Need to refocus? Do These 4 simple brain exercises take about 1-2 minutes total. Use them in the morning and whenever you need to switch mental focus between tasks and projects. These 4 movements quickly wake up the brain. This is Dr. Sam Shay, founder of www.drsamshay.com, where I teach you how to Macgyver your […]
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Do these 4 Simple (and quick) Brain exercises to easily switch between tasks and projects

Improve your posture (and brain) with this simple exercise
Sitting to the spine is like sugar for the teeth. Sitting is very damaging to the spine and to the brain because if you don’t have a good functioning spine, the signals to your brain coming from the organs, muscles, joints, glands, and skin are going to be more stress signals than movement signals. So […]

How to Nap (and not mess up your sleep).
Napping can help or hurt your sleep, depending on when and how long you nap. If you don’t nap when you need to, you risk further fatigue, loss of productivity, and possibly a further downward spiral of sleep deprivation. However, if you nap too much, then you may be groggy and grumpy the rest of […]

Playing with Fire: Why food and Nutrition are such Volatile subjects.
WARNING! Discussion of Food & Nutrition Ahead! DANGER! Food: one of the most volatile, emotionally-charged, divisive, and perilous topics in all of health. The subject of diet and nutrition parts the most friendships, fuels the most flamewars online, angers more in-laws, drives more behavior, and causes more controversy than almost all other subjects of health.

Blokitis: An emerging disease amongst males
Disclaimer: The the following is a satirical collage of observations and clinical experiences treating a particular type of New Zealand male patient, known as a “Bloke”. The intention is to educate men through satire. If you blokes are offended, don’t be so emotionally fragile. 🙂