{"id":40193,"date":"2018-11-06T08:24:43","date_gmt":"2018-11-06T13:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=40193"},"modified":"2018-11-06T08:24:43","modified_gmt":"2018-11-06T13:24:43","slug":"technology-detox-the-health-benefits-of-unplugging-unwinding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=40193","title":{"rendered":"Technology Detox: The Health Benefits of Unplugging & Unwinding"},"content":{"rendered":"

Technology Detox: The Health Benefits of Unplugging & Unwinding<\/a><\/h3>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Recent studies have shown that 90% of Americans use digital devices for two or more hours each day and the average American\u00a0spends more time a day on high-tech devices than\u00a0they do sleeping: 8 hours and 21 minutes to be exact.<\/a>\u00a0 If you\u2019ve ever considered attempting a \u201cdigital detox\u201d, there are some health benefits to\u00a0making that change and a few tips to make things a little easier on yourself.<\/p>\n

Many Americans are on their phones rather than playing with their children or spending quality family time together.\u00a0 Some people give up technology, or certain aspects of it, such as social media for varying reasons, and there are some shockingly terrific health benefits that come along with that type of a detox from technology.\u00a0 In fact, more and more health experts and medical professionals are suggesting a periodic digital detox;<\/a> an extended period without those technology gadgets.\u00a0Studies continue to show that a digital detox, <\/a>has proven to be beneficial for relationships, productivity, physical health, and mental health. If you find yourself overly stressed or unproductive or generally disengaged from those closest to you, it might be time to unplug.<\/p>\n

DIGITAL ADDICTION RESOLUTION<\/strong><\/p>\n

It may go unnoticed but there are many who are actually addicted to their smartphones or tablet. It could be social media or YouTube videos, but these are the people who never step away.\u00a0 They are the ones with their face in their phone while out to dinner with their family. They can\u2019t have a quiet dinner without their phone on the table. We\u2019ve seen them at the grocery store aimlessly pushing around a cart while ignoring their children and\u00a0scrolling on their phone.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Technology Detox: The Health Benefits of Unplugging & Unwinding Recent studies have shown that 90% of Americans use digital devices for two or more hours each day and the average American\u00a0spends more time a day on high-tech devices than\u00a0they do sleeping: 8 hours and 21 minutes to be exact.\u00a0 If you\u2019ve ever considered attempting a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7],"tags":[4068,6787,20441,786,22823,22824],"class_list":["post-40193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-liberty","category-survival-2","tag-addiction","tag-ready-nutrition","tag-sara-tipton","tag-technology","tag-unplugging","tag-unwinding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40193"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40194,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40193\/revisions\/40194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}