND MEDICAL CARE
This theory unifies health care and makes less necessary the thousands
of labels that doctors use to describe symptoms. Once one understands the principles of the stress theory,
one can correct dozens of symptoms at the same time without drugs or remedies
of any kind. Just correct the
stage of stress and the problems that go with it disappear.
DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMS AND THE STRESS THEORY
The stress theory is used extensively in development programs, in
conjunction with related concepts such as metabolic typing and yang and yin.
Dr. Selye did not explore in much detail the nutritional problems
associated with each of the stages of stress. This research was done later by Dr. George Watson, Dr. Paul
Eck and others. However, this
knowledge is also vital for moving a body from a less desirable stage of stress
to a more desirable stage.
For more details, read Understanding Stress
and The Theory Of Development.
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