Lucy Danziger

When you don't get a good night's sleep, chances are the next day you eat junk. But it may be that you didn't get a good night's sleep because you ate junk. A new study out of Finland links the quality of your sleep with your diet and alcohol consumption. Specific...

A new study just released has found that a small but powerful plant compound called lignans can protect against cardiovascular disease, and there is other evidence that shows lignans may even protect against breast and prostate cancer. Here's everything to know about lignans, where to find them, and how to work them into your diet. ...

A new study from the famed Salk Institute shows that Time-Restricted Eating (TRE), popular as a weight-loss strategy, also has significant health benefits – from disease prevention to helping people survive infections such as COVID-19. While some of the b...

Burnout is real, as companies across America are finding out. The dating app Bumble recently gave its 700 employees a week off with pay to counter the problem of widespread burnout. Meanwhile no less a venerable wall street institution than Goldman Sachs just raised the base pay for junior bankers who had reported to their bosses in February that they were working insane hours, sometimes 100 hours

Is red meat bad for you? That's what a new study finds, and it doesn't take much to increase your risk of heart disease by a significant amount. A review of 1.4 million meat-eaters found that regularly digging into a steak or grabbing a burger (or ham sandwich) increases your risk of heart disease by 18 percent...

Sorry to strip your buzz, but a new study links moderate alcohol consumption to cancer risk, and the new review says it only takes one to two drinks a day to "substantially" raise your risk of several types of cancer, from breast to colon, over a ten year period...

A new study has found that doing 5 minutes of breathing exercises works to lower blood pressure as effectively as medication does, according to researchers at CU Boulder. The breathing exercises are a specific type of inhaling to bring oxygen deep into the lungs, called Muscular Strength Training, which has been described as "working out your breathing muscles" since you need to inhale d

When you hear the words soluble fiber you might think of old people who need a little help getting things moving along in the bathroom. But soluble fiber is so much more than a cure for constipation (though it does that too), it is the cellular infrastructure of all fruit and vegetables, pulses like beans, and nuts and seeds...

With the Delta coronavirus variant on the march and the common cold making headway due to some going maskless, there is no better time than today to start taking care of your immune system. The way to do that is to eat immune-boosting foods. Yes, inste...

Should you try "clean eating" as an approach to a healthy diet? People who try to follow a "clean eating" plan end up getting more healthy servings of fruits and vegetables into their diet than those who don't believe in a "clean eating" approach, research finds. If you'r...