The Mindful Way to Distract You From Your Cravings
You know you’ve had that moment — that sudden desire — to eat something with no rational reason. This is the classic sign of a food craving, but little good [...]
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Exercise Lowers Risk for These 13 Cancer Types
A large new study confirms that exercise lowers the risk of many different types of cancer, and it goes a step further: It shows just how much the reduction in risk is. [...]
Why Your Job Affects How Much You Exercise
When it comes to exercise, for most people the question isn’t whether you should do it, but how much activity you need to improve your health. In the latest study published [...]
9 Kitchen Hacks to Help You Eat Healthier
A well-organized kitchen certainly feels good mentally. But the way you set your kitchen up can do wonders for you physically, too. Yes, that’s right: Dr. Brian Wansink, [...]
6 Reasons Why Intermittent Fasting May Be for You
For a long time, it was thought that fasting or going long periods of time without eating was detrimental to your health and would hinder weight loss goals. The thinking was [...]
Low Salt? Think Again
From a public health perspective, salt shakers have been branded the equivalent of an ash tray, an instrument of ill health. Achtung baby. But a large study published [...]
Dietary Fiber Intake Tied to Successful Aging
Most people know that a diet high in fiber helps to keep us “regular.” Now Australian researchers have uncovered a surprising benefit of this often-undervalued [...]
How Sleep Loss Affects Your Heart
Sleeping for five hours a night alters your heart rate the next day Getting too little sleep has been shown to have bad effects on the heart, and many studies have linked it [...]
What You Need to Know About Alkaline Water
You may have noticed the buzz about alkaline water recently: It’s a staple of the alkaline diet, and promoted by celebs like Miranda Kerr for its supposed health perks. [...]
7 Ways to Increase Your Metabolism
“No matter what I do, I can’t seem to lose weight,” writes this week’s house call, who is also an Eat Fat, Get Thin challenge participant. “I think I’m cursed [...]
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