Independent review and synthesis of published research on nutrition, supplements, sleep, wellbeing and everyday health, with sources and uncertainty made clear.
Finland once again tops the world happiness ranking. One can imagine a person reading this news at a kitchen table in Helsinki, looking at the...
Read the ArticleA country ranking compares residents; migration changes the environment around the same person. What travels with you, what…
Breakfast at 10 a.m. can mean very different things depending on when you wake. Our NHANES analysis asks…
We started with a simple question: is thirst enough, or should healthy people deliberately drink more water? Following…
Does mouth taping improve sleep or breathing? Small studies suggest a possible benefit in selected people with mild…
Falling asleep easily does not tell you everything about coffee’s effect on your night. Dose and timing matter—and decaf offers a way to keep the...
Key takeaways from recent research on Mike's Balance.
Its Cantril Ladder asks people to rate their life as a whole from 0 to 10 rather than measuring daily mood, laughter or stress.
In a small experiment involving 23 healthy young men, 400 mg of caffeine 12 hours before bed reduced deep sleep by about 21 minutes, with no statistically significant change in overall self-rated sleep quality.
They can change short-term fluid retention, but a meaningful everyday health or performance benefit has not been established.
Electrolyte drinks can change short-term fluid retention. But do healthy adults benefit from drinking them every day? We followed the evidence.
