Almost every human action or inaction carries some risk, and one needs some perspective and wisdom in order to carry on with a happy life and not be bogged down by foreboding information.
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If there were a drug that could lower your cancer risk by 25 or 33 percent, wouldn’t you be urging your doctor to prescribe it for you?
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Despite gratitude's proven benefits, noticing our blessings isn’t easy. Food can be an excellent cue to remind us to appreciate what we have and to give some thought to the wonder of what made our meal possible.
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It's a frequent question between girlfriends and spouses, and a rather weird one. Weight is, after all, measurable, a fact, and a second opinion shouldn’t be necessary. But a new study shows that people actually just don’t know where they stand.
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Can skipping meals help you cut calories? Does it matter when you eat your meals? If somehow we could arrange the same amount of food so that our bodies registered fewer calories, we could lose weight without sacrifice.
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New studies find that he more sugary drinks people have, the lower their brain volume and the poorer their memory scores. Diet soda fared no better.
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Cutting just soda, a new study shows, leads naturally to other positive dietary changes. Participants, in fact, ate 285 fewer daily calories, and the sugary drinks they skipped accounted for just half of this reduction.
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A new study estimates that Canada wastes 3.3 billion $CAN yearly because its citizens don't eat enough fruit and veggies. Just imagine what that sum would be for the US.
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Millennials are the first cohort to be born into an obesogenic world, they are fatter than their parents at the same age, and are projected to gain 35 pounds in the first 15 years after they finish high school.
Your digestion will rock, you skin will glow, your inner Zen will take over.
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In skin disorders, much like in other fields of medicine, further research shows that what we eat, unsurprisingly, affects our wellbeing.
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October’s the new January and the time for New Year’s resolutions might be right around the corner.
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As the school year starts, giving kids access to good drinking water, and reminding them to take that drink is a really simple way to make sure studying’s a little bit easier and happier.
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You might have been surprised by the announcement that the World Health Organization (WHO) found that coffee isn’t carcinogenic after all.
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For those of us nostalgic for old times, and especially those who claim nutrition science is useless, there was a small lesson to be learnt from the drama-packed finale.
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I’m not sure who started suggesting that moderate amounts of alcohol are good for your health; it’s certainly a long-held – and awfully convenient – belief, based on some observational studies.
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When sleep is disrupted our hormones drive hunger and our cognition is impaired -- leading to less impulse control.
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The good news keeps on coming. After a large study found that coffee can save your life, a new study suggests cocoa can make your skin supple and radiant during that long, happy life.
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