Health

Take In Nature Researchers are discovering that surrounding yourself with nature can be one of the most powerful stress-relievers out there. In a recent study published in the journal Landscape and Urban Planning, scientists measured the levels of the stress hormone cortisol in 25 healthy adults in Scotland and asked them to fill out questionnaires about what stresses them out at home and at ... Read More »

Sleeping Naked Helps You Lose Weight This may seem like a stretch, but it is technically true. Sleeping naked helps you sleep more soundly, which will allow your levels of the stress hormone cortisol to decrease as you rest, keeping your energy and hunger levels in check, Turner says. When your sleep is disrupted, your cortisol will be too high ... Read More »

Cancer is one of the primitive killers in today’s society. We all know someone who has battled it, and we all know someone who has lost that battle. About 300 of every 100,000 Americans develop cancer each year, which means the U.S. has the seventh highest cancer rate in the world. The most common types of cancer are: Skin Cancer (over 1,000,000 people ... Read More »

Learn Your Foot Type Before Buying Shoes Fitness & Exercise The speed and distance you run can be significantly affected by how comfortable your feet are. After all, it’s pretty hard to keep pace when you feel like you’re dying from the ankle down. Before you spend your cash on some expensive running shoes, remember that not all feet are made ... Read More »

We all have nights where sleep is difficult to come by. We lay in bed for hours, doing nothing except tossing and turning with our eyes wide open. Then we finally fall asleep with our alarm set to go off in less than hour. The worst part of sleep is having to get up in the morning. This becomes even ... Read More »

If you’re a man and you’re reading this –  congratulations on not being miserable for one week out of the month! The only positive thing about being on your period is that sigh of relief that you’re not pregnant and the occasional sympathy treatment from your significant other. Other than that, most girls would agree that Mother Nature is cold-hearted ... Read More »

Every man hears how good testosterone is for his body. With the amount of athletes that get in trouble for shooting up with performance enhancing drugs and taking testosterone supplements (some legal, some not), it’s hard to not think there has to be something magical about it. You can’t even turn on a TV or go to a movie without ... Read More »

We don’t need to go into detail about why smoking is bad for you. You’ve seen every commercial, public service announcement, and have seen pictures of lungs after smoking. Here are some statistics that you may not know: About a third of the male adult global population smokes. Smoking related-diseases kill one in 10 adults globally, or cause four million ... Read More »

If you cross your eyes they’ll stay that way. Remember your parents or teacher telling you this as a child? It probably made you scared to death to look down at your nose. Fortunately, it is not true. Looking at your nose creates normal convergence (the amount the eyes rotate toward each other to view a near object), according to ... Read More »

Reshape Your Mornings The best weight loss program is one that starts first thing in the morning. As soon as your eyes open, sit up without using your hands. With your legs straight out, lean forward until you feel a gentle stretch in your back and hamstrings. Hold that pose; then, using your abs, lower yourself flat. Rest and repeat ... Read More »