INPUT ARTICLE: Article: There are some foods that may upset your stomach that seem perfectly harmless for other people. Pay attention to what your stomach is telling you after you eat, and if you don't feel well, try omitting those foods that trigger you. Unless you see an allergist or have a specific list of foods to avoid from your physician, this is largely a trial-and-error effort and will take some time to figure out. Gas is a natural byproduct of any food that you don't digest. Also, some foods naturally cause gas when they are being digested. In either case, limiting gas-causing foods may relax and calm your stomach. You might be lactose intolerant, which is much different than being allergic to milk. Lactose intolerance is pretty common and is the culprit behind many upset stomachs. It often develops as people get older, and it is more prominent in certain cultures than others. Some vegetables, such as cauliflower, onions, cucumbers, corn, and broccoli can cause a gassy stomach. Other people find that starchy foods, like potatoes or pasta, upset their stomachs. Eating smaller portions is not only great for managing your weight but is quite helpful in preventing stomach upset. It's quite simple: the larger your portions, the more your stomach expands, the more it has to work to digest food, and the more gas you'll produce from undigested foods. Eat smaller portions five or six times per day to help prevent an uncomfortable stomach. Your stomach makes up a significant portion of the core of your body and is responsible for your abilities to sit upright and turn at the waist. Excess weight makes this more challenging for your abdominal muscle groups and can lead to stomach unrest. Also, most of your internal organs are housed in your core, and excess weight can cause your organs to get pushed or moved, causing stomach discomfort. Yoga has a host of benefits, including flexibility, increased blood flow, and a sense of emotional and cognitive calm. Additionally, yoga can help relax your stomach, whether it is upset from IBS or anxiety. Sign up for a local class or pick up an instructional DVD to begin your yoga journey. Your local pharmacy, grocery store, or big box store has a staggering amount of over-the-counter treatments for common, non-serious stomach discomforts. Whether your stomach is upset from constipation, or IBS, or reflux, you can find a treatment for your symptoms. Antacids, such as Pepcid or Tums, neutralize the acid in your stomach, helping soothe reflux symptoms and unrest. If you haven't had regular bowel movements, your stomach may be upset. Try a stool softener. On the other hand, if you have diarrhea, and you don't want to let it run its course, try an anti-diarrhea medicine, such as Kaopectate or Immodium.

SUMMARY: Don't eat trigger foods. Avoid foods that cause gas. Eat smaller portions more frequently. Manage your weight. Take a yoga class. Take an over-the-counter medicine.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: If your workers do not start out as happy and chipper people, they might have difficulty developing a sense of positive morale later on. Use job interviews as opportunities to screen out people who seem morose, blue, or otherwise lacking in positivity. Look instead for people who have not only a strong work ethic and an employment history that reflects commitment to their work, but also an upbeat, can-do attitude. If workers do not have the support they need and feel overburdened, your workplace morale will plummet. Be sure to ask workers regularly how they're doing, and inquire if they need more help. Hire additional staff if necessary. If your company or workplace does things in the same way for too long, you can all become bored and lose morale at work. To boost morale, find new and better ways to empower workers to accomplish what they need to. For instance, instead of one person always running meetings, you could designate a different meeting leader or a meeting co-chair to organize the meeting agenda. Discourage workers from sitting at their desk through the lunch hour with their sandwiches or carryout containers. Staying inside at the same location all day can reduce creativity and morale. Suggest or insist that employees eat in the break room or take a walk before returning to work. If you are a worker whose boss allows you to take a real lunch break, you should do so to improve workplace morale. If your business goes through a bad time and you need to fire some workers, do it all at once. If you proceed with staff cuts over the course of several months, your workers will become stressed and depressed wondering whether they will get the axe next. Workers can better weather a single big shock than a series of financial and staff cutbacks over a longer period.

SUMMARY: Hire the right people. Hire enough people. Change things up. Encourage workers to take a real lunch break. Implement austerity measures immediately and all at once.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: One of coffee's positive attributes is its ability to suppress your appetite. Try drinking some coffee if you find yourself craving food or going for seconds at meals. This may reduce your cravings until a meal or to get you through a long meal. Consider having decaf or half-caff if you don't want to drink a full cup of coffee or its close to your bedtime. You should avoid caffeine within four to six hours of your bedtime, if possible. Drinking coffee too close to your bedtime can interrupt your sleep and promote weight gain. Although coffee can act as a diuretic, it won't cause dehydration. Drinking coffee and water together throughout the day may help you stay fuller longer and avoid the temptation of eating. In addition, it can prevent you from drinking too much coffee and disrupting your sleep. Aim to get 3 liters of water a day if you are a man and 2.2 if you are a woman. Water is important to hydrate you, but hunger may also signal thirst instead of a need for food. Coffee may stimulate thermogenesis, which is a way the body makes heat and energy from digesting food. It can result in the loss of some extra calories. By sipping coffee in conjunction with a workout, you may help your body burn more calories and fat. Drink about 200 mg of caffeine from coffee for optimal results with a workout. This would be the equivalent of a medium Americano or small regular brewed coffee from a place like Starbucks.

SUMMARY:
Reduce cravings with a cup of coffee. Augment coffee with water. Sip coffee before a workout.