Vocabulary

• for too long: For an excessively extended period.
• lead to: To result in some action
• kill off: To eliminate or destroy completely; to cause to die.
• jump in: To enter a vehicle quickly.
• burn off: To get rid of calories through exercise or physical activity.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• in moderation: Not excessively; with restraint.
• rely on: To depend on someone or something
• check out
• anxiety: A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something that might happen, especially when the outcome is uncertain.
• chronic: Always or often doing something, e.g. lying
• essentially: Basically; (said when stating the basic facts)
• essential: Extremely or most important and necessary
• immune: Having a special protection from, e.g. the law
• mental: Concerning the mind
• depression: Medical condition of a lack of vitality
• trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
• physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
• diabetes: Illness where there is too much sugar in the blood
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• bacteria: The very small creatures that can cause disease
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• contribute: To be a factor in causing something to happen
• inflammation: Painful swelling in the body due to illness
• gut: To destroy the inside of a building , e.g. by fire
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• diverse: Being varied or different from each other
• exercise: To work out to become stronger and healthier
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• therapist: Person skilled in a particular type of therapy
• regulate: To control something with rules or laws
• threat: Warning of probable trouble
• cortisol: Adrenal-cortex hormone (trade names Hydrocortone or Cortef) that is active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism
• counter: To say or do something in opposition or resistance
• vicious: Very dangerous, e.g. an animal or dog
• diet: To eat special or less food, as to lose weight
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• urine: Yellow liquid waste from the body
• fiber: Basic character and nature of a person
• stressful: Worrying; causing tension
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• important: Having power or authority
• bloodstream: Blood flowing through the circulatory system
• decrease: To reduce the size, amount or number of something
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• mediterranean: Describing the sea between Italy and Africa
• piece: A counter in a board game
• spinach: Vegetable with dark green leaves, full of iron
• chance: The way something happens without planning
• adrenal: Located at the top of the kidneys
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• potassium: A common, soft, silvery white metal with many uses
• license: To give official permission to do something
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• salmon: Light pinkish orange color
• healthy: In good condition physically, or financially; well
• magnesium: Silver, white metal burning with a white flame
• microbiome: the microorganisms (= living things too small to be seen) that exist in a particular environment or in the human body
• fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
• saturate: To cause a liquid to not be able to absorb more
• metabolize: (Of the body) to convert food into energy
• intestinal: Concerning or inside the intestines
• dietitian: Professional qualified to give advice about food
• heartbeat: Beat of your heart
• flax: Fiber that is woven into linen fabric
• bodily: By moving the whole of something
• reactivity: Ready susceptibility to chemical change
• omega: Last letter in the greek alphabet