Daily Fantasy Sports’ Links To Increased Suicide And More! In this episode, Gregory talks about the multibillion dollar fantasy sports industry and its magnetic effect on men. In particular he expounds upon its newest iteration, Daily Fantasy Football, and the growing gambling addiction issues surrounding it.
He quotes a study from Rutgers correlating daily fantasy sports to a host of maladaptive behavior, such as gambling addiction, suicidal ideation, binge drinking, and serious mental health issues.
Daily Fantasy Sports’ Links To Increased Suicide And More
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We have several podcasts in the Naturopathic Earth family. The flagship is NPE Radio and Holistic Health News. In it Gregory discusses germane health news topics that range from clean eating/weight loss tips, medical malfeasance, conspiracies, natural remedies, mental health issues and more.
Confessions of an Obese Child is a podcast which discusses food addiction, binge eating, exercise addiction, and other coping mechanisms which develop from early childhood trauma. The first 20 episodes are seen as vignettes of experiences Gregory suffered (e.g. The Locker Room, The Amusement Park, etc.). The later ones deal with post-weight loss issues such as survivor’s guilt and orthorexia.
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Daily Fantasy Sports’ Links To Increased Suicide, Binge Eating, Drugs, and More. Do this surprise you?
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