Must To Know Things About Stress

Men Are At More Risk Of Developing Stress 

A study has shown that women can handle stress well as compared to male members. They show up the physical and mental affects of stress such as fatigue, tiredness, sleeplessness and they get aggressive and violent. They also resort to drug and alcohol abuse.

Causes A Heart Problem Called 'broken Heart'

 Extreme stress and emotional trauma can weaken your heart muscles. This condition is known as stress cardiomyopathy (severe heart muscle weakness). It occurs mostly in women and can be fatal.

Drastically Affects Fertility In Both The Sexes

 In women stress causes fertility issues by affecting the release of eggs from the fallopian tubes. Maturation of eggs is also affected. In males stress causes decrease in sperm count. This is one of the worst health hazards of stress.

Primary Reason For Stress Is Money

 It has been shown in a study that the main reason for stress in many countries is money. For example united states and china are more under stress as they want more money. However countries like Russia and France are least worried.

Stress Affects The Foetus Inside The Womb 

Stress in pregnant mother's can cause early birth of baby and uterine infections. The baby is also mentally weak, Mother's stress can also cause behavioral and personality problems in the baby.

Stress Has An Effect On Your Blood

 Among the stress related health problems is high blood pressure and thick blood. Stress causes your blood to thicken and high blood pressure as it prepares your body for any physical injury. So capillaries get closed which further increase blood pressure.

Stress Weakens

 Your Immunity Stress makes your immune system weak as your body is busy in tackling with your stress so less focus is on strengthening the immunity. Stress keeps all your body energy involved and the normal body processes are neglected.

Your Profession Also Plays A Role

 It has been proved in a research that pilots, fire-fighters and military personals are at more risk of developing stress disorders than other professions such as jewelers, hair stylists and university professor's. This is one of the unknown stress facts.

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Benefits Of Workout With A Friend

You Can Split The Cost 

If you want a fitness trainer or an aerobics teacher at your home, you can call your friend at your home for workout and share the expenses with him. In this way it will be cost effective. This is a best money saving benefit of working out with friends.

You Can Try A Sport

 If you are exercising alone then you will be stick to usual workout sessions. You can't try something new. Exercising with your friend will benefit you in many ways. You can play many games such as tennis or badminton.

You Will Burn More Calories 

If you will meet your friends in gym or for jogging rather than meeting at some eating place, it will be a healthy option. In this way you will be working out and enjoying your friend's company as well. It will also prevent you from consuming calories instead you will lose weight.

You Will Enjoy The Company

 If you work out alone, you will get bored easily and will not like it. If someone gives you company, you will enjoy working out even if you will get tired. You will also discuss your problems and trying to solve them. This will help you to relax and relieve your stress.

You Will Exercise Regularly

 Working out by your own will make you to skip it. But if you are exercising with your friend you will continue to do it even if your are tired. You will get the motivation from your friend who keeps on going even after being tired.

You Will Learn A Few Things

 You will get bored if your workout sessions are becoming monotonous. In that case you can call your friend and do workout together so that you will learn to do new workout sessions with him that he knows. You will get a change from your usual exercise routine.

You Will Put In More Effort 

If you go the gym with your friend, you will set a competition with your friend. You feel to do better than your friend. In this way both of you are doing more push ups and more effort on tread mill than you normally do. This is one of the best benefits of exercising with friends.

Your Friends Will Be Thinner

 A research has shown that obesity is contagious so if your friend is fat, chances are that you will also get obese. So if your friend is working out and is slim same will happen to you. You will start to focus more on exercising than on eating junk food.

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Reasons To Take A Nap

Memory 
A recent study that was conducted on people who napped and those who didn't nap came up with surprising results. Those who napped were refreshed and displayed better cognitive and memory power.



Blood Pressure 
Naps are also found out to be beneficial in lowering blood pressure. Of course, scientists have still not found a reason or basis for this.




Relaxation
 A nap can calm you down. It can reduce your irritability and anger up to a certain extent. This is one of the health benefits of taking a nap.



Alertness 
After lunch, you may suffer from low productivity levels in your office. Try a power nap and see how alert you can be in the second half of your day. This is how power naps work.









Stimulants
 In order to stay alert, you might prefer caffeine intake but naps are better. They are a natural way to refresh your mind and body.


Sleep Deprivation 

Are naps healthy? Well, if you are sleep deprived then naps can help you get some extra sleep to rejuvenate your body and keep it healthy.

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