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Peter Attia
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#51 – Robert Sapolsky, Ph.D.: The Pervasive Effect of Stress – Is It Killing You?
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April 24, 2023
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related to teh importance of #relax - #idea
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"The [stress response] system has been serving vertebrates, doing a lot of help for them for an awful long time, and it's only been a very recent modification to instead secrete [cortisol] in response to thinking about taxes." —Robert Sapolsky
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