Beauty & Health Editor Hannah Frye is the Beauty & Health Editor at mindbodygreen. She has a B.S. in journalism and a minor in women’s, gender, and queer studies from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. Hannah has written across lifestyle sections including beauty, women’s health, mental health, sustainability, social media trends, and more.
A healthy diet and lifestyle can have a positive impact on our brain health. Yet, many of our day-to-day habits can silently chip away at our cognitive health. These include an unbalanced diet, lack of sleep, drinking alcohol, social media and smoking. Your brain is nothing short of extraordinary. It’s the epicenter of everything you
From low-carb ice cream to keto protein bars to “sugar-free” soda, the decades-old sweetener erythritol is everywhere. But new University of Colorado Boulder research shows the popular sugar substitute and specialty food additive comes with serious downsides, impacting brain cells in numerous ways that can boost risk of stroke. The study was published in the
According to Milstein, it’s good for your brain to take a break once in a while. “To work, and work, and work, and work, and not take a break… There’s the mindset of, ‘Don’t take a vacation,’ and ‘Always be thinking about goals,'” he notes, which can actually harm your cognitive health in the long
