The Smell That Stops a Fight

Don’t miss any Bottom Line Secrets. Add our address, bottomlinesecrets@news.bottomlinepublishing.com, to your Address Book or Safe List. Learn how here. May 20, 2011 Why Don't These Doctors Get Sick? Aromatherapy's Amazing Effects on Your Mind and Mood Delicious 'Wonder Drug' for High Blood Pressure Praised by Harvard Researchers Web Radio Network Helps You Age Better Blast Away High Cholesterol. Lose 67 Points in Just 28 Days Dear healthwellness82@gmail.com, If you’d appreciate a quick way to lift your mood without popping a pill (who wouldn’t?), Alan Hirsch, MD, founder and neurological director of the Smell & Taste Treatment and Research Foundation, has just what you need. He shares a list of 10 scents -- most of which come from your kitchen pantry -- and tells how you can use them to lift your spirits. He even includes one scent that is so powerful it can put a stop to a family dinnertime feud! 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Shrink hemorrhoids with the astonishing orange cure... Zap back pain in 3 minutes (this can even be used for anesthesia)... Read on... Aromatherapy's Amazing Effects on Your Mind and Mood Alan Hirsch, MD Scents have subtle yet powerful effects on emotions -- boosting confidence, easing stress, triggering fond memories and more. Here’s how to use your sense of smell to manage your moods... and other people’s, too! Increase mental sharpness with fresh flowers. When you need to focus -- for instance, to memorize a speech or balance a checkbook -- keep a vase of mixed fragrant flowers nearby. Take periodic breaks to consciously "stop and smell the roses." For kids: This helps when doing homework or studying for a test. Promote positive family interaction with Garlic. Serve garlic bread at dinner. In studies, this scent reduced negative dinnertime remarks by 22.7% and increased pleasantries by 7.4%. You don’t even have to eat the bread to reap the benefits. Feel younger with pink grapefruit. To make others perceive you as youthful (so you feel that way, too), apply a grapefruit-scented or other citrusy body lotion or spray right after your shower. Avoid: Lavender, which makes you seem granny-ish. Feel more secure with baby powder. Keep a small bottle or resealable plastic bag of baby powder in your purse or briefcase. Before heading into a challenging situation (a meeting with your ex, a job interview), open the container slightly and take a small whiff. Don’t inhale too deeply -- you may sneeze or get powder all over your face. Curb food cravings with banana or peppermint. You needn’t eat a banana -- just smell it (peeled or unpeeled). Or, place two drops of peppermint essential oil on a cotton ball, stick it in a plastic bag and take a whiff -- or try sugar-free peppermint gum or hard candy. Combat claustrophobia with evergreens. Keep a small vial of evergreen essential oil in your pocket or purse. When in a cramped space (an elevator, a crowd), hold the vial near your nose and inhale two or three times. Repeat every 10 minutes as needed. Assuage anger with cucumber. Hold a sliced cucumber one-half inch from your face and level with your lips -- inhale deeply, continuing for several minutes. To reduce road rage, use a cucumber-melon air freshener in the car. Avoid: Barbecuing or roasting meat when you’re angry -- the scent stirs up fiery feelings that heighten aggression. Relax and wind down with lavender. Lie down and place a lavender-scented eye pillow over your eyes -- breathe slowly and deeply for several minutes. Avoid: Jasmine, which promotes alertness. Rev up a man’s libido with pumpkin pie or black licorice. Bake a pumpkin pie for maximum effect -- or use a reed diffuser (a stick that wicks the aroma from a bottle of scented oil). On a date: Nibble on black licorice. Noteworthy: Perfume is only 3% effective at arousing a man’s romantic feelings -- versus 40% for pumpkin pie and 13% for licorice. Bottom Line/Women’s Health interviewed Alan Hirsch, MD, founder and neurological director of the Smell & Taste Treatment and Research Foundation and an assistant professor in the departments of neurology and psychiatry at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center, both in Chicago. He has conducted more than 200 studies on smell and taste disorders and is the author of eight books, including Life’s a Smelling Success (Authors of Unity) and Sensa Weight-Loss Program (Hilton). His Web site is www.smellandtaste.org. Delicious 'Wonder Drug' for High Blood Pressure Praised by Harvard Researchers According to recent estimates, nearly one in three American adults has high blood pressure. But for the Kuna Indians living on a group of islands off the Caribbean coast of Panama, hypertension doesn’t even exist. In fact, after age 60, the average blood pressure for Kuna Indian islanders is a perfect 110/70. So what makes these folks practically "immune" to hypertension -- and lets them enjoy much lower death rates from heart attacks, strokes, diabetes and cancer? Harvard researchers were stunned to discover it’s because they drink about five cups of cocoa each day. That’s right, cocoa! Learn more... Web Radio Network Helps You Age Better Harry S. Margolis ElderLaw Radio (www.ElderLawAnswers.com) features experts to help older seniors and their families handle legal issues... health matters... family issues, ranging from disputes between generations to nursing-home choices... and personal situations, such as making the transition from working life to retirement. Access is free. Bottom Line/Personal interviewed Harry S. Margolis, elder-law attorney and cofounder, ElderLawAnswers, Providence. Blast Away High Cholesterol. 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