They say that going to the gym will leave you feeling envigorated and refreshed.
In many ways this is a big lie and heres why. Excersice will only give you benefit if it occurs regularly and going to the gym for the first time or going after an extended absence (as I did yesterday) will infact leave you feeling completely knackered.
This is (probably) because your body is not used to the exertion so it needs much rest after the event, ie makes you feel knackered. However if you are a regular exerciser then your body is used to the strain and afterwards will be gathering energy from fat and releasing endorphins and all that malarky. The net effect of all this is to make you feel better (mentally) and more energetic.

Of course these things will probably depend on how hard you push yourself in your chosen sport, it is always possible to go to far which will result in exhaustion. Going to this level will probably result in you getting fitter quicker but of course for this you have to pay the price of being knackered all the time.

All the words starting with ‘ex’ in this post were brought to you by a dictionary I honestly have no idea why the spelling of these words causes me so much trouble.

Like so many people around the world I suffer from hayfever, although it seems to strike later than most people. This always throws me because when I see everyone else sneezing away I think ‘oh maybe I’ve become immune and won’t get it this year‘ then it strikes. Seems to have hit with avengence today. I’m just extremely glad that Benadryl seems to sort me out pretty much most of the time.

This has however triggered my curiosity and here is the result, below is a list of common pollen producered in England and when they flower. Using this info I’m now pretty sure that I’m allergic to either Nettle or Dock, not sure how this is usefly but its good to know ;).
This info was found from My Pharmacy so if you’re not too lazy you could just go there, at the end of the list I will put links to several more ‘pollen calendars’ that I found.
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In the not too distant past I was watching a program about people with bad diets being ‘educated’ by an expert. My curiosity was tweaked when this expert did a quick diagnostic of digestive problems by looking at the subjects tongue.

Eventually this curiosity got to a high enough level for me to find out more. Firstly I had a look in the mirror. One quick search later and I found this site. I have yet to find another site to back up this information (something I’m a bit dubious about) but according to this information I have the following problems:
Problems with small intestines, unfortunately the site didn’t do into anymore detail that this so thats a bit of a non-starter.
Possible “stagnation of blood; fat and mucus deposits; or a weakness in the blood leading to such conditions as anaemia.”
I’m pretty sure I don’t have mucus deposits and I’ve come to the conclusion that maybe I have a ‘weakness in the blood’. Now I know that anaemia can be caused by a lack of iron so I’ve done a bit of research on iron, and here is is: Read the rest of this entry »