One persistent question has echoed for decades in regards to exercise: how much? Current government guidelines suggest either 150 minutes of moderate aerobic intensity or 75 minutes of high aerobic intensity every week. It is also suggested that these minutes are spread out through the week. One two-and-a-half hour jog on Sunday is not optimal if you’re not getting your heart rate up at all over the following six days.
Reported rates of marijuana use have more than doubled in the past decade. Medical marijuana is now legal in nearly half of US states and is increasing access to the drug for current and potential future users.
Esta es una entrevista que La Vanguardia Digital le realizó al Dr. Mario Alonso Puig quien es Médico Especialista en Cirugía General y del Aparato Digestivo, Fellow de la Harvard University Medical School y miembro de la New York Academy of Sciences y de la Asociación Americana para el Avance de la Ciencia.
Hasta ahora lo decían los iluminados, los meditadores y los sabios; ahora también lo dice la ciencia: son nuestros pensamientos los que en gran medida han creado y crean continuamente nuestro mundo. “Hoy sabemos que la confianza en uno mismo, el entusiasmo y la ilusión tienen la capacidad de favorecer las funciones superiores del cerebro. La zona prefrontal del cerebro, el lugar donde tiene lugar el pensamiento más avanzado, donde se inventa nuestro futuro, donde valoramos alternativas y estrategias para solucionar los problemas y tomar decisiones, está tremendamente influida por el sistema límbico, que es nuestro cerebro emocional. Por eso, lo que el corazón quiere sentir, la mente se lo acaba mostrando”. Hay que entrenar esa mente.
Americans love sugar.
Together we consumed nearly 11 million metric tons of it in 2016, according to the US Department of Agriculture, much of it in the form of sugar-sweetened beverages like sports drinks and soda.
A forma como respiramos influi em nossas emoções e até na maneira como pensamos. Cientistas comprovaram, pela primeira vez, que o ritmo da entrada e saída de ar no corpo cria uma atividade elétrica no cérebro humano que acentua os julgamentos emocionais e até lembranças desconfortáveis.
AUSTRALIA, Sydney – November 13, 2017 – Aerobic exercise can improve memory function and maintain brain health as we age, a new Australian-led study has found.
Researchers have identified gut microbiota that interact with brain regions associated with mood and behavior.
This may be the first time that behavioral and neurobiological differences associated with microbial composition in healthy humans have been identified.
