Making Time To Relax On The Job: Stress Plagues Majority Of Americans At Work But Relaxity Can Help Calm You Down

Main Category: Anxiety / Stress
Also Included In: Preventive Medicine
Article Date: 30 Sep 2008 - 5:00 PST

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Somewhere between the tanking economy, the 150 daily emails coming into your Blackberry and the cut-throat working environment, it's nearly impossible to stay calm.

Todd Oretsky, a recovering Wall Street attorney, knows more than his fair share of how a stressful work situation can wreak havoc on your health and personal life.

"At my law firm, I would get really antsy if colleagues weren't working at the same pace as me," says Oretsky, who is now in the business of preventative health and helped launch Relaxity, a natural supplement that focuses on nutritional support for stressful situations. "I knew I was in trouble one day when I found myself answering emails at my computer with my right hand while my left hand was answering emails on my Blackberry and my leg was moving uncontrollably at 100 miles per hour."

Oretsky's story is comical but familiar to the majority of people in the workforce today. In fact, stress on the job currently plagues about 80 percent of American workers. According to the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, early warning signs of job stress include: headache, sleep disturbances, difficulty concentrating, short temper, upset stomach, job dissatisfaction and low morale. Evidence is mounting that proves stress can lead to chronic health problems, and is linked to six leading causes of death: heart disease, cancer, lung ailments, accidents, cirrhosis of the liver and suicide.

It wasn't a disease that sounded the alarms for Oretsky, but rather his fiancé who made him pack his bags and move to Miami to get his stress levels under control. Not only did Oretsky change his venue, he also changed careers and purchased a distressed nutritional supplement company. While turning the company around he realized that there were no non-drowsy, natural alternatives to relieve stress that were effective. So Oretsky with the help of a medical doctor and fellow high school alumni launched a new product called Relaxity to help other people gain more control over stress at work and everyday life.

The natural, whole-food based supplement relieves stress and anxiety without causing drowsiness. The ingredients in Relaxity include natural whole-food based Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and adaptogenic herbs that work by increasing the alpha brain waves and decreasing the beta brain waves which produces a more relaxed state without drowsiness.

"Relaxity takes the edge off without taking you off your game," says Oretsky. "If you have a Type A personality and enjoy throwing yourself into your career, there's a way to do that without letting stress override your health."

The naturally produced GABA used in Relaxity has been clinically proven in a double-blind, placebo controlled study to effectively diminish stress, worry and anxiety, and may allow the brain to focus and concentrate better. Relaxity is available nationally in health food stores such as Whole Foods, Wild Oats, Hi-Health or online at http://www.relaxity.net.

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