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Why you should dress like Jesus:
A group of researchers at Northwestern School of Management are studying embodied cognition and found that when undergrads wore a white coat they believed to belong to a doctor, their ability to pay attention significantly increases. But, when they wore the same coat they believed to belong to a painter, there was no effect. They go on to say that people think with more than our brains, but with our bodies too. It’s been long established that people perceive you differently by the way you dress, but they are trying to see how the way you dress affects your basic abilities and your readiness to take on different roles. Since doctors are believed to be good at paying attention and careful, the students acted that way too. Funny quote:
“Clothes invade the body and brain, putting the wearer into a different psychological state, he said. He described his own experience from last Halloween (or maybe it should be called National Enclothed Cognition Day).”
He had decided to dress as a pimp, with a fedora, long coat and cane. “When I entered the room, I glided in,” he said. “I felt a very different presence.”
So I’m just going to go around dressing and pretending I’m Liz Falvey, my awesome modern dance teacher who also teaches yoga. “Try to dance your warm-up!” Or maybe I’ll dress like a Buddhist monk…I may be more mindful of what I do and say. lol like I could be any nicer…jk. (confession: I have to combat my sarcastic nature on my blog).
Anyone take this seriously and down to dress like their fitness/health role model (or Katniss)? omgod cosplay may have a purpose…
Things I love about Research #187…nerdy puns
“Bee”vine Serum from Thermo Scientific: We’d like you to enjoy a complimentary bottle of honey, fresh from the meadows of Cache Valley, Utah. This “Bee” vine Serum, like Thermo Scientific HyClone Bovine Serum is known for its purity. Give into an age old instinct and indulge your sweet tooth with some pure Cache Valley honey.
Random use for honey: Cure for canker sores and cold sores! Put only on an open sore and it helps ease the pain. My mom taught me this when I used to get a lot of canker sores.
Caffeine is Good for Your Skin
Scientists at Rutgers University show that caffeine applied directly to the skin might help prevent damaging UV light from causing skin cancer. Caffeine acts as an antioxidant and inhibits a protein, ATR, known to promote skin cancer when damaged. Also, it acts as a sunscreen.
I bought this face wash from Clean and Clear before I read this study and was skeptical because of the added caffeine, but now I’m happy I bought it!
Scared of going on birth control because of weight gain? Don’t be! Because recent research at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden shows that hormonal birth control does not directly cause weight gain. The only factors which did were age and smoking.
Changes in hormone levels may cause mood-swings…and many of us lament over a bowl of ice cream to calm down leading to weight gain. However, after a few months, your body should adjust to the changes and you’ll achieve a balance. The first few months can be a little crazy (increase/decrease appetite, moody, acne) but things settle after a few months. If you are sensitive to the pill, I suggest looking into Nuvaring which releases a constant amount of hormones throughout the day making it easier to adapt to. Taking a pill once a day creates peaks and valleys of hormone levels which can throw off your system.
So don’t stop your birth control unless you want some of these Shrek Babies…
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110607104927.htm
Antioxidant Spices Reduce Negative Effects of High-Fat Meal (Aug 10, 2011)
After a fatty meal, triglyercides (fat molecules) are released in your your bloodstream increasing your risk of heart disease. However, researchers from Penn State found that adding spices like tumeric and cinnamon to high-fat meals reduces this phenomenon by ~30%. The experiments compared overweight, but otherwise healthy adults who were separated into one group that ate meals with spices, and another which did not have spices.
Spices tested because of high antioxidant ( levels:
- Rosemary (check!)
- Oregano
- Cinnamon (check!)
- Tumeric (check!)
- Black Pepper (Check!)
- Gloves
- Garlic Powder (Check!)
- Paprika (Check!)
Results
- increase in antioxidant activity in the blood by 13% (fighting oxidative stress)
- insulin response decreased by 20% (stabilizes blood sugar levels and slower movement of food to fat cells)
See if you can use some of these ingredients in your cooking for meal that not only is healthy, but reduces oxidative stress!
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110810101607.htm#.TkdJh4xibm8.email
