This phenomenon is called aphantasia—and it’s a relatively mysterious neurological condition whereby people are unable to visualize things in their heads. Here’s what the little research we have on it has found so far, plus how to find out whether you have it. When someone with aphantasia does try to imagine something, they simply can’t and instead see a void of darkness. Neuroscientist and author of The Source Tara Swart, M....
Yep, folks, there is a little more to a multivitamin routine than simply popping those capsules or tablets whenever you remember and hoping for the best. Consider this your complete guide to optimizing your multivitamin regimen so that you get the most benefits out of your efforts.* In fact, nationally representative research1 shows that many, many people don’t get enough of their required micronutrients each day through food alone. Just a few major nutrient gaps that many Americans are facing these days: vitamins A, C, D, E, and K, along with calcium, magnesium, and potassium—just to name a few....
Like any nostalgia-based trend, the appeal is easy to understand: The dance-like motion required to keep the hoop moving feels like a playful game and an excellent workout, all in one pretty affordable piece of equipment. To uncover the benefits of bringing back this childhood activity, we spoke with a CPT and researched the options available today. Learn more below, and find our picks for the best weighted hula hoops of 2023....
Its traffic peaked in early April of 2019 following the death of rapper Nipsey Hussle, who had previously reported that he was working on a documentary about Dr. Sebi. Some people linked Hussle’s work on the documentary to his death, saying it “wasn’t a coincidence.” The designer is “Dr.” Sebi, whose real name was Alfredo Darrington Bowman, was born in 1933 in Honduras. He was not a doctor, medical or otherwise, nor licensed healthcare practitioner of any kind (though his site calls him a “pathologist, herbalist, biochemist, and naturalist”)....
Even before that, I had what my dad, a psychologist and person keen to poke fun at me, called “Woody Allen–type neurotic tendencies.” When I was seven, I needed my stuffed animals lined up just so. I missed 42 days of school one year, sure I had strep throat, then pneumonia, then cancer. My chest was always a little bit tighter than those of my friends; I always had more “what ifs” and “whys” floating around my overactive mind....
The thing is, it’s not just the bad lighting at work that has an effect on all these things—it’s often the lighting in our own homes, too. And it’s all thanks to a single explanation: “Light is the strongest cue for setting the timing for our biological clock, which regulates the timing of our circadian rhythms,” says Shadab A. Rahman, Ph.D., MPH, an instructor in medicine at Harvard Medical School whose research encompasses circadian neurophysiology....
It wasn’t until I met a friend for breakfast who blamed her tardiness on the green juice that I became intrigued. Every morning she grabs a glass of celery juice from her local bodega. She doesn’t eat anything for 30 minutes and then goes about her day. Since drinking the juice, she has been feeling like a superwoman, she told me—less bloated, with more energy. She’s even lost a few pounds....
