This Week In Wellness

TWIW 140: 3 day wellness festival comes to the Adelaide Hills

This Week In Wellness a 3 day wellness festival incorporating over 60 events is coming to the Adelaide Hills this April as part of their bushfire recovery efforts funded by the Federal Government.
Martin Radcliffe, Chair of Adelaide Hills Tourism Board said that it was fitting that the Adelaide Hills was the first region in Australia to be home to the inaugural Wellness Wander event.
https://wellnesswander.com.au
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TWIW 139: Spotify chooses Rogan over Young

This Week In Wellness musician Neil Young has told music and podcasting platform Spotify that “They can have Rogan or Young. Not both,” referring to Joe Rogan, one of the most popular podcasters in the world. Spotify in turn responded by removing all of Young’s music backing in the top-rated podcaster to whom they have exclusive rights.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-01-28/who-backs-neil-youngs-spotify-covid-stance/100787132
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TWIW 138: If you want your kids to trust you, share your saliva

This Week In Wellness saliva sharing amongst family members helps children discern who they can trust and turn to in times of stress.
A 2022 study published in the journal Science showed that exposure to family member spit (or saliva sharing) plays a crucial role in how we define our relationships and it starts from the first few months of life.
https://www.statnews.com/2022/01/20/saliva-sharing-babies-closest-relationships/
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abh1054
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TWIW 137: Could your cuppa be causing cancer or birth defects?

This Week In Wellness research published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology has shown that a cup of tea can contain up to 60 disinfection byproducts (DBP’s) including some with unknown health side effects.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210915085847.htm
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.1c03419
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TWIW 136: DHA may help prevent autism and schizophrenia

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This Week In Wellness getting enough DHA during pregnancy may help prevent maternal stress on unborn male fetuses, leading to a reduction in the development of neurodegenerative disorders like autism and schizophrenia.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/03/210324113405.htm
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TWIW 135: Could Vit D halve COVID deaths?

This Week In Wellness acute Vitamin D3 supplementation was shown to almost halve the risk of being hospitalized for more than 8 days in COVID cases with comorbidities compared to cases without comorbidities who did not supplement and decreased the mortality rate by over 2 times.
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TWIW 134: Not so secret; herbs and spices lower blood pressure

This Week In Wellness a randomised control trial conducted by researchers from Pennsylvania State University has shown that diets high in herbs and spices may reduce blood pressure in people at risk of cardiovascular disease.
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/can-herbs-and-spices-lower-blood-pressure#Three-test-diets
https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/114/6/1936/6369090
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TWIW 133: Do you have tumour killing bacteria?

This Week In Wellness researchers from the University of Cincinnati are investigating whether helpful bacteria may be used to help break down and destroy cancers.
The study, published in the journal Advanced Healthcare Materials looked at “solid cancers” such as those that affect the breast and prostate as these form a barrier around themselves of collagen and hyaluronic acid that can be hard for antibodies and immune cells to penetrate.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/11/211119155532.htm
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adhm.202101487
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TWIW 132: Meat consumption leads to better mental health

This Week In Wellness a large meta-analysis published in Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition show that meat abstention, in other words, vegetarianism or veganism is “clearly associated with poorer mental health, specifically higher levels of both depression and anxiety”, whilst meat consumption is associated with “lower levels of depression and anxiety”.
https://www.psypost.org/2021/11/meat-consumption-is-associated-with-better-mental-health-meta-analysis-finds-62107
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10408398.2021.1974336
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TWIW 131: Supportive strategies help picky eaters

This Week In Wellness in a lesson for all parents and caregivers adults who were picky eaters as kids thank strategies that were positive and encouraging for helping them change their palate.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/11/211111130246.htm
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/eat.23639
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TWIW 130: Zinc shortens respiratory tract infections

This Week In Wellness Australian researchers published in the BMJ Open have confirmed that zinc can help shorten respiratory tract infections including colds, flus, sinusitis and pneumonia whilst suggesting that many over the counter cold remedies only offer “marginal benefits”.
https://www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/news/20211102/zinc-might-help-shorten-your-cold-or-flu
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TWIW 129: Could Mediterranean countries benefit from switching to a Paleo diet?

This Week In Wellness a study looking at adherence to the PaleoDiet and the relative risk of cardiovascular disease in a mediterranean cohort has shown a 55% relative reduction in risk for those in the highest quintile (or 1/5th) compared to those in the lowest quintile. In other words those most closely in alignment with the diet were significantly less likely to get cardiovascular disease than those least in alignment. This result was consistent across sexes, weight categories and activity levels.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00394-021-02696-9
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