Special Event : Stress and HPA-axis Dysfunction; An Opportunity for Personalized Nutrition

These events will provide you with high-quality CPD opportunities, directly from World-leading experts in their field. We are thrilled to be able to host these events for you.

Join us for this exclusive event with our special guest speaker Ben Brown, presenting for Pure Encapsulations.

A primary effector of the stress response is the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, dysregulation of which plays a fundamental role in the development of stress-related pathophysiology. Chronic stress may contribute to the development of several physical, behavioural and/or neuropsychiatric disorders including anxiety, depression, cognitive dysfunction, sleep disorders, cardiovascular disease, obesity, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and osteoporosis, amongst many others.

Stress-related disorders can be viewed as the result of dynamic, compensatory, and proactive adjustments in the activities of chemical mediators of the stress response.  Clinical management should therefore focus on improving external coping resources and stress-related physiology, including reducing strain on the body's adaptive physiological systems and opening…