PSY333H5 Lecture 7: PSY333 - Lecture 7
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Dean ornish: genes are not our fate: ted talk, change genes or change lifestyle, don"t w, eat healthier, maange stress, ?, love more --> brain gets more oxygen, walking for 3 hrs per. Increase brain cells: chocolate, tea, bluberries, alcohol (moderate) Sugar: nicotine, opiates, cocaine, alcohol (excessive, chronic stress. Increase blood flow: anti-smoking ad one of most effective --> smoking can makeimpetent, man supposed to be sexy, health implication v personal - v personalized. Alameda county study (1972: 17 yr study of 7,000 adults, done in alameda county - urban area in cali. Level of energy + disability (work days missed) mortality: adult cohort follow over time. Similar enough that wouldn"t expect 80 yr old to be compared to 15 yr. Found that the most potent predictor of getting acute illness = fam social interpersonal stress. So social support (opp of that) pos: now talking about lt now.
