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18 Signs That Stress May Be Getting to You
KEY POINTS The stress response involves every aspect of one’s being: mind, body, behavior, and emotions. The stress response works best for short-term challenges; longer-term stress will wear a person down. Social withdrawal can be one sign of stress, as dealing with people may feel like “too much.” The results are in from the American …
Why Does Stress Make My Stomach Hurt?
The surprising biological link between the gut and brain. KEY POINTS The brain and the gut are wired together biologically in ways that make people’s stomachs hurt when they’re stressed. Stress can trigger reflux, a knot in the stomach, nausea, bloating, cramping, and the urgent need to go to the bathroom. The best approach to …
4 Science-Backed Reasons to Prioritize Your Sleep
Sleep can improve mood, metabolic health, immunity, and so much more. KEY POINTS Getting good sleep is one of the most powerful things we can do for the health of our brains and bodies. Better sleep may be protective against mood disorders. Good sleep is linked to improved memory and better immune balance. Quality sleep …
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When Is the Best to Weigh Yourself & Why?
When Is the Best Time to Weigh Yourself and Why? To accurately monitor your weight, consistency is key. If you want to be aware of when you’re losing, gaining, or maintaining weight, the best time to weigh yourself is the same time you weighed yourself the last time. Your weight fluctuates over the course of a day. To track …
10 Healthy Sleep Hygiene Habits
Do you ever find yourself staring at the ceiling, wondering if you’ll ever fall asleep? Or maybe you wake up thinking it’s time to get up, but it’s actually 2 a.m. If you’re in need of better sleep, it may be time to consider your sleep hygiene — and how your habits may be preventing …
3 Recipes to Boost Libido ( IHC Weight loss Maintenance only)
Garlic Skillet Steak and Onions Serves 4 – Ingredients 1 pound boneless beef round steak, trimmed of visible fat 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, to taste Olive oil 1 large red onion, thinly sliced 3 cloves garlic, pressed 1/4 cup Leanne’s Easy Balsamic Vinaigrette Dressing (*see recipe below) 4 cups broccoli florets, steamed …
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The Foods We Eat Do Affect Our Mental Health. Here’s the Proof.
If there’s one concept health researchers have come to agree on it’s this: What you eat matters. Although they don’t always agree on what constitutes a healthy diet, medical experts have long understood that while certain foods can help to improve your physical well-being, others have the opposite effect. Now, a new collection of evidence clearly …
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How to Use Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Mental Well-Being
For many, it’s almost become automatic to associate the issue of stress with the solution of mindfulness. The pandemic has also played a role. In April 2020, mental wellness app downloads neared 10 million, a 24.2 percent increase from that January, according to data from Sensor Tower Store Intelligence. But it didn’t start with the pandemic. …
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Why You Can’t Get Enough Sugar
If your sweet tooth always gets the best of you, read on. If you’ve ever wondered why it’s so hard to resist sweets, the answer is easy: you were born with a “sweet tooth.” Humans have an innate preference for sweet foods because our brains need sugar to function properly, our bodies use sugar …
Artificial Sweeteners: Pros and Cons
KEY POINTS Artificial sweeteners have been with us for a long time and have become accepted by many as a valid way to cut calories. Current research tells us that artificial sweeteners are not inert in our bodies and have definite effects on it. The regular consumption of artificial sweeteners may actually lead to weight …