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Celebration’s Health Benefits: The Right Milestone Rituals Aren’t Just Fun, They May Be Good For You, Too!

Filed Under: Mind/Brain

Celebration’s Health Benefits: The Right Milestone Rituals Aren’t Just Fun, They May Be Good For You, Too!
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Celebration & It’s Health Benefits. Have Yourself A Merry Little Win-Mas!:
So to end the year, let’s go with something that’s a little bit lighter.

There may not be as many double-blind, placebo-controlled, gold-standard studies on this, but it’s something humanity’s been doing for awhile, so it can’t be all bad, right?

Okay there really are bad parts of it, like Holiday Weight Gain, and releasing endotoxin into your body as a result of binge-drinking.

But the other components of celebrating at parties turn out to be pretty great for you! Who knew?

The party-animals at Indiana University, that’s who! Let’s dive in…

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Purpose Vs. Living Longer: The Mix Of Career And Meaning Could Be Much Healthier Than You Think!

Filed Under: Mind/Brain

Purpose Vs. Living Longer: The Mix Of Career And Meaning Could Be Much Healthier Than You Think!
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The Magic Of Purpose & Living Longer In A Healthy Career:
When we think of what makes up good health, a lot of the time “eat right & exercise” is what comes up.

But as any Taoist or businessman might tell you, there is both risk and opportunity on many sides of many equations.

So this brings us to something a little bit more “out there”.

Just as researchers are discovering that psychology can impact health, say in the form of stress,

They’re also finding that woo-woo things like meditation can impact it too.

Still further and deeper than that is something much more personal that teams like those from BU and others find can make a difference to the length and quality of your life, too…

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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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Feeling Younger Vs. Aging: Another Chapter In The Way Your Mindset Affects Your Longevity

Filed Under: Aging

Feeling Younger Vs. Aging: Another Chapter In The Way Your Mindset Affects Your Longevity
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Feeling Younger Than Your Calendar Age. Mindset Is The Fountain Of Youth:
One of the more interesting challenges in health is testing out the “Old Wives’ Tales”.

Does an ounce of prevention really equal a pound of cure? etc.

Because as we’ve said here before, Ancient Man was not stupid.

And since !SCIENCE! is finding that different aspects of your health are increasingly-interconnected,

Another old saying seems to be gaining some modern traction: “You’re only as old as you feel, and age is just a number.”

Read on to find out how researchers in Germany are figuring out this one too…

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Update: Alcohol Vs. Heart Health + Stress Discovery Post Is Now A YouTube Video

Filed Under: Announcements

Update: Alcohol Vs. Heart Health + Stress Discovery Post Is Now A YouTube Video

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Alcohol Vs. Heart Health, YT Video On The Ken Mezue Team Research:
Hi guys, just wanted to share an update.

In case you prefer nerdy content like HealthTrekker in Video+Audio format,

I’ve made this video of the original post, “Alcohol Consumption Vs. Heart Health: Crafty Researchers Find Evidence For 2-Way Beneficial Axis”.

Hopefully, it works out for the way you consume information.

If it turns out well, more posts might be translated in this way, too.

Thanks again for coming by!

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Alcohol Consumption Vs. Heart Health: Crafty Researchers Find Evidence For 2-Way Beneficial Axis

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry

Alcohol Consumption Vs. Heart Health: Crafty Researchers Find Evidence For 2-Way Beneficial Axis
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Alcohol Consumption’s Surprising Heart-Protective Effect Against Stress:
I don’t always drink Dos Equis, but when I do, it saves my life.

One recent narrative is how interconnected our body’s systems are in the big picture.

For example, we’re learning more & more about the Gut-Brain Axis and how your stomach & GI tract act like a second brain.

Not to mention that most of the feel-good chemicals for it are made in your gut.

And despite a list of recent cautions by regulatory groups,

A group of Mass General researchers is finding out that there is not just a cardio-to-brain health-axis, but it also seems to run the other way, too…

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Stress & Aging: SCIENCE! Finds Out How Too Much Speeds-Up Your Decline + Possible Target For Fix

Filed Under: Aging, Highlights

Stress & Aging: SCIENCE! Finds Out How Too Much Speeds-Up Your Decline + Possible Target For Fix
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Stress & Aging. How Too Much Accelerates Your Body-Clock:
The Fountain Of Youth is an old but seductive myth.

In fact, the idea is one of the main focuses of this site; because finding it is the journey we’re all really on.

How do we fix our problems and live for as long as possible, through improved and advanced science?

Because Aging is The King of all health problems.

And as-such, will probably be the last one to get solved, if at-all.

And to that end, researchers in Poland & UNSW just found a big piece of the puzzle…

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Smartphone Games Vs. Stress: Can They Beat Meditation For Happiness & Relaxation, Or Not?

Filed Under: Mind/Brain

Smartphone Games Vs. Stress: Can They Beat Meditation For Happiness & Relaxation, Or Not?
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Smartphone Games Vs. Stress: A Better Decompress Than Mindfulness?:
So we’ve talked about Stress before, and it’s a killer. Worse than sitting.

And so part of the normal hygiene you’d go through for your life is to find a way to clear that out. A popular choice is Cardiovascular Exercise.

But one of the best approaches a person can take is… more than one approach.

Attack a problem from several angles. You aren’t a one-dimensional person, so why act that way?

And for Stress, the reduction procedure most-associated with side-benefits is Meditation. Except there’s a problem…

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