What's the most time-consuming thing you do, day in and day out, every day of your life? Eating? I hope not. Sitting in traffic? Ditto. Watching TV? Nope. It's sleeping.

You spend between six and 10 hours a night in bed. That's one-third of your life. And when it comes to back pain, those are some of the most important hours in your day.

Is there an association between draining mental exertion, like analysis and imaginative thinking, and weight gain?

Increased thinking may build up one’s hunger. As a several of you may know, actual physical activity is as tiring as mental activity. Mental work, according to research, "destabilizes" insulin and glucose levels thus spurring you to eat a lot due to increase in craving for food. Increase in appetite is affected by various variables, a lot of which are connected to a person's mind.

Getting healthy is something we should all strive for. More and more people are becoming interested in the different things that will make them healthy, and what they should avoid. One of the latest developments has been how unhealthy trans-fat can be. There has been a wave of restaurants and eating establishments placing signs showing that they have trans-fat free foods. Just as trans-fats are harmful, monounsaturated fats, or MUFAs can be healthy for you. MUFAs are fats that have one double-bonded carbon in the molecule. MUFAs can be beneficial to your health when eaten in moderation. MUFAs can help reduce bad cholesterol levels in your blood, lower your risk of heart disease and lower your risk of stroke. Some of the most popular foods containing MUFAs are olive oil, canola oil, peanut oil, sunflower oil, sesame oil, avocados, peanut butter and various other seeds and nuts.

Byron Katie, in her book “I Need Your Love – Is That True?” said: “There are two ways of being me. One is to hate it and one is to love it. Which will it be (since I don't have a choice but to be me)?” There are many ways of exploring who we are and what we need.