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7 Tips to Maintain Your Health in Winter
Fight the Winter Blues
By Fritz Lenneman
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Stay healthy and happy in winter
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Why are the months in which we are most prone to doing less the ones in which we feel the most stress? Because gorging on fatty comfort foods, skipping social engagements and cutting back on exercising are exactly the kinds of activities that increase stress levels.
Find inspiration from O's top 5 ways to beat the winter blahs
There is a difference between simply feeling rundown and being diagnosed with Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). Women's health expert and frequent guest of The Oprah Show Dr. Christian Northrup calls SAD "the PMS of the annual calendar."
"What it is, is you're not getting enough serotonin. So the reason you're getting depressed is absolutely real," she says. "Natural light is a nutrient and it hits our retinas and it increases our serotonin in our blood so everybody in Chicago, everyone in the whole northern areas needs some natural light."
How can you get any natural light when the days are so short and it's so cold out you can't imagine getting up from under a duvet, much less venturing outside? Dr. Northrup says some artificial lights can mimic the effects of sunlight. Look for a light box that advertises sunlight wavelengths or a lightbulb with full-spectrum lighting.
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Published on November 02, 2009
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Posted: Thu 12/17/2009 5:00 PM
I am already stressed with losing my business (Feb. 2009), no income whatsoever, and now my furnance is knocking like a hammer against pipes. I was warned by the fire dept. to cut the gas off, now the city will take forever to assist me and my friends and family, and my church has supported me since Feb. 2009. What happens when you are cold in your home and there is nothing that you can do without money, except to be stressed, have the blues and can't fiqure out what to do next. I have no money for my mortgage, car payment, electricty, gas, water, food, medical insurance and am disabled. I can't believe this is my birthday present for Jan. 1, 2010. Pretty soon I will not have a light bulb on to receive artifical light. Dr. Northrup, please give me an answer this kind of cold disorder.
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