Wednesday 13 April 2016

Could Side Sleeping Decrease Your Risk for Alzheimer's?

One of the fascinating biological processes that takes place while you sleep is brain detoxification


The Million-Dollar Question: "How Much Sleep Do I Need?"

long sleepers (9 hours or more)
normal sleepers (6 to 8 hours),
while others percent slept just five hours or less.


Monday 11 April 2016

What Happens to Your Body When You Smoke?

Smoking is said to stimulate pleasing and enjoyable emotions, and smokers claim that it helps boost their mood, improves concentration. This is because cigarettes contain the addictive substance nicotine that stimulates dopamine in the brain, which is responsible for the "pleasurable sensations."

However, the more you smoke, the more your nerve cells become immune to the pleasure brought on by smoking. As a result, smokers tend to increase their intake of nicotine to get that desirable feeling from smoking.2

Monday 4 April 2016

The Many Health Benefits of Sweating



While many go to great lengths to avoid it, sweating actually has many important health- and beauty-related benefits.