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The Mental Health Experiment Nobody Wanted to Try

A new study suggests that stepping back from social media for just one week can lead to noticeable improvements in mental health and the results surprised researchers. Young adults who reduced their scrolling reported significantly less anxiety, fewer depressive symptoms, and better sleep, even though they were free to choose how much they cut back and which apps they kept. The findings raise uncomfortable questions about how much social media is quietly replacing real life experiences, disrupting sleep, and fueling comparison without us realizing it. Researchers also uncovered which platforms were hardest to give up and why the benefits appeared so quickly. The full study explores what is really happening in the brain and body when the scrolling stops and why a short break may be more powerful than most people expect.

Healthy Fact of the Day: Breathing through your nose instead of your mouth can support better oxygen delivery, improve lung function, and help calm the nervous system. Nose breathing also filters and warms the air before it reaches your lungs, which supports respiratory health and can reduce stress over time.

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