By Jamie Ervin •
February 11, 2009
Many people find themselves a bit blue during the cold, gray months of winter. Some have SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder), while others only have minor mood changes. You don’t have to wait for spring to feel better… there are natural ways to beat the winter blues.
Try these natural options before you seek out traditional medicine. As always, its a good idea to check with your Doctor before making any dietary/activity/lifestyle changes to make sure you are healthy enough and won’t experience a medication contradiction.
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By Sam Aola Ooko •
October 18, 2008
Researchers in Germany are trying to understand the connection between weather conditions and human emotion.
Stress is part of day-to-day life and we can attribute it to lots of things, including the weather. If you feel irritable or stressed for missing your daily walk on a rainy afternoon when it’s just supposed to be cool, you are probably very right in blaming the weather. However, a new study suggests that as a rule of thumb the weather really might give us more to grumble about than to be happy about.
A research team at Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany claim in a study published in the October issue of the Emotions journal that temperature, wind, and sunlight all have an effect on negative moods, with sunlight seemingly playing a significant role on how tired people said they were.
On the other hand, temperature, wind, sunlight, precipitation, air pressure, and how long the days were had no significant effect on positive moods, contrary to conventional wisdom.
Many people find themselves a bit blue during the cold, gray months of winter. Some have SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder), while others only have minor mood changes. You don’t have to wait for spring to feel better… there are natural ways to beat the winter blues.
