Come On Baby, Light My…Stress Away?
May 29, 2008 by Liberty Kontranowski
Filed under Easy Health Tips, Happy Living Tip, How To, Stress, Your Mind
Light a candle to reduce stress? Indeed.
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According to the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, stoking up a vanilla-scented candle can reduce anxiety by 63%. That’s a ton!
While vanilla was the scent of choice in this instance, researchers acknowledge that scent is handled by the same area of the brain as memory, so smelling any aroma that brings back good feelings for you can have the same effect.
So if relaxation, calmness and optimism are on your To-Do list today, grab your Bic and light that wick.
This has been your Happy …read more
Go Nuts to Reduce Stress
April 25, 2008 by Liberty Kontranowski
Filed under Diets and Dieting, Easy Health Tips, Food and Drink, Happy Living Tip, Snacking, Your Mind
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Want an easy way to reduce stress naturally? Go nuts!
Assuming you’re not allergic to nuts, eating as little as one once of these little wonders can pump a ton of calming nutrients into your harried body. And after a l-o-n-g week, that’s probably exactly what you need right now, right? Thought so.
Nuts contain blood-pressure lowering B vitamins (which tend to get depleted when your muscles are tense), anxiety-kicking zinc, and vitamin E, a super antioxidant which helps protect cells from the damages caused by chronic nervousness.
What’s more? The simple act of cracking open a …read more
How Dandy: The Anti-Stress Benefits of a Dandelion
April 21, 2008 by Liberty Kontranowski
Filed under A Mother's Wisdom, Easy Health Tips, Food and Drink, Happy Living Tip, Stress, Your Mind
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Spring is in the air for many of us, and usually that means allergies, yard work and the weeds that cause a lot of allergies and yard work.
But the next time you see a stray dandelion pop up in your yard, don’t be so quick to dig it up. Instead, admire it for it’s stress-busting abilities.
Here’s the scoop: The leaves of a dandelion are packed with calming B vitamins and lethicin, which lessen stress and anxiety by balancing chemicals in your brain. Dandelions also boost levels of the happy chemical, seratonin.
Now, …read more
Random Fact of the Day: Stress Does Cause Gray Hair
April 14, 2008 by Liberty Kontranowski
Filed under Beauty, Easy Health Tips, Happy Living Tip, How To, Stress, Your Body, Your Mind
Just the news you wanted to hear to start your week, right? Sorry, but it’s true. Stress can, in fact, cause your hair to gray.
Why? Stress hormones like cortisol can mess with melanocytes (simply, hair cells). Suddenly, the cells have trouble surviving and/or producing the pigment that keeps your hair its original color. Hence, those pigments disappear and out pops a gray (or white) hair.
Naturally, controlling stress is a good defense in this type of situation, but that might not always be possible. Eating foods rich in the amino acids lysine and arginine can help provide a drop in …read more
