Diseases & Conditions: Health Topics
10 Reasons Not to Skimp on Sleep
Too busy to go to bed? Having trouble getting quality sleep once you do? Your health may be at risk.
By Sarah Baldauf, U.S. News & World Report
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You may literally have to add it to your to-do list, but scheduling a good night’s sleep could be one of the smartest health priorities you set. It’s not just daytime drowsiness you risk when shortchanging yourself on your seven to eight hours. Possible health consequences of getting too little or poor sleep can involve the cardiovascular, endocrine, immune and nervous systems. In addition to letting life get in the way of good sleep, between 50 and 70 million Americans suffer from a chronic sleep disorder—insomnia or sleep apnea, say—that affects daily functioning and impinges on health. Consider the research:
1) Less may mean more. For people who sleep under seven hours a night, the fewer zzzz’s they get, the more obese they tend to be, according to a 2006 Institute of Medicine (IOM) report. This may relate to the discovery that insufficient sleep appears to tip hunger hormones out of whack. Leptin, which suppresses appetite, is lowered; ghrelin, which stimulates appetite, gets a boost.
2) You’re more apt to make bad food choices. A study published in the October 15, 2008 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine found that people with obstructive sleep apnea or other severely disordered breathing while asleep ate a diet higher in cholesterol, protein, total fat, and total saturated fat. Women were especially affected.
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 Nov 13 2008
Posted: under "A Slice Of Life", Inspirationals.
Tags: coffee, computer, decision, dream, equipment, flowers, freedom, inspiration, job, journey, laughter, life, love, man, money, quality, relationship, smiles, time, voice, woman, work
Dave was struggling through a bus station with two huge and obviously
heavy suitcases when a stranger walked up to him and asked, “Have you
got the time?”Dave sighed, put down the large and cumbersome suitcases and spoke to
his wristwatch. “Time please.”
“The time is five thirty,” came a voice somewhere in the timepiece.
“Wow! What a watch!” exclaimed the stranger. Read More
Nov 11 2008
Posted: under "A Slice Of Life".
Tags: beauty, compassion, determination, energy, intuition, life, love, power, quality, strength, success, thought, wisdom, woman, world
Strong Woman
Empowering Feminine Energy
So often in our world we tend to think of strength as a quality that arises from a place of firm determination and a will to succeed no matter the cost. Even though we might want to think of a strong woman as being defined in this way, what really makes a woman confident is her capacity for listening to her true self and being able to call upon her feminine wisdom to any situation that may arise. A woman does not need to step into an assertive role or act like a man in order to be effective at what she does—she simply needs to get in touch with her insight and sense of compassion to truly demonstrate the depth of her strength.
Listening to the feminine side of ourselves may not seem easy at first for this type of energy is something that is often overlooked in many aspects of our everyday lives. If we can connect with this part of who we are, however, we will find that there is an unlimited wellspring of strength available to us. Our capacity to tap into our intuition and listen to our inner guides, to take into account the needs of those around us, and to view a situation with compassion and love are ways that we can show the world the true power that is part of our feminine nature. When we learn to integrate this source of strength into our
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Sep 24 2008
Posted: under Advice & Tips, Inspirationals.
Tags: achievement, advice, age, air, blood, duty, earth, energy, enthusiasm, era, experience, fire, global, globe, heart, history, inspiration, job, labor, lake, life, lifestyle, man, need, needs, ocean, others, period, pond, pool, quality, rain, rivers, sea, skill, stream, success, task, ticket, time, tips, touch, train, universe, vigor, water, woman, work, world
When a group of two hundred executives were asked what makes a person
successful, eighty percent listed enthusiasm as the most important
quality. More important than skill. More important than training.
Even more important than experience.
Before water will produce enough steam to power an engine, it must
boil. The steam engine won’t move a train an inch until the steam
gauge registers 212 degrees. Likewise, the person without enthusiasm
is trying to move the machinery of life with lukewarm water. Only one
thing will happen: that person will stall.
A. B. Zu Tavern asserts that enthusiasm is electricity in the
battery. It’s the vigor in the air. It’s the warmth in the fire. It’s
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Sep 05 2008
Posted: under "LOVE is LOVELY".
Tags: choices, community, donation, emotion, energy, experience, family, friends, generosity, gift, inspiration, love, money, quality, sharing, spirit, talent, time, wealth, world
Generosity may overcome you and you could find yourself unselfishly sharing your resources. You may choose to donate your time, talents or financial and material resources to an organization or to help a friend in need. The wonderful thing about such big-hearted gestures is that they don’t diminish you in any way, but instead make you feel more abundant. And because you feel more abundant, you become so. This is partly because abundance is not merely a measure of material wealth, but of the quality of life in terms such as time, joy, and community. By following your instinct to give you also receive.
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Because giving and receiving are part of the same energetic cycle, it seems logical that those who want to receive more would give more. But this is spiritual and energetic logic rather than that of the mathematical material world. In that realm, those who feel they
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Jul 26 2008
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