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    Chronic Stress and Disease Risk
    Helder Barroso
    • Dec 17, 2019
    • 2 min

    Chronic Stress and Disease Risk

    Can some physiological response to your average, run-of-the-mill mammalian stressor, if too long or too frequent, get you into trouble? T...
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    Immune System Basics
    Helder Barroso
    • Dec 16, 2019
    • 5 min

    Immune System Basics

    The primary job of the immune system is to defend the body against infectious agents such as viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites. The...
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    Can stress cause or worsen IBS symptoms?
    Helder Barroso
    • Dec 14, 2019
    • 3 min

    Can stress cause or worsen IBS symptoms?

    Broadly, there are two types of gastrointestinal disorders. In the first, you feel terrible, something isn’t working right, and the docto...
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    Are Sleeping Pills Really Helping?
    Helder Barroso
    • Dec 13, 2019
    • 2 min

    Are Sleeping Pills Really Helping?

    Millions of people are taking sleeping pills. Did you know sleeping pills do not provide natural sleep? Sleeping pills can damage health,...
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    All About Glycemic Index
    Helder Barroso
    • Dec 12, 2019
    • 7 min

    All About Glycemic Index

    What is the Glycemic Index? The glycemic index (or GI) is a ranking of carbohydrates on a scale from 0 to 100 according to the extent to w...
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    How does stress affect your bowel movement?
    Helder Barroso
    • Dec 11, 2019
    • 4 min

    How does stress affect your bowel movement?

    I for one no I am stressed, because when this happens I am in the toilet pretty regularly. This is the purview of the gastrointestinal (G...
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    Stress and Food Consumption
    Helder Barroso
    • Dec 10, 2019
    • 4 min

    Stress and Food Consumption

    When you are stressed do you tend to eat everything in sight, in a mindless mechanical way? Or are you on the opposite side of the scale,...
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    IS YOUR JOB KILLING YOUR SLEEP?
    Helder Barroso
    • Nov 30, 2019
    • 2 min

    IS YOUR JOB KILLING YOUR SLEEP?

    No other species in the universe demonstrate the unnatural act of prematurely and artificially terminating sleep. Doctors, Nurses, Ambula...
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    IS THE TEMPERATURE IN YOUR HOUSE KILLING YOUR SLEEP?
    Helder Barroso
    • Nov 29, 2019
    • 2 min

    IS THE TEMPERATURE IN YOUR HOUSE KILLING YOUR SLEEP?

    Thermal environment, specifically the proximal temperature around your body and brain, is perhaps the most underappreciated factor determ...
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    HOW IS ALCOHOL AFFECTING YOUR SLEEP?
    Helder Barroso
    • Nov 27, 2019
    • 2 min

    HOW IS ALCOHOL AFFECTING YOUR SLEEP?

    Short of sleeping pills the most misunderstood of all sleep aids is alcohol. Many seem to think alcohol helps them fall asleep more easil...
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    What Is Stopping You From Sleeping?
    Helder Barroso
    • Nov 26, 2019
    • 3 min

    What Is Stopping You From Sleeping?

    What is stopping you from sleeping? Many of us are beyond tired, why? For most people who do not have a sleeping disorder, most likely th...
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    How is a Lack Of Sleep Affecting Our Hormones?
    Helder Barroso
    • Nov 26, 2019
    • 1 min

    How is a Lack Of Sleep Affecting Our Hormones?

    Take a group of healthy, lean young males in the mid 20's and limit them to 5 hours of sleep for just one week and you will find a marked...
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    SLEEP CONNECTION WITH TRYING TO LOSE WEIGHT
    Helder Barroso
    • Nov 21, 2019
    • 1 min

    SLEEP CONNECTION WITH TRYING TO LOSE WEIGHT

    Let's say you went on a strict diet for 2 weeks in the hopes of losing fat. That is precisely what researchers did to a group of overweig...
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    SLEEP CONNECTION WITH WEIGHT GAIN AND OBESITY
    Helder Barroso
    • Nov 20, 2019
    • 3 min

    SLEEP CONNECTION WITH WEIGHT GAIN AND OBESITY

    According to Dr Matthew Walker when your sleep becomes short, you will gain weight. The first concerns are 2 hormones that control appeti...
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    CAN A LACK OF SLEEP CONTRIBUTE TO TYPE 2 DIABETES?
    Helder Barroso
    • Nov 19, 2019
    • 2 min

    CAN A LACK OF SLEEP CONTRIBUTE TO TYPE 2 DIABETES?

    According to Dr Matthew Walker from the book Why We Sleep the answer is yes. Early warning signs of a link between sleep loss and abnorma...
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SLEEP LOSS AND THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
    Helder Barroso
    • Nov 18, 2019
    • 4 min

    SLEEP LOSS AND THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM

    Adults 45 years old or older who sleep fewer than six hours a night are 200 percent more likely to have a heart attack or stroke during t...
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    Sleep Deprivation and the Body
    Helder Barroso
    • Nov 17, 2019
    • 1 min

    Sleep Deprivation and the Body

    A lot of us look at health as just diet and exercise, however sleep in my opinion is right up there; it is the foundation on which the ot...
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    SLEEP AND ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
    Helder Barroso
    • Nov 16, 2019
    • 2 min

    SLEEP AND ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE

    The two most feared diseases throughout developed nations are dementia and cancer. Both are related to inadequate sleep. A lack of sleep ...
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    Have you ever pulled an “all-nighter,” deliberately?
    Helder Barroso
    • Nov 15, 2019
    • 2 min

    Have you ever pulled an “all-nighter,” deliberately?

    Is pulling an all-nighter a wise idea? Dr Matthew Walker conducted a study, him and his team took a large group of individuals and assign...
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    SLEEP - PAY ATTENTION
    Helder Barroso
    • Nov 14, 2019
    • 3 min

    SLEEP - PAY ATTENTION

    There are many ways in which a lack of sufficient sleep will kill you. Some take time; others are far more immediate. One brain function ...
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