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The number of addicts is growing everyday in Pakistan, and odds are you’re one of them if you consume your drug of choice daily; you’d feel ill if you couldn’t have it and you’d have a hard time quitting it. The chemical that has you hooked, of course, is caffeine, and if you think you get it only in coffee, tea, cola and in smaller doses - chocolate, you haven’t been paying attention. Regular doses of caffeine have been the subject of countless medical studies. We know the substance effortlessly crosses the blood-brain barrier, creating swift and rewarding effects. Jitters and stomach aches are the most common symptoms of taking in too much caffeine. If you’re at risk for heart disease, hypertension or digestive disorders, talk to your doctor about how much caffeine, if any, you should be drinking. Like any pleasurable substance, caffeine can be abused. So enjoy — but with care.
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A talking cure for depression called cognitive behaviour therapy appears to cancel the risk of suicidal thinking or behaviour associated with taking antidepressant medication, according to the most comprehensive and long-running study to date of depression treatment among adolescents. The study, which followed for a year more than 600 adolescents being treated for chronic depression, found that four in five recovered entirely, or nearly so, when treated over nine months with medication, talk therapy or a combination of the two.
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Researchers have discovered that herbs, such as garlic, thyme, and rosemary, and spices, like cinnamon, cloves, and turmeric may fight diseases. One 40-day study of 60 people with type-2 diabetes found that consuming half a teaspoon of cinnamon twice daily significantly lowered subjects’ blood sugar and cholesterol levels.
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