Calming nutrients can soothe and help maintain healthy weight
Stress instigates and activates many unpleasant signs, symptoms and side-effects. One of the worst is weight gain—especially abdominal-area fat, a secondary spin-off with serious implications (Jardine, 2005). “Dieting” itself is stressful, too, mentally and physically. Research conducted at the University of Kansas suggests that maintaining your hard-won [...]
New research reveals clues about maintaining sharp mental function.
The deadline squeezes you like a vise. Your co-worker is out, leaving you to pick up the slack. A secretary notifies you that the CEO just wired in some new instructions and now your e-mail is on the fritz. Just when you least expect it, the client [...]
Work-related stress nearly doubles the risk of metabolic syndrome, also known as “pre-diabetes.”
Researchers found that sniffing lavender before bedtime increases slow-wave sleep, enhancing heart rhythm, muscle relaxation and memory organization.
New information suggests that antihistamines may work better at relieving coughs than typical cough suppressants or expectorants.
Sexual intercourse twice a week is associated with an increase [...]
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Putting Your Mind in the Mood for Love
by Allison Hall
New study reveals mental keys to enhancing her desire for intimacy
Distractions and worry can get the best of anyone, making you lose focus at work, during chores and even at play. For many women, these distractions can even carry over into the bedroom, [...]
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Doing Double-Duty Can Spell S-T-R-E-S-S
by Dr. Pamela Maloney
Traditional anti-stress herbs promote energy
Jammed between a rock and a hard place, many Americans in their 40s, 50s and 60s find themselves doing double—or even triple—duty, raising children and acting as caregivers for elderly parents while working full-time. This jam-packed, on-the-go lifestyle means double trouble [...]
When we experience physical, mental or emotional stress, our bodies produce cortisol. As part of the primitive “fight or flight” response, cortisol increases appetite so that you can eat and replace the carbohydrates and fat that should have been burned to get your body through the stressful event. Chronic stress keeps cortisol levels elevated and [...]
Calming your rattled nerves with a few deep, soothing breaths is a smart solution indeed. Studies show that meditation—a heightened state of relaxation and focus—helps boost your brainpower. According to Sara Lazar, research scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital, individuals who practiced a special type of meditation, called insight meditation, were found to have a thicker [...]