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Health
Strong Emotions, Negative or Positive
Migraine Headaches
Lack of Sleep
Anger, grief, and stress are known triggers of heart prob- lems, but joyful events can sometimes lead to a heart at- tack as well.
When your im- mune sys- tem fights off a bug, it can cause in- flammation that can damage your heart and arteries. In one study, people with respiratory infections were twice as likely to
have a heart attack.
People who get these are more likely to have a heart attack later in life than those who don’t. And ones that include auras -- strange sights, sounds, or feelings that start before the headache hits -- seem to have a stronger link to
heart problems.
hormones to help you wake up, and that puts some extra stress on your heart. You may also be dehy- drated after a long sleep, which can make your heart work harder, too.
You’ll feel grumpy and tired if you don’t get enough sleep on a regular basis, but it can raise your risk of a heart attack, too.
Think twice before going back for seconds or thirds -- it may hurt more than your waistline. When you eat large amounts of food in one sitting, it leads to higher lev- els of the stress hormone norepi- nephrine in your body. That can raise your blood pressure and heart rate, and it may trigger
heart attacks in some people.
Fruit Juice
The fiber in whole fruit fills you up and slows down how your blood takes in energy. Without that fiber, you’re just drinking nutri- tious sugar-water that can quickly hype you up -- and bring you down just as fast. Eat your fruit whole. When you’re thirsty, drink
water.
Toast
Wait, toast?! If it's made from white bread, yes. The highly processed white flour it's made from quickly turns to blood sugar after you eat it. That can cause energy spikes and crashes that can be bad for anxiety and depression. You can have your toast -- and eat it, too.
Just use whole-grain bread.
Ketchup
It’s mostly toma- toes, right? Well, yes, and sugar, lots of sugar. Four grams per tablespoon, to be exact. And the “light” stuff may have artificial sweeteners that could be linked to anxiety and de- pression. Try homemade tomato salsa instead. Want a little kick?
Add a bit of cayenne pepper.
‘Light’ Dressing
You might know to avoid some pre- packaged dressings and marinades loaded with sugar, often listed as “high-fructose corn syrup.” But what about “light” or “sugar-free” dressings? Many get their sweetness from aspartame, an artificial sweetener linked to anxiety and depression. Check the ingredients or, better yet, make your dressing at home from
scratch.
Regular And Diet Soda
There's no win for you here: It has all of the blood-spik- ing sugar of fruit juice with none of the nutri- tion. Sugar-sweetened drinks like soda have a direct link to depres- sion, too. Diet soda may make you depressed, too. In fact, it could make you feel more down than its sugary cousin would. Too much of the caffeine that many sodas have
can be bad for anxiety, too.
If you crave a pop, try seltzer water with a splash of juice instead.
Getting Out of Bed in the Morning
A Big, Heavy Meal
A Cold or the Flu
Heart at- tacks are more common in the morning. Your brain floods your body with
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