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Today in WUTD: Fiber, smoothies, cardio, Psilocybin, exercise, anxiety, depression

7 Ways To Add More Fiber Into Your Smoothies, From Nutritionists - MindBodyGreen MindBodyGreen If you're low on fiber, smoothies are one of the easiest meals to ... a healthy gut microbiome, and even maintain healthy blood sugar levels. If Fiber Is Blazing Fast, Why Is Your Home Network Still Slow? Here's How to Fix It - WSJ Wall Street Journal Make sure you have gigabit-ready gear, a strategically placed mesh Wi-Fi system and wired Ethernet for your most bandwidth-hungry devices. This Exercise Bike Let Me Finally Enjoy Cardio With a Heart Condition - CNET CNET In recent years, having realized that physical fitness is vital to long-term wellness, I've experimented with assorted modalities, which resulted in ... Psilocybin for depression, fluorescent silk tags & Zika - Cosmos Magazine Cosmos Magazine Psilocybin for depression, edible fluorescent silk tags, new Zika virus mutant & more research from the last week that you might have missed! Is 30 minutes a day enough...

More People Are Microdosing for Mental Health. But Does It Work?

By Dana G Smith. Joseph started microdosing psychedelics five years ago to try to improve his mental health. “I was just kind of in this depression, in this rut,” he said. “I was unhappy and angry and agitated all the time, and it went against the way that I saw myself.” Depression and anxiety run in Joseph’s family, and he’d been prescribed Prozac as a kid. But when symptoms of depression returned in his early 30s, he didn’t want to go back to a prescription drug. Joseph, an Austin-based designer (he asked to withhold his full name, citing privacy concerns surrounding mental health issues and illegal drug use), came across research from Johns Hopkins University about psilocybin, the active ingredient in hallucinogenic, or “magic,” mushrooms. In a small study, full doses of the drug helped cancer patients cope with depression and anxiety. Then he read anecdotes of Silicon Valley influencers claiming increased energy from taking tiny doses of psychedelics. So he decided to start microdo...