MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH

RELEASE 10/10/19

Isaiah Cubit

CONTACT:

Lafene Health Center

(785)-532-6544

Maintaining good mental and physical health is a difficult challenge for students. Luckily, LaFene Health Center here at Kansas State University put together a panel, giving out advice and tips to keep up with good habits. The panel consisted of medical doctors, physical therapists, nurses and a therapist. After a small introduction about how 60% of mental health issues are solved by primary care medicine, and that physical pain most likely is caused by stress of depression. The panel began to answer the submitted question asked by the audience.

The first question was "How am I sure I am getting enough sleep?" one of the medical doctors began saying that the average person should have seven to nine hours a sleep a night. And that the most important part of sleep, REM sleep, happens two hours before waking up. In Rem sleep, Dr. Guest, the medical director at Lafene says, "People that are sleep deprived are moody, mentally and physically exhausted, and have problems with focus and memory."

Another question that was asked was "what is healthy eating?" The same Doctor went on to say that, " There are no such thing as junk food, only junk diets." He goes on to say that protein helps so you don't overeat and that a person should eat until they are 80% full, and then wait 20 minutes. It takes 20 minutes for the stomach to inform that brain that you are full.

The questions continued on on with the audience asking, "How to destress?" Therapist Jessie Lasy answered, "Don't take things to serious" and "Don't watch the news" adding that 30 minutes or more of exercise five days a week helps with depression, "if I do the behavior the emotion follows."

All of the techniques mentioned were here to help busy students cope with their stress. With these tips it can sure make someones day better and for any further information contact Lafene Health center at (785) - 532 - 6544