Last year, we featured 'How Cooking Can Change Your Life,' an animated short based on the work of In Defense of Food, The Omnivore's Dilemma, and Food Rules author Michael Pollan.

Students mix a dough, knead the shit out of it, bake it, and then burn all the thoughts that cropped up in a ceremonial act of letting go.

It's not just about giving them something sweet.

We spoke to Julie Ohana, a culinary therapist based in Michigan, to get a better understanding of how cooking can help patients combat depression, anxiety, and other mental health issues.

And not just because you’ll end up with a homemade batch of double chocolate chip cookies.

Knitting, crocheting and jam-making have never been associated with great thrills – but, it turns out, they work wonders for wellbeing.

Linking creativity to madness is a myth. But making things is good for everyone’s wellbeing, says Lydia Ruffles

Importance Religiosity has been associated with positive health outcomes. Hypothesized pathways for this association include religious practices, such as church attendance, that result in reduced stress. Objective The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between religiosity (church attendance), allostatic load (AL) (a physiologic measure of stress) and all-cause mortality in middle-aged adults. Design, setting and participants Data for this study are from NHANES III (1988–1994). The analytic sample (n = 5449) was restricted to adult participants, who were between 40–6...

Vanderbilt University researchers find

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON research finds