Health

Everything you need to know to improve your health, fitness and well-being, one hack at a time.

  • The Better Way to Use Your Wearable’s ‘Readiness’ Data

    The Better Way to Use Your Wearable’s ‘Readiness’ Data

    I’ve been wearing an Oura ring for 2-1/2 years now. I’m also a pretty serious recreational athlete, training not just for fun and health but toward a goal of getting better and winning competitions in my chosen sport. I find the data my ring gives me useful, but I also use it in basically the…


  • This Is How to Tell Whether a Recipe Really Is ‘Easy’

    This Is How to Tell Whether a Recipe Really Is ‘Easy’

    I’ve been fooled by the headline “Easiest (meal name) Ever.” It’s wasn’t pretty. The ingredients were purchased. The prep work was done. Sadly, the joke was on me–the recipe was, in fact, not easy at all. It’s an attractive word and hard to resist, and although the recipe may have been rote for the creator,…