Happiness & Success
Achieving Happiness Through Acceptance of Life
The quest for happiness often leads to frustration, as many fail to realize that the...
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- Written by: Johns Hopkins University
A chemical in broccoli, Brussels sprouts, and other cruciferous vegetables could help prevent and treat COVID19 and some cases of the common cold.
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- Written by: Maria Hornbek, University of Copenhagen
A Nordic diet has positive health benefits, regardless of whether you lose weight or not, new research shows.
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- Written by: Candice Covington
The Golden Rule, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you,” refers to treating others the way you want to be treated. This applies to our food, those living beings—vegetable, animal, and mineral—that provide us with nourishment and sustain our physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual energy.
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- Written by: Jeff Mulhollem, Penn State University
A chocolate maker doesn't have many other options to influence the flavor quality of 100% chocolate except to vary how he or she roasts the beans, and our results show optimal roasting can adequately reduce bitterness
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- Written by: Clare Collins, University of Newcastle et al
These days, low-carb diets are promoted as a weight-loss solution, to beat heart disease and as better for diabetes. But how do these claims match up with the latest research?
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- Written by: Marisol Martinez, Johns Hopkins University
Psilocybin not only produces significant and immediate effects, it also has a long duration, which suggests that it may be a uniquely useful new treatment for depression
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- Written by: Elissa H. Pattersonand Hans Schroder, University of Michigan
Did you ever feel your own shoulders relax when you saw a friend receive a shoulder massage? For those of you who said “yes,” congratulations, your brain is using its power to create a “placebo effect.”
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- Written by: Stephen Wooding, University of California, Merced
People’s love for sweet is so visceral, food companies lure consumers to their products by adding sugar to almost everything they make
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- Written by: Lorne J. Hofseth, University of South Carolina
Early-onset colorectal cancer incidence among the young, defined as those under age 50, has been rising globally since the early 1990s.
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- Written by: Emma Farrell
If there is one plant to start your journey with the plant spirits, it should be Mugwort, the stunningly beautiful and beneficent Artemisia vulgaris. Mugwort is one of the most visceral plant spirits who weaves her spirit through all aspects of our life to bring alignment.
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- Written by: UC Irvine
New research offers a molecular view of how plants with a long history of use by Native Americans worked to treat pain and diarrhea.
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- Written by: Jude Bijou
What if I told you a new diet called the "It's Not About the Food" is gaining popularity and causing significant numbers of women to shed pounds along with old habits and excess baggage? I bet you’d at least give it a second glance, and perhaps even investigate further.
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- Written by: Jude Bijou
What if I told you a new diet called the "It's Not About the Food" is gaining popularity and causing significant numbers of women to shed pounds along with old habits and excess baggage? I bet you’d at least give it a second glance, and perhaps even investigate further.
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- Written by: NC State
Some kitchen traditions are best avoided if we want to avoid foodborne illness.
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- Written by: Sarah Avery, Duke University
The researchers say survey participants clearly found some foods aversive, not merely unpleasant.
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- Written by: Jennifer Rainey Marquez, Georgia State
New research about the relationship between neuron activity and blood flow deep in the brain, as well as how consuming salt affects the brain.
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- Written by: Valerie Segrest (Muckleshoot)
A panacea garden awaits our next steps. In early summer, we introduced seven traditionally healing wildflower plants and how to invite them into our gardens. Now is the time for harvesting and transfiguration.
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- Written by: Connie Zweig, Ph.D.
Each day, as sunlight dims and dusk falls, I stop. I watch the light turn to darkness, then close my eyes to make the transition from doing to being, from fast to slow, from outward to inward...
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- Written by: Joe Alexander
There are dozens and hundreds and thousands of diets, diet books and diet experts in the world today. For one reason or another, many people have decided to adopt some restrictions. The greatest value of the raw food diet is its transformative value.
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- Written by: Christian Moro, Associate Professor of Science & Medicine
We all know the burning sensation we get when eating chilies. Some can tolerate the heat, while others may be reaching for the milk carton.
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- Written by: Michele Siegel, Ph.D., et al.
When an eating disorder exists, it is recognized by certain behaviors, the most noticeable being an obsession with food and weight. This obsession can take the form of binge eating, starving, vomiting, compulsive exercising, or other behaviors focused on eating, getting rid of, or avoiding food.
