Stress Relief, Health and Wellness Blog

Stress Card vs Mood Card – which is better to measure stress? This animation shows how the Stress Card or Mood Card changes color as it measures stress. Warm Hands are Relaxed, Cold Hands are Tense. Stress Cards or Mood Cards are a fast and easy way to measure stress. They can be used over [...]

Biodot Mood Colors Chart Body Temperature changes under Stress Under stress muscles tense and blood flow is restricted to the main body and shut down from the hands and feet. Stress Level Rule – Warm Hands Relaxed, Cold Hands Tense. Hand/foot temperature ranges over 40° degrees from a low of 60° degrees to as high [...]

Biking minutes a day may ward off weight gain http://www.stressmarket.com/blog/wp-admin/post-new.php (Health.com) — Biking for as little as five minutes a day can help women minimize weight gain as they enter middle age, especially if they’re overweight to begin with, a new study suggests. The study followed more than 18,000 premenopausal women between the ages of [...]

‘Dirty dozen’ produce carries more pesticide residue, group says The group suggests limiting consumption of pesticides by purchasing organic for the 12 fruits and vegetables. “You can reduce your exposure to pesticides by up to 80 percent by buying the organic version of the Dirty Dozen,” Rosenthal said. The Dirty Dozen Celery Peaches Strawberries Apples [...]

In gambling, brain explains attraction of near-misses By Elizabeth Landau CNN.com Health Writer/Producer You pull the lever on the slot machine and get two cherries and a lemon. Or you throw down dice and get a six, then an eight, when you were aiming for a seven. So close! Play again! We get a rush [...]

How tough economic times are affecting compulsive shoppers. According to Newsweek – Most of us like to shop, but how many of us know when to stop? According to a 2006 survey by the Stanford University School of Medicine, 5.8 percent of the U.S. population—about 17 million people—are compulsive shoppers, a label psychologist April Lane [...]

Mental stress spirals with economy I am saddened by the shocking news of strange events that are the result of people who are pushed over the edge by too much stress. I do not want to even imagine the kind of pressure one must feel to kill your wife and children because of the stress [...]

Time magazine’s June 6, 1983 cover story called stress “The Epidemic of the Eighties” and referred to it as our leading health problem. Now with over 80% of the US population stressed out over money, this 1983 declaration needs to be updated. ‘Stress the Epidemic of the New Century’. Yet even that seems trivial when [...]

Okay you can get really depressed, over eat, sleep too much, not shower and be in a really bad mood because you lost your job or you financial life is in the toilet. For a little bit that might even feel good in a twisted kind of way. But do that very long and your [...]