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Getting Sick At Work. “The Office Microbiome” Is A New Take On Sick Building Syndrome

Filed Under: Disease, Highlights

Getting Sick At Work. “The Office Microbiome” Is A New Take On Sick Building Syndrome
edna mode from the incredibles stands in front of Lever House in NYC


Sick Building Syndrome: Perhaps The Skyscraper Was Not Modern Enough:
So before he got sick at the office, Edna Mode’s favorite architect Mies Van Der Rohe got beaten to the punch by era-defining skyscraper, “Lever House” in 1952.

The minimalist giant-steel-ice-cube International style went gangbusters and was copied just about everywhere.

Then a few decades later, we all inherited an accidental invention from these sealed curiosities: Sick Building Syndrome.

But today with the advent of the Human Microbiome, safety experts are finding something even more sinister: The Office Micro-Biome…

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Forest Bathing: An 1880s Practice, Revived In 1980s Japan Improves Your Health With Just A Calm Stroll

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry, Highlights

Forest Bathing: An 1880s Practice, Revived In 1980s Japan Improves Your Health With Just A Calm Stroll
forest bathing mohonk mountain house postcard lake view of house 1940s


Forest Bathing. In The 1880s or 1980s, Good Ideas Never Get Old:
In our technologically-advanced time, we have a bad-tendency toward disqualifying thoughts & theories that have come before us.

-Especially in the Sciences, old traditions that don’t have a big corporation behind them are looked at as Hokum, Superstition, & Snake-Oil.

But are they really?

Well recently, the scientists of (data) !Crazy Japan! came together and found actual scientific proof for a practice that saw it’s heyday back at the end of the 1800s.

-Getting outside and groping communing-with nature;…

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Dirt Is Good. This Time, For Kids! Dr. Jack Gilbert Gives Us Even More Reasons

Filed Under: Disease

Dirt Is Good. This Time, For Kids! Dr. Jack Gilbert Gives Us Even More Reasons
dirt kid playing with sticks in forest


The Joys of Cross-Contamination:
So as children go back to school, one of the joys that comes with the territory is sickness.

Schools, ball-pits, & daycare-centers are like stock-exchanges for millions of short little typhoid-marys, infecting eachother with God knows what.

And as other scientists from Duke and IC-L have mystifyingly said before,

That may actually not be such a bad thing…

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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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Fitness Freakonomics! Exercise Pays Several Surprising Benefits Far Into The Future

Filed Under: Aging, Exercise, Mind/Brain

Fitness Freakonomics! Exercise Pays Several Surprising Benefits Far Into The Future
golden heart in garden with sunshine and painted bird


The Best Time To Plant A Tree…:
So we hear a lot about the benefits of exercise & nutrition.

And though people are slowly finding that nutrition is actually the weight-loss king,

Exercise all by itself turns out to be the king of many other things.

But we never really seem to learn about When we should do it.

So for this reason, researchers got together and found out another really interesting thing about its many undiscovered benefits…

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Halo Top Ice Cream Creates Miracle With Only 60 Calories A Serving. But Is It Really “Healthy” For You? 6 Main Concerns

Filed Under: Nutrition

Halo Top Ice Cream Creates Miracle With Only 60 Calories A Serving. But Is It Really “Healthy” For You? 6 Main Concerns
chocolate and vanilla ice cream cones in pint containers by Halo Top


David Slays Goliath. -With Superior Nutrition?:
So according to their own press-release, a big change happened back in July. Halo Top became the highest-selling ice cream in the country.

Which is a pretty amazing feat at only 5 years in business for Halo.

And the biggest factor in its success is the product is ASTOUNDINGLY low on calories.

So then the big question becomes, despite being in the Frozen Desert Category which is chockablock with brain-killers,

Does this mean you can actually call Halo Top “Healthy”?…

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Maximize Vacation Time: 5+ Ways To Become More Healthy And Happy On Your Time-Off, Without Trying To Keep Up With The Joneses [Video]

Filed Under: Mind/Brain, Video

Maximize Vacation Time: 5+ Ways To Become More Healthy And Happy On Your Time-Off, Without Trying To Keep Up With The Joneses [Video]


Maximize Vacations To Make Your Mind & Body Happy:
So we’ve been told at least once or twice, that Happiness equals Healthiness.

And in much the same way that our bodies need good Sleep for good health,

There is new work that shows we need a type of rest you just don’t get on the Weekends.

Believe it or not, our bodies actually do need Vacations.

And on that note, The Science Of Us pulled a lot together to help us with our Summers, so we can get maximum enjoyment as we also recharge for better health…

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Ladies, Break Out The Dark Chocolate! Gentlemen, Start Your Omega 3s! Because Happiness Really Does Make You Healthy

Filed Under: Aging, Disease, Mind/Brain

Ladies, Break Out The Dark Chocolate! Gentlemen, Start Your Omega 3s! Because Happiness Really Does Make You Healthy
happy asian girl with red hair by white building daytime sun


One Quest Meets Another:
Over time, mankind has set itself many challenges to find purpose & meaning in life.

And one of those big goals is counterintuitive. One that doesn’t necessarily involve outward achievements.

-But Inward ones. All of which lead to it: Happiness.

And once you’re actually surviving, perhaps it’s The Only Goal.

Strangely enough, researchers are finding out some of our dearest desires have significant, yet unexpected side-benefits.

Including, among other things, actually keeping you alive longer…

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