Month: August 2017

Everything You Need To Know To Be A Lunch-Packing Pro

Post author By Annelise Atkin
Post date August 17, 2017

A sandwich, bag of chips, and juice box is a classic bag lunch, but although it may be filling, it’s not exactly exciting. It’s time to throw the brown bag to the curb (well, not literally—don’t litter).

If you’re ready to upgrade your kid’s lunchtime, we can help. By keeping foods hot, cold, and compartmentalized, parents can to pack a healthier, tastier lunch. Here’s what you need to know.

Tip 1: Use Insulators.

Take advantage of highly effective insulators to keep food at the desired temperature throughout the day. The ability to keep hot foods hot and cold foods cold makes the possibilities for a tasty lunch limitless.

PackIt Freezable Lunch Bag With Zip Closure

PackIt uses built-in freezable gel to keep lunches cold, so your child never has to eat lukewarm yogurt, fruit, or veggies. Just store the PackIt Lunch Bag in the freezer overnight, and the next morning it will be ready to keep their lunch cool and fresh all day. Pick from dozens of stylish patterns like buffalo check or camouflage.

Get it here for $19.90.

Thermos Vacuum Insulated Food Jar

This insulated jar from Thermos allows parents to save time by using last night’s leftovers for lunch. The stainless steel jar keeps food hot for up to four hours (or cold for up to six hours). Plus, you’ll love the easy-care interior canister that is microwave-, refrigerator-, freezer-, and top-rack dishwasher–safe.

Get it here for $19.99.

Thermos Insulated Dual Compartment Food Jar

Send your child off with soup and salad or other delicious and healthy combos that require separate hot and cold compartments. With a 16-ounce bowl for hot food and a 20-ounce top compartment for cold food, this versatile container can accommodate almost any meal. It’s also top-rack dishwasher–safe and comes with a stainless steel spork.

Get it here for $29.99.

Tip 2: Plan ahead and compartmentalize.

A little planning the night before makes the lunch-packing process smoother and less stressful. We recommend grabbing some compartmentalized containers and getting your children involved in the planning.

First, see if you have any leftovers from dinner that can be repurposed. Chicken or brisket can be made into sandwiches, and veggies can go straight into their own compartment. Getting children involved teaches them how to make healthy decisions and increases the chances that they’ll enjoy and finish their lunch.

Compartmentalized containers also aid in teaching about portion sizes and balancing meals. The little compartments get used for dessert, and the bigger ones go to healthier parts of the meal.

Sistema Klip-It Lunch Cube Max To Go

Separate compartments help you pack proper portions and keep everything fresh and delicious. Easily fit the contents of a brown bag lunch in the Klip-It Cube without having to use any baggies.

Get it here for $9.99.

Tip 3: Healthy snacks are the best snacks.

After you spend all that time and energy on lunch, don’t forget a nice snack. With small tweaks to recipes, many companies make more nutritious versions of classic snacks. Whether you choose whole-wheat goldfish, kale chips, or plain old celery sticks, keep them fresh in an airtight snack box.

Sistema 13.5 oz. Colorful Klip-It Snack Pack Boxes Pkg/3

These are perfect containers for snack time, whether it’s on the bus or at an after-school activity. Airtight lids keep the snacks fresh, and clips make them easy for kids to open.

Get them here for $7.99.

Annie’s Homegrown Organic Products

When you’re rushed, you don’t always feel like reading the ingredients on the side of a box. Instead, it’s nice to be able to trust a company to use only high-quality ingredients. Annie’s uses sustainable, organic ingredients, and their farm-to-table philosophy results in food that tastes great.

Find different varieties here.

Sensible Portions Veggie Chips and Straws

Another healthy snack option is Veggie Straws and Chips. These irresistible treats have less fat than potato chips as well as added spinach powder and turmeric.

Browse different varieties here.

Tip 4: Hydrate in style.

Don’t forget a drink! Insulated bottles keep drinks cool and allow parents to choose a healthy beverage (whether it’s green tea, whole milk, or plain old water).

Thermos 12oz FUNtainer Bottle

Parents love the practicality, and kids love going to school with their favorite characters from Paw Patrol or Shopkins. Everybody wins!

Find their favorite character or design here for $14.99.

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Lifestyle

How Certain Places Can Make You Lose Your Mind

Post author By HealthyWay Staff Writer
Post date August 17, 2017

Can a place make you sick?

According to psychologists, the answer is “yes.” Or, more accurately, it’s “maybe.” We don’t know the mechanism by which a visit to Paris gives some visitors anxiety attacks. And scientists haven’t isolated what causes some children in Sweden to appear to become comatose.

All we know is that it happens. Traveling to certain geographic locations is associated with recognizable, reproducible mental breakdowns. Here are some of the most outlandish, strangest psychological syndromes associated with particular places in the world.

1. Resignation Syndrome

Refugee children relocated to Sweden are suffering a strange epidemic. Facing threats of deportation, hundreds of would-be immigrants between the ages of 8 and 15 are giving up, lying down, and disassociating from the waking world for years at a time.

The Swedish call it uppgivenhetssyndrom: resignation syndrome. They call the young sufferers de apatiska, the apathetic. The refugee children simply collapse in a medically inexplicable coma. They don’t respond to doctors or family members. They don’t move. They don’t do anything at all.

The only known cure for the ailment is allowing the families to stay in Sweden. Recognizing this harsh truth, the Migration Board of Sweden decided to allow the families of children suffering from uppgivenhetssyndrom to stay in the nation.

Once the news comes through that the family won’t be removed from the nation, the children return to life, slowly but surely.

Rachel Aviv of The New Yorker wrote a comprehensive article about the condition. Interviewed by NPR in March 2017, Aviv shared the results of a 2006 Swedish government report about resignation syndrome.

“The report posed a theory that the children, many of them Roma, came from holistic cultures, without a clear boundary between the individual self and the family,” she said. “The children were sacrificing themselves for their families. They take on a martyr role. And, in fact, the illness does allow the family to stay.”

2. India Syndrome

Jonathan Spollen, an Irish journalist and spiritual seeker, took a trip to India in 2012. One day, he walked out of the city of Rishikesh, the “yoga capital of the world,” and disappeared. His family hasn’t heard from him since.

Spollen wasn’t the first young Westerner to take a spiritual quest to India never to return. And he likely won’t be the last. French psychiatrist Régis Airault wrote a book about the strange and pervasive phenomenon in 2000: Fous de L’Inde, which translates as Crazy for India.

“More than any other country, India has a way of stimulating imagination and stirring intense aesthetic emotions which can at any moment plunge the traveler into utter anxiety,” Airault wrote, as quoted by CNN.

“Freud himself was sensitive to the intimate feelings stirred up by certain places. Travel, like hypnosis, is partly evocation, and some more easily than others let themselves be carried away without resistance.”

Some assume that Spollen and others like him are out there still, meditating in a remote cave. Others believe they’ve joined wilderness monasteries. More tragically, perhaps they leaped from a bridge or fell into a river. One thing is for sure: For now, they are far beyond the reach o
f their families.

3. Jerusalem Syndrome

Around 1870, an Anglican priest named J.E. Hanauer made an observation about the Holy Land, as quoted in the Telegraph: “It is an odd fact that many Americans who arrive at Jerusalem are either lunatics or lose their mind thereafter.”

In this regard, at least, times have not changed.

A 2000 paper published in the British Journal of Psychiatry by Israeli psychiatrist Yair Bar-El and colleagues outlines three types of a disorder called Jerusalem syndrome.

Type 1 Jerusalem syndrome concerns patients who have existing psychotic tendencies that drive them to the Holy Land in pursuit of unrealistic goals.

Type 2 describes patients who have personality disorders or obsessive thoughts and act out of a religious compulsion, sometimes haranguing passersby or delivering strange sermons.

Type 3 Jerusalem syndrome is the most baffling. Sufferers of this subtype have no previous mental health issues. They don’t visit Jerusalem planning to lose their minds. They’re regular tourists.

Then something in the city, its history, and importance to three major world religions, perhaps, takes control. The patients isolate themselves; they tear hotel sheets into makeshift togas.

Finally, they begin preaching incomprehensibly. They march to a prominent holy site in the city and offer a bizarre sermon. Once these stages pass, most patients return to their previous state of mental health.

Removing the patients from Jerusalem tends to be the best cure, Bar-El writes.

4. Stendhal, or Florence, Syndrome

Legendary French novelist Stendhal (who was really named Marie-Henri Beyle) visited Florence, Italy, in 1817. While there, he stopped in at the Basilica of Santa Croce, where he encountered a stunning fresco of the sibyls, created by Renaissance artist Il Volterrano around 1560.

An article from the British Journal of General Practice quotes Stendhal on what happened next:

“I was already in a kind of ecstasy, by the idea of being in Florence, and the proximity of the great men whose tombs I had just seen. Absorbed in contemplating sublime beauty, I saw it close up—I touched it, so to speak. I had reached that point of emotion where the heavenly sensations of the fine arts meet passionate feeling.

“As I emerged from Santa Croce, I had palpitations (what they call an attack of the nerves in Berlin); the life went out of me, and I walked in fear of falling.”

Hundreds of fellow art lovers across the centuries have a similar experience when they visit Florence. By 1979, the condition was widespread enough for an Italian psychiatrist named Graziella Magherini to give it a name. She chose “Stendhal syndrome,” but others call it Florence syndrome to this day; it’s essentially an art-induced panic attack.

5. Paris Syndrome

Japanese tourists who visit Paris are taking a risk. For reasons that scientists don’t fully understand, Japanese visitors to the City of Lights occasionally come down with a psychological condition called, appropriately, Paris syndrome. Symptoms include sweating, anxiety, and even hallucinations.

Psychologists suggest that the anxiety attack comes from a combination of typical travel woes (jet lag, language barriers, culture shock) with dashed expectations. Many Japanese visitors associate Paris with love, romance, and magic.

When they arrive in the all-too-real city, complete with unkind locals, their disappointment is profound. Their minds collapse under the weight of it.

According to Australia’s SBS News, the Japanese embassy in Paris operates a 24-hour hotline for sufferers of Paris syndrome. The embassy sends about 20 of their nationals home from France every year; leaving Paris is the only cure.

Summing It All Up

Okay, let’s review. What have we learned?

A small but not insignificant number of visitors to Jerusalem, Paris, Florence, and India have mental breakdowns during their trips. These psychological crises are associated with the cities themselves.

Plus, refugee children in Sweden lose their will to live when the government threatens to deport them. Only removing the threat returns the children to their lives.

Places have power over mental health. Traveling is stressful.

Shoot. Who’s up for a nice, relaxing staycation this year?

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Wellbeing

10 Diseases That Used To Be Called Something Else

Post author By HealthyWay Staff Writer
Post date August 17, 2017

Over time, medical terms often change.
Doctors may want to use more formal language in order to differentiate between diseases, or they may simplify complex terms in order to make talking to patients easier.

For example, you’ve probably never met someone complaining about having “influenza,” but you’ve almost certainly suffered through a flu, which is exactly the same thing.
Here are a few other fascinating examples of how medical terminology changes over time.

1. The Vapors

At the time, it meant a variety of illnesses and nervous conditions, most commonly experienced by women during the Victorian era.
Now, we call it depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, panic attacks, and various other mental-health terms.

The name “the vapors” likely came from the belief that depression came from the uterus, stomach, or spleen. As English physician Henry Stubbe wrote in his “discourse concerning chocolata” in 1662, by eating chocolate, a female patient “feels the Hypochondriacal vapours…to be instantly allayed.”
Translation, please? According to Stubbe, chocolate alleviates some symptoms of irritability, anxiety, and depression.

William Safire, writing for The New York Times, also notes that Victorian women would sometimes fake a case of the vapors in order to escape from unpleasant company.

2. Mortification

At the time, it meant the death of body tissue.
Now, we call it gangrene. Typically, it affects the extremities, so mortification—a word that essentially means death—was fairly accurate in describing the appearance of gangrene.

Eventually, however, the meaning of “mortification” changed. These days, it refers to extreme embarrassment, which is quite different.
Obviously cases of necrotic tissue needed a new name.

3. Dropsy

At the time, it meant severe swelling.
Now, we call it edema. Often painful, edema can occur in virtually any part of the body for a variety of reasons. If you’ve ever woken up with swelling around your eyes, you’ve experienced a mild form of edema.

Dropsy was a very general term, sometimes applied to cancerous tumors, hydrocephalus, and symptoms of heart disease. Basically, if something was bigger than it was supposed to be, old-time doctors labeled it “dropsy” and moved on to their other ailing patients.
As is often the case with older medical terms, the word dropsy can be traced back to Ancient Greece.

It comes from the Greek word for water, “hudrops,” which eventually turned into “hydropsy,” then simply “dropsy.”

4. Winter Fever

At the time, it meant a serious illness with potentially life-threatening respiratory symptoms, typically occurring after influenza (aka the flu).
Now, we call it pneumonia. For centuries, physicians believed that pneumonia was a set of symptoms indicative of another sickness. Modern physicians recognize it as its own distinct infection.

Thankfully, pneumonia mortality rates have dropped dramatically due to the widespread availability of antibiotics.
So, why the name “winter fever”? Simple: The symptoms occur most frequently in the winter.

Scientists still aren’t completely sure why we’re more likely to contract diseases in cold weather, but the prevailing idea is that our immune systems react less quickly at low body temperatures.

5. Apoplexy

At the time, it meant a potentially fatal condition that occurs when a person is overwhelmed with anger.
Now, we call it a stroke.

Apoplexy actually comes from the Greek word for “to strike.” Eventually, modern medical professionals switched the name away from this archaic term to make American patients treat the condition more seriously.
Back in the day, you’d describe someone as “apoplectic” if they were extraordinarily angry. An “apoplectic fit” could mean either a temper tantrum or an honest-to-goodness, life-threatening stroke.

Once again, William Safire of The New York Times comes through with a great anecdote. Legendary actor Ethel Merman played Annie Oakley in Irving Berlin’s Annie Get Your Gun, and in one scene, she was meant to show off her incredible marksmanship by shooting at a duck. Unfortunately for Merman, her stage gun didn’t fire, but the prop duck fell over anyway.
Merman walked over to the duck, held it up, and ad-libbed, “What do you know—apoplexy!”

6. Bone Shave

At the time, it meant severe pain running down the lower back and into one or both legs.
Now, we call it sciatica. The new name is more medically descriptive, as sciatica occurs due to pressure on the sciatic nerve. It’s difficult to treat, but if caught early, patients can address their symptoms with physical therapy.

So, why “bone shave”? As anyone who’s dealt with sciatica knows, it’s an extraordinarily painful condition. It feels a bit like your bones are, well, being shaved.
That’s just another reason to make sure you’ve got proper posture.

7. Ecstasy

At the time, it meant a nervous condition in which a person had rigid muscles, fixed posture, decreased sensitivity to pain, and the “loss of reason.”

Now, we call it catalepsy, although that’s just the name for the symptom. The illness itself may have been something as serious as Parkinson’s disease or epilepsy, although the aforementioned “loss of reason” may indicate that some ecstasy patients had schizophrenia or severe depression.

8. Manic Depression

At the time, it meant clinically significant mood swings, often moving from extreme highs (manic states) to extreme lows (depressive states).
Now, we call it bipolar disorder.
This change is pretty recent. Until about 1980, “manic depressive” was the more common term, but research began to reveal something important: Most patients don’t have actual manic episodes. About 80 percent of patients with bipolar disorder only ever display episodes of depression.

As such, scientists chose the more descriptive term “bipolar disorder” to show that patients move between two states—or poles. Today, “manic depressive” is only used to describe an individual who has actual manic episodes.
Of course this nomenclature, too, could change over time.

9. Dry Bellyache

At the time, it meant a mysterious irritation of the bowels, commonly associated with painting. That led to its alternate name, “painter’s colic.”
Now, we call it lead poisoning.
As William Henry Smith wrote in the 1873 Smith’s Family Physician:
“Dry Belly-ache is generally attended with some degree of danger, which is always in proportion to the violence of the symptoms, and the duration of the disease. Even when it does not prove fatal, it is too apt to terminate in palsy, and to leave behind it, contractions of the hands and feet.”

Smith was attentive enough to attribute the disease to “the inhalation of vapours arising from incited lead,” although he also attributed it to “acrid food.” We now know that dry bellyache is one of the first symptoms of severe lead poisoning, which frequently occurred when lead-based paints were commonplace.

10. Fainting Fits

At the time, it meant, well, fainting fits, often accompanied by seizures.
Now, we call it epilepsy.
In ancient times, epilepsy was often considered a spiritual affliction, caused by wayward ghosts or demons who refused to give their victims peace. Through the 17th century, in fact, many educated people still considered epileptic fits to be a sign of possession. Early treatments included skull trepanation (drilling a hole in the skull) and bloodletting.
That changed in the mid-1800s when doctors began successfully treating epilepsy with bromide. Today, people with epilepsy can often minimize seizures with medication and lifestyle changes.

In each of these cases, the diseases themselves have (mostly) remained the same. The name is the only thing that changed, but a new name can be powerful.
Scientists might be more willing to spend time investigating “epilepsy,” as opposed to “fainting fits,” and a person with “winter fever” might think to seek treatment in the summer if they realize they have symptoms of “pneumonia” instead.

In another hundred years, we’ll likely have a completely new set of words in our medical lexicon—and that’s certainly fine by us. Change is, after all, a sign of progress.

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Wellbeing

Is It Menopause? Here Are The Stages And Symptoms To Watch For

Post author By Mary Sauer
Post date August 16, 2017

It may be true that most women aren’t looking forward to [linkbuilder id=”5141″ text=”menopause”], but it is a natural part of growing older as a woman. Menopause isn’t a sign that something’s wrong. In fact, it is more of a clue the body is doing what’s right for it by following the natural order of things.

Menopause is most easily understood as the time in a woman’s life when she stops having a menstrual cycle.
Since many women may experience some level of irregularity with their cycles as they grow older, most experts suggest waiting a full 12 months after the last menstrual cycle before officially declaring a woman has reached menopause.

Of course, there is much more to menopause than the end of your periods. This phase in a woman’s life is marked by a lot of changes. For most women, the symptoms of growing older and transitioning into menopause begin long before their last menstrual cycle.
Even though there are some commonly expected symptoms, the menopausal experience is different for each woman. Some women may experience little to no frustrating symptoms, whereas others experience frequent hot flashes, weight gain, sleeplessness, mood swings, and more.

This can make it difficult to know what you should expect as you grow older. For some, previously unheard of symptoms might make them wonder if their experience is healthy or normal.
Continue reading for a detailed look at what to expect from menopause and advice on how you can care for yourself during this season of your life.

What are the stages of menopause?

Typically, women experience menopause in stages. For roughly 60 percent of women, the earliest symptoms of menopause begin in their mid-forties. This stage is known as perimenopause, or the menopausal transition. The symptoms associated with this stage typically last seven years, according to the National Institute on Aging (NIA).

The symptoms of perimenopause are caused by naturally occurring fluctuations in a woman’s estrogen and progesterone hormones as she enters middle age. Just like menopause, the perimenopausal experience can vary greatly from woman to woman.
Some women report not noticing any symptoms until their cycles begin to change just before they enter full-blown menopause. Others have a more difficult time and may struggle to cope with the symptoms of impending menopause as soon as their early forties.

Although many women identify their entire aging experience as the start of menopause, strictly speaking, any aging-related experiences that occur before a woman’s final period are part of perimenopause, not menopause itself. For instance, many women will have symptoms associated with the changing hormone levels in their bodies long before menopause takes place.
Menopause is the second stage that aging women can expect and officially occurs once they have gone without a period for a full 12 months.

What are the symptoms of perimenopause and menopause?

As women age, they can expect to experience a wide variety of symptoms caused by changing hormones. Both perimenopause and menopause are characterized by uncomfortable hot flashes. Many women will also experience changes to their libido at this time.

Some may notice they are prone to vaginal dryness or start experiencing more frequent vaginal infections, according to the NIA.
Additionally, women who are in menopausal transition often report difficulty sleeping. Progesterone, one of the hormones that’s known for inducing feelings of sleepiness, decreases as menopause nears. As progesterone levels drop, women may experience increased restlessness or anxiety at night that makes it hard to sleep.

Women may also notice harder-to-define indications that their bodies are changing, like difficulty losing weight, changes to their mental clarity, or increased muscle and joint pain.
These symptoms are just some of the most common. There are many less common symptoms experienced by women in perimenopause and menopause, so don’t be alarmed if you experience something not outlined here.

Of course, your doctor can advise you as to whether what you are noticing about your body is within a normal range. They can also provide guidance when it comes to easing the discomfort of less-than-pleasant symptoms you’re experiencing.

How Your Body Changes During Menopause

Check out the video below to see what biological changes to expect during menopause:

How to Take Care of Your Aging Body

All aging women should spend time carefully considering the status of their health to determine whether changes need to be made in how they’re caring for their bodies.
Since postmenopausal women are more likely to experience osteoporosis, it is important make sure you are consuming plenty of calcium and vitamin D. Excessive salt consumption and soda are known to contribute to bone weakness and should be avoided when possible.

No matter your risk factors for heart disease, it is recommended that all aging women adopt a heart-healthy diet full of leafy greens and foods high in omega-3s. Additionally, foods like red meats and high-fat dairy shouldn’t be consumed on a regular basis, as they have been found to contribute to cardiovascular disease.

Managing the Symptoms of Menopause

Growing older doesn’t have to be a burden, and menopause certainly shouldn’t be a reason to dread your next birthday.

There are many steps middle-aged women can take to manage the symptoms of menopause, affording themselves the opportunity to find as much enjoyment in their lives as possible during this new chapter.
Women who are dealing with forgetfulness or loss of mental clarity should be sure they are getting adequate rest and plenty of exercise. Extreme forgetfulness or confusion is not a typical symptom of menopause, so anything that gives you reason to worry is a nudge to schedule a visit with your doctor.

When it comes to sleeplessness, be certain to practice good, sleep-prioritizing habits by sticking to a routine. Avoid exposure to screened devices right before bed, and stay active during the day. Also, as tempting as it might be, resist the urge to crawl in bed for an afternoon nap, as that can ultimately disrupt your sleep at night.
Getting plenty of exercise and eating well during perimenopause and menopause will contribute to improving your overall mood, boosting your energy, and assisting in weight management as your metabolism begins to slow with age.

Still, know that for some women, at-home remedies simply aren’t enough. If you feel your symptoms are extreme, it isn’t a bad idea to visit with your doctor to discuss the options available for making you more comfortable. Some doctors may recommend hormone replacement therapy, whereas others will suggest less invasive options for improving your overall wellness as you enter menopause.

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Sweat

Things Oncologists Themselves Do To Avoid Cancer

Post author By HealthyWay Staff Writer
Post date August 16, 2017

Vanessa Wasta of Johns Hopkins University asked Bert Vogelstein, co-director of the Ludwig Center at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, if there’s anything we can do to keep cancer from claiming our lives. Vogelstein’s response is worth repeating.

“Clearly, some types of the disease, such as lung cancer, are heavily influenced by environmental factors,” he said.
Maintaining a healthy weight and avoiding exposure to known carcinogens, like cigarette smoke, are critical for preventing deaths related to these types of cancer.
According to Vogelstein, approximately 40 percent of cancers can be prevented if people avoid environmental risk factors.
Oncologists, the doctors who specialize in treating, diagnosing, and preventing cancer, aren’t just medical experts. They’re also mortals and therefore as concerned as anyone with keeping their own cancer risks at an absolute minimum.

These are the things oncologists have shared that they do to make sure they don’t end up in the unenviable position of their patients.

1. The Breast Oncologist With Breast Cancer

Dr. Maris Weiss founded the website BreastCancer.org. She’s helped countless women win their own battles against breast cancer. And in April 2010, she found out she had the disease herself.

Weiss’ prognosis is excellent. She caught the tumor early. Still, she points to a few things that women can do to reduce their own risk. Genes are a small part of the big picture, she told NPR.
“The breast cancer genes only explain 5 to 10 percent of breast cancer cases today, and those are ancient, stable abnormalities,” she said. “They haven’t changed. But what has changed over the years … are changes in our outside environment and our body’s inside environment.

“So in terms of the inside environment, with obesity making extra inside hormones that can influence breast cell growth, it also triggers more insulin growth factor.” (Insulin-like growth factor is a protein that regulates the effects of growth hormones in our bodies.)
Weiss continued, “More women have not stopped smoking. They’ve started but they haven’t stopped as quickly as men have. We lead very stressful lives. We don’t sleep enough. We run ourselves ragged.”

Weiss seems to be telling us the best way to reduce the chance of breast cancer is controlling these environmental factors. Don’t drink. Don’t smoke. Take time to de-stress. Get plenty of sleep. That’s Weiss’ recipe for keeping cancer at bay.

2. The Surgical Oncologist from Miami

Dr. Omar Llaguna is a surgeon who specializes in oncology, meaning he actually goes in and removes tumors from patients’ bodies. He follows a strict diet to keep his own risk of cancer as low as possible.
“Clean eating can go a long way in managing your cancer risk,” Llaguna told Reader’s Digest.

“For me, this primarily means avoiding of processed foods and excessive sugar. In addition, I try to eat a diet high in protein, moderate in fat, and low in carbohydrates. But the key is to always avoid processed foods.”
Llaguna also has another cancer-fighting secret. He does CrossFit.
“I encourage all my patients to take charge of their health,” Llaguna told the CrossFit website.
“While we don’t choose to have cancer, we can choose how we live our lives and how we fight the disease. I talk about the positive effects of healthy eating and exercise on the immune system, as well as the sense of overall well being that can be achieved.

“I’ve encouraged many patients to try CrossFit, knowing that it will help them maintain their physical strength and stamina, something very important for those dealing with functional decline after a large operation, as well as post-operative chemotherapy and radiation therapy.”
So there you have it: exercise and healthy eating are the key. What’s so hard about that?

3. The Head of Medical Oncology

Dr. David Khayat is one of France’s foremost experts on cancer. He used to run the French National Cancer Institute, and today he’s in charge of the medical oncology department at the Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital in Paris.
Khayat published a book called The Anti-Cancer Diet that lays out his plan to remain cancer-free. As radio station WBUR reports, Khayat follows five essential rules to keep the risk of developing cancer low:
–Don’t smoke. Ever.
–Eat lots of different kinds of food. Remember that “eating certain potentially carcinogenic products too much and too often can be dangerous.”
–Speaking of diet, try steaming your vegetables. Experiment with stewing too. Get creative in the kitchen.

–Stick to local, organic, seasonal, pesticide-free food.
–Stay physically active. Create a healthy balance between the calories you eat and the calories you burn.
If you follow all five of these rules to the letter, Khayat says, you’ll keep your cancer risk low.

4. The Ex-NASA Engineer

Dr. Matthew McCurdy seems too good to be true. The Austin, Texas–based radiation oncologist started his career as a NASA engineer. He helped John Glenn return to Earth safely after his 1998 trip to space.

After that, McCurdy went on to get an MD from Baylor College of Medicine—and a PhD in bioengineering for good measure.
Today, McCurdy says he treats his patients at the Austin Cancer Center as if they were family. “I join my patients in the fight against cancer and provide hope,” he said on the Austin Cancer Center website. “I’ve managed the cancer care of my own family, and I believe in treating each patient as a member of mine.”
McCurdy’s anti-cancer tip is simple: He eats a Mediterranean diet.

“Multiple studies, including a recent randomized trial published in JAMA [the Journal of the American Medical Association], suggest that the Mediterranean diet supplemented with extra-virgin olive oil can help prevent cancer,” he told Reader’s Digest.
“I try to follow this by eating a whole-foods plant-based diet that includes broccoli, turmeric, and garlic and limits refined sugar, refined carbohydrates, saturated animal fats, and toxic chemicals and pesticides.”

We’ll trust anyone who worked at NASA before becoming an award-winning oncologist.

5. The Artist

Dr. Diljeet K. Singh practices gynecologic oncology at a hospital in McLean, Virginia. When he’s not busy saving lives, though, he indulges in an artistic hobby.

“I paint several times a week, and I try to do it outdoors so I can spend some time in nature, which I also find stress-relieving,” Singh told Prevention magazine. Based on his own experience enjoying art, Singh suggests that his patients take pottery classes to keep their risk of cancer lower.
“It serves two purposes: It allows you to be creative, and it gives you a social outlet. One study in female breast cancer patients found that those who were the most creative had the most favorable prognoses. Other research shows that the more social support cancer patients have, the greater their chances of survival.

“Personally, I think the key to both is that they relieve stress, which causes cellular changes that increase cancer risk. My advice is to take time every day for something that allows you to express your creativity: journaling, cooking, gardening, decorating.”
Lots of oncologists warn their patients to watch stress and to find ways to live a more laid-back life. Dr. Amy Lee told Reader’s Digest that stress interferes with the immune system, which must “be in optimal condition to seek out and destroy cancer cells.”

Taken as a whole, this advice from leading oncologists suggests that we can best prevent cancer by living a happy, healthy life in the first place. Good things, the doctors say, lead to better.

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Nosh

It's More Than Weight Gain; Fast Food Is Having These 6 Weird Effects On Consumers

Post author By Mary Sauer
Post date August 16, 2017

Most people won’t bat an eyelash when you tell them that eating fast food isn’t good for their health. It seems obvious, since the majority of the items on drive-thru menus have a high calorie count. If you want to take care of your body and avoid weight gain, opting out of picking up a cheeseburger on the way home is probably the best choice, right?

This is certainly true, but weight gain isn’t the only reason to reconsider your fast food habit. Researchers have found that the effects of regular fast food consumption are varied and, honestly, kind of weird.
Check out these six unexpected and strange ways fast food is changing you.

1. There’s a downside to speedy service.

When you hop in a drive-thru lane, you expect to order and have your food within a few minutes, right? If you wanted to wait for your food, you probably would have opted to cook at home or chosen a sit-down restaurant. Blitzing through the drive-thru is awesome when you’re in a hurry, but it actually isn’t great for your brain.

Fast food plays into our culture’s disconcerting preference for instant gratification. The more we take advantage of being able to get the things we want right away, the less patient we become overall. Fast food is just one more thing fueling our impatience, according to ScienceDaily.
In general, we only need to get our food within minutes when we actually need to save time, like if we’re running late.

Research has shown, however, that even when we’re not actually in a hurry, just being exposed to fast food branding and products causes us to behave as if we need to eat on the run.

2. Fast food is changing your relationship with the dollar.

It’s no surprise that fast food and spending money go hand in hand, but the model used for upselling [linkbuilder id=”5444″ text=”food items”] may actually be changing the way we regard the dollar. This is because the fast food industry employs one very smart technique to get consumers to spend more than they initially planned.

It’s called the spare-change effect, and fast food restaurants are capturing extra sales by using it on their customers. When an order is placed, employees are trained to offer an upgrade that results in the cost being rounded up to the next whole dollar amount.
In most customers’ minds, it’s just change, but for the restaurant, it’s profit, according to Harvard Business Review.

While many consumers report appreciating the use of this technique, we can’t help but wonder what could have been bought with all that spare change—besides a small fry, of course.

3. Fast food might change how you see the world around you.

Recent reports indicate that in the United States an estimated 15.7 million adults found themselves struggling with depression in 2014. Depression is a complicated disorder with a litany of factors that can contribute to or cause its varied symptoms. Those dealing with depression can experience hopelessness, difficulty sleeping, and a loss of interest in the things they enjoy.

Researchers now believe that regular consumption of fast food plays are role in the depression of some American adults, too. In fact, adults who eat junk food like baked goods and fast food on a regular basis are 51 percent more likely to report experiencing depression than those who do not, according to a study published in Public Health Nutrition.

4. Fast food is changing your past.

Okay, so maybe fast food isn’t actually changing your past. Last we heard, even the top contenders in the fast food industry haven’t mastered time travel, but there is actually something about the fast food experience that changes the way we think about the past.

Research has shown that we don’t just like the way fast food tastes. We also like that it makes us feel nostalgic, according to Psychology Today.
This is so true that even the packaging of fast food products can activate feel-good memories, and the branding can remind us of instances in our pasts when we were happy while eating fast food.

It’s brilliant for marketing, but it may mean you’re enjoying fast food more because you’re prone to nostalgia than because you actually love the grease and sodium within.

5. It is harder to know when enough is enough.

The high calorie content of fast food items is often blamed for the weight gain and poor health of regular consumers, but there is more to it than that.
The salt and fat content of most fast food has been linked to food addiction and compulsive overeating, according to Current Drug Abuse Reviews. So when it comes to fast food, the more you eat, the more you may want to eat—whether you’re actually hungry or not.

Additionally, advertising easily triggers individuals struggling with addictions to certain foods. One glance at the golden arches might be enough to prompt a regret-worthy binge on a burger and an extra large fry.

6. Your brain is getting hooked on the marketing.

We won’t try to deny it—fast food tastes good. The occasional burger and fries won’t hurt most people, but the deliciousness of fast food is exactly why you shouldn’t make it a habit.

This is because your brain responds to marketing so reliably (and so profitably). When it comes to the delicious saltiness of french fries or the crispy bacon on your last cheeseburger, you brain is learning to associate your favorite flavor with the restaurant’s brand.
It is a Pavlovian response according to Psychology Today, meaning that you recognize the brand and want to reward yourself with the food. The more you repeat this behavior, the more your brain expects the reward of food to follow a sighting of the brand.

The stronger that association becomes, the more likely you are to be utterly hooked on the brand itself.

Here’s what to do if you’re a fast food lover.

If eating fast food is a habit for you, it can be incredibly difficult to cut back. That’s because fast food isn’t all bad. Drive-thrus are convenient for busy moms, and many fast food chains offer affordable meals that appeal to the family on a budget.

If you’re a fast food lover, there are small ways to cut back on fast food that will make a big difference for your health in the long run. You can begin by committing to only ordering the most nutritious items on the menu when you do decide to treat yourself.
This will help you to avoid consuming too many calories, which is the number one cause of weight gain.

If unexpected hunger is the reason for your impulsive french fry binges, keep snacks on hand at all times. When you can avoid getting to the point where you feel like you’re starving, you can stop making regrettable decisions about what to eat.
Lastly, if you are really having a hard time saying no, try cutting back in small increments, like eliminating one fast food stop a week.

You won’t succeed if you don’t plan ahead, so pack a lunch in advance or be sure to throw dinner in the crockpot so you won’t have an excuse for turning into the drive-thru on the way home.
Of course, healthy lifestyle changes aren’t always easy, but the benefits of opting for healthy, home-cooked meals instead of regularly consuming fast food are worth the sacrifice.

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Lifestyle

How To Properly Use An EpiPen In Case Of Emergency

Post author By HealthyWay Staff Writer
Post date August 16, 2017

Over 50 million Americans suffer from some kind of allergy disorder. An allergic reaction occurs when the body’s immune system attacks a foreign substance that typically isn’t a threat to human health. These substances are known as allergens, and they can elicit a reaction when they are ingested, inhaled, or touched.

Not all allergic reactions are life threatening. Some allergies cause minimally invasive symptoms that can be managed by taking over-the-counter antihistamines. Others are more serious and require immediate medical attention. Knowing the signs and symptoms of a severe allergic reaction can help save a life.

Know the symptoms.

Symptoms of a minor allergic reaction typically include itchy or watery eyes, nasal congestion, itchy skin or hives, and a scratchy throat.
A more severe allergic reaction, also known as anaphylaxis, involves the respiratory and cardiovascular systems. Anaphylaxis symptoms include abdominal pain or cramping, tightness in the chest, difficulty breathing, sudden weakness, the skin feeling flushed, and difficulty swallowing.

Part of the difficulty when it comes to caring for someone with severe allergies is that each of their reactions can be different. Exposure to an allergen last week might have resulted in a mild or even undetectable reaction, while the next exposure to the same allergen could turn serious quickly.

Be prepared.

Recognizing the signs of an allergic reaction is the first step in pursuing proper treatment. It’s also important to know that severe allergy symptoms can be slowed or stopped with the use of an EpiPen.
The EpiPen is an easy-to-use device that administers the drug epinephrine. The epinephrine in the EpiPen, which is widely recognized as a rescue drug, is actually synthetic adrenaline. When injected into the body, it opens up airways to facilitate breathing and raises an individual’s blood pressure by narrowing blood vessels to reduce the risk of fainting.
In the case of a severe allergic reaction, you must react quickly, using the EpiPen as soon as symptoms become noticeable.

The EpiPen is a great first line of defense, but it must be administered right away to be fully effective. To use an EpiPen, hold the pen firmly in one hand with the orange end pointing down. Remove the blue cap at the opposite end by pulling straight away—do not twist or bend this end.
Next, swing the orange end (this is the end containing the needle) toward the outer thigh with some force. You will hear a click when it comes in contact with the body. Then it should be held in place for 10 seconds. The EpiPen should always be administered in the thigh and will work through clothing,

A person should always be seen by a medical professional immediately after use of an EpiPen. Epinephrine can only control the symptoms of an allergic reaction for a short period, but it is okay to use a second injection if needed while waiting for an ambulance or to be seen by a doctor.

Focus on prevention.

Of course, it’s always best to avoid allergens altogether. If you can tell that you or a loved one has allergies but are unsure of what’s triggering reactions, ask your doctor for a comprehensive allergy test. Testing will equip you with information about what foods, insects or other animals, chemicals, or medications need to be avoided.

While checking every food label or taking extra precautions when going outside may seem like a pain, preventing an allergic reaction is well worth the extra effort.
Committing to prevention will lessen the likelihood that you’ll have to reach for and inject an EpiPen.

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Motherhood

Why More Hospitals Are Closing Their Baby Nurseries

Post author By Mary Sauer
Post date August 15, 2017

My first two children were born in different hospitals, each with their own strengths and flaws. When I gave birth to our third child, it was a completely different experience.

Insurance issues required me to pick a new hospital, and this one was unusual because it didn’t have a nursery for newborn babies.

As long as your baby was healthy and didn’t need extra medical support, they were expected to “room in” with you. For me, this was a good fit. I have always slept best with my baby in a bassinet next to my bed. I was curious about the change, however, since each of my first two kids had spent a couple hours away from me during our stay in the hospital.

When I asked around at one of my prenatal visits, I learned my hospital wasn’t the only one making these changes; it wasn’t even one of a handful of hospitals. My hospital was part of a bigger initiative happening globally to make hospitals and birthing centers more baby friendly.

What makes a hospital “baby friendly”?

A Baby-Friendly Hospital isn’t simply a hospital that is safe for newborn babies. These hospitals follow very specific guidelines created by the World Health Organization (WHO) with one goal in mind—to increase breastfeeding rates.

Baby-Friendly Hospitals are set up in a way that provides the best environment for moms and babies to get their breastfeeding relationship off to a strong start.

The Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) was started in 1991, spearheaded by WHO and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), after research showed that breastfeeding rates were as low as they had been since 1979.

Researchers believed that this decline was in part due to a lack of support and poor education. By encouraging more hospitals to work toward a Baby-Friendly designation, these organizations hoped to boost breastfeeding rates all over the world.

To be deemed Baby-Friendly, a hospital has to go above and beyond supporting breastfeeding by complying with 10 set standards and applying for a Baby-Friendly designation.

Since the implementation of this program in 1991, more than 20,000 hospitals and birthing facilities in 150 countries have been designated as Baby-Friendly, according to Baby-Friendly USA, and 447 of these facilities are located in the United States and Puerto Rico.

Baby-Friendly hospitals have to follow 10 standards.

Before a hospital can be given a Baby-Friendly designation, they have to strictly adhere to the 10 standards that are at the core of the BFHI. At the hospital where I gave birth to my second son, there were actually posters on the walls of each office outlining these standards exactly.

Each of these standards was created to support expectant and new moms in their breastfeeding journey. Baby-Friendly Hospitals are required to create a clear breastfeeding policy, train their staff member extensively on their policy, and make sure every new mom is fully educated on the benefits of breastfeeding.

Additionally, official Baby-Friendly hospitals must actively assist the mother during the first few days of breastfeeding her new baby. Specifically, they are required to help Mom initiate breastfeeding with her new baby before their first hour of life is up and talk with Mom about how to continue breastfeeding when they leave the hospital.

This is accomplished through education during her hospitalization and the offering of support groups after discharge. Moms who give birth at BFHs are encouraged to breastfeed on demand, and their babies are not offered formula, sugar water, or a pacifier during the hospital stay.

Lastly, mothers are encouraged to room in with their baby, which is what has led to the rapid disappearance of baby nurseries in hospitals across the globe.

Why are mothers being encouraged to room in?

Mothers have not always been encouraged to share a room with their babies after birth. In fact, in the past, when mothers stopped giving birth at home and started choosing hospital births instead, they were expected to room separately from their infants.

Mothers were believed to get more sleep if their babies slept in a nursery at night, according to the Journal of Perinatal Education.

Since then, opinions about where babies should sleep during their first few days of life have certainly changed. Research has shown that when mothers share a room with their baby, they both benefit. When their baby is nearby, mothers are quicker to learn their hunger cues.

In general, they are also more responsive to their needs, which sets them up for breastfeeding success. Additionally, moms who room in with their baby actually get more sleep at night, according to the Cleveland Clinic.

For babies, rooming in also means getting better sleep. In general, babies who sleep near their mother are more content and experience less crying-related stress.

Additionally, being near their mother has a stabilizing effect on their body temperature, and breastfeeding on demand regulates their blood sugars.

What has been the response to these policies?

Since their implementation in 1991, the 10 standards of BFHs have received a mixed response. On one side, there are mothers and professionals who strongly believe that a fed baby is a healthy baby and that Baby-Friendly Hospitals push an agenda that puts moms and babies in danger.

For instance, an organization by the name of Fed Is Best has recently received a lot of media attention for sharing the story of one family whose child tragically starved after exclusive breastfeeding with an inadequate milk supply.

This organization, along with their supporters, believe that Baby-Friendly Hospitals and the message of “breast is best” can be harmful to young families because it fails to educate moms on the alternatives to exclusive breastfeeding and increases the stigma that exists around formula feeding.

Their research indicates that exclusively breastfed babies are at a higher risk for excessive weight loss, may experience jaundice at a higher rate, and may have developmental complications associated with hypoglycemia.

Of course, this is just one side of the story. The Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative was not founded with the intention of isolating or shaming moms who are not able to breastfeed.

Instead it was begun to encourage increased education on the benefits of breastfeeding along with providing moms with the support they need to successfully breastfeed their baby if this is what they choose.

Since the founding of the BFHI, there has been improvement in breastfeeding rates. A 2001 survey by the journal Pediatrics found that BFHs had a breastfeeding initiation rate of 83.8 percent compared with a rate of 69.5 percent at hospitals without a Baby-Friendly designation. Most recently, a 2017 study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Pediatrics found that BFHs have a breastfeeding initiation rate of 89 percent.

And when it comes to rooming in, not every mother wants to sleep with her baby next to her bed all night.

In fact, some mothers have reported that rooming in made their postpartum recovery more difficult and that being expected to respond on demand to each of their baby’s cries contributed to extreme exhaustion and frustration after birth, according to BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth.

Ultimately, this is a choice, and many believe it should not be mandatory. For mothers who prefer not to room in with their babies, this leaves them with one option—to find a hospital that doesn’t adhere strictly to the Baby-Friendly standards.

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Lifestyle

A Simple Eye Test Could Help Catch Autism Early

Post author By HealthyWay Staff Writer
Post date August 15, 2017

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is the fastest growing developmental disability in the U.S. There are many theories as to why the rate keeps rising, but one thing is certain—early detection is essential to improving affected individuals’ outcomes. Fortunately, a simple eye test may help physicians catch the disorder earlier than traditional methods.

An article published in “European Journal of Neuroscience” describes the test, which measures rapid eye movements.

John Foxe, PhD, director of the University of Rochester Medical Center Del Monte Neuroscience Institute, co-authored the study.

He told the University of Rochester Medical Center, “These findings build upon a growing field of research that show that eye movement could serve as a window into a part of the brain that plays a role in a number of neurological and development disorders, such as autism.”

Approximately one in every 68 children born in the U.S. has ASD, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The disorder affect people’s lives differently.

Patients with some serious forms of of autism suffer a complete lack of speech development. Others with milder forms may experience difficulty making eye contact or have tendencies to use language repetitively.

Early detection allows parents to address problems and more quickly bond with their children.

Many of the symptoms of ASD don’t surface until a child grows older (for example, lack of interest in relationships with peers). Because of this, many children with ASD do not receive an early diagnosis and in turn lose out on opportunities to make significant gains in IQ, communication, and social interaction.

Geraldine Dawson, chief science officer of Autism Speaks, led a five-year study of early intervention for 18- to 30-month-old children with ASD. Children who received 20 hours a week of intervention after their early diagnosis had an improvement of 18 IQ points as opposed to children who received less specialized intervention.

“Parental involvement and use of these strategies at home during routine and daily activities are likely important ingredients of the success of the outcomes and their child’s progress,” Dawson told Autism Speaks.

She went on to say, “The study strongly affirms the positive outcomes of early intervention and the need for the earliest possible start.”

The new eye test would be another tool to diagnose and start intervention early.

To some, it seems strange that eye movement could be an indication of ASD. However, the part of the brain called the cerebellum is involved with emotion, cognition, and motor control, which is how eye movement comes to be a measurable element of cerebellar function.

Scientists still don’t understand the exact relationship between the cerebellum and autism, but there is growing evidence that people with ASD have cerebellums that are different from those of their peers without ASD.

Foxe’s eye test helps identify children who cannot perform rapid, precise, and accurate eye movements. This indicates a problem with the cerebellum, which may mean those children are more likely to have ASD.

Foxe’s test has the potential to identify children with ASD at a younger age, which is a great achievement alone. But the research also adds to the growing body of knowledge about how the cerebellum of someone with ASD works differently from the cerebellum of someone who does not show symptoms of the disorder.

As autism rates continue to climb, researchers are beginning to understand more about the disorder. Developing financially accessible, minimally invasive tests to diagnose ASD will lead to earlier intervention. This eye test has the potential to yield huge improvements in the lives of autism patients and those who love and care for them.

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Lifestyle

3 Productive Ways To Deal With Work Burnout

Post author By HealthyWay Staff Writer
Post date August 15, 2017

If you’ve been feeling overly stressed lately, you could be suffering from burnout. Work burnout isn’t just a joke about a particularly long day—it’s a serious issue.
Feelings of anxiety, physical exhaustion, and depression are just a few of the side effects of working too hard for too long.

It’s important to know how to recognize the symptoms of burnout—and how to address them when they arrive.

The Curse of the High Achiever

Burnout occurs when someone is under constant stress over an extended period. Perfectionists and high achievers often experience this problem, but it can affect anyone. Working every day and failing to take full advantage of vacation and sick days is a leading cause of burnout.
Americans specifically are taking less time off from work and even bringing work on vacations. This unhealthy level of commitment definitely contributes to burnout.

According to a survey conducted by the American Psychology Association’s Center for Organizational Excellence, “More than half of employed adults said they check work messages at least once a day over the weekend (53 percent), before or after work during the week (52 percent) and even when they are home sick (54 percent). More than 4 in 10 workers (44 percent) reported doing the same while on vacation.”
With the ability to answer emails and check in on work with our smartphones, it’s becoming more and more difficult to separate ourselves from our jobs. However, there are distinct signs of burnout to look out for, and if these sound familiar, it might be time for a real break and some high-quality self care.

Physical Symptoms

Work burnout can seriously and very adversely affect your body. Burnout can cause chronic fatigue and insomnia, which means you never feel fully rested or truly awake during the day.

Your immune system can be compromised, leading to more frequent illness. Forgetfulness and loss of appetite are also very common symptoms of burnout.

Mental Health Concerns

In addition to physical problems, burnout also affects your mental health. Anxiety and depression are both extremely common symptoms of working too hard for too long.

Cynicism, detachment from friends and family, anger, an overall loss of interest in life, and a lack of motivation are other serious signs of a potential bout of burnout.
Don’t worry, though. There are way to handle and reverse burnout.

1. Commit to doing stuff at home.

When you’re in the throes of burnout, it’s almost impossible to be motivated to complete any tasks at home. You may look at the same pile of laundry or dirty dishes every evening but have no energy to do anything about it.
While you may think it’s comforting to indulge in hours of television, your brain and body need you to do something other than binge-watch seasons of The Office. Make a list of chores or activities you genuinely rejoice in completing and make yourself accomplish at least one each night.

Make time to read a book, do your laundry, or invite friends over for some low-key social interaction. Finding joy in experiences at home will start to bring you out of your funk.

2. Make time for yourself.

Self-care is incredibly important, especially when you’re combating burnout. Take a moment each day to do something nice for yourself—something that relaxes you.

Even if it’s just for 10 minutes a day, it will be beneficial.

3. Figure out what’s causing the distress.

If feeling burned out is new for you, there’s probably a single identifiable aspect of your life that’s causing the problem. Did something change at work? Do you have new responsibilities? Has there been some kind of shift in your family life?
Any of these things can create a sense of burnout. Try to think of ways to improve your work situation or communicate your feelings to your family to help minimize stress or at least get it off your chest.

You can also make a plan to fix these problems and work on each thing one step at a time. And don’t despair. There is life after burnout, but sometimes you have to slow down to get there.

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