For decades, the medical world has argued that low-fat diets are the key to health. But a large new study (135K people, 18 countries) provides fresh evidence that that may be damaging info.
Compared with people who ate the lowest 20 percent of carbohydrates, those who ate the highest 20 percent had a 28 percent increased risk of death. People with the highest 20 percent in total fat intake had a 23 percent reduced risk of death. And higher fat diets were also associated with lower stroke risk.
Next May’s important Venice Architecture Biennale, whose theme is “Freespace,” will go beyond the visual aspects of architecture to focus on its human impact: meaningful public spaces and architecture’s role in nurturing daily life.
The GWI has just launched a Digital Wellness Initiative, which will bring together leaders from wellness, healthcare, technology, government, and education to serve as a think tank evaluating research and advocating for policy on the healthy use of technology – so that we have the right guidelines that allow us to maintain our non-digital humanity in the age of technology. The initiative chair is Jeremy McCarthy, group director of Spa & Wellness, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group
Eliminating Human Interaction – MIT Technology Review, August 15, 2017
Being immersed in apps and devices is reducing the amount of meaningful interactions we have with each other. These technologies bring many benefits in terms of efficiency and convenience, but run counter to who we are as human beings.
Over the past years, we’ve analysed the negative impact that the trifecta of “security concerns + political instability + terrorism threats” have had on diverse travel/wellness markets. But a look at countries like the UK and Turkey show that there is nothing “inevitable” about that trifecta, with some new, positive data indicating that it can be overcome.
A wave of high-tech start-ups are now tackling the inevitability of aging by harnessing the power of predictive analytics through in-depth analysis of an individual’s genetics, physiology and psychology. The promise: this revolutionary, “precision” approach to medicine/prevention will become normal standard of care. But for now, it’s the province of elites…
