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Wellness in the News for May, 2025
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Free-range parenting is making a comeback
Free-range parenting is the concept of raising children in the spirit of encouraging them to function independently and with limited parental supervision, in accordance with their age of development and with a reasonable acceptance of realistic personal risks. It is seen as the opposite of helicopter parenting.
A study from the University of York concludes that nature-based activity is effective therapy for anxiety and depression, in adults and children.
Mental Radio: No Oily Discharge!
Shadoe Stevens presents:
https://www.mentalradio.net/videos#!.
When the going gets tough, the tough get humorous.
Why waistlines expand in middle age
Researchers with the City of Hope win the prize for the silliest study of April. "Exactly how age transforms a six pack into a softer stomach is murky. New research shows how aging shifts stem cells into overdrive to create more belly fat"... and so on.
The murky truth on how to increase unwanted belly fat: Consistently consume more calories (food energy) than your body uses.
Muscular strength prevents type 2 diabetes
Researchers from the University of Hong Kong have determined that high muscle strength prevents type 2 diabetes.
Diabetes 2 can be thought of as an allergy to insulin, the hormone that normally guides nutrition into the cells. The pumping actions of muscular extension and contraction bring nutients into cells and then expel waste products, without the aid of insulin.
So now we know, the stronger the muscles, the less insulin is needed.