Natural doping (free and healthy) that will help you overcome the 'post-vacation syndrome'

Hormones usually appear in female and male conversations and are even used as a throwing weapon in the war of the sexes. They blame them for the "complicated" days of the month (during ovulation); them, their most fierce moments. When they face each other, testosterone, estrogen and progesterone are thrown into the head .

These controversial hormones participate in sexuality and fertility . That is why it is said that, when adolescence arrives, they are revolutionized and it is difficult to control them. However, although they are the most popular, they are not the only ones since they coexist in our body with others that fulfill different organic functions. We talk, for example, about growth hormone, insulin or adrenaline or ghrelin.

But if there is a substance that disputes the throne of fame with sex hormones, this is dopamine , a neurohormone to which our happiness levels are attributed in a generic way.

This neurotransmitter also deals with functions of such relevance as the motor . The absence of the required levels of dopamine can therefore alter aspects related to movement. This is the case of parkison patients, who are seeing their functions altered as the cellular production of dopamine decreases.

BLESSED HORMONE

We will hear the term "doped", which is used in the competition when an athlete is surprised with a prohibited substance because it increases their capacity and, attention, also their motivation. Well, motivation, energy, joy, well-being are precisely some of the gifts that dopamine gives us. Blessed hormone, in this case.

But, be careful, because the natural release of this hormone must occur at appropriate levels, since excessive production can cause nervous system disorders such as manias, hallucinations and schizophrenia.

Leaving aside extreme situations whose origin is still being studied, dopamine levels can be raised naturally, following these healthy and simple recommendations:

1. Yes, running is the best. In a controlled way, well equipped and with the weather conditions in favor. If we think about dopamine we already know why running has gone from being the sport of a few to a collective fever. It produces addiction because it is pleasant. If we run continuously we activate the production of dopamine and therefore increase the feeling of happiness.

2. Do what we like. Some slogans on t-shirts and posters for the home say: "I do what I want because it is good for health." It is not exactly like that but similar. If we are fond of music, opera, for example, a concert of the greatest tenors in a mythical theater will raise our levels of dopamine significantly.

3. It also works with food, but in two directions. It seems logical to think that a giant hamburger of those that we like so much with an extra sauce and potatoes supplement will boost our morale. Well, no, it will give us pleasure at the time of taking it, but then it will give us the proper decrease in saturated fats and our dopamine levels will also drop. Nuts and bananas, on the other hand, are healthy, light and will raise our organic levels of magnesium.

4. Who doesn't love a good massage? It gives pleasure, relaxes, sometimes it helps us to eliminate small or large contractures if given by a professional. Other practices such as chiropractic that frees the vertebrae from an inappropriate position or the chiromassage that helps with the muscles are also dopamines.

5. Meditate. Yes it's hard. Today, psychologists, human resources experts and professors recommend it. Self-awareness and mindfulness give peace, well-being, improve self-esteem and relationship with the environment.

So, it is easy to search around, fleeing synthetic products happiness. Who said doping was a bad thing? It may be necessary to review the concept.

Ata Pouramini is the author of "Back School" and "You are your medicine".

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