#physiological changes

Book Review ‘Women and Nutrition’ (Malay Version) by Uqbah Iqbal in Novel Approaches in Cancer Study

Written by Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development, balanced and orderly nutrition is essential for a woman to ensure optimum health and thus be able to carry out her duties as wives, mothers, workers and members of society. Healthy women can continue to contribute to their families and countries. This book aims to guide women on good nutrition and how to practice them in the family. This is because women are important individuals in ensuring that the family and their family members receive the best nutrition and health care. Healthy food at the individual and family level will be able to develop a healthier society and have a healthy quality of life. This booklet is hopefully useful as a helpful guide for doctors, nurses and other health professionals as an alternative to the usual approach to nutritional needs aspects among Malaysian women. As a health professional who is concerned with the treatment of illness, we often miss that nutrition is a preventative disease. Good nutrition is a major component of good health and overall wellbeing. This is true in women’s health care. Unlike men, the woman’s body through changes in line with the most dramatic change in life is when pregnant and breast-feeding. Their nutritional requirements also change to meet the physiological changes and protect themselves from the risk of disease at every stage of life. The most effective health care is where we can give women the right nutritional advice while aware of the uniqueness of women. Until then, we can empower women to realize their responsibility for their own health as well as their families.

Please click on: https://crimsonpublishers.com/nacs/

In a new study, researchers from Stanford University argue that Wunderlich’s number was correct at the time but is no longer accurate because the human body has changed.

Today, they say, the average normal human-body temperature is closer to 97.5 degrees Fahrenheit.

“That would be a huge drop for a population,” said Philip Mackowiak, emeritus professor of medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and editor of the book “Fever: Basic Mechanisms and Management.”

Body temperature is a crude proxy for metabolic rate, and if it has fallen, it could offer a clue about other physiological changes that have occurred over time.

New Post has been published on http://www.crownofcompassion.org/2016/07/09/a-cluster-of-emotions/

A cluster of emotions

Although we normally think of anger as an emotion, it is in reality a cluster of emotions involving the body, the mind, and the will.”- Gary Chapman

Gary Chapman opens Chapter 1 (“Where Does Anger Come From?”) of Anger by observing that people of all ages and social classes experience anger.

First of all, Mr. Chapman describes anger as a cluster of emotions:

“Anger is a response to some event or situation in life that causes us irritation, frustration, pain, or other displeasure. . . . Anger is fed by feelings of disappointment, hurt, rejection, and embarrassment.  Anger pits you against the person, place, or thing that sparked the emotion.  It is the opposite of the feeling of love.  Love draws you toward the person; anger sets you against the person.”

Consequently, according to Mr. Chapman, we experience the strong negative emotions of anger in three ways:

1.  In our minds.  As Gary wryly observes, we don’t sit down and say, “I think I will now experience anger.”  Our minds respond to anger.

2.  In our bodies.  The body’s autonomic nervous system gets the adrenaline flowing.  That flow sparks physiological changes.  Furthermore, those physiological changes give us the feeling of being overwhelmed by anger.  As a result, we are unable to control our anger.

3.  Taking action.  This involves physical, verbal, or written responses.

Although we cannot control our bodily reactions to anger, Gary stresses that we can control our mental and physical responses.  In order to do this, we must look at the roots of anger.  In other words, we need to examine where anger comes from and why we experience anger.

Today’s question: How does understanding anger as a cluster of emotions help you analyze your response to your ministry downsizing or vocation loss?  Please share.