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How does hydration affect focus and productivity?

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How does hydration affect focus and productivity? April 5, 2025 | Continuous Improvement, Creativity, Habit, Health, Personal Development, Question a Day Question a Day How Does Hydration Affect Focus and Productivity? Let’s be honest—most of us don’t drink enough water. We power through work fueled by  coffee, energy drinks, and the occasional sip of water  when we remember. But what if your  afternoon brain fog, lack of focus, and sluggish productivity  were simply symptoms of  being dehydrated ? Turns out, even  mild dehydration  can  wreck cognitive performance ,  slow reaction time , and make tasks feel  harder than they actually are . So, how exactly does hydration impact your brain, and how much water do you  really  need? Let’s dive in. 💧    1. Dehydration Shrinks Your Brain (Literally) 🚀  Why It Matters: Water makes up  75% of your brain . When you’re dehydrated, your brain  physically shrink...

Breakfast: The Most Important Meal or Just Clever Marketing?

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Breakfast: The Most Important Meal or Just Clever Marketing? February 9, 2025 | Branding, Health, Marketing, Perspective, Question a Day, Storytelling, Superstition, Tradition Spoiler: It’s not a hard-boiled truth—it’s just a soft scramble of marketing and tradition. Introduction: A Truth Worth Questioning We’ve all heard it: “Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.” This phrase is so ingrained in our culture that it feels like universal wisdom. But what if this beloved mantra is less about health and more about... selling you cereal? Let’s crack this open and separate the scrambled facts from sunny-side-up fiction. The Origins of the Breakfast Myth You might think this concept has solid scientific roots, but its history is more marketing than metabolism. In the late 19th century, Dr. John Harvey Kellogg—yes, the Kellogg you’re thinking of—was on a mission to promote his cornflake-based cure for digestive issues. By the 20th century, cereal companies had taken his idea and run...