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People Who Think Leisure Is Wasteful Have Worse Mental Health. -All Work And No Play Makes Jack A Dull Boy!

Filed Under: Mind/Brain

People Who Think Leisure Is Wasteful Have Worse Mental Health. -All Work And No Play Makes Jack A Dull Boy!
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People Who Hate Leisure Are Miserable. (+yes, these people do exist):
Haven’t seen enough YouTube videos on the toxicity of “Hustle Culture” (no, not that disco dance from the 70s) yet?

Well, look no further!

Now there are a set of studies out on the general psychological profile in it, so take THAT Gary Vaynerchuck and Ali Abdaal!

Recent work by OSU, Rutgers, & Harvard researchers shows people who take themselves too seriously to have fun are also at-risk for several other problems.

And besides the risk of being a colossal buzz-kill at every possible event in life, those might turn out to be -not- just psychological problems, either…

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Olive Oil Vs. Lifespan: Surprising US Nutrition Data Results Suggest Key Ingredients Tied To Longevity

Filed Under: Aging

Olive Oil Vs. Lifespan: Surprising US Nutrition Data Results Suggest Key Ingredients Tied To Longevity
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Longevity & Olive Oil. US Study Evidence For Lifespan Impact From Food:
Part of what we do here is a baby-steps approach to the search for The Holy Grail.

We’re looking for proven stuff, even small stuff, that could potentially shift lives onto a better course.

Even if it’s one degree of correction per year.

It’s the same thing that drives amazing researchers like Dr. David Sinclair.

So given the mystifying and encouraging work that’s been done on it before,

It’s probably no surprise that Harvard researchers have found some more great news about one little thing we could add to our diet each day…

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Injectable Blood Compounds From Running And Cardio Exercise Boost Brainpower In Mice, Maybe You Too!

Filed Under: Aging

Injectable Blood Compounds From Running And Cardio Exercise Boost Brainpower In Mice, Maybe You Too!
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Blood Compounds From Running Reduce Inflammation And Boost Brainpower:
In the US and the First World, we really don’t seem to get a lot of exercise.

That’s such a problem that just about every health organization in the US is begging us to get more.

One of the other downsides to our lethargy is that even if exercise won’t fix a bad diet,

It’s fantastic for your health, as we’ve said here several times.

In fact, cardiovascular exercise like running and possibly plain-old walking might just fight or prevent Alzheimer’s.

But a Stanford team might just be on the way to changing the benefits we can all get from “exercise”…

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IQ Vs. Pregnancy And Nutrition: Which Makes For The Brainiest Babies? Fish Or Fish Oil?

Filed Under: Family

IQ Vs. Pregnancy And Nutrition: Which Makes For The Brainiest Babies? Fish Or Fish Oil?
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Pregnancy & Nutrition. Which Is Best For A Child’s IQ; Fish Or Fish Oil?:
Awhile back, I contacted The Charismatic Voice, because I heard the great news that Elizabeth was going to have a baby!

I wanted to pass-on what info I had here about both fish and nuts and the positive effects they have on kids development,

-Not that her child will actually need them that much. Because Elizabeth is so brainy, she’ll undoubtedly pass-on those smarts to The Charismatic Baby!

But unfortunately in-keeping with a few of the recent cautions on The Mediterranean Diet, there is both a problem and a solution…

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Exercise Vs. Dementia: Cardio Reverses Cognitive Decline In Older Mice At “Sweet Spot” Of Running

Filed Under: Aging

Exercise Vs. Dementia: Cardio Reverses Cognitive Decline In Older Mice At “Sweet Spot” Of Running
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Cardio Exercise Reverses Cognitive Decline In Older Mice That Run:
One of the things we can all worry about perhaps too much is, are we getting enough reward for the effort we put in?

This happens a lot on weight-loss plans, because to achieve the goals people are after they need to combine nutrition and exercise.

And of course with the nutrition part it’s worse, because if there’s one thing people hate it’s math.

So that puts a lot of people off calorie-counting, even though it works.

It’s hard to shoot for the right numbers when you’re not sure what they are.

On that note, Australian researchers are finding some very Freakonomics-like, but encouraging numbers on how exercise might help us stay young in a very important way…

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Energy Vs. Fatigue In Your Gut Microbes: That Case Of The Mondays Might Be All Down To Your Diet

Filed Under: Nutrition

Energy Vs. Fatigue In Your Gut Microbes: That Case Of The Mondays Might Be All Down To Your Diet
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Energy & Fatigue Might All Be Products Of Nutrition And Gut Microbes:
A lot of times, we can get saturated with advice that can seem too common.

But there are a few things we might try to remember about that.

The advice can be common because it works, it’s been curated by history, and stood the test of time for good reason.

The second part is a bit sneakier. Advice can become common through repetition and we get inured to it.

When really there is a lot more to it than a bored mind would understand at face-value.

And a team from Texas A&M is finding out some surprising new ways that, “Eat a high-quality varied diet.” and “You are what you eat.” really do bring a lot more to the table than just the basics they seem to suggest…

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Sunlight Exposure Vs. Multiple Sclerosis: 30+ Minutes A Day Could Reduce Childhood Risk By 50%+!

Filed Under: Disease

Sunlight Exposure Vs. Multiple Sclerosis: 30+ Minutes A Day Could Reduce Childhood Risk By 50%+!
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30+ Minutes Of Sunlight For Children & Adolescents Can Reduce MS Risk:
One of the great things about ongoing research is that it helps uncover things we never could have imagined.

Many times we think we’re “right”, when it’s really just our best guess.

As a doctor friend once quoted from his first professor, “Half of what we’re about to teach you is wrong. The problem is we don’t know which half.”

In that quest for knowledge, !SCIENCE! can lead to some pretty weird and freaky territories and conclusions.

And in the health space, there are not too many things freakier than diseases we haven’t cured.

But if researchers from ANU & UCSF have anything to say about it, the lifespan of one disease may have its days numbered…

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Nutrition Vs. Depression: Adding Mushrooms To Your Diet Can Help Mood, & They Don’t Have To Be Magic!

Filed Under: Mind/Brain

Nutrition Vs. Depression: Adding Mushrooms To Your Diet Can Help Mood, & They Don’t Have To Be Magic!
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Mushrooms & Depression. Eating The Right Fungus Helps Your Mind!:
With Big Data and Machine Learning, there is every chance that today’s healthcare will look prehistoric in about 100 years.

And to look forward, we sometimes start by looking back; and remembering that ancient man was not really stupid.

Some crazy folk-healing witch living on the edge of a forest 1700+ years ago likely used some pretty weird stuff to fix people’s health problems.

That weird stuff probably also worked.

So in another chapter of what be called a Superfood, researchers are finding out that another weird thing might have a few more health tricks up its sleeve than anyone in the past 1700 years imagined (except witches)…

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