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Benefit of Drinking Tea

December 22, 2011 2 comments

Besides fun to be drunk while eating or relaxing, tea also has benefits for the body. One of them, tea beneficial for the brain’s performance.

There are studies that suggest that drinking tea can improve brain performance. In the study, Dutch investigators find out the effect of the compounds present in tea with 44 respondents

Tea Time

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mental readiness.

After investigation revealed, the content in tea such as amino acids or L-theanine (commonly found in green tea) and caffeine, can increase a person’s thinking ability. Those who drank tea, after the 20th minute and 70th, its accuracy in performing different tasks become better.

In the present study also mentioned that the tea drunk by respondents aged under 40 years, can reduce fatigue. The study results show that in addition to improve the performance of the brain, tea can also increase alertness someone who diligently consume tea.

The Link Between Stress And Hunger

August 18, 2011 1 comment

When under stress, have you ever felt like eating in large quantities and wanted it more and more? Under these circumstances, actually the nerve cells in the brain sends a command to the brain to strengthen the sense of hunger. After that stomach always wants to eat something. Thus was announced by Zeenews from a research which done by some researchers from India, recently. Read more…

Is It Real That Fat People Have Smaller Brains ???

June 9, 2011 2 comments
Children Walking on Trail

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People with obesity, according to body mass index, has smaller size of certain brain areas than people with ideal body weight.

Based on a study of 91 teenagers, 54 of them  categories of overweight, obesity levels associated with the size of an area of ​​the brain involved in impulsive behavior and self control. Read more…

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