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: Christina Sumners, Texas A&M University
Spermidine—a compound in foods like aged cheese, mushrooms, soy products, legumes, corn, and whole grains—may prevent liver fibrosis and hepatocellular carcinoma, the most common type of liver cancer.
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- Written by: Andrea Kunicky, University of Pittsburgh
The common but otherwise harmless reovirus can trigger the immune system response to gluten that may lead to celiac disease, new research shows.
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- Written by: Marc David
This is the greatest favor I can do for you as a nutritionist: A diet program that doesn’t tell you exactly which foods to eat and in what amounts. Empowering you to be in deeper relationship with food and with the genius in your body is the surest road to your most powerful metabolism.
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- Written by: Joanna Poppink, MFT
Wherever you are right now, the good news is that you can begin any time, at any stage in your life, and in any situation or circumstance. You are reading this because somewhere inside of you, you want to be free...
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- Written by: Richard Steed, University of Copenhagen
One out of every 2,000 people suffers from long QT syndrome, which can lead to heart failure. For these people, too much sugar may be dangerous, research shows.
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- Written by: Jim Erickson, University of Michigan
Mercury concentrations in Hawaiian-caught bigeye and yellowfin tuna are steadily rising and mirror increases in North Pacific waters that have been linked to atmospheric mercury emissions from Asia.
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- Written by: Zandile Mchiza, Human Sciences Research Council
Food advertising strongly influences the eating choices of adults, adolescents and children alike. But TV and magazine adverts often carry misleading health and nutrition claims.
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- Written by: Erika Ebsworth, Washington University in St. Louis
Scientists are investigating a compound found in green tea for often-fatal medical complications associated with bone-marrow disorders.
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- Written by: Clare Collins, University of Newcastle
I was recently asked: If my eating habits are half good and half bad, does that make my overall diet balanced?
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- Written by: Dr. Rovenia Brock
More than a half-million people have lost over 5 million pounds by learning to conquer their food cravings. For many people, food choices have little to do with physical hunger. Instead, they are driven by an emotional hunger and they eat to satisfy some kind of longing.
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- Written by: Todd Bates, Rutgers University
A highly toxic form of mercury could jump by 300 to 600 percent in zooplankton—tiny animals at the base of the marine food chain—if land runoff increases by 15 to 30 percent, according to a new study.
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- Written by: Julie Cohen, University of California, Santa Barbara
Invasive insects called Asian shot hole borers are turning up in new areas of California where they threaten an important crop: avocados.
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- Written by: Julie Cohen, University of California, Santa Barbara
That spicy tuna roll you order at your favorite sushi restaurant may not be tuna at all. Scientists say as much as half of nine types of fish sold in sushi restaurants they sampled may be mislabeled, despite tougher laws and increased media scrutiny in recent years.
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- Written by: Rosemary Byfield, Epoch Times
To boost strength and resilience we need to eat more nutrient-dense foods and support blood circulation. The digestive system is an important source of support for the lungs that also tends to express more deficiencies in autumn.
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- Written by: Erin Sagen and Araz Hachadourian, YES! Magazine
Around 2006, Cherokee leaders approached administrative liaison Pat Gwin about starting a seed bank. They already had launched an initiative to improve health care access and infrastructure at the reservation; now, they wanted to go even deeper by recovering ancestral seeds to preserve their cultural heritage.
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- Written by: Liza Bayless, YES! Magazine
In an industry usually focused on medicine and procedures, a Philadelphia-area hospital decided what its patients needed was a farm and advice about food.
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- Written by: Sophie Medlin
The debate over the necessity of dairy in human diets continues, influenced by genetic adaptations and cultural practices. While many populations thrive on dairy, others face lactose intolerance. Recent studies challenge the traditional view of calcium's role in bone health, suggesting that while dairy is not essential for adults, it offers important nutrients that may be harder to obtain from other sources.
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- Written by: Julia Short, Cardiff University
Taking a low-dose aspirin every day to reduce the risk of heart disease or cancer may be worth the increased risk of stomach bleeding, an analysis shows.
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- Written by: Ryan Underwood, Vanderbilt University
The idea that healthy foods are universally more expensive can lead consumers to make choices that aren’t always necessary, a new study suggests.
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- Written by: Vanessa McMains, Johns Hopkins University
Just one dose of a hallucinogenic drug offers many cancer patients up to six months of relief from disease-related anxiety or depression.
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- Written by: Peter Rüegg, ETH Zurich
Eating a very high-fat diet early in life may disrupt development of the prefrontal cortex in young brains, according to new research in mice.
