Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Crucifera
Crucifera vegetables are members of the mustard family, such as broccoli and cabbage, and contain powerful phytochemicals that help prevent certain cancers.
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Contraindicated exercises
Contraindicated exercises are exercises indicated to be injurious to some people.
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Contemplation stage
The second stage in the transtheoretical model of behavior change. In this stage, individuals have an awareness of their problem behavior and are thinking about changing it-but are not ready to do that.
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Conditioning bout
The middle part of a three-segment workout. It contains vigorous aerobic exercise that stimulates the cardiorespiratory system and should follow the FITT formula. A constant resistance (weight) is used throughout the range of motion, but the force needed to move the weight varies with leverage determined by the angle of the joint. Doing a biceps…
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Club drugs
A variety of drugs used at dance clubs, bars, and “raves.” They are inexpensive, produce increased stamina and intoxicating highs, and include both depressants and stimulants. A drug made to closely resemble a common illegal drug in chemical structure and effect.
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Chronic stress
Chronic stress is prolonged physical and emotional stress that is more than the individual can cope with. It may lead to a psychosomatic disease.
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Biofeedback training
A technique in which machines measure certain physiological processes of the body. The machines convert this information to an understandable form and feed it back to the individual. This process gives a person access to biological information not usually available through consciousness alone. Biofeedback is a method wherein an individual utilizes information regarding an ordinarily…
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Autogenic training and imagery
A self-generating or self-induced relaxation technique. This method uses mental concentration exercises to bring about sensations of warmth and heaviness in the limbs and torso and then uses relaxing images (e.g., clouds drifting by) to expand the relaxed state.
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Action stage
The fourth stage in the transtheoretical model of behavior change. In this stage, individuals are overtly changing their behaviors; taking conscious action; and using strategies to resist temptations, remain motivated, and cope with everyday challenges.
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Zwaan rays
An energy held supposedly capable of stimulating the activity of the psychic senses. In 1948, Dutch researcher N. Zwaan demonstrated an apparatus, which supposedly created the Zwaan rays, at a gathering of the International Spiritualist Federation Congress in London. The following year, the Spirit Communication Society was founded in Manchester, England, at which time an…
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