Nov 3rd, 2025 - Molly Jasinski These simple, beginner-friendly stretches may help boost your brainpower—no mat mastery or fancy techniques required. Between constant news notifications or endless stream of emails, it feels more difficult than ever to concentrate and recharge. But a few minutes on a yoga mat could be just what your body—and mind—need to bounce back. As one proof point, a 2024 published in the found that healthy participants who engaged in an eight-week yoga training program experienced "increased heart rate variability," something experts say may reflect better physiologic ... [Read More]

Nov 1st, 2025 - "These individuals are often very healthy — they're exercising, they're physically fit," Bullman, a researcher and associate professor at MD Anderson Cancer Center, told Business Insider. Packaged snacks, which tend to lack essential nutrients, can disrupt the production of protective mucus in the gut, allowing harmful microbes to enter the bloodstream. Over time, this can lead to inflammation and the growth of cancerous tumors. "If you think about your gut as a housing estate, you want the real estate to be occupied by these beneficial microbes," she said. Oatmeal with fruit is a ... [Read More]

Oct 30th, 2025 - Cocoa flavanols protect arteries from the damage of uninterrupted sitting. You're probably sitting as you read this. If you are, I have some bad news and some good news. In our modern world, the chair has become our primary habitat. We are anchored to our desks, our cars, and our couches. This is unhealthy , and we know it. However, we tend to think about it as a creeping problem, something that slowly has an effect on our bodies. A striking new study published in The Journal of Physiology reveals the truth is far more immediate. Just two hours of uninterrupted sitting is enough to ... [Read More]