Monthly Archives: June 2020

Family game night is good for your waistline!

30 Tuesday Jun 2020

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According to Yale University research, playing board games like Scrabble or Monopoly burns calories (but don’t eat any snacks while playing)… 20% more calories than watching TV. So playing just two one-hour games a week can help you lose weight – and reduce your risk of Type 2 diabetes. In fact, the Yale research says it can cut the risk of Type 2 diabetes by 15%!

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Being sleep-deprived makes us hungry!

29 Monday Jun 2020

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Being sleep-deprived makes us hungrier, because we need extra calories to power through our day. According to King’s College London, if we get fewer than 6 hours of sleep, the next day we scarf down nearly 400 additional calories – usually junk food. Because a lack of sleep throws off our hunger hormones, making them spike. And since a lack of sleep makes us moody and irritable, we tend to reach for high-fat, high-calorie foods to make us feel better.

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Here’s a proven way to boost your memory:

26 Friday Jun 2020

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Concentrate on what you need to remember for 8 seconds. Studies show that’s the minimum amount of time it takes for a piece of information to go from our short-term memory to our long-term memory. Meaning, whether we want to remember someone’s name, or where we parked our car, the information’s more likely to stick in our brain if we focus on it for at least eight seconds.

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You don’t need to practice yoga to center yourself and be mindful.

24 Wednesday Jun 2020

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Try this mindfulness technique, no matter what type of exercise you enjoy. It comes from trainer Nora St. John: Every 5 minutes during your run, bike ride, or rowing session – take out your earbuds or pause your workout playlist, and tune into your breathing and body movement. Make sure nothing feels off or awkward, and correct it if it does. St. John says that will help you become a more efficient exerciser and help prevent injuries.

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Get more energy with this breathing technique!

22 Monday Jun 2020

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Get ready to be more energized and alert in 2 minutes with a simple breathing technique. It comes from Ayurvedic medicine, a type of holistic, whole-body healing developed 3,000 years ago in India. And it’s based on the idea health and wellness is physical, mental AND emotional.

So what’s the Ayurvedic breathing technique?  Sit or stand comfortably, and use a finger to press your LEFT nostril shut. Then, breathe in slowly through your RIGHT nostril and exhale slowly. That activates nerve endings in the right nostril linked to alertness. And in 2 minutes you’ll have renewed focus and energy.

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Do you have a case of text neck?

19 Friday Jun 2020

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The twinge you get after staring at your screen all day? Try Tai Chi! Dr. Paul Christo is a professor of pain medicine at Johns Hopkins. And his research shows it can relieve persistent pain. And you can start NOW with these moves Dr. Christo recommends: Sit up straight, pinch your shoulder blades together, hold for a few seconds, then release. Then turn your head to the right and hold it for a couple seconds. And do the same on the left. Do those Tai Chi moves several times a day, and your text neck should feel a lot better.

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You CAN satisfy your cravings…

18 Thursday Jun 2020

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…and suffer no consequences when you step on the bathroom scale: Think small! In other words, take a couple bites, then wait. Cornell University’s Food & Brand Lab says portion size has ZERO impact on our level of satisfaction. In fact, those who ate smaller portions – or about 77% less food – felt just as satisfied 15 minutes after eating… compared to those who ate the largest portions. Bottom line: Two squares of chocolate or 6 potato chips may absolutely be enough to satisfy your craving without loading you up on calories and fat, and blowing your diet.

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Bread just got healthier to eat.

17 Wednesday Jun 2020

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Because you can reduce its impact on blood sugar by freezing it first, and toasting it later! That simple move cuts its glycemic index in HALF, which is how fast it spikes your blood sugar. According to the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, freezing and toasting bread changes the molecular structure of the starch. So, instead of treating it like simple carbs or sugar, your body processes bread-like complex carbs, which keeps your blood sugar steady. And that smoothes out the blood sugar spikes and crashes that trigger cravings. All just by freezing and toasting your bread.

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Want to boost your heart health?

16 Tuesday Jun 2020

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Avoid listening to music you don’t like! Researchers from the University of Maryland found people forced to listen to songs they disliked saw their blood vessels constrict about 6% within 30 minutes, which reduced blood flow, strained their heart, and raised the risk for clogged arteries. While people listening to their favorite songs saw their blood vessels expand by 26%, making them wider and more relaxed. And their bodies were pumping out nitric oxide, a compound that helps prevent the clots that can trigger a heart attack.

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Clutter causes stress!

15 Monday Jun 2020

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Because piles of clothes and papers are reminders of things we aren’t getting done and can trigger anxiety, or feelings of failure. So, if your home is a giant, chaotic mess, and you don’t know where to start, try micro-decluttering. And instead of tackling the whole house, or even a whole room, start with a drawer. Or just your t‑shirts. Set your phone timer for 15 minutes and work on that one, small thing. And you’ll feel much calmer and more in-control, one t-shirt stack, or junk drawer, at a time.

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