Diet culture is all around us. It influences how we speak and exercise, what we eat and wear, and even how we feel about and talk to ourselves. We are living and breathing diet culture every day, yet most people don’t even know it exists. That’s because it is so deeply embedded into our lives… Read More: 5 Tools to Help You Ditch Diet Culture for Good »
Fitness trackers like the Apple Watch now allow you to detect heart conditions such as atrial fibrillation. That’s not always a good thing, says doctor Margaret McCartney Technology | Comment 17 July 2019 Josie Ford By Margaret McCartney SELF-EMPOWERED, self-motivated, self-aware: we have got used to the idea that more knowledge about our health is… Read More: Using smart watches to monitor your heart could do more… »
Most of the clinical fiascos I’ve seen and heard about associated with cannabis consumption have involved the use of cannabis edibles, going back to the days when two bohemian college roommates visited Amsterdam, took two “space cakes,” waited 30 minutes, took two more, and spent the next 20 hours clinging to each other and hiding… Read More: Cannabis is medicine — don’t make it taste good »
New research suggests eating a little bit of the good stuff once a day can improve cognitive ability. While we enjoy eating chocolate as much as the next person, it normally comes with a hefty portion of guilt afterwards. But turns out there IS a benefit to indulging those sugar cravings as new research suggests consuming a… Read More: Scientists reveal eating chocolate every day is good for your… »