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A new year often comes with a host of wellness resolutions. Cut drinking, more work/life balance and working out every day. But as the weeks continue on, resolutions fade and HIIT class cancellations rise. And no, it’s not because of any personal failing. It’s often because our goals around fitness and wellbeing are not realistic…

Cambridge researchers have shown how commonly-used sweeteners slow the growth of certain gut bacteria. One sweetener in particular – isosteviol – when combined with the anti-depressant duloxetine significantly impaired two important gut bacteria linked to regulating blood sugar and gut health and may affect the body’s immune responses

“It’s critically important that we sleep to restore every cell in every organ of our body, including the brain. We have plenty of data to support how our brain, mood and psychiatric function decline in the absence of chronically good sleep,” explained Nancy Foldvary, DO, a sleep specialist for Cleveland Clinic