Can Generosity Benefit Health?

Have you ever felt the positive vibe of giving? If not, it is time you do that. When you are giving, you are not just benefiting the person whom you are giving, you are also benefiting yourself. The act of giving does come with a sense of fulfillment irrespective of the nature and cost of the gift. Whether you are giving food to the needy or just offering a car ride to a stranded passerby, the act of extending help to others is a mutually benefiting one.

Why is Generosity Good for You?

By being generous the giver derives a sense of satisfaction of having helped a person in need. It has a positive effect on physical and mental health of the giver. It can bring down stress, support physical health, and fight depression. Research has shown that generosity can even increase the lifespan of the person. By giving you also promote new social connections and improve relations. Take a peep at the physical effects of being generous, and you may find a lowering of blood pressure and betterment of heart health. The fact that these are not just figments of the imagination of a hallucinating person, but real findings of studies, lends all the more credence to being generous.

How Does Generosity Affect Happiness?

Kindness begets generosity. Being generous can encourage one to perceive others in a positive light. It helps to foster a sense of community. It is a kind of confidence builder that also helps in fighting hatred towards others. Focusing on what you are giving creates an outward orientation toward society in general. It has the ability to focus our attention away from ourselves, and this is a forerunner of happiness. As long as you are focusing on yourself, one or the other shortcoming in your life is going to bother you. As soon as you focus away from your condition, you feel happy. Generosity helps the giver turn his attention away from the narrow band of his own success, failure, and materialistic achievements. You can turn your attention away from your own inner voice that scrutinizes every move of yours and creates negative feelings towards others. These thoughts also undermine confidence and thereby harm confidence. If you practice generosity, you can stay away from this inner voice. Seeing someone benefiting from your kind gestures can dispel the negative effects of inner voice and boost your happiness and confidence.

How Can a Person be Generous?

Parting with some of your possessions, however minuscule that might be, for the benefit of someone else who may be in dire need of it, is generosity. Whether you offer food to the beggar, a place to stay to the homeless or just a car lift to a stranded old man, you are being generous. What are the Qualities of a Generous Person? A generous person is energetic, optimistic, and does not have any expectation. He is patient and presents with humility. How do you Express Generosity? There are plenty of occasions to be generous. You can start small by giving away just $1 to charitable organisations online. Practice forgoing one of your specific expenses such as going to KFC on Mondays. Divert the money thus saved to charity.

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What’s the Difference Between Alzheimer’s and Dementia?

The terms “Alzheimer’s” and “dementia” are often used interchangeably. But the two conditions are actually quite different. You can think of the distinction in terms of an analogy to squares and rectangles. All squares are rectangles, but not all rectangles are squares. Similarly, Alzheimer’s is a type of dementia — but not all dementia qualifies as Alzheimer’s.

Dementia is something of an umbrella term. It refers to a wide range of symptoms, including memory loss, diminishing attention span, difficulty focusing, and poor judgement. The symptoms of dementia disrupt a person’s ability to live a normal life.

People often assume that Alzheimer’s is a worsened state of dementia — that dementia occurs first, in a more mild form, and Alzheimer’s may follow. But that’s not really true. Alzheimer’s is not the only kind of dementia there is. Other forms of dementia include conditions such as Huntington’s disease or Parkinson’s. Additionally, the terms are nonspecific to severity or need for treatment. A person can have dementia that is “worse” than another person’s Alzheimer’s. Conversely, it is possible to have Alzheimer’s that has progressed further than someone else’s dementia.

But Alzheimer’s is definitely the most common risk for cognitive decline, responsible for the majority of dementia cases. Patients with Alzheimer’s suffer memory loss and confusion due to a buildup of plaques and fibres in the brain. These compounds can get in the way of nerve signals and destroy nerve cells. Once these cells are destroyed, they cannot be regrown.

Alzheimer’s can be prevented and its progression can be slowed — but unfortunately, the disease is irreversible and cannot be cured. Watching out for the little-known warning signs of the disease is probably a good idea as you or your loved ones age.

So how does one prevent these conditions? The best tips to prevent Alzheimer’s and to stave off dementia are also pretty similar. Many of these preventative measures include lifestyle habits, such as getting enough sleep and engaging in physical exercise. But the foods you eat could have an impact, too. These foods could help lower your chances of cognitive decline.

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Exercises That'll Improve Eye Health

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Other than our heart, our eye muscles are the hardest working muscle group in the body. It doesn’t matter whether you’re at work, at the gym or relaxing at home – we still stare at screens. These habits weaken our eye muscles, making them tired and less efficient, which in turn weakens our eyesight and exacerbates existing problems. These six easy exercises will reduce the strain on your eyes – a leading cause of tension and tiredness.

Important: Take a 20-second break between each set.
1. Focusing on Different Distances
This exercise works on the inner eye muscles.
 

Repetitions: 5 Sets: 3 Stand or sit comfortably. Place your thumb approximately 10 inches away from your face and focus on it. Take a deep breath and focus on an object that’s 10-20ft away. Repeat by changing focus between objects with every deep breath. 2. Stretching the Medial and Lateral Eye Muscles This exercise will stretch and strengthen the muscles that control the eye’s horizontal and vertical movement.

Repetitions: 3 Sets: 3 Sit comfortably while maintaining an upright position. Look at the leftmost point you can without moving your head. Focus on this point for 5 seconds. Blink a few times and return the eye to its normal resting state. Look at the rightmost point you can without moving your head. Focus on that point for 5 seconds. Blink a few times and return the eye to its normal resting state. Repeat the exercise by looking at the upper-most/lowest point. Remember to blink between each stretch.   3. Relaxing the Eyes This exercise will reduce tension and stress around the eyes and is recommended when taking a break from working on the computer.

Duration: 5-10 minutes Sit comfortably and take a few deep breaths. Lean your elbows on a desk (place a pillow underneath to reduce strain on the elbows). Rub your palms together to warm them up. Close your eyes and cover them with your palms. Your fingers should be on your forehead, and the bottom of your palms should lean on your cheekbones. Make sure not to put pressure on your eyes by pressing your palms on them. To be sure, try blinking. Remain in this state for 5-10 minutes (it’s recommended that you use a timer). If your eyes still feel tired, repeat it. 4. Half-Closing Your Eyes This exercise, taken from traditional yoga, is meant to strengthen your eyelids, which have an important role in supporting the eye.   Duration: 1½ minutes Partially close your eyes, make sure your eyelids cover no more than half the eye. If your upper lids start shaking, concentrate until they stop. You can try focusing on a distant object. Remain in this state for 10-15 seconds, and then slowly close your eyes. Take a few deep breaths to increase your blood flow. Visualize that the clean air you’re inhaling going into your eyes. Exhale, then repeat for a minute.   5. Number 8 Movement This exercise will strengthen the eye muscles and will improve their flexibility. Repetitions: 10 per direction Sets: 3 Imagine the number 8 lying down (∞). Track that shape with your eyes – do this slowly without moving your head. After completing 10 repetitions to one direction, blink for a few seconds, then perform 10 more repetitions to the other direction. 6. Massaging the Eyes, Temples, and eyebrows This exercise relaxes the eyes and reduces strain and tension by increasing blood flow to these areas. Additionally, the mild pressure on the tear ducts will increase the moistness in the eyes, which provides relief for tired eyes. Repetitions: 3 Close your eyes. Lightly press on your upper eyelids and gently massage them in circular motions using 3 fingers. Perform 10 clockwise movements, and then 10 counter-clockwise movements. Repeat the same exercise on the lower eyelids. Use your fingertips to massage your temples in circular motions. Do this 20 times in a clockwise direction, and then 20 more times in a counter-clockwise direction. Massage the point between the eyebrows. Apply gentle pressure on the inner edges of the eyebrows (by the nose), and then release. Perform this exercise 3 times. 7. Controlled Cross-eyed Focusing This exercise will strengthen your eye muscles, as well as train your eyes to focus on nearby objects, thus relieving stress on the eyes. Duration: 5-10 Minutes Make a noticeable mark on a pencil. Hold the pencil vertically with your arm fully stretched, with the mark facing you. Focus on the mark, but do not proceed to step 4 until you’re 100% focused on the mark. Slowly move the pencil closer to your face, while keeping total focus on the marked pencil. Try and maintain a straight line with your nose. Your eyes will have to adjust to keep the pencil in focus. Stop at the point where you start seeing double. Without moving your head or the pencil, look away and focus on something else, and then take a 5-second break from the exercise. If the change in focus bothers your eyes, close them for a few seconds. During this time, do not move your head or the pencil. Once your eyes feel rested, look back at the marked pencil, until you’re fully focused on it. If it takes some time at first, don’t be discouraged. If you still see the pencil twice after 2-3 tries, proceed to the next step. Slowly move the pencil away from your face while staying focused on it. Repeat for 5 minutes a day. Once this becomes easy, repeat for 10 minutes a day.