THE BEST TIME OF THE DAY _ According to Real Simple magazine.
• The Best Time of Day to Clean the House is 4PM. You’re more likely to whistle while you window wash (and not kick over the bucket) if you do it in the late afternoon. That’s when hand-eye coordination is at its peak and mood levels are high.
• The Best Time of Day to Take a Nap is 1PM to 2:30PM. Doctors used to think afternoon sleepiness was the result of a big lunch. But they’ve found that in the early afternoon there’s a dip in body temperature, which causes sleepiness.
• The Best Time of Day to Do Your Cardio Workout is 5PM to 6PM. At these times your lungs use oxygen more efficiently, you’re more coordinated, and your muscles are warmed up, so you’re less likely to suffer a sprain or strain. Finish exercising at least three hours before bed so that when your head hits the pillow the extra adrenaline will no longer be pumping through your bloodstream.
• The Best Time of Day to Go to the Doctor is 8AM to 9AM, or 1PM to 2PM. You’ll spend less time in the waiting room if you book the first appointment of the morning or the first after lunch.
• The Best Time of Day to Get a Haircut is 8AM to 9AM. Booking the first appointment of the day will help you ease into the shampoo bowl on time. That’s because no latecomers will have thrown off the schedule.
WHY YOU’RE NOT THE BOSS _ Ladies, if you think you should be further ahead at work then you should up your bragging. Northwestern University researchers, through experiments conducted with MBA students, discovered that when students picked leaders, the leaders usually ended up being men. Were the men more qualified? Hardly. It turns out that men like to brag, and bragging gets you everywhere. The study put it this way: “Research found that men were more willing to overstate their own ability, which, in turn, led to their selection as group leaders.”
YOU SHOULD RUB AN ITCH INSTEAD OF SCRATCHING IT _ When you have an itch you scratch it — right? Researchers say rubbing an itch instead of scratching it can ease the irritation more quickly as it activates a soothing pathway from the spinal cord. Scientists (University of Miami Miller School of Medicine) investigated the neural pathways behind forms of “itch relief” including rubbing and scratching. The researchers say people should stop scratching and start rubbing skin in order to activate an anti-itch ‘pathway’ in the spinal cord that calms the irritating sensation.
