IS STRESS MAKING YOU FAT? FOUR MOUNTAINS, INC. REVEALS HOW STRESS COULD RUIN MORE THAN YOUR SUMMER BEACH LOOK!Written by Stacey Kumagai
Contact: Stacey Kumagai at 818/506.8675 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEIS STRESS MAKING YOU FAT? FOUR MOUNTAINS, INC. REVEALS HOW STRESS COULD RUIN MORE THAN YOUR SUMMER BEACH LOOK! Calabasas, CA – Juggling a ‘Type-A Personality,’ family/friends/life demands, career-on-the-run with regular exercise and diet (even soy lattes) should be enough to keep anyone fit. Add in unstable stock market, taxes, freeway sig-alerts, battling office chaos, recovering from flu, all while we were at War with Iraq… it’s no surprise those ‘few extra pounds’ have not melted away in time for Summer. Four Mountains, Inc., is a privately held Clinical & Research Laboratory dedicated to synthesizing all available data in fields of alternative medicine, disease prevention, wholistic mind/body health and anti-aging technology. They have found that human body storing energy as fat is one of many reflex, involuntary, biological responses to chronic stress. "Stress makes our body store fat, which is stored energy, especially around waist. This is a stress survival strategy. When brain perceives stress, it makes body do all kinds of things you would never want it to, unless of course you really were in a survival situation. If you were lost in deep desert you would want your body to store energy as fat as this would help you make long perilous journey back to civilization. The problem is that ALL stress triggers our fat storing mechanisms, even if we're just sitting in traffic and running late. Under stress, body just does what it does, and storing fat is one of those things,” explains Dr. Ward Coleman, N.D. and President of Four Mountains, Inc.
| | Grow Your BrainWritten by Stephen Bucaro
---------------------------------------------------------- Permission is granted for below article to forward, reprint, distribute, use for ezine, newsletter, website, offer as free bonus or part of a product for sale as long as no changes are made and byline, copyright, and resource box below is included. ---------------------------------------------------------- Grow Your BrainBy Stephen Bucaro In past, scientists believed that we were each born with about 100 billion brain cells, and that after we reached adolescence our brain started dying at a rate of about 10,000 per day, and these cells could not be replaced. New research has proven that brain CAN produce new cells and that we can grow our brain throughout our lives. We can improve our mental alertness and master new skills no matter how old we are. But to grow your brain you must take steps described in this article. Recently it was discovered that brain grows during sleep. Most of growth occurs between sixth and eighth hour of sleep. This illustrates importance of getting eight hours of sound sleep each night. The most important step to ensure sound sleep is to maintain a regular schedule of when you go to sleep and when you rise. Staying up late on weekends is not good for your brain. Studies have found that people who receive eight or nine hours of regular sound sleep each night are more mentally sharp. Blood flow is another important factor effecting brain growth. Blood carries oxygen and nutrients to brain's cells. Exercise is way to increase blood flow to brain. Aerobic exercise like walking briskly, bicycling, and jogging are best exercises for growing your brain. A University of Illinois study found that people who walked briskly for 45 minutes three times a week improved their cognitive speed by 15 percent. The brain functions by communicating between cells through branches called dendrites. Nerve impulses are relayed across gaps between dendrites, called synapses, by chemicals called neurotransmitters. When your brain is challenged with new information or new concepts, synaptic activity increases. A brain that is constantly challenged grows new dendrites. The way to grow more dendrites is to learn new information and new concepts. The best way to learn is to take up a new challenging activity like computers, music, or learning a new language. You can also challenge your brain by working puzzles, solving brainteasers, playing strategy games, or by teaching others.
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