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I’m sure you’re aware that bright evening lights and using screens close to bedtime make it harder to fall asleep. Research from Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in [...]

If you’ve read my previous Health-e-Bytes about the healing power of relationships, you know that simply talking to someone can improve our physical and mental wellbeing and it’s never been more [...]

What better time than immediately after Easter to talk about sugar?  Is there really such a thing as a sugar rush? What about a sugar crash? Sugar cravings? Sugar addiction? Click here to listen [...]

I knew there were a lot of people who understood that dieting was not the answer to shedding excess body fat and that restricting calories created — rather than cured — an unhealthy relationship [...]

Thank you so much to everyone who came to my live presentation at Tweed Heads last week. It was lovely to meet so many of you in person and I really appreciate your enthusiastic participation in [...]

A study in the New England Journal of Medicine December 2019 recorded brain size, levels of BDNF* and various aspects of cognitive function in five men and four women who lived at the German [...]

Scientists from Western University in Canada assigned a group of men and women to ride a stationary bike at moderate to vigorous intensity for 10 minutes while a second group were asked to relax [...]

Our brain is a constant work in progress — from the day we’re born until the day we die. Everything we do, think, feel and believe either enhances or erodes our brain on a daily basis. If we [...]

Our beliefs and expectations create a filter through which we perceive everything in our lives — especially our own strengths and abilities. Our brain then programs our bodies to respond [...]

Our beliefs — especially about ourselves and our abilities — have a profound impact on every aspect of our lives. A 21 year study involving 60 000 people found that people’s judgements about [...]