Yoga for the Veterinary Student.

Yoga for the Veterinary Student, this is a new wave thats running through to help eliminate stress and boost productivity. Lying in savasana, or corpse pose, the purpose of this pose is to still the body and mind. The intention is to be awake, but completely relaxed. You use this time (5-10 minutes typically at the end of practice) to become still, focus on your breathing, and just let go. Savasana is one of the hardest poses during a yoga practice, not because it is physically demanding, but because it requires you to shut off your thoughts. This is difficult for a person with an extremely busy mind. more

Young people embracing agribusiness.

The younger generation have decided to create jobs for themselves instead of seeking employment and agribusiness is their choice. Young graduates and young school leavers are tossing their professions to start agribusiness. The common ventures are poultry ,fish farming and cattle rearing,these are explored to the fullest by investing in the production and processing increasing the demand for their products by maximizing the value chain of their ventures. The poultry farmers,produce live birds for sale at peak seasons but sell other products like eggs,eggpowder ,chicken nuggets.sausages e.t.c. see African youths have embraced agriculture and agribusiness,whether is production ,processing or even selling the products many more are in the race and changing their pocket books.Young people from Subukia sub-county have been urged to turn to agriculture as one of the avenues where they can sustain themselves rather than looking on getting employed in offices to earn a living.read

How to stop stress and enjoy life.

The role of happiness and positive emotions in health care.

Happiness,the state of joy,peace and contentment. Its a mental state that manifests physically with profound effect on our health and perspective. The happier you are the healthier you will be,and its not a cliche. A study shows that positive psychological well-being is linked with a lower risk of heart disease and People with a deep sense of happiness and well-being have lower levels of inflammatory gene expression and stronger antiviral and antibody responses. Happiness causes distinct changes in the body that strengthen the immune system, boost positive emotions, decrease pain and chronic disease, provide stress relief. Happiness activates positive emotions, for only when you are happy can you think positive thoughts and have a happy perspective to life. Positive emotions are keys to life,success and health,stay positive and live. A review of more than 200 studies found that positive psychological well-being is linked with a lower risk of heart disease, as well as lower blood pressure, normal body weight, and healthier blood fat chemistry. A research has found that positive emotions including being happy, lively, and calm play a role in immune function. The benefits of positive emotions are same as that of happiness, these are 1)Increase immune function. 2)Boost resilience to adversity. 3)Lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol. 4)Reduce inflammatory responses to stress. 5)Reduce your risk of stroke. 6) Boost resilience to adversity 7)Extend your lifespan.

Broken heart syndrome.

According to the British Heart Foundation, broken heart syndrome is a “temporary condition where your heart muscle becomes suddenly weakened or stunned.” The left ventricle also changes shape, which adds to the temporary dysfunction. The broken heart syndrome is triggered by acute, major stress or shock such as the death of a loved one,valuables, job or even pet. This sudden weakness of the heart is thought to be due to the sudden release of large quantities of adrenaline and other stress hormones. Adrenaline increases blood pressure and heart rate, and it may lead to narrowing of the arteries that supply blood to your heart, or even bind directly to heart cells allowing large amounts of calcium to enter and render the cells temporarily unable to function properly. The change of shape of the left ventricle can trigger a fatal heart attack,and having a history of neurological problems, such as seizure disorders, and/or a history of mental health problems raises the risk. The symptoms of broken heart syndrome are very similar to those of a heart attack, such as chest pain and shortness of breath,but the only difference is there's no actual damage to the heart to trigger it. Extreme shock or stress may also trigger a hemorrhagic stroke by causing a dramatic rise or change in blood pressure.

How Stress Influences Your Heart Attack and Stroke Risk.

Stress response is a lifesaving biological function that enables you to instinctively square-off against an assailant, for flight or fear. People who are highly stressed have higher activity in the amygdala. This in turn triggers arterial inflammation, which is a risk factor for heart disease, including heart attacks. However,living in today's modern world activates this same biological reaction in response to activities and events that have no life-threatening implications whatsoever, from speaking in public to filling out tax forms and sitting in traffic jams. The high number of stress-inducing situations we face on a daily basis can actually make it difficult to turn the stress response off, and marinating in corrosive stress hormones around the clock can have very serious consequences for your health, such as fat accumulation, high blood pressure and heart attack and many other health consequences associated with chronic stress. Acute stress can also have potentially lethal consequences. High stress also raises the level of disease-promoting white blood cells, and releases norepinephrine, which can cause dispersal of bacterial biofilms from arterial walls, thereby triggering a heart attack. According to recent research, stress increases your risk of heart attack and stroke by causing overactivity in the amygdala known as your brain’s fear center, this almond-shaped brain region, located in your temporal lobe, is activated in response to both real and perceived threats. Another recent research suggests the amygdala is also involved in the processing of other emotions, including positive ones, as well as the processing of emotional memories of all kinds. In a study, inflammation levels as well as brain and bone marrow activity of 293 participants were measured, all of the participants were over the age of 30, and none had a diagnosed heart problem. By the end of the observation period, which lasted between two and five years, 22 participants had experienced a serious cardiac event such as heart attack, stroke or angina (chest pain). Based on brain scans, the researchers were able to conclude that those with higher activity in the amygdala were at an elevated risk of a cardiac event. There appears to be a significant correlation between amygdala activity and arterial inflammation (which is a risk factor for heart attack and stroke). This was confirmed in another much smaller sub-study involving those with a history of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).Here, levels of C-reactive protein were also measured, showing that those reporting the highest stress levels also had the highest amygdala activity and higher levels of inflammatory markers.source

Seafood Eaters Ingest 11,000 Plastic Pieces A Year.

According to a new environmental study, every person who eats seafood ingests about 11,000 tiny plastic pieces per year. Today, the sea contains five thousand billion tiny plastic pieces that end up ingested by fish and seafood.The plastic has found a way inside our body because of the way we treat our oceans. The petrol-based ultra resistant material can never really disappear (until a couple of hundred years). Ingested by the marine wildlife, plastic finds its way up the food chain and ends up at our dinner tables. In a way, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the study confirms we eat thousands of tiny plastic pieces. The study from Ghent University in Belgium explains what happens to these tiny plastic pieces: 99% of them are absorbed by our but… 1% doesn’t leave it. What are the consequences? Well, scientists still do not have an answer about this worrying question. But one thing is certain: we eat a lot of plastic and all of it doesn’t come out.continue