The Health Weblog
Summer Is About To Get Even Better!:
So with the full-weight of summer approaching, we revisit a more human side of good-health: How people look in a bathing-suit.
Especially when they get just the right amount of color to highlight their features. -Bikinis don’t hurt either.
And the unfortunate side-effect is all the UV-damage that occurs while achieving that crispy KFC hue.
But if Massachusetts researchers have anything to say about it, that could all be a thing of the past…
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10+ Tips To Help Yourself Get Through Tough Times:
So in this video, Dr. Mike asks, “What if You’re Having A Tough Day, Or Week?”
You might be sad, anxious, regretful, overworked, temporarily-flummoxed, etc.
And there are many real Sources to consider, like: Depression/Anxiety, & also many involved-Solutions like: Problem-Solving, Stress-Management, Mindfulness Meditation, or Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy.
BUT! Sometimes people want the most easy & simple “get through the day/week”-type advice, just to simply make it through.
So here’s what he says are his best “Easy-Version” tips…
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The Struggle Is Real:
Anyone who’s ever had a little extra fat can relate to the struggle to lose it.
-Including all the different choices you have to make in both nutrition and exercise.
Because, the more factors you can stack in your favor, the better.
Well, BoredPanda’s Šarūnė Mac compiled a huge gallery of Weight-Loss Winners.
It’s worth a look, paying special attention to some of the claimed-timeframes for several of the results.
And so, we’ve picked-out a few of the more realistic examples for you…
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Is There a Biological Cause For Depression?:
With about 350 million people affected worldwide, or about 5% of the world’s population, Depression is a pretty widespread problem.
-Especially given its increased-concentration in 1st world countries (~7%).
Only Anxiety occurs in larger numbers (~18%).
But, what exactly going on inside people with these disorders?
Is it just cognitive-distortions & chemistry, or is there an actual Biological basis for it?
Well in the above video, ASAPScience tries to find out…
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1) Metaphysical Exercise:
So for 2,500+ years, athletes, folk-scientists, bro-scientists, and real scientists have extolled the virtues of exercise.
Even Dr. Mike showed that 30 minutes a day helped -Everything-.
But a bizarre subculture of cardio-focused exercisers called “Runners”, have always claimed odd mental benefits along with the physical ones.
Things like Zen/Meditation, a type of Buzz, & greater Clarity of Thought afterward.
So science decided to investigate these old wives’ tales, and may have discovered evidence instead of myth…
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(yes, it’s the wrong band reference, but) There goes my hero…
BREAKING: Representative: Rocker Chris Cornell has died at age 52 in Detroit.
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 18, 2017
RIP Chris. No words for it. Absolutely gutted.
No Such Thing As A Free Lunch. -Or Dessert:
In the war on Fat, science has spent decades on an antidote to one main offender.
-Sugar.
Because it’s not fat that makes you fat, it’s all the stuff that ruins your blood-sugar & insulin.
And one thing all phony-sugars had in-common, is that they were a bit iffy on what exactly their compounds did once inside your body.
Now we can add a possible link to stroke & dementia to their resume, but previous research may explain why…
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Retro Approach To New Info Pays Off:
In the field of research, The New rules the roost. What’s old is considered obsolete.
And nowhere is this more obvious than the search for cures to diseases.
Both The How & The Why seem so complex, the Solution must be something supercomputer-complex, & supercomputer-new, also.
Well, in a strange turn of events, an English team took the recent trend of Inflammation being implicated in many diseases, including Alzheimer’s,
And ran with it, back to a 2,000+ year-old fix that looks like the start of a new cure…
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Legacy Of Alcohol, The Ham-Fist Way:
Over time, we’ve tried to sing the praises of alcohol; from Beer BS to Hangover bro-science.
Along the way, we’ve discovered some strange contradictions, like: Thirst is often mistaken for Hunger, & Mars500 finding a great reason to control your salt-intake.
So in the spirit of Weird, !SCIENCE! brings us another “WTF, Mother Nature?!!”
That contradiction starts with our bizarre need to eat after Animal House-level symphonies of drinking…
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Weight-Loss Is Only 140 Million Miles Away:
So science usually has set ideas about the way things work. And every once in awhile, those assumptions will be proved wrong.
Most of the time it happens out of a very weird discovery or coincidence. -And this time is no different.
This diet-revelation started with the “Oh crap, we have to rescue Matt Damon again,”-level idea of actually sending people to Mars.
And on that mission, one of the strangest things the rocket-scientists had to do was manage Water…
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