And now we're not so sure. As a registered dietitian, I always recommend starting the day with a healthy breakfast. And during the past 20 years, I've never met a nutritionist who has suggested skipping it. The morning meal can boost energy, control cravings and weight, and improve focus and performance. When planned well, breakfast can also add important nutrients to your diet, such as protein, healthy fats and calcium, explained Cordialis Msora-Kasago, a registered dietitian and spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. But popular intermittent fasting regimens often banish breakfast in an effort to improve health and…

There are two routes to the top. Which one you took is reflected in your body language. Take a moment and picture a leader. Imagine not just their face or character, but visualize their whole body from their hair down to their feet. Did you picture someone standing wide and tall, looking down sternly from on high? Or did you picture someone equally confident but friendlier, smiling up at their followers? Whichever way your imagination went, new science says you're probably right. Research by a team of Canadian psychologists recently published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology suggests…

Coronavirus is emerging in more countries around the world and there's currently no known cure. Unfortunately that hasn't stopped a slew of health advice - from the useless, but relatively harmless, to the downright dangerous. We've been looking at some of the most widespread claims being shared online, and what the science really says. 1. Garlic Lots of posts which recommend eating garlic to prevent infection are being shared on Facebook. WHO (World Health Organisation) says that while it is "a healthy food that may have some antimicrobial properties", there's no evidence eating garlic can protect people from the new…

The family structure we’ve held up as the cultural ideal for the past half century has been a catastrophe for many. It’s time to figure out better ways to live together. The scene is one many of us have somewhere in our family history: Dozens of people celebrating Thanksgiving or some other holiday around a makeshift stretch of family tables—siblings, cousins, aunts, uncles, great-aunts. The grandparents are telling the old family stories for the 37th time. “It was the most beautiful place you’ve ever seen in your life,” says one, remembering his first day in America. “There were lights everywhere…