3.43 SITTING –HOW BAD IT IS FOR YOUR HEALTH!

3.42 MINOR CHANGES IN WALKING YIELD MAJOR BENEFITS

3.41 WALK YOUR WAY TO BETTER HEALTH

3.40 SOLES OF HUMAN FEET ARE CREATED TO GET ACUPRESSURE THERAPY BY MERE WALKING

1.50 EYE FACTS PUZZLING

 

4.16 IDEAL SLEEP CYCLES & their affects on our body

                 IDEAL SLEEP CYCLES & their affects on our body

 Sleep is composed of two stages- REM and non-REM. During REM (Rapid Eye Movement) sleep, eyes move quickly in different directions. During non-REM sleep that doesn't happen. When you go to sleep, you cycle between non-REM & REM sleep. First one is non-REM sleep, followed by a shorter period of REM sleep and then the cycle starts over again. During the night, you alternate between REM and non-REM stages, 4-5 times.
 

Non-REM sleep: There are three phases of non-REM sleep. Each phase can last from 5 to 15 minutes. You go through all three phases before reaching REM sleep.

Phase 1: Your eyes are closed, but it is easy to wake you up. This phase may last for 5 to 10 minutes.

Phase 2: You are in light sleep. Your heart rate slows and your body temperature drops. Your body is getting ready for deep sleep.

Phase 3: This is the deep sleep phase. It is harder to rouse you during this stage, and if someone woke you up, you would feel disoriented for a few minutes.

Older people sleep more lightly and get less deep sleep. Aging is also linked to shorter time spans of sleep.

REM sleep: REM sleep is marked by extensive physiological changes, such as accelerated respiration & heart rate, increased brain activity, eye movement, and muscle relaxation. Usually, REM sleep happens 90 minutes after you fall asleep. The first period of REM typically lasts 10 minutes. Each of your later REM stages gets longer, and the final one may last up to an hour.

People dream during REM sleep, perhaps as a result of excited brain activity and the paralysis of major voluntary muscles.

Babies can spend up to 50% of their sleep in the REM stage, compared to only about 20% for adults.

What goes on when you sleep?

A lot happens in your body while you sleep. Your brain recharges, cells repair themselves, body releases important hormones.
 
Non-REM sleep helps in physical repair  and rebuilding. During this period , pituitary gland releases growth hormones that repair our body. The body repairs & re-grows tissues, builds bones & muscles and strengthens the immune system.

REM sleep helps in mental consolidation. To be mentally alert during the day, the REM sleep is more important. No wonder when you wake up with an alarm clock after 5-6 hours of sleep, you are mentally irritable throughout the day (lack of REM sleep). And if you have slept for less than 5 hours, your body is in a complete physical mess (lack of non-REM sleep), you are tired throughout the day, moving like zombie and your immunity is way down.

If you are not getting enough sleep, you are playing with fire, even if you have low stress. Many of us are missing sleep perhaps out of ignorance.

 

 

3.39 DON'T LET THE CUPS DRIVE YOU... ENJOY THE COFFEE INSTEAD

1.49 BROKEN C.F.L. BULBS ARE HEALTH HAZARDS-Be Careful While Disposing

3.38 LIFESTYLE TIPS FOR HEALTHY LIVING-Apply most of your intelligence

LIFESTYLE TIPS FOR HEALTHY LIVING-

Apply most of your intelligence

 

*Eat Right: To a certain extent, you are what you eat!  Maintain balanced diet, at right time & right quantity. Avoid fatty/oily foods to help prevent health risks.  Avoid unnecessary snacking in between. Eat only when you are hungry & drink enough water.

*Sleep Well: You'll be most rejuvenated if you go to bed early and don't sleep more than 8 hours. If you stay up late and compensate by sleeping late, you'll wake up lethargic and have trouble focusing.

* Do Exercise & Walking: Time spent exercising always leads to greater learning because it improves productivity during the time afterwards. Using your body clears your head and creates a wave of energy. Afterwards, you feel invigorated and can concentrate more easily. Walking is the safest exercise for whole body, for all ages and increases oxygen flow to the brain.

*Escape from Busy Disease & Relax: Stress is a very common word these days! The pace of our lives is constantly increasing. Most of the people feel that they are just so busy & got so much to do. The BUSY DISEASE is spreading fast even with children.  This disease of being “busy” (the dis-ease of being busy, when we are never at ease) is spiritually destructive to our health and wellbeing. Don’t trouble children so much that you over schedule them, making them stressed and busy — just like us?

 We have had so many new technological innovations that we thought (or were promised) would make our lives easier, faster & simpler. Yet, we have no more “free” or leisurely time today than we did decades ago. The lines between work and home have become blurred since we are on our devices like smart phones, laptops etc. Handling even the flood of emails has become a herculean task.  In this materialistic world, the desires are unlimited. To meet the demands, countless gadgets are made available in the market.  Some greedy people acquire so many costly gadgets but have no time to even look at them.

Now-a-days, relaxation available often takes the form of action-filled (yet mindless) films, or violent and face-paced sports. Instead of relaxing, they may cause agitation & anxiety.

The world in which we can sit with the people we love so much and have slow conversations about the state of our heart and soul has gone. We are wrongly creating a world in which we have more and more  to do with less time for leisure, less time for reflection, less time for community, less time to just… be? Human touch is disappearing and we are becoming robots.

Don’t forget that we are human beings, not human doings? We should not become just a machine, checking off items from our to-do list. This is a horribly destructive habit to ruin the essence of life.

It is highly important to find ways to provide some “free” time and reduce the stress levels that are built up daily. Getting rid of stress is crucial to your health.

*Avoid staying Idle: To avoid busy disease, staying idle is not a solution. Keeping idle is already known danger. Idle man is busy with devil’s mind.

Don’t stay idle, but get engaged fully and constructively. Work for your goals willingly and happily and set your targets if and only if all that is possible and workable. Don’t become too greedy to grab everything in the world. Eat as much as you can chew, as already said in an old saying. Otherwise, you will again fall prey for busy disease.

 *Watch Television Selectively: Enjoy TV viewing by your choice. Don’t become prey for TV serials. Your addiction to serial programmes will kill your valuable time for long on daily basis.

 Just watching television alone doesn't use your mental capacity OR allow it to recharge. When you feel like relaxing, try reading a book instead. If you're too tired, listen to some music. When you're with your friends or family, leave the TV off and have a conversation. All of these things use your mind more than television and allow you to relax.

*Take Time to Reflect: Often our lives get so hectic that we become overwhelmed without even realizing it. It becomes difficult to concentrate because nagging thoughts keep interrupting. Spending some time alone in reflection gives you a chance organize your thoughts and prioritize your responsibilities. Anything that allows a bit of prolonged solitude will do. For example, take a solitary walk.

*Love Is Important: Believe it or not, love is linked to health. Those who love are less prone to several diseases and health problems.  Whether you love a companion, your kids, grandkids, friends or a pet, it truly is the thought that counts when it comes to feelings of love.

*Be Happy Always: Happiness is vital to your health. A negative or bitter outlook on life is linked to several diseases. By thinking happy thoughts and wishing others well, we can help keep a positive mindset and be cheerful despite the adversities that constantly threaten to bring us down. 

*Smile to make yourself happier &others too: Scientists have found that the simple act of smiling (yes, even forced smiles count!) can lower blood pressure and release stress, giving you an instant mood boost. Keep smiling because smiling always starts the healing.       

 

SMILE---THE EFFECTIVE VACCINATION,
 LAUGHTER----THE BEST MEDICATION,
HUMOR----------THE BEST  RELAXATION,

Much like exercise, laughter and humor release endorphins  that improve your mood &  sense of well-being. So watch something funny on TV, enjoy jokes with your family and friends or read fun- filled books.

 

* Avoid Lying in Bed for Long:When you are not sleeping, lying in bed for long is actually unhealthy. Don’t watch TV or read books when you are lying down in bed. Remember, you burn more calories  while sleeping than you do watching  TV.

*Sitting Long Is Even More Dangerous: Too much sitting shortens your life.  People with sitting jobs have twice the rate of cardiovascular disease as people with standing jobs. With the advent of TV, computers and the desk job, we are sitting down more time than ever before. The human body is not built for that. If you have a sitting job, make it a point to get up at least every half an hour and stretch yourself. 

* Avoid Living In Closed Doors: Get a minimum of 15 minutes exposure of your body to sunlight to gather vitamin-D naturally. Fresh air is required to supply enough pure oxygen to your body.

*Kissing Is Healthy: Don’t ignore. Utilise it.

*It Is Good To Cry:  Cry out tears to release toxic waters from the body. Don’t hold tears like most of the men do.  No wonder, women live longer than men, because they won’t stop tears! Children too cry fast and it is good.

*Keep Control Of Emotions: Emotions are very harmful to our body. We have to practice the habit of keeping check on them. ANGER affects the liver, GRIEF weakens the lungs, STRESS strains the both  heart & brain, FEAR damages the kidney, Worry spoils the stomach.

*Prefer Simple & Principled life: Keep away from all vices.

Always do good for you, without doing bad to others.

Earning by wrong means will lead to losing peace in life. Peace is the key for good health.

Keep away from the most evil eight letter word-“JEALOUSY”.  Instead of envying others’ success, take the clue and work for that or to achieve even better. Take others’ achievements, if you like and if possible, as your targets.

 Realise that the pleasure is more in giving away rather than gathering more & more for yourself.

Do some useful service to the society. Service to mankind is service to God. Spending a Peaceful life is a blessing.

If you think good of everybody, that brings good to you.

If you make others happy, that will bring happiness back to you.

If you do good to others, all goodness will come back to you someday.

*Prayer & healing: Don’t leave out God and prayer- the most important ingredients. Pray God always and should be grateful to God for the kindness he bestowed on us.

Faith and prayer can make impossible things possible. Still don’t expect God will do everything while you  do nothing. Ask him to give strength and guidance to face the real world troubles. Work hard  sincerely to achieve your goals in life.

Take care of your body; It is the only place you have to live all your life.

  

 

 

1.48 AGE OLD ONION THERAPY-Never mind the tears ONION brings on

 
 

1.47 HOW TO CLEAR A STUFFY NOSE

1.46 WHY GARLIC MAKES YOUR BREATH STINK

1.45 CRUSHED GARLIC CLOVES ARE HEALTH MIRACLES

11.10 WORD PUZZLE

11.9 UP has MANY MEANINGS.

1.44 ELIMINATION OF TOXINS THROUGH SWEATING

1.43 WATER vs COOL DRINKS