Throughout the twenty-plus years I've spent as an IT and business consultant, I've seen and experienced firsthand the results of high stress work environments. They include burnout, health problems, stress-based eating, and weight gain, among other problems. Due to many years spent coping with on the job pressure, many busy professionals find themselves facing chronic disease and its precursors: high cholesterol, hypertension and insulin resistance.

So what can you do to stay healthy when you're in a busy, stressful job?

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The phone rings and you know you should let it go to voice mail, but you answer it. While talking to a woman who can't quite collect her thoughts you notice a fax coming through that needs immediate attention. You have 50 emails in your inbox that are probably junk mail, but you won't know unless you review them - you can't afford to miss a potential sale. You get a call waiting beep and it's your daughter telling you that her friend Sarah's mom can't drive them to soccer practice and needs you to fill in. The airline fares for your upcoming family vacation increase at midnight, so you've got to order them now, but you still need to get the proposal written for the big account you think you can land.

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