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Nobel Prize Goes to Scientists Illuminating How Our Internal Circadian Clock Works Sign that “Everyday Wellness” Matters

The Nobel Prize in Medicine/Physiology recently went to three American scientists for their fascinating research on how an internal “biological clock” drives all living things. They identified the molecule existing in almost every cell of our bodies revealing that everything from our brain to our “gut” synchs to natural circadian rhythms.

Read more about how messing with our internal “biological clock” impacts everything from hormone levels to heart rate. And how this surprising Nobel Prize is a testimony to the rising importance of wellness in our everyday lives.

Number of Vegans in West Is Skyrocketing – Profound Investment Opportunity

The global food landscape is paradoxical. Fast food consumption rages on in middle-income countries, and in places like Argentina and Ghana, where it’s recently skyrocketed. On the other hand, large multinational companies are fast acquiring healthy food/beverage start-ups to meet consumer demand. And veganism and vegetarianism are seeing staggering growth in Western nations (much driven by millennials).

GWI’s New Wellness Moonshot^TM: New Research Reveals Urgency

On Oct. 9, the Global Wellness Institute launched a “Wellness Moonshot” – whose mission is a world free of preventable disease. Top medical leaders spoke on what’s most needed to achieve this ambitious but critical goal. Dr. Andrew Weil argued that because it all comes down to lifestyle change, we simply must do more to make those changes easier: for instance, the cheapest, most available food right now is the least healthy…that must change. Dr. Michael Roizen of the Cleveland Clinic noted that to achieve the moonshot we need a serious change in the medical reimbursement model: preventative wellness needs to be rewarded more, or at least equally, to illness care.

Infographic: The History of Workplace Well-being

The first of the GWI’s Wellness at Work Initiative’s new infographics on workplace wellness.

Must-Reads from the Wellness World (Week of October 25, 2017)

Does Eating Right Protect You From Air Pollution? – The New York Times, October 19, 2017

The answer seems to be yes. According to the author of “An Epidemic of Absence: A New Way of Understanding Allergies and Autoimmune Disease,” new research indicates that Mediterranean-like diets (lots of fruits, vegetables, fish, whole grains and nuts) may protect the body against the ravages of air pollution – a growing global threat. How this works is not fully understood, but it seems that such a diet blunts the effects of air pollution “not by shielding the body directly like a mask, but by helping our bodies to cope with the insult”.

Microplastic Contamination: The Next Big Story in Pollution (and Wellness)

VIEW ALL BRIEF POSTS MONTHLY BAROMETER – WELLNESS EDITION By Thierry Malleret, economist Microplastic contamination is going to be the next big story in pollution… and have a profound impact on wellness. A new study based on global tap water samples has revealed that 83 percent of samples are contaminated with plastic fibers. The U.S. has the highest contamination rate, at 83 percent, followed by…