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Americans spend an average of 93% of their day indoors.

"there's a statistic that 93% of an American's day is spent indoors, which is insane." (said at 0:44:00)

The widely cited 93% figure originates from the EPA-sponsored National Human Activity Pattern Survey (NHAPS, n=9,386). The survey found that Americans spent an average of 87% of their time inside enclosed buildings and approximately 6% in enclosed vehicles, which combined totals 93% of time spent in enclosed environments (leaving ~7% outdoors).

• context: The National Human Activity Pattern Survey (NHAPS): a resource for assessing exposure to e… (Journal of exposure analysis and environmental epidemiology 2001) · cited 4798x in the literature

  "NHAPS respondents reported spending an average of 87% of their time in enclosed buildings and about 6% of their time in enclosed vehicles." (abstract, results, passage verified)

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Beta-endorphin is 20 times more potent than morphine.

"And what's really interesting here is that beta-endorphin is 20 times stronger than morphine." (said at 0:50:10)

Beta-endorphin is recognized in pharmacological literature as an endogenous opioid peptide that exhibits substantially greater analgesic potency than morphine (classically estimated between 18- to 33-fold, commonly cited as ~20 to 30 times more potent than morphine on a molar basis when administered intracerebroventricularly or intrathecally in animal antinociception assays). However, this potency comparison depends strongly on the route of administration (central vs. systemic) and assay system, as peptide endorphins do not readily cross the blood-brain barrier when given systemically.

• partial: BETA ENDORPHINS - HOLISTIC THERAPEUTIC APPROACH TO CANCER. (Annals of Ibadan postgraduate medicine 2019) · cited 7x in the literature

  "Beta-endorphin is an abundant endorphin, potent than morphine, synthesized and secreted in the anterior pituitary gland, it is a precursor of POMC (proopiomelanocortin). It has got various mechanisms of action such as analgesic activity, anti-inflammatory activity, immune stimulatory activity, stress buster activity, and euphoric activity." (abstract, results, passage verified)

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