Turns out this store has been sending my data out to a third-party loss prevention service provider and unbeknownst to me, this company has been building a profile on me for years.

Put prevention first, and squash the stomach bug.

So it's kind of easy to say like, oh drink more water or eat a more balanced meal, but a lot of people have kind of tried this before or are already doing it in their life, so it doesn't kind of seem like something you can really easily latch on to. Whereas when you say cut out all carbs, that's like a new thing that you can bring into your life that feels like you're really changing something. So trends tend to be something that's new, kind of strange sounding, and something that you can easily latch on to that people think may improve their life. Now we should point out that in terms of the wellness industry, not everything is a scam. As you said up top, it's a massive industry and there are indeed products that are backed by scientific evidence. My question for you is this though, where is the line? When does it become problematic? It's really tough to draw that line sometimes because you've got most of the trends that I see tend to be kind of in this middle area where they don't work, but they don't cost you money, so it's not really an issue if people want to try them. It may lead to something, it may make you happier in some way, but it kind of is this middle ground where, oh it is a lie, but at least there's no direct harm being caused. And then you have the next step, which is selling a product that may not have any harms, costs a lot of money, but also doesn't work. So that's actually ripping people off. Then you've got the next step where someone tries a wellness trend or believes in these products so much that they don't then seek mainstream medical care. That's really problematic because it delays treatment, it can delay prevention, which is really the most important point in medical care, and it can cause people to have a bit of distrust in mainstream medicine and think that this maybe natural solution that an influence is selling is better than a pharmaceutical or doctor recommended treatment. And then there's the last step where influencers recommend products or regimes that are actively harmful. So this is when they recommend disordered eating habits or a product that has a high concentration of some chemical or some, I don't know, byproducts that can actually cause harm. Now I think it's easy for people to watch this and say, oh how could people fall for these scams? But the fact is there are a lot of vulnerable people. Perhaps they have consulted a doctor, they haven't found a solution, and they sincerely want that solution. Do you think that plays in to this becoming so popular, this trend taking off? It's so easy to be swept up when you're seeing video after video after video from these beautiful influencers who've changed their lives and look at that and be like, wow, I want to feel like, I want my gut to be healthy, I want my hormones to be balanced. These terms are meaningless and gut health, for example, is so complex. An influencer on TikTok is not going to know how to solve it. We talked about aspiration, we talked about people seeking a solution. Are there any other reasons that these online trends go viral, that they're so effective for the influencer in promoting themselves? I think one thing that these viral trends tend to do really well for influencers is to be a successful influencer, you need to have a story, you need to have a character arc. These wellness trends are a really easy way to create a character arc for yourself. You could say, come with me on my journey to heal my cortisol levels. It's one of those things where, okay, well now I'm going to tune in and see if this influencer does heal their cortisol. Even if they're doing completely separate things. One trend that people may have seen is cortisol face, which is when there's just like a bit of fat in your face.

We get to see what happened when engineers tested out avalanche prevention by setting off another avalanche.

Well, this sound is made by traditional nighttime fire prevention patrols Hinoyojin Yomawari Historically, these patrols were conducted by local community members Such as neighborhood associations, volunteer groups, and fire brigades Especially during winter months When the risk of fire incidents increased due to dry air Participants would walk through residential areas Chanting phrases like Hinoyojin, beware of fire And striking wooden clappers known as Hyoshigi To alert residents of potential fire hazards Back in the day, many Japanese homes were made of wood So houses catching fire was quite common Every time I hear this sound, I'm always like Man, it's gonna be another cold ass winter here in Japan And number 10 All right, this is the final sound How many have you gotten correct so far?

And then finally, the National Agency on Corruption Prevention, which of course does monitoring and prevention of potential cases from arising.

It's a disaster prevention bag.

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This is consistent with minor soft tissue irritation from frequent hand shaking and the use of aspirin, which is taken as part of a standard cardiovascular prevention regimen.

So the thing I'm most excited about sleep research is, I think, first of all, is this complexity of the daytime, nighttime sleep, what sleep is really doing to our body and to our brain, and then it's really from the epidemiologic or public health perspective how we can best use sleep as a tool for the detection and prevention of neurodegeneration in the long term.