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The five exercises shown in the videos linked below are powerful and don’t require equipment for a fantastic workout. Even better, you don’t need any special space to perform them effectively.

That means we've removed one of the excuses people sometimes give for not working out. (Watch here)

• Vitamin B3 may be hijacked by cancer cells to make them more resistant to chemotherapy.
• The measles outbreak in South Carolina has officially ended.
• Phthalates, a class of plasticizers, may be linked to about 74,000 newborn deaths and two million pre-term births.
• President Donald Trump withdrew the nomination of Dr. Casey Means to be surgeon general and has nominated Dr. Nicole Saphier in her stead.

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🏥 Health News

A U.S. senator and his team say they have uncovered additional evidence that federal officials worked to evade information requests regarding COVID-19 vaccines that were made under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).

Several emails obtained by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) found evidence that personnel with the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were aware of FOIA requests and sought to evade them. 

FOIA enables people to request records from the government. It requires officials to retain and produce requested records, subject to certain exemptions.

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More Health News:

• Cognitive growth appears to slow in teens who use cannabis, finds a new study.  

• Removing the universal hepatitis B vaccine dose for newborns would lead to more infections and deaths, finds two new studies.

• A Food and Drug Administration expert found red flags with COVID-19 vaccines several months after they were authorized.
• Most infant formula tested by the Food and Drug Administration was deemed safe with low or undetectable levels of contaminants.

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😌 Mindset

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We’re fairly well-versed in the brain-health to-do list: exercise regularly, eat healthy, and get seven to eight hours of sleep each night. Now, there’s a new and surprising bit of advice: help people.

A study followed 30,000 Americans aged 51 and older over two decades and found that helping others through volunteering or just lending a hand to a friend could improve cognitive function and slow cognitive decline by up to 20 percent.

Helping others offers meaningful prosocial engagement, setting it apart from other solitary brain-enriching activities such as reading and doing puzzles.  (More)

More Mindset:

• Clearing out clutter has multiple health benefits, researchers have found. While too much clutter can erode happiness and lower quality of life, reducing clutter can increase concentration, reduce chronic mental fatigue, and improve decision-making.  
• Three everyday habits can reduce loneliness and improve health and quality of life. These include making small talk in daily interactions (the water cooler, the grocery checkout), cooking and eating with others (invite friends over if you live alone), and using alone time for quiet reflection.

☀️ A Few Good Things

• ✍️ Health Viewpoint: America and the Spirit of Awareness by Mollie Engelhart
• 🍿 Movie: “My Darling Clementine” is one of the greatest Westerns ever made—a story of revenge. When their cattle are rustled and their brother is killed, the Earp brothers set out to take revenge on the Clanton family. (Watch free on Gan Jing World)
• 🎵 Music: Karin Bonelli, Karl-Heinz Schütz, and Sophie Dervaux of the Vienna Philharmonic perform Joseph Haydn's London Trio No. 3 in G major, Hob. IV:3. (Listen)

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🍵 Food & Nutrition

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The most beautiful piece of fruit you'll eat this year will probably also be the least satisfying. That’s because growers increasingly breed varieties to withstand long shipping distances, sit longer on shelves, and appear uniform and enticing, often at the expense of the complex sugars and aromatic compounds that give fruit its signature flavor.

To get the best-tasting fruit, you need to follow a few simple rules.

Eat in Season: Fruit tastes best when it’s harvested at peak ripeness, which typically only happens during its natural growing season. Out-of-season fruit is often picked early and shipped long distances, limiting flavor development.

Look for Local: Local produce shortens the distance from farm to plate, which means fruit can stay on the plant longer, and sugars, aromas, and flavor compounds can fully develop.

Buy Frozen: Frozen fruit is a strong alternative when fresh, out-of-season fruit falls short. It’s often picked at peak ripeness and flash-frozen to preserve both flavor and nutrients better than its fresh, long-haul counterpart.

Trust Your Senses: At the store, trust your nose over your eyes. A strong, sweet scent, vibrant color, and slight softness are usually key indicators of ripeness, far more honest signals than a glossy, uniform surface. (More)

Italian potato salad offers notable health benefits over the familiar recipe.

Most noticeably, it dresses potatoes with olive oil and a light vinaigrette rather than mayonnaise—a tradition that offers more nutritional wisdom than many realize. 

The real magic, however, is in the potatoes.

Potatoes have a high glycemic index because they contain rapidly digestible starch, meaning freshly cooked potatoes can raise blood sugar quickly.

But, if you cook and then chill potatoes overnight, their starch structure changes, converting a significant portion of rapidly digestible starch into slowly digestible starch and resistant starch—the latter acting as a type of prebiotic fiber that slows glucose absorption and feeds beneficial gut bacteria. 

The same transformation occurs in cooked and cooled rice, pasta, and legumes.

(Get the recipe here)

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