Tag: caffeine

Whether you’re a pro-athlete or you haven’t run, hit or touched a ball since your high school days, you have no idea how your abilities can dramatically improve overnight—literally! From buzzing around as a parent to getting more out of your regular workouts, getting good sleep can be all the difference you need to improve your days.

Most people don’t realize how significant a role sleep plays in daytime performance. Research regarding sleep and athletics is gaining more attention than ever and many new findings are coming to light.

Some degree of stress in our lives is normal and helps to motivate us to achieve our goals. We may develop bad habits to deal with prolonged or excessive stress, such as consuming too much caffeine, smoking, becoming emotional overeaters, drinking too much alcohol, or becoming shopaholics. It takes more than willpower to change negative habits. Take the following steps to change them effectively so that you will not get discouraged.

"I am exhausted." "I am SO tired." "Don’t talk to me until I have some caffeine in my system." Does that sound like you?

Well as a busy Emergency Medicine doctor I can tell you that for years those words came out of my mouth. Between the demands of work, studying and my home life, I constantly felt like there was not enough time in the day. For years I was addicted to caffeine and constantly felt tired. And for me, the worst feeling is getting to work and wishing you could take a nap.

Women already know they need to cut back on coffee during pregnancy, if not sooner, to lower the risk of miscarriages; but a new study suggests the men in their lives need to limit caffeine too.

Pregnant women who had more than two caffeinated drinks a day while trying to conceive had a 74 percent higher risk of miscarriage than their peers who drank less coffee, tea, soda and energy drinks, the study found.