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Foods to beat the afternoon slump
The afternoon slump that people often get is because they have had too much carbohydrate at lunchtime.
Excess carbs at lunchtime from sandwiches, pasta salad or any sort of cake or chocolate bar cause blood sugar levels to rise too quickly, insulin then gets produced to bring down the blood sugar levels and this leads to the slump.
The solution is to have a higher protein lunch and have beans, lentils and chick peas or brown rice as a carbohydrate source rather than bread pasta and cakes.
There are the obvious caffeine containing stimulant energy drinks like red bull that can help boost your energy levels, if you must have one of these in an emergency then have the no-sugar option.
The amino acid tyrosine available in powder and capsules can help increase alertness in the afternoon and can be used regularly.
However if you address the underlying cause and reduce your carb intake then you won’t need the additional measures and expense of caffeinated drinks and supplements.
Forwards’ Anaerobic Endurance Test
http://www.rfu.com/takingpart/fitness/fitness-testing/englandanaerobicendurancetest/forwardstest
Drink more herbal teas especially green tea
> Drinking herbal teas has got to do you some good even if you don’t have prostate cancer. > > Green Tea Protection Against Prostate Cancer – New Study > http://blog.designsforhealth.com/blog/bid/163204/Green-Tea-Protection-Against-Prostate-Cancer-New-Study >
Medical schools not teaching students about obesity
> Mmm interesting but not surprising. > > Ridiculous though if you think about it, obesity and the diseases related to it have got to be the biggest causes of death and Drs are getting next to no training on it. > > > > Medical schools fall short on teaching students about obesity, study finds > http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121031151542.htm >
whole grains explained
This is an excellent article that describes the features and benefits of the most common and not so common rains that are available
http://www.wholegrainscouncil.org/whole-grains-101/whole-grains-a-to-z/
