A fragrance you love can help manage cravings, according Alan Hirsch, MD, founder of the Smell & Taste Treatment and Research Foundation in Chicago. In one study, Hirsch gave overweight people banana, green apple, and peppermint to sniff when they felt a craving; they lost more weight than “non-sniffers”.
1- To Calm Down: Sniff: Orange or Lavender
2- To Learn Something New Sniff: Rosemary
3- To Fight Pain : Sniff: Lavender or Peppermint
4- To Feel Younger : Sniff: Pink Grapefruit
We have millions of smell receptors in our noses. When they detect a scent, they shoot the information to the olfactory bulba pea-size cluster in the brain, which sorts the signals and relays them to the limbic system. This primitive part of the brain governs many memories and emotions; some of our most basic behaviors feeding, fighting, or fleeing. Because of their close proximity, the neurological controls for these behaviors often become entangled.
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