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Sleep, stress, movement and longevity
What really changes long-term health, and how to motivate the patient.
- Alcohol: how to assess risk during counsellingCounselling · 5 min · free
- Antibiotics: counselling that limits resistanceFoundations · 5 min
- Hearing loss and dementia risk: what to tell patientsCounselling · 4 min
- Forest bathing: what the studies show and what they don'tFoundations · 4 min
- Calcium: food first, supplements only when neededCounselling · 5 min
- Chronic insomnia: CBT-I, melatonin, magnesium and herbsCounselling · 5 min
- Light and the body clock: what to explain to patientsFoundations · 4 min
- Relationships as a health factor: the Harvard study and its limitsFoundations · 4 min
- Caffeine and sleep: why it matters who drinks the coffeeCounselling · 5 min
- The stress response: the physiology you explain to patientsCounselling · 5 min
- Vaccination: how to answer patients' questionsCounselling · 5 min
- The glymphatic system: what we really know about the night-time clean-upCounselling · 4 min
- Warning signs: when to stop counselling and refer the patientCounselling · 5 min
- Hydration: what the 2-litre advice really meansFoundations · 4 min
- How many steps a day: what studies show and how to set a targetFoundations · 4 min
- Adenosine and sleep pressure: what caffeine really hidesFoundations · 4 min
- The MIND diet: what the studies show for the brain, and what they don'tCounselling · 5 min
- 120 minutes in nature per week: how to read the thresholdFoundations · 4 min
- Balance and falls: what you recommend and when you referCounselling · 5 min
- Evening screens and sleep: more than blue lightFoundations · 4 min
- Screens and mood: what the data show, without panicCounselling · 4 min
- Cold showers: what the Dutch trial showed and who should be carefulFoundations · 4 min
- Strength in older adults: training first, protein supports itCounselling · 5 min
- Smoking and blood vessels: how to counsel quittingCounselling · 5 min
- Exercise snacks: what to tell the patient with no time for sportFoundations · 4 min
- A thought isn't a fact: reframing in patient counsellingCounselling · 5 min
- The gratitude journal: what the evidence shows and when it isn't enoughFoundations · 4 min
- The stress-sleep loop: where to break it in counsellingCounselling · 5 min
- Calorie restriction and longevity: what CALERIE showed and what it didn'tCounselling · 5 min
- Mindfulness meditation: what you can promise and what you can'tCounselling · 5 min
- Walking and the hippocampus: what the trial showed and what you can promiseCounselling · 4 min
- Fatigue and light activity: when it helps and when to assess firstCounselling · 4 min
- NEAT: how much everyday movement counts in energy expenditureFoundations · 4 min
- Exercise in depression: what the evidence shows and what it doesn't replaceCounselling · 5 min
- Recovery after training: why sleep comes before supplementsCounselling · 4 min
- Muscle and blood glucose: what you explain to a patient with diabetesCounselling · 4 min
- Living bone: remodelling, mechanical loading and the silent riskCounselling · 4 min
- The evening drink and sleep: what you tell a patient with insomniaCounselling · 4 min
- Micro-breaks: what you can promise the tired office workerFoundations · 4 min
- Cardiorespiratory fitness and longevity: how to read the dataCounselling · 5 min
- The WHO physical activity guideline: the numbers you tell patientsFoundations · 4 min
- Sleep regularity: why an average of 7 hours isn't enoughCounselling · 4 min
- Slow breathing: what the studies show and how you recommend itCounselling · 4 min
- Breaks from sitting: what two minutes do for blood sugarCounselling · 4 min
- Temperature and sleep: the cool bedroom and the warm evening showerFoundations · 4 min
- Sauna: what the Finnish studies show and who needs to be carefulCounselling · 5 min
- Expressive writing: what the evidence shows and when it isn't enoughCounselling · 4 min
- Purpose in life and volunteering: what the evidence shows and what it doesn'tFoundations · 4 min
- Sleep apnea: how to recognize it in counseling and when to referCounselling · 5 min
- Napping: how long, when, and when a patient should skip itFoundations · 4 min
- Loneliness and isolation: a risk factor you can noticeCounselling · 4 min
- Sun and vitamin D: what you tell patients, summer and winterCounselling · 5 min
- The post-lunch dip: what's normal and when to look for a causeFoundations · 4 min
- Short sleep and appetite: what to tell the patient trying to lose weightCounselling · 4 min
- Stress and food cravings: how to talk about them without judgingCounselling · 4 min
- Grip strength: what it says about an older patient's riskCounselling · 4 min
- The FINGER trial: what you can say about preventing cognitive declineCounselling · 5 min
- The “if–then” plan: turning exercise advice into a habitFoundations · 3 min
- Vitamin D and bones: what to check before recommending a supplementCounselling · 4 min
- Biological age: what to answer when a patient brings a testCounselling · 4 min
- Zone 2 or intervals: what to recommend to a patient who wants to get fitCounselling · 4 min
- Blue Zones: what you can tell patients and what is legendCounselling · 4 min