Think of stress and you will conjure up the life of an adult. Or at least a teenager. But children experience stress as well. Deadlines, finances, relationships and decision making can create stress. For a child, the world is still new and unpredictable. Their brains are learning how to interpret
energy
Each morning when you wake up, you do so with energy. Depending on your lifestyle, the energy can last you the entire day or a few hours. So what exactly is this energy? How can you understand it and use it to your benefit? Every movement you make, from climbing
A stroke has been dramatized in movies forever. A sudden dramatic event where the actor collapses and the body stops cooperating. But a wake up stroke is different. You go to sleep feeling normal, and you open your eyes to find that your speech is slurred or one side of
There is a commonly used phrase on the internet. It is called exercise snack. Exercise snacks are short, intense bursts of physical activity, lasting from 30 seconds to 10 minutes. They can be performed multiple times throughout the day. But let us be contrarian. Let us pursue rest snacks instead.
Each day that we are alive, chances are that you have used cosmetics in some form. Soap, shampoo, face cream, moisturizer, makeup. Our goal is to look and feel better. But are the ingredients causing you more harm than doing good? One ingredient in cosmetics is plant estrogen. You will
When you were a child, one of the biggest aspirations was to grow old. Older at the very least. Older people seemed to do all sorts of fantastical things that you couldn’t. Don’t let the old man in. Here is the funny thing. We never stopped. In fact,
Most of us are on a diet of some sort. The exact nature may vary, depending on what is fashionable at the moment. But chances are that we all modulate our food and nutrition. What does dieting do to your muscles? Your muscles are metabolically active. They require energy simply
This year, I have encountered a surprising number of people who have got Chikungunya. Chikungunya is a viral disease resembling dengue, transmitted by mosquitoes and endemic in East Africa and parts of Asia. If you don’t know anyone who has been inflicted, thank your stars. The pain, fatigue and
I spoke to someone yesterday. He is fifty-nine, diagnosed with osteoporosis. He was advised to not undertake any form of physical activity or exercise, lest he break a bone. So, should you stop exercising if you have osteoporosis? Let me disclaim first, so that there is no misunderstanding. Each person’
Your body has two broad kinds of muscle fibre. Fast twitch and slow twitch. We use both in our everyday lives, perhaps without noticing. What role do different muscles play? The body, designed over years, built capacity for varying needs. To sprint and escape from a predator. To throw a
But he can eat anything, and he never puts on weight. There has to be something wrong with my metabolism. Or genes. Or hormones. Or my stars. Have you felt this about someone? If you have, listen in. Let me use my example. A few weeks ago, I found myself
If you are chasing big ideas in health, among the most powerful ideas is that your genes are not your fate. You may have inherited your genes, but how they behave is in your hands. It is called epigenetics or gene expression. Your lifestyle, your sleep, your stress, and especially