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Stress and the Cardiovascular and Digestive Systems Student`s Name Institutional Affiliation Stress and the Cardiovascular and Digestive Systems Everyone knows the feeling of stress, whether it is their heart racing, trembling hands as they get down to do something or having trouble sleeping as they worry about what will unfold in the next minute. Stress is an inevitable aspect of life that no one can escape; only few seem to understand the physiological mechanisms underlying this aspect. When we are consumed by anxiety, there emerges an elegant balance of the stimuli and responses. This paper will discuss the effects of stress that we seem to be dismissing and the hormones that are triggered by stress during stress response. Part One: Stress and Weight Gain When people have tight schedules to keep them mindlessly find them...