Category: Health and Fitness

Source http://zenhabits.net/surrender/

By Leo Babauta

Every day in this world is a shaky, uncertain, constantly changing landscape — and that causes us to try to get control.

We create lists, systems, routines, schedules, comfort foods, comfortable environments … we build our whole lives and identities around these comforts and control. We try to control the uncontrollable evershifting landscape of our lives.

And it doesn’t work. You can’t get a firm grasp on the fluidity of life. And so we get stressed, procrastinate, feel hurt, get depressed or anxious, get angry or frustrated, lash out or complain.

Into this craziness I’d like to suggest the ridiculously awesome practice of surrendering.

What does this mean? It’s the idea of letting go of some of our systems and instincts to get control, trying to make the world exactly as we like it, trying to avoid all the things we dislike … and instead, relaxing, …

Source https://minimalistbaker.com/herb-baked-fish-with-rainbow-bell-peppers/

This recipe is inspired by a cooking class I recently took in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, where I learned to make a number of dishes including this gorgeous herbed baked fish with rainbow bell peppers.

The recipe preparation is simple and requires just 10 ingredients. Let me show you how easy it is to make this light, flavorful dish!

To start you’ll cook your onions, peppers, and tomatoes down until they’re soft and just tender.

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Source https://www.ageinplacetech.com/blog/design-all-what-we-wanted-and-what-we-got

Source http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/tinybuddha/~3/x-x-5jDQImA/

“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.” ~Kahlil Gibran

You’re stupid. You’re a loser. You’re worthless. You will never amount to anything. You’re not worthy of love. These are things I’ve told myself throughout my life.

The experiences I had throughout my childhood led me to believe I was deeply unlovable. I thought that because I had been abused and ignored, there was something seriously wrong with me.

That’s what abuse and neglect does. It seeps inside you down to the deepest level. It changes you in every way.

You begin to feel as if you don’t matter. You blame yourself, thinking maybe you d…

Source https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2019/07/a-mainstream-view-of-the-longevity-industry/

This popular science article from the AARP is representative of the sort of outsider’s view of the longevity industry that is presently dominant. On the one hand, it is good that the media and advocacy organizations such as AARP are finally talking seriously about treating aging as a medical condition. On the other hand, the author looks at two of the most popular areas of development, mTOR inhibitors and senolytics, in a way that makes them seem more or less equivalent, and then further adds diet and exercise as another equivalent strategy. This will be continuing issue, I fear. People, as a rule, don’t think about size of effect and quality of therapy when discussing present initiatives.

These strategies are in fact very different, and the differences are important. Clearance of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ce…

Source https://minimalistbaker.com/sun-dried-tomato-basil-olive-tapenade/

Olives — you either love them or you hate them. And this recipe is definitely for the olive lovers in the house!

If you’re looking for a way to get more olives in your life, this tapenade is the perfect solution.

With just 6 ingredients and 5 minutes required, it’s about as easy a recipe as they come. Let’s do this!

It all starts with delicious, rich olives.

Sun-Dried Tomato & Basil Olive Tapenade (5 Minutes!) from Minimalist Baker →</…

Source https://minimalistbaker.com/5-ingredient-protein-balls/

One of my favorite restaurants in Portland is Harlow. Sometimes I go for brunch and while waiting in line, I eye the raw and baked treats on the counter. One of my favorite treats is something called an “almond butter protein sphere.” Um, hello? Could there be a more perfect name for a pre-brunch snack? I think not.

Consider this my inspired take on a nutty protein ball.

My favorite part?

5-Ingredient P…

Source https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2019/07/ghrelin-enhances-memory-via-the-vagus-nerve/

It is reasonable to hypothesize that the mechanisms of hunger might mediate some fraction of the short-term and long-term benefits to health and life span noted to occur as a result of calorie restriction. Which in turn suggests that strategies for the practice of calorie restriction that suppress hunger might be counterproductive. The hormone ghrelin is involved in the response to hunger, and like most proteins it is involved in a range of processes in metabolism. Evolution tends to result in reuse of protein machinery in many mechanisms. Researchers here report on the connection between ghrelin and memory function, which, like many of the interactions between body and brain, is quite indirect.

Ghrelin is …