According to new research, you should grab the honey pot, not the sugar bowl. In a study, the effects that honey had on appetite hormones and blood sugar control were more favorable than those of table sugar. Which means choosing honey could help prevent weight gain.
Archive for June, 2011
Slim Down with This Kind of Sweetener
Monday, June 6th, 2011The Proper Balance: Good Posture
Monday, June 6th, 2011Health experts back good posture as a way to offset the risks posed by today’s technology-driven and desk-bound lifestyle. Ballet dancers have it. So do serious practitioners of pilates, tai chi, and yoga. Those who sit parked in front of computer screens all day? Not so much. The “it’’ is good posture, and many of [...]
The Economics of Unhappiness
Monday, June 6th, 2011For at least the past decade, there has been a boom in work on the economics of happiness. But recalling Tolstoy’s famous opening lines in Anna Karenina, I’ve always wondered why we don’t study the economics of unhappiness instead. After all, we have so much more data.
Research Finds Not All Conflict is Bad
Monday, June 6th, 2011It starts in childhood: As every kindergartner learns, getting along with others is a practical virtue. From our earliest years, we start to absorb lessons of diplomacy and tact, all meant to help us navigate our surroundings without friction. Down the road, as grown-ups, we seek harmony at home and in the office. Couples who [...]
Need Therapy? A Good Man Is Hard to Find
Monday, June 6th, 2011Between unresolved family conflicts, relationship struggles and his mixed-race identity, James Puckett had enough on his mind in college that he sought professional help. But after bouncing from one therapist to another, he still felt stuck.
Eat Plants to Keep Your Lungs Happy
Monday, June 6th, 2011Plant-based edibles — like beans, grains, fruit, vegetables, and soy foods — are high in cancer-fighting compounds called phytoestrogens. In a study, folks with the highest intakes of these nutrients had a 46 percent lower risk of lung cancer compared with people whose diets were low on the phytoestrogen scale.
Many With New College Degree Find the Job Market Humbling
Monday, June 6th, 2011The individual stories are familiar. The chemistry major tending bar. The classics major answering phones. The Italian studies major sweeping aisles at Wal-Mart. Now evidence is emerging that the damage wrought by the sour economy is more widespread than just a few careers led astray or postponed.
Ins and Outs of Using Gadgetry
Monday, June 6th, 2011How is the average person supposed to know the essentials of their phones, cameras and computers? There’s no government leaflet, no mandatory middle-school class, no state agency that teaches you some core curriculum. Instead, we muddle along, picking up scattershot techniques as we go. We wind up with enormous holes in our knowledge.
Non-Medical Prescription Drug Abuse
Monday, June 6th, 2011Judging by the turnout at a session on non-medical prescription drug use at the American College Health Association’s annual conference, the issue is one colleges are well aware of. But considering that research on the topic is only beginning to emerge, and that some major surveys of student drug use don’t even inquire about prescription [...]
