by Dr. Ben Kim
Your Mind-Body Connection is ON at All Times
'Here's the thing: it's not just the big ups and downs that affect your health via your mind-body connection. This connection is on at all times.Every thought and emotion that courses through you influences your health. Your thoughts and emotions affect blood flow, the strength of your immune system, healing capacity, and every other aspect of your physiology.
You can see evidence of this undeniable connection between your ongoing emotions and your health in everyday life. Have you ever woken up from a bad dream, covered with a thin coat of sweat? Nothing but your dream – thoughts and emotions – caused a series of chemical reactions that resulted in real physical change: production of sweat from your sweat glands.
Have you ever had your mouth water at the thought of eating a particular food that you had a strong craving for? How about saliva production at the thought of drinking a large glass of cold, tart, super sour lemon juice? Clearly, your thoughts and emotions are capable of causing physical contraction of your salivary glands.'
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