
Could Your Winter Depression Be Caused By A Lack Of Nutrients?
Got the winter blues? It's worthwhile to examine if you have one of these two pervasive nutrient deficiencies.
Got the winter blues? It's worthwhile to examine if you have one of these two pervasive nutrient deficiencies.
Once you get on the low-sugar path, you will start noticing the little and not-so-little benefits. Here are few of the biggies you’re likely to see within weeks of dropping the sweet stuff.
Listening to upbeat music and dancing can have powerful health effects.
Here are some of the key foods that can help lift your mood and add the zest back into your life.
It’s been a brutal election season — for everyone. Here are some tips to soothe tension and start the healing.
Every day, we scour the Web for compelling wellness stories. Here’s a look at this week’s roundup.
In my practice, and in my new book 10 Reasons You Feel Old and Get Fat…And How YOU Can Stay Young, Slim, and Happy!, I talk a lot about the day-to-day habits that can make or break your health. At the top of the health-breakers list is inflammation. It’s a word my patients become quite familiar with as we work together to tame it. And now people outside wellness circles are also starting to hear about it a lot more too. Trouble is, most of them don’t really understand much about inflammation or just how destructive it is. You could say everybody's talking about inflammation, but what are they doing about it? Hopefully, they’re learning to take steps to prevent it. To help you do that, here’s a topline on what chronic inflammation is all about and why it’s essential to tame it.
If you’re diagnosed with depression, then chances are you can relate to any of the following: persistent distress, malaise, anxiety, inner agitation, fatigue, low libido, poor memory, irritability, insomnia, sense of hopelessness, and feeling overwhelmed and trapped but emotionally flat. You might wake up most mornings unmotivated and uninspired, and you drag yourself around all day waiting for it to end (or waiting for a drink). Maybe you feel a sense of dread or panic without knowing why.
Treating other people well isn’t just good for your karma. It’s good for your health and vitality, too. Psychology researcher Barbara Fredrickson, PhD, author of Love 2.0: Creating Happiness and Health in Moments of Connection, studies how “micro-moments” of connection with others, like sharing a smile or expressing concern, improve emotional resilience, boost the immune system, and reduce susceptibility to depression and anxiety.
New and exciting research is revealing a strong connection between our mood and the various bacteria that live within our intestines. This is certainly a sobering notion. Think of it: the bacteria living within the digestive system are, to some degree, involved in determining whether we are happy, sad, anxious or even depressed.
We all have our ups and downs, but if you’re feeling anxious, depressed or lethargic and can’t seem to shake it, your diet may be to blame. Have you ever heard that the gut is considered the 2nd brain? Gut health is a major factor in feeling happy, so food and mood are very intimately linked. There are certain foods that could be contributing to your mood swings more than others -- a diet high in processed foods, sugar, artificial sweeteners, and chemicals has been shown to have a significant impact on mental health. Here are 5 culprits that may be zapping your vitality and leading to major mood swings.
New science shows that sleep is essential to our mental and physical health — and most of us aren’t getting enough. Jason Karp is a successful hedge-fund manager and restaurateur with a close-knit family and a deep respect for work-life balance. Today, his world is cruising along quite nicely. More than a decade ago, though, he was in near-constant overdrive — and dangerously close to crashing. Karp graduated at the top of his class at Wharton business school. He was the youngest person to make partner in his elite financial firm. He had a great deal of ambition and a nearly unquenchable thirst for knowledge.