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Is sleep a luxury for you? Are you waking up feeling refreshed, or are you staring at the celing at 2.30am, unable to sleep? Unfortunately insomnia (difficulties falling asleep or staying asleep) and or waking unrefreshed can be some people's reality.
Sleep is an important part of your daily routine - you spend about one-third of your time doing it. Quality sleep (and getting enough of it at the right times) is as essential to survival as food and water.
Sleep is a necessity. Unfortunately, people seem to think that their body will adapt to little or no sleep and if necessary, they can make up for their sleep loss on the weekends. Sadly this is not the case. As previous mentioned in my Sleep is Not a Luxury article, good sleep is required for many important functions in the body. Lack of sleep can have a negative effect on the body, so now is the time to consider some sleep enhancing tips to help you to a good nights sleep every night.
Goals are like a roadmap to success – they show you where you want to be, help you plan your way there, and show you when you are off track. Before you embark on any weight loss program choose SMART goals. These are goals which are:
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Specific,
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Measurable,
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Attainable,
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Relevant and
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have a Timeframe.
If you are one of the many people who suffer from spring allergies, then it is time to strenghthen your immune defences. Unfortunately, the warmth of spring brings with it an increase in hay fever and allergy symptoms like sneezing, nasal discharge, itchy throat and eyes, sinus or asthma symptoms.
This article will outline ways you can strengthen your immune defences, to help keep your spring allergies at bay.
Many of you may not have even heard of the vagus nerve. It is one of our cranial nerves and is in fact the longest cranial nerve in the body that regulates the gastrointestinal tract and also affects the cardiovascular, immune, endocrine and respiratory systems. As a result it is a significant nerve in the human body like a superhighway communicating between our brain and organs. Like muscles, nerves need constant stimulation to be healthy.
In this issue we will be looking at building resilience against stressors by exploring recommendations to help you cope with the demands of daily life in our ever increasingly busy world.
Whilst a healthy diet, nutrients and herbs are a key part of managing stress it is important to consider lifestyle factors which may be contributing to your stress load. We have two branches to our nervous system our “Fight or Flight” sympathetic branch which is mediated by adrenaline and cortisol from our adrenal glands and our “Rest and Digest” parasympathetic branch which is where we should be when we are consuming meals and winding down at night in preparation for sleep.
