The Stress Cure: A Simple 7-Step Plan to Balance Mood, Improve Memory, and Restore Energy

Is your life in overdrive?

• Do you often think, There just aren't enough hours in the day?
  
  
• Are there competing demands for your time and attention?
  
  
• Do you feel the effects of stress in the form of mood swings, fatigue, weight gain, digestive problems — and feeling that you'll never catch up?

You aren't alone — and you're smart to seek change. Studies show that prolonged or severe stress can weaken the immune system and the heart, damage memory, and even encourage the body to deposit fat at the waist — a risk factor for heart disease, cancer, and other illness.

Finally, here is a doctor's answer to the modern problem of chronic stress. Based on Dr. Cherewatenko's work with more than 2,000 women in a special stress-reduction program, his breakthrough plan dramatically revives the body's healing chemistry and explains steps women can take to stop living in overdrive. After a detailed self-assessment, readers can follow his 7-step De-STRESS program:

• DHEA — safely replenish levels of this stress- fighting hormone
  
  
• Supplemental Nutrition—replace vitamins, minerals, and electrolytes lost to stress
  
  
• Taming the Tiger — pursue meditation, yoga, and other stress-busting, mindful-living methods
  
  
• Rekindling Relationships — take a new approach to work and family relationships
  
  
• Exercise — exercise in ways to increase energy and mental focus
  
  
• Sensible Eating — keep your emotions from ruling your palate
  
  
• Sound Sleep — "quality sleep" helps keep hormones stable

Practical and upbeat, this book helps womencombat the disease of stressful living and regain control of their emotions and life.

About the Author

Vern S. Cherewatenko, M.D., is a family physician in private practice and founder of HealthMax Incorporated, a company specializing in functional medicine with emphasis on diabetes, obesity, stress, nutritional biochemistry, and longevity medicine. He is cofounder of the American Association of Patients and Providers (AAPP), a nonprofit organization advocating commonsense changes in healthcare. Dr. Cherewatenko conducts community seminars nationally on female stress, diabetes, obesity, and other issues and has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, USA Today, and on the cover of U.S. News & World Report. He and his family live in Renton, Washington.