Author: Erin Elizabeth

It’s called neurogenesis.  Your brain’s hippocampus is capable of creating new neurons and certain environmental factors make it speed up and slow down. The creation of new brain cells, once thought impossible, is related to memory.  Things like eating healthy food and exercising can enhance your body’s ability to create new ones while stress, high levels of sugar and other negatives can slow it down. Here’s a cross-section; you can see where the new neurons incubate: This is one of those “under the radar” pieces of information that has made its way into the main-stream.  You are constantly regrowing...

Living in Florida I’m used to seeing flip-flops 9 months out of the year but it seems that even though they may inspire “vacation-like” feelings, they are actually doing your feet no favors. When you wear thonged sandals, you have to slightly “clench” your toes to keep them on and that’s not a natural position for your feet. To test this, take your shoes off and take a step. Pay attention to how your midfoot and toes bend at the end as your heel leaves the floor. Now “clench” your toes just a bit, curling them down toward the pads...