We have recently extended our fingertip Stress Scan with a new capability. We believe this is the world’s first real-time measure of stress.
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Losing weight is technically quite simple. At the same time it is extremely difficult. Why? Because our bodies and minds work against losing weight. However, the majority of people trying to lose weight actually succeed in weight loss - at least in the short term. According to this study, about 60% of obese subjects who tried to lose weight lost more than 5% of their initial weight. The evidence then suggests that it is much harder to keep the weight off. One study indicates that of dieters, who had experienced substantial weight loss in the past 12 months, 34% regained their lost weight.
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and biology of stress, and the differences between acute and chronic stress. We then look at how to quantify and measure stress so we can better manage stress. Finally, we introduce the 9 habits for lower stress incl. Sleeping 7 hours per day, Meditation Practice, Breathing Exercise, Intermittent Fasting, Cardio Training, and getting at least 10,000 steps each day.
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Want to live forever? Or at least longer than average? The key to a healthy, long life is building the right foundation for healthy habits. Why habits, you ask? Short answer: trends and diets come and go, so do hobbies, but habits stick. You are your habits, no more, no less. Long answer: read here. So, what are the right healthy habits for longevity?
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We all know some of our obvious habits. They’re simply the things that we do. In terms of definitions from psychology, habits are repeated behaviors that require little or no thought. By that definition, a lot of our daily activities would count as habits, good or bad. So clearly, we humans are well equipped to maintain habits. But what if you want to start new habits?
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According to the World Health Organization (“WHO”), physical inactivity levels are rising in many countries with major implications for the prevalence of noncommunicable diseases (“NCD”) and the general health of the population worldwide. As a matter of fact, physical inactivity is a leading risk factor for global mortality. Sounds pretty serious, doesn’t it?
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No wearable device? No problem. With our in-app Stress Scan, you can read Resting Heart Rate (“RHR”) and Heart Rate Variability (“HRV”) right off your fingertip, using just your smartphone camera.
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This is one of those trendy keywords that seem to come up on fitness blogs and social media over the past few years. Is it the same as flexibility, or something totally different? Let’s explore.
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HIIT (“High-Intensity Interval Training”) is a form of exercise that is mostly cardiovascular based but can include weights. The idea is that one alters between high-intensity bursts of output followed by a period of rest or moderate movement. HIIT can make one’s heartrate vary greatly. A very simple example HIIT could be a 400m sprint on a treadmill followed by a 3-minute interval of walking.
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Cardio training, also known as aerobic training, is a form of exercise that gets your heart pumping and sweat flowing. It includes a long list of activities that increase your breathing and heart rate, such as brisk walking, swimming, running, or cycling. Aerobic exercise helps keep your heart, lungs, and circulatory system healthy.
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Breathing is a vital part of human life. It is the only bodily function under both autonomous and voluntary control. This means the process of inhaling air into our lungs and exhaling it is controlled by your body’s autonomic nervous system and therefore does not require active thinking or conscious effort from you – yet you are able to step in and control your breathing whenever you like.
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Intermittent Fasting is simply a habitual cycle of a body-switching between an extended period of fasting and consequently shorter period of feeding states, with varying ‘eat window’ schedules.
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Physical exercise is the performance of some activity in order to develop or maintain physical fitness and overall health. It is often directed toward also honing athletic ability or skill.
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With the increasing popularity of Heart Rate Variability (“HRV”) as a tool for stress and recovery tracking, how does one make sense of this data? How do we account for the impact of behaviors such as workouts and sleep? Well, we figured it out.
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Stretching is a form of physical exercise in which a specific muscle or tendon (or muscle group) is deliberately flexed or stretched in order to improve the muscle’s felt elasticity and achieve muscle tone. It keeps the muscles flexible, strong, and healthy and helps to maintain a healthy range of motion in the joints.
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How hard can it be? Losing weight in all its simplicity is one of the hardest things to do. Unfortunately, the modern world has created an unprecedented situation where a large part of the world’s population lives in an overabundance of calories. They are everywhere and very low cost. What this situation creates is a loop of survival habits actually doing more harm for us than good.
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Meditation can be a powerful tool for personal development, whether the aim is simply mental performance, stress relief, or even overcoming trauma. Besides a plethora of clinically proven benefits, meditation can also help you develop useful skills for daily life.
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Strength Training is a type of physical exercise specializing in the use of resistance to induce muscular contraction, which builds strength, anaerobic endurance, size of skeletal muscles and bone density [study link]. It also makes you look and feel good!
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Sleep is a basic human need, along with air, water, and food. You cannot stay alive without it. Sadly, most of the research points out how incredibly unhealthy it is to be deprived of sleep, which is anything less than 7 hours!
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Stress is many things. It can be annoying, or life-destroying. It can be psychological, or physiological. The point is, whether you're an athlete looking to recover between workouts or a working professional looking to perform at your best, you can only control what you measure. So if you want to avoid burnout and injury, you'll want a way to measure stress.
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