How many times do you chew your food before you swallow? Japan’s ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare recommends chewing each mouthful 30 times. (1) Mothers and grandmother’s have popularly told children to chew their food well, and with good reason. The number of chews depends on the consistency of the food, but even chewing very liquid or creamy food for a long time has benefits.
- Lower stress levels. Chewing relaxes the nervous system (2) and when you chew slowly and longer, you are less rushed and can appreciate the present moment more. A 2008 study found that chewing gum helps relieve anxiety, stress and improves alertness…
Tags: digestion
Possible causes
- Possible causes
- Diseased gums
- Dental decay
- Nose, throat and respiratory tract infections (e.g. tonsillitis, bronchitis, sinusitis)
- Gastro-intestinal problems
- Chronic constipation
- Dirty tongue
- Dry mouth
- Remedies
- One of the most important things to do outside of filling your cavities is to get your digestive system in order. You need a good balance of healthy bacteria in your gut; otherwise you risk a slew of health problems including bad breath (halitosis) and body odor.
Tags: bad breath·halitosis
Speech is conveniently located midway between thought and action, where it often substitutes for both.
~John Andrew Holmes
Procrastination, like so many things, is a habit. A habit most people seemingly love to or can’t help indulging in. Hm… reminds me of chocolate… But this is great news! It’s not hard to break a habit.
Procrastination actually causes more discomfort than doing the actual task. While procrastinating, we anticipate an unpleasant/boring/difficult task, and the mind has already created and is living through a difficult situation. It’s non-productive to virtually torture yourself this way, as doing the actual task will cause less pain. [Read more -->]
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Email is notoriously overused, especially at the office. Something that would take 5 minutes over the phone, may only take you 2 minutes to email, but leaves the responder with the arduous task of interpreting and answering what is often a very open-ended question. But even more often, we email when it would be much faster to call someone or walk over to their desk. Check out this interesting concept of 5 sentence emails.
Simplify your email, simplify your day, stress less:
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