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Common features of stress response

Oct 25, 2014 // by Team FPS // acth, adaptation, adrenal gland, adrenaline, catatoxic, cortisol, defense, disease, fight or flight, gas, General, general adaptation syndrome, health, homeostasis, pituitary, Ray Peat, resistance, Selye, stereotyped response, stereotypical response, stress, sugar, syntoxic, ulcer // Comments Off

Also see: Low Blood Sugar Basics Stress — A Shifting of Resources Ray Peat, PhD on Low Blood Sugar & Stress Reaction Belly Fat, Cortisol, and Stress Stress, Portrait of a Killer – Full Documentary (2008) Stress and Aging: The Glucocorticoid Cascade Hypothesis Sugar (Sucrose) Restrains the Stress Response W.D. Denckla, A.V. Everitt, Hypophysectomy, & […]

Plant Toxins in Response to Stress

Jun 4, 2012 // by Team FPS // allergy, Avocado, banana, bell pepper, chestnut, Chitinase, defense, General, hevein, hevein-like domains, kiwi, latex, latex-fruit syndrome, peach, plant, potato, protein, rubber trees, stress, tomato // Comments Off

I think far too little attention is being given to the effects of abnormal and stressful growth conditions on the plants’ natural defense systems. Plants normally synthesize some toxins and inhibitors of digestive enzymes to discourage attacks by bacteria, fungi, insects, and other predators. When a plant is injured or otherwise stressed, it produces more [...]