Healthy ways to relieve stress throughout the day

FALLBROOK – Stress affects people from all walks of life, and the causes of stress are as varied as the people it afflicts.

In its 2017 Stress in America survey, the American Psychological Association found that the three most common sources of stress were the future of the nation at 63 percent, money at 62 percent and work at 61 percent. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, routine stress that becomes chronic can result in a host of negative side effects.

Such stress can suppress the immune system, disrupt digestion and have an adverse effect on sleep. But men and women who f...