Most of us want lockdowns and restrictions to be over. But that doesn't mean going out into the world again will be easy. DW's Carla Bleiker asked mental health experts how to deal with post-pandemic anxiety.
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Everyone has been affected by the pandemic in some way and has had their sense of safety challenged. But not everyone has qualms about returning to doing things the old, pre-March-2020 way. No two people will manage the coming back to the world at the same speed, Kahr said. It s a bit like young people going out on dates, he continued. Some people are very confident, whereas others are petrified. No two people will be approaching this from the same starting point.
That s what Faulconbridge stresses as well. You have to make your
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But they do point to existing knowledge about antioxidant and anti-inflammatory benefits from chemical compounds found in coffee, such as polyphenols or flavonoids and non-flavonoids.
Previous studies in Spain have shown what scientists call an inverse association between coffee and cardiovascular disease (CVD). An inverse association would mean that the more you drink coffee, the lower your risk of CVD.
A recent study in Italy, write the Spanish researchers, also indicated a moderate consumption of 3 to 4 cups of coffee per day was associated with a lower risk of all-cause and CVD mortality.
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CBD is less psychoactive than THC. In fact, CBD may even reduce the psychoactive elements in THC. CBD has antidepressant and anti-inflammatory characteristics.
Cannabidiol is not to be mistaken for
cannabinol (CBN). CBN was the first cannabinoid to be detected. As with CBD, CBN has anti-inflammatory properties.
Binding to the body
Cannabinoids also exist naturally in our bodies. They are called endocannabinoids and are part of the endocannabinoid system, which allows phytocannabinoids, those derived from plants, to affect us.
THC, for instance, binds to CB1 cannabinoid receptors in the brain, and that starts a process that releases its psychoactive effect.
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