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Mental Health Awareness Month: Using Science as a Means for Navigating Stress

This Mental Health Awareness Month, Brian Scott, a Senior Principal Research Scientist at Amway, is sharing his expertise in defining how stress affects our bodies and what we can do to mitigate the causes and resulting consequences.

A leading health and wellbeing company, Amway’s commitment to helping people live better, healthier lives has been a top priority since its founding 65+ years ago. Our definition of healthy living is a holistic one and encompasses various domains including a healthy body, healthy mind, community connection, personal growth, and a healthy planet. Throughout its history, Amway’s goal to help individuals improve their healthspan has come to life through the power of science.

Amway scientists like Brian are invested in studying and researching pathways to enhance and sustain a healthy mindset. When it comes to stress, Brian and his colleagues turn to human anatomy and DNA to understand the best ways to keep people healthy.

Brian explains that stress doesn’t just affect how we’re feeling on the outside but impacts us at a cellular level – it can even damage our DNA. To reduce the harm stress can have on us physically and mentally, Brian recommends prioritizing gratitude, meditation and sleep.

The science behind stress is just as important as ways to relieve it. It helps us understand how to face it and underscores the necessity of research so we can all live healthier lives. Combining the best of science and nature is just one of the ways health and wellbeing is front and center. Above all, empowering people to be agents of change for the health of themselves, their families and their communities is how we define success – and that is what we’re focusing on this month and all year round.