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Stop Stress and Anxiety in 3 Minutes With These Methods! There may be times when our brains might be working against us. This can be through bursts of anxiety and stress, which can prevent us from doing things.Imagine these things coming through during important instances as well, such as at job interviews or meet-ups with friends or loved ones. It can hinder our performance, or worse, land us in a situation that we do not want. Dr. Tara Swart Bieber is a neuroscientist, medical doctor, and senior lecturer at MIT Sloan.Neuroscientist Dr. Tara Swart Bieber shares 3 methods that we can do for a few minutes that can keep these unwanted emotions at bay. According to the medical doctor and senior lecturer at MIT Sloan, one of the possible actions we can do is to sigh. Yes, sighing apparently can help you calm yourself down. The medical professional recommends people sit comfortably during the process. The mindful sigh, as she calls it, can be done if you notice key symptoms of stress such as shallow breathing, tense shoulders, or an increased heart rate. Doing so can help the lungs release carbon dioxide from the body efficiently, which in turn helps us relax. To learn more about other methods for stopping stress and anxiety, check out Dr. Swart’s full piece here!Image credit: energepic.com#stress #anxiety #relief #TaraSwart 

It's True: Hair Does Turn Grey With Stress, but It's Reversible!A new study by researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons showed that the old saying that stress causes grey hair is actually true.And best of all, the graying is reversible as once the source of the stress is eliminated, the stress-induced gray hair can return to its old color.The culprit that caused graying hair? Blame the mitochondria:To better understand how stress causes gray hair, the researchers also measured levels of thousands of proteins in the hairs and how protein levels changed over the length of each hair.Changes in 300 proteins occurred when hair color changed, and the researchers developed a mathematical model that suggests stress-induced changes in mitochondria may explain how stress turns hair gray."We often hear that the mitochondria are the powerhouses of the cell, but that's not the only role they play," Picard says. "Mitochondria are actually like little antennas inside the cell that respond to a number of different signals, including psychological stress."#hair #greyhair #stress #mitochondriaView the full video clip below: