The benefits and criticisms alike are vast, and it’s hard to wade through it all to know whether or not your body will benefit from this diet. But that’s where we come in. Read on to learn everything you need to know about the Plant Paradox Diet, plus a meal plan if you’re thinking of trying it out. In 2017, Gundry published The Plant Paradox, a book about “the hidden dangers in ‘healthy’ foods that cause disease and weight gain....
New research1 published in the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin suggests it has nothing to do with downplaying your accomplishments, contrary to what you may think. Instead, the researchers pinpoint a trait called hypo-egoic nonentitlement as being the defining mark of humility. The results? People with high humility scores were much less likely to think they deserved special treatment for their accomplishments and positive traits. But humble people were not less likely to identify accomplishments and positive traits they were proud of, nor did they tend to rate their accomplishments and traits less positively....
This Monday, the first guidance on childhood obesity in 15 years was released by the American Academy of Pediatrics2 (AAP), and it’s receiving a lot of attention. The academy is suggesting for the first time that medication can be offered to kids as young as 12, and that weight loss surgery can be offered to those as young as 13. This is a revision of the existing guidance to use a “watchful waiting" approach that delays more intensive treatment until children are older....
The limbic system is a powerful force, so sexual or romantic yearning tends to overpower thoughts from our higher-order prefrontal cortex. As Fisher points out, “We can overlook a great number of problems” in the object of our desire. First, we tend to be drawn to people who are similar to us. We’re commonly attracted to those who remind us of loved ones, such as parents, former significant others, or friends....
While it’s often considered “the world’s favorite color” and linked with the Earth through bodies of water and the sky, we also use the word “blue” to describe feeling down (i.e., Sadness in the movie Inside Out is even depicted as an all-blue character, and “blues” music is quintessentially somber). One of the most prolific painters in history, Pablo Picasso, even created a series of blue paintings in the early 1900s with a distinctly sad feel—aptly named his “blue period....
Nowadays, recovery has expanded beyond the “First Aid” aisle of drugstores. Everything from supplements to topical creams is fair game in the recovery realm, and technology has taken recovery solutions to a whole new level, especially in the last few years. As a runner, I’m always looking for ways to relieve soreness and tightness in my legs—and as a fitness editor, I’ll try anything once. So while training for my latest half marathon, I decided to give compression boots (aka padded compression leg sleeves) a try....
According to the National LGBTQ Task Force, asexuality is a sexual orientation where a person experiences little or no sexual attraction or desire. The term is expansive though, and it may hold a different meaning to different people who identify with it in different ways. For some, it’s more about a lack of sexual desire in general, while for others, it’s just a lack of desire for anyone in particular. In general though, being asexual is about how someone experiences sexual desire and/or attraction, and it doesn’t necessarily mean anything in particular about a person’s sexual behavior....
