Tag: stress
Stilling Your Mind Can Also Reduce Heart-related Diseases
Are you ever thinking so hard, juggling so many mental balls, that you wonder how your internal communication system keeps from exploding? We live...
Meditation Over Medication? Why It May Be Better For Mental Health
Recently, the Washington Post reported on a new approach to addressing the several hundred thousand military members that suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)....
Belly Fat Inducing Cortisol Also Weakens Immune System
Do you find it extremely difficult to manage your stress? You are not alone. Statistics compiled in 2012 show that just over 18 percent...
Emotional Eating Pours On the Cortisol and Belly Fat
Boredom, anger, sadness, joy, anxiety and stress can all lead to emotional, mindless eating. There is not better way to sabotage your fitness goals...
Another Reason To Be Grateful: It’s Good For Your Health!
Being grateful is not just a desirable personality trait or a hokey new age hippie idea, nor should it be limited to the day...
Take Some Time Off: 3 Reasons Vacations are Important for Optimal...
Far too many Americans allow their unused vacation days to collect dust, and our time off is minuscule compared to what those of most other developed...
Having Trouble Sleeping? Why it Might be Your Diet
If you’re one of the millions of Americans who have trouble sleeping – and it’s said that as many as 25 to 45 percent...
Music as Medicine?
You’ve probably heard the term food as medicine, but did you know that music offers healing powers too? It’s been proven to ease pain,...
Stress Increases Unhealthy Cortisol and BMI
Developing healthy ways to deal with stress is important to start when kids are young. Children respond differently to stress for a number of...
The Unholy Triad: Stress, Depression and Heart Disease
Loyola University Medical Center reports that there is a strong relationship between heart disease and depression. While having heart disease can definitely make one...
