Wednesday, December 14, 2011 Fidgeting is bad; those comedies are going to rot your brain; chocolate isn't good for you -- these are all things we've heard time and time again.
But research in 2011 paints a different story -- some of those things that we peg as "bad" for us may actually be good.
Take a look at our round-up of 11 things we learned in 2011 that may not actually be as bad for us as we thought. BLOG POSTS  | Lloyd I. Sederer, MD: Sleepwalking Is For Real
I have had trouble sleeping for about 25 years. I am amongst legions of people who share the same trouble. There are many causes for these forms of nocturnal misery. |  | Therese Borchard: Holiday Stress: 6 Ways To Deal With Difficult Family Members During The Holidays
George Burns once said: "Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city." So that would explain why the holidays are so stressful. |  | Michael Stanclift, N.D.: Understanding Meditation: How Attention Changes Our Brains
By using our attention during a mindful meditation, we are training our brain to become more and more connected to the current moment. This has the effect of allowing ourselves to see what's actually happening, without getting caught in our opinion of the situation. |  | Dr. Cara Barker: What Makes Wisdom So Threatening?
The issue is beauty, wisdom, love. If there is a better time for this than now, I'd like to know. This year has been a grinder for pretty much everyone we know. Some days, what we value the most can seem very far away, hidden. | | MOST POPULAR ON HUFFINGTONPOST.COM |
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