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Ancient Tradition Vs. Modern Science: How Deep-Breathing Works For Anxiety & Calms You Down

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry, Mind/Brain, Sex, Drugs, Rock n Roll

What’s Old Is New Again, Especially If You’re Anxious:
Recently, an interesting mashup of old and new science has happened in the health space.

Modern medicine can’t cure one thing, so people try an old thing.

Science does an investigation, finds one old supplement is snake-oil and another isn’t.

But for thousands of years, health-nuts from far-eastern yogis right down to your Mom have often advised one thing for Anxiety: Take A Deep Breath.

And science may have just figured-out why…

The Freakonomics Of Frigidity-Not Only Is The Cold No Fun, It Could Also Cost Businesses A Lot Of Money

Filed Under: Mind/Brain

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Productivity Enters An Ice Age:
In the past, we’ve all been told that changes in seasons bring on various types of sickness.

Well, in addition to all the old wives’ tales about cold being bad for you, esp. going outside without a hat on in the winter, etc.

It turns out a few studies have found that cold can have a real economic impact. Especially in the workplace.

And it all starts out with something Ron Friedman found out about the Campbell Soup Company’s “Misery Index”…

Elizabeth Bathory Was Right, Part Deux: Sillycon Valley Goes Almost Full-Vampire, Capitalist That-Is

Filed Under: Aging, Better Living Through Chemistry

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Why, Gods Of Biochemistry, Why?!!!:
Aging introduces what seem to be a whole host of unfair changes at just about every level of biology.

And depending on your genes & environment, these changes can start becoming noticeable as early as the age of 30.

Unless you’re Elizabeth Bathory, or HealthTrekker’s favorite immortal, Yazemeenah Rossi, these changes can add up fast.

So what do you do if you feel young & you want your body to keep up with your spirit?…

15 Probably BS Scientific Benefits Of Beer, But Keep Drinking Just In Case

Filed Under: Aging, Disease, Featured, Noise, Nutrition, Stupid Health Tricks

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Don’t let the internet-myths & exaggerations stop you. Unlike a vitamin or a drug, there will probably be insufficiently-concentrated amounts of each substance in one single beer to have a serious effect.

→So your only recourse is to just go pro & make sure to start drinking more! -For the rest of your life.

Besides believe it or not, drinking alcohol really does have actual health benefits.

Anyway, just in-case there is a grain of truth to long-term repeated-exposure benefits, and supported by the best study links we could find…

Video: The Science Of Us Helps Insomniacs Put Their Best Foot Forward

Filed Under: Bio-Tech, Mind/Brain, Other, Video

It turns out that proper bedroom temperature & ultimately body temperature are vital to good sleep.

And while the National Sleep Foundation recommends the room be between 60 and 67 degrees, individual needs end up being,… -well; very individual. -And problemmatic.

So: The Science of Us jumps in to the rescue! Their answer? -Feet!…

AncientBiotics: “Eyesalve” Remedy Does In-Fact Fix Styes. -Oh Yeah, And Also Just Happens To Kill Superbugs 1,000 Years Later

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry, Disease, Sex, Drugs, Rock n Roll

So I guess the old guys kicking around back 1,000+ years ago weren’t so dumb after-all.

First Plato, Seneca, Pythagoras, DaVinci, Hasselhoff, and now a guy named Bald. -Who wrote something called a Leechbook. One of the earliest medical textbooks known.

I know, I know, whenever you hear about old remedies you think of alchemy, bloodletting, witches & Monty-Python. -But not so fast…

Honor Code Fail: The Houseplant In Your Echinacea And The Laxative In Your Mood-Booster

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry, Stupid Health Tricks, Vitamins/Supplements

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We’ve blogged about contamination here and here before, but this development seems even more audacious than before.

And Look, we all know (at least here on HT) that selecting & taking supplements is a bit of a Bro-Science. -Or if we’re Really honest, it’s Amateur Human-Guniea-Pig Biochemistry Gambling.

Well, thanks to what we’re learning from NY AG, Eric Schneiderman, and Canada’s University of Guelph, the truth is a lot worse than that…

My Cipro De-Toxicity: A Happy, Herbal, Hippie Alcoholic Accident

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry, Stupid Health Tricks, Thinking Out Loud

So there’s this great site about possible side-effects following a course of the Cipro antibiotic, called Surviving Cipro.

I found it while researching fixes for the ones I experienced awhile ago.

And I’ll +/-duplicate a comment I put there over here.

-Because I ran into what might be an interesting tool in the fight to get your health back after ‘getting Floxed’.

Fast-forward to a few months ago: I’d started drinking tea instead of coffee.

After awhile it got a little boring, so I ventured further out into the weirder and more interesting ones they had at the supermarket.

And it turns out one of them was this stuff called…

Joan’s Opus On The Elusive Hangover Cure

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry, Featured, Nutrition, Sex, Drugs, Rock n Roll, Stupid Health Tricks

And while we’re on the subject of Alcohol,

Who Else but The New Yorker could do such a monster article on Drinking and Hangovers? -I have no damn good answer for that.

Ok; besides: “Ernest F****** Hemingway”,…

Nevertheless: Hop on over and be blown away by the entire geopolitical cavalcade that is Joan Acocella’s Magnum Opus,

From feeling like Gregor Samsa when you wake up,

To:..

After Conquering World With Pinky, Chinese Ruin Your Life Even More. This Time: Getting You Un-Hammered

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry, Disease, Other, Sex, Drugs, Rock n Roll, Vitamins/Supplements

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Those damn old-timey people and their tree-chewing bastard folk remedies!!

-Like the nutty Euros who used to go out and suck on a White Willow for a headache; -which somebody eventually turned into those little pills we now call, “Aspirin”.

But this time, It’s Personal. Thanks to some UCLA researcher-enablers, The G**-D**N Oriental Raisin Tree is on a 1-~~Man~~Tree Vendetta to put an end to my Championship Drinking Career!!…

Note: For informational purposes only. Should not be construed as medical advice, diagnosis or substitute for professional care. Terms.

Ancient Tradition Vs. Modern Science: How Deep-Breathing Works For Anxiety & Calms You Down

The Freakonomics Of Frigidity-Not Only Is The Cold No Fun, It Could Also Cost Businesses A Lot Of Money

Elizabeth Bathory Was Right, Part Deux: Sillycon Valley Goes Almost Full-Vampire, Capitalist That-Is

15 Probably BS Scientific Benefits Of Beer, But Keep Drinking Just In Case

Video: The Science Of Us Helps Insomniacs Put Their Best Foot Forward

AncientBiotics: “Eyesalve” Remedy Does In-Fact Fix Styes. -Oh Yeah, And Also Just Happens To Kill Superbugs 1,000 Years Later

Honor Code Fail: The Houseplant In Your Echinacea And The Laxative In Your Mood-Booster

My Cipro De-Toxicity: A Happy, Herbal, Hippie Alcoholic Accident

Joan’s Opus On The Elusive Hangover Cure

After Conquering World With Pinky, Chinese Ruin Your Life Even More. This Time: Getting You Un-Hammered

Clay-Eating Cheeky Monkeys And The Elusive Stomach Flu / Viral Gastroenteritis Remedy

God Save The New Queen Of The Silver Foxes! Grandmother & 59 Year-Old Model, Yasmina Rossi Shows What Age-Defying Really Looks Like

The Mousechurian Candidate: Ancient Chinese Secret Creates Mighty-Mouse With Commensurately Mighty-Brain

15 Probably BS Scientific Benefits Of Beer, But Keep Drinking Just In Case

Curry Spice Might Help Brain Repair Itself, Chillax, Then Take Over World