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The Health Benefits Of Getting Outdoors: The SAD, Dark, Side Of One Of Humanity’s Greatest Inventions

Filed Under: Mind/Brain

The Health Benefits Of Getting Outdoors: The SAD, Dark, Side Of One Of Humanity’s Greatest Inventions
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Getting Outdoors Vs. Your Mood & Sleep. The Heights Of Forest Bathing:
When it comes to keeping yourself healthy, there can be a big difference in philosophies.

For some, health is what you get in a pill after a doctor visit for a problem.

Sort-of like a Biological Mechanic.

But on the other extreme there are ideas focused more on the behavioral end.

Sometimes, they even get close to touching the metaphysical, too.

But as we start getting closer to that end of health, it turns out many researchers find new answers that might have been hidden in plain sight…

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Magic Mushrooms And Depression: Psilocybin Similar To Key Action In Many Successful Treatments

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry

Magic Mushrooms And Depression: Psilocybin Similar To Key Action In Many Successful Treatments
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Psilocybin’s Effect On Depression. Mushrooms Join Album Of Greatest Hits:
So the world loves vitamins and supplements.

Why? Because we believe that they are more “natural” than pharmaceuticals.

We come from the Earth, and so do the vitamins & supplements ultimately.

They also seem to carry fewer serious side-effects when used in moderation.

-Which is the ideal drug. All good direct-effects. None on the side. None bad.

Among the scenarios providers and patients alike are looking for an ideal “drug” to address? -Depression.

Well, Yale’s team just found a very big piece of that puzzle…

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Depression & Anti-Inflammatories: Can NSAIDs Like Advil Succeed Where Anti-Depressants Fall Short?

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry

Depression & Anti-Inflammatories: Can NSAIDs Like Advil Succeed Where Anti-Depressants Fall Short?
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Depression Vs. Anti-Inflammatory Meds. Surprisingly Encouraging!
Frequently, SCIENCE will get the idea that it knows everything.

And for a long time, it decided that it understood psychology’s problems and how to medicate them all perfectly. But that’s not always true.

For example up until recently, Science had no idea exactly how Prozac worked, just that it did.

(it was actually encouraging neurogenesis among other things)

And a Chinese team just confirmed that Depression might not only be a chemical-imbalance, but something Big Pharma wasn’t even thinking about in 1972…

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Sugar, Depression, & SAD: Eating Sweets May Make The Holiday Blues Even Worse Than “Cats”

Filed Under: Mind/Brain

Sugar, Depression, & SAD: Eating Sweets May Make The Holiday Blues Even Worse Than “Cats”
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Sugar, Depression, SAD. The Holiday Treats That Bite Back:
Sometimes the holidays can be a tough time of year.

We’re supposed to be jolly, but maybe everything isn’t all going great, and that can be hard to forget temporarily.

So, in times like that, people can sometimes end-up reaching for some good ole’ fashioned seasonal cold-weather comfort-food.

Like the sweet little snacks that seem to be almost-everywhere this time of year.

But a recent study by KU suggests that as great as those cookies and tartlets taste, they may be doing way more harm than good…

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Fish Oil & Mental Health: Can Supplements Lift The Dark Clouds Of Depression & Disorder?

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry

Fish Oil & Mental Health: Can Supplements Lift The Dark Clouds Of Depression & Disorder?
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Omega 3 Fish Oil Vs. Depression, Do Supplements Make A Difference?:
Sometimes when modern medicine and prescription meds don’t solve things, we go looking elsewhere.

Mankind’s long tradition of medication with herbs can also make us turn to supplements, too.

But recently the FDA has cracked-down on many companies claiming results, so there is a lot of doubt out there.

But an Australian team just came up with some promising supplement-based results for one of society’s big problems: Depression…

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Air Pollution & Depression: Psychological Disorders May Be Linked To What You Breathe

Filed Under: Mind/Brain

Air Pollution & Depression: Psychological Disorders May Be Linked To What You Breathe
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Air Pollution, Depression, & Bipolar. Stealthy Threats Are Hard To Escape:
Science has been trying to decode the origins and fixes to different problems for a long time.

And one set that still baffles researchers to this day is psychological problems.

Where do they come from? Chemical Imbalance? Genetics? Aliens?

The problem for many stealthy health issues is that there are few easy answers or perfect 1-shot treatments.

And in the latest effort to track them down, a team led by U. Chicago is going after mental-illness in an odd place: Air Pollution…

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Red Wine Compounds Vs. Depression: A New Treatment Angle From An Ancient ‘Anti-Depressant’

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry

Red Wine Compounds Vs. Depression: A New Treatment Angle From An Ancient ‘Anti-Depressant’
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Red Wine Compounds Affect On Depression: In Vino Veritas?:
So we recently talked about Anxiety & Depression in a post about dogs & cats.

One of the things we discussed was the life-factors we tend to overlook.

In that case it was Stress, and that’s generally there because we tend to just accept it as something we can’t eliminate.

But just as that post found interesting and unexpected solutions in the form of pets,

Researchers continue to find new solutions to Anxiety & Depression in unexpected places.

And if a Buffalo team is correct, the old spectre may just get an even older solution…

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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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