The Covid-19 pandemic has been stressful in so many ways and increased work stress stands out as widespread consequence of it.

In a study titled “This job is killing me” conducted at Northern Illinois University and Indiana a University, the researchers discovered that two specific factors-having a high-stress job and low control over one’s work-were closely related with higher death rates.

During the 20-year period, over 3,000 Americans were tracked at three separate points by the Midlife in the United States Survey Analyzing that data, the study found that those with high-stress, low-control jobs were 43% more likely to die than those in lower-risk categories.

People who suffered from depression were 130% more likely to die early, according to Erik Gonzalez-Mulé, who co-authored the study. Those with high stress, low-autonomy jobs who died were likely to have suffered depression.

GonzalezMulé says his takeaway is not that everyone should quit their jobs in terror. Rather, he also says, those with influence over employees’ work experience-like company heads and managers-should do as much as possible to increase workers’ feelings of autonomy, especially for workers in high Lowering stress at work isn’t always possible: Some jobs are inherently stressful. But jobs adding a sense of autonomy is sometimes possible.

Gonzalez-Mulé says one simple option is to allow people to decide where to work, whether that’s from home or other non-office workspace. In that way, the Covid-19 pandemic may have actually moved things forward: Employers who were unwilling to take the step of allowing flexible working on employees’ terms have had to adapt fast and, in many cases have seen positive results.

There are other ways that companies can increase workers’ autonomy too, especially for those for whom working from home isn’t an option. “Allowing people to choose what they want to do is kind of a higher order level of autonomy, whereas just allowing people to prioritize tasks and tackle things in the order they want is kind of on the low end,” says Gonzalez-Mule

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We’ve all been told that different types of fruits and vegetables have different benefits that help us keep healthy. A new international study has found that eating one fruit regularly can help reduce the risk of cancer, among those people who have a high risk of developing certain cancers.

The research, which followed almost 1, 000 patients with a variety of cancers, found that taking regular resistant starch could have a great preventative effect on the risk of cancer. Here’s what you need to know about how eating bananas regularly can help reduce the risk of cancers.

Resistant starch is found in green bananas. By eating green bananas your body gets resistant starch, which has been found to reduce the risk of cancers in some parts of the body by more than a half, according to the new research. The study, which was published in Cancer Prevention Research, was led by experts at the Universities of Newcastle and Leeds. It found that resistant starch, if taken regularly for two years, had a very good effect on some cancers, which can be difficult to find.

John Mathers, a professor at Newcastle University explained, “Resistant starch really helps in fact, which has several health benefits and fewer calories than regular starch.”

In addition to green bananas, resistant starch is also found in foods such as peas, beans and other starchy foods. In terms of bananas, experts think that eating one banana every day has the same effect as a certain amount of resistant starch. The secret is to eat the bananas before they become too ripe or soft.