The Checkup: Five Easy Ways to Be a Healthier (and More Sane) Human Today

And more healthy reads to start your morning.

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• Five easy ways to be a healthier, more sane, less cries-in-the-bathroom kind of human today, from drinking a kombucha (fermented foods are linked to less social anxiety, plus they work wonders for your gut health) to ditching the alarm clock by your bed so that you actually get a good night’s rest, and more. [Refinery29]

• The average person sends or receives a whopping 50 texts every single day — and hunching over our phones all day is screwing with our bodies in a big way. [Huffington Post]

• If you’re looking to get a little more fiber in your life, here, 23 foods that are loaded with it. [Fitbie]

• Fruit-keg tappers exist and we all need one. That genius invention, plus 20 more kitchen gadgets worth splurging on this summer, this way. [BuzzFeed]

• An valid excuse to carry a murse (that’s a man-purse, in case you didn’t know): Storing your wallet in your pocket can lead to all sorts of back problems. [Men’s Health]

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