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Count Your Blessings And Practice Some Gratitude. You Just Might Live Longer Because Of It!

Filed Under: Mind/Brain

Count Your Blessings And Practice Some Gratitude. You Just Might Live Longer Because Of It!
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Mind-Over-Matter Shows Promise Yet Again!:

Unless you’re a member of The “Woo-Woo” Club, things like mindset may simply not occur to you for health; until somebody mentions it.

How many of us were a bit too unfairly-dismissive when Grandma said something like, “Count your blessings.”?

That’s not health & wellness, right?

H&W is all about yoga mats, AG1, gym-memberships, and Bryan Johnson-sized supplement bills!!!

At least the Mindfulness-Meditation crowd would push back a little bit; though not as forcefully as a meth-toothed practitioner of CrossFit.

But it’s starting to seem like even the overlooked corners of your mentality could be the small change that creates a big difference…

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The Stealth Health Of Being Outdoors. Even Informal Surveys Confirm Nature’s Mental Health Mojo

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The Stealth Health Of Being Outdoors. Even Informal Surveys Confirm Nature’s Mental Health Mojo
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A Few More Reasons Why Being Stuck Inside All Day Is No Bueno:

So it’s great to find out interesting health tweaks and tips from study sources.

It’s even more interesting to chase down Old Wives’ Tales and check if any of the crazy stuff your grandmother taught you is right.

Somehow it can be encouraging when you find evidence from simpler, more social sources.

A trusted-colleague can sometimes be more helpful than a guy in a lab coat.

And this time, it looks like Joe Sixpack is bringing his perspective to one of the old Stealth Health factors we discussed several times in the past…

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Hugs Could Actually Make You Healthier. Watch Out Loneliness, The Human Element Of Health Returns!

Filed Under: Mind/Brain

Hugs Could Actually Make You Healthier. Watch Out Loneliness, The Human Element Of Health Returns!
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So Reach Out And Touch Someone…-With Their Consent, Of Course:

And now for something a little bit lighter and different.

It’s easy to think that in the quest to keep improving your health,

That it’s all supplements and weird diets; that there’s always a new pill to swallow.

But in a western world experiencing a Loneliness Epidemic,

It’s even easier to overlook The Human Element.

And if a German team is right, hugging your Mom is for more than just Mothers’ Day…

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That Cocoa Habit Is Something You Might Want To Keep For Life. Because It Just May Save Your Aging Brain!

Filed Under: Mind/Brain

That Cocoa Habit Is Something You Might Want To Keep For Life. Because It Just May Save Your Aging Brain!
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Everyone’s Favorite Superfood Scores Another Win:

One of the benefits we can all cash-in on with new information is discovering our own blind-spots.

For example, thanks to nutrition scientists we now know that if you’re an adult and you have stress, you’re probably magnesium deficient.

Still further, Dr. Joel Fuhrman opened everyone’s eyes to how little micronutrients they get if they aren’t eating big salads every day.

On that note, it turns out researchers are finding even more dietary blind-spots.

If you’re like me, or any other nut who stops by HealthTrekker, you want to have those bases covered.

And the team at Mass General might help us all out a little…

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Look At This Photograph And Fight Off The Deadly Ravages Of Dementia w/ The Awesome Biochem Of Olive Oil

Filed Under: Mind/Brain

Look At This Photograph And Fight Off The Deadly Ravages Of Dementia w/ The Awesome Biochem Of Olive Oil
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A Little Bit Of The Right Dietary Chemistry Goes A Long Way:
The increase in UPF consumption is a worrying stat.

It seems to indicate that for many people, food is still seen as some vague substance that’s only there to fill you up.

But what that increase also suggests is that many people don’t care what their food is made of.

Now contrast that with what a lot of research and specific plans like Intermittent-Fasting will tell you.

Food isn’t just fullness. It’s a biochemistry equation that you eat.

And Harvard researchers are finding out another healthy-eating staple seems to make a much bigger difference than just fancy flavor and a full stomach…

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Meditation’s Effect On Gut Health. Ancient Asian Secret Proves Mind Over Microbes Not Just A Fantasy

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Meditation’s Effect On Gut Health. Ancient Asian Secret Proves Mind Over Microbes Not Just A Fantasy
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Meditation Vs. Gut Health. Maybe Ancient Practices Were Pretty Clever After-All?:
A doctor friend once told me that when he went to his first lecture class the professor started it with this statement,

“Half of what we’re about to teach you is wrong. The problem is, we don’t know which half.”

How many times have people turned to supplements, kung fu, ufos, etc. to fix a problem that wasn’t getting solved in the standard way?

Probably more than once. Even with their less-than-great record of success.

So it will come as no surprise that as modern science advances, it occasionally circles-back to what used to be ancient superstition.

And a small team from China is making the case yet again, that meditation is a kind of magic…

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The Benefits Of Stress: Whittling It Down To The Right Type And Amount Might Be Good For Your Brain

Filed Under: Mind/Brain

The Benefits Of Stress: Whittling It Down To The Right Type And Amount Might Be Good For Your Brain
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Stress Benefits For Your Brain. Nietzsche’s Freakonomics Of Small-Dose Poisons:
Most of the time, it’s important to stay on the straight & narrow path.

Balance is an idea that’s been curated for millennia for good reason.

But when anyone really starts exploring something, it involves new territory that’s bizarre and weird before it gets figured-out.

It’s always Freakonomics before it becomes economics.

Just like the animal venoms that can kill a person in full-doses, but are helpful at ones several orders-of-magnitude smaller.

And freakily-enough a UGA team found out that one of the things poisoning many of us today can be helpful, in much smaller doses…

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Celebration’s Health Benefits: The Right Milestone Rituals Aren’t Just Fun, They May Be Good For You, Too!

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Celebration’s Health Benefits: The Right Milestone Rituals Aren’t Just Fun, They May Be Good For You, Too!
celebration health benefits raising champagne glasses at party


Celebration & It’s Health Benefits. Have Yourself A Merry Little Win-Mas!:
So to end the year, let’s go with something that’s a little bit lighter.

There may not be as many double-blind, placebo-controlled, gold-standard studies on this, but it’s something humanity’s been doing for awhile, so it can’t be all bad, right?

Okay there really are bad parts of it, like Holiday Weight Gain, and releasing endotoxin into your body as a result of binge-drinking.

But the other components of celebrating at parties turn out to be pretty great for you! Who knew?

The party-animals at Indiana University, that’s who! Let’s dive in…

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