The festive season doesn’t have to derail your health goals. With mindful strategies like stress management, enjoying treats without guilt, staying active, and prioritising rest, you can maintain balance and vitality. Discover practical tips to navigate the holidays with ease and enjoy the moments that matter most.
The power of breathwork for health and performance
Imagine having a powerful wellness tool with you every single day—one that’s as simple as breathing. Turns out, your breath holds far more potential than most people realise.
Glucose tracking with CGMs: Your longevity ally
CGMs have emerged as a powerful tool for monitoring and improving metabolic health and healthspan. Learn how you can transform this data into new habits to optimise your health.
The benefits of balanced daily routines on sleep patterns and ageing
Daily activities, including sleep, physical activity, and sedentary behaviour, interact within a 24-hour period, impacting sleep quality among Australian children and adults. Using compositional data analysis, the research emphasises the importance of considering the full day’s activity composition to promote better sleep health.
Sleep enhances brain health and longevity
Neuronal activity boosts cerebrospinal fluid flow to remove brain waste during sleep, potentially affecting longevity and ageing.
Warm your feet, enhance your sleep
Wearing bed socks to warm feet can significantly improve sleep quality in a cool environment, shortening sleep onset, extending sleep duration, and reducing awakenings, without affecting core body temperature.
Can taking naps enhance brain health?
A recent study has explored the causal relationship between habitual daytime napping and brain health. Using Mendelian randomisation, it revealed a modest causal link between regular napping and larger total brain volume, providing insights into the potential cognitive benefits of daytime napping.
The role of deep sleep in protecting against Alzheimer’s disease
Deep non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep may serve as a protective factor against Alzheimer’s disease (AD) pathology, according to a recent study.
New insights into mechanism of circadian rhythms
A team of researchers from the University of Pennsylvania has identified the structure of the circadian rhythm photosensor and its target in fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster). The research, published in the journal Nature, provides new insights into the mechanisms behind circadian rhythms, which are the 24-hour cycles that govern many biological processes, including sleep, wakefulness, and metabolism.
3 things I learned from my Oura ring (a health coach’s perspective)
Health coach Liv recently bought an Oura ring. In this blog, she shares her experiences and how this technology is helping her to optimise her health.