1. How Stress Affects Your Body
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2. Your adrenal gland releases the following stress hormone(s):
A Cortisol B Adrenaline C Noradrenaline D All of the above

3. Stress can increase your risk of a heart attack or stroke by all of the following except:
A Raising your blood pressure B Slowing your heart rate C Making the lining of your blood vessels more susceptible to damage D Increasing inflammation in your blood vessels

4. Through your enteric nervous system, stress causes:
A A change in the composition and function of gut bacteria B Decreased sensitivity to stomach acid C Food allergies D Iron deficiency

5. How might cortisol influence fat deposits in the belly?
A Increases your appetite B Slows your metabolism C Causes cravings for carbs (comfort foods) D A and C

6. Telomeres, the shoelace tip ends on chromosomes:
A Scramble DNA when a cell divides B Can be shortened by stress C Lengthen with each cell division D Can be replenished when they become too short

7. What differentiates “good stress” from “toxic stress”?

8. What are the main ways that excess cortisol can harm your body?

9. TED Talk
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10. Questions
In what way(s) does this talk relate to awareness and/or growth mindset?
How do you make your response to stress healthier?
What is oxytocin?
What does oxytocin do during the stress response?
How can you change your experience with stress?