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Health
Avoid Digital Eye Strain
Cervicogenic Headaches: The Desk Worker’s Malady
When a headache hits, it’s an understandable reaction to want to pop a few aspirin and close your eyes in a dark room until it goes away.
From writing to texting to reading, you are putting undue stress on our neck, compressing the greater occipital nerve. We are chronically stuck in this po- sition while we stare at our com- puters and phones.
While all the muscles in the neck are working hard, the sub- occipitals (the little muscles on the back of your neck) and your upper trapezius will clamp down on the greater occipital nerve, which refers pain over the back and side of the head and then the eye.
Here’s how to release the ten- sion you bring on at work in front of a computer or staring at a phone all day.
• Stand with your shoulder under a bar or with a lacrosse ball placed half way between the neck and edge of the shoulder on the restricted side.
• Next, shrug your shoulder up and down for 45 seconds or until the tension resolves.
• Turn your head and look to the opposite side and then re- turn to center. Continue until you feel the muscle release.
5 Reasons To Eat The Whole Egg
Here are some of the things you should stay aware of.
1. Rest Your Eyes. Resting your eyes at a regular interval will help avoid discomfort from starring at the computer all day. A simple rule-of-thumb is to take a 20-second break every 20 minutes by looking at some- thing 20 feet away.
2. Proper Distance. Visual strain definitely can come from not properly distancing yourself from a device. This goes for any device with a lit up screen, large or small. Rearrange your desk and keyboard to space between you and your computer.
3. Adjust The Light. The light on your monitor should be the brightest light in the room. If using a lot of natural light, try and position the windows so that it is to the side of the device versus in the front of back of it. Full spectrum lights are better than florescent lighting as it is too harsh.
4. Simple Fonts. For your eyes sake, it is in your best inter- est to stick to an easy to read font, such as: Arial or Vernada, are better than those with serifs, such as Times New Roman.
5. Keep The Monitor Clean. The last thing you need is for your screen to be full of de- bris, causing you to squint even more. To prevent a glare, pur- chasing an anti-glare screen.
6. Wear Glasses. For those of you with a prescription, wear your glasses. They are given to you for your protections, and can even be ordered with anti- glare in them. If you don’t have a prescription, most stores carry polarized glasses that can help with the glare as well.
It’s okay to each the whole egg and here’s why.
1. The yolk is packed with nu- trition. Egg yolks contain anti- oxidants, B12, vitamin A, iron, se- lenium, biotin, phosphorous, choline, and other various trace nutrients. Choline in particular, which most Americans are defi- cient in, is a very important nutri- ent for brain function, the nervous system, and supporting detoxification in the body.
2. The dietary cholesterol plus heart disease connection is a myth. I know you’ve been taught for years that dietary cholesterol is harmful and should be avoided, but the truth is, your body needs cholesterol for important func- tions, like building and repairing cells.
Studies have shown little to no link between dietary cholesterol and higher blood cholesterol lev- els. Your liver produces choles- terol on its own, so if you have more cholesterol in your diet, your liver will produce less cho- lesterol naturally. Cool, right?
3. Eggs are one of the most perfect forms of protein. There’s a reason eggs are super popular in the fitness world. They’re an awesome source of protein, at about 6 grams per large egg, with all essential amino acids. Vege- tarians and meat-eaters alike can reap the protein-packed benefits from eggs.
4. Eating whole foods helps di- gestion. When you consume frag- mented foods like egg whites, your body doesn’t process it like a whole food. This means you can often develop cravings for “some- thing else” because your body is wondering where the rest of the food is. Save yourself the hassle of jumping on the cravings roller coaster and just eat the whole food!
5. Whole eggs are way more delicious. Admit it, egg whites taste boring. And don’t even get me started on liquid egg “substi- tutes.” Those are not food, and even the ones that are 100% eggs or egg whites lose nutrients dur- ing the processing and are not whole foods.
Now go ahead—have your egg and eat it too! When shopping for eggs, local, pasture-raised or- ganic eggs are the way to go. They are much higher in nutrition (no- tice how yellow those yolks are compared to conventional eggs). Avoid eggs with antibiotics, from chickens fed with GMOs.
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