A Fake Smile is a Start

• Smiling can make you look younger and thinner.
• Smiling elevates your mood and creates a sense of well-being.
• One smile can generate the same level of brain stimulation as up to 2,000 bars of chocolate.”
• Ev...

A study shows that people who were tricked into smiling had lower heart rates during stressful tasks and were more likely to emerge feeling positive.

Your brain wants to line up with what you feel and believe. It means that we can trick ourselves into feeling better by act...

Even though your stomach has a hormonal system for telling your brain it is empty, it can also raise your hunger levels at specific times by learned associations, even if you had a large meal.

If you repeatedly eat chocolate after dinner when you sit on the couch, your body can st...