How to Make a Positive Digital Impact on Your Children—Especially Around Food
Creating healthy digital habits for your children is one of the hardest tasks modern parents face. Here are some well-tested strategies to get started.
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Author: Fast Times Editors
Why Do We Crave Comfort Food During Stressful Times?
Never-ending pandemics and elections have you stress eating? You’re not alone. Most of us say that eating comfort food makes us feel better. But scientists disagree.
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3 Delicious and Nutritious Recipes to Break Your Fast
After a prolonged fast, it might be tempting to open the fridge and dive in. Instead, consider refueling and breaking fast with a nutrient-rich meal.
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Research Roundup #5: This Week’s Fasting News from Around the Web
This week, we look at the problems associated with eating late at night, the likely benefits of a ketogenic diet and fasting for preventing heart failure and treating cancer, and the advantages of an easily doable 12-hour fast.
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One Spouse’s View Of Aging May Sway The Other’s Health
Elderly people can expect their health to decline—as well as that of their spouse—when their self-perceptions about aging become negative, a new study suggests.
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The Politics of Food: How the Government Affects Our Diet
With the election in the full display and hopefully soon to be resolved and in the rearview mirror (insert a big sigh of relief when that happens), it seems timely to consider the impact of the federal government on the food we eat. Its role is significant, from helping to feed the hungry to upholding the quality of our agricultural products.
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More Time Visualizing An Action Improves Your Learning
Visualizing an action in the moments just before it takes place may influence learning, a new study suggests.
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Hunger Hormone May Shed Light On Overeating
A new study offers insight into leptin, a hormone that plays a key role in appetite, overeating, and obesity.
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Why Questions (Good and Bad) Matter
If those in a community, this one or any, are to do better, they must be able to inquire freely and naïvely. They must be able to hear questions as questions, not as assertions, and to react tolerantly, even charitably.
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