It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness. ~ Charles Spurgeon
Ah, the tropics are something magical. As long as you protect against the sun and bugs, that is. 🙂
I’m still in Costa Rica, and about to take my son for a surfing lesson. So please forgive the brevity of the intro section.
There’s good stuff again this week, including:
- A time-compressed way to eat that has big benefits
- More good news on cancer and heart disease
- Avoiding self-improvement burnout
- Dealing with your expectations
- Handling annoying people
And remember to ride the waves, no matter where you are.
Keep going-
Brian Clark
Further
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A Time to Slim
“Time-restricted eating” is just another name for a form of intermittent fasting that we’ve talked about before. Studies show that eating most of your calories in a restricted time frame can boost metabolism and fat burning, reduce hunger and appetite, and improve blood sugar responses.
Time-Restricted Eating Boosts Fat Burning
Yoplait on Words
A new study from the Boston University School of Medicine suggests that higher yogurt intake is associated with lower cardiovascular disease risk among men and women with high blood pressure.
Eating Yogurt May Guard Against Heart Attack, Stroke
Brain Drain
We know that exercise is good for the health of your brain. New research now suggests that being out of shape may affirmatively speed brain deterioration. So, it’s not just about improving brain function, it’s also about maintaining what you have.
Can Being Out of Shape Speed Up Brain Deterioration?
Stem the Tide
Celularity, a new biotech start-up, is mining the human placenta for stem cells to use in new applications, including helping cancer patients and extending human life. They just raised $250 million in venture capital from some high-powered players.
Stem Cell Start-Up that Raised $250 Million Could Extend Lifespan by Decades, Help Cure Cancer
Eye Heart You
Google’s parent company has developed an algorithm that evaluates eye scans and, after refining its model with machine learning, is able to predict cardiovascular risk factors like age, gender, and blood pressure. This could lead to easier and potentially quicker analysis than a blood test with roughly the same accuracy as current methods.
Google AI Can Scan Your Eyes to Predict Heart Disease
The Ethics of Enhancement
Smartphones and wearables are already an abstract form of enhancement. Soon, things are going to get much more integrated, blurring the line between man and machine. The questions isn’t can we do it; it’s should we.
The Power to Upgrade Our Own Biology Is in Sight — But Is Society Ready for Human Enhancement?
The People Problem
As we discussed a couple of weeks ago, the technological enhancement of humans is all but inevitable. And it’s not the technology that has inherent issues, it’s the people (and more importantly, the business models) that make the tech addictive or manipulative.
Ethical Tech Will Require a Grassroots Revolution
I’m Okay, You’re Okay
It might seem strange that a newsletter dedicated to personal growth would keep returning to the dark side of self improvement. But it’s a real thing, because there’s a difference between getting “better” and being happy.
Is Your Quest For Self-Improvement Hurting You?
Hell is Other People
Ah, a chance to use my favorite John Paul Sartre quote in a subhead. You’re never going to get others to become less annoying, so the only viable option is to be the change. Leo Babauta of Zen Habits walks you through it.
A Practice For When You Find Yourself Annoyed by Other People
Not So Great Expectations
Merely expecting something to happen will not make it happen, so tying your happiness to expectations is a recipe for the opposite result. As they say, “Expectations are premeditated resentments.”
The Psychology of Expectations
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