January is one of the most looked forward to months, perhaps simply because it is the start of the year. Yet it has some repercussions on our health. January is a time when it can be quite cold, forcing many people in temperate countries to spend much more time indoors than outdoors. Contrary to popular belief, staying indoors may be more harmful to your health than going out. This is because the air indoors may actually be more polluted than what is out there.
How can this happen? In the winter, houses need to be warm and insulated. Windows are most often closed to keep the cold out and the heat in. As a result, there is usually poor ventilation within. The air is not naturally replenished inside. Molds ...
It is commonplace for several people to suffer at least an occasional night of almost non-existent sleep. The causes of insomnia differ from person to person. What made a student insomniac varies from what caused a shift worker or a traveler or an employee to acquire such sleeping disorder.
Insomnia, which is the inability to sleep satisfactorily or to have any sleep at all, is one of the most common sleep disorders. It is characterized by restlessness, sleep interruptions, decreased sleeping time than the usual, or sometimes complete wakefulness.
Aside from the annoyance that insomnia can cause to its sufferers, this sleep disorder causes those afflicted to lose enthusiasm and energy, acquire memory and concentration problems, feel lethargic, frustrated, and of course sleepy. Worse cases that may be induced by insomnia is one's being prone to accidents, reduced work productivity ...
One of the most commonly known
vitamins is vitamin C. We all know we need this vitamin. That is why we've always been told by our
parents to eat our veggies and gobble up fruits for snacks as well as drink fruit juice instead of soda. Why do we really need vitamin C?
The most advertised health benefit of vitamin C is that it helps boost our immune system. Now who wouldn't want that? Here's more good news for smokers, though. Studies have shown that taking vitamin C
supplements may help improve blood circulation in smokers who may have problems in that area. The smokers involved in the study were otherwise healthy. Of course, that doesn't mean that vitamin C can take away all the negative effects of smoking.
As you can probably surmise from my ...
This is one of the main issues that I uncovered the other day. Truth be told, I've always known that smoking isn't good for me - as most everyone would know as well. Yet there it is, I have that habit. I haven't always been a smoker, I was what I used to call a "social smoker." I smoked when I went out with other people, that was it. Yet somewhere along the way I picked up the habit and it is hard not to smoke, especially when I am idle.
I am at the point where I am beginning to see the negative effects of this habit. I am always
short of breath - I can't even climb the several flights of stairs to my apartment without gasping for breath! I know I have to do something about it. It's not an easy task though. ...
