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“People that were given a stress test to induce an inflammatory response had an exaggerated immune response and elevated biomarkers of inflammation if they grew up in an urban environment compared to those that were raised in a rural environment surrounded by animals.”

“In the segment featuring the conversation with Dr. Griffiths, he explains that adherence to this protocol, which involves close participant monitoring, a dose methodically determined to reduce the likelihood of a challenging experience while maximizing therapeutic effects, and the provision of a safe physical environment and interpersonal support, is crucial for participant safety.”

“A classic example of this exploitation is seen with selenium, an essential trace element that, in a contradictory twist, is also toxic. Organisms incorporate selenium in their environments into selenoproteins, a class of highly conserved proteins that exert potent antioxidant activity.”

“Living in multilingual environments was linked to roughly half the odds of accelerated aging. Longitudinal results showed the same trend. Monolingual environments raised the risk of faster aging by 43%, while multilingual environments lowered it by about 30%.”

“"Inflammation is a key regulator of lipoprotein metabolism in a positive way, historically, evolutionary-wise, but in an adverse way in our current environment." - Ronald Krauss, M.D. Cholesterol and its attendant lipoprotein particles don’t exist in a vacuum, however.”

“Bloodstream: The bloodstream is one of the most efficient pathways for microplastics to travel to organs like the brain. A 2022 study published in Environment International detected microplastics in the blood of 80% of participants, with concentrations averaging 1.6 micrograms per milliliter.”

“This wasn't a problem in our pre-industrial past, but in today's environment of 24-hour food availability, it can have far-reaching effects on health. When food consumption regularly occurs outside normal daylight hours, the risk of hyperglycemia – higher than optimal blood glucose levels – increases.”

“[...] > The current study used a similarly designed environment, with 15-20 mice housed in large containers equipped with running wheels, tunnels, huts, wood toys, a maze, and nesting material, in addition to unlimited food and water.”

“In addition to the cognitive benefits, meditation has also been shown to result in better emotional regulation and an improved capacity for compassion and empathy (which probably improves the social environment of the classroom).”

“A new study demonstrated that mental responses to the environment (in this case, neural processes evoked during viewing of videos) are very similar among friends and can predict who an individual will be friends with.”