The Science of Making, Not Breaking, New Year’s Resolutions | Resolutions Series Ep. 1

01/02/23 • 38 min

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We’ve all done it: you resolve to... go to the gym, eat healthier, save money. You’re excited and doing great, and then... it’s January 10th and you’re back to grabbing takeout, sitting on your sofa, and thinking, “Eh... I’ve got too much going on right now, next year!”

Well what if there was actual research conducted on New Year’s Resolutions and how we can maybe (gasp) actually keep them for once? It turns out–there is. This week, in the first episode of our Resolutions series, we talk to Professor Alexander Rozental and Martin Oscarsson from Stockholm University in Sweden. They published the largest study on the making, keeping, and breaking of New Year’s Resolutions.

This week, we find out what kind of goals to set, how to set them, and what to do to ensure that “this year is (actually) different.”

How to Create Habits and Hack Your Health

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This week, we find out what kind of goals to set, how to set them, and what to do to ensure that “this year is (actually) different.”

How to Create Habits and Hack Your Health

Remember to head to our website for our show notes!

Find Juna on Instagram @theofficialjuna, and @JunaGjata on YouTube and TikTok.

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Previous Episode

Why You Shouldn't Stress About Exercise ft. Dan Lieberman

Today, we interview Professor Dan Lieberman all about why exercise doesn't have to be so stressful or complicated. This is a look at exercise through the anthropological perspective, and why it’s normal to not "feel like it" sometimes. Find out the answers to questions like: Is sitting actually that bad for you? How much do we need to exercise? Is there such a thing as exercising too much, and more.

Professor Lieberman’s book Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding

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Find Juna on Instagram @theofficialjuna, and @JunaGjata on YouTube and TikTok.

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Next Episode

Resolutions - Is Sugar Actually Unhealthy?

Donuts, cupcakes, lattes, and cookies–sometimes it seems like the best things in life are full of it: the sweet, delicious thing we call sugar. It’s one of the first places we look to when we’re trying to make a “lifestyle change,” and also one of the first places we look to when we need a pick-me-up. Some scientists say that sugar is akin to a poison, giving rise to diseases like diabetes and metabolic syndrome. Others say, it’s not actually that bad. So what’s the truth? This week, we talk to Professor Jim Mann from the University of Otago in New Zealand. Is sugar bad for us? Are all sugars the same? Should we even be giving up sugar at all? Find out on our sweetest episode yet.

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Find Juna on Instagram @theofficialjuna, and @JunaGjata on YouTube and TikTok.

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