International Lifestyle Magazine Issue 54 | Page 70

So while excessive and prolonged
stress is harmful, interestingly
enough, too little stress appears
to be likewise detrimental to the
human
system.
Experiments
with rats have shown that those
provided with a certain amount
of stimulus and challenge in
gathering food actually displayed
a greater self-healing ability from
tumors than those that were not.
Accordingly,
ceasing
activity
completely may not be advisable
for a cancer patient. There
appears to be a common thread:
it’s all about balance.
Even physiologically speaking, a
healthy human system is a system
in balance. A central concept here
is homeostasis - a theoretical point
of stationary balance - with