Health Science
You Can Overcome Your Genes
“It’s in my genes”.
Sounds familiar? It’s the excuse used by scores of humans as they try to hand off their shortcomings, deficiencies and other health issues to the bad decisions of their forefathers. Well, not so fast! Key lifestyle changes, a diet based on natural foods and regular exercise can overcome the most severe of [...]
A Few Techniques For Stress Relief
Stress, the previously much-ignored minor by-product of a busy and restless day is now rapidly gaining prominence as a leading indicator of weight gain and other maladies. 7 Ways To Beat Stress, a Prevention Magazine news item on MSNBC Health gives the full details about how stress acts on our bodies and also describes [...]
Cravings: The Science Behind Them
A while back, when I wrote about why we crave sugar, I primarily focused on the physiological processes that, over the centuries, have tunes our bodies to look for foods with higher energy density. But as with almost anything you can think of, there is a mental aspect to this topic as well and [...]
