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Don’t you have the feeling that today around the world is stressed? I am sure that yes, perhaps it is not that “all” are stress but we all have some known that clearly feels much stress or perhaps your feel.
The reality is that each both all suffer from stress, this affects minds and our health in general. Problems such as low pressure, digestive problems, hair loss, and the skin problems tend to be related to stress. In these cases, it happens that many times in the last thing we believe is in our nutrition.
However, you should not forget that your body needs nutrients and minerals needed to cope with all the activities and obligations daily, so that when we feel stressed maintain a good food is fundamental to not feel tired and combat stress. Read the rest of this entry »

A new research provides support for the use of St. John’s Word (Hipérico) in excerpts for the treatment of the major depression.
A systematic review Cochrane backup of the previous investigation showed that the plant extract is effective in the treatment of mild to moderate depressive disorders.
“In general, we find that the extract of Hipérico tested in the tests were higher than the placebo and as effective as the antidepressants standard, but with fewer side effects”.
The extracts of the plant “Hypericum perforatum”, commonly known as Wort, have long been used in the popular medicine to treat depression and sleep disorders.
The plant produces a series of substances that have properties anti-depressant, but the extract is considered to be more effective.
The overall picture is complicated in terms of the diversity of tests, however, by the fact that the results were more favorable in the tests performed in German speaking, where the extracts of Johanniskrautöl have a long tradition and are often prescribed by doctors.
Despite the favorable results of Hipérico, researchers are anxious not to make generalizations about the use of the plant as an anti-depressant and recommend consulting a doctor in the first instance, especially in the extracts sometimes can affect the actions of other drugs beneficial. Read the rest of this entry »

The instinctive reaction that normally takes a deep depression is to enter the bed and hide. The bed provides comfort, protection and, above all, heat. Heat… important word in connection with the depression, and indeed the science has benefited from this undertaking a couple of interesting experiments in this regard.
The work of Geoffrey Leonardelly and Chen-Bo Zhong of the University of Toronto consisted of two basic experiments to determine if the need to increase the temperature while we depressed is a real or a simple perception. Before the results, seems to be true that the depression makes us feel cold.
The first experiment was divided into two groups to 65 volunteers. The first group were asked to imagine moments of his life in which they felt lonely and abandoned, while the second they were asked to think in moments when he had worked as a team to taste. After that, consulted by the temperature of the room in which were, the first said feel colder than the latter.
Another experiment was that the students themselves play to a computer game. The first were paragraphs of the action of the same, while the latter were actively involved. At the end were offered apples and snacks to some, or coffee and soup to others. The first group chose soup or coffee. Read the rest of this entry »

Falling into a depression is as easy as lead a life stressful and full of excesses. Therefore, the best way to stop the feet is carrying a healthy and balanced diet. In our blog health seek what is the food to combat the depression. The basis of your mood focuses on food.
The goal is going to be to find those foods capable of raising your mood, those who influence in your mind. This does not mean that if you eat food that you show your depression will go to remove immediately, no. You simply show what the food to combat the depression is. In addition, you must take collaboration that want overcome your depression.

Well, focusing on the subject, the main food to combat the depression pass through the serotonin, as the tryptophan, an amino acid that gives the feeling of well-being. You can find it in milk, dried fruit, salmon or the egg. Read the rest of this entry »