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Living with a Disease
Hello, Thanks for the reading. Well, to start off, my name is Delilah. I'm 29 years old, and I'm from Philadelphia Pennsylvania.
By Delilah Rivera8 years ago in Longevity
Ketogenic Diet—Does it Work?
I happened upon the popular "keto" diet on Pinterest when I was searching around for low-carb recipes. At the time, I was having a hard time with energy levels, itchy feet, and headaches. With a family history of diabetes, that was my first thought.
By Jenna Phinney8 years ago in Longevity
Diets Don't Work
If one of your goals is just to live a healthier lifestyle, chances are, part of that is a desire to lose some weight. In fact, one of the most common New Year's resolutions every year is to lose weight.
By Jason A8 years ago in Longevity
Archetypes
Who is Jung? What did he discover? Carl Gustav Jung was a Swiss psychologist and psychiatrist who we know best through his concept of the Collective Unconscious. He also proposed and developed the ideas for extroverted and introverted personalities and archetypes. Jung worked closely with Sigmund Freud for many years, but eventually came to a disagreement and parted ways. One of the disagreements between these two incredible psychologists dealt with the unconscious mind. Freud believed the unconscious held our repressed thoughts, traumatic memories, and our libido which eventually resulted in mental illness. Jung, however, believed the unconscious was divided between the personal and collective.
By MaKayla Dulaney8 years ago in Longevity
Vegetarianism
As the world’s appetite increases, their need for meat also goes up. Meat is the number one source of food, and people have relied on meat since they were created. In fact, “humans derive about twenty percent of their protein from animal-based products” (Vidal). Because people heavily rely on meat, researchers predict there will be a food shortage in the near future. Many believe meat should be cut out of diets for the most part, and the population can be vegans. There are many reasons behind this, and they include: reducing chances of a food crisis, requiring fewer resources, and reducing pollution.
By Haden M.8 years ago in Longevity
The Second Brain
The brain and body are our two most basic parts, and you may be wondering whats up with the idea of a second brain. Well, this idea is a relatively recent neuro-scientific development which links our gut's bacteria to the way our brain functions.
By Jesse Nietmann8 years ago in Longevity
The Truth About Stress
Watch the video before proceeding. The Weight of the World starts on the shoulders of just one girl. Any time you write something, you should be willing to put your face and name to it. When we speak truth these things need to be offered freely. Stress prevents us from doing it, which could circumvent the very existence of reality itself.
By Hayley Morris8 years ago in Longevity
Drinks That Help Lower Blood Pressure
If you’re reading this then you’re probably wondering about how to lower your blood pressure. Lowering your blood pressure can be tricky; and blood pressure medicine can be pretty daunting, if you ask me. A lot of people prefer to do things naturally rather than risk the side effects of the medicine. If you have high blood pressure there are some simple methods to lower it, one of them including what you drink. Here I am going to talk about some drinks that, when consumed regularly, can really help you to ease your blood pressure. While I am no doctor, and I don’t support going against your doctor’s recommendations, I have done some research and have tried quite a few of these methods myself. They’ve proven to be pretty beneficial, tasty, and refreshing.
By Xandra XCM8 years ago in Longevity
Geek Fitness: Level 2
How valuable is your time? Would you rather get a great work out in to rush back home to slay some dragons? Or would you prefer to spend 2 hours in a gym to notice that your FUPA hasn’t gone away at the end of the month? The last thing you want to do when you enter any fitness facility is wander aimlessly. Have you ever played an open world game without looking at your map or quest log? I bet it would be most difficult to find where you need to go with out opening the quest log and marking the location of the quest. Just like the aforementioned quests, one of the worst things you can do is put in hours upon hours of work just to follow a road that won’t lead you to your quest/goals. In short, there are many type of goals under the health and fitness umbrella, just like there are also various appropriate ways of reaching those goals. Lets say you want to get ripped or throw some size on your sorry excuse for calves, would you put in 30 minutes a day/5 times a week/ for 3 months running long distances on a treadmill? No, you literally just wasted your time doing something totally different. It's the equivalent of putting a Xbox game in a PS4 (I don’t need you mod nerds to question this), it just won’t work. This post will touch on how to pick a goal. Training specificity is for another post.
By Jj Rojas8 years ago in Longevity
Vegan as a Tantrum
Do you remember as a child when your parents would punish you by not letting you have sweets? Maybe you cried for sweets the next time you were at the store with them. Then, as a teenager they would place an activity or item off limits.
By Jazmine James8 years ago in Longevity
You Can Accomplish Whatever You Put Your Mind To!
I know first hand just how difficult it is to lose weight and feel great! I have faced depression more times than I care to admit, and needless to say, the struggle is beyond real when it comes to the weight gain weight loss life yo-yo! The best advice I heard one day was: “Strive for progress not perfection! Don't give up!! Slow progress is good progress!” Those words hit me and it slapped me so hard in the face that it woke me right up!! It was the wake up call I was needing all my life! It made me feel like I wasn’t alone on this journey, that someone out there understood my pain and that it’s OK to have trouble and go slowly! The whole fitness journey the world is raving about is very intimidating, especially if you have tried so many times and failed each time. After having a baby, I gained a lot of extra weight. I don’t know what I was thinking but one thing is for sure, I thought it would all just magically disappear after the baby was born. To my surprise, I looked great after the baby’s birth but it was the next few weeks that really did it to me. As I recovered from my c-section, working out was not allowed and the food train I was on during pregnancy was still very much in motion! I wasn’t controlling my food intake and a combination of that, taking care of the baby and resting as much as possible, took me on a road that I never want to travel again! I gained 80 pounds and I was simply not myself! Depression took over and I became a hermit. I didn’t come out of my shell until I had no other choice. My body hurt so bad all over and the baby was growing so fast and began to crawl. I was mortified with myself the moment I said, “Aww man, she’s crawling! Now I have to get up and go after her!” I quickly realized what a horrible thing it was to say that, and it was then that my world changed! THAT was my turning point! I started to work out and slowly but surely, I got real serious! It took me about a year, but I did it!! Not only did I lose weight, but I lost more than I thought I even could!
By Elizabeth Vincenty8 years ago in Longevity
Why Are Mystical Experiences Important?
Albert Einstein defined a mystical experience this way: "The most beautiful and profound emotion we can experience is the sensation of the mystical. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead. To know that what is impenetrable to us really exists, manifesting itself as the highest wisdom and the most radiant beauty, which our dull faculties can comprehend only in their primitive forms - this knowledge, this feeling, is at the center of true religion." - Albert Einstein
By Cornish Daoism8 years ago in Longevity