Health & Wellness podcasts

Food is a key element in the prevention or recovery from cardiovascular diseases. Know the positive or negative effect of certain nutrients on the health of your heart.

What to do against a psychopath? To deal with a psychopath, it is best to disassociate yourself from this person and from all the situations in which they are involved. Break up with that person and then avoid communicating. While this may seem harsh, ending the relationship is in the best interest of both your physical and emotional well-being. Find out more in this podcast.

Colors mediate our mood. What's more, as some studies reveal, the impact of certain shades is the same on each of us, regardless of gender, age or social status. Colors influence your mood Numerous studies reveal that colors influence mood. However, it has not been scientifically proven that colors are a key element that helps healing. Therefore, treatments such as chromotherapy, are considered as...

Depression is a disorder characterized by the presence of persistent sadness. When a person is depressed, they feel unable to perform the simpler tasks, which they normally do on a daily basis, and they lose interest in activities that are normally enjoyed. All this entails a significant feeling of anguish both in the person who suffers it and in their social and family environment. Find out more...

Adults need 7 to 8 hours of sleep each night to be well rested, yet most people sleep less than that many hours. Here are what they recommend for a good night's rest. Go to sleep at the same time each night, get up at the same time each morning. Avoid naps after 3 p.m. Stay away from caffeine and alcohol at night. Avoid nicotine completely. Exercise regularly, but avoid doing it 2 to 3 hours befor...

Those who suffer from bullying live surrounded by fear, but also shame or guilt, which hides the problem and lengthens it. This ends up leading to psychological problems that can extend until years later. But what are the different types of bullying? - Verbal harassment: through insults or nicknames intended to attack and denigrate the victim on a social level. Isolation and low self-esteem appear...

What can I do so that people don't take advantage of me? Ask yourself if you tolerate the things that other people will not. Learn to identify and label unacceptable treatment by other people. Be persistent. Helping someone should be something you want, not something you feel you have to do. Don't worry about what other people think of you. Discover more in this podcast.

Pansexuality is defined as a type of sexual orientation in which the person is attracted to all types of gender - female, masculine and non-binary -, and bisexuality is defined as the sexual orientation in which the person is attracted to its own genre and all other existing ones. Discover more in this podcast.

Emotions are reactions that we all experience: joy, sadness, fear, anger ... They are known to all of us but they are not without complexity. Although we have all felt anxiety or nervousness, not all of us are aware that a mismanagement of these emotions can lead to a blockage or even illness. These are some of the easily identifiable situations and reactions that commonly occur in humans: Fear of...

What can be done to stop snoring? What helps to stop snoring? Keys: - Avoid drinking alcohol three hours before bedtime. - Do not take medications that relax the muscles at night. - Lose weight. - No smoking. - Sleeping on your side or raising your head. - Some home remedies can help clear the nose. - Eat a light dinner and plenty of it before going to bed. Find out more in this podcast.

Although known, this is the fifth rarest color in the human eye. Only 2% of humanity has this coloration in the iris. Although in countries like Hungary the percentage rises to 20 and in Iceland to 80% of the population. Find out more in this podcast.

This word originated in the 1938 play titled 'Gaslighting', in which a husband tries to drive his wife insane by lowering the gas-lit lights in their home, and then denying that the light changes when his wife points it out. It is a very effective form of emotional abuse that causes a victim to question her own feelings, instincts, and sanity. This tactic gives the abusive partner a great deal of...

Happiness is a subjective and relative condition. As such, there are no objective requirements to be happy: two people do not have to be happy for the same reasons or under the same conditions and circumstances. In theory, the feeling of self-realization and the fulfillment of our desires and aspirations are important aspects to feel happy. Discover more in this podcast.

Who wouldn't want their period to last only a few hours? But the menstrual period is a natural process and must be prolonged over time. But that does not mean that you cannot intervene naturally to shorten it. Find out more about this in this podcast.

It must be taken into account that, although the exact day of fertilization was known with absolute certainty, the calculation of the day of delivery is a mere assumption, because there are numerous factors that influence whether the delivery is early or delayed, and it is considered normal to occur between three weeks before and two after the probable date. Only 50-60% of deliveries occur more or...

How to do it right: After 5 minutes of warm-up, walk very fast or run 10 more minutes, stop to stretch another 5 minutes, accelerate the step 15 minutes more, to do toning exercises again, accelerate the step again 15 minutes , and ends up cooling. Discover more in this podcast.

Specifying how many chromosomes a human has varies depending on each cell in our body (except for sex cells). It has 46 chromosomes grouped in pairs, that is, 23 pairs of chromosomes per cell. As we say, there is the exception of sex cells (eggs and sperm) that have only 23 chromosomes (1 of each pair). Thus, when a sperm fertilizes an egg, it gives rise to a zygote with 23 pairs of chromosomes. D...

Explore the characteristics of live, inactivated, subunit, and conjugate vaccines.

What is the cause of work stress? Most of the time, it is the main sources of stress that cause job burnout and health problems. Work stress can also affect your home life. Here are some common sources of major job stress, with examples of each: Lack of control Feeling like you have no control over your job or job tasks is the single most important cause of job stress. People who feel out of contr...

Sleeping well is closer than you think. If you suffer from insomnia, we recommend a series of very simple guidelines to apply. Listen to this podcast and put an end to your insomnia.

Staying warm during intense cold spells can be achieved thanks to the principles of physics. Mainly conduction, which transfers heat between two solid surfaces in direct contact, and convection, which transfers heat between two masses such as the human body and a gas or fluid. By understanding the physical mechanisms, body composition and thermal system of bodies, it is possible to maintain heat w...

Overcoming frustration is not always easy. It is a feeling that appears in our lives when we fail to carry out our projects, dreams and desires. It is common to have met her, even so she is an uncomfortable traveling companion, since she does not allow you to dream again, or to imagine new projects. Discover more in this podcast.

Assertiveness is defined as the ability to express our wishes in a friendly, frank, open, direct and appropriate way, managing to say what we want without threatening others. Negotiating with them their compliance. Learn more about assertiveness in this podcast.

The enamel that covers the teeth is slightly porous, causing residues to remain every time we eat. In general, brushing is enough to remove these remains, however, there are foods and drinks such as coffee, tea or soft drinks that stain more penetratingly and as a consequence, our teeth progressively begin to acquire a yellow tone. The good news is that restoring the luminosity to your teeth is no...

Nicotine is a psychoactive drug and a powerful behavioral enhancer, capable of producing severe chemical dependency in the user. It acts according to the dose because at low doses it is psychostimulant, improving mental capacity, especially concentration, and at high doses it has a sedative effect by acting as a depressant. Find out more in this podcast.