Top Ten Ways to Test Your Body

After all, if you don’t know what’s going on inside your body, then how do you know you’re not one of those people who are healthy on the outside, but unhealthy on the inside? And if you struggle with anything like brain fog, constipation, bloating, low libido, poor sleep, or slow workout recovery, then you probably fall into the category of people who need to test their body.

As a matter of fact, even if you’re exercising hard and eating healthy, it turns out that what’s actually going on inside your body can be quite disturbing, and include:

• Low testosterone and high cortisol, manifesting in overtraining symptoms, low libido, lack of motivation, and loss of competitive drive.
• Low luteinizing hormone, high estrogens, and low progesterone, manifesting in brain fog, appetite cravings, and a seeming inability to shed fat despite lots of training.
• High thyroid-stimulating hormone and low thyroid hormones, resulting in a constant feeling of being cold, sluggish metabolism, and impaired digestive function, gas, and bloating.Readmore

10 things that should never go in the fridge

After spending time in the grocery store, your sole goal when you get home is to put everything away as quickly as possible. You throw thepantry stuff in the pantry and cold stuff in the fridge and call it a day. But really what you’re doing is creating a return trip to the store a lot sooner.

Believe it or not, you could be putting grocery items in your fridge incorrectly. All foods have unique molecular compositions. Some are full of starch and others gluten, and each food reacts differently to its environment. And while we see our refrigerator as a cold preservation box, it wasn’t designed to keep every food item fresh.

To help you save your food from an untimely death, we pulled together a list of grocery items that don’t belong in your fridge, no matter how cold you think they should be! Readmore

12 mental tricks to fight pain

If you're in pain, you may be able to harness your thoughts to help fight it. Skeptical? Studies suggest these pain relief tools can work.

"Individuals with rheumatoid arthritis can learn mind-body techniques to assist the body and mind in relaxing," says Janice M. Singles, Psy.D., of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison. "This generally reduces the levels of stress hormones in the body, allowing the immune system to be better able to fight off illness."

Some techniques work for short term (or acute) pain, others for chronic pain. Either way, here are 12 methods to try.Readmore

12 weird pain remedies

Relief can’t happen fast enough when you’re in pain. When traditional pain relievers are unavailable, a backup plan can help. Find out how slowing down your breathing, listening to your favorite music and other out-of-the-box remedies can help ease discomfort.Readmore

The 1 Minute Winged Liner

Simply place the scotch tape along the outer part of your eye- use your lower lash line as a guideline. Take your bent liner brush or any super small makeup brush and apply the eyeliner along the tape, connecting it to your upper lash line. You want to fill it in to form a triangle shape- this is what gives the illusion of winged liner. Readmore

Sugar Crush Body Scrub

Amazing lime scent aside that smells exactly like Coca-Cola with Lime, including the fizz, this is an amazing scrub that doesn't feel harsh on the skin but gets the job done. Ideal for all over to keep skin smooth or rubbed into skin a bit more vigorously to ensure exfoliated pre-tanned skin. Readmore

Are you Bipolar? Take the Test that Doctors Use

The Bipolar Spectrum Diagnostic Scale

Today I introduce the Bipolar Spectrum Diagnostic Scale (BSDS). This scale is based off of the Bipolar Clinical Scale developed by Dr. Ronald Pies, later to be refined by Dr. S. Nassir Ghaemi and colleagues. Pies developed this test to detect bipolar disorder within the treatment-resistant depression population. The BSDS is based off the most helpful questions Pies developed.

The cool thing about this scale is that it is designed to detect not just bipolar I and bipolar II, but also “softer” versions of bipolar disorder like other bipolar and related disorders (previously known as bipolar NOS).

The BSDS was scientifically validated and has a 0.85 specificity. (Yes, this means it doesn’t catch all cases of bipolar disorder. No test can be expected to.) Readmore