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Video: Don’t Keep Up With The Joneses. Forget Comparison And Become Happy & Healthy, Starting With Your Vacation

Filed Under: Mind/Brain, Video

Video: Don’t Keep Up With The Joneses. Forget Comparison And Become Happy & Healthy, Starting With Your Vacation


Make Your Mind & Body Healthy With A Bigger “Weekend”:
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 <em>Does</em> Make You Healthy
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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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Video: Is Organic Food Really That Much Better For You? -Or Could It Actually Be Worse?

Filed Under: Disease, Nutrition, Video

Video: Is Organic Food Really That Much Better For You? -Or Could It Actually Be Worse?


Is The Organic Premise Right In The First Place?:
So, lots of people believe in food that’s decomplicated and grown in ways similar to those of 100 years ago as the path to good nutrition.

And recently, Organic seems to have taken that place at the grocery store for people who don’t hit up the farmers’ markets.

Many people even think that Organic means No Pesticides at-all and that it’s more natural, less dangerous to you and the environment, and ultimately healthier.

But is any of that true? -In this video, ASAPScience decides to find out…

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Another Win For Coffee!!! This Time? The Freakin’ Fountain Of Youth

Filed Under: Aging, Disease, Nutrition

Another Win For Coffee!!! This Time? The Freakin’ Fountain Of Youth
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How Can We Boost Lifespan & Healthspan?:
So for a long time now, people have been searching for every way you can think to escape the ravages of aging.

Whether it’s the mystical regimen of Yazemeenah Rossi, Queen of the Silver Foxes,

The Mediterranean Diet, Centenarian-habits, or something as out-there as a “Superfood”, like the Açaí craze a few years back.

Well believe it or not, !SCIENCE! has found one more non-calorie-restriction source for youth-magic.

And it’s probably been sitting in a mug on your desk, saving your life one day at a time…

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Like Napoleon At The Battle Of Austerlitz, KFC Revolutionizes Fast-Food With Clean-Food Superstar, Figgy Poppleton-Rice

Filed Under: Nutrition, Weight/Fat Loss

Like Napoleon At The Battle Of Austerlitz, KFC Revolutionizes Fast-Food With Clean-Food Superstar, Figgy Poppleton-Rice
KFC clean eating burger by figgy poppleton-rice


A Star Is Born:
Sometimes the internet does fantastic things to create interesting combinations and hacks.

A lot of these odd connections come together via social media’s ability to broadcast the exceptional.

However, few companies are willing to risk big losses by backing an outsider.

But just like Mahatma Gandhi or Steve Jobs before them, KFC has the guts to “Think Different” with their newest superstar, and the results are spectacular…

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Researchers Put Down The Hair-Spray & Rediscover More Awesome Superfood-Properties Of Olive-Oil

Filed Under: Aging, Better Living Through Chemistry, Nutrition

Researchers Put Down The Hair-Spray & Rediscover More Awesome Superfood-Properties Of Olive-Oil
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One Diet Fad That’s Actually Paying Off!:
We all hear about different health fads & recommendations pretty regularly.

-Including crazy stuff like the Big Pasta fad in the Big 80’s.

And along with them, we’ve heard things about all kinds of crazy oils, Snake oil, Krill Oil, Fish Oil, and Olive Oil.

Well science just found out something actually worthwhile about the last one…

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You’re More Than Just Your BMI! Check Out Your World Fitness Level Instead. Then Do Something About It With The Scientists Of Norway!

Filed Under: Calculators, Exercise, Weight/Fat Loss

You’re More Than Just Your BMI! Check Out Your World Fitness Level Instead. Then Do Something About It With The Scientists Of Norway!
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Find Out How You Stack Up:
Back in his awesome List-Show video for Mental Floss, John Green knocked out 25 facts on fitness.

Well one of the points he forgot to talk about was BMI.

He also missed out on body-fat & lean mass composition.

But he Did bring up another measure that is very helpful.

And it’s one that’s even better than BMI…

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Video: Mental Floss’s John Green Busts Out 25 Reps Of Fitness Facts! + BONUS 10!

Filed Under: Exercise, Weight/Fat Loss

Video: Mental Floss’s John Green Busts Out 25 Reps Of Fitness Facts! + BONUS 10!


 
Pump-Up Your Chances Of Success With Fitness Knowledge!:
Prepping-up to get back in-shape after some yearly-reflection? Well you’re in luck.

Earlier, John Green put out a video on the why of High US Healthcare-Costs that is absolutely Must-See.

Now he’s back over at Mental Floss with another great list-show.

And checking out this list of facts about exercise just might give you that extra information-push to better reach your goals…

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Watch Out Blade Runner, Because: !Shot Heard ’Round The World! -Salk Institute Team Reverses Aging

Filed Under: Aging, Bio-Tech, Featured

Watch Out Blade Runner, Because: !Shot Heard ’Round The World! -Salk Institute Team Reverses Aging
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The Fountain Of Youth:
Since the time of the alchemists, the ancient Egyptians, and the epic of Gilgamesh, one of our main goals was to transcend the impermanence of existence.

And in that time, people have tried all kinds of nutty concoctions & medieval procedures to try. (leeches do kinda work, btw)

More recently, the advent of stem-cell science has been joined by another major discovery: the “rewritable” part of our DNA script.

Well, a Salk Institute team combined them with a Nobel-Prize-winning discovery to give Father Time a swift kick in the butt. -Or at least one that lasts a few decades…

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

Filed Under: Aging, Better Living Through Chemistry

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

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