Food preferences play a significant role in shaping our dietary habits. Highly palatable foods rich in sugars, fats and salts often appeal to people’s tastebuds and provide immediate satisfaction. However, these foods are typically high in calories and low in essential…
Chronic stress can have a significant impact on both your physical and mental health. While it’s not possible to eliminate stress entirely (and you don’t want to). It’s not all bad. There are several strategies that can help you reduce…
Happiness is not an unatainable goal — even if you’re not a good place right now. Science has come a long way in understanding the science of happiness and has a pretty good idea of what helps keep your brain…
We all know what our brain is, right? It’s that three pounds of “convoluted mass of gray and white matter” in our heads “serving to control and coordinate mental and physical actions.” OK. Now, define the mind. Not as easy,…
The more I learn about our breath, the more confused I am as to why breathwork isn’t a more popular health tool. I read somewhere that it might be because there’s no big money in it. Companies and institutes aren’t…
I have practiced hot yoga for about two decades. A class is in a room heated to above 90 degrees with somewhere around 40 to 60 percent humidity. I went to a class today and it got to 100 degress…
I watched the movie Lucy starring Scarlett Johansson and Morgan Freeman. If you’re planning on watching it and don’t want me to spoil it for you, then skip the next paragraph. (In my opinion, you can find plenty of better…