How to manipulate your unconscious programming so that it works with you, not against you.
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We evolved to spread our genes in a harsh environment. But what happens when we don’t live in a harsh environment? Or aren’t interested in spreading our genes?
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Many things we do that seem “irrational” or “self-sabotaging” are perfectly rational — depending on what you mean by rational.
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How to separate the wheat from the chaff when it comes to fitness blogs and magazines.
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You almost never find outright falsehoods in the health space — but a lot of information is outdated, decontextualized or overblown information that has been modified for its ability to sell and be repeated. Here’s how to figure out what’s worthless and what works.
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Turns out that the bog-standard “8 hours per night” recommendation is probably pretty close to true for most people— but the reasons why are fascinating.
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Weight is an at-best misleading and at-worst useless measurement for virtually everything we try and use it for. This article covers why, and what to measure instead.
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Sleep is important, but sometimes circumstances conspire to make it impossible. These supplements can help you get to sleep, and also help you stay awake when you haven’t slept well (or need to stay up).
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The short answer is that you should eat snacks that are both dense and highly filling, but that’s a pretty tough needle to thread — we have to turn to SCIENCE! to find food that fits all those criteria.
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All of that stuff you’ve heard about them giving you cancer or spiking your insulin “just like sugar does” is total nonsense, but that doesn’t mean we should all suck down a half-dozen Diet Cokes a day, no matter how delicious Diet Coke is.
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