Post No.: 0390 Furrywisepuppy says: Ever wondered what’s actually happening when you’re sleeping? It’s a more active process than you may realise… When we sleep, we go through roughly 90-minute (60-100-minute) sleep cycles. The stages of sleep … Read More
Post No.: 0377 Furrywisepuppy says: Mental toughness or strength is arguably about having the ability to stay focused despite feeling a million other emotions and physiological symptoms. It’s the ability to own any feelings and thoughts you have … Read More
Post No.: 0367 Fluffystealthkitten says: If your goal is to lose weight then improving your diet and cutting down on calories should be your primary strategy. Exercising or being more physically active is still crucial for one’s health … Read More
Post No.: 0358 Furrywisepuppy says: ‘Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis’ (NEAT) is about your metabolism when doing activities that we wouldn’t normally or formally call sports or exercise. This includes walking to the shops, looking after young children or doing … Read More
Post No.: 0350 Furrywisepuppy says: During the day – if you have naps during the daytime then don’t over-nap. Busy the mind during the day too – stimulate your brain, see new sights, learn new things! Regularly … Read More
Post No.: 0336 Furrywisepuppy says: Children are born with relatively open minds, are highly inquisitive and are not ‘set in their ways’ yet, and so they should be raised to be aware that there are a lot of … Read More
Post No.: 0329 Furrywisepuppy says: Your ‘sleep onset latency’ is the length of time it takes for you to fall asleep from the moment you tuck into bed and switch off the lights. A time of around 15-20 … Read More
Post No.: 0325 Furrywisepuppy says: Keeping regularly active and physically fit is not only good for a child’s physical health but is also good for their concentration and academic performance at school. Active kids tend to be more … Read More
Post No.: 0320 Furrywisepuppy says: Although you will lose weight if you skip meals and if you ultimately reduce your total daily calorific intake, and if your physical energy expenditure levels remain the same or increase – skipping … Read More
Post No.: 0306 Furrywisepuppy says: Different types of pain bring different or unique challenges. The pain of rejection is not qualitatively the same as the pain of getting cut, even if the signals in the brain may be … Read More
Post No.: 0278 Fluffystealthkitten says: Invest in health and health will come. (This is apparently statistically true in economics.) No matter if we’re personally financially rich or poor or anything else in life – if one vital thing … Read More
Post No.: 0269 Furrywisepuppy says: In Europe, there are concerns of ‘E numbers’ regarding food additives. But the ‘E’ prefix just stands for ‘Europe’ and signifies that the European Food Safety Authority has assessed the additive as safe … Read More
Post No.: 0255 Furrywisepuppy says: You could say that this follows on from Post No.: 0249 about the psychology of basking in reflected glory… I personally find that basking in reflected glory is problematic in sport when … Read More
Post No.: 0242 Furrywisepuppy says: The hormone ghrelin signals hunger when the stomach is empty. Peptide YY (PYY) conversely signals satiety in the stomach. Insulin is arguably the hormone that is most responsible for the body’s ability to … Read More
Post No.: 0226 Fluffystealthkitten says: Pain is an alarm signal telling us that something is not right or is potentially about to be not right. For example, we feel pain after we get cut and bleed or after … Read More
Post No.: 0219 Furrywisepuppy says: Age plays a key role in how much sleep is optimal for us and when we tend to sleep and wake up. Babies sleep for ~16 hours per day, with lots of randomly-timed … Read More
Post No.: 0201 Furrywisepuppy says: It’s vitally important to get children doing the right – as in healthy, safe and productive – habits and practices right from the very start because the good and bad habits we build … Read More
Post No.: 0190 Furrywisepuppy says: If you suffer from chronic back pain or osteoarthritis then you should definitely do at least some regular exercise – ‘if you don’t use it then you’ll lose it!’ The cure for a … Read More
Post No.: 0184 Furrywisepuppy says: Many blogs on the Internet promote pseudoscientific remedies and health fads but I hope you realise by now that this is no ordinary blog because Fluffystealthkitten and I care about the hard science … Read More
Post No.: 0176 Fluffystealthkitten says: A lot of people hold dearly onto the over-generalised belief that ‘natural is always best’ for our health and that anything that isn’t considered natural is bad or at least cannot be as … Read More
