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Adult-Onset Allergies: What You Need to Know
While it's acknowledged that adults can develop environmental allergies even without a childhood history, precise percentages quantifying this occurrence are not readily available. However, it, too, is not zero. As the global population ages, allergy manifestations among the elderly will become more common in the future. This is the topic we will be discussing in the third and final installment of our immune system series.
Immunity Starts in the Kitchen, Dietary Essentials
While genetics and exercise play a role, what we eat can have a significant impact on how well our immune system functions. A well-balanced diet full of vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants can support and even boost immune health, while poor dietary choices can weaken immune responses and increase the risk of illness.
Neuroscience and Big Goals: How Your Brain Can Help You Succeed Part II: 9 Neuroscience-Backed Strategies to Turn a Big Goal into Tangible Success
You probably have a project close to your heart. A slightly blurry dream, tucked somewhere between your to-do lists, busy days... and that small inner voice that hesitates.
Neuroscience and Big Goals: How Your Brain Can Help You Succeed Part I: Why Our Brain Struggles with Big Goals — and How to Understand It Better
Neuroscience today helps us see what’s happening “under the hood” when we chase a big ambition, and more importantly, how to use that knowledge to move forward more effectively.
Tinctures 101: Nature’s Potent Little Extracts - Why You Need to Know About These Herbal Powerhouses
I am someone who uses diet, exercise, sleep, and stress management as primary tools for healing and prevention. My approach to health and wellness does not exclude pharmaceuticals and all that conventional medicine has to offer; I merely leave it as my last line of defence. In this regard, I have been lucky with my past two family doctors, as they too have embraced that philosophy. One of my favorite herbal tools, both simple and powerful, is the tincture.
Muscles Over Time: How to Stay Strong as You Age
When COVID hit, I, like all gym enthusiasts, needed to rethink my approach to exercise. Free weights and other equipment, which I suddenly no longer had access to and could neither afford nor spatially accommodate in my home, had dominated my workout regimen.
See the Difference: How Diet Impacts Your Eye Health
When people, including myself in the past, consider vitamin and mineral supplements, they typically do not associate them with vision care. Yet, studies have demonstrated the clinical benefits of nutrients in slowing, preventing, and improving various eye diseases and conditions, including macular degeneration, dry eye, night blindness, and cataracts (more on these below). I find it surprising that eye exams do not discuss the role of a healthy diet in vision care. At least none I’ve been to.
The Silent Link Between Hypertension and Memory Loss You Need to Know
In January 2022, my partner had what our family doctor at the time thought to be a mini stroke. He put in a request for a CT scan, which, due to the sad state of Canadian health care, took place in the early fall of 2024. To the relief of my partner and me, there was no evidence of a mini stroke, and, to my own private relief, there was also no evidence of Alzheimer’s. Prompted by my partner’s seemingly escalating absentmindedness, this possibility had been a nagging concern.Yet the news was not entirely good. Longstanding hypertension had left its mark.
The Power Nap: A Secret Weapon for Sharper Thinking The Science Behind an Effective Nap
On a winter afternoon in New York City, on the ninth floor of an office building, a strategy consultant closes his eyes. Five, ten, fifteen minutes pass. He’s not fully asleep, but he’s no longer working either. Lightly dozing, he awakens, sits up, adjusts his glasses, and returns to his screen. He hasn’t wasted his time — he’s taken a strategic nap.