The Habit Healers

The Habit Healers

Home
Podcast
Notes
Chat
Archive
About
When Does Stress Actually Raise Your Blood Sugar?
Stress does not raise glucose on its own. It needs something to work with, and that changes what you can do about it.
21 hrs ago • Laurie Marbas, MD, MBA
12:11
Are you tired, losing hair, or unable to keep your legs still at night? One blood test could explain the cause.
The culprit runs out in stages. The stage that makes you feel terrible comes years before the one your blood test was built to catch.
Sep 6 • Laurie Marbas, MD, MBA
19:31
The Real Reason Your Exercise Habit Never Lasts and What to Do Instead
Researchers found the single variable that predicts whether someone is still exercising a year later. It has nothing to do with the program, motivation…
Sep 6 • Laurie Marbas, MD, MBA
Before You “Just Do Kegels," Listen To This
Why the few seconds before a leak can change the questions you ask and what you try next
Sep 5 • Laurie Marbas, MD, MBA
13:37
Five Health Experiments You Can Run on Yourself Starting Monday
Five four-week self-experiments that separate real change from random noise in your health data
Sep 5 • Laurie Marbas, MD, MBA
Five Evidence-Based Habits, Stacked Together, Slow Your Aging.
New trials can now measure how fast you're aging in real time. When researchers ran the math forward on what small, consistent habits do over decades…
Sep 4 • Laurie Marbas, MD, MBA
21:22
The Summer Article Viewed More Than 76,000 Times and 19 More You May Have Missed
Your complete Habit Healers summer recap, from four reader favorites to all 16 August articles in one place.
Sep 4 • Laurie Marbas, MD, MBA
What If Meal Prep Didn’t Mean Eating the Same Thing All Week?
Chef Martin Oswald’s restaurant method starts with a few flexible components, then changes their flavor and form at mealtime.
Sep 4 • Laurie Marbas, MD, MBA and Chef Martin Oswald
38:21
The Sleep Paradox: Why Everything You're Doing to Fix Your Insomnia Is Making It Worse
We think insomnia is a lack of sleep, but the science says it is actually an excess of wakefulness.
Sep 3 • Laurie Marbas, MD, MBA
11:11
You Don’t Need to Exercise Every Day. Here’s How to Make Two Days Count.
What happens when you pack a week of movement into one or two days? Surprising data....
Sep 3 • Laurie Marbas, MD, MBA
Are You Part of the Largest Uncontrolled Health Experiment on the Planet?
Over a billion people change their clocks twice a year. The data on what happens next is staggering, and your doctor probably hasn't mentioned it.
Sep 2 • Laurie Marbas, MD, MBA
23:00
What Are Your Nighttime Bathroom Trips Actually Telling You?
The surprising connection between nocturia, metabolic health, and why you can't sleep through the night
Sep 1 • Laurie Marbas, MD, MBA
14:58
© 2026 Laurie Marbas, MD, MBA · Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start your SubstackGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture