Ground-Down Britons Reveal The Strain Of Modern Living

Neil Shah, the director of the Stress Management Society, said yesterday that modern life was outstripping the human body's ability to cope with stress. And he warned constant pressure could affect long-term health, increasing the risk of cancer and heart disease. "The results of this survey do not surprise me at all," he said. "Our bodies are designed to be stressed only two to three times a month. In evolutionary terms, we have a stress reaction so that we would run away if we were attacked by a bear or if the neighbouring village attacked us. "Unfortunately, nowadays our lifestyles are just lived in a perpetual state of stress and it is just not good for our bodies. "It is really too soon to know what the long-term effects of our modern lifestyle are, but stress has been connected with heart disease and some forms of cancer, increasing some people's susceptibility to it," he said. This article: http://news.scotsman.com/uk.cfm?id=1583242007 Last updated: 04-Oct-07 01:13 BST http://news.scotsman.com/uk.cfm?id=1583242007&format=print [Proofreader’s note: this article was edited for spelling and typos on October 11, 2007]

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