Following yesterdays article about how bloggers appear to be suffering from heart attacks as well as a range of other ailments I decided to try and offer a few tips to keep healthy while you update your blog.
Apparently bloggers complain of weight fluctuations, sleep disorders, exhaustion and other symptoms stemming from the strain of striving to produce top quality articles 24 hours a day.
To be sure, there is no official diagnosis of death by blogging, and the premature demise of two people obviously does not qualify as an epidemic. There is also no certainty that the stress of the work contributed to their deaths. But friends and family of the deceased, and fellow information workers, say those deaths have them thinking about the dangers of their work style.
How to keep healthy while you blog
- Quit smoking
- Take regular exercise between posts
- Lose weight
- Lower your cholesterol
- Lower your blood pressure
- Drink plenty of water while writing
- Eat fresh fruits and vegetables
- Try to reduce your salt intake
- Take regular breaks from your blog
Healthy foods to eat while you blog
According to research the foods below will help keep you healthy while you are blogging:
- Dark chocolate
- Nuts
- Guacamole
- Shrimp
Patrick Altoft is Director of Search at Leeds based digital & SEO agency Branded3. Patrick also runs Blogstorm.You can get our blog posts delivered for free by email every day - simply add your email address to the box below or alternatively grab the RSS feed.
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This will be good for me to follow…..I am running into these issues on a daily basis
get this. I say I’m trying to loose weight then the missus buys me chocolate ecclairs!
How grrr! is that? She’s super skinny whilst she says to me “you’ve put on weight since we met!” go figger!
Since I’ve quit my 9-5 job and just blog now I’ve found I eat healthier since I have full access to my refrigerator and kitchen and work out more since I don’t have to sit at my desk and “look busy”.
Having said that, I can also understand the stress caused by blogging but as long as everyone paces themselves we shouldn’t have any epidemics.
Healthy food,good sleep and fresh air are necessary happy blogging.
Full disclosure: I’m COO of http://www.fluidessentials.com, a nutritional supplement maker.
My take centers on L-Tryptophan. Stress, anxiety, depression, overwork, PMS, caffeine and nicotine all lower serotonin levels. Tryptophan raises serotonin levels. Serotonin is your calming, mood-enhancing hormone that helps decrease stress, carb cravings, nicotine cravings and improves sleep.
I can send a mountain of research if wanted. Here is just one link to one study on nicotine and serotonin: http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/160/4/773
Good luck!
Matt
That gives me something too think about. If it makes a better article.
Exercise a bit , don’t be so lazy and you shouldn’t die from blogging … Just be healthy.
Patrick, soon am going to write a post on the real conditions that happen due to over dedication to blogging. Actually this subject is related to my education so would try to explain everything well
Hope to see my article liked by you(probably going to post it in 2 days)
Ok so Patrick, if you dont consider this as spamming
Here is what i wanted to explain people -
http://www.thewwwblog.com/blogging-seriousness-can-drive-you-into-serious-medical-conditions.html
I like your article.. However, I think it could apply to all fields and not just blogging.
Because of the nature of blogging, we have to sit at a computer for hours a day. This is no different than those who sit at an office for hours a day (which I do while blogging haha)
Cheers!
scott
Great article. That’s pretty funny. I greatly enjoyed the read. Exercise between posts. Lol ha ha
And are you following your good advice?
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