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Key Takeaways Take a quick walk outside to boost your mood, especially if it’s a sunny day.Do 25 jumping jacks to get your heart pumping and lift your spirit.Smile or force a smile to trigger happy chemicals in your brain. Sometimes, the day sort of gets you down, or you find yourself in a slog that’s hard to work your way out of. Maybe something happened at work that wasn’t great, you’re working through a complicated situationship, or you got some not-so-great news. Hey, we’ve all been there and you’re definitely not alone in this ever-spinning roller coaster of life! …
Key Takeaways ADHD inattentive type makes it hard for people to focus, remember things, and be organized.Therapy and medications can help manage symptoms of inattentive-type ADHD. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental “disorder” that impacts the way the brain functions. We put the word disorder in quotation marks because while ADHD is a disorder in the DSM-5, it is more commonly viewed by physicians and neurodivergent individuals as having a brain that simply works differently than neurotypicals. An estimated 5% of people around the world live with ADHD, which starts in childhood but often persists into adulthood. We…
Drinking green tea regularly may support metabolic health and reduce visceral fat.Swap sugary drinks for green tea to help maintain a calorie deficit needed for fat loss.To support visceral fat loss, exercise regularly, limit alcohol, manage stress and get enough sleep. Not all body fat is the same—and the one you really need to pay attention to is visceral fat. “Visceral fat is the fat that’s stored deep inside your abdomen, surrounding your organs like your liver, stomach and intestines,” explains Lauren Manaker, M.S., RDN, LD. Unlike subcutaneous fat, which lies just beneath the skin, visceral fat isn’t visible—but it…
A new report from the Make American Health Again (MAHA) Commission — spearheaded by the U.S. Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — is offering recommendations on how to reverse the rise in chronic childhood diseases.[1]It is a follow-up to a report released in May that identified a number of “potential drivers” of poor health among the nation’s kids. It did not mention threats like gun violence (the leading cause of death for American children) and food insecurity.[2][3][4]The MAHA Commission’s latest “Make Our Children Healthy Again” road map offers more than 120 initiatives that aim to tackle…
Gather ingredients. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat. Allrecipes/Kim Shupe Stir together flour, 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and Italian seasoning in a bowl. Stir in yogurt until mixture forms a shaggy dough. Allrecipes/Kim Shupe Transfer dough to a well-floured work surface. Knead until mostly smooth, 3 to 4 minutes. If needed, add additional flour 1 teaspoon at a time to keep dough from being too sticky. Allrecipes/Kim Shupe Shape dough into a ball; press down gently to form a disk. Divide…
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When it comes to longevity-supporting foods, herbal tea certainly ranks high on the list. Deanna Minich, Ph.D., IFMCP, a functional nutritionist who studies plant-based pigments, would agree: “Look at all the cultures that live the longest. They’re drinking a variety of tea throughout the day,” she says on the mindbodygreen podcast. Green tea receives much of the love—it’s well deserved, of course, as green tea contains the powerful catechin EGCG1, which has more than a few anti-inflammatory benefits.
Did you know you can customize Google to filter out garbage? Take these steps for better search results, including adding my work at Lifehacker as a preferred source.Apple didn’t necessarily make it easy to pick a new iPhone this year. The $799 iPhone 17 comes with features previously exclusive to the Pros, without raising the price; the iPhone 17 Pros, once again, have the best and most varied camera system of the bunch; and the iPhone Air is just cool. There are a lot of reasons to consider any one of these new iPhones over the others, but things get…
Ginger is our expert-recommended spice for helping you reduce symptoms of bloating. It has anti-inflammatory nutrients that may help increase gastric motility and relieve nausea. Add ginger to your meals by blending fresh ginger to smoothies or using dried ginger in recipes. We’ve all been there—feeling like a balloon that’s been inflated a bit too much. Bloating can sneak up on you, transforming a comfortable outfit into a tight squeeze. On those days, you just want relief. Bloating is common. It is characterized by an uncomfortable feeling of fullness or swelling (distension) in the abdomen. It often occurs after eating…
Key Takeaways People with ADHD may feel bored because their brains need more stimulation for focus and attention.Having activities on hand can help people with ADHD manage boredom before it happens. Feeling bored usually happens when nothing in your environment captures your interest or attention. You feel there is nothing to do. Life is dull. Perhaps, you do not feel your life is fulfilling or meaningful. Anyone can be bored in specific situations (state of being), especially when you are sitting in waiting rooms, doing mundane housework, not feeling challenged, or engaged in repetitive activities. However, some people are chronically…