The last time you had a stomach bug, you probably didn’t feel much like eating. This loss of appetite is part of your body’s normal response to an illness but is [...]
High blood pressure affects about one in three adults for all kinds of reasons, from genetics to stress. While medications can help keep it in check, there are also ways to [...]
Calorie restriction diets have long been thought of as a “fountain of youth” of sorts. Researchers have claimed these diets can help slow the aging process in certain [...]
1. Shock the System First Step: Exercise the circulatory system and activate brown fat. To do it, go stand in snow barefoot. Or turn the shower cold and stand under the [...]
There’s a reason most New Year’s resolutions are doomed to failure: Adopting an all-or-nothing attitude just isn’t sustainable. Sure, swearing off sugar for [...]
More than two centuries ago Thomas Malthus predicted that food production growth would fail to keep up with population growth and that the world would suffer from mass [...]
They say actions speak louder than words. But if you listen closely to the words of healthy people, you’ll see that the things they say might actually be a little different [...]
If you’re making resolutions for a healthier new year, consider a gut makeover. Refashioning the community of bacteria and other microbes living in your intestinal tract, [...]
If you’ve pledged to get healthier and develop healthy eating habits in the new year, you’re not alone. While New Year’s resolutions come in every form, many of us [...]
Mothers smoking in pregnancy, children skipping breakfast and not having a regular bedtime or sufficient sleep all appear to be important factors in predicting whether a [...]