FOOD FOR THOUGHT – VITAMIN B12

Vitamin B12, or Cobalamin
Contains Cobalt and is vital for healthy nerves and blood cells.
Vitamin B12 also helps in the making of DNA.
Foods rich in Cobalamin include Egg, Milk, Milk Products, Fish,
Chicken, Lamb, Pork and Beef.
Fortified cereals are an important source of Cobalamin.
Adults require around 2.4 micrograms of Cobalamin per day.
Lactating women require slightly higher amounts.
Vitamin B12 is stored in the Liver, which makes that organ

GUAVA GIVES ALL VASTLY

If you thought Oranges and other citrus fruits were the kings of vitamin C, you need to meet the guava. One guava has 165 milligrams (mg) of vitamin C, while one orange has a mere 69mg. This delicious fruit is also a good source of beta carotene, lycopene, potassium and soluble fiber.

GUAVA KEEPS YOU HEALTHY

HELPS YOUR HEART:
Guava can improve your heart health by helping to control your blood pressure and cholesterol.
In one study, researchers gave guava to people with high blood pressure before meals for 12 weeks.
By the end of the study, average systolic (top number) blood pressure dropped by 8 points and diastolic (bottom number) fell by 9 points.

Guava’s ability to lower blood pressure could be the result of potassium. This mineral is an

BANANA contains three natural sugars - SUCROSE, FRUCTOSE and GLUCOSE
combined with fiber.
BANANA gives an instant, sustained and substantial boost of energy.
Research has proven that just two Bananas provide enough energy
for a strenuous 90_minute workout.
No wonder the banana is the number one fruit with the world’s leading athletes.
But energy is not the only way a banana can help us keep fit.
It can also help overcome or prevent a substantial number of illnesses and
conditions, making it a must to add to our daily diet.

Depression:
According to a recent survey undertaken by MIND amongst people
suffering from depression, many felt much better after eating a banana.
This is because bananas contain tryptophan, a type of protein that
the body converts into serotonin, known to make you relax,
improve your mood and generally make you feel happier.

PMS:
Forget the pills — eat a banana. The vitamin B6 it contains regulates
blood glucose levels, which can affect your mood.

Anemia: High in iron, bananas can stimulate the production of hemoglobin
in the blood and so helps in cases of anemia.

Don’t smoke- Experiment from experts proves that smoking a cigarette after meal is comparable to smoking 10 cigarettes
(chances of cancer is higher).

Don’t eat fruits immediately - Immediately eating fruits after meals will cause stomach to be bloated with air. Therefore take fruit 1-2 hr after meal or 1hr before meal.

Don’t drink tea - Because tea leaves contain a high content of acid. This substance

suffering from monday morning syndrome? cant wait for the week to be over right when you start it?

Try this simple yoga posture first thing when you report and get relieved of all the stress

I received this Fwd about steps to recognizing a heart stroke from my uncle, who happens to be leading the marketing team for Global hospitals (hyderabad, India).

*How to recognize a heart stroke *

have you heard about the ‘love harmone‘? That’s right, the harmone that is responsible for the wonderful feelings we go through when in love..yipppeee!

After decades of harmonal research and years of advances in molecular biology, scientists feel there is a great part that needs to be learned about the impact of harmones on our human brain but a lot of insight has been gained into ‘dopamine’ in the recent years.

Dopamine has been found in abundance in first-time & new lovers and is believed to be responsible for a lot of the ‘neck-deep in love emotions‘ that they go through. Strangely, the same parts of the brain that display activity in lovers are active in addicts as well (Whoever thought love was not an addiction) !

That apart, some research (sorry, forgot the page where I read it) has also indicated that teaching methods, based on rewards, could be developed among lab rats to teach them new skills and the sure way to know if they are working is by checking for ….thats right, dopamine release!! So, it is called the ‘reward harmone‘ in some circles. However, some more recent studies argue that dopamine really signals ‘desire’ than ‘pleasure’. I would say, how can we have one without the other !

But, the large part of established research suggests that the chief role of dopamine is to create the feeling of pleasure & enjoyment. So, everything that you have enjoyed so far is likely the result of the production of this silly little chemical inside your brain’s hypothalamus (a bean sized part of the brain that connects to the pitutary gland, usually larger in men than in women)! I am trying to make a list of all those days in my life that I felt truly happy and thank dopamine for it ..

Even addictions to drugs and other inveterate habits is being attributed to dopamine! What happens is that these chemical substances increase the lifetime of dopamine in our body (by delaying its uptake as a neurotransmitter) and thus makes the subject feel haaaappppyyyy forrrr aaaaa llooooonggggg tiimmmmeeee .. yawn yawn !

Till recent years, dopamine was thought to be just a pre-cursor to adrenalin and noradrenaline (something in the lines of, just before you get excited, your brain’s reward center gets excited too!) but Arvid Carlsson won the 2000 nobel prize in physiology/medicine for showing that dopamine is not only this, but a neurotransmitter as well!

So, I guess it could be a potential boon for all those tested teachers and parents out there to find out what kicks the dopamine of their kids and act accordingly!

Disruption of dopamine has been linked to a lot of psychological disorders like schizophrenia, parkinson’s disease and psychosis.

Next time you catch yourself singing ‘what kicks your dopamine’, dont forget that I warned you about how addictive that song is !