Stress can affect your endocrine system in regards to increasing chances of dysfunction with abnormal hormone or insulin production. Hormones are the chemical controls of your body and due to the stresses the rates of hormones overall are changed. This can become chronic changes, that affect your body.
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tobacco use, physical inactivity, unhealthy diet and the harmful use of alcohol
Depending on the food item yes eat light!!!! no matter what the day of that sporting event eat as light as you can