It’s easy to claim the titles of mother/father or mum/dad, they’re a biological thing or even a role demarcation. You are, or you are not, a mum or dad. Being a parent, on the other hand, is a different kettle of fish. You can be a mother or father without ever actually being a parent….
Freeing Your Mind to Improve Your Actions
For millennia, people have understood that they can cultivate themselves. At the most basic level, people can cultivate their physique through exercise, or their knowledge and skillsets through education. At a deeper level, people can cultivate their mind and character in ways that make them stronger in a more profound and essential way. In modern…
We Need a New Paradigm for Final Wishes
For decades, Americans have been urged to fill out documents specifying their end-of-life wishes before becoming terminally ill—living wills, do-not-resuscitate orders, and other written materials expressing treatment preferences. Now, a group of prominent experts is saying those efforts should stop because they haven’t improved end-of-life care. “Decades of research demonstrate advance care planning doesn’t work….
Why Kids Shouldn’t Eat Added Sugar Before They Turn 2
I remember a decade ago sitting in front of my 9-month-old daughter, who was in her high chair, and trying to spoon-feed her a pureed green vegetable. It didn’t matter if it was peas, green beans, or something else, because the outcome was the same: I spooned it into her mouth, and it came right…
Research Links Frailty to Dementia Risk
A new study published in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry suggests that seniors with frailty who adhere to a healthy lifestyle could reduce their risk for dementia. Researchers are seeing increasing evidence that taking steps toward healthier actions can significantly affect cognitive health. Researchers analyzed data from more than 196,000 adults older than…
Research Suggests Sucralose Won’t Help You Lose Weight
Does the nonnutritive, no-calorie sweetener sucralose really help you lose weight? Many people use low- or no-calorie sweeteners because they want to avoid the calories that natural sugar, aka sucrose, provides. How does sucralose compare with sucrose? Scientists have explored these and other questions in numerous studies, the most recent of which appeared in the…
Is Stress Making You Withdraw from People?
Having close relationships is important to our well-being, helping us to be healthier and more resilient. According to the research, even superficial encounters with people in our everyday lives can make us happier and bring a sense of belonging within a community. If that’s the case, then why would we avoid social contact? A new…
How Long Is the Ideal Nap?
Researchers followed 3462 people, ages 35 to 75, for 5.3 years and found that those who nap once or twice a week had a much lower risk of heart disease, while those who napped more frequently than twice a week had the same risk for heart disease as those who did not nap. They explained…
12 Intervention Trials Show Vitamin C Works for COVID-19
Most people know that vitamin C supports the immune system. This finding is backed up by several studies and yet hospitals rarely use it to treat COVID-19. Indeed, a review of 12 studies, including five “gold standard” randomized controlled trials, shows that this simple vitamin saves lives when given in the right dose. The review, which was…
These Five Substances Protect Your Liver
In a world rife with toxic exposures, you must protect your liver as if your life depends on it — because it does. Here are five substances that can help keep your hardest working organ humming Your liver is one of the hardest working organs in your body, regulating an array of biological processes that…
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