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Adding hot sauce to your food will make your diet healthier
Do you love spicy food? If so, we have some good news for you. Scientists have found that hot sauce is extremely beneficial to your health. This is thanks to the active ingredient in peppers, capsaicin, which has antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anticancer effects. In a paper published recently Read More...
6 habits to improve your memory and boost your brain health
In a world that focuses so much on physical condition, it seems we don’t pay enough attention to maintaining brain health. Especially in today’s society where we are constantly staying connected and consuming information, it’s essential we keep the complex yet mystifying 3-pound organ that is Read More...
2 daily morning exercises to become more productive
The key to having a productive day is establishing the right mind-set in the morning. Get off on the wrong foot, and you may not get so much done throughout the day. Here are 2 simple daily morning exercises that will help boost your Read More...
A 4-step prescription for intentional living
Intentional living is the lifestyle of consciously living by your values, beliefs and desires. Unfortunately, between working long hours and paying the bills, we often lose sight of the lifestyle we had once envisioned. There is a way to reconnect with the lifestyle you desire though, and it only Read More...
The psychological benefits of gratitude closely mirror those of meditation
Yesterday’s Thanksgiving was a day for practicing gratitude, but why stop at just one day a year. Studies show that people who regularly practice gratitude are less likely to procrastinate and more likely to remain focused on priorities, as well as find creative solutions to problems. Bodies of Read More...
5 ways you can help the hungry on Thanksgiving
One in seven Americans struggle daily to put food on the table. For them, celebrating Thanksgiving doesn't come easy. Meanwhile, others are throwing away uneaten food because they have more than they can eat. So here are some last-minute things to consider to help out other families today. Donate Read More...
6 ways to climate-proof your Thanksgiving
It's that time of the year again where friends and families gather around the dinner table for a Thanksgiving feast. While it's a time to be grateful for all we have (which, by the way, has health benefits), it's also a good time to show our gratitude to the environment as well. Thanksgiving can Read More...
Here's how the US Surgeon General wants to bring you happiness
What is one of the main ways to prevent disease and live a long healthy life? According to US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, it's happiness. Along with his serious public health agenda which addresses mental health, substance addiction and gun control as a health policy, Murthy is adamant about the Read More...
How to put the giving back into Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is coming up. More and more people are giving their own twist to the tradition. That's why Share Our Strength, a hunger nonprofit, has come up with a loose template to put "the giving" back into the feast. It's asking people to leverage their holiday goodwill by turning their Read More...
For a happier life, have sex once a week
Researchers have found that sex once a week is the optimum amount for maximizing happiness in couples. The study, which was compiled over the last 40 years, suggests that sex once a week helps to maintain intimacy and that couples having it less than once a week reported being less happy. “Most Read More...