On mirror.co.uk there’s the fantastic story of Anne-Marie Marshall who used to weigh 16 stones until she overheard colleagues at work calling her fat and lazy. That gave her the kick she needed to shed 6 stone and she now looks great! Anne-Marie’s success came from good old fashioned eating of a healthy balanced diet, the ditching of unhealthy food and a big serving of motivation.
Here’s Anne-Maries’s top tips
● Plan your meals in advance so you won’t grab the easiest and quickest thing out of the freezer to cook.
We expect this story to get a lot of ‘like’ on Facebook! Scientists in the UK and Germany have developed a spray which will make men more emotionally attentive, affectionate and in tune with other’s feelings.
In fact in tests it made men feel much more like women.
Want to find out more? It’s HERE
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Some facts about the sharing of stories on Facebook
- Happy, positive stories are 30% more likely than average to be shared
- Negative stories are 10% less likely to be shared
- Sexual content is 90% more likely to be shared
- Articles with headlines are child can understand are more likely to be shared
See more on what’s shared on Facebook HERE
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From this forlove.com
- Let go of the past.
- Learn not to look forward to the future.
- Make sure to remain in the present.
It’s all very Buddhist! For more on all three tips go HERE
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Scientists from University of Warwick and the Federico II University in Naples have found a link between the amount you sleep each night and how long you live. They’ve discovered that poor sleepers are 12% more likely to die prematurely than those who get between 6 and 8 hours sleep a night.
The reasons are fairly obvious, people who sleep longer are less stressed and have had more healing time each night but for the sake of an early night you might end up with a later life! Read more HERE
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Cnn.com has an interesting article outlining the health benefits of drinking coffee. Coffee’s a drink which doesn’t have a great reputation for it’s healthy properties but this list will make you look twice at that myth.
Coffee drinkers may be at lower risk of liver and colon cancer
They may be at lower risk of getting type 2 diabetes
There also appears to be a lower incidence of Parkinson’s disease in coffee drinkers
Men who drink coffee seem to have a lower risk of prostate cancer
There seems to be a link between drinking coffee and a lower risk of Alzheimer’s
Here’s a quick update on the latest findings about our favourite thing… laughter!
Recent studies show
+ Laughter can lower your blood pressure
+ Laughter can boost your immune system
+ Now it’s been found laughter can have a similar effect on your appetite as exercise
Hopefully that’s a healthy effect on your appetite, where this might have a real positive impact is on people who have lost their appetite due to illness and really need to get some good food in them for the sake of their health.
More info HERE
The European Heart Journal reports on a study which shows the happier you are the healthier your heart. Here are the main findings
- Anxious and depressed people are at most risk of getting heart disease
- The happier your are the healthier your heart is
The researchers think that happier people sleep well and have less stress so therefore are less prone to heart disease. They also offer some tips for being happier such as enjoy every day rather than saving your happiness up for holidays.
Read more about the study HERE
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From the Mindtalk website here’s a really useful article on the principles of positive thinking – the main points are
1) The power of the subconscious mind. When you start thinking positively your mind goes to work for you.
2) The law of attraction. Once you know what you want either you gravitate towards it or it comes to you. Whatever happens it seems to work
3) Set goals. Big positive goals!
4) Positive thinking is whatever you make it
More at the Mindtalk website HERE
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Police in England are trying to track down a man who stopped at the scene of a fatal accident and pulled a three year old boy from a burning car before vanishing.
The man is thought to have witnessed the accident in which one driver died and other were injured. He went over to a burning car and risked his own life while pulling a three year old boy out of the car and passing him to an off duty nurse, he then just left.
Police want to find him but only have the description that he is an ‘older’ man.