How to boost your EQ (Energy Quotient)

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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 going on?- 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 your central 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 the people who come to me
  complaining fatigue are actually dehydrated,
  says Woodson Merrel, MD, executive director of
  the Continuum Center for Health and Healing at
  New York City. Aim to drink eight glasses of
  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 York City
  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 in your
  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
  survey of almost 300 patients found that those
  who reported unexplained chronic fatigue were
  nine times more likely to have sinusitis symptoms
  than those 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, attending religious services, or
  volunteering may be as beneficial to your
  long-term health as regular exercise, suggests
  research. We think its because all these
  activities provide social support, which relieves
  stress, helps boost emotional energy, says
  Joseph Grzywacz, PhD, Wake Forest Univ.

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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 ruminating about 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 than
  those 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 their emotions
  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 a much better pick me up
  than your typical Starbuck latte. The reason?
  Although it does have some energizing caffeine,
  it also contains theanine, a compound that has a
  stress reducing effect on your 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 fiber cereal in the
  morning showed a 10 reduction in fatigue, lower
  incidence or depression, and better cognitive
  skills. One theoryFiber helps slow down the
  absorption of food in the stomach, 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 trigeminal
  nerve, which is the same nerve thats activated
  when you revive someone with smelling salts,
  says Dr. Hirsch, MD.