Power Naps: Napping Benefits, Length, and Tips Naps help Constance Kobylarz Wilde, 58, recharge, especially if she takes them right after lunch. Wilde, a marketing manager and health blogger in Mountain View, Calif., is constantly juggling her schedule as a working mom and family caregiver. She's up by 6 a.m. every day and tries to go to bed by 10:30 p.m. But unanticipated issues often push her bedtime later. "I can't do all-nighters anymore or just get six hours of sleep without it beginning to affect me," she says. So to combat fatigue and stay on top of things at work and at home, Wilde has made power naps a regular part of her routine, setting an alarm for a short snooze. Naps and Sleep Deprivation Daytime naps can be one way to treat sleep deprivation, says Sara C. The length of your nap and the type of sleep you get help determine the brain-boosting benefits. What happens if you nap for more than 20 minutes? Naps Versus Coffee Is taking a catnap better than reaching for a cup of joe? Continued Napping Tips Be consistent. Go dark.
Broccoli What's New and Beneficial About Broccoli Broccoli can provide you with some special cholesterol-lowering benefits if you will cook it by steaming. The fiber-related components in broccoli do a better job of binding together with bile acids in your digestive tract when they've been steamed. When this binding process takes place, it's easier for bile acids to be excreted, and the result is a lowering of your cholesterol levels. Raw broccoli still has cholesterol-lowering ability—just not as much. WHFoods Recommendations Studies have shown that even kids like broccoli and one way to ensure that they enjoy it is to cook it properly by using our Healthy Steaming method. You'll want to include broccoli as one of the cruciferous vegetables you eat on a regular basis if you want to receive the fantastic health benefits provided by the cruciferous vegetable family. Broccoli, chopped, cooked1.00 cup(156.00 grams) NutrientDRI/DV phosphorus14.9% Health Benefits Broccoli's Anti-Inflammatory Benefits
What Does “Brisk Walking" Mean? - HealthCorps When someone uses the term “brisk walking,” what exactly do they mean? A healthy adult will typically choose a pace of walking which clocks in at about 2.8 miles per hour. That pace may be partially guided by the rate that your metabolism uses to start accessing fat in your body for fuel, as you move. A brisk walk is a relative term, since “brisk” for some, is either slow or quite speedy for others, depending on levels of fitness. One measure to quantify brisk walking is “steps per minute,” and 100 steps per minute is considered moderate intensity or brisk walking. Fitness experts typically suggest a pace of 3.5 miles/hour on a treadmill to correlate to brisk walking, for an average person who does not exercise regularly. If you wear a weighted vest while walking, will you burn more calories? If you are able to keep the same pace as before, when adding a weighted vest, then you will typically burn more calories, until you become accustomed to the extra weight load.
Health News, Wellness, and Medical Information 7 Science-Based Health Benefits of Drinking Enough Water Our bodies are around 60% water, give or take. It is commonly recommended to drink eight 8-ounce glasses of water per day (the 8×8 rule). Although there is little science behind this specific rule, staying hydrated is important. Here are 7 evidence-based health benefits of drinking plenty of water. 1. Water Helps to Maximize Physical Performance If we do not stay hydrated, physical performance can suffer. This is particularly important during intense exercise or high heat. Dehydration can have a noticeable effect if you lose as little as 2% of your body’s water content. This can lead to altered body temperature control, reduced motivation, increased fatigue and make exercise feel much more difficult, both physically and mentally (3). Optimal hydration has been shown to prevent this from happening, and may even reduce the oxidative stress that occurs during high intensity exercise. So, if you exercise intensely and tend to sweat, then staying hydrated can help you perform at your absolute best.
LIVESTRONG.COM - Lose Weight & Get Fit with Diet, Nutrition & Fitness Tools Dr. Sara Mednick | Take a Nap News For the Best Pick-Me-Up, Lie Down; New York Times -- December 2008The Best Things in Life are Z’s -- July 2008 TorontoSun.com -- July 2008 Trouw, deGids gidsartikelen -- July 2008 Newsweek: Napping TipSheet -- June 2008 Reader's Digest -- May 2008 MyBusinessMag -- April 2008 WashingtonPost -- April 2008 Ottawa Citizen -- March 2008 Reader's Digest -- 2008 WallStreetJournal -- January 2008 QuinnipiacUniversity -- November 2007 NYTimes -- October 2007 OrlandoSentinel -- October 2007 JoyMag -- August 2007 ConnecticutPost -- 2007 ABCNews -- January 2007 ABCNews -- January 2007 Recent Videos Recent Press Links Watch Sara on ABC's Good Morning America Houston Chronicle article about napping over the holidays Los Angeles Daily news reviews "Take a Nap! Change Your Life" Orange County Register says "Take a Nap! National Print Media National Radio Coverage Public Radio International / “Fair Game”, Early January You: The Owner's Manual with Dr. Read More - Downloadable PDFs
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Price Transparency Is Nice. Just Don’t Expect It to Cut Health Costs. - The New York Times That’s the conclusion from a study published this year in The Journal of the American Medical Association. It investigated the effect of the Truven Treatment Cost Calculator, a website available to more than 21 million workers and their family members. It provides users with the costs — both the total price and the portion the user would be responsible for — from over 300 services, including various sorts of imaging, outpatient operations and physician visits. The researchers compared outpatient health care spending of about 150,000 employees who had access to the website with that of about 300,000 comparable employees who didn’t. Despite its features, the cost calculator wasn’t popular. Study after study has showed the same thing. One study found that only 1 percent of residents of New Hampshire used the state’s health care price comparison website over a three-year period. Dennis Scanlon, a Penn State health economist, is not surprised. Continue reading the main story
A comprehensive guide to the new science of treating lower back pain CathrynCathryn Jakobson Ramin’s back pain started when she was 16, on the day she flew off her horse and landed on her right hip. For the next four decades, Ramin says her back pain was like a small rodent nibbling at the base of her spine. The aching left her bedridden on some days and made it difficult to work, run a household, and raise her two boys. By 2008, after Ramin had exhausted what seemed like all her options, she elected to have a “minimally invasive” nerve decompression procedure. But the $8,000 operation didn’t fix her back, either. At that point, Ramin decided to deploy her skills as a journalist and investigate the $100 billion back pain industry. The big takeaway: Millions of back patients like Ramin are floundering in a medical system that isn’t equipped to help them. Thankfully, Ramin finally discovered an exercise program that has eased her discomfort. More and more people like Ramin are seeking out conservative therapies for back pain. Consider opioids.
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