Stress is not inherently evil or bad for you. It’s a biological response designed to help us successfully escape threats. In an ideal world, your body responds to stress then returns to its normal state. But in a less-than-ideal world (say, a world where work emails keep your phone buzzing til 10 p.m.), stress can... Continue Reading →
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Happy News During the Coronavirus pandemia
Ways you can help during the Coronavirus 5th April Bill Gates will spend billions to make a potential coronavirus vaccine 25th March https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/52028743 24th March Airbnb Offering Free Places to Stay for Italian Medics Fighting Coronavirus Outbreak (Video) Astra Zeneca donates 23rd March Under Armour helps 16th March 'A Kind of Triumph of Spirit': Locked... Continue Reading →
5 Surprising Benefits of a Plant-Based Diet
We have long known for example, that a diet centered around whole plant-foods – fruits, vegetables, whole-grains, beans, nuts and seeds – significantly reduces the risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, obesity and certain cancers. In fact, a low-fat plant-based diet is the only diet to have been shown to actually reverse established coronary artery disease. https://www.ecowatch.com/plant-based-diet-health-benefits-2645576295.html
4 strategies from disease and behavioral experts to help you minimize the spread of the coronavirus
Why is it so hard to stop? Face-touching rewards us by relieving momentary discomforts like itches and muscle tension. These discomforts usually pass within a minute, but face-touching provides immediate relief that eventually makes it a habitual response that resists change. https://www.businessinsider.com/4-ways-to-stop-touching-face-minimize-spread-of-coronavirus-2020-3
Brazilian Digital Health Tech Start-up, VivaBem, Partners With Sweden's Leading Telemedicine Provider Doktor.se
VivaBem has over 60,000 users and over 20 corporate clients, and offers two B2B business models for telemedicine services. Bundled product offerings are also available for chronic care management and digital therapeutics, as well as a wide array of built-in health and wellness features, electronic prescriptions, personalized content feed, health risk assessments, gamified challenges with... Continue Reading →
Hey, Fitness Apps, Stop Shaming Us While We Social Distance
App notifications can be helpful reminders to keep moving and maintain your fitness routine—in normal times. These are not normal times. https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2020/03/hey-fitness-apps-stop-shaming-us-while-we-social-distance/