People with obesity, high blood sugar, high blood pressure or high cholesterol are often advised to eat less and move more, but our new research suggests there is now another simple tool to fight off these diseases: restricting your eating time to a daily 10-hour window. Find out why time restricted eating can be often more efficient than any other form of diet.
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How to Unblock Your Mind
When a child grows up, even in families where there are no serious conflicts, he needs to use psychological defense mechanisms to deal with the inevitable frustrations. Just as our immune system was created by God to protect our bodies against invaders, such as viruses or bacteria that produce illnesses, we also have psychological mechanisms in our minds to help us, if possible, to stay away from attitudes, feelings, thoughts, words and beliefs that may be unpleasant. Find out how to unblock your mind in order to be able to face difficult truth about yourself and grow as a person.
Problems with Chocolate
Let’s face it. Chocolate is delicious, and a top favorite of many people. Some enjoy it freely, relying on its positive contribution to pleasure and nutrition, others, aware of some of its unhealthful qualities, abstain. Seems we are currently caught between surges of those opposing attitudes and usage. What, really is the current state of reliable scientific information? Find out in this article!
Take a Break to Control Your Stress
It’s never been easier to stay connected to work. Even when we’re on leave, our phones and laptops keep us tethered. Many of us promise ourselves we won’t check emails during our break. But we do. Being away from the workplace, and even in a new location, is often not enough to detach psychologically. We might still be thinking about a demanding project we raced to finish or even feel guilty about leaving others to cover for us. Find out the benefits of taking a break, and how to make the most of your time off.
Does Diabetes Cause Depression?
Did you know that the link between diabetes and depression had been described as early as the 17th century? Back then, English doctor Thomas Willis — one of the pioneers of diabetes research — wrote that “significant life stress, sadness, or long sorrow” made people more likely to suffer from diabetes. But it wasn’t until the 20th century that a series of studies showed this connection statistically: Compared to people without diabetes, diabetic individuals are two to three times more likely to be depressed. Today, it’s known that up to 15 percent of people with diabetes experience depression. Find out what interactions between the two are the cause for this drastic increase.