This Christmas, be sure to include the cranberries, because they’re not just for your Thanksgiving turkey- they can help us fight the flu! Cranberries have more antioxidants than other common fruits and vegetables. One serving has five time the amount in broccoli. Cranberries are also a natural probiotic, which means they enhance the good bacteria levels in your gut and protect you from food-borne illnesses. Just ahead of Christmas Eve and Day dinners, help your family boost their flu-fighting this season by sharing this from The John Tesh Radio Show!
Already feeling the pressure of the Christmas rush this week? Try the “4-7-8” sleep technique from clinical professor of medicine Dr. Andrew Weil:
• Place your tongue lightly behind your top teeth.
• Exhale.
• Breathe in through your nose for a count of 4.
• Hold that breath for a count of 7.
• Exhale for a count of 8.
• Repeat that three times.
That technique brings more oxygen into your body and relaxes the parasympathetic nervous system - which controls our stress response. Tried and true, tested intelligence! We have it every day on The John Tesh Radio Show!
Ever wish you could stop your hiccups instantly, or avoid crying at the wrong time? Here are a few scientific tricks to help you do exactly that – and more:
• Say you get the hiccups on a date. Take a deep breath and hold it for 10 seconds. Then, without exhaling, take in more air and hold it 5 more seconds. And add a third gulp of air and hold for another 5 seconds. Then exhale! NYU medical professor Dr. Luc Morris says that temporarily freezes your diaphragm, stopping the spasms that cause hiccups. And once the “hiccup cycle” is interrupted, they’re usually gone for good.
• You’re about to cry during your performance review. The book Instant Calm says to stop your tears cold, clear your throat and swallow. The “clearing” interrupts the mechanism in your larynx and nasal passages that controls crying. And swallowing presses your tongue into the soft palate at the roof of your mouth, making it impossible to cry. In fact, that’s the technique experts suggest to help brides and grooms get through their wedding vows.
