Baking Bread Brings Wellbeing Benefits Baking bread brings wellbeing benefits beyond just better, non-processed bread. The act of making bread can instill a sense of accomplishment, even if its not a work of beauty. Sliced white is all very well, but a slab of real bread from the bakery, smeared with butter and apricot jam, […]
Fishing For Mental Health Fishing may not necessarily be the most exciting thing but the connection with Nature may just be what we need. Fishing for mental health sounds like a strange prescription but it’s cheap and, other than mosquito bites, really doesn’t have much of an adverse side effect. As we expand our understanding
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Acupuncture Stress Relief It’s counter-intuitive. How can needles promote stress relief? While used in Asia for millennia many Wall Street workers have looked to acupuncture for stress relief over past outlets like alcohol, sex, or drugs. And it is catching on. Working in a high-pressure job can be taxing on your health and can lead
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Overnourished Can you get too much of a good thing? It may well be a sign of the times where many people are now “overnourished” while others go without proper nutrition. This imbalance is not just a public health issue but may also represent a pending global sustainability crisis. An international team of scientists has
Food Clock Just like not all calories are created equal, neither are meal times. Our bodies are not mechanical but are organic and have a food clock. When we eat as well as what we eat greatly determines our health. Most of us know what we eat can impact our waistlines. But what about when we eat? Wellness guru Michael
Processed Carbs Echoing President Bill Clinton’s strategist, James Carville, new research puts the spotlight where it belongs for health and nutrition… processed carbs and not just calories. While understanding calories has a role in health, that approach also masks problems among foods. We assume that all calories are created equal. That may well be the
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Opioid Overdose Death Risk Higher Than Car Crash The crisis surrounding opioid addiction and deaths has been around for several years. Not only is the opioid crisis still with us, opioids are winning. Opioid overdose risk of death is higher than car crashes now. For the first time, Americans’ odds of dying from an accidental
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Reducing Statins It’s not often enough that physicians question the way they practice. It is even more rare for a cardiologist to question the fundamentals of her protocols and argue for reducing statins. In fact, Dr. Elizabeth Klodas makes that case that there must be more attention paid to food patients consume instead of prescribing pills
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China Junk Food Modern lifestyle challenges are descending on China. While China’s junk food consumption has not reached Western proportions, there are forces at work to get them there. Happy 10 Minutes, a Chinese government campaign that encouraged schoolchildren to exercise for 10 minutes a day, would seem a laudable step toward improving public health
Red Meat Hurts Gut Health A new study has highlighted additional concerns that red meat hurts gut health. Long known for fats and cholesterol, red meat may produce additional interactions that impact gut health which can increase heart disease. For years we’ve been advised to go easy on the steak dinners, because research that has
