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Vegan Dining Out: Don’t Worry, GMM’s Rhett And Link Solve Your Problems With The Fast-Food Restaurants Of Meat-Eaters [Video]

Filed Under: Nutrition, Video

Vegan Dining Out: Don’t Worry, GMM’s Rhett And Link Solve Your Problems With The Fast-Food Restaurants Of Meat-Eaters [Video]


vegan dining out rhett link gmm fast food hacks screenshotVegan Dining Out: Fast Food Menu Hacks To Cure Herbivore Munchies:
Anyone trying to eat according to a strict nutrition plan knows how hard it can be.

Whether it’s remembering to avoid sugars, or get the right number of calories.

The tougher plans like Keto, Vegetarian, or Vegan can pose more complex problems.

-Like just the ability to get the right Types of food in enough quantity at-all.

Well, Rhett and Link from Good Mythical Morning are here to the rescue! Here to help vegans get all the on-the-go nutrition they need.

From fast-food restaurants. That primarily serve meat. This should be good…

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Do Dogs, Cats, And Pets Improve Health? Of Course They Do, Right? Researchers Disagree, Decide To Shoot Old Yeller Anyway [Video]

Filed Under: Aging, Video

Do Dogs, Cats, And Pets Improve Health? Of Course They Do, Right? Researchers Disagree, Decide To Shoot Old Yeller Anyway [Video]


Pets Improve Health, Really Are Man’s Best Friend:
In our search for increasingly better health, we sometimes go to odd-extremes.

Some of those destinations can seem pretty far away,

But more-strangely, many may turn out to be right beside you,

In a form you never even expected.

A few Swedish researchers found in some cases, that strange form is the 4-legged furry little blighter we call “Man’s Best Friend”.

And in this video, Seeker/DNews gets into all of it; -almost…

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Unused Exercise Equipment In Home Gyms. How To Beat The 1.6 Billion Dollar A Year Fancy-Coat-Rack Industry [Video]

Filed Under: Exercise, Video

Unused Exercise Equipment In Home Gyms. How To Beat The 1.6 Billion Dollar A Year Fancy-Coat-Rack Industry [Video]


Happy New Year!:
Say hello to questionable gym memberships and your soon-to-be unused home exercise equipment!

And the video & the comment are funny because they’re true.

This isn’t one of Cracked’s Honest Commercials, but it’s still right.

Especially if a Consumer Reports survey is to be believed,…

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Catching Colds & Flu Because Of Cold Weather. 4 Stealth Factors That Might Prove The Myth… [Video]

Filed Under: Disease, Video

Catching Colds & Flu Because Of Cold Weather. 4 Stealth Factors That Might Prove The Myth… [Video]


catch cold flu from cold weather blue and white frost on glassWinter Is The Season Of Giving…:
You can catch a cold or flu from being cold, right?

There is actual “cold” in the air and if you stick your hand out, you can catch some?

So, ever since we were little, we’ve been told to bundle-up in the winter.

-Or you’ll catch a cold.

Well in this video, ASAPScience explores a few of the myths on how you really do…

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Gratitude And Health: It Might Be One Of The Hidden Keys To Lasting Well-Being. 5 Reasons Why + Bonus!

Filed Under: Mind/Brain, Video

Gratitude And Health: It Might Be One Of The Hidden Keys To Lasting Well-Being. 5 Reasons Why + Bonus!


Gratitude’s Booster-Shot! Health Can Come From Surprising Places:
Gratitude resurfaces at a time of year when we’re reminded of the virtues we tend to gloss-over,

Sadly, that quality can get lost in the whirl and rush of the 12th month just as we tried to remember it 30+ days before.

Christmas is about thoughtfulness and generosity. New Year’s Eve is about celebrating. And New Year’s Day is about self-reflection.

But in the case of the namesake virtue from that sports & binge-fest holiday in November,

Science says it can actually inspire great things in you; besides just arguing with distant relatives and diversifying the dessert narrative in your life…

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Superagers Avoid Brain-Shrinkage With Mysteriously Sharp Memory, Young Mindset. Maybe You Can Too… [Video]

Filed Under: Aging, Video

Superagers Avoid Brain-Shrinkage With Mysteriously Sharp Memory, Young Mindset. Maybe You Can Too… [Video]


Super-Agers Prove Ancient Wisdom On Brain Youth:
Aging is only a state of mind [or brain] is something wise men have been saying for thousands of years.

And we all hear about the increasing number of examples to the contrary about Alzheimer’s & Dementia a bit too much of late.

But buried in the mountains of discouraging anecdotes on what seems like inevitable mental decline are some gems.

And in this video, Seeker talks about the rare brain-athletes called, “Super-Agers” who may one day save us all from that fate…

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Learn New Things Faster & Study More Effectively With Brain Hacks From ASAPScience [Video]

Filed Under: Mind/Brain, Video

Learn New Things Faster & Study More Effectively With Brain Hacks From ASAPScience [Video]


[Keanu voice] Whoooaa…I Know Kung-Fu!:
At one time in our lives, we’ve all wanted or needed to learn something new.

Whether it was a requirement or just the pursuit of a great hobby, sometimes it can seem to go a bit too slow as our brains readjust.

And though geniuses like Carol Dweck and Elizabeth Gould would tell you that is the time you are actually re-making your brain & getting smarter,

We all need a little shortcut to get to the fun part sooner.

And so in this video, ASAP does their part to add something to mega-lists like the one by OEDB…

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Travel For Self-Discovery: Getting Lost To Find Yourself + Heal Your Soul. The Best Vacation Ever

Filed Under: Favorites, Highlights, Mind/Brain, Video

Travel For Self-Discovery: Getting Lost To Find Yourself + Heal Your Soul. The Best Vacation Ever


Travel For Self-Discovery. Zen & The Art Of Metaphysical Maintenance:
So we’ve talked before about the actual, real health benefits of Happiness.

Recently, it’s been shown that people who take regular vacations actually live longer, happier, and healthier lives.

And in one post, we mentioned some of the specific ways you improve the “effectiveness” of a vacation.

But here, The School Of Life raises the surprising, yet philosophical idea of specific types of vacations as a kind-of symbolic “food”,

Or better yet: Nutrition For The Soul…

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