Have you been stressed lately? If you have, have you felt a sinking feeling in your gut? Do you really feel stress in your gut or is it just imagination? Your gut is home to something known as the enteric nervous system. Made from millions of neurons, the gut can
It is just me or has the world been going a little crazy? Economic orders are changing, bringing uncertainty in our lives. As if there wasn’t enough. Amidst all this, it is likely many people may experience an increase in blood pressure. So what is the role of stress
Ask anyone what their goal is, and being happy or happiness will be on the list. But what is happiness? Lacking clarity on what it means, we can spend a lifetime chasing a mirage. Finding it would be well-nigh impossible. So if you truly want happiness, it makes sense to
H. pylori is a tiny bacteria. It lives in your stomach. If you have never heard of it, thank your stars. Shaped like a spiral, if you are at the receiving end of its mercy, you would have hell to pay. So, what does it do? It messes with your
We eat to fuel our body. But what if you wanted to build a strategy to build your heart? How much energy does the heart need, anyway? It may come as a shock, but you consume about six kilograms of adenosine triphosphate or ATP per day. Each cell needs about
As I sit here writing this, it is so tempting to go to an AI tool and have it write the article for me. I am swamped with work and behind on most things. But I am fearful. Of the automation paradox. The automation paradox is the counterintuitive logic that
Every second, your body is doing something extraordinary. It is reading and writing instructions. Instructions that are written in a molecule called nucleic acid. There are two kinds DNA and RNA. Without it, life as we know it would not exist. DNA is your body’s manual. It sits inside
Have you ever tried to stop, pause and just do nothing? If you have, you already know that it is close to impossible. In our modern lives, we are not trained to pause. Instead, the belief is to constantly be on the move, in action mode, doing something with your
Have you ever wondered why alternative therapies are seen as quackery, pseudo science or downright fraud? Why do we dismiss acupuncture, homeopathy, or herbal remedies as unscientific? It’s not random. It’s not even entirely based on evidence. The origin of this belief can be traced back to a
Have you slept better because you exercised during the day? If you have wondered what is the connection between sleep and exercise, let us find out. Many people believe that exercising causes fatigue. The fatigue then makes the body want to catch up. You sleep better as a result. But
My trainer to me to have a lot of protein. You will never improve if you don’t. If you are a vegetarian, you might as well roll over and die, because no matter what you do, you will never fulfill your needs. Have you been in a pickle like
Anger is the feeling of annoyance, hostility or displeasure. Someone has done or said something that makes you unhappy. What is the best way to process or deal with anger? One of my favourite books is Nobel House by James Clavell. The book weaves a rich tapestry of the hongs