Category: Better Health

Generally, what’s harmful to your heart also is also harmful to your brain. Make no mistake about it: While fried potato skins are busting your buttons, there’s also a portion that gets shuttled up through your arteries to your gray matter. Saturated fats, for example, clog arteries that lead to your brain, putting you at… Continue reading 6 Foods to Keep Your Mind Young

At age 84, Sister Madonna Buder (aka The Iron Nun), finished Ironman Canada. How’d she do it? Sister Iron says, “…all I was concentrating on [was] getting the job done.”    Single-mindedness is essential for endurance athletes—and also for you, as you walk 10,000 steps a day to strengthen your body and mind without the… Continue reading 3 Ways to Maintain Focus as You Age

Ahhhh, home at last. Time to unwind, kick off your shoes and take a deep breath of . . . pollution? Yep. Indoor air—in homes and offices—can be more polluted than outdoor air. And the average home contains hundreds of sources of worrisome pollutants, from cleaning supplies to carpets. So how concerned should you be? Research… Continue reading Is the Air in Your Home Polluted?

The power of giving is more powerful than you think. Ever get that warm, glowing feeling when you do something nice for someone? Giving gifts and spreading cheer during the holiday season — or just dropping off a surprise cup of coffee at a busy coworker’s desk — feels good. There’s good reason for that glow. Whether it’s the… Continue reading 3 ways generosity can improve your health

Awake all night. Sleepy all day. No fun for anyone. Everyone needs a good night’s sleep. Especially children ages 3 to 5 who should get 10 to 13 hours of sleep to stay healthy and alert. But what happens when issues like bedwetting, sleep terrors and sleepwalking get in the way? A pediatric sleep specialist… Continue reading Are sleep disorders keeping your child — and family — up at night?

There’s nothing fishy about this supplement that may boost brain health, protect your heart and more. When you’re deliberating about a healthy dinner, you know that fish is usually a good choice. But sometimes, you might not be in the mood for it. Or maybe you don’t like the taste at all. And even if… Continue reading What are the benefits of fish oil?

How much time do you spend trying to be the kind of woman you think men want? If you’re like most women, it’s a LOT. You spend all this time making yourself look sexy and attractive. All this time presenting yourself as fun, interesting, worldly, and not needy in the slightest. You spend all this… Continue reading He Doesn’t REALLY Want the Perfect Woman

Have you ever felt attracted to a guy without knowing why? Maybe you’ve even had feelings for someone you’d rather not be attracted to. Why does this happen? How can you fall in love even though your conscious mind resists it? Experiences like these hint at the hidden world driving our feelings of romantic attraction.… Continue reading The Strangest Thing Men Desire. (And how it can make him crazy for you.)

Here in the western world we are obsessed with youth. Our media is saturated with images of the young, beautiful and happy selling us products on the back of the promise that we will become like them if we should only buy this face cream or that car or this insurance policy. The fantastic and… Continue reading Young Love