After Hours HEALTH
STRESS- BUSTING TIP OF THE MONTH
Sip something sweet
DRINKING SUGAR-SWEETENED beverages can keep stress at bay, but diet beverages sweetened with aspartame do not have the same effect, a study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism finds. Researchers conducted stress tests on 19 women before and after the subjects consumed drinks sweetened with either sugar or aspartame for 12 days. The women in the sugar group had a lower output of the stress hormone cortisol at the end of the study period while those in the aspartame group did not. The results may also explain why many have a hard time kicking the sugar habit.— Tamar Satov
How I Find Balance
Alex Yaworski, 51, owner/director PKBW Group, Winnipeg MARATHON RUNNING AND TRAINING IS A GREAT STRESS RELIEVER and certainly improves my work focus. Staying focused, above all, is the key to balance for me. Having goals and a plan for achieving them is essential. I make daily, weekly, even yearly lists and prioritize tasks at hand. I train 10 to 15 hours a week for marathons and plan to do one full and one half marathon every year. If I have to skip a workout one day, I’ll be more strenuous the next. I have a gym at home and at my cottage, which helps. Right now, I work 50 to 55 hours a week; our busy season is from
mid-February until the end of July. Otherwise, I put in 40-hour weeks and volunteer about 15 hours a month. Delegating to staff lets me concentrate on high leverage activities and
make profitable use of my knowledge and experience. At home, that means hiring someone to cut the grass or shovel snow while I do billable work. My wife and I discuss commitments for the upcoming week and
schedule time for bike rides, movies, dinners and car shows. The PVR lets us tape our favourite TV shows and fast-forward through commercials, which saves time. I believe in sharing household duties 50/50 but will concede that it’s more like 70/30 during the busy season. Since getting my CMA designation in 1999, I’ve completed 10 full and many half marathons. I’m now training for a half marathon in Winnipeg [this month] and a full [one] in Minneapolis this fall. I will run as long as my body will let me. — As told to Lorie Murdoch
64 | CPA MAGAZINE | JUNE/JULY 2015 You are what you tweet
THE LANGUAGE A COMMUNITY uses on social media can predict its rate of heart disease, according to a study published in the journal Psychological Science. Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania looked at a random sample of tweets from US individuals who made their locations known, as well as aggregate public health data on about 1,300 US counties. They found that in counties where Twitter posters used negative emotional language, including words such as “hate” or obscenities, there were higher rates of heart disease mortal- ity. Conversely, there was less of a correlation to heart disease mortality in regions where people used positive emotional language (eg., “wonderful” or “friends”) on Twitter. — TS
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