YOU & YOUR HEALTH
Research round up
NEW FRONTIERS NEW FRONTIERS:
RESEARCH ROUND UP
NEW SCIENTIFIC STUDIES OF INTEREST TO HOLISTIC THERAPISTS AND THEIR CLIENTS… AGING WELL: GUT MICROBES COULD BE THE KEY TO STAYING HEALTHIER LONGER Bacteria and other microorganisms in the digestive tract are linked with dozens of health conditions including high blood pressure, high blood lipids, and body mass index (BMI) according to research presented at the ESC Congress by Dr. Hilde Groot of University
Playfulness is a personality trait that is
daily exercises of different types for seven days
expressed differently in people. “Particularly
and a placebo group. Those who engaged in
playful people have a hard time dealing with
the playfulness exercises reported an increase
boredom. They manage to turn almost any
in playfulness and a temporary, moderate
everyday situation into an entertaining or
improvement in the participants’ well-being. Ref:
personally engaging experience,” explained
10.1111/aphw.12220
Professor René Proyer, a psychologist at MLU. For example, they enjoy word games and mental games, are curious, or just like playing around”.
WELLBEING: YOGA REDUCES ANXIETY SYMPTOMS
Earlier studies by the researchers from MLU have shown that adults can put this inclination
According the UK government’s official statistics
to positive use having an eye for detail, easily
anxiety levels have increased dramatically during
adopting new perspectives and making a
lockdown and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
monotonous task interesting for them.
More than a third of people experienced they
The researchers divided their subjects into three experimental groups, who undertook
symptoms of anxiety and at a more marked level than in 2019.
Medical Centre Groningen, the Netherlands. This is the first study which investigated multiple diseases and other traits in one cohort. It has revealed the staggering extent to which the microbiome influences sickness and health. The analysis used genetic data as a proxy for microbiome composition and over 422,000 subjects whose genetic sequences are held in the UK Biobank. The researchers found that higher levels of eleven bacteria (estimated from genetic data) were associated with a total of 28 health and disease outcomes. These included chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), atopy (a genetic tendency to develop allergic diseases like asthma and eczema), frequency of alcohol intake, high blood pressure, high blood lipids, and BMI.
PLAYFULNESS CAN BE TRAINED HERE’S WHY YOU SHOULD DO IT Jung once said that all creative though comes from play, so a new research study from the LutherUniversität Halle-Wittenberg which suggests that simple exercises can help to make people more playful and consequently feel more satisfied with their lives makes interesting reading.
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