Ephi Lu

Eustress

Eustress is positive stress arising from situations or events perceived as exciting, motivating, or challenging. It can enhance performance, promote personal growth, and contribute…

Executive Function

Executive function is the umbrella term that describes the cognitive abilities necessary for complex goal-directed behavior and adaptation to environmental changes. Executive function includes…

Executive Functions

Executive functions refer to a set of higher-order cognitive processes that help individuals plan, organize, initiate, and complete tasks, manage time, pay attention, switch…

Fad Diets

Fad diets are popular but often short-lived dietary trends or weight-loss plans that promote quick results. They usually focus on specific foods or eating…

Food Noise

“Food noise” is a term used to describe the intensified and lasting responses individuals have to signals or stimuli associated with food. This heightened…

Homeostatic Eating

Eating in response to a perceived energy need arising from the body’s homeostatic pathways in the brain signal a physiological depletion of energy stores…

Processed Food Hurts Your Immune System — And Your Kids’ Too

A study published in Nutrition Journal looked at the impact the Western diet and lifestyle has on people’s immune function. It found that…

A Greater Role in Nutritional Health

Can What We Eat Affect How We Feel?

Nutritional psychiatrists counsel patients on how better eating may be another tool in helping to ease depression and anxiety and may lead to better…

Could Junk Food Lead to Poor Eye Health as You Age?

Aim to fill your plate with fruit, dairy, poultry, fish, and vegetables—instead of processed and fried foods—research suggests…

Sometimes Frozen Vegetables Can Be Even Healthier than Fresh – Here’s Why

Frozen veggies line the freezers from top to bottom at the grocery store. But with many myths floating around today discrediting frozen…

Coronavirus: How to Keep Your Gut Microbiome Healthy to Fight COVID-19

Many countries have sealed their borders and put the population under voluntary or enforced lockdown. Cultural and sporting events…