This is day one of the rest of my life. I decided that I have to finish off all of the projects that I have started as well as probably start some new ones. But I’ve been very bad at getting it done. So I decided to challenge myself to a 90 day thing about getting…
The economy is improving [slightly] but I’ll bet older people are not the ones who are getting hired or getting the “good” jobs. And even with increases in the minimum wage, jobs are not being created that pay much more than that minimum wage. Older people with experience are seen as requiring higher pay levels. It’s…
Exercise “guidelines” suggest we get at least 150 minutes of moderate exercise per week. I know how hard it is to do this, and I exercise regularly, so it came as no surprise to read this:Researchers say current exercise guidelines are unrealistic and argue that doctors should sometimes advise small increases in activity instead.Have you…
It is not obesity alone that kills us; it’s the lack of getting our bodies moving [i.e. exercise] A lack of exercise could be killing twice as many people as obesity in Europe, a 12-year study of more than 300,000 people suggests. University of Cambridge researchers said about 676,000 deaths each year were down to…
I wrote that you can train your brain to be happy – now we learn that you can train your brain to like healthy or good-for-you foods.This [study] focused on changing food preferences by prescribing a diet high in fibre and protein, and low in carbohydrates, but which did not allow participants to become hungry because…
No – your brain is not color coded….. I have always loved learning about our brain and took a neuropsychology course in graduate school and learned to love it even more! It is intriguing and current research has taken our knowledge far beyond what I learned way back then. Like this:Similar memories overlap physically in…