Professional Well-Being Newsletter

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Omega-3s & Brain Health

Strive to include Omega-3s in your diet to keep your memory-processing hippocampus healthy and to empower cognitive capacity.

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Mental Health & Aging

Caring for your mental health, including stress management, is a potential anti-aging intervention.

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Sleep & Immune Health

Sleep disruption increases inflammation. Strive for 7 to 8 hours of sleep consistently to reduce risk of inflammation and disease.

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Reshaping our Reactions to Stress

Reshaping how stress arousal is interpreted can result in a challenge response, where attention bias toward negative information is reduced, and cardiovascular response is efficient, rather than harmful.

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Exercise & Yoga Reduce Alcohol Cravings

Exercise and yoga can reduce the urge to consume alcohol, and aerobic exercise (anything that raises your heart rate) can reduce anxiety and improve your mood.

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Processed Food & Mental Health

UPF consumption likely has an adverse impact on mental health. Whole foods, such as fruit, vegetables, beans, nuts, and whole grains, are more nutritious and promote mental well-being.

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The Impact of the 24/7 Adverse News Cycle

The conflict and drama meant to capture attention and “sell” news can increase stress, anxiety, and physical distress. When news consumption overwhelms or interferes with relationships and responsibilities, consider limiting your news consumption.

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Nature & Diet

Summer is a great time to get out in nature, which may increase your sense of nature relatedness, as well as increase the amount of fruit and veggies that you eat. Perhaps a farmer’s market is in order!

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Vitamin D & Brain Health

Researchers found a causal association between Vitamin D deficiency and risk of dementia at the 10-year follow up with participants. Those participants with the lowest Vitamin D levels had the greatest dementia risk.

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Dogs & Cortisol

A new study shows that interactions with therapy dogs lowered the stress hormone cortisol in children ages 8 and 9, in both mainstream and special education needs schools in the UK.

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Magic of Polyphenols

A diet rich in fruits and vegetables, including some coffee, green tea, pomegranate juice, and dark chocolate, can provide antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and neuro-beneficial protection against the risk of cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and Alzheimer's disease.

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Vaping & Inflammation

Researchers expressed concern about the potential for vaping to increase substance misuse and other mental health disorders, as well as raising the risk for problems in the cardiovascular and gastrointestinal systems.

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Grit & Well-being

You are likely to improve your well-being if you embrace the practice of listing your goals, crafting strategies and an action plan to achieve each goal, and persisting through the inevitable challenges that arise.

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