Falling asleep – finally find peace
For hours they circulated in bed back and forth, but refreshing night’s sleep will not be set easily. This sleep is an important elixir of life, for only in sleep, the human body can recuperate from the stresses of the day and recharge your batteries for the next day. Almost one in two women and one in four men report problems with falling asleep and complain of too little sleep. There are really no hard and fast rule for the duration of sleep, because each person has their own individual sleep needs, not the length, but the quality of sleep is crucial if one wakes recovered. Is the quality of sleep, however, mitigated by falling asleep or prolonged awakenings during the night, fatigue, irritability and concentration problems may result. However, the immune system suffers from lack of sleep and...
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Can animal fats affect brain activity?
Too many saturated fatty acids in the diet can lead to a slowdown of brain activity. This is the result of a new study by the University. By using animal experiments, the researchers had examined how a calorie equal inclusion of canola oil and milk fat on blood sugar levels, physical activity, the activity of the brain and sleep behavior affects. It was found that the consumption of animal fats urge to move and sleep negatively altered. In addition, the supply of large amounts of milk fat led to increased blood sugar levels and insulin. Also corresponding changes in the brain of mice examined in the study can be found based on imaging procedures. It turned out that those brain regions that are responsible for the feeling of satiety, memory and movement behavior in the mice took a lot...
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Winter time is flu season – a vaccine can help
Each year presents the causative agent of genuine flu in a new guise, because flu viruses are constantly changing their surface. To protect against this disease, therefore adapted to the current excitation, annual flu vaccination is necessary. Unlike the common cold or flu infections that are survived usually harmless and within one to two weeks, the real flu or influenza is much more dangerous and much more intense in their symptoms. In addition, the recovery is usually several weeks. Particularly at risk are the elderly and people with weakened in which an infection can even be fatal. Effective protection against this disease has a flu vaccination, but must be repeated every year with a currently effective vaccine because the flu viruses are constantly changing and are no longer recognized by the human immune system. The flu vaccine itself is...
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Can mindfulness meditation relieve chronic pain?
Millions people suffer from chronic pain. For many of them the mindfulness meditation may reduce the psychological strain.This results are confirmed in a new study. For years, mindfulness meditation has been used successfully against chronic pain. A study that was published in the journal “Cerebral Cortex” has now confirmed their effectiveness. They also gave clues why exactly the mindfulness meditation works and what it is going on the neuronal level in the brain. Apparently people feel in a state of mindfulness, although quite in pain, but not feel so strong psychological strain because the authorities which are responsible for the assessment of pain stimulus brain areas are less active with them. The mindfulness meditation is a form of relaxation technique with Buddhist roots. Mindfulness is a special kind of attention, in which one of the present moment is deliberately,...
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