Since the early 2000s, olive oil has been widely promoted in the U.S. as a heart-healthy alternative to butter, and American’s growing interest in finer ingredients. While Americans began using
Recently, I was reading an NYT article written for the New Year’s Resolution crowd that covered some basic medicine ball exercises for people who don’t like lifting weights. It took
In the age of widespread obesity, booming weight-loss drugs, and New Year’s resolutions set on weight-loss, it may sound unbelievable that there is a small portion of the population that
This year, there’s been a surprising buzzword in healthy eating – tallow. It hit the news after RFK’s statements that fast-food fries used to be fried in tallow, and now
The last two weeks, we explored how cortisol is often oversimplified as “the stress hormone,” spiking in moments of intense “fight or flight” survival instincts. The usual example is the
Last week, we covered some common misconceptions about the “stress hormone” we call cortisol. This week, we’ll look at several intriguing studies that explore how sustained stress negatively impacts our cognitive