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Okay, so how is knowing this side of stress going to make you healthier? Well, oxytocin doesn’t only act on your brain. It also acts on your body, and one of its main roles in your body is to protect your cardiovascular system from the effects of stress. It’s a natural anti-inflammatory. It also helps your blood vessels stay relaxed during stress. But my favorite effect on the body is actually on the heart. Your heart has receptors for this hormone, and oxytocin helps heart cells regenerate and heal from any stress-induced damage. This stress hormone strengthens your heart, and the cool thing is that all of these physical benefits of oxytocin are enhanced by social contact and social support, so when you reach out to others under stress, either to seek support or to help someone else, you release more of this hormone, your stress response becomes healthier, and you actually recover faster from stress. I find this amazing, that your stress response has a built-in mechanism for stress resilience, and that mechanism is human connection.
I want to finish by telling you about one more study. And listen up, because this study could also save a life. This study tracked about 1,000 adults in the United States, and they ranged in age from 34 to 93, and they started the study by asking, “How much stress have you experienced in the last year?” They also asked, “How much time have you spent helping out friends, neighbors, people in your community?” And then they used public records for the next five years to find out who died.
ボキャブラリー
Okay, so how is knowing this side of stress going to make you healthier? Well, oxytocin doesn’t only act on your brain. It also acts on your body, and one of its main roles in your body is to protect your cardiovascular system from the effects of stress. It’s a natural anti-inflammatory. It also helps your blood vessels stay relaxed during stress. But my favorite effect on the body is actually on the heart. Your heart has receptors for this hormone, and oxytocin helps heart cells regenerate and heal from any stress-induced damage. This stress hormone strengthens your heart, and the cool thing is that all of these physical benefits of oxytocin are enhanced by social contact and social support, so when you reach out to others under stress, either to seek support or to help someone else, you release more of this hormone, your stress response becomes healthier, and you actually recover faster from stress. I find this amazing, that your stress response has a built-in mechanism for stress resilience, and that mechanism is human connection.
I want to finish by telling you about one more study. And listen up, because this study could also save a life. This study tracked about 1,000 adults in the United States, and they ranged in age from 34 to 93, and they started the study by asking, “How much stress have you experienced in the last year?” They also asked, “How much time have you spent helping out friends, neighbors, people in your community?” And then they used public records for the next five years to find out who died.
side: n. 側面，様相
cardiovascular system: 心臓血管系
effect: n. 影響，結果
anti-inflammatory: n., a. 抗炎症薬（の）、抗炎症性の
receptor: n. 受容器官，受容体，レセプター
regenerate: vi. 再生する，再建する、生まれ変わる，立ち直る
heal: vi. 癒える，直る
stress-induced: a. ストレス性の、ストレスによる
cool: a. 素晴らしい、すごい、いけてる
enhance: vt. 〜を高める、より良くする，強化する
reach out to ~: 〜に援助[救い]の手を差し伸べる
built-in: a. 組み込みの，作り付けの，内蔵の；生来の，本質的な，固有な
mechanism: n. 構造，機構、仕組み
resilience: n. 回復力，立ち直る力；復元力，弾力
listen up: よく聞く
track: vt. 〜を追う，追跡する
range: vt. 〜に及ぶ、わたる、分布する
help out:〔困ったときに人を〕助ける、援助する
neighbor: n. 同胞，仲間；近所の人，隣人
community: n. 地域（社会）
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