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Posts Tagged ‘depression’
Health, Science & Technology, Wildlife & Flora, Jun 27th, 2012,
I’ve heard that bananas lighten your mood because they contain B6, which stimulates serotonin production. I’ve even read that coffee can fight depression. Now daffodils can join the list of potential resources for battling the blues. A certain species of South African daffodils (as well as a species of snowdrops) anyway. The daffodils and snowdrops (Crinum and Cyrtanthus) don’t actually treat the depression, but they do contain compounds which “trick the blood brain-barrier”, allowing drugs to be absorbed by the brain, according to scientists at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. The blood-brain barrier makes it very difficult for most…
Tags: blood-brain barrier, daffodils, depression, snowdrops, South Africa, university of copenhagen
Green living, Health, Nov 15th, 2009,
I like cold showers. They make me feel good. To be more precise, they make me feel good after I take them, not during. The ‘during’ part can be pretty horrible, actually, especially in the winter months. I therefore have to steel myself before subjecting my tender corpse to every icy barrage I willingly put it through. I convince myself that this builds character and manliness and is somehow equivalent to a bit of robust exercise. My heart rate goes up, my muscles engorge (oh, shut up!) and my skin tingles After having a freezing cold shower last night and…
Tags: cold shower, depression, Health, Shevchuk, water
