Every weekday at 4:45pm, Allan gives you a tip to help improve your life. It’s WEBE Wellness! It could range from exercise to better sleep to eating healthy. A minute that could help enhance your world.
WEBE Wellness: Learning During Exercise
When you exercise you’re probably either listening to music or watching TV during cardio. But instead, you should be exercising your brain and doing some learning. Specifically learning another language. Learning a new language is harder as we age, but new studies show that it’s easier to learn a new language while exercising. When our…… Continue Reading
WEBE Wellness: Microbreaks
Someone at work ever tell you they’ve “got a case of the Mondays”? Well having low energy at the office is something many of us go through at some point – and the solution is to take a break – and take a lot of them! Your boss might find taking too many breaks as…… Continue Reading
WEBE Wellness: Getting More Sleep
If you feel like you haven’t had a decent night sleep in a while, you’re not alone – two-thirds of adults say they haven’t had a complete, uninterrupted night sleep since they were a teenager! A new study shows that most of us get about five hours of sleep per night – far less than…… Continue Reading
WEBE Wellness: Gardening For Your Mental Health
Summer is here and your gardens are coming into bloom. Aside from creating a sustainable addition to your meals, gardening is good for both your mental and physical health. But why is that? Researchers have been looking into it – and they’ve found there’s something about green environments which help with regular exercise. They compared…… Continue Reading
WEBE Wellness: Grow Your Brain With A Nap
If someone ever gives you a hard time for taking a nap, just tell them you’re making your brain bigger! A new study found that our brains shrink as we age – and taking short naps can help prevent that. But the trick is not to nap for too long – just 15 minutes. The…… Continue Reading
WEBE Wellness: Get A Burst Of Energy From Your Freezer
The afternoon rolls around, and you don’t have time for that coffee break pick me up. So instead, head to the office kitchen, and put your head in the freezer! Seriously! It’s a tip from a neuroscientist at the University of California who claims that avoiding caffeine later in the day can keep you up…… Continue Reading
WEBE Wellness: Stay Safe During Tick Season
We’ve been hearing that this tick season is going to be a bad one in Connecticut. But that’s actually our own fault. If anything, it’s people season for the ticks! Because the weather is nice and we’re spending more time outside, venturing further into woodland and beach areas, we’re really encroaching on their territory. But…… Continue Reading
WEBE Wellness: Don’t Eat This Before You Work Out
Food is important to keep your body fueled, and eating shortly after a workout is important to building muscle. But what about eating before a workout? While it’s not wise to work out on an empty stomach, it’s even worse if you eat fried food before it! Fried foods – any kind – is the…… Continue Reading
WEBE Wellness: Almond Butter Vs. Peanut Butter
When you want minerals, proteins, and healthy fats, any variety of nuts are some of the best snacks you’ll find – and that goes for nut butter as well. But while there’s certainly a taste difference, is one better than the other – is almond butter better than peanut butter? When it comes to calcium,…… Continue Reading
WEBE Wellness: What Sleep Loss Does To Our Physical And Mental Health
A good night’s sleep is important for our overall health. How much sleep we need varies – but the bottom line is that we need it every night! A few nights of sleep loss can lead to deterioration of both your physical as well as mental well-being. And just one night of bad sleep creates…… Continue Reading
WEBE Wellness: What To Do When You Don’t Want To Exercise
You know exercise if good for you, but what do you do when you don’t have the energy for it? Here are some tips that professional trainers do when they don’t feel like working out: First, just do a few minutes – a workout doesn’t need to be long to be of benefit – 20…… Continue Reading
WEBE Wellness: Being A Weekend Warrior
You want to exercise – but doing it daily can be such a chore. But maybe you can sit out during the week and just be a weekend warrior – a new study shows exercising only on the weekends can do as much for your health as if you did it every day! To be…… Continue Reading
WEBE Wellness: How Feeling “Hangry” Affects You
You’ve known it and I’ve known it, and everyone has known it – but now science has proven it. A new study shows that being “hangry” is a real thing. The word is a combination of hungry and angry – and the study shows that not eating really does make us mad. If we’re craving…… Continue Reading
WEBE Wellness: The Worst Day To Take A Mental Health Day
After the last two years, now more than ever, workers are taking more mental health days – it’s a sick day because you’re stressed or overworked, rather than traditionally ill. Taking them when you need them is the best course of action…but if you can plan, Wednesdays might be the one day to avoid when…… Continue Reading
WEBE Wellness: Improving Your Memory
Do you always feel like you’re forgetting things? Names, where you parked, why you walked in the kitchen in the first place! Well, there are some things you may be doing that is ruining your memory. First, make sure you get enough sleep. A lack of sleep can reduce your ability to learn new things.…… Continue Reading