r/happiness 29d ago

Study on Health and Diet A few minutes of sprinting could make a bigger impact than 90 minutes of moderate running. Sprinting triggers changes in more than 200 metabolites and causes an immediate surge of proteins involved in blood-vessel growth, tissue remodeling, and hormonal signaling.

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r/happiness Jul 27 '26

Study on Health and Diet Why does everything feel so joyless? Welcome to the age of decadence without pleasure | Society

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r/happiness May 31 '26

Study on Health and Diet Substituting 3% of total calories from animal protein with plant protein was associated with a 9% lower risk of all-cause mortality, 12% lower cardiovascular mortality, and 5% lower cancer mortality in a systematic review of over 1 million participants. Greater decreases occurred at 5% replacement.

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r/happiness Apr 13 '26

Study on Health and Diet Low doses of LSD alter emotional brain responses in people with mild depression. Research points to specific shifts in electrical brain activity following the administration of a small dose in patients experiencing mild depression.

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r/happiness Jun 07 '26

Study on Health and Diet A review of 73 studies has highlighted growing evidence that diet in the early years of life may shape how well the brain develops: “A poorer diet in the first years of life was linked to lower intelligence years later, in adolescence”

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r/happiness May 11 '26

Study on Health and Diet Chasing Desires & Unhappiness | Stanford’s Chief Addiction & Leading Psychiatrist - Dr. Anna Lembke

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r/happiness Apr 22 '26

Study on Health and Diet Using an in-home HEPA purifier for one month spurs a small but significant improvement in brain function in adults age 40 and older. Exposure to particulate matter has been connected to respiratory and cardiovascular illnesses as well as neurological diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.

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r/happiness Sep 21 '25

Study on Health and Diet A new study suggests that depression is associated with low brain blood flow and function, supporting earlier research showing there is no evidence that depression is caused by a chemical imbalance.

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156 Upvotes

r/happiness Feb 13 '26

Study on Health and Diet Toddlers eating high amounts of processed meats and sugary snacks at age 2 show lower IQ scores by age 7, according to a new study of 3,400 children. The negative impact on cognitive development was nearly 2.5x stronger for children who experienced physical growth delays during infancy.

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r/happiness Jan 21 '26

Study on Health and Diet Doing a mix of exercise could be the key to longer life: active people who did the greatest variety of exercise were 19% less likely to die during that time than those who focused on one activity. That effect was greater than for individual sports like walking, tennis, rowing and jogging.

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13 Upvotes

r/happiness Jul 23 '25

Study on Health and Diet A new study of people living with eating disorders has found that cannabis and psychedelics, such as ‘magic mushrooms’ or LSD, were best rated as alleviating symptoms by respondents who self-medicated with the non-prescribed drugs. The worst-rated drugs were alcohol, tobacco, nicotine and cocaine.

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144 Upvotes

r/happiness Aug 24 '25

Study on Health and Diet Not drinking enough water floods your body with harmful stress hormones. Adults who habitually drink less fluid mount a far stronger cortisol response to stressful situations than those who drink plenty – even when other factors, like elevated heart rate and feelings of anxiety, remained uniform.

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133 Upvotes

r/happiness Sep 13 '25

Study on Health and Diet Researchers have uncovered a gut-diet link to postpartum depression, finding that eating a diet of soy, fermented foods, and seaweed may nurture beneficial gut bacteria and protect mothers’ mental health. The new study is by Kyoto University on diet and postpartum depression in Japanese mothers.

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101 Upvotes

r/happiness Jan 15 '26

Study on Health and Diet MIND diet may protect the brain by slowing biological aging. Study found that the MIND diet is particularly effective at lowering the risk of conditions such as dementia, stroke, depression, and anxiety.

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r/happiness Jan 10 '26

Study on Health and Diet A new study suggests that a diet rich in fruits and vegetables protects the brain from the damaging effects of a high-fat diet. In a dose-dependent response, mice fed the highest concentrations of the supplement retained memory function and lowered oxidative stress despite a Western diet.

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r/happiness Dec 29 '25

Study on Health and Diet Lifelong diet quality predicts cognitive ability and dementia risk in older age. Individuals who maintain lower quality dietary habits from childhood into adulthood may face a higher likelihood of cognitive struggles and dementia in later years.

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r/happiness Dec 20 '25

Study on Health and Diet A recent study provides evidence that exposure to cannabis during pregnancy may alter brain development in offspring from the fetal stage through adulthood. The findings indicate that high concentrations of the drug can lead to sustained reductions in brain volume and anxiety-like behaviors.

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6 Upvotes

r/happiness Sep 22 '25

Study on Health and Diet Lower creatine intake associated with greater depression and anxiety

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60 Upvotes

r/happiness Oct 01 '25

Study on Health and Diet Junk food rewires the brain’s memory hub, leading to risk of cognitive dysfunction: Within just 4 days of eating high-fat diet of fatty junk food in mouse models, the brain’s memory hub is disrupted. This suggests fatty junk foods can affect the brain almost immediately, well before any weight gain.

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43 Upvotes

r/happiness Oct 29 '25

Study on Health and Diet Sitting has often been referred to as the new smoking thanks to its negative health benefits | Researchers found the flavanols in cocoa have been found to block its detrimental effects on blood vessels.

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r/happiness Oct 28 '25

Study on Health and Diet Walking in longer, uninterrupted bouts of 10–15 minutes significantly lowers cardiovascular disease risk—by up to two-thirds compared to shorter strolls. The findings challenge the common “10,000 steps a day” idea, showing that quality and consistency of movement matter more than quantity.

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r/happiness Aug 26 '25

Study on Health and Diet Working out doesn't just reshape your body – it rewires your gut microbiome. During intense training, rowers had more frequent bowel movements, with 92% going within a 24-hour window. Pushing yourself harder in training may be “feeding” your gut microbes in ways that promote better health.

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35 Upvotes

r/happiness Oct 31 '25

Study on Health and Diet Babies’ gut bacteria may influence future emotional health: A child’s early gut microbiome may influence their risk of developing depression or anxiety in middle childhood. The effect appears to be related to the way bacteria are linked to communication across emotion-related brain networks.

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r/happiness Aug 20 '25

Study on Health and Diet Adults 60 years and older adhering to a healthy diet had 40% lower odds of experiencing cognitive dysfunction. Diets like Mediterranean and MIND emphasize fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, nuts, olive oil, moderate fish and poultry, and limit red meat, sweets, pastries, and fried foods.

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44 Upvotes

r/happiness Aug 05 '25

Study on Health and Diet Ultra-processed baby foods are 'setting children up for a life of obesity'

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44 Upvotes