Why is stress the number one proxy killer disease?
Stress plays an important role in modulating the psycho-neuro-immunological players of the body. Thus it is behind the initiation, exacerbation and maintenance of most killer diseases like heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, cancer, mental illnesses etc. Hence, stress is known as the number one proxy killer disease. Proxy because most often than not, stress as the real cause of the illness goes unnoticed!