14 Obvious Stress Signals

1. Feeling nervous, anxious and tense
2. Feeling inadequate
3. Worrying about the future or the past and anticipating the worst
4. Inexistent or low sexual drive, problems with potency
5. Mentally and physically exhausted; you are constantly tired
6. Edgy, easily irritated and extremely sensitive to criticism
7. Hard to concentrate, forgetfulness, indecisiveness
8. Low self-esteem
9. Constant feeling of being pressured, hurried
10. Problems with sleep: waking up in the middle of the night, insomnia
11. Indigestion problems: constipation, diarrhoea, vomiting, stomach aches
12. Lack of enthusiasm, inspiration or positive emotions
13. No time or energy for friends or hobbies
14. Excessive eating, drinking or/and smoking

Movies that Inspire, Heal & Transform

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Can coffee trigger heart attacks?

Recent research appearing in the September issue of the journal Epidemiology shows that drinking coffee may trigger a heart attack, with the highest risk posed to light coffee drinkers.

A team of researchers from Brown University School of Medicine conducted a study of 503 non-fatal heart attack patients in Costa Rica, and found that coffee drinkers ran a higher risk of heart attack. Moderate coffee drinkers - drinking two or three cups a day - ran a 60 percent higher risk of heart attack after drinking a cup of coffee, while little effect was noted among heavy coffee drinkers, who consume four or more cups per day.

Light coffee drinkers who drink up to one cup a day ran the highest heart attack risk of a four times increased risk with just one cup of coffee.

Coffee drinkers with multiple risk factors for heart attack should try to engage in an active lifestyle and remove as many risk factors as possible, since just one cup of coffee "could be the final straw" - Professor Ahmed El-Sohemy, Ph.D., an assistant professor of nutrition at the University of Toronto.

Good Habits

"You are what you repeatedly do. Excellence is not an event - it is a habit."

Aristotle
384-322 BC. Philosopher and Scientist

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Holistic Health is also about being inspired. This video clip touched me in many ways - I hope it does you too.

Do you sweat a lot?

It's summer time in the Northern Hemisphere and the heatwaves are rolling in!
And if you're like me, the sweat stains are evidence that you're hot!

My granddaddy always said "a lady perspires - a man sweats"! But I figured I'm sweating so much something must be wrong.

That was until I learned that the fitter you are, the more you sweat!

Look around your gym and you'll notice that fitter people start sweating sooner & more than those who don't work out regularly.
It's because their bodies have learned to anticipate the heat that's generated when they get active. Blood is pumped to the surface of the skin more quickly to release heat, while the sweat glands also increase their output.

When sweat evaporates, it cools you down.

So - be grateful for your sweat - it shows your body is efficiently regulating your temperature