One of the insidious aspects of depression is that you don’t have the energy or motivation to do the most basic things. Eating, sleeping and exercise all suffer. This means that the traditional first steps when you’re not feeling great sometimes fall by the wayside, including the simplest act of all: having a glass of […]
You probably know that your hormone levels fluctuate as you age. A big surge in adolescence helps drive puberty, while the impact of many hormones weakens as you grow older. But is this a consequence of aging or a cause? Scientists decided to do some research on that exact topic. There have been a few
Whether we talk about type 1, type 2 or gestational diabetes, we’re still talking about Diabetes mellitus. When most people say diabetes, that’s what they mean. But Diabetes mellitus isn’t the only condition bearing a diabetes label; there’s also Diabetes insipidus, which is a completely different and unrelated thing. Well, it’s not exactly completely different.
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When it looks like you’re becoming visibly stressed, a well-meaning person may ask you to consider your blood pressure. It’s a well-known fact that stress is a cause of hypertension – or is it? What’s behind this commonly held notion? The short answer is that yes, there is a connection between high blood pressure and
The debate on the healthiness of organic food compared to its non-organic counterparts is an ongoing one, and it’s not likely to be resolved soon. The research is still ongoing, and when so many things can impact how crops grow, it’s a complicated area to identify specific data. What we can do is try to
I’ve talked before about the dangers of individual nutrient deficiencies, like when a lack of vitamin C leads to scurvy. What’s received less detail is the broader category of malnutrition, a condition that may affect as many as 1 in 3 people all around the world. Malnutrition does, at its most basic, mean you’re not
What actually happens to your body when you exercise? What tiny, invisible changes are happening through every single cell? We can see when muscles grow and feel when our breathing improves, but for a full understanding of just how complex exercise’s impact can be, you need physiology. Physiology is a subdiscipline of biology that looks
