The Positive Side of Stress

In this episode, Hannah and Victoria have the extreme pleasure of speaking with scientist, medical doctor, and inquisitive clinician Dr. Sharon Bergquist about her research into the benefits of stress.

They discuss:

* Why lowering your stress might not be the best idea

* How stress actually makes you biologically younger

* How Victoria and Dr. Bergquist met and bonded over their love of hormesis

* Why carnivore diet promoters are technically right about plants being stressful, but the big aspect of stress they’re missing

* Can you overdo stress and cause harm?

* What we know about the benefits of stress in diverse populations

* How Hannah and Victoria’s first nutrition training viewed stress…and why it was wrong

* The reason we fear stress and the different forms of stress responses we have

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