Your body is always talking. The conversation may not be something you comprehend using words. Instead, the conversation uses chemicals, signals and electricity. It is taking place inside your body. One such signal is called the sympathetic tone. Think of it as your internal throttle. It’s part of your
The other day I was speaking at an event. Someone asked me a very pertinent question. I live life. I eat and drink. I am happy. I don’t go to a gym. When I see those around me obsessing about their health, I worry if I am missing something?
Let us say you are building or changing a habit. You want to meditate. Your intentions are right. Motivation is high. You have a defined goal. Yet, things break down way too quickly. If you want to prevent this from happening, let us break down why it occurs. More importantly,
Depression is a health condition that affects millions of people worldwide. Among the various theories explaining depression, the idea that gut health plays a role is becoming increasingly popular. Depression is a complex interplay of genetics, neurological factors, and your environment. People generally accept stress as a trigger. Researchers have
When you work on yourself, what do you work on? Your strengths or your weaknesses? If you said strengths, you are in the majority. But consider the opposite. In a fascinating story from World War II, a statistician was asked his opinion on aircraft returning from the battlefield. The aircraft
Do you have a small group of people in your life? People you can trust, share with, learn from and grow with? Call it your personal tribe. This is how humanity went from hunter gatherer to become the dominant life force on earth. Collaborating, sharing, learning and growing in small
Alzheimer’s disease continues to remain one of the most devastating neurodegenerative disorders. Despite decades of research, we still do not have a cure. Can a simple mineral slow down or prevent it? A recent study published in Nature reveals something intriguing. Mice given microdoses of lithium, about 400 times
In 2016, a fascinating study was published in JAMA Psychiatry. It showed that just a single session of whole-body hyperthermia, raising your core body temperature to mimic a fever, reduced depressive symptoms for up to six weeks. Yes, six weeks. This was not medication. Not therapy. Just heat. So, what
If you spend anytime on the internet, you know it is filled with people giving you advice on how to be healthy. Eat this, do this, don’t do that. Is there value in this trend? Surprisingly, I would argue that there is. Allow me to explain. For anyone to
Have you run into someone randomly in a strange location and completely failed to recognize them? Your local grocery owner at the movie hall, perhaps? Embarrassed, you conjure a weak explanation about being forgetful or your memory failing you? I have good news for you. It is not your memory
The average human needs between seven and eight, more likely eight, hours of sleep each night. Can you make up the difference in case you are in a deficit? It is very tempting to want to catch up. You can catch up on a lot of other things in life.
Quietly, before you knew it, our consumption of food changed. But is it all for the better? Awareness for food has always been high. There was a time when we told ourselves and others that we didn’t use ghee. It was the common belief at that time. We thought
Each time you felt hungry, your body produced a hormone known as ghrelin. So what is ghrelin and how does it regulate hunger? Commonly dubbed the hunger hormone, ghrelin is a peptide predominantly produced in the stomach. But its role goes far beyond just regulating hunger. Ghrelin levels rise before
Pascal’s Wager is a paradox about God. In the paradox, Blaise Pascal, the French philosopher and mathematician after whom the computer language Pascal is named, postulated that it is better to believe in God. His view was simple. He argued that if you believed in God and it turned
You are in your living room. Someone is cleaning the room. Some dust floats in the air. Suddenly, you cough. Have you ever wondered why? For the longest time, we believed coughing came from congestion or infection. But a new study in Nature offers a very different explanation. Researchers have
We all fear losing our memory. What if one day you forget your child’s name or how to wear your shirt? Alzheimer’s is not just about forgetting. It is about losing your sense of self. Who you are. Your past, your stories, your people. Everything that makes you,