Abstaining from alcohol significantly shortens life
New research shows that those who imbibe are less likely to die than those who stay dry.
a bouquet of clumsy words: you know that place between sleep and awake where your still dreaming but it`s slowly slipping? i wish we could feel like that more often. i also wish i could click my fingers three times and be transported to anywhere i like. i wish that people didn`t always say ‘just wondering’ when you both know there was a real reason behind them asking. and i wish i could get lost in the stars.
listen, there`s a hell of a good universe next door, let`s go
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There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face
Why caffeine affects morning people more than night owls A person’s ‘chronotype’ influences how they respond to having caffeine in their system come nightfall.
The Japanese term Shinrin-yoku may literally mean “forest bathing,” but it doesn’t involve soaking in a tub among the trees. Rather it refers to spending time in the woods for its therapeutic (or bathing) effect. Most of us have felt tension slip away in the midst of trees and nature’s beauty. But science now confirms its healing influence on the body. When you spend a few hours on a woodland hike or camping by a lake you breathe in phytoncides, active substances released by plants to protect them against insects and from rotting, which appear to lower blood pressure and stress and boost your immune system.
7 natural ways to boost your health
I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.
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Your worth does not revolve around what others think. Your worth is what you put in yourself and know in your heart.
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Skyfarms
From designer Manuel Dreesmann comes the Skyfarm concept, an ingenious gardening system for residents of high-rise apartment towers who don’t have the space for planter boxes on their balconies.
