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Chronic Fatigue, Positive Thinking, Ancient Wine


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Today you’ll learn about the relationship between the micro bacteria in our gut and chronic fatigue syndrome, the physical benefits of positive thinking, and how a new discovery reveals that wine has been around for way longer than we initially thought.  

Chronic Fatigue  

  • “Studies find that microbiome changes may be a signature for ME/CFS” by NIH Press Release
    • https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/studies-find-microbiome-changes-may-be-signature-mecfs
  • “Microbiome Disturbances Reported as Signature of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis’ by Columbia University
    • https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/news/microbiome-disturbances-reported-signature-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-myalgic-encephalomyelitis

Positive Thinking 

  • “If you are happy and you know it… you may live longer” By David R. Topor
    • https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/if-you-are-happy-and-you-know-it-you-may-live-longer-2019101618020#:~:text=Plenty%20of%20research%20suggests%20optimistic,death%20from%20cancer%20and%20infection.
  • “Social Relationships and Mortality Risk: A Meta-analytic Review” by Julianne Holt-Lunstad
    • https://www.researchgate.net/publication/45407031_Social_Relationships_and_Mortality_Risk_A_Meta-analytic_Review
  • “Optimism is associated with exceptional longevity in 2 epidemiologic cohorts of men and women” by Lewina O Lee et al.
    • https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31451635/
  • “Optimists live longer, study finds. Here's how to boost positive thinking” by A. Pawlowski
    • https://www.today.com/health/how-live-longer-study-links-optimism-longevity-t161337
  • “Positive attitudes and negative expectations in lonely individuals” by Gabriele Bellucci
    • https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-75712-3
  • “Julianne Holt-Lunstad probes loneliness, social connections” By Selby Frame
    • https://www.apa.org/members/content/holt-lunstad-loneliness-social-connections

Ancient Wine 

  • “It’s in the DNA: Israeli grapes are the mother of all European wines” by Melanie Lidman
    • https://www.timesofisrael.com/its-in-the-dna-israeli-grapes-are-the-mother-of-all-european-wines/
  • “Dual domestications and origin of traits in grapevine evolution” by YANG DONG et al.
    • https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.add8655
  • “Whole-genome resequencing of 472 Vitis accessions for grapevine diversity and demographic history analyses” by Zhenchang Liang et al.
    • https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-09135-8

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