Have you ever noticed that you tend to be happier or better adjusted the day after any sexual experience? Is the reason for that happiness really the sexual experience or is there something else that may be responsible for that good feeling? In the Fall 2018 issue of Time Health, page 11, there is a
Leading global experts have stated that a coordinated, diverse effort has the potential to reduce suicide, psychosis, and mental illness-related disability by 50% by 2030. However, the current level of unmet need in brain health is significant. There are many interventions that could be made today to address the gap; some of these require changes
I just finished a month-long added sugar cleanse and you know what? It wasn’t THAT terrible. To be clear, I’m not saying that quitting my multiple-times-a-day dessert habit cold turkey—during the sugariest time of the year, no less—wasn’t hard. Of course it was hard, and it was marked by especially challenging moments, like drinking water
Memorial Day marks the unofficial start of summer vacation — a season of potato salad, ice cream and, if you’re not careful, unwanted weight gain. But it is possible to avoid packing on the pounds. Just hop on the scale every day, researchers suggest. The new study included 111 U.S. adults, who weighed themselves every
I worried about ringing the doorbell. Then I noticed two ragged rectangles of dried, blackened adhesive on the door frame, one just above and one just below the button. I deduced that the button had been taped over at some point but was now safe to use. I pressed as gently as I could, and,
People with diabetes who regularly eat nuts may be less likely to develop heart disease than their counterparts who rarely if ever, consume nuts, a US study suggests. Diabetics who ate at least five 28-gram (1-ounce) servings of nuts a week were 17 percent less likely to develop heart disease than people with diabetes who
While weight loss can be beneficial for many types of joint pain, the nutrients you eat while you are shedding pounds are the essential ingredients for good health. The ketogenic diet, the buzzworthy high-fat, low-carb diet commonly called keto, is based on the idea that cutting out carbohydrates — the body’s primary source of energy —
There is a significant difference between type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Most of what we hear about is type 2, which in the vast majority of cases is due to a poor diet and lack of exercise. The beta cells in the pancreas can still produce insulin, but after years of diet caused abuse,
It’s been a torrid few days for Theresa May, Britain’s soon-to-be-ex-prime-minister but, after she leaves number 10, what books might she read to soothe her troubled soul? She could start with US author Hubert Selby Jr’s classic 1978 novel Requiem for a Dream, suggests ‘bibliotherapist’ Ella Berthoud. The tale of four people struggling with different
How often have you heard someone say – ‘you are what you eat’? The meaning behind that saying is that if you eat good and healthy, you will be good and healthy, but if you eat poorly, your health will likely be poorly as well. I recall a friend saying that to me one time
