Your resistance to the cold mirrors your resistance to other stressors in life and can reveal unresolved trauma, offering a chance to practice letting go.

Creating change is more effective when leveraging community and social connection ("friend power") rather than relying solely on individual willpower.

Certain personality types, such as neuroticism, are linked to higher baseline levels of inflammation in the body, as measured by C-reactive protein.

Your negative reaction to a food might not be from the food itself but from the stressed state you are in while eating it.

You can condition your immune system with rituals, like pairing music with a relaxing bath, so the music alone eventually triggers the same calming biological response.

A specific type of buckwheat contains phytochemicals that are 100 times more potent than other sources at killing senescent (zombie) cells, which contribute to aging.

Daily cold showers provide a workout for the tiny muscles in your vascular system, which can improve blood flow and lower your resting heart rate by 20-30 beats per minute.

Getting an extra hour of sleep can be more beneficial for your health than trying to make an already good diet even more perfect.

Your muscle mass is one of the strongest factors in determining how well you will be when you get older, as it independently predicts your mortality.

The act of eating creates a normal, subtle inflammatory response, which is why eating too frequently, even healthy foods, can be detrimental.