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Zen And The Art Of Meaningful Productivity. Yale Team Formula: How To Get Into The Flow State Of Mind

Filed Under: Mind/Brain, Video

Zen And The Art Of Meaningful Productivity. Yale Team Formula: How To Get Into The Flow State Of Mind
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How To Get Into The Flow State Of Mind, According To Yale:
We all want to do things that are fun on occasion.

We may even want to do something as crazy as live a meaningful life, or do a job that we love that pays us as we both live and create that meaningful life.

One of the big components of course is that job, and the type we all admire most is when people seem to be at their apex.

Whatever they do, if they are almost like the Olympic athletes of that job and completely at-one with it,

That sets off a chain-reaction in our minds we immediately see as meaningful.

And Yale researchers think they’ve just cracked the code…

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The COVID-19 Vaccine: What Does It Do To Your Body? ASAPScience Answers!

Filed Under: Disease, Video

The COVID-19 Vaccine: What Does It Do To Your Body? ASAPScience Answers!


Now That We Have It, What Does The COVID Vaccine Do?
With the advent of the coronavirus pandemic, one of the first questions was, “What does this thing do to you?”

SCIENCE! performed a miracle with 3 vaccines released in less than 1 year,

So the next question is, “What the hell is the vaccine going to do to me?”

This is a good question, as all entries use a technique different from that of normal vaccines, and might seem a little scary at first.

So ASAPScience dug into exactly what the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines do and how they work…

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Tech Nerd Predicts Coronavirus: Bill Gates’ Eerily Prescient Talk On How We Are Unprepared For Pandemics

Filed Under: Disease, Video

Tech Nerd Predicts Coronavirus: Bill Gates’ Eerily Prescient Talk On How We Are Unprepared For Pandemics


Bill Gates On Pandemics: He Pretty-Much Predicted Coronavirus
With the world in lockdown from the coronavirus,

It might be the right time for people to take a look back at not just a few distractions,

But a few very important talks.

Last time, we told you about the importance of Dr. Michael Osterholm’s thoughts on the Joe Rogan Experience.

But this talk might be even more important in-retrospect.

Because 2 years before Dr. O’s book on pandemics, a little-known public speaker named Bill Gates gave a great TED talk on how we might not be ready for one…

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Joe Rogan Interviews Infectious Disease Expert Michael Osterholm For The Details On Coronavirus

Filed Under: Disease, Video

Joe Rogan Interviews Infectious Disease Expert Michael Osterholm For The Details On Coronavirus


Joe Rogan & Dr. Michael Osterholm The Honest Details About COVID19:
We don’t normally do public health concerns here, but for every rule there is an exception.

So instead of focusing purely on new research for incremental improvements,

We’d recommend instead this video with Joe Rogan and Dr. Michael Osterholm.

In it, they discuss the under-appreciated seriousness of Covid 19.

Some of those concerns include how long it’s is likely to last, what the landscape might look like, and how we might avoid diseases of this type in the future…

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Apple Watch 4: The Next Step In Digital Health Future With Heart Monitor, Big-Data Insights [Video]

Filed Under: Gadgets, Video

Apple Watch 4: The Next Step In Digital Health Future With Heart Monitor, Big-Data Insights [Video]


Apple’s New Watch Refines Health-Features With ECG Heart Monitor:
So when Apple originally rolled-out the watch with the heart-rhythm measuring feature, it was greeted with a little skepticism,

That was because many wrist-based health devices can end-up being less than perfectly-accurate.

From calories-burned by exercise, all the way to questions about serious measurements like heart rhythms.

But this time, Apple’s taken the next step by integrating big data and better sensors that foreshadow the future of health, starting with your heart…

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Depression, Auto-Immune, And Diet: Mikhaila Peterson’s Research Equals Life-Changing Results [Video]

Filed Under: Nutrition, Video

Depression, Auto-Immune, And Diet: Mikhaila Peterson’s Research Equals Life-Changing Results [Video]

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Depression, Diet, Auto-Immune. Mikhaila Peterson Conquers All; Eventually:
Many people have health problems to fix, some of them tougher and weirder than others.

Sadly, modern medicine hasn’t figured out how to fix them all.

And that can lead people down some very strange roads whose conclusions don’t always involve Snake Oil.

One of those people is Mikhaila Peterson. And her journey to success over immense problems is a freaking small miracle…

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Protein Powder + Heavy Metals: Contamination In Meal-Replacements Could Really Weigh You Down [Video]

Filed Under: Nutrition, Video

Protein Powder + Heavy Metals: Contamination In Meal-Replacements Could Really Weigh You Down [Video]


Protein Powder Contamination, The Downside Of Another Supplement:
Look around on Instagram, and you’ll notice one of the biggest parts of a fitness freak’s routine.

Protein powder.

It’s a very convenient way to whip up a meal-replacement, and also a way to get lots more protein in your diet.

Unfortunately, there’s a problem.

Just like Labdoor.com and the EWG, The Clean Label Project found a few problems in a supplement that’s supposed to be helping us: -Chemical contamination…

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Alcohol & Gut Microbes: Does Drinking Kill Off All The Good Bacteria? Should We Outlaw Happy-Hour And Do Shots Of Activia Instead? [Video]

Filed Under: Nutrition, Video

Alcohol & Gut Microbes: Does Drinking Kill Off All The Good Bacteria? Should We Outlaw Happy-Hour And Do Shots Of Activia Instead? [Video]


Alcohol & Gut Microbes, Does A Little Fun Kill Your Health?:
So as science progresses we’re learning that microbes inside us play a very important part in our health.

Whether it’s worrying over how much fiber we get, if we’re too clean, too isolated,

Or if the probiotics we take can even help us avoid serious disease.

One of the other favorite human pastimes of course, is using a little nutritional alchemy to up the fun-quotient of life.

But according to the list of studies in this roundup by SciShow, that fun might have some consequences for that newest & tiniest frontier of our health…

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