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There are two basic types of stress, acute stress and chronic stress. Acute stress tends to make the body function a little more efficienctly, particularly the parts that are responsible for carrying out the fight or flight response. Once the stress is gone, the body goes back to normal.

Chronic stress, on the other hand, typically causes the body to function a little less efficiently over the long term - it reduces the effectiveness of the immune system, increases blood pressure and shifts energy storage into adipose tissue.

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