Health & Wellness
Tag: Wellness
Biological Body Armor: Why Your Feet Are Growing Kevlar (and How to Fix It)
Calluses are your body’s free protective gear—part armor, part annoyance. Here’s why they exist, when they help, when they hurt, and how to fix them for less than a latte. 🦶🛡️
Honey Combs With Lots of Benefits: Farm It or It’s a Keeper
Honey has real health benefits — antioxidants, cough relief, even wound care — but it’s not a free-for-all. Sweet, smart, and best enjoyed in moderation.
Don’t Read This on a Smartphone If You’re Under 12?
A large NIH-backed study suggests kids who get smartphones before age 12 may face higher risks of depression, obesity, and poor sleep. FUNanc1al breaks it down—seriously, but with jokes.
Asserting Flexibility Boosts Longevity May Not Be a Stretch!
Flexibility isn’t just for yoga influencers or people who can still touch their toes. A 13-year study reveals that greater range of motion is linked to lower mortality — especially for women. From spinal twists to stress relief, discover how bending daily might keep you from breaking down later. 🧘♂️✨
Do Yourself A Favor: Get Out and Smell the Breeze. Plus, It Can Boost Your Sense of Humor!
Forget miracle pills — turns out, the cure for stress, low energy, and bad moods might just be a stroll in the park. From better health and sharper thinking to a funnier outlook on life, nature delivers. Literally.
Genes Are GenUinely Secondary; GenUflect Only To The Power of Your Will
Genes may whisper, but lifestyle shouts. 🧬 A groundbreaking Oxford study proves your longevity is driven more by your habits, environment, and stress levels than by DNA. From sleep and income to cigarettes and love, your choices are rewriting your biological clock — one salad (or donut) at a time.
Covid Retreats and U.S. Death Rate Drops 4% in 2024
The U.S. death rate dropped by nearly 4% in 2024 as COVID fell out of the top 10 causes of death for the first time in four years. Fewer funerals, more salads.
Lithium: Not Just Brie for Batteries, but Also for Brains
Lithium isn’t just for powering Teslas or stabilizing moods — Harvard scientists say it’s a brain essential that could slow aging and fend off Alzheimer’s. The twist? You’ll find it in your salad, not your toolbox. 🥗⚡🧠
Body's Aging Accelerates at 50: Happy Half-Century Day!
🚨 Breaking: Your body hits the gas pedal on aging at 50! Scientists discovered that tissue and organ aging accelerates in midlife — especially in your veins. From proteomic clocks to lifestyle hacks and AI jokes, we break it down so you don’t break down.
Be Mindful That Mindfulness Boosts Memory
Can paying attention help you remember where you put your keys? Harvard says yes. Mindfulness is a free, science-backed memory booster you can do while breathing (which, we assume, you’re already doing). 🧘♀️💡