Health benefits of keeping a diary
Did you
know keeping a diary also has health benefits apart from just helping you
unwind or reminding you about the day's tasks?
Experts say
maintaining a diary instills one with more optimism and excitement about
reaching their goals.
A study has
revealed that regularly writing in a diary can boost your immune system, help
recover from traumatic events more successfully, ease depression and lower
stress levels.
Another study says that sufferers of arthritis and asthma, who wrote in a diary about what stressed them out, experienced lesser symptoms.
Another study says that sufferers of arthritis and asthma, who wrote in a diary about what stressed them out, experienced lesser symptoms.
The reason,
experts believe, is that putting your problems and thoughts on paper forces you
to give them serious thought and solve them rationally. A diary is a personal
thing, so make sure you don't let anyone else read it. And read your diary
every few months — this will give you a chance to spot repetitive patterns and
give you a perspective.
Writing in your diary at the end of the day is a good way to unwind. Make sure you're undisturbed while writing.
Make it a
habit to write every other day if not daily.
Don't pay too much emphasis on your grammar or spelling.
Don't pay too much emphasis on your grammar or spelling.
Source: www.timesofindia.com
27.03.2014
Older dads have uglier kids
Researchers
have suggested that genetic mutations that build up in older men's genes could
affect the appearance of children with older fathers.
Researchers showed images of 4,018 men and 4,416 women aged 18-20 to groups of six men and six women, Daily Express reported.
The group found that those with older fathers were rated less attractive.
A mother passes about 15 mutations regardless of age but in men, sperm-producing cells lose ability to copy their DNA exactly, so errors occur which are then passed on.
Dr Martin Fieder, from Vienna University, who carried out the research, said that every 16 years the mutation rate doubles, adding that they found 25 mutations per sperm in a 20-year-old but at age 40 this was 65 mutations.
Source: www.timesofindia.com
27.03.2014
The unexamined life is
not worth living
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