Chronic Fatigue, Positive Thinking, Ancient Wine

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4.6 • 963 Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2023

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Today you’ll learn about the relationship between the micro bacteria in our gut and chronic fatigue syndrome, the physical benefits of positive thinking, and how a new discovery reveals that wine has been around for way longer than we initially thought.

Chronic Fatigue

“Studies find that microbiome changes may be a signature for ME/CFS” by NIH Press Release
- https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/studies-find-microbiome-changes-may-be-signature-mecfs
“Microbiome Disturbances Reported as Signature of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis’ by Columbia University
- https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/news/microbiome-disturbances-reported-signature-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-myalgic-encephalomyelitis

Positive Thinking

“If you are happy and you know it… you may live longer” By David R. Topor
- https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/if-you-are-happy-and-you-know-it-you-may-live-longer-2019101618020#:~:text=Plenty%20of%20research%20suggests%20optimistic,death%20from%20cancer%20and%20infection.
“Social Relationships and Mortality Risk: A Meta-analytic Review” by Julianne Holt-Lunstad
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/45407031_Social_Relationships_and_Mortality_Risk_A_Meta-analytic_Review
“Optimism is associated with exceptional longevity in 2 epidemiologic cohorts of men and women” by Lewina O Lee et al.
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31451635/
“Optimists live longer, study finds. Here's how to boost positive thinking” by A. Pawlowski
- https://www.today.com/health/how-live-longer-study-links-optimism-longevity-t161337
“Positive attitudes and negative expectations in lonely individuals” by Gabriele Bellucci
- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-75712-3
“Julianne Holt-Lunstad probes loneliness, social connections” By Selby Frame
- https://www.apa.org/members/content/holt-lunstad-loneliness-social-connections

Ancient Wine

“It’s in the DNA: Israeli grapes are the mother of all European wines” by Melanie Lidman
- https://www.timesofisrael.com/its-in-the-dna-israeli-grapes-are-the-mother-of-all-european-wines/
“Dual domestications and origin of traits in grapevine evolution” by YANG DONG et al.
- https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.add8655
“Whole-genome resequencing of 472 Vitis accessions for grapevine diversity and demographic history analyses” by Zhenchang Liang et al.
- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-09135-8

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0:00.0	Hi, you're about to get smarter in just a few minutes with Curiosity Daily from Discovery.
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0:11.0	I'm Nate.
0:12.0	And I'm Callie. If you're dropping in for the first time
0:14.0	welcome to curiosity where we aim to blow your mind by helping you to grow your mind.
0:18.0	If you're a loyal listener, welcome back.
0:20.0	Today you learn about the relationship between the micro bacteria in our gut and chronic fatigue syndrome,
0:25.3	the physical benefits of positive thinking, and how a new discovery reveals that wine has been around
0:30.6	for way longer than we initially thought.
0:32.8	Without further ado, let's satisfy some curiosity.
0:36.1	All right, it is time to talk about our favorite subject again.
0:39.2	Ooh, uh, pills made out of poop.
0:41.9	No, microplastics. Oh, climate change? All of the above?
0:46.0	None of the above. We're talking about the human microbiome again. A staggering
0:51.5	collection of all the tiny organisms in our gut like bacteria or viruses or even fungi that affect our physical and mental health in ways both positive and negative.
1:00.0	We've talked before about how the microbiome is made. We've talked about how tomatoes are good for your gut health and can improve the balance of good versus bad bacteria in the gut.
1:08.0	We've even talked about how microbiome imbalances can make your mental health suffer.
1:12.0	But a new study from cell host and microbe has discovered something else about the human
1:16.5	microbiome that you're really going to need to know.
1:18.9	I don't know, after talking about physical health, mental health, and tomatoes, what else could we possibly
1:25.8	not already know about the microbiome?
1:28.0	All right, have you ever heard of the disease Myalgic encephalomyelitis?
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