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Feeling Anxious or Panicked? Eating This Sweet Treat Could Lessen Your Symptoms Instantly
Ever feel overwhelmed with anxiety and like your heart is beating right out of your chest? You may be having a panic attack. Over one in 10 Americans suffer from at least one panic attack a year, and around 2.7 percent of all Americans — roughly six million people — have panic disorders. While there…
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Chemicals on Nonstick Pans Linked to Weight Gain in New Study
We owe a lot to nonstick pans: easier sautéing, smoother frying, and best of all, less cleanup time after cooking. But do we also owe them that stubborn five pounds around our middle that keeps coming back? A recent study from Harvard researchers found a link between this convenient cookware and weight gain. The February…
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Tame Inflammation, Boost Your Liver, and Prevent Alzheimer’s With This Supplement
Right now, we’re all doing our best to take care of ourselves. As we get older, there are different aspects of our health we need to pay attention to. When it comes to aging, we want to keep our inflammation levels in check, our livers functioning properly, and to protect our brains from age-related damage.…
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3 Simple Ways to Stop Spending and Save More Money
Why can somebody who earns $50K a year save as much as somebody on $100K? Assuming we’re talking about two people of similar age, stage, and circumstance, how is it possible for the lower earner to save more? When I asked behavioral economist and psychologist Phil Slade this question, he said a “fascinating psychological phenomenon…
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What It’s Like to Have a Heart Attack at Age 35
She may have been young, fit, and healthy, but she still had a heart attack at the early age of 35. Margaret Kilby, 51, from Sydney, Australia, shares her story. If someone were to tell you to imagine a heart attack, what would be the first image to spring to mind? There’s a high chance…
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This Sweetener Can Lower Blood Sugar and Improve Insulin Sensitivity
If you have diabetes or are otherwise looking to keep your blood sugar levels under control, choosing the right sweetener can be tricky. There are so many options out there and between the different tastes and proclaimed side effects, it’s often difficult to determine which one to choose. However, a growing body of research suggests…
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3 Ways You Might Be Self-Sabotaging — And How to Prevent It
Continually choosing the wrong romantic partner and then wondering why you’re unlucky in love; eating right and exercising for weeks only to slack off right before you hit your goal weight; not asking for a promotion at work because you think you won’t get it. Sound familiar? These are self-sabotaging behaviors that can often compromise…
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The Simple Morning Habit That Gave Me My Energy Back
We’re often inundated with a ton of information about how we can increase our energy levels during the day. Eat this, drink that, skip this, forego that. But in reality, getting your energy back might be as simple as restructuring your morning routine so that you’re exposed to sunlight first thing when you wake up.…
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4 Ways to Bounce Back From Life’s Letdowns with Grace and Guts
When things don’t turn out the way we’d hoped, it can feel like the rug’s been pulled out from under our feet. Whether it’s getting this close to landing a dream job — only to lose out in the end — or realizing that our forever relationship actually has an expiration date, there’s no doubt…
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How Indoor Walking Helped My Menopause Symptoms
Menopause left Renate Bell, 53, moody and run-down. Then, she found the free at-home solution that has her feeling sunnier and more energetic than ever. How am I going to get all of this done? thought Renate, as she stared at the stack of blueprints on her desk and her mile-long to-do list, feeling anxious…