Sugar-Sleep-Water (video)

Science Behind OFFICE Body Brain Optimization!

  

WORKING at the COMPUTER or SITTING for LONG?

Keep your body and brain functioning at the highest level.  Troy Busot, explains the science behind sleep, sugar and water in maintaining your creativity and energy.  Speaking to web and social media program designers, graphic designers, and others who tend to sit and labor for extended hours, this talk hits home!  Excellent information!

Sleep and Learning

                             Good Sleep – the Most Important School Supply

Sweet Dreams

Newswise cites Jodi Mindell’s article regarding sleep and learning.  WikiHow describes 12 steps to Sleep Better, 8 of which use natural, non-drug approaches.  Many other sleep articles are listed.  Enjoy The Lion Sleeps Tonight video, better yet sing along and move.  Expressing joy and movement throughout the day will help create nighttime comfort.  

Review the Year and Celebrate!

Wellness QUEST for YOUR BEST! Find a quiet moment to reflect on family, friends and other special people who have helped, loved, and inspired you throughout the past year. Celebrate all of them with an expression of gratitude before the year ends.

Health BENEFITS: Gratitude has a unique relationship with well-being. Wikipedia reports research suggesting how grateful people are happier, more satisfied with their lives and social relationships, and more in control of personal growth. They are less depressed, less stressed, and sleep better.

QUOTE: He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has. ~Epictetus

HUMOR: An optimist stays up until midnight to see the New Year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves. ~Bill Vaughan

POST SCRIPT: In addition to being thankful for other people’s positive effect on your life, give yourself credit. Your positive efforts deserve to be celebrated as well.

Note: The Health Cartoon shown above is taken from the perpetual Health Care-toons Calendar by Jeff Haebig and cartoonist Ed Fischer.

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QUEST CRYPTOGRAM answer from December 28th

"Triangle of Fitness... strength, flexibility, aerobics"

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Take New Fitness Steps

Wellness QUEST for YOUR BEST! With the New Year fast approaching, consider how you can improve your physical fitness. If you are not sure, consult a fitness specialist or knowledgeable friend who is physically active. You might want to improve your strength, flexibility, or stamina with aerobic training such as walking. Read the web links highlighted above and consult with your health care provider if you are just getting started. Make sure you start well within your fitness level for safety and ease into any new exercise for maximum enjoyment.

Health BENEFITS: Aerobic training strengthens the heart, lungs and circulatory system for disease prevention, helps boost body and brain energy throughout the day, regulates insulin, burns excess calories for weight management, and improves restfulness and sleep. Flexibility training, such as yoga and pilates, keeps muscles and joints supple for greater range of motion, injury prevention and relaxation. Strength training builds muscle tone, making your daily work easier to manage.

QUOTE: To follow without halt, one aim; there’s the secret of success. Anna Pavlova

HUMOR: He’s developing a more active lifestyle. Now he sits and watches aerobic shows on television.

QUEST CRYPTOGRAM: EAMPRDVZ FJ JMERZWW: WEAZRDEO, JVZKMHMVMEC, PZAFHMBW

Clues: D=g and M=i The solution is given on the next blog posting.

Note: The Health Cartoon shown above is taken from the perpetual Health Care-toons Calendar by Jeff Haebig and cartoonist Ed Fischer.

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Breathing, Relaxation, Yoga

Workplace Yoga and Meditation Can Lower Feelings of Stress

Newswise reports a study by Janet Buckworth and William Malakey from Ohio State regarding a noon-time, “lose dose” program combining breathing, relaxation and yoga to music with discussions and contemplations of stress at work. Quality of sleep improved as well as mindfulness – the ability to change one’s perception of stress, considering options to manage it.

Here’s another effective way to apply body and brain power for higher productivity and zest for living!

Exercise ADHD Away

How Exercise Helps With ADHD Symptoms

Everyday Health features an article by Jean Rothman citing reasons why aerobic exercise helps people with ADHD. Don't be distracted by the CONCERTA drug ad for ADHD above and flashing to the side of this insightful article. Focus on how aerobics increases levels of dopamine and serotonin, naturally. Hats off to CONCERTA for making a concerted effort letting people know there are natural means to better sleep, improved focus, less depression, improved eating, stress management, less impulsivity, and a boost of attention.

TV Viewing and Cognitive Development

TV Viewing Before the Age of 2 Has No Cognitive Benefit

Newwise.com reported the first longitudinal study of its kind measuring the effect of TV viewing on young children’s language and visual motor skills. According to Michael Rich, MD, MPH a pediatrician who directs the Center on Media and Child Health and contributing author on this study, TV viewing before the age of 2 does not improve a child's language and visual motor skills. The study suggests that maternal, child and household characteristics are more influential to a child's brain development.

Dr Rich adds, “TV exposure in infants has been associated with increased risk of obesity, attention problems, and decreased sleep quality. Parents need to understand that infants and toddlers do not learn or benefit in any way from viewing TV at an early age."

Autism Spectrum Disorder Management

Special report rating educational strategies and associated therapies treating ASDs

Pediatrics, Official Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics offers an online Report on Educational Interventions, Speech and Language Therapy, Social Skills Instruction, Occupational Therapy and Sensory Integration Therapy, Comparative Efficacy of Educational Interventions for Young Children, Programs for Older Children and Adolescents, Medical Management, Seizures and Gastrointestinal Problems, Sleep Disturbance, Evaluation of Challenging Behaviors, Psychopharmacology, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, and Family Support.

Working Out Improves Sleep Patterns

Wake Up to the Importance of Exercise

Rebecca Pratt, staff writer for http://www.sparkpeople.com/ has written an article pointing out how quality sleep is as important as exercise and good nutrition on your total well-being. Sleep deprivation interferes with your immune system fighting off disease and blood sugar regulation. Good sleep reduces stress and sharpens the brain. Daily exercise greatly improves the quality of sleep.

http://www.sleepfoundation.org/ National Sleep Foundation offers many sleep-related articles free of charge. Hot Topics, Ask the Expert and Library Highlights are featured. Here's to a solid night sleep.


Jeff Haebig