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"Art-4-HEALTH (R) " Experience

Mission Statement

Purpose and Community Benefit: The "Art-4-HEALTH (R) " Experience Project is a new, creative and innovative introduction of the healing arts and sciences as artistic therapies, demonstrating the connection between Natural Healthcare with Nutrition, Cultural Music, Martial Arts and Visual Art modalities. By exposing underserved communities to a wholistic approach in healthcare, the "Art-4-HEALTH(R)" Experience Project provides everyone with information and tools necessary to empower and exercise options in achieving optimal health and well being.

Components

The "Art-4-HEALTH (R)" Experience Project consist of four multidiscipline parts:

  1. Wholistic Health
  2. Visual Art
  3. "Growing with Gardening SM" Community Garden/Outdoor Learning Centers 
  4. Martial Arts featuring Cultural Music and Dance/Creative Movement. 
The "Art-4- HEALTH(R)" Experience Project is customized for each community gathering.

"Art-4-HEALTH (R)" Experience Project

Individuals, Groups, Businesses, Foundations and Corporations interested in supporting the "Art-4-HEALTH (R)" Experience Project can do so by sending tax deductible contributions, donating or underwriting the following: supplies, printing, advertising, marketing services and offering volunteers.   For a copy of the "Art-4-HEALTH (R)" brochure click below. Contact: The Afrikan Center of Well Being, Inc. at 713.639.3571 or email to: mail@acwbinc.org


ART-4-HEALTH
A Garden Variety

Soil Bacteria Work In Similar Way To Antidepressants

UK scientists suggest that a type of friendly bacteria found in soil may affect the brain in a similar way to antidepressants.

Their findings are published in the early online edition of the journal Neuroscience.

Researchers from Bristol University and University College London discovered using laboratory mice, that a “friendly” bacteria commonly found in soil activated brain cells to produce the brain chemical serotonin and altered the mice’s behaviour in a similar way to antidepressants.

They are suggesting this could explain why immune system imbalance could make some people vulnerable to mood disorders like depression.

Lead author, Dr Chris Lowry from Bristol University said, “These studies help us understand how the body communicates with the brain and why a healthy immune system is important for maintaining mental health“.

“They also leave us wondering if we shouldn’t all be spending more time playing in the dirt,” he added.

Dr Lowry and colleagues became interested in the project when they heard that cancer patients treated with the bacterium Mycobacterium vaccae reported increases in their quality of life. They speculated this could be because the bacteria were activating brain cells to release more serotonin.

When they treated mice with Mycobacterium vaccae they found that it did indeed activate a particular group of brain neurons that produce serotonin – in the interfascicular part of the dorsal raphe nucleus (DRI) of the mice, to be precise. They established this by measuring the amount of c-Fos in the area, a biochemical marker whose presence indicates that serotonin releasing neurons have fired.

Serotonin, also known as 5-HT (short for 5-hydroxytryptamine), is found in the gut, brain, nerves and blood of humans and other animals. There are 14 different receptors that bind to serotonin each working a different property of this highly multi-functional chemical messenger.
Apart from having a range of pharmacological actions, serotonin constricts blood vessels, sends messages between cells in the brain and within the central nervous system, regulates secretion of digestive juices, and helps to control the passage of food through the gut.

Different parts of the brain and the body need different levels of serotonin. In the brain for example, the hypothalamus (involved in mood regulation) needs a lot of serotonin while the cortex (involved in many complex processes like thinking, memory, attention, awareness and consciousness) only needs a little.

The brain keeps serotonin levels in balance using at least three mechanisms. One way is by releasing it, a second way is by inactivating it once it is released into the synaptic space between the nerve endings, and the third way is by absorbing it, a process known as “reuptake”.

Low levels of serotonin are linked with a number of disorders including aggression, anxiety, depression, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), bipolar disorder, irritable bowel and fibromyalgia.

Antidepressants work by increasing serotonin levels in particular areas of the brain. One type, known as monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitors reduce the brain’s ability to inactivate the free serotonin. Another type, called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) work by slowing down the reuptake process.

The friendly bacteria in this study appear to be having an antidepressant effect in a third way, by increasing the release of serotonin.

“Identification of an immune-responsive mesolimbocortical serotonergic system: Potential role in regulation of emotional behavior.”

C.A. Lowry, J.H. Hollisa, A. de Vriesa, B. Pana, L.R. Brunetb, J.R.F. Huntb, J.F.R. Patonc, E. van Kampena, D.M. Knighta, A.K. Evansa, G.A.W. Rookb and S.L. Lightmana.
Neuroscience Available online 28 March 2007
doi:10.1016/j.neuroscience.2007.01.067

Written by: Catharine Paddock

Writer: Medical News Today

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/66840#1 

Other Credible References:
https://qz.com/993258/

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Your Tax Deductible Contributions for 2024 to The Afrikan Center Of Well Being, Inc. (A.C.W.B., Inc.) options are:

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SPONSORS

The "Art-4-HEALTH (R)" Experience Project is funded in part by grants from the Texas Commission on the Arts (TCA) and Houston Arts Alliance formerly, the Cultural Arts Council of Houston and Harris County (CACHH).  The Afrikan Center of Well Being, Inc. (A.C.W.B., Inc.) is a member agency of the Black United Fund of Texas (BUFTX).

Current and Past Sponsors include:

 

The Black United Fund of Texas (BUFTX)

The Community Artists' Collective

Athletes For Art

MECA Houston

Cultural Arts Council of Houston/Harris County (CACHH)

Texas Commission on Arts (TCA)

WABASH Feed Store

The Home Depot Store 0566 (Manager Will Green)

Urban Harvest

WalMart

WHOLE FOODS MARKETS

The Wiseman Company

Houston Media Source

Texas Department of Agriculture


Phoenix Outreach Youth Center

The Backyard Gardener

Blessingway Books

Crayola Crayons

Naturally Yours Pharmacy, Health Food Store & Café

People In Partnership

SHUJAA Youth Program

Urban Worms Recycling

YOU and The Afrikan Center of Well Being, Inc.

 


Past Installations

An "Art-4-HEALTH ® " Experience
Westbury Community Garden
12501 Dunlap St. Houston, TX 77035
(713) 639-3571
www.acwbinc.org/art4health

A fun filled day with art projects for children of all ages. 
Free and open to the public.

Special Thanks to:
Texas Department of Agriculture
Westbury Crier
Lowes
Urban Harvest

Westbury Community Garden
"Using fruit, vegetable & habitat gardens to bring the whole community together."

ART-4-HEALTH Sponsor - LOWES
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