Thank you all so much for your encouraging comments regarding 1% Thursday, which has been running since May 2009. It’s been great to hear your comments and ideas, and also to hear that the tips have been a help! There have now been about 25 months of 1% Thursdays, which translates into almost 90 tips. [...]
Another study is saying what many of us have known for a long time. Cool head = Better sleep. Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine were wondering if people who couldn’t sleep had brains that were too hot. Maybe their thinking was heating up their brains (or perhaps hot brains were making [...]
We drink a lot of sugar. Yes, even those genuine 100% real juices are full of – you guessed it – sugar. Oh, natural sugar, of course. And yes, I do buy 100% juices. But all those calories add up quickly, and the sugar in your body spikes and all kinds of problems come of [...]
A lot of pain is triggered by problems in the jaw. You may not realize it, but you could be clenching and tightening your jaw muscles during the day, or at night. You could avoid a lot of pain long-term by simply learning how to hold your jaw. In fact, learning how to properly relax [...]
Phonophobia. That’s what many migraine sufferers have. Basically, it means that noise bothers you. Sometimes that’s the slightest noise. Sometimes it’s all the time, and not just during a migraine attack. At night, ear plugs are a great option. But sometimes they slip out of your ears. Sometimes they hurt your ears. Sometimes they just [...]