Preserve Your Health

Some tips on health are followed blindly by most people. They do not care about the outcome except that the fact had been highlighted to them by someone in the next cubicle or someone known to him! But all those tips are not true is the recent finding by some scientists. Here are certain myths that have been proved wrong by scientists.

Myth#1 – You get fatter by eating carbs.
Foods are fattening only if they contain cream or margarine. Carbs contain less than half the calories of fat and hence are more satisfying your appetite!

Myth#2 – Eight glasses of water are a must for all daily.
There is no single study to back this claim. Around 750 ml of water is enough for most persons. Excessive amounts can actually be dangerous.

Myth#3 – A pregnant woman has to eat for two.
Pregnant women need just 200 extra calories a day which is just equivalent to 2 slices of bread. They can have a normal diet otherwise.

Myth#4 – You can live longer if you take vitamins regularly.
Antioxidant vitamins like A, C & E do not prolong life. They may even lead to premature death according to a study!

Myth#5 – You get spots if you eat chocolate.
Acne is caused by hormones and not due to chocolates!

Just be aware of some facts to lead a healthy life.

Experimental and differential methods are generally used to investigate general behavior facts, the clinical method is directed towards the study of individual behavior. The clinical set-up or environment is associated with the health care and treatment of the individuals who come for advice and treatment of their physical and mental disorders. In the same sense, clinical methods remind us about all those methods which deal with the task of investigating the root causes of a problem or exceptional behavior and suggesting as well as providing proper environment and possible treatment:

The concept of clinical method is well contained in the concept of clinical Psychology itself which can be described as: clinical psychology is the art and technology of dealing with the adjustment problems of the individual. Analysis of this definition may help us to observe some of the following characteristics regarding nature and working of the clinical method:

• Clinical method is applicable to an individual case.

• The Individual has some problems.

• Both methods of diagnosis and treatment are employed in dealing with these problems.

• Clinical approach is an art as well as a science and technology which means that everybody cannot treat every patient and it derives pleasure in making mankind healthier and better.

Thus, the basic elements in this method of psychological investigation are the diagnosis and treatment of the problem or mental illness of an individual.

Emotions in general, can be categorized as positive emotions and negative emotions. Unpleasant emotions like fear, anger, jealousy which are harmful to the well-being and development of an individual are termed as negative emotions while the pleasant emotions like amusement, love, curiosity, joy and happiness which are helpful and essential to the normal development are termed as positive emotions.

However, by their nature of positives it should not be concluded that experiencing of positive emotions is always good and that of negative emotions is always bad. While weighing this impact we should also keep in mind the other factors like (i) the frequency and intensity of emotional experience and (II) the situation, occasion and the nature of the stimulus which arouses the emotion. Excess of everything is bad. Emotions with too much intensity and frequency, whether positive or negative bring harmful effects. On the other hand the so called negative emotions may prove very essential for human welfare. For example, the emotion of fear is sure to get injured because he has not learnt to save himself against a possible danger.