Life Hacks

We’ve written before about supplementation of calcium and vitamin D, for example: Vit D + Calcium: Too Much Of A Good Thing? ← this also talks about safe and effective doses, and what goes wrong if you take too much And even if you get the dosage right, there are still more ways to mess…

Bananas are a healthy fruit for most people (there is such a thing as a banana allergy, so we can’t extend it to all people, but certainly most people). Full of fiber, carbs for energy, vitamins and minerals, and a stack of nutritious phytochemicals. One thing we will quickly say as a small counterpoint, which…

First introduced as a diabetes medication, GLP-1 drugs quickly took hold for off-label use as weight loss aids, even when the science was still very young. Here’s one of our first articles on that, back in the day: Semaglutide’s Surprisingly Big Research Gap As for that popularity? Check out: 1 in 5 US Women Aged…

How healthy are your kidneys? Most people don’t know, unless a problem has already been identified. There are clinical tests that can be done (they’ll just need a urine sample from you; ask your doctor about it), but there’s some screening that can be done at home already: Are Your Kidneys Healthy? Take This One-Minute…

Usually, when we talk about coffee (and/or caffeine) and cardiovascular health, the question is more about potential increase of health risks, often because of dipterpenes such as cafestol and kahweol, which can raise LDL cholesterol: However, that’s not the whole story… A matter of time The crux here, when it comes to “is coffee good…

Spoiler: it’s choline Underconsumed and underappreciated Choline is essential for: …which all add up to making it quite unfortunate that about 90% of Americans do not get an adequate intake of this vital nutrient! Source: Choline: The Underconsumed and Underappreciated Essential Nutrient Per some recent research, this does appear to have an important effect on…

A lot of heart attack risk factors are quite big things to change. Stop smoking, stop drinking, stop eating red meat, exercise a certain amount, and so forth. This one, in contrast, is quite easy to change: The one easy habit is… If you would like to double your heart attack risk, then what you…

We’ve previous discussed some specific health benefits (especially brain health) of some specific arts, for example: …as well as occasional guest articles, such as: Lost for words? Research shows art therapy brings benefits for mental health But what of the arts in general, as a category, and healthy aging beyond “just” brain health? Artfully dodging aging…

These days, there are increasingly many ways to give our eyes medical attention. Laser surgery opened a lot of doors (not to mention cutting into the window to your soul and all that), and even that may be becoming obsolete as science marches on. That said, some methods still seem a little too exciting for…

Generally speaking, the scientific community most highly lauds the Mediterranean diet as being best for general health: The Mediterranean Diet: What Is It Good For? ← what isn’t it good for?! However, even this can be tweaked with specific health considerations in mind, for example: Four Ways To Upgrade The Mediterranean Diet ← these tweaks…

We’ve written quite a bit about coffee’s health benefits over the years, but for anyone just joining us, a quick recap of some salient articles should definitely include: Even if we consider coffee’s most well-known physiological effect (keeping people awake), it’s not quite how a lot of people think it is; see: How Much Does…