Many factors affect your mood, including the various nutrients and chemicals in the food that you eat and beverages you drink. Some foods, especially those high in refined sugar, can quickly elevate your mood and energy levels briefly, but they eventually affect both negatively. Foods that make you happy and keep you happy are often wholesome varieties that stimulate your brain to produce neurotransmitters, which are chemical messengers that trigger neuron activity and influence mood. Seasonal Affective Disorder, or “winter depression,” is caused by low levels of neurotransmitters due to lack of sunshine. Consult with your doctor if your mood is chronically depressed or plagued by anxiety.
Tennis elbow is a generic description for several forms of tendinitis associated with sports in general and racquet sports specifically. Like other forms of tendinitis, it's the result of long-term repetitive motions, which eve...
Although you may have trouble thinking about your diet during times of grief, a healthy diet can reduce the severity of some grief symptoms and help prevent complications of grief. Maintaining a healthy weight during times of g...
Using the mind and body is a principle in medicine that requires the doctor and patient to take control of a medical issue with nontraditional methods. Traditional Chinese medicine and Ayurvedic medicine have emphasized the min...
Sometimes these reactions become severe, especially if they last more than one day. More information is coming to light about these reactions, and avoiding or properly managing stress well may be even more important to your ove...
The patellar tendon attaches from just below the kneecap to the tibia. This tendon helps to facilitate smooth motion while bending and extending your knee. While rowing, this motion is tested repeatedly, potentially resulting ...
The sport of bodybuilding requires participants to develop large muscles; a process often referred to as "bulking up" and then, while trying to maintain muscle mass, lose fat so the details of the muscles are revealed...
Changing your behavior to include daily physical activity helps to keep your memory sharp and improve how you feel. In fact, people who exercise regularly are less likely to experience a decline in mental function, explains May...
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