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Victoria Beckham’s £20k garden feature to ‘regulate the nervous system’

Victoria Beckham’s £20k garden feature to ‘regulate the nervous system’

Published by Daniella Wilson

Gardens have now been branded the ‘fifth room’ with people taking more time to design and curate their outdoor spaces to become functional rooms. As well as a spot for dining and entertaining, they have become workspaces, living rooms and most recently, wellness hubs. The rich and famous are transforming their gardens into ‘spa-dens’, featuring everything from hot tubs and ice baths through to meditation decks and saunas. And here’s why they could be on to something… Harder-working homes  The coronavirus pandemic forced us inside our homes for longer than we care to recall, but it did make many of us adapt our surroundings to make our humble abodes work a little harder. A bedroom became an office, a living room had a daily reshuffle to make way for yoga, and you best believe that my tiny London kitchen was the greatest cocktail bar come 5 pm. While lockdown may seem like a bizarre, distant memory, its impact on our properties remains. Many of us still work from home, and more people than ever are …

Europe should regulate Big Tech instead of banning kids from social media, Estonia says – POLITICO

Europe should regulate Big Tech instead of banning kids from social media, Estonia says – POLITICO

Published by Sam Flores

Banning kids from social media won’t “actually solve the problems” and “kids will find very quickly the ways to go around and to still use social media,” the Estonian minister said. “The way to approach this, to me, is not to make kids responsible for that harm [stemming from social media platforms] and start self-regulating,” said Kallas, speaking at POLITICO’s European Pulse Forum in Barcelona. The “responsibility is on the governments and on the corporation side,” she said. “Europe pretends to be weak when it comes to big American and international corporations,” but that’s a “pretense,” Kallas said. She called on the EU to “actually take this power and start regulating the big American corporations.” Australia, the first country to implement a ban for kids having social media accounts below 15, has noted significant gaps in the way platforms implement the measures. Sonja Rijnen contributed reporting. Source link

New Jersey cannot regulate Kalshi’s prediction market, US appeals court rules

New Jersey cannot regulate Kalshi’s prediction market, US appeals court rules

Published by Sam Flores

April 6 : A federal appeals court ruled on Monday that New Jersey gaming regulators cannot prevent Kalshi from allowing people in the state to use its prediction market to place financial bets on the outcome of sporting events. A three-judge panel of the Philadelphia-based 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 in finding that the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has exclusive jurisdiction over the sports-related event contracts that Kalshi allows people to trade on its platform. The ruling marked the first time a federal appeals court has ruled on what has become the central issue in an escalating battle over the ability of state gaming regulators to police the activity of prediction market operators. “This is a big win for the industry and millions of users,” Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour said in a social media post on X. Kalshi and companies like it allow users to place trades and profit from predictions on events such as sports and elections. States argue that firms like Kalshi are operating without required state licenses, in …

Chia seeds may help the brain regulate appetite and inflammation

Chia seeds may help the brain regulate appetite and inflammation

Published by José Betancourt

Recent research suggests that components derived from chia seeds may help mitigate some of the harmful effects that a poor diet inflicts on the brain. The study indicates that chia flour and chia oil can alter how the brain regulates appetite and manages inflammation. These findings were published in the journal Nutrition. Diets rich in saturated fats and sugars have become increasingly common worldwide. This eating pattern is often referred to as the Western diet. It is strongly linked to a rise in metabolic conditions such as obesity and type 2 diabetes. However, the consequences of such a diet extend beyond the rest of the body to the central nervous system. Consuming high amounts of fat and fructose can disrupt the delicate balance of hormones that signal fullness. This disruption often leads to a cycle of overeating. In addition to confusing appetite signals, unhealthy diets can trigger inflammation within brain tissue. They also cause oxidative stress, which is a form of cellular damage. Scientists are currently searching for functional foods that might reverse or prevent …