The Global Wellness Institute has just launched an important new initiative on mental wellness. Its goal is to understand those pathways that help people thrive mentally as well as physically. This initiative will have a strong focus on collecting and communicating the clinical evidence for a wide range of mental, nutritional, and physical modalities that support lifelong growth of mental wellbeing and happiness, creativity and inner peace.
Must-Reads from the Wellness World (Week of November 8, 2016)
“It’s Employment Status, Not Class, that Affects Mental Health” – The Conversation, September 30, 2016
An interesting insight…
Must-Reads from the Wellness World (Week of October 5, 2016)
According to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, wearing fitness-tracking technology actually resulted in less weight loss than not wearing the technology.
Must-Reads from the Wellness World (Week of September 20, 2016)
How the Sugar Industry Shifted Blame to Fat – The New York Times, September 12, 2016
Just-released historical documents expose that the sugar industry paid scientists in the 1960s to play down the link between sugar and heart disease, and promote saturated fat as the culprit instead. An academic recently unearthed the sugar industry documents, suggesting that five decades of research into the role of nutrition and heart disease – including many of today’s dietary recommendations – may have been largely shaped by the sugar industry.
Must-Reads from the Wellness World (Week of August 23, 2016)
The Secret Code to Unleashing the World’s Most Amazing Flavors – Wired, August 2016
Food can be a potent source of wellness. A famous chef presents what he calls his “unified theory of deliciousness.”
Global Wellness Institute Launches Beauty Initiative
Beauty can be represented as a superficial form of consumption, but it serves as a foundation for human feelings, health and happiness. Beauty is wellness, and to better quantify this unsung hero of the wellness/spa industry, the GWI has just launched a Beauty Initiative. Chaired by Mark Wuttke, a global expert in natural, sustainable spa and boutique retail, this Initiative will help the world understand the emotional, physical, psychological, and social relationships between beauty, health and wellness.
