The Role of Self-Care in Combating Exhaustion: Tips and Strategies
Exhaustion is a common problem faced by many people in today’s fast-paced world. It can be caused by a variety of factors, including stress, lack
Exhaustion is a common problem faced by many people in today’s fast-paced world. It can be caused by a variety of factors, including stress, lack
In today’s world, technology has become an integral part of our lives. We use it for work, communication, entertainment, and even to track our health
Many people experience fatigue, especially when they lead busy lives or are under a lot of stress.
Burnout can make you feel drained, hopeless, and helpless, and can negatively impact your overall quality of life.
Do you ever feel like you’re running on fumes, but you keep pushing forward anyway? Maybe you’re burning the midnight oil at work, trying to
While there are many ways to combat exhaustion, one of the most effective methods is to take mental health days.
Exhaustion is a common problem faced by many people in today’s fast-paced world. It can be caused by a variety of factors, including stress, lack
In today’s world, technology has become an integral part of our lives. We use it for work, communication, entertainment, and even to track our health
Many people experience fatigue, especially when they lead busy lives or are under a lot of stress.
Burnout can make you feel drained, hopeless, and helpless, and can negatively impact your overall quality of life.
Do you ever feel like you’re running on fumes, but you keep pushing forward anyway? Maybe you’re burning the midnight oil at work, trying to
While there are many ways to combat exhaustion, one of the most effective methods is to take mental health days.
Not the way you think. That’s not to say that inside of each of us, there’s a biological yearning to have our own children, to
The EPA opened the doors on its US Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program in 1996. This branch of the agency was responsible for determining the impact on humans of industrial and agricultural chemicals either directly or indirectly.
Like what happens to our drinking water when herbicides run off of plants and into streams…
Or when children drink from plastic laced with BPA.
We’ve talked before about what endocrine-disruptors do — how they mimic naturally occurring hormones and interfere with signals in the body.
“Single use” is the dirtiest phrase of 2020.
Usually, we associate “single use” with plastic bottles, encouraging the ground swell, grassroots movement of citizens concerned about the environment to opt for portable glass water-bottles, or recycled BPA-free plastic, instead of stopping by the gas station and grabbing a plastic water bottle.
But “single use” moves far beyond just water bottles.
Plastic bags. Disposable razors. Shampoo and conditioner bottles. Cardboard boxes. Toothbrushes. Coffee tubs. Diapers. Loofahs.
When Hippocrates famously said, “All disease begins in the gut,” he likely had no idea how right he was.
For example, could he have known that the gut contains 10 times more bacteria responsible for regulating your health than the rest of the body?
Or that the bacterial transfer that occurs at birth affects the diversity of your microbiome (collection of gastro-intestinal bacteria in the digestive tract) for life?
Is it possible that he knew the root cause of bacteria destruction in the gut flora also weakens the gut barrier and leads to leaky gut, diverticulitis, and other disorders?
Maybe not. But he was on the right track.
Norwegians call it fylleangst… But you might recognize it in its millennial incarnation: “hangxiety.” Believe it or not, it’s become so heavily referenced in popular