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Uncontrollable Emotion, What Triggered It?

December 26, 2011 9:16 pmLeave a Comment

Complicated problems often create uncontrollable emotion. But, such problems are not the only one.  Physical condition, whether direct or indirect contact with the body, often also be a bad influence on the psyche. We can get angry just because, for example, the lights dim. We can also worry because too much caffeine, lack of concentration due to be less intake of carbohydrates, and so on.

Caffeine

Consuming caffeine in the right dosage can help make the mind calm, but you should still be vigilant, because caffeine has the potential to trigger anxiety. Caffeine stimulates the brain, which makes it addictive. When a person becomes addicted to caffeine, he/she may experience symptoms such as headaches, fatigue, and feeling glum. It is important to pay attention to your intake of caffeine every day. You should not consume more than 200 milligrams or two glasses of caffeinated beverages each day.

Carbohydrates

Note the nutrients in your diet. Do not underestimate the intake of carbohydrates and sugars while you are on a diet. That is because low blood sugar levels in the blood make you more sensitive and difficult to concentrate. Eat healthy foods that contain carbohydrates, like brown rice. To meet the needs glucose, you can eat honey or fruit-sweet ingredients.

Glimmer

The quality of your sleep affects your mood. If you sleep well, your mood is good. To get good quality sleep, you should pay attention to lighting. Research shows that the faint light from televisions, digital alarm, or light from the laptop can even increase the risk of depression. These lights are lowered production of the hormone melatonin. You need a stable level of melatonin. So, try to fix the location of your bed, so you can avoid the risk of an unstable emotion.

Hormone

If you feel a bad mood at the same time every month, it could be the cause is your hormones. If you are a woman, every month your ovaries produce the hormones estrogen and progesterone. One week before menstruation, progesterone levels are at the top and then immediately dropped dramatically.

This effect on your emotions and make you irritable and annoyed. The period of the so-called premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is, due to hormonal fluctuations. To reduce the negative effects, Dr. Oz recommends eating foods that contain high omega-3 fatty acids, such as marine fish, or you can take supplements that contain 600 milligrams of DHA omega 3.  []

 

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Interesting Facts about Short Sleepers

May 30, 2011 4:10 amLeave a Comment

Some people in this world get a gift from God in the form of a short sleep capability. They are known as short sleepers. They can meet the needs of their bed only by sleeping less than 6 hours. A report published in Science journal in 2009 states, Ying-Hui Fu (professor of neurology at the University of California San Francisco, USA) and his team were succeeded in identifying the mother and her daughter who slept around 6.25 hours each day. Uniquely, they were very energetic.

The results of blood tests showed, they have mutations that affect the cycle for 24 hours. Fu said, 4 to 6 hours of sleep was the optimum time for them because their chances of genetic mutations affected sleep patterns.

However, not every short sleeper has a genetic mutation. “It’s hard to say how often the case these mutations occur,” he said.

According to Fu, the majority of short sleepers are the people who are very active. They enjoy several hobbies, have a successful career, and have two types of work.

One of short sleepers worth mentioned here is Dan Nainan, a comedian who lives in New York. Every night he sleeps only 4 hours. In the morning, he feels fit and not sleepy even though he doesn’t drink prescription drugs and caffeine.

Nainan doesn’t know whether he is a short sleeper because of the demands of work or because of genes. What is clear for him, a short sleeper has the advantage of a 20 percent more time than the people in general. He uses that time to develop marketing strategies and comedy material.

The story of the life of a short sleeper named Amy Avery is also very interesting. This Atlanta residents sleeps in just four to five hours each night. But she is safe the next day. She doesn’t not experience fatigue or evaporate despite working full during the day. Remarkably, she doesn’t need coffee or other caffeinated beverages either.

Everyday, Avery works full time as director of digital at an advertising company. Coming home from the office, he takes care of her husband and two children aged 5 years and 2 years. After the child and her husband slept soundly on the hour at 9 or 10 pm, Avery does household chores such as washing. She also still has time to do the duties of her office, read a book, or watch television. []

 

Interesting Facts about Short Sleepers

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Benefits of Drinking Coffee for Hard Workers

January 15, 2011 7:11 pm2 Comments

Coffee

If you work hard, there’s no harm in drinking coffee. Therefore, the caffeine in coffee can provide positive benefits for your body. In addition to accelerating the power of thought and makes us more alert, caffeine can also drive tired. Caffeine is also very useful to get rid of boredom.

Yes, as long as caffeine is consumed in the normal amount, we can get benefit from it, because caffeine can give stimulant effects that are temporary and harmless.

We can get all these benefits because caffeine stimulates the central nervous system, improve blood sugar levels, and trigger the release of adrenaline into the blood.

Even so, you must be careful. Don’t drink coffee in excessive doses. Excessive dose is 2-7 cups of coffee. If you drink that much, caffeine will cause negative effects such as headaches, nausea, muscle tension, anxiety, and sleep disorders.

Safe limit of caffeine for the body is 200 milligrams per day. Therefore, if you drink instant coffee, make sure you drink no more than 3 cups. Remember that one cup of instant coffee contains about 60 mg of caffeine.

Coffee is not the only source of caffeine. You also can find caffeine in other beverages such as tea, dark chocolate, and cola. But it is recommended that you avoid caffeine sources such as the effect is not good for health. [mr, bbs]

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