People who watch "end of world" movies deal better with COVID-19
/Very interesting findings in a study about how people cope with the stress of COVID-19.
Read MoreVery interesting findings in a study about how people cope with the stress of COVID-19.
Read MoreHow a method called “stress inoculation” can help protect you against anxiety and traumatic shocks in life.
Read MorePeople are often under the mistaken impression that salt is the biggest reason behind water retention. It’s not.
Read MoreOur “stress response” system is supposed to help us. Why does it cause us so many health problems?
Read More2 important things about anger you need to know.
Read MoreSo many people try dieting & exercise and still don’t lose weight. Here are 2 reasons why this may be the case.
Read MoreStudies in the past 10 years have revealed a very strong connection between the health of our digestive system and our brain, in particular when it comes to coping with stress and overall well-being.
In this article, I discuss how (chemically) the health of our digestive system affects our overall sense of happiness and talk about a new study which investigated the effect of a common supplement on stress hormones and emotional well-being.
Read MoreIn this video: How Cortisol changes your body chemistry and makes it impossible for you to loose weight
Read MoreHow to stop yourself from carrying work stress back into your home / personal space.
Read MoreIn this video, I teach you a technique to instantly drop your stress level and get a grip on your day.
In this article, I talk about Cortisol, our "stress hormone", and I cover:
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Most people get overwhelmed by the volume of emails they see in their inbox in the morning, and by the time they address them all, half the day (and their productivity) is gone.
Here is an alternative approach to dealing with emails that allows you to regain your sanity, boost your productivity, and keep stress levels low.
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In today's digest:
- Study shows that long-distance steady running leads to brain shrinkage
- Each extra hour of sitting increases risk of diabetes by 22%, even if you exercise daily
- Eat your fruits "before" your workout but not "after", and limit quantities
- More than half of the world's workforce are saying that they're close to "burning out" because of work stress
Do you ever feel like you’re having to force yourself to get out of the bed in the morning?
Do you struggle to maintain energy levels throughout the day and find it hard to get work done in the afternoon?
Do you feel so tired when getting to the bed that you can’t actually fall asleep?
You’re not the only one. “Chronic fatigue” is a very common problem affecting millions of people, and especially those seeking to achieve a lot in life.
Reasons for “chronic fatigue” can be classified as physiological (physical) and psychological (mental).
In this post (Part 1) I’ll address the Physiological (physical) aspects. In Part 2, I’ll discuss Psychological aspects.
In today’s post:
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you would have read the headlines and stories and heard the reports exploding over the “WHO says red meat causes cancer” story last week.
Vegans were smug. Paleo people went on the attack. Virtually everyone voiced an opinion on it.
For this reason, I’ll refrain from voicing my own opinion on the matter (frequent readers will know my opinion anyway).
So my aim in this post is to present the facts, and let the reader use his/her own judgment and decide on a course of action. So here we go.
Read MoreMany people struggle to lose weight despite doing all the right things. And by “right things”, I don’t mean the advice commonly dished out by nutritionists and medical doctors (these obviously don’t work), but rather the scientifically-based advice geared towards getting your body in balance.
There is a simple test I ask people to do to find out whether their body is even capable of burning enough fat in the first place: the results will shock you.
Read MoreI typically go through 20-40 research papers on a weekly basis, looking for interesting findings, which can be implemented in pursuit of high performance.
Here is a summary of some of the most recent interesting findings I came across:
Read more in this week’s post.
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