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Why You Don’t Need to Sacrifice Your Sleep For Your Studies?

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We all want to be good at our studies but nobody of us knows the secret formula to do that! While we don’t have a secret study sauce too, we do know that a fresh mind is an essence to be good at learning and for a fresh mind, you need to have a good sleep. A research found that students who sleep for 8 hours perform better in their exams than those who cut their sleep.

If you believe that by cutting your sleep time you can invest more time in studies and perform better, you are wrong. This is because poor sleep causes depression & leads to falling in your attention and productivity. The number of hours studied doesn’t matter. What matters is that how much you get done in those hours!

In short, you don’t have to choose between your sleep & study, as good sleep and good studies go together. If you want to be truly good at academics, learn to get proper sleep (study suggest 8 hours!).

References: Times Now, Photo Thanks: PxHere.

4 simple things you can do to stop smoking

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#1 Drink more and more water! When it comes to quit smoking, water is your best friend. Drinking more water can help you beat stress and deal with headache arising in the starting phase of quitting smoking. This way, you’ll stay hydrated as well. #2 just wait & be calm. The urge to smoke lasts only for few minutes. If you can pass that time, your urge will be automatically gone with the passed time. #3 Keep yourself stress free. Stress is one of the most cited argument for smoking. If you feel the need to smoke in stress, keeping stress away can help you quit smoking. With natural things like yoga, walk, sports, gardening, et cetera, you can keep yourself away from stress and smoking. #4 Visualize your smoking-free future. If you imagine yourself as a non-smoker, you will find yourself more healthy, successful and lively. Want that kinda future? Quit smoking then!

References: The Economic Times, Quitter’s Circle.

Smoking & Lung Cancer – Stats To Wake You Up!

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Lung cancer is the most dangerous type of cancer & took the life of 17 lacs people in 2016 alone which means 4600+ lives each day. The biggest factor of lung cancer is smoking. Smoking alone took the life of 60 lacs people each year worldwide. It’s loss of about 16,500 lives each day. Do we need more brutal reason to quit smoking or ask others to quit? We think no. But still, let’s explore more. Few smokers argue that non-smokers too have lung-cancers. Yes, it’s true but please remember that 80+% of the lung-cancers are caused by smoking. Given the fact that 80,000-100,000 people (that includes children as well) join smoking each day, the situation is serious. Even if we can’t change the world, we can change ourselves. So, quit smoking, eat healthy, exercise daily and keep cancer away to live healthy & live more. And yeah… stopping smoking works!

Reference: DW, Minute Crunch, Cancer Research UK, Photo Thanks: PxHere.

Tip: Visit Mesothelioma.net for resources, medical & financial aid to deal with Mesothelioma cancer.

Why You Go To Sleep & What Happens When You Are Asleep?

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Two main biological factors that affect sleep are ‘circadian clock’ & ‘sleep homeostasis’. The second one is a kind of internal timer for sleep. The longer you have been awake, the more you feel the need for sleep. It builds sleep pressure on you throughout the time you are awake & you feel tired & sleepy. When you go to sleep, that sleep pressure releases and a lot of things happen in your body & mind! Your body temperature & blood pressure drops, breathing becomes slower, blood supply to muscles increased, body & muscles are relaxed, many growth hormones are released & energy is restored. All these processes provides energy to your brain & body & make you prepare for your daytime performance. That’s why you feel less tired & more relaxed on wake up!

Source: VICE Motherboard, Sleep Foundation, Photo Thanks: Pixnio.

One Small Thing You Can Do When Feeling Low?

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We all feel low at many times in life. Sometimes it’s ‘not a good day’ in office, job issues, relationships, studies, financial problems and the list can add countless issues! Usually, we sit back & feel sad. But there is better thing you can do to make yourself feel better. Just forget the problems for a while & go for a short walk! It has the potential to lift your spirit, boost your confidence, relax your mind & make you happy again. When you’ll come back, you will find yourself in a better position to deal with your issues. While a park is the better option for walking but it’s not a requirement, just take a walk wherever you are. It can be office lobby, a street, mall or any place! After all, walking is walking, right? So, feel low again but don’t sit sadly, just take a walk!

Reference: Health Fundaa, Daily Mail Online, Photo Thanks: Pixabay.

Now You Need To Be More Strict With Your Child Sugar Consumption!

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Research revealed that young children (less than 2 years old) in America (Though study is America based but we believe people in America or anywhere else can get a lesson) are consuming too much ‘added sugar’ (means sugar added to processed food & beverages & not natural sugar as found in milk, fruits & other natural items) ! Well, sugar is sweet but it is not as sweet when it comes to its health impact. Too much added sugar consumption cause high blood pressure, obesity, diabetes, asthma & other problem in later life! Obviously, none of us want our children to suffer from any of these dangers. Candies, cookies, chocolates, ice creams, sugar drinks, cakes, sweets – children love all of such stuff but it all comes at the cost of increased sugar consumption. If your child(ren) demands more & more of such things & you (out of love!) eagerly give them all , please rethink! Cut your little ones consumption on added sugar items.

Source: ABC news, Photo Thanks: Pixabay.