Tips for Snoring Problem

Snoring is a common sleep disorder that has occurred. This is usually very disturbing, especially for people who already have a partner. How do we stop snoring?

Snoring is very common in society, which affects 40 percent of men and 25 percent female. Snoring is usually a sound hoarse, hissing, grunting when breathing during sleep.



The most vulnerable elderly people snore. About a third of people aged 55-84 years experienced snoring disorders.

As quoted from HowStuffWorks, the following nine ways to stop snoring:

1. Sleeping in sideways position
People will tend to snore when sleeping supine (head facing up), while sleeping on his stomach (head facing down) would make tortured neck and breathing during sleep. Try to sleep sideways to stop snoring.

2. Reduce weight
Being overweight, especially in the neck, will put pressure on the respiratory system, causing partial reduction and snoring during sleep.

3. Avoid alcohol and sleeping pills
Alcohol and sleeping pills can suppress the central nervous system and relaxes the muscles of the neck and jaw, which makes people more likely to snore. Both these substances are also known to cause sleep disorder as sleep apnea, which is a dangerous condition associated with heart disease.

4. Immediately treat allergies
Chronic respiratory allergies may cause snoring by forcing sufferers to breathe through the mouth during sleep. Taking an antihistamine before bedtime can help.

5. Using a mouth freshener
Physician or dentist may prescribe an anti-snoring mouth freshener that can clean your mouth while keeping the lower jaw muscles become more relax.

6. Stop smoking
Smoking can harm the respiratory system that can make people snore.

7. Regular sleep
Get an enough sleep everyday can stop the habit of snoring.

8. Elevate head
Sleeping with the head elevated may be releasing some pressure on the respiratory system, so that breathing feels easier. Raise the head of the bed by placing wooden blocks under the bed or prop your upper body with pillows (not just the head, because it can actually inhibit breathing).

9. Consult your doctor if you are pregnant and snoring
Sometimes, some pregnant women snore. Snoring may occur due to increased body weight and hormonal changes of pregnancy cause the muscles to relax. Whatever the cause, snoring during pregnancy can reduce the ration of oxygen to the baby. Immediately consult a doctor when experiencing this.

Caffe be a doping

One of the supplements containing energy drinks is caffeine, which add energy to function. Therefore, at certain dose supplements can also be classified as doping.

Caffeine was included in the list of doping, but since 2004 were classified as material that must be monitored. This means that a new caffeine referred to as doping levels are achieved when 12 mcg in 1 mL of blood.

"Because it contains caffeine, sports drinks can add energy. But the same effect can also be obtained from drinking coffee or tea, so there are certain criteria to be referred to doping,".

Simply stated, a substance classified as a doping causes an increase in stamina when out of the ordinary. Caffeine can produce such effects, but certainly not enough just to 1-2 cups of coffee or energy drinks.

"The content of caffeine in energy drinks about 50 mg, whereas in the instant coffee 80-135 mg. Level 12 mcg / mL is achieved when 6-8 cups of coffee drunk in one sitting," said Dr. Michael who once worked with Indonesian badminton team in the year 1994 - 2001.

The same thing applies to energy drinks. During the acceptable limit, safe supplements that contain caffeine consumed by athletes and will not be considered as doping.

In addition to caffeine, there is some content in energy drinks are often added to increase power. Among these are vitamin B complex, which plays an important role in the metabolism / formation energy.

Caffeine itself in metabolism play a role in increasing the use of free fatty acids as an energy source. The presence of caffeine reduce the reliance on glycogen reserves in the liver as an energy source.

Beat number 1 killer, Heart Disease

Heart disease is something that we should not ignore this day because the disease is the number one killer around the world. It sounds horrible. However, you should not give up and live in anxiety.

Indeed, much thing that we can do for prevent heart disease be up to you. Heart disease does not happen overnight. Most diseases are caused by constriction of blood vessels are formed over the decades. The main cause is our lifestyle.

Research showed that people aged 50 years can be free from stroke and heart attack up to 40 years later when avoiding smoking, keeping cholesterol levels, blood pressure and blood sugar. "Stroke and heart attacks are the number one killer in the world,"

Recently the Association of Cardiologists of the United States again reminded of seven factors that can help us to beat heart disease and continue to live longer. What thats?

1. Never smoked or had stopped smoking more than a year.

2. Body mass index (BMI) of less than 25. BMI is calculated by weight (in kilograms) divided by height (in m). Thus, a person whose weight is 62 kg and height 170 cm, BMI was 62 / 1.70 x 1.70 = 21.4. BMI above 25 could be categorized as obese.

3. Exercising at least 150 minutes per week or 75 minutes for a more severe type of sport.

4. Eating healthy foods at least four types of recommended (fish, vegetables, fruit, enough water, reduce salt, etc.). Also consumption of vegetables and fruits rich of antioxidants.

5. Total cholesterol less than 200.

6. Maintain a normal blood pressure (120/80).

7. Fasting glucose levels less than 100.

Benefit of having sex

Sex benefit for health is inevitable. The proof, of the many properties that have been published, there are always new studies reveal benefits of sex.

The latest findings published the American Journal of Cardiology, for example, states that men who have sex at least twice a week can be spared from the risk of heart disease. The study showed, those who have sex regularly have 45 percent lower risk of heart disease than those who have sex only once a month or less.


Studies involving 1,000 people indicated a protective effect for sex gives the heart a man, but the study did not test whether the same effects apply to women.

Each year, approximately 270,000 people in the UK suffer a heart attack, and coronary heart disease became the greatest killer. Although sex has long been known as a profitable activity of mental and physical health, but still little scientific evidence that shows how routine sex bring substantial benefits to serious illnesses like heart.

In his research, scientists at the New England Research Institute, Massachusetts, to record sexual activity men aged 40 to 70 who are involved in long-term research titled "Massachusetts Male Ageing Study", which started in 1987.

After about 16 years, the survey asked participants how often they have sex and then checked-Angela symptoms of heart disease. The researchers also take into account other risk factors, such as age, weight, blood pressure, and cholesterol.

Research found that men who have sex least twice a week is less risk of heart disease compared to those who have sex once a month or fewer.

In the report, researchers said, sex provides benefits both emotionally and physically for the health. Men who have a desire to have sex more often and be able to fulfill it is a healthier group. However, having sex can directly protect the heart and blood vessel health because we do physical activity that can make me burn more calories.

Men who have sex regularly may be having an intimate relationship with a supportive and this is improving the quality of health by lowering levels of stress and social support.

Anger can be Healthy

When we manage our physical health, we also need to manage our emotional health so we can be a healthy person generally. One way to maintain our emotional health is about anger management. Anger maybe a problem for all people, but rather than just buried it, we should released our anger sometimes to avoid an explosion.


The scientists found that the anger can increase blood flow to parts of the brain associated with happiness. In a study conducted by experts from Spain is known that the left hemisphere of the brain (hemisphere) is more stimulated when someone is angry.

Left frontal part of the brain associated with positive emotions, whereas on the right side associated with negative emotions. "Changes in brain activity also occurred, particularly in the frontal and temporal lobes," he said.

Hemisphere divided into four lobes, which control the various different activities. Frontal lobes (behind the forehead) in each hemisphere organize activities such as speech and abstract thinking.

Meanwhile, the temporal lobes are part of the help we can hear and interpret sounds and is responsible for memory.

Anger also has other positive benefits, which triggers changes in the body that functions to control work of the heart and hormones. From the results of the 30 respondents are known, when angered decreased hormone cortisol and increased levels of testosterone.

However, the negative effects of anger, ex rise in blood pressure. Therefore, the anger will become a natural emotion when we succeed released it in accordance with its portion.

Live after freeze to death

In some cases, people who die from cold in extreme temperatures can live again. A researcher managed to explain this phenomenon by experiments performed with yeast and worm.

Freeze to death or 'freezes to death' is triggered by cold temperatures that are too extreme, which often occurs in the mountains or cold climates. Although very rarely, someone who could freeze to death back to life.

The first case occurred in the winter of 2001, happened to Erika, a baby 13 months in Canada. Because wearing only a diaper when roaming outside the home, he died with the body temperature dropped to 16 degrees centigrade.

When found, it is estimated the baby's heart had stopped beating for two hours. Miraculously, the baby's heart beating again shortly after warmed and given artificial breathing.

The next case occurred in Japan in 2006. A man, Mitsutaka Uchikoshi Rokkō lost in a snowy mountain and found 23 days later in a frozen condition and shows no signs of metabolism.

The man was finally brought to life again after a warmer place, and be helped. Even his health condition was reported recovered shortly afterwards.

Preceded by no oxygen conditions

Scientists from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Mark B. Roth, Ph.D. trying to explain this phenomenon through an experiment. As quoted from Science Daily, Friday (06/11/2010), Roth uses yeast and earthworm embryo (nematodes).

In the first experiment, he put the yeast and the embryos are at a temperature above freezing. Within 24 hours, 99 percent of the creature was really dead and can not live again even warmed.

Next, yeast and worm embryos placed in less oxygen environment prior to be frozen in a state no oxygen. In this experiment, 66 percent of yeast and worms can live 97 embryos after warmed and given enough oxygen.

No oxygen conditions, according to Roth has resulted in stopping the cell cycle so that both types of living things into a dead faint. Supported cold temperature, then the biological cell cycle awake to remain stable during the dormant so it does not really die.

Post Power Syndrome

I often feel disturbed by the attitude of some members of my family, especially om (60) and aunt (50). In fact they are successful people, no shortage of material.

While still working, they occupy high positions in his office. Om was very clever, had been the brand manager in several consumer products companies for a long time. Cousin was also a success, most recently working a PR manager.



Now long retired uncle and cousin also does not work anymore because they have to follow her husband to Jakarta. I saw their pride of self remains. They continue to feel great with him, often talked about their good times and tend to criticize and assume other people are not as good as them.

Although not the same house, but we often meet in a family meeting. Well, here I just feel annoyed because they kept acting like that. Is this so-called post-power syndrome? Whether it would happen to the people who once had a high status, prestige and pride? What can be done to respond to such behavior is that?

Definition and symptoms

In my opinion, the condition of your uncle and cousin really experienced one of the signs of post-power syndrome. Syndrome is a set of symptoms, which may be only one conspicuous symptom only.

In general, people suffering from post-power syndrome was overcome with disappointment, confusion, loneliness, doubt, worry, fear, despair, addiction, emptiness, and longing. In addition, self-esteem is also declining, are no longer respected and separated from the group. All this is usually not very aware of the relevant.

These symptoms generally occur in people who had been having power or position, and when that office was no longer held, there arose various psychological or emotional symptoms that are less positive.

Some symptoms can usually be divided into three domains.

1. Physical symptoms, for example, looked haggard, looked older, weaker body, sickly.

2. Emotional symptoms such as irritability, melancholy, happy to withdraw from the association, or vice versa irritable for little things, do not like to compete and do not like to argue with.

3. Behavioral symptoms, such as a quiet, shy, or just love to talk about his greatness in the past, happy to attack the opinions of others, denounce, criticize, not to be outdone, and showed anger at home and in public places

Cause

Post power syndrome experienced by many of those who had just retired. Retirement is a time a person is formally retired from his job so far, may be a choice or necessity.

Retirees are divided into two groups. There are happy because it can complete the task smoothly and devotion. Conversely, there are also experiencing dissatisfaction or disappointment will be their life.

This syndrome can be experienced by men and women, depending on various factors, such as personality traits, appreciation of the meaning and purpose of work, during work experience, the influence of family environment and culture. Various factors determine the success of the individual in adapting themselves to face retirement. Post Power Syndrome is a sign of unsuccessful person adapt.

Aim to work not only to meet the primary needs of man, but psychologically, working to meet the achievement of self-identity, status, or other social functions. Some people really appreciate the prestige and power in his life, this can be obtained as long as he holds office or have power. Especially when the work environment also are conditioning themselves to continue to have such prestige, such as men who did not dare to give input for improvements or excessive given the company's facilities for him during his tenure.

Retirement can affect self-concept because of retirement cause someone to lose the role, status and identity in the community to be changed so that it can lower self-esteem. When looking at family members who had retired as worthless and treat them badly, could also trigger the emergence of this syndrome.

Some personality traits that are vulnerable to post-power syndrome include those who are glad to be appreciated and respected other people, likes to organize, demanding that the request is always followed, and like to serve others.

Briefly referred to as people with high need of power. In addition, there are also those who are actually not strong enough so that the actual beliefs themselves are always in need recognition from others, through his job he felt.