Live Your Best Life

MORNING

Why Is Waking Up So Hard? 

Why Do I Feel Low on Winter Mornings?

I Slept In, So Why Do I Still Feel Sleepy? 

Should I Hit the Snooze Button? 

Is It Okay to Check My Phone As Soon As I Wake?

Why Don’t I Remember My Dreams?

When Should I Drink My First Coffee?

Can I Make Myself More of a Morning Person?

Why Are Teenagers So Lazy in the Mornings? 

When Is the Best Time to Shower or Bathe? 

Why Do I Poop at the Same Time Every Morning? 

Why Do I Have Bad Breath When I Wake Up? 

What’s the Best Toothpaste for Healthy Teeth? 

Is an Electric Toothbrush the Best Way to Brush? 

Should I Brush My Teeth Before or After Breakfast? 

Is Breakfast the Most Important Meal of the Day? 

Will Skipping Breakfast Make Me Fat? 

What’s the Best Thing to Eat for Breakfast? 

What’s the Healthiest Breakfast Cereal? 

Is Juicing a Good Way to Get One of My Five a Day? 

Should I Take Vitamins with My Breakfast?

It’s Cold! Should I Wear a Thick Sweater or Layers? 

It’s Hot! What Should I Wear to Keep Cool? 

Do We Burn More Calories When It’s Colder? 

Is Central Heating Bad for Our Health? 

Is Air-Conditioning Unhealthy, Too? 

Do Women Really Feel the Cold More Than Men? 

Will Wearing a Coat Indoors Mean I’m Colder When I Go Out?

Do I Lose Most of My Body Heat From My Head? 

Is Commuting Harming My Health?

Why Does My Morning Commute Seem Longer? 

Why Are People in Cities So Rude? 

Is Life Really Faster-Paced in the City? 

Why Is Everyone Worse at Driving Than Me?

Why Do I Get Road Rage When I’m Normally Calm? 

How Can I Shake Off a Bad Mood? 

How Can I Get the Most from My Working Day? 

What’s the Best Workspace for

Productivity?....................................................66

Can I Learn to Be Better at Multitasking? ...68

Will Listening to Music Improve My

Concentration? ...............................................69

How Often Should I Take a Break? ...............70

Why Am I So Easily Distracted? ....................71

Why Do I Get the Best Ideas When

I’m Not Trying? ..............................................72

How Can I Maximize My Creativity? ...........73

Is My Workplace Making Me Sick? ..............74

Why Can’t I Get a Word in Edgewise

in Meetings? ....................................................76

Are Male and Female Brains Wired

Differently? .......................................................78

Why Do I Feel Hungry So Soon After

Breakfast? .........................................................80

Is Grazing the Healthiest Way to Eat? ..........81

Do I Need to Drink Eight Glasses of

Water a Day? ...................................................82

Should I Drink until My Pee Is Clear? ..........84

AFTERNOON 86

What Makes a Good Lunch? ...........................88

Is It Okay to Work While Having Lunch? ....90

Is It Really Better to Eat Slowly? ....................91

I Want to Eat Healthily, So Why Do I Eat

Junk Food? ......................................................92

Why Is Sugar So Irresistible? ..........................94

How Can I Avoid a Sugar Crash? ..................96

How Much Sugar Can I Have, Then? ...........97

Can I Train Myself Not to Have a

Sweet Tooth? ...................................................98

Is Sitting Down “the New Smoking”? .........100

How Can I Avoid the Post-Lunch Slump? ...102

How Long Is the Ideal Power Nap? ............104

Should I Trust My Gut Instinct? ...................106

Are We All Really Getting

More Stressed? .............................................108

Is There a Quick Way to Calm

My Nerves? ....................................................110

How Can I Manage Worrying Thoughts?...111

How Can I Deal with Constant Stress? ......112

Can Stress Ever Be Good for Me? ...............114

Why Am I Always Ill When I

Stop Working? ...............................................115

How Much Time Should I Spend in

the Sun? ..........................................................116

Why Can’t I Think Straight on a

Hot Day? ........................................................117

Why Has My Teenager Turned into

an Alien? .........................................................118

Why Did I Take More Risks When I

Was Younger? ................................................120

Why Do I Feel Younger Than

My Real Age? ................................................121

Why Do Long-Past Events Seem So

Recent to Me? ...............................................122

Why Are My Childhood Memories

So Hazy? .........................................................123

Why Do I Remember Events Differently

from Others?..................................................124

What Is Déja Vu, and Should I Worry?.......126

What Is That “On-the-Tip-of-My-Tongue”

Feeling? ...........................................................127

Why Do I Sometimes Forget Why I

Came into the Room? .................................128

Why Can I Remember Faces Better

Than Names? ................................................129

Why Can I Still Remember Skills, Even

Years Later? ...................................................130

How Can I Improve My Memory? ..............132

Should I Always Believe What I See? .........134

Is It True We Use Only 10 Percent

of Our Brains? ...............................................136

Can I Raise My IQ?..........................................138

How Can I Avoid Buying Things I

Don’t Need? ...................................................140

Why Can I Never Find the

Best Bargains? ...............................................141

How Can I Shop Most Effectively? .............142

Is It Cheaper to Shop Online? ......................144

EVENING 146

Why Is It Hard to Motivate Myself

to Exercise? ....................................................148

When Should I Exercise?................................150

What and When Should I Eat

Before Exercise? ...........................................152

When Should I Eat After Exercise? .............153

Does Stretching Prevent Injury? ..................154

How Can I Avoid Getting a Stitch? .............155

What’s the Best Exercise for a

Healthy Heart? .............................................156

Does Exercise Make My Brain Fitter? ........157

What’s the Best Exercise to Burn

Calories? .........................................................158

How Do I Trade My Belly Fat for a

Six Pack? .........................................................160

What’s the Best Way to Build Up Muscle? 162

How Do I Avoid “Hitting the Wall”? ...........164

Is Socializing Good for Me? ...........................166

Why Am I Unluckier Than My Friends? ....168

How Can I Be a Better Judge

of Character? .................................................169

Why Are Some People So Stubborn in

Their Views? ..................................................170

Is Hugging Good for Us? ................................171

Why Am I So Nervous Around Someone

I Fancy?...........................................................172

Why Do I Find Certain People

Attractive? ......................................................174

Is Being in Love Good for My Health?.......176

What’s Most Attractive in a Long-Term

Partner? ...........................................................178

Why Do I Get PMS and Period Pains? .......180

Why Do My Periods Sync Up

with Others’? .................................................182

How Can I Manage Menopause? ................183

Is There Such a Thing as a Midlife Crisis? 184

Can I Blame My Bad Mood on Hunger? ...186

Is Eating a Large Meal in the Evening

Bad for Me? ...................................................187

Why Is Everyone Putting On

More Weight? ................................................188

Should I Use BMI to Aim for My Ideal

Body Weight? ................................................190

I Eat Well, So Why Can’t I Manage

My Weight? ....................................................192

Are Fats Good or Bad for Me Now? ...........194

Is My Weight Genetically Programmed? ...196

Can Gut Microbes Help Me Manage

My Weight? ....................................................198

Which Is the Best Weight-Loss Diet? .........200

What’s So Good About the

Mediterranean Diet? ...................................202

Will Being Vegan Make Me Healthier? ......204

Why Is Nutrition Advice Always

Changing? .......................................................206

Why Do I Get Scared by Music

or Sounds in Movies? .................................208

Why Is Social Media So Addictive? ............210

How Can I Swap My Bad Habits for

Better Ones? ..................................................212

NIGHT 214

Is My Phone Ruining My Sex Life? .............216

Is There a Best Time to Have Sex? .............218

Why Do We Yawn, and Why Are

Yawns Contagious? ........................................220

Do Sleeping Pills Help or Hinder? ...............222

Will a Nightcap Help Me Sleep Better? .....223

Will Digital Devices Keep Me Awake? .......224

What’s the Best Way to Fall—

and Stay—Asleep? ......................................226

Is Sleep Really That Important?...................228

How Do I Know How Much

Sleep I Need? ...................................................230

Can I Make Up for Lost Sleep on

the Weekend? ................................................231

What Can I Do if I Can’t Avoid

Sleep Deprivation? ......................................232

How Can I Deal with Jet Lag? ......................234

Why Do I Get Sleep Jerks?............................236

Why Do I Talk in My Sleep? .........................237

Why Do I Snore and How Can I Stop? ......238

Why Do I Get Night Terrors or

Sleep Paralysis? ............................................240

Does Dreaming Make Me More Creative? ...242

Do My Dreams Mean Anything? .................244

Glossary ...............................................................246

Index .....................................................................250

Data credits ........................................................255

About the Author/Acknowledgments ........256