This Week In Wellness

This Week In Wellness just 3000 steps a day may be enough to reduce blood pressure according to a new study in the Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/09/230927003032.htm

https://www.mdpi.com/2308-3425/10/8/317

https://www.chiro.org.au/resources/health-initiatives/just-start-walking

This Week In Wellness research from the Journal of the Endocrine Society has shown that the ketogenic (or keto) diet may lower testosterone levels in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), potentially influencing their fertility. 

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/09/230907105759.htm

https://academic.oup.com/jes/article/7/10/bvad112/7259972

This Week In Wellness a study published in Nature Mental Health has shown that 7 different lifestyle habits can all lower the risk of depression. The most impactful of these habits being adequate sleep which was able to lower depression by a whopping 22%. 

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/09/230911141148.htm

https://www.nature.com/articles/s44220-023-00120-1

This Week In Wellness the class action lawsuits against Monsanto (the makers of Round-Up now owned by Bayer) previously reported overseas on this podcast have now come to Australia with an Australian man now claiming the weed killer has caused him to develop non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2023/sep/04/roundup-class-action-weedkiller-non-hodgkin-lymphoma

This Week In Wellness research published in the journal Scientific Reports showed that infants who spent most of their first year of life during the pandemic have fewer types of bacteria in their gut than infants born prior to the pandemic.

https://www.news-medical.net/news/20230831/Pandemic-may-have-altered-gut-microbiome-of-infants-study-finds.aspx

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-40102-y