Your Sweatpants Are Making You Fat
The year 2020 was the worst of times for our waistlines. Pandemic kept us indoors, eating our heads off. Remote work and worship kept us in sweatpants and athleisure. Now we can’t zip our old jeans. But this is fixable. And changing your clothes could help. …
How to Help Your Fearful Dog Before Aggression Happens
Solid research says fearful dogs are more likely to be aggressive. Then that Humane Society ad comes on TV showing scared, shivering dogs that look so sad we ache to give these poor mites a warm home. At our house. Tonight. Now what?
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Overdoing It Could Reverse Your HIIT Gains
Lead balloon, awful good, small crowd, open secret… The list of oxymorons has a new member. Moderate high-intensity interval exercise.
It’s what you should be doing if you are apt to overdo it.
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Doing This 12 Minutes a Day Could Hold Off Alzheimer's
No one has found a drug that can cure Alzheimer’s disease yet, but some researchers have discovered a back-door approach that may reverse memory loss and hold the disease at bay.
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The Verdict: This Is How Many Fruits and Vegetables You Need
Finally we have the real, science-backed answer to the question “how many servings of fruits and vegetables should we eat every day?”
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6 Tiny Habits That Will Make You Feel Better
Take a mental break from your big goals today. These six habits are so easy you can’t fail. They all boost your mental wellbeing and make you feel happier.
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Max Your Memory Power
Memory champion Kim Surin memorized 2,350 cards in one hour. Italian conductor Arturo Toscanini memorized 200 symphonies, note for note, and over 100 operas. C.S. Lewis, the author of the Narnia stories, recalled almost everything in every book he read.
Memory champions work at it, but their techniques aren’t hard. You can use them, too.
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Max Your Memory Power
Memory champion Kim Surin memorized 2,350 cards in one hour. Italian conductor Arturo Toscanini memorized 200 symphonies, note for note, and over 100 operas. C.S. Lewis, the author of the Narnia stories, recalled almost everything in every book he read.
Memory champions work at it, but their techniques aren’t hard. You can use them, too.
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Today’s Supernutrient Heroes According to Science
Remember when everyone was selling vitamin E to cure acne, strengthen weak eyes, fix depression, and reverse hardening of the arteries? But it doesn’t.
Health fads come and go. But some nutrients really do have super powers. That’s not hearsay… they’ve been investigated in human trials. And these have had less publicity than they deserve. You should know about them.
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Slip, Trip, Fall: What You Need to Know At Every Age About America’s Third Most Deadly Health Risk
Almost everything written about the risks of falling focuses on old people and overlooks teens and healthy adults. That bias may be the most harmful public health myth of our times.
That’s because injuries from falls, slips and trips kill more Americans every year than anything except heart disease and cancer. And every age group suffers. In fact, outdoor accidents are far more likely to happen to young, healthy people.
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