Thursday, November 12, 2009
We can all agree that sleep deprivation is bad. It makes life a whole lot harder to deal with, not to mention messing with appetite and metabolism. So yeah, it’s bad. Life will be life, and sometimes there just is no sleep to be had. Some survival tips:
Keep [...]
Dear readers of the CFTO blog,
Hi. It’s me, Stress. How are you? Me, I’m not doing so good. I’m a little irritated, one might even say stressed by all the bad press I’ve been getting around here lately. Frankly, it’s unfair. Where has this anti-stress bias come from? What would you do [...]
Welcome back to cortisol week! Here’s yet another reason to keep your stress level in check: chronically elevated cortisol can mess with your head. Specifically, it can mess with your memory. This paper from McGill found that seniors with higher cortisol levels had weaker memories. Luckily for most, the memory-impairing effects of the [...]