Changes in Serum Lipids in Relation to Emotional Stress during Rigid Control of Diet and Exercise

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Abstract
Without change in diet or exercise it was shown that striking alterations in the serum concentration of cholesterol and triglycerides correlate with the occurrence of emotionally stressful situations. Such changes may be brought about during stressful interviews within 60 minutes. No inferences are drawn with respect to the significance of emotional stress in the pathogenesis of coronary atherosclerosis or myocardial infarction, but it is clear that the mechanisms that govern the serum concentration of certain lipids are connected with and capable of responding to impulses from the higher centers of the brain.[long dash]Authors.