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Light Exposure Vs. Mood: Brown Researchers Find Light Gets Into Your Brain In Many Unexpected Ways

Filed Under: Mind/Brain

Light Exposure Vs. Mood: Brown Researchers Find Light Gets Into Your Brain In Many Unexpected Ways
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Light Exposure & Mood. Getting Into Your Brain In New & Unexpected Ways:
Let’s take a moment to appreciate the fact that just like cats, we are all solar-powered.

The sun is out and we’re all getting enough vitamin d for a change.

Hopefully it’s doing us some good, and we’re not getting too much exposure.

But in a while things will change, and people most sensitive to sunlight are really going to notice its absence.

-After they come down off a 3-day pumpkin-spice bender of course.

And while SCIENCE so far has only vitamins, anti-depressants, and fancy light-boxes for those affected,

They might just get a lot more help in the future if Brown University researchers have anything to say about it…

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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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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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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: Highlights, 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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