Skipping breakfast is common in many intermittent fasting protocols, but research suggests this practice could shorten your life.
Numerous studies show the benefits of eating breakfast, including reduced heart disease, lower risk of type 2 diabetes, less inflammation, and substantially lower all-cause mortality.
Eating breakfast is beneficial, but what you…
The United States spends the most money on health care per capita (over $12,000), yet has one of the lowest life expectancies (79.1 years) of all developed countries (rank: #46).
Perhaps this is because we focus so much of our effort on treating diseases instead of preventing them in the…
It turns out working long hours could be shortening your life.
The World Health Organization and the International Labour Organization put out a report earlier this year concluding that long working hours led to 745,000 deaths from stroke and ischemic heart disease in 2016, a 29% increase since 2000.
Specifically…
Certain foods and drinks deliver outsized benefits when included in your daily diet. Here are 11 to consume every day:
1. Coffee
If you can tolerate caffeine, starting your day with coffee can power up your mind and body. …
Recent studies have pointed to 3 foods with powerful effects at lowering blood pressure.
The first of these foods is oat bran. A study published in April 2021 in the journal Nutrition, Metabolism, and Cardiovascular Diseases found that oat bran benefits the gut microbiome and lowers blood pressure.
In the…
Our bodies were made to move.
But that doesn’t mean you need to grind through high intensity interval workouts to experience the benefits of movement.
The simple act of walking is powerful medicine.
A number of recent studies have proven the link between walking and health and longevity.
Food is one of the most important parts of human life.
Without food, we won’t get the nutrition and fuel we need to perform optimally in our daily lives. And we know that food choices play a pivotal role in health and longevity.
While your overall dietary pattern is most…
It is well known that coffee causes energy and alertness, but coffee can also be a potent cognitive enhancer.
Coffee seems to strongly protect against Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia — but there is a sweet spot consumption range to keep in mind.
In the CAIDE study (Cardiovascular…
Nuts can have a powerful impact on your health.
Nuts are the most common snack among centenarians in the Blue Zones — the places around the world where people live the longest — where they eat two handfuls of nuts per day.
Recently a couple of studies have pointed to…
It turns out that eating chocolate first thing in the morning has some impressive health benefits.
A recent randomized controlled trial showed that eating a large amount of milk chocolate (100 grams) within 1 hour of waking up in the morning actually helps to burn body fat and lower blood…
