Manage Mood Swings

Manage Mood Swings
Emotional health is important for your overall healthy life - so follow these tips to understand and effectively manage your mood swings.
Tips for an overall healthy life, including emotional health, are as follows:
Exercise Regularly: Physical activity prompts the body to produce those feel-good neurotransmitters called endorphins and boosts serotonin levels to improve mood naturally. Research shows that exercise - both aerobic and strength training - can reduce and prevent depression and improve PMS symptoms. Currently, most experts recommend getting 30 minutes of moderate-intensity activity most days of the week.
Eat Well: Many women eat too few calories and follow diets that are deficient in vitamins, minerals and protein. Others don't eat often enough, so their blood sugar level is unsteady. Either way, when your brain is in a fuel-deprived state, it is more sensitive to stress. Eating five to six small meals a day that contain a good mix of carbohydrates - which can raise serotonin levels - and protein may smooth out rough emotional edges and mood swings.
Take Calcium Supplements: Research shows that taking 1,200mg of calcium carbonate daily reduces PMS symptoms by 48 percent. There is also some evidence that taking 200-400mg of magnesium may be helpful. Less proof exists to verify that vitamin B6 and herbal remedies such as evening primrose oil work for PMS, but they may be worth a try.
Write In A Journal: Keep a journal in your briefcase or tote bag, and when you're upset or angry, take a few minutes to spew. This is a safe way to vent your emotions without alienating others and useful in managing mood swings.
Breathe: Chase panic away with mini relaxations: Take a deep breath to the count of four, hold it for a count of four, and slowly release it to the count of four. Repeat several times.
Have A Mantra: Create a soothing mantra to recite during a difficult situation. Take a few deep breaths and as you release them, tell yourself, ‘Let this go,’ or ‘Don't blow up.’

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Fun Tip
Exercise along with your friends and you are likely to lose one-third more weight than otherwise. Social exercising leads to mutual encouragement that boosts your motivation level.

4 Best Metabolism Boosters
The metabolic rate is the rate at which your body burns calories. The rule is simple: if you burn more calories than you eat, your body uses its stored fats and you lose weight. We help you with some food names that are great metabolism boosters and will help you burn calories. So the next time you feel the urge to binge, check this list.
Almonds: Experts suggest that almonds contain alpha-linoleic acid that helps in burning six per cent more calories every day.
Berries: Berries can help you burn 30 per cent more fat. What else do you need!
Red Peppers: Red peppers help in boosting your metabolic rate by 25 per cent.

Low-Fat Yoghurt: Yoghurt is rich in vitamin D and a great metabolism booster.

Tips to Increase Metabolic Rate
· Drink iced water. Researchers believe iced water can speed up your metabolism by 30 per cent.
· Eat healthy food every four hours. It helps in preventing your body from going into the starvation mode wherein the body releases a hormone called ghrelin that sends the message that you are hungry.
· Have beans, onions, nuts, broccoli and eggs. These help in releasing the fat-burning hormones in your body.
· Have lean meat. It boosts metabolism and burns calories because it take more energy to digest than other foods.
Never Skip Your Breakfast
Instead of skipping breakfast, choose something nutritious that you can have in the morning-fruit, yoghurt or butter on toast. Sit down, take your time and have it in a relaxed mood. Notice the taste, smell and the feel of your food as you eat it. This will reduce your stress and aid better digestion.

Migraine Check

If you’re experiencing persistent headaches caused by repeated, disabling bouts of migraine, these time-tested home remedies will provide you respite from your agonising condition and bring you quick relief.
1. Mix a little champhor with finely ground coriander seeds and apply the paste on the forehead.
2. Blend some coriander leaves and apply the juice to your temples.
3. Prepare a paste of poppy seeds with water and apply it on the forehead.
4. Grind 7g each of brahmi booti (a herb), black peppercorns and almonds in water. Strain the mixture through muslin and add sugar to it. Drink it on an empty stomach every morning for two weeks. It helps cure chronic daily headaches, caused by depression, stress and work overload.
5. Apply pulp of amla on the head to cure heaviness and migraine pain.
6. Prepare a decoction of sugar and coriander seeds in 200ml of boiling water and drink it hot when you have a headache.
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