How The City Hurts Your Brain And What You Can Do About It

"Can city life harm your memory and stunt your ability to control yourself?

New research is revealing how urban living can actually harm the human brain.

After millennia of living surrounded by nature in small tribes and villages, ancient peoples began to gather in early cities in the Middle East, Egypt, China, Europe and the jungles of the Americas. Since then, humans have come to treasure the intellectual, economic and cultural stimulation that urban life offers.

But modern cities are also what Boston Globe essayist Jonah Lehrer, author of How The City Hurts Your Brain...and What You Can Do About It, calls "deeply unnatural and overwhelming places."

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Vote With Your Fork!

'Wondering what one action you could take that will yield maximum beneficial results to both your own life and the environment? Make the commitment to buy and eat only sustainably grown food.

Your body, family and the planet will all say "thank you." (And don't forget your psyche: healing our relationship with the food we eat each day is great ecotherapy).

If you're not sure why this is a good idea, check out the new movie Food, Inc. Supermarket and fast food fare will never look as appetizing again.'

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