As a natural anxiety relief, many people take yoga as a way to relax and be one with themselves. I know for me, yoga has never been my cup of tea, but as an NCAA athlete, I quickly learned how yoga was more than just laying and listening to the soft sounds of nature. I suffered from performance anxiety, but being in touch with my breathing, yoga was an essential way for me to focus mentally before each game. Injury prevention was a quick second as to why it can be a staple to your training. I was terrible at stretching and warming up before each game, it became a necessity for me weekly. The constant hits and contact to my body, I then suffered from a lot of muscle related injuries. Yoga became important for a way of strengthening my muscles and create better flexibility. Saved me a lot of pulled and strained muscles!
High-Fat Diets Could Reduce the Brain’s Ability to Regulate Food Intake
Thursday, January 26, 2023
When high-fat and high-calorie foods are consumed regularly, our brain’s ability to regulate hunger cues, and calorie intake gets reduced. A new study has shown evidence of how continuously eating a fatty diet seems to disrupt the neurological pathway between the brain and the gut.
The cells in charge of signaling the brain when we’ve had enough food are called astrocytes. According to new research published in The Journal of Physiology, calorie intake is regulated in the short term by astrocytes (large star-shaped cells in the brain that regulate many different functions of neurons in the brain). Astrocytes also control the signaling pathway between the brain and the gut, a path that can get interrupted by high calorie diets.
