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Tips for healthy living…Also, bad posture can result to back and neck pain.

Resolve to keep happy and joyous and difficulties will run away from you. Enjoy the journey, enjoy every moment and quit worrying. Tips for healthy living are:

- Drink a pint of water first thing in the morning.
- Eat fresh fruits on your way out in the morning.
- Exercise.
- Drink herbal tea or just simple tea without sugar and milk.
- Eat a handful of nuts.
- Drink fresh juice.
To build up physical endurance:
- Do some cardio training
- Get into some vigorous sweeping, mopping or vacuuming as they burn a significant number of calories.
- Take the stairs instead of elevator.
- Do yoga.
- In sedentary job, take your breaks outdoors and have a brisk and short walk. Concentration and mood is also improved.
- Dance or do aerobics at home.

As one sits in front of the desktop screen or lie in bed working on laptop, you develop the risk of nagging pain in the shoulder. Back and neck pain is a result of prolonged sitting at work.
Problems faced are:
- Back and neck muscle spasm and pain.
- Back and neck soft tissue inflammation.
- Back, neck and shoulder pain on movement and involvement of other muscles.

Bad posture can cause headaches, excessive tension in neck area, chests, shoulders, arms and forearms, back, hips, thighs and legs. From back and neck pain, you can develop pain and numbness in the fingers, wrists or arms.
Good posture is very necessary:
-Fingers should be kept as straight as possible.
- Elbows should be resting at 90-100 degrees.
- Keys on left side of keyboard should be used by left hand. Right hand should not be forced.

Not doing so, can result into:
- wrist pain that moves up to elbow.
- swelling of wrists, numbness and lack of power.
- stiffness of arms and wrists.
- surgery

Things that can be done:
- use an ergonomic office chair with lumbar support.
- adjust the height of the chair so that upper thighs are parallel to floor. Back should be supported and angeled at 120 degree to keep spondylitis away.

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Why do sometimes our body crave for sugar and sweets?

Having a sweet tooth is a natural characteristic common to almost everyone. This is because the consumption of sugar can give you a temporary high and after a few minutes or even a couple of hours, your body could crave some more sugar, just so that it can experience the same high once again. The more you give into the urge, the stronger will it become.

- Sometimes our body requires a boost in blood sugar. This often leads to you to crave sweets at
the end of an exhausting day.
- Craving for sugar could be due to lower serotonin levels. Serotonin is a brain chemical that makes you feel content and happy.
- Sugar gives you a mood boost that makes eating it more pleasurable.
- A craving for sweets may indicate a lack of minerals in the body.
- People with an overgrowth of yeast in their intestines often crave sugar.
- Diabetic intense cravings for sugar.
- Depending on your body-type, you may have a predilection toward sweets.

CAUSES FOR INTENSE SUGAR CRAVINGS

- Depression
- Eating habits
- Following a low carbohydrate diet
- Leading a sedentary lifestyle
- Stress
- Pregnancy
- Exhaustion

SYMPTOMS OF INTENSE CRAVINGS

- Fatigue
- Lack of energy
- Increased sugar addiction
- Increased caffeine intake
- Need for sleep

WAYS TO STOP SUGAR CRAVINGS

- Wean yourself off sugary products slowly. Instead of buying soft drinks sweetened with sugar or high fructose, switch to sugar-free or low sugar substitutes.
- Avoiding foods which tend to trigger cravings for sweets may also be helpful.
- Exercise regularly and follow a proper diet plan.
- Divert your mind.
- Eat often i.e. eat short regular meals at equal intervals.
- Manage stress and depression.
- Eating fresh fruits is a much better way to give in to our sweet tooth.

Helpful Hints for avoiding problems…

Prevention is better than cure. People get careless when their back is not hurting and they start doing all the things that they should not do to avoid back ache.
Precautions that you should take are :
- Your neck is best ruined when you hold the phone between your head and shoulders to avoid using your hands. Use a mouthpiece or else get a speaker phone to avoid this situation.
- People who say that in order to lift something, always bend your knees and crouch down to pick up something from floor level are not wrong. You should avoid leaning over from the waist to grab it. It creates a stress on the lower vertebrae.
- Driving for a longer time and in a wrong posture can create bad back ache. Take frequent breaks to get out and stretch. Keep your knees elevated and for that keep your seat as far forward. Keep doing neck exercises and shoulder lifts while you drive.
- Do not continue sitting in the same posture for longer periods. Take breaks to exercise and stretch your neck and upper back. Place a stool to elevate your knees and feel comfortable. You will feel comfortable if the lower part of your buttocks or lower back are pushed against the back of the chair.
- If the body is not prepared for active sports, then you should avoid playing active sports over the weekend. If you are planning to play a cricket match over the weekend with a gang of friends, spend a few extra minutes with the routines for the whole week preceding the get-together.
- Always turn to either of your side with knees close to the edge of bed to get up instead of keeping the legs flat on the bed, and straining the muscles of your lower back.