Overweight people are jolly Whilst most of us wouldn’t want to be overweight, it turns out that the so-called health myth that bigger people are jolly actually contains an element of truth. Researchers at Lakehead University in Canada conducted a study and found that there was a link between a woman’s size and her mood. The psychologists measured the Body Mass Index of the all-female participants and then compared this number to the moods of each of the participants. The results were surprising and the study indicated that the larger the woman the better her mood. Those with low Body Mass Index numbers were more prone to displaying signs of depression and anxiety and also had a more negative mood overall. The researchers at Lakehead University suggest that the bigger women enjoyed a more improved mood because they had higher estrogen levels due to their increased levels of fatty tissues, which often contain strong levels of estrogen. Love makes you crazy It would seem that Beyonce was on to something when she released her Crazy In Love hit song back in 2003, as studies reveal that we really do lose our minds a little when we fall head over heels in love with someone. Several studies have found that when we fall in love our bodies are exposed to lots of mind-altering chemicals, which can make us behave very differently to how we typically do on a day-to-day basis. For example, a group of Italian scientists conducted a study in 1990 that found that people who had fallen in love showed symptoms of OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder). Similarly it is thought that when we fall in love the part of our brain that regulates fear, the amygdala, decreases and therefore when we fall in love we are more likely to do dangerous things we would normally think twice about.
Posted on: Fri, 06 Sep 2013 09:44:37 +0000
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