Category: Health and Fitness

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The long-term agreement would aid fish stocks that have fallen to just 2.6 percent of their historic size. The news comes at a time when Atlantic bluefin populations are also rebounding.

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Social media brings us together in ways we never thought possible. With a click, swipe, upload, comment, or exchange of emojis, we’re able to see what friends, colleagues, and even complete strangers are up to and feel inspired. As a yoga teacher based in San Francisco, I recognize it is also a great vehicle to reach a considerably larger audience. Still, my relationship to social media has been conflicted over the years.

While photos and videos of advanced āsanas garner the most comments and likes, social media hasn’t mastered the art of spotlighting the internal aspects of the practice. To a beginner, the practice may seem little more than strenuous exercise, but, over time, the benefits of daily discipline will integrate into the practitioner’s life. While the physical transformation may be most evident, the mental one is less apparent and, often, deeply personal and private. This is why there is such a fine line between sharing yogic achievements on social media.

Despite my reservations, I agreed to Sonima’s request this May to chronicle my time participating in Sharath Jois’ U.S. Tour, specifically his yoga workshop at Stanford University in California. This three-day, social media assignment was an intriguing challenge for me and an opportunity to work behind …

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Go to your kitchen, find a teaspoon, and picture yourself swallowing 30 spoonfuls of sugar every day. Sounds insane, right? The sad part is, for the majority of Americans, that’s exactly how much sugar we’re consuming on a regular basis. News flash: That’s A LOT. And it ain’t good for us. Sugar consumption, metabolic disease and obesity: The state of the controversy. Stanhope KL. Critical reviews in clinical laboratory sciences, 2015, Sep.;53(1):1549-781X.

Consuming added sugar messes with pretty much everything in your body: from skin issues and headaches to insulin levels and metabolism to a greater risk for obesity and other diseases such as cancer and heart disease. Oh, and let’s not forget about its potential to raise blood pressure, increase cholesterol, impair cognitive function, and wreck teeth. Dietary sugars and cardiometabolic risk: systematic review and meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials of the effects on blood pressure and lipids. Te Morenga LA, Howatson AJ, Jones RM. The American journal of clinical nutrition, 2014, May.;100(1):193…

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“Anything you can’t control in life is teaching you how to let go.” ~Unknown

I was growing impatient. I wanted an answer about something and it just wasn’t coming, no matter how hard I tried to prod it into happening. I was growing frustrated. And I was growing frustrated with my frustrations about it.

So I decided to take a walk. The act of breathing in fresh air and hearing birdsong is centering for me. Just putting one foot in front of the other in rapid succession for an hour or two always helps to clear my head. I receive answers and guidance to my greatest questions when I’m walking. Call it a moving meditation.

As I set out that morning, my eyes were drawn upward to three hawks flying overhead. While their aerial dance looked choreographed and elegant, I realized that the hawks weren’t instigating the choreography. They were simply letting go and floating with the currents. They circled and circled above me, wings outstretched, sailing and drifting.

It dawned on me as I watched the hawks in flight that I’m rarely successful when I try to push or pull something in order to make it happen. Making an effort is noble and often necess…

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There are many perks of being an adult. But let’s be honest, being a kid is hard to beat. Recess, sleepovers, pizza Fridays, homework-free weekends… if only we could push rewind and kiss those bills buh-bye. Fortunately, there are many ways to bring the best of childhood to adulthood, especially when it comes to food.

Gummy bears are awesome, but wine gummy bears are where it’s at. And while mac and cheese from a box is certainly delightful, homemade mac and cheese with truffles is a million times better. So before you go yearning for the years of summer camp, give these recipes a go. They’re really and truly the best of both worlds.

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Recent research has offered support to the old adage “Eat breakfast like a king. Lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper. ” A study published in  Obesity randomly divided 50 overweight and obese woman into two groups.  Each woman received a total of 1400 calories divided throughout the day.  The first group, the Breakfast group  received the majority of their calories in the morning (700 calories for breakfast, 500 for lunch and 200 for dinner).  The second group, the Dinner group, received the majority of their calories for dinner (200 calories at breakfast, 500 for lunch and 700 for dinner). The only difference between the two groups was the timing of the bulk of their calories.  The results were astounding.  While both groups lost a significant amount of weight, the Breakfast group lost twice as much weight and showed a significantly greater reduction in their insulin levels and fasting glucose levels.  The Breakfast group also had a 33.6% decrease in their  triglyceride levels while the Dinner group’s triglyceride levels increased by almost 15%.  The Breakfast group also reported feeling more satiated throughout the day than the Dinner group.

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Hey guys! It has been a busy week over here – running from one meeting to another! You know I like being busy, though, so it’s been good. 🙂

I had an especially cool adventure yesterday morning – I was interviewed live on local WERA 96.7, Radio Arlington! I’m a member of the local chapter of a networking group called Awesome Women Entrepreneurs, and one of the founders, Karen Bate, hosts a weekly radio show where she interviews business owners from the group. I was thrilled to be featured on the show this week!

We had a lot of fun chatting about getting healthy in a sustainable way, why the diet industry is setting people up to fail, how my business got to where it is now, and more. If you’d like to listen to a recording of the interview, click here to c…

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By Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus · Follow: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram

In this episode of The Minimalists Podcast, Joshua & Ryan speak with Andrew Belle in Indianapolis about his new album, Dive Deep, and they answer the following questions:

• As an introvert, how do you meet the demands of a passion that requires an extroverted personality?
• What suggestions do you have for preparing yourself for the reality of daily life once you’ve graduated college?
• How do you resolve the feelings of guilt you have for even purchasing items you need to run a business?
• How can I be more intentional regarding the relationships I bring into my life?
• To what extent did the bursting of the housing bubble in 2008 affect your jour…

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“Your thoughts have to understand one thing: that you are not interested in them. The moment you have made this point you have attained a tremendous victory.” ~Osho

“What do you do when you go out alone to the forest for the whole day?” my friend asked.

“Nothing. I just sit there, enjoy the peace, and let my thoughts be,” I replied.

“So you meditate,” she said.

“No,” I objected. “I just sit there and do nothing.”

“But that’s meditation,” she insisted.

I smiled and shrugged my shoulders. “Okay, if that’s what you want to call it.”

At that time, most people and society were a big, mean, frightening monster I kept trying to get away from—if not physically, then at least mentally by blasting music through my headphones, escaping far away in my daydream world, or by drowning my invasive negative thoughts and feelings in drugs and alcohol.

Yet, the real monster was inside of me and didn’t plan on leaving any time soon.

I remember how my social anxiety got worse around some people, usual…

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“The ego is the false self-born out of fear and defensiveness.” ~John O’Donohue

I started a new relationship in December 2015, then moved countries to be with my Swedish partner in August, 2016.

The last year has been life changing in the best possible ways. I’ve learned so much about myself, things I didn’t have the courage to acknowledge before.

But it hasn’t all been a bed of roses—some of the insights I’ve gleaned haven’t been that comfortable to see.

We met on an intensive spiritual retreat in India. We’ve both spent many years working on ourselves and our issues, so it’s fair to say we’re both awake and aware. But this has not guaranteed an easy ride or a challenge-free relationship.

We both still have to work hard on the problems that come up, affecting us both individually and as a couple.

When our disagreements or arguments erupt, it is often over the smallest things, which seem so important at the time. A prime example is when my partner asks me to do something without saying “please” (something that’s common in Sweden.)

Such a minor failing has the power to seriously irritate me, causing our argument to blow up out of all proportion—sending one or either of us into fits of temper tantrums that c…