Category: Healthy Lifestyle
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Better Sleep Can Protect Against Dementia
Dementia is a progressive loss of cognitive abilities, such as memory, that is significant enough to have an impact on a person’s daily activities. It can be caused by a number of different diseases, including Alzheimer’s, which is the most common form. Dementia is caused by a loss of neurons over a long period of…
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Binge Eating, Anorexia and Bulimia
Today we are going to talk about eating disorders and you might think, “‘But I have nothing to do with it, I don’t suffer from that”. If you do not have this problem, take the opportunity to learn about it and help someone who does. Not much is being said about eating disorders. Learn more…
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10 Tips for Sleeping Well Without Medicine
Do you sleep well? Do you wake up rested? Do you have insomnia? Is sleep really important for our mental health? Let’s think for a moment about some important issues in relation to sleep.
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Water Helps to Relief Anxiety
Anxiety related disorders are very common all around the world and are on the rise. Could it be that something simple like drinking water can contribute in anxiety control? Read this article to find out the facts about this issue!
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Healthy Weight Helps
Cindy managed to quit smoking but then gained 80 pounds. She knew she needed some change. Learn in this article wholesome strategies to regain a healthy weight.
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Changing Bad Habits — for Good!
Habits — we all have them. American author Elbert Hubbard said: “Habit is the great economizer of energy.” He was exactly right. Habits are our friends — when they’re good ones. Habits are routines that help us repeat safe and effective behaviors and build consistency and security into our lives. But bad habits can become addictions.…
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Caffeine Makes You Borrow Energy, But You Pay The Bill
Many of us want (or should I say need?) our morning coffee to give us our “get up and go”. Altogether, the people of the world drink more than two billion cups of coffee each day. You might think coffee gives you the energy to get through the morning or the day – but coffee…
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Exercise: It Goes to Your Head
Hulda was depressed, overweight, sickly, and constantly fatigued. Then she began walking to relieve her sadness — and set some new records in the process! Find out how exercise can help you to improve mood, reduce stress and boost your brain power.
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Do Athletes Really Need Protein Supplements?
Protein supplements for athletes are literally sold by the bucketful. The marketing that accompanies them persistently promotes the attainment of buff biceps and six-pack abs. But are they really needed? And how to determine how much protein I really need as an athlete? Find this out in this article.
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Chronic Pain: Roots and Remedies
Chronic pain — pain that persists for more than six months — affects around 100 million Americans and is associated with conditions that include physical injury, headache, arthritis, cancer, and diabetes-linked nerve pain. Find out in this article what can increase or lower our pain perception.
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Plea for a Simpler Life – Less is More
If my grandfather, born in 1890, were to come into my house, he would not find his way around, neither in my household nor in my office. Life has changed, and so many machines and gadgets are there to ease our workload and free up our time. But nevertheless, life is getting more stressful for…
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How Fasting Improves Mental Health and Stress Control
There are many different motives why people choose to do fasting. Some will do it to lose weight, others to clean the body, and often it is done for religious purposes. While all of that can be achieved when done properly, many do not realize that fasting has a positive effect on our mental health…