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How to boost your
EQ (Energy Quotient)
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Energy Quotient (EQ)
Youre trying to do everything right-
exercising, eating well, sleeping 8 hours a
night. But some days you just feel like
curling up on the couch. Whats goingon?- The answer lies in your energy
quotient (EQ), the sum of your physical,
mental, and emotional energy reserves.
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Boost your physical EQ
Try rhodiala.Youve heard that
ginseng is energizing, but the
rhodiola, available in health food
stores, may also increase brain
chemicals that stimulate yourcentral nerve system and increase
alertness. One Russian study found
that people who took rhodiola
reported higher levels of physical
fitness, better coordination, and less
mental fatigue. Try 100 mg twice a
day.
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Boost your physical EQ
Drink up. Half thepeople who come tome complainingfatigue are actually
dehydrated, saysWoodson Merrel, MD,executive director ofthe Continuum Centerfor Health and Healing
at New York City. Aimto drink eight glassesof water a day.
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Boost your physical EQ
Skip the gym. I see patients
all the time who tell me that
when theyre exhausted they
head to the gym, says
author Schwartz, a New YorkCity internist. But if youre
physically fatigued, then
exercise will make you feel
worse. Instead take a nap-or at least a break.
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Boost your physical EQ
Borrow your kids lunch- If its
a banana and peanut butter
sandwich. Banana packs
potassium, a mineral, your
body needs convert sugar inyour blood into energy. The
peanut butter is high in
magnesium, which gives your
cells much needed energy.
Aim for 400 mg of magnesium
and 3,500 mg of potassium
daily.
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Boost your physical EQ
See your doctor about sinusitis.
The worn out and achy feeling
may be due to sinus problems,
not true fatigue. A recent
Georgetown University surveyof almost 300 patients found
that those who reported
unexplained chronic fatigue
were nine times more likely to
have sinusitis symptoms thanthose who felt rested and well.
Clearing them up helped that
fatigue.
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Boost your emotional EQ
Cultivate social connections.Belonging to a club, attendingreligious services, orvolunteering may be as
beneficial to your long-termhealth as regular exercise,suggests research. We thinkits because all these activitiesprovide social support, which
relieves stress, helps boostemotional energy, says JosephGrzywacz, PhD, Wake ForestUniv.
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Boost your emotional EQ
Try some emotional kung fu. Be
inspired by this ancient art of self
defense and use attacking force
to your advantage. Instead of
using up energy ruminatingabout an attack or trying to
defend yourself, use your
resources as a way to recast it as
an attack on the problem rather
than on you, suggests Charles
Manz, PhD, University of Mass.
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Boost your emotional EQ
Keep a journal. At the end of
a long, stressful day, take 15
minutes and jot down your
feelings, suggests Dr. Rabin,
MD, PhD, Univ. of Pittsburgh.
Research has found that
people who write about
upsetting thoughts are
healthier and happier thanthose who keep them bottled
up.
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Boost your emotional EQ
Let your emotions out. Women
who ruminate have higher
blood pressure and risk of
depression anxiety than do
those who express theiremotions more freely. The
best way to deal with a feeling-
whether its sadness or anger-
is to express it to someone,
preferably a trusted friend or
family member, and then try to
let it go, professor author
Nolen-Hoeksema.
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Boost your mental EQ
Go for green tea. Its amuch better pick me upthan your typical
Starbuck latte. Thereason? Although itdoes have someenergizing caffeine, italso contains theanine, acompound that has astress reducing effect onyour brain.
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Boost your mental EQ
Have bran for breakfast. Eating a
morning meal rich in fiber may make
you more alert during the day. A
recent study done at Cardiff Wales
found that subjects who ate high fibercereal in the morning showed a 10%
reduction in fatigue, lower incidence
or depression, and better cognitive
skills. One theory:Fiber helps slow
down the absorption of food in thestomach, so you have more energy for
a longer period of time.
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Boost your mental EQ
Pop a peppermint. Oils in
the peppermint plant
increase alertness by
stimulating your trigeminalnerve, which is the same
nerve thats activated
when you revive someone
with smelling salts, saysDr. Hirsch, MD.