Who says afternoon is snack time? If you ask us, snack time is whenever hunger gets in the way of work. For better or worse, our team’s productivity starts to sag in the mid-morning. About an hour or two before lunch, we start scrounging for office snacks to tide us…
Do you want an office snack that tastes good, or do you want one that’s good for you? It’s a devil’s choice; fortunately, it’s also a false one. A study of 10,000 snacking professionals found that their 10 favorite office snacks — including yogurt, string cheese, dark chocolate, protein bars,…
It might be the single best guideline for healthy eating: The less refined a food is, the better. Although not all processed foods are unhealthy, the great majority of them are. Through added sugars, salts, and fats, processed foods tend to be engineered for overconsumption. During processing, they’re often stripped…
Whether you have celiac disease or not, gluten might cause gut issues. Mounting evidence shows that, particularly for people with irritable bowel syndrome and similar food sensitivities, eating wheat proteins in significant quantities may cause inflammation and impair digestion. Take IBS, which affects around 10 to 15 percent of Americans.…
It might be time to tweak your diet: According to a landmark study on spicy food consumption, the “no pain, no gain” principle really does hold water. With a sample size of 0.5 million adults, Chinese researchers discovered that participants who ate spicy foods at least six days per week…
Sometimes, it seems like Americans can’t agree on anything. Their eating habits, it appears, are no exception. Since 2014, the number of Americans who identify as vegans has grown by more than 600 percent. On the other hand, U.S. meat consumption hit a record high last year, with 96 percent…
If you think building office culture is tough, wait until you try it with a remote team. Even resource-rich enterprises like Yahoo, Aetna, and IBM have failed to make the arrangement work. Why? Because digital interaction is a poor substitute for face time. Without that time, three in four U.S.…
It’s counterintuitive, but it’s true: Sometimes, the best way for a business to save money is to spend it. Take accounting. At a rate of $150 to $400 per hour, an accountant might sound like a serious expense for a small business. But if that accountant helps it claim unusual…
Snackmakers love to pretend every snack they sell is healthy. But the truth is, many “healthy” snacks aren’t the smart choices they claim to be. Take baked potato chips. Their fat content may be lower than their fried counterparts, but that’s not saying much. A one-cup serving of baked potato…
Caffeine has a complicated relationship with productivity. Drink a cup of coffee before work, and you’ll feel ready to face the day. Drink another when you sit down at your desk, and you’ll think faster and work harder. But drink a third or fourth before lunch, and you might trade…