Ultimately, one major principle governs our ability to express health or moves us towards sickness and disease – adaptation.
The body’s ability to adapt to its environment is the centerpiece of life and it’s the nerve system that coordinates all the necessary changes, from raising or lowering blood pressure, altering body temperature, activating the immune system to contracting muscles and digesting food for energy.
If we can adapt to the level of stress in our lives, we continue to function at a peak level. If our adaptability decreases, stress begins to overwhelm us and we break down.