For a better culture of health
Having an optimistic outlook on life—a general expectation that good things will happen—may help people live longer, according to a new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. …
Cheer up. You could live longer! Read MoreWhat’s love got to do with our health and eating patterns? As it turns out—quite a lot. I was recently on a phone interview with a newspaper editor who asked …
What’s Love Got To Do, Got To Do With It? For Your Weight and Health, It Turns Out, Quite a Lot! Read MoreExercise may be an effective treatment for depression and might even help prevent us from becoming depressed in the first place, according to three timely new studies. The studies pool …
How Exercise Might Keep Depression at Bay Read MorePutting on some extra weight over winter or during a super-stressful time may not seem like such a big deal, as long as you slim down again when the weather gets …
Why Yo Yo Dieting Is So Bad For Your Heart Read MoreIt happens to nearly everyone: You hear a bit of a pop song on your way to work and it gets “stuck” in your head all day. Now, British researchers …
Can’t Get That Song Out of Your Head? Here’s Why Read Morevia Amanda MacMillan @ Time Health Want to stay sharp well into old age? Keep an eye on your waistline, suggests a recent study from the University of Arizona. Having …
Weight Weight, I Can’t Remember! How Being Overweight May Affect Memory Read MoreExtra virgin olive oil douses the inflammation that leads to chronic health conditions like heart disease. The polyphenol-rich extra virgin olive oil also limits insulin resistance, inflammation and oxidative stress, …
The Benefits of Olive Oil and How To Get Them Read MoreExercise may aid in weight control and help to fend off diabetes by improving the ability of fat cells to burn calories, a new study reports. It may do this …
How Exercise Can Increase Metabolism By Turning White Fat Into Brown Read MoreIf super foods were in a band, the Lennon-McCartney award that I just made up for absolute nutritional rock stars would go to cocoa and olive oil. This study of …
The Rock Star Duet of Super Foods Read MoreLike magic, the Mediterranean Diet seems to cure all ills — diabetes, heart disease, obesity, crappy food choices. But it can’t cure all of them. You still need to move and …
The Magic Mediterranean diet is not a panacea. It never was. Read MoreFDA investigating high lead levels in supplements. Here’s a quote; “I’m so surprised that there are high lead levels in dietary supplements taken for better health,” said no one ever. How …
Taking Supplements Is Like Charlie Brown Trying To Kick The Football … Again. Read MoreIt’s weird. I started as a neuroscientist, recording brain cells from awake behaving primates to understand how the brain both controls movement and learns new movement behaviors — acquisition and …
When Brands Collide. My Story. Read More