Health & Wellness

January 22, 2014

A Breakdown of Nutrition Labels

By Morris Aguilar

When deciding what to eat, we want the most filling and flavorful foods. Given that students are pressed for time and money, it becomes more difficult to meet nutritional and caloric needs.

June 6, 2013

Health and Wellness Columnist Toasts Graduating Gauchos

By Kiyan Rajabi

As We Take Our Last Breath As Undergrads My Fellow Graduates, When you took your first breath on Earth, you underwent a beautiful, irreversible transformation. Before, your lungs were fully immersed in fluid, but your bo...

May 14, 2013

Harvard Happiness Study Analyzes Keys to a Lifetime of Joy

By Brandon Shin

With graduation fast approaching and our days of care-free living slipping away, many of us have pondered the age-old question, “What makes us happy?” Contrary to what we’ve been led to believe, it is not the resul...

April 23, 2013

Multitasking: Why Doing Too Many Things At Once is Bad For the Brain

By Brandon Shin

“Practice makes perfect.” It’s that favorite mantra of parents, teachers and coaches all around the world. It’s been drilled into our minds since before we could remember. It makes perfect sense too: If you want ...

March 5, 2013

With Dead Week on the Horizon, Is It Time For a Cup of Coffee or a Nap?

By Brandon Shin

Remember the last time you had trouble sleeping at night? It’s a cruel sort of torture, having to endure every single second of sleeplessness while the hours seem to whisk on by unnoticed. But that doesn’t even compa...

March 5, 2013

Team of UCSB Researchers Creates New Method For Harnessing Solar Energy

By Andrea Weinstein

Researchers at UCSB have found an alternate way to harvest energy from the sun without the use of semiconductors. Although the method is still in its infancy, the research team has already obtained substantial progress i...

February 19, 2013

The Importance of Mindset: Fix Your Results By Unfixing Your Beliefs

By Brandon Shin

“Good job! You must be very intelligent.” “Good job! You must be very hard-working.” These two compliments are nearly identical, yet a single word’s deviation can mean a world of difference in terms of achievem...

January 29, 2013

Daily Habits: How the Greatest Determinant of Success Could Be The One You Don’t Think About

By Brandon Shin

We are creatures of habit. If you think yourself the exception, look no further than where you choose to sit every day in class. Chances are you haven’t moved much from your original location since the beginning of Win...

January 8, 2013

The Low Fat Myth: Why A Fat-Deficient Diet Could Prevent a Slim Waistline

By Kiyan Rajabi

At some point, most people have set a New Year’s Resolution to improve some aspect of their health, wellness or fitness. We all know it’s January when every gym in America is offering a New Year’s Special. Navigate...

November 7, 2012

Why A Good Night’s Sleep is Crucial to Your Health

By Kiyan Rajabi

“Sleep is for the weak” and “I’ll sleep when I’m dead” used to be my life mottos until I realized the complete opposite was true. Recent findings confirm the recommendations that have been passed down from ou...

October 23, 2012

Why The Foods You Love Could Be Causing Serious Health Problems

By Kiyan Rajabi

Bread, beer, cake, cereal, cookies, donuts, pancakes, pizza and spaghetti. Are you hungry yet? What do all these things have in common? The answer is not only that they’re all pretty yummy human creations, but also tha...

October 9, 2012

Beneficial Bacterias: The Friends Your Belly is Aching For

By Kiyan Rajabi

When I hear the word bacteria, I still get chills imagining the endless wait on a freezing chair at the doctor’s office with those fluorescent lights glaring at me. Though bacteria has received a bad rap because of its...

August 22, 2012

Make the Most of Your Years at UCSB

By Kiyan Rajabi

Ah yes, College. The habits you adopt during your time here are likely to stay with you for life. As I approach my last year at this incredible institution, there are a few tidbits I wish I knew earlier during my career ...

May 29, 2012

The Down Low on Dopamine

By Kiyan Rajabi

Do you find yourself taking Facebook breaks every five minutes? Well, it may just be your human nature. According to a recent study conducted by Vanderbilt University, researchers found the neurotransmitter dopamine is c...

May 15, 2012

How Spicing Up Your Plate Can Spice Up Your Health: The Truth About Peppers

By Kiyan Rajabi

Watch out salt, pepper just got even spicier! For most of our post-Gerber days, many of us have been aimlessly smothering black pepper on our meals to enhance its taste. Although this act is immediately delectable to the...

May 1, 2012

When Tech and Health Collide: LOL-ing and Driving

By Kiyan Rajabi

Texting while driving has become NBD. In fact, data from the University of California, San Diego’s Trauma Epidemiology & Injury Prevention Research Center suggests this act is quite widespread among college student...