Making a run to the local coffee shop to secure your caffeine fix (and maybe picking up a little snack on the side while there…) is something many of us do every day at least once, but just a single visit could see you hit a number of your daily dietary limits all at once, … Read more
We all have our vices. But in a world filled with Pinterest boards and foodie blogs, we can all attest to the fact that our love for food binds us together. But here’s the thing: too much of it can be bad for you — and psychologists have found that there are four types of … Read more
A relatively healthy but complex community is living together peacefully, until an unruly mob of hooligans begins unsettling the community’s residents and disturbing the peace every weekend. This scenario could be playing out in the human gut every time you go on a junk food binge. Yo-yoing between eating well during the week and bingeing on … Read more
What if you could live forever? That’s not quite possible now but a new breakthrough could have you living up to 120 years. According to NZ Herald News, a drug used to treat diabetes is the key to slowing down the aging process. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved trials to see if the … Read more
Media coverage of dietary fat has been confusing and contradictory over the years, as seen over the years on Time magazine covers. Back in the 1960s, the magazine suggested that everyone should lower their total fat intake, which turned out to be bad advice. (Many of the replacements for fat — mainly refined carbohydrates — were … Read more
With the mainstream attitude toward weed continuing to shift to a very positive (and quite lucrative) place, an apparent windfall of medical studies have unleashed their findings on the general public in the name of science. We already knew that weed may help heal broken bones, improve your parenting skills, and even bring you closer to one or … Read more
Those angry Baby Boomers who say our generation is rotting behind those teeny screens might actually have a point. Common Sense Media just released a comprehensive study called The Common Sense Census: Media Use by Tweens and Teens, which examined how young Americans use media today. According to their research, U.S. teens ages 13 to … Read more
Now that it’s finally warm enough to be outside (even up North), you should definitely take your workout outside with you. Fitness in a natural, outdoor environment is one of the foundational backbones of the “Indigenizing fitness” movement. Heading from the gym to the ground will benefit you in more ways than meet the eye. Here’s why: … Read more
Instagram models and Snapchat gurus might want to proceed with caution. According to researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, frequent social media users probably aren’t sleeping too well. The study, which was published digitally and will appear in the April issue of the academic journal Preventative Medicine, featured a subject pool of … Read more
Not all diets are created equal, and no one knows that more than US News & World Report, which, on Tuesday, released a ranking of the best diets for 2016. Some of the diets are designed to help you lose weight, while others focus on lowering blood pressure, improving heart health, and even bettering your chances of conceiving. But … Read more