Life Hacks, Recipes, and other useful ways to save money and live sustainably.
If you don’t use it, you lose it – and we’ve been losing it for thousands of years. Yuval Harari, historian, professor, and author explains how we got to where we are today in the New York Times best-seller “Sapiens: A Brief History of Human Kind” . About 2 million years ago, there were prehistoric […]
The brain is the most complex organ in the human body. It produces our every thought, action, memory, feeling and experience of the world. The brain is like a central processing unit for our body; whatever is programmed into it will be directed to the necessary components of the body to be executed. 5 ways
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Fuel Better bars are super easy to make, no need to bake. Energy treats for a week. Prep time: 10 mins Cook time: Optional toasting of oats and almonds (10 mins @400F) Chill time: Freezer for 20 mins. Makes 10-12 bars depending on how big you cut them. Ingredients- The non-negotiables: Rolled Oats (1 1/2
Years back, I had read an article that argued that if you slept 4-6 hours a night during the week, you could ‘make up’ lost sleep by sleeping 12 hours on the weekend… That supported my false belief that if I slept less, I could achieve more. So, that’s what I did. My rule was
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Are you feeling “stressed”? If you aren’t, it’s likely you have been at some point in the last few months. Stress can be good or bad – it can stimulate growth or drive degradation. We hear things like “Chronic stress causes elevated cortisol levels which increases your risk of many health conditions” and “meditation can
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When the grocery stores were empty, we stocked up on quinoa, canned beans & veggies. This is one of our quarantine friendly, extremely easy, surprisingly healthy dishes. Prep time: 5 mins Cook time: 20 mins Serves 4. Ingredients- The non- negotiables: olive oil 3 cloves garlic (you could use powder) 1 jalapeno 1 cup quinoa
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Prep time: 20 mins Cook time: 20 mins Serves 1 (or 2 as an appetizer). So we reccomend making 2 pizza for 2 people. Ingredients- The non-negociables: 1 head of cauliflower 1 egg Salt & Pepper Shredded Cheese (whatever you’ve got cheddar, mozzarella…) I used a jalapeno jack. It is used as a binding agent.
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‘I need coffee’. No, you don’t. Unless you’re one of the roughly 600 million people who rely on the coffee industry for your survival*; you’re probably just thirsty. “Coffee – the favorite drink of the civilized world.” – Thomas Jefferson How did our dependence on this seemingly magical beverage begin? Legends have coffee consumption dating
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When there is a reduction in joint capacity, i.e. amount of useable range of motion, movement exploration becomes confined and variability in movement is restricted. Continually using the same confined range of motion leads to the same tissues becoming repetitively overloaded. Acute and chronic overloading of tendinous tissue can lead to tendon pathology – TENDINOPATHY.
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“Cells live in a manifold existence. They are both complex biochemical information processing entities and mechanical objects that live within mechanically active environments. As our knowledge of the molecular mechanisms underlying mechanosensation and mechanotransduction improves, these mechanical and biochemical realities appear increasingly intertwined.” …. In therapy and training, an essential parameter we manipulate to induce
Tissue Adaptation to Mechanical Forces – A Question of TIME. Read More »