#133 Stress, Inflammation and Your Health, Divorce over 50, Improving Your Digestion and the Connection Between Sex and Depression
May 23, 2020
By Valerie Massie
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Welcome to this episode of The Tonic, terrestrially broadcast on May 23 and 24 on AM740 and FM 96.7 in Toronto. Topics covered on the show track the lifestyle articles and themes published in Tonic Magazine. This week we’ll discuss how stress and inflammation impacts your health with Dr. Gordon Chang, Divorce over 50 with Mara Marcello, improving your digestion with Megan Horsley and the connection between depression and sex with Carlyle Jansen
We specifically discuss:
How Do Inflammation and Stress Impact Your Health?
Inflammation and the body’s response
Acute inflammation leads to an overreaction by white blood cells
Covid-19 and white blood cells attacking lung lining
Controlling the inflammation: anti-inflammatory treatment
Free radicals
Anti-oxidants
Can you get anti-oxidants from your diet?
Supplementation
Divorce over 50
Is Covid-19 driving more inquires about divorce?
Can you get a divorce during Covid-19?
The Grey Divorce
What issues are unique to those divorcing over 50?
The key issue: the financial picture
Research is the first step
Divorce coach
How To Improve Your Digestion
Drinking (lots of) water
When should you drink water?
Avoid known allergens
Eat slowly and calmly
Chewing
Don’t cook or eat when you’re upset
Seek out a health practitioner
Sex and Depression
Anxiety and depression impacting sex
Sex as a coping mechanism during Covid-19
Signs of depression
How do you raise the issue with your partner?
How does depression manifest physically?
Depression medication impacting sex
Can you have a sexual relationship if suffering with depression?
Can sex help someone suffering with depression?
Tips to maintain a sex life during depression
For more information about show sponsor OmegaAlpha and Dr. Gordon Chang go here.
To learn more about Mara Marcello and Divorce Angels go here
To read Megan Horsley’s articles in Tonic Magazine go here
To read Carlyle Jansen’s articles in Tonic Magazine go here.