Find out how important it is to maintain adequate levels of magnesium in the body. Support levels and resistance levels

Progesterone provides support for the second phase of the menstrual cycle. With its deficiency, various menstrual irregularities occur, and, as a result, ovulatory and anovulatory uterine bleeding. That is why, without the normal production of progesterone, pregnancy is almost impossible.

If pregnancy does occur, then a low progesterone content can have irreversible consequences: from miscarriages to underdevelopment of the embryo. You can get pregnant with low progesterone with the help of medications that contain this hormone and increase it in the blood. A completely different question is whether a woman can bear and give birth to a healthy child?

What to do if there is not enough progesterone in a woman's blood?

When the function of the corpus luteum is impaired, natural or synthetic progesterone must be administered every other day or daily for several weeks until conception occurs. Then the drug is administered up to 4 months of pregnancy, in case of miscarriage - up to 36 weeks of pregnancy. The treatment regimen, the specific drug and its dosage are prescribed by the doctor, who relies on the results of the hormone test. In no case should you independently carry out treatment, or arbitrarily change the dosage of prescribed medications!

The level of progesterone in the blood is increased by medication, one drug or their complex. Usually these are capsules applied intravaginally or orally. In the first case - 100-200 mg every 12 hours, in the second - 200-400 mg at intervals of 6-8 hours (three times a day), for 12 weeks inclusive.

Duphaston (dydrogesterone) is prescribed in an amount of 10 mg with an interval of 8 hours, the course of treatment is individual, usually the drug is taken up to 14-20 weeks of gestation. An injectable 1% solution of injest should be administered every day or every other day, 0.5 or 2.5 ml, and a solution of progesterone (oily) - 10-25 mg, until the threat of miscarriage disappears.

How to maintain adequate progesterone levels?

When the progesterone content is lowered, but not so critical as to take medication, the hormone level can be increased by taking herbal tinctures or decoctions, after warning the doctor about such a desire. If the doctor recognizes such treatment as safe and useful, it will be possible to use such methods.

There is also a special preventive diet that increases the level of progesterone in the blood. It involves eating dairy, soy, legumes, and meat products, as well as nuts, cheeses, and eggs.

The main thing is not to worry about the results of the analysis for hormones, but to consult a doctor and strictly follow all his recommendations. Then the probability of conception will increase significantly, and the pregnancy will proceed favorably and end with the birth of a healthy baby.

The problem of increased appetite at the end of the monthly cycle is familiar to almost every woman. How to warn overeating during menstruation and just before the critical days? Let's look at what methods of appetite control exist during this period.

Change your diet.

It has long been proven that it is much more useful to eat more often, but in small portions, than less often, but in large ones. In this case, this recommendation is very useful. Try splitting 3 standard meals in half and you will see your body thank you, which will be expressed not only in improved health, but also in appearance. After all, in this way you will be able to prevent bouts of hunger, as well as help the body process fats.

Reduce your intake of fat.

As you know, eating fat in large quantities leads to a slowdown in the digestive process. Therefore, you can muffle the feeling of hunger and at the same time maintain an optimal level of serotonin with the help of carbohydrates. For example, a chocolate brownie can be replaced with a cracker and a little dark chocolate, such a snack will also save you the thrill of hunger, but it has much less fat than rich sweets.

Eat healthy carbohydrates.

In order not to absorb extra calories, you need to eat foods with a minimum content of fats and proteins, and to maintain sufficient levels of serotonin in your diet, you must have the right carbohydrates. They are found in low-fat cookies, granola bars, diet crackers - these products are low in calories and, at the same time, will saturate the body with a sufficient amount of complex carbohydrates.

Eat enough polyunsaturated fatty acids.

Omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids are indispensable in our body, because they are actively involved in metabolic processes. It is thanks to them that a sufficient level of sugar in the blood is maintained, which, accordingly, reduces the risk of bouts of hunger. Therefore, the diet must contain products that include essential fatty acids, these are oils from wheat germ, flax seed, sunflower, various types of nuts, fatty and semi-fat fish. The only caveat is that you need to choose low-calorie foods.

Maintain adequate levels of tryptophan.

Basically, hunger attacks are caused by low levels of serotonin, which, in turn, is a derivative of tryptophan (5-hydroxytryptophan - 5-HTP). This amino acid is present mainly in meat and dairy products, which do not prevent overeating. Therefore, it is better to use special supplements, they will help maintain tryptophan at the right level for the body. For example, look at SmartSlim with 5-HTP. The drug should be taken 20-30 minutes before meals (lunch, dinner) 1-2 times a day. Before use, dissolve the contents of 1 sachet in a glass of drinking water at room temperature.

Use the minimum amount of salt.

During PMS, the consumption of salt and salty foods is best limited in general. If this is problematic for you, try to get at least some benefit from it, for example, use salt enriched with minerals.

Do not allow a lack of magnesium in the body.

It is the deficiency of this trace element that leads to bouts of gluttony, and often the fact that we want chocolate means nothing more than a decrease in the level of magnesium in the body. You can compensate for its deficiency with the help of special additives, or by eating foods such as dark chocolate, brown rice, buckwheat, nuts, legumes.

Include spirulina in your diet.

This is a useful nutritional supplement that will help fight binge eating during PMS. It contains calcium, chromium, potassium, iron, magnesium and other trace elements. Spirulina will provide the body with essential vitamins and minerals without overloading it with extra calories.

Refrain from drinking alcohol.

The negative effect of alcohol on metabolism is well known. In addition, alcohol leads to the destruction of vitamin B, which is responsible for maintaining mental and emotional health, which is especially important during PMS. Also, alcohol interferes with the absorption of carbohydrates, which causes bouts of hunger.

Don't forget about physical activity.

We are talking about maintaining the level of the same hormone serotonin, it is its excess that leads to a feeling of hunger. And regular exercise contributes to the production of endorphins, which contribute to the synthesis of serotonin.

Maintain the body's water balance.

Drinking enough water not only promotes proper metabolism in the body, drinking a glass of water also reduces the feeling of hunger. In addition, by drinking the optimal amount of water per day, you can avoid such unpleasant manifestations as edema.

In trading practice, the following situation quite often occurs: the price, having reached a certain level, rolls back, then again tries to overcome this level or even reverses. This may be due to the accumulation of a large number of stop orders or pending orders at a given level, or be purely psychological in nature. Be that as it may, such levels take place and they are called support levels and resistance levels.

Introduction

The support level differs from the resistance level in that it is located below the price, as if supporting it and preventing it from falling below its value (see Fig. 1). And the resistance level, respectively, is located above the price and does not allow it to grow above its value (see Fig. 2).

Fig.1. Support level
Fig.2. Resistance level

Support and resistance levels are stronger the higher they are. Also, the support level after it is broken often turns into a resistance level. Conversely, a broken resistance level often becomes a new support level.

For example, in Figure 2, the price every time "bounces" from the value of 1.3000. This can be caused, for example, by the fact that many large traders and investors fix their profits at this mark. Those. their long positions at the 1.3000 level are set to take profit orders and when the price reaches it, these positions are closed by short selling, thereby moving the price of the USD / CAD currency pair down.

How is a level different from a line?

The essence of the lines and levels of support and resistance is the same. Both of them play the role of a border, beyond which it is very difficult for the price to break through. Levels are usually called horizontal lines on a price chart corresponding to a certain price value, and support and resistance lines pass at a certain angle, thus being a kind of linear function of price versus time.

We can say that levels are a special case of support and resistance lines with a price equal to a constant.

Support and resistance lines are constantly found on price charts when identifying a trend or various figures of technical analysis. Take a look at the picture below:

Resistance and Support in Technical Analysis Patterns

Absolutely all figures of technical analysis are based on support and resistance lines. Any figure (whether it is a reversal pattern or a trend continuation figure) implies breaking through one or another level (line) as a signal of its completion. I would even say that the figure of technical analysis is nothing more than a special case of applying support/resistance lines. Take a look for yourself:

The figure shows just a few examples, but if you wish, you can, after reading the description and trading strategy for any of the patterns, find out that it is based on the same good old support and resistance lines.

Mutual transformations of levels

In 90% of cases, the so-called mutual transformation of levels occurs - when support turns into resistance and vice versa, when resistance becomes support. This is especially true for strong levels that the price tested for a long time and rolled back from them many times before finally breaking through them.

How resistance becomes support

Having broken through the resistance level, the price, in the future, may roll back to it, but (if the breakdown was true) then again returns to growth. Thus, the level that used to be resistance becomes support.

The following main factors contribute to this metamorphosis:

Traders who did not have time to enter the growing market at the most favorable price (immediately after breaking through the level), begin to catch up and open long positions on the price rollback;
Those of the traders who entered short positions even when the level in question was resistance tend to close at breakeven, which, in turn, pushes the price up (after all, we remember that closing a short position is nothing more than opening long position of the same volume).

How support turns into resistance

A similar situation occurs when a support level becomes a new resistance level. This is facilitated by the following behavior of the players:

Those traders who did not have time to open short positions at the moment of the breakdown of the support level, open them on a rollback. Many traders who have already entered selling at a lower price are now averaging out adding short positions at a better rate;
Traders who previously opened long positions (when the level in question was still support) tend to close them at breakeven.

False breakdown of the level

This situation is sometimes referred to as "traders' remorse". Its essence is that the price first breaks through the price level, and then, not finding sufficient support from market players, it comes back.

When a resistance level is broken, traders wonder if the new price corresponds to the true value of the traded financial instrument? And when most of them come to the conclusion that the price is clearly too high, massive sales begin, and the price, accordingly, moves down, back to the level that was broken just now. This scenario is called a “bull trap”, because after breaking through the resistance level, many traders entered long positions, and after the price returned back, almost all of them suffered losses, closing in the footsteps.

A similar situation may arise after the breakdown of the support level. In this case, traders think about whether the price is too low? When most players come to the conclusion that the price is really quite low, and therefore a very attractive buying opportunity, the price starts to rise, moving back beyond the support level. This scenario is called a “bear trap”, for the reason that the bears, who opened short positions after breaking through the level, then (after the price returned back) suffered losses.

The surest way to make sure that the breakdown was not a false one is to wait until the level reverses (i.e. until support turns into resistance or, conversely, resistance into support). To do this, after the breakdown of the level, you should wait until the price rolls back to it, and then reflects from it (thus confirming the truth of the breakdown). But it should be borne in mind that in the event of a breakdown of strong levels, it is not uncommon for the price to rush in the direction of the breakdown without even thinking of rolling back. Thus, it is possible to miss quite powerful price movements, potentially capable of generating huge profits.

How to draw resistance and support lines correctly

The support line is built on two successive lows, the third low serves as a confirmation of the constructed line. The resistance line is built on two highs, and the third high is considered to be its confirmation. Many sources indicate that the support line should have a positive angle of slope (i.e., it should be directed upwards), and the resistance line should be directed downwards. I think this is not entirely correct.

These lines can be tilted as you like to the time axis (they can look both up and down). Take, for example, the neck line on the classic Head and Shoulders pattern, it often has a negative slope, although in essence it is a support line.

Another thing is if we are talking about trend lines. In this case, indeed, the angle of inclination matters. So the uptrend line is nothing more than a support line directed upwards (with a positive angle of inclination). Well, the downtrend line is, respectively, the resistance line directed downwards (with a negative angle of inclination).

The trend line is another special case of support/resistance lines. For an uptrend, it is built on the lows and directed upwards, for a downtrend, on the highs and directed downwards.

All lines constructed in this way can be classified according to the degree of importance (or strength) as follows:

The larger the time interval (timeframe) of the chart on which the line is drawn, the stronger it is considered. So the support line built on the daily chart should be taken into account when analyzing lower timeframes.
The longer the line and the more touches by its price, the more likely it is to be broken. Here it is important to catch a certain golden mean, the third point of contact confirms the line, speaking about its truth and reliability, but further, with an increase in the number of touches, the reliability of the line gradually decreases.

Areas of support and resistance

I must say that the level, in itself, is a rather subjective concept. Everyone looks at the chart in their own way, and therefore the levels built by different traders may differ slightly from each other. Therefore, support/resistance lines and levels are often more correctly viewed as areas.

For example, one group of traders builds the resistance level based on the highs of the candles, the second - on the opening prices, and the third - on the lows of the candles. In this case, it would be more correct to speak not about a specific resistance level, but about a resistance area limited by the minimum and maximum values of the price candles included in it.

Basic principles of trading by levels

The main thing for a trader is, of course, how you can use this property of the price (form lines and levels) to make a profit. There is a whole direction of trading on support and resistance levels.

Based on the properties of levels discussed above, there are two main methods for their practical use:

Trading on the rebound from the level
Level Breakout Trading

Obviously, the first of these methods is based on the assumption that the level is strong enough and that the price will not be able to overcome it. The second method, on the contrary, is based on the assumption that sooner or later the price will break through the level, and this breakout will be accompanied by a fairly strong price movement.

Often, traders build their strategies based on two of the above assumptions at once. This is quite possible when using pending orders.

A pending order is an order to a broker to open one or another position (long or short) when the price reaches a certain predetermined value (level).

Take a look at the picture below:

As you can see, the price approached a fairly strong support level. At the same time, we place two pending orders at once, one for buying (in the expectation that the price will reflect upwards from the level), the other for selling (in the expectation that the price will break through the level and go down).

At the same time, we place Stop Loss orders at the same levels as pending orders. Only Stop Loss for buying (Buy), we set at the level of a pending order to sell (Sell Stop), and Stop Loss for selling (Sell), we set at the level of a pending order to buy (Buy Stop).

Profit levels (Take Profit) are set at a distance from the corresponding pending orders, not less than 2…3SL.

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minimum level of risk.
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real estate when the market situation deteriorates): Synonymous with the term vulture funds
("predatory funds"), fund switching ("switching" funds): Synonym
term conversion (2) (conversion, conversion).
tangibles (fungible): Bearer securities, shares or
goods that are equivalent to each other, interchangeable and
tradeable, e.g. soybeans, wheat, common stock
single issuer and dollar bills.
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funny money ("strange money"): Convertible preferred shares,
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company's reported earnings per share, farthest month (most
remote month): In commodities or options trading, the month that
farthest from the month of the conclusion of the contract, future exchange contract
(futures currency contract): A contract to buy or sell a currency, in
according to which the delivery date is delayed and the exchange rate is fixed
at the time of the conclusion of the contract.
futures (futures): (1) In a general sense, a currency bought or sold
at a rate that is quoted at a specific date in the future. (2) When
investment, contracts for the sale and delivery of goods in a certain
time in the future, concluded on the grounds that the goods cannot be
delivered immediately. See gray market ("gray" market); hedging
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G.). futures call (futures contract "on demand"): Sale of goods,
under which the delivery can be made at the request of the seller in
any business day of the delivery month, futures commission broker (futures
commission broker): A firm or person who accepts and
execution of orders to buy or sell goods with a delayed
delivery in accordance with the rules of a specific derivatives market. These
brokers in connection with the receipt of such orders also accept money,
price-
securities or real estate (or issue a loan secured by these assets) with
so that you can trade on "margin". According to the Commodity Law
exchanges in cases where such brokers trade "covered"
goods, they must obtain a license, futures commission merchant
(intermediary in futures exchange operations): See futures commission broker
(futures commission broker).
futures contract: The right to buy or sell a commodity at
a fixed price with delivery at a specified time in the future. Price
fixed at the conclusion of the contract in the course of trading on the derivatives exchange.
futures exchange (terms exchange): An organization created to conduct
trades in commodity futures, futures market (terms market): Any
commodity exchange where futures are traded, futures spread
(futures spread): Simultaneous buying and selling of contracts for one and
the same or different products. When it comes to one product,
contracts must have different delivery months. Futures Spread Target
consists in making a profit due to the difference in the prices of two futures
contracts that have some direct economic relationship.
The trader buys one contract and sells another, but with a closer
delivery time, i.e. sells without having the goods in hand, in the hope that
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securities, the occasional buying and selling of securities without careful
studying their prospects, gap (gap): Movement in the price of a security or
of a good for which their price range of the previous day is not
overlaps their current day price range, resulting in
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stock exchange in which are "post 30" trading "inactive"
securities and 18 more "posts", gather in the stops (collection of "stop" -
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orders). See snowballing ("snowball").
GB: See bond, guaranteed.
GD: (1) See good delivery.
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Great Britain, the ratio between the company's equity and
capital represented by debt securities with a fixed interest.
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general account (GA) (general account): The term of the Board of Governors of the Federal

Strength training is a complex of sports exercises, the purpose of which is to strengthen the musculoskeletal system.

How is cardio different from strength training?

Unlike cardio (or aerobic exercise), which is primarily focused on strengthening the cardiovascular system, strength (or anaerobic) training increases muscle mass. The fact is that any movement that you perform, whether you are walking, climbing stairs, driving a car, or just standing, involves certain muscle groups. Muscles have the ability to contract and relax, while they produce energy. Muscles are metabolically active structures, meaning the more muscle mass you have, the higher your metabolic rate (the amount of energy you need) at rest and when you move.

What are the benefits of strength training and how will it affect you?

With regular and properly selected strength training:

Increases the size and strength of muscle fibers;

The skeletal system, ligaments and tendons are strengthened;

Reduces the risk of diseases of the joints and muscles;

The level of metabolism increases.

All this has a positive effect on overall physical fitness, appearance and activity level.

Why is strength training so important?

It has been proven that over time without sufficient and regular strength training, muscle strength and size decrease. If a person does not maintain a sufficient level of activity, then after 20–25 years, on average, he loses 200–250 g of muscle mass in one year, and after 50–60 years, losses double. Along with a reduction in muscle mass, bone density also decreases, metabolism decreases, which can adversely affect a person’s health.

By developing the habit of doing strength exercises, you can maintain an optimal level of muscle mass throughout your life. This healthy habit will not only help you stay in an attractive physical shape, but also reduce the risk of accumulating fat mass, with an excess of which ailments such as atherosclerosis, metabolic syndrome, diabetes, etc. are correlated.

It is worth paying attention to the fact that excessive enthusiasm for strength exercises can bring not only benefits, but also harm, especially if the training program is drawn up without taking into account the individual characteristics of the trainee. Strength exercises involve work using both your own body weight and additional weight (dumbbells, barbells, kettlebells, etc.), so this type of exercise puts additional stress on bones, joints, ligaments, and large vessels.

Before going to the gym, you should consult a specialist, especially if you have diseases of the musculoskeletal system, have previously had any injuries, have diseases of the cardiovascular system, or have ever sought help from a neurologist or psychiatrist. Newcomers should also undergo a minimum medical examination.

To draw up an individual training schedule, you should involve a competent trainer who can assess your level of physical fitness and teach you how to perform the exercises correctly. When working with weight, it is very important that someone be sure to insure you.

What types of power loads can be used?

Gymnastics, in which the weight of your own body is used to train muscles. This type of strength training is great for beginners, as it perfectly trains the main muscle groups and is quite enough to maintain optimal muscle strength. Examples of such exercises can be: various push-ups and pull-ups on the bar, squats and lunges, pumping the press, etc. This type of activity is ineffective for deep muscle training, but ordinary gymnastics will be quite enough to maintain overall tone and a flat stomach.

Work with a fixed weight.
This training technique allows you to strengthen all major muscle groups and involves the use of a fixed light weight throughout the entire cycle of the exercise. For example, if you are doing an exercise with 2-3 kg dumbbells to work out the triceps (flexion of the arm at the elbow joint), then the weight of 2-3 kg remains constant throughout the duration of the training cycle. To perform the exercises, a small weight load is used. It can be dumbbells, expanders and some types of simulators.

Variable load allows you to work out the muscles deeply and contributes to a faster increase in muscle mass. With this training method, the load changes directly during the exercise. Some types of machines use different angles and gravity to create different forces when lifting and lowering the weight.

What are the basic principles of successful strength training?

For effective muscle training, the load must be increased methodically, forcing the muscles to work harder and harder. The main task is to prevent the muscles from adapting to a constant weight.

With strength training, attention should be paid to all major muscle groups. This is necessary for a uniform increase and development of the muscular frame.

Periodicity.
For most people, there is no need to do strength training every day. The optimal frequency is 2-3 times a week. Another option is to work on different muscle groups on different days. It is desirable that strength training alternate with cardio loads. However, it should be remembered that by arranging too long breaks between workouts, you risk not only slowing down the rate of muscle gain, but also losing the achieved result: the muscles will begin to weaken after 7-10 days.

How to choose the right weight?

Determining the initial weight level is a rather complicated issue. If you have just begun to change your life with the help of strength training, then be prepared for the fact that it will take some time to select the initial weight and intensity of work. The general principle is to focus on the feeling of fatigue. At the same time, performing the last repetition, you should feel that the muscles are tired and loaded to such an extent that another repetition can no longer be done.

The number of repetitions directly depends on what weight or load you are working with. For example, if you are doing an exercise to strengthen the triceps, then, while unbending your arms raised above your head, in the elbow joint with dumbbells weighing 2-3 kg 10-15 times, you should not stop at exactly 10-15 repetitions, you need to continue the exercise until you will feel complete muscle fatigue and will not be able to do another repetition. The next time you perform this exercise, simply increase the weight of the dumbbells until you feel maximum fatigue already at the 8-10th repetition.

How many reps do you need to do?

There are two approaches that depend on what you want to achieve: develop strength or increase endurance and tone. If you are aiming to develop strength, then you should do fewer reps (8-10) with more weight. If you need to increase endurance and tone, then it will be better to perform more repetitions, but with less weight.