
What Is Stress?
In our fast-paced world, the use of the term “stress” is used in a wide variety of situations. Over the last 100 years, there has been much debate about stress, the causes, and the effects on the human body. Endocrinologist Hans Selye made huge strides in this area starting in 1936. He defined it as “the non-specific response of the body to any demand for change”. Through his experiments on animals, he demonstrated that “stress” caused very real negative effects on the animal