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7 min readJun 24, 2022
The last few years have been stressful for a lot of us. Since 2020, many lives have been flipped inside out. The result of all this? An increase in our allostatic load.
“An allostatic whaaat?”
Our allostatic load is a term used to describe the cumulative burden of chronic stress and life events. Everything from Starbucks being out of oat milk to a relative dying increases our…