How to Manage Stress with the Right Foods

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'What does food have to do with your stress levels? More than you might realize. About 40 percent of Americans say that stress drives them to overeat or eat unhealthy foods,1 which, in turn, trigger physiological changes that can make your mood worse.

If you become ill or gain weight due to stress-induced poor eating habits, it will only make your stress worse, prompting a vicious cycle than can be difficult to break out of.

On the other hand, carefully chosen healthful foods can have the opposite effect, working to boost your spirits and even lessen anxiety. A proper diet may not only help you feel calmer but can even lessen the damage that stress does to your body.'


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First Food Created with Synthetic Biology to Appear This Year

 
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'Like real vanilla ice cream?  If so, get your fill now because by the end of this year it may be just a memory.  The Swiss company Evolva has developed a synthetic vanilla set to be released later this year. But this is no product of the food technology we’ve seen all our lives – the food technology that brought us margarine, monosodium glutamate and artificial flavors. This artificial vanilla will be the first major food additive created with synthetic biology.

What is that?

Synthetic biology is an emerging technology that goes way beyond genetic modification, the process of splicing DNA from one organism into another. It is the total and complete human engineering of biology.  The natural DNA sequence is removed from a cell, and a new computer created DNA sequence is placed into that cell.'

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Do This One Small Dietary Shift For Greater Health and Weight Loss

 

'Contrary to popular belief, you don’t need to eat food all of the time. Your digestive organs need a break from time to time. They are not designed to be working 24/7 for every week of your life!
Furthermore, when your body is constantly eating and consistently in a state of digestion, it sends the message of ‘abundance’ to your cells. This allows your cells to reproduce faster. They divide instead of fixing the broken ones. This is not what you want.'

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