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Fitbits, the local San Francisco company
这是旧金山当地的一家公司
their nice accelerometer
生产的检测仪
If you look at those types of monitors
大家可以看看这类检测仪
they are 3-dimentional accelerometers
是一种三维检测仪
so they are getting the speed of...
测量你的速度...
thank you, there is one
谢谢 那边就有人戴了一个
They are getting the speed of your movement
这个仪器检测你的运动速度
as well as whether you are going uphill or downhill
比如你的上山和下山的速度
So they are very good for daytime activity monitoring
所以非常便于对白天的运动进行测量
much more valid than a pedometer
和步程仪很相似
But pedometer, if you use the pedometer
但步程仪显示的是
it tells you how many steps you are taking
你走了多少步
and you can self-monitor
你也可以自己监测
The question is about designing an intervention
她的问题是能不能设计一些干预手段
using meditation, slowing down your breathing
如冥想 降低呼吸频率
slowing down your heart rate and help with sleep
放缓心跳速度 从而达到帮助睡眠的作用
It didn't come up in our work
我们没有尝试过
We ask women what kinds of physical activity they did
我们询问这些妇女从事了哪些体育活动
A lot of them, as you can imagine in the Bay Area
大家可以想到 在湾区
did yoga as a form of physical activity
很多人都参加了瑜伽运动
They didn't really talk about it too much
她们没有多讲
but there have been a few studies
但有一些关于这方面的研究
One very old study of paced breathing
有一个比较早的研究
that helped menopausal symptoms
发现节奏性呼吸对缓解更年期症状有帮助
Then some are really picking up on yoga breathing
有的实施瑜伽呼吸
to help decrease arousal
是为了降低大脑的兴奋度
Estrogen is an interesting hormone
雌激素是一种有趣的激素
It's Greek for " to make frenzy"
在希腊语中的意思是"让人疯狂"
Do you know that
你们知道吗
So when you go in through menopause
所以当你进入更年期
and estrogen fluctuates
雌激素水平开始波动时
it can be problematic probably
那么副交感神经和交感神经
in terms of parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous system
都可能会出现一些问题
So I would think it has probably some really important link
所以我认为它们之间存在一些重大的联系
Metabolically, you could test it, sure
你可以测试代谢水平
The problem with that is
但问题在于
whatever we try to do during the day to help is gonna help
你白天做的努力的确有帮助
but it doesn't mean it's gonna help
但这并不意味着
once you go to bed or go to sleep
你上床后能够很快的睡着
it's a different part of your brain that's working
因为掌管这两方面的是大脑的不同部位
and you can't really control it
而你对此无法控制
But as much as you can do to relax and downshift
但如果你能够放松 放慢节奏
