Someone in the U.S. has a heart attack roughly every 40 seconds. This frequency translates to nearly 805,000 Americans annually suffering from a new or recurrent heart attack.... Read More
Dodging Memory Loss
The super-agers won the genetic lottery at birth. For the rest of us, begin by not shortening your life- and healthspan with bad lifestyle habits.... Read More
Sugar Detox: My 5 Winning Strategies
Sugary drinks (sugar-sweetened beverages or “soft” drinks) are any beverage with added sugar or other sweeteners (such as sucrose, high fructose corn syrup, fruit juice concentrates, and more).... Read More
Sleep and Your Esophagus
I will highlight a recent study from the United Kingdom Biobank that reports that people who slept less than six hours a night were more than 1.2 times more likely to develop esophageal adenocarcinoma and 1.6 times more likely to get squamous cell carcinoma after two years.... Read More
Stop Counting Calories
Besides food quality, I started practicing mindful eating — a conscious awareness of the entire eating experience. This approach involves savoring each bite, paying attention to hunger and fullness cues, and enjoying meals without distractions.... Read More
Music & Your Heart
Schiff has such an intimate relationship with these works. Hearing him play them is like getting an inside view of a wondrously successful lifelong marriage. While there is no gratuitous sentiment, he imbues every gesture with loving tenderness. He plays with both delicacy and directness.... Read More
Unleashing Lifestyle
Pre-diabetes typically happens in those who already have some insulin resistance (or those whose pancreas beta cells don’t make enough insulin to keep blood glucose in the normal range.... Read More
5 Tips To Sleep Faster
Visualization can be a powerful sleep aid. Imagine a calm spot in your mind. Populate it with specific colors, sounds, and objects. If you visualize in great detail, you should be better able to push away unwelcome thoughts.... Read More