I also have flat feet (aka over pronation). I’m a big fan of Asics brand shoes for over pronation and they make it easy to put in insoles. I typically get black ones for work settings. Their website tends to have good sales around black Friday/cyber Monday.

Smoking cigarettes is the number one cause of heart disease and cancer globally. If you smoke, quitting is the biggest thing you can do to improve your health

Nicotine might help with short term anxiety symptoms, but addictions of all kinds tend to make anxiety worse overall and dependent on the addictive substance to not be anxious

Celery has vitamins which is helpful

Here’s some ideas:

• peanut butter or eggs with cheese on whole grain toast
• Soft boiled or fried eggs over rice with soy sauce and kimchi/hot sauce. The goey yolk makes the rice creamy. Can make the rice and boiled eggs the night before to save time in the morning. You can also marinade peeled boiled eggs in soy sauce and spices overnight in the fridge
• Add some fresh fruit, whatever is on sale/in season

You’re welcome!

That’s fine in the short term. Whole grains have essential amino acids that beans lack

I didn’t learn these tricks because I was experiencing obesity…

Try volunteering at your local food bank some time, they certainly need the help right now

To each their own. Brown rice comes in 20lbs bags too. The biggest benefit in my opinion is brown rice keeps me feeling fuller longer.

totally agree on chicken broth adding that extra something

Thanks for contributing. Some of your content on fat is not supported by evidence. Omega-3 polyunsaturated fats are the healthiest fats, and saturated fats increase risks of heart disease.

Here’s a great article from the Nutrition Source discussing these concerns head on. TL;DR

Given the above information, is commercially processed canola oil harmful?

Although care must be taken in handling and processing of canola oil and other vegetable oils, canola oil is a safe and healthy form of fat that will reduce blood LDL cholesterol levels and heart disease risk compared to carbohydrates or saturated fats such as found in beef tallow or butter.  Indeed, in a randomized trial that showed one of the most striking reductions in risk of heart disease, canola oil was used as the primary form of fat. [8] Whether using cold-pressed canola oil provides some small additional benefit is not clear.

In general, variety is a good strategy in nutrition, and thus consuming a variety of oils is desirable, for example using extra virgin oil when the special flavor is desired and canola oil or soybean oil for other uses. Both canola and soybean oils provide ω-3 fatty acids that are important to include in an overall diet.  Of course, avoiding overheating and burning of oils is important to provide the best taste and to avoid damaging the healthy-promoting fatty acids that they contain.

We should have a post of cheap foods!

Head lamp with both red and white light, a game changer for walking the dogs. Red light preserves night vision

Shark fins are sadly harvested on an industrial scale :(

Here’s an FDA report on a Romain lettuce E. coli outbreak that resulted in 5 deaths. There’s a couple of ways E. coli can get from cow intestines to lettuce: cow manure gets into irrigation canals/streams, and a downstream farm uses that to water their crops; manure used for fertilizer is not properly treated; cows get into farm fields that they shouldn’t be in. Lettuce is particularly susceptible because it is often eaten raw.

The cows kill count would go up even more if you count air/water pollution and food borne illnesses caused by their manure on produce

Coalition for Rainforest Nations. They work with indigenous and local communities, and national governments to do everything possible to protect rainforests and reforest areas. The donations really stretch far because they predominantly work in low income areas.

ProPublica is a no paywall investigative news organization that has really hard hitting reporting that holds corrupt businesses and people accountable. They have a good track record of getting consequences for the things they report on.

World Wildlife Foundation does great work with preserving biodiversity and raising awareness of nature with the public. It’s hard to care about something if you don’t know about it

My local Unitarian Universalist church creates a place for LGBTQ+ and other marginalized people to feel safe and celebrated and the people do so much work trying to make our local community a better place. There’s no expectation to believe any specific scripture, just a shared set of values. Find a congregation near you

I have two friends born to parents of similar ages as that. Both have had very happy families. One was an only child. The other had a similar age gap with his half siblings, they didn’t interact much while he was growing up, but now that he’s an adult they hang out all the time. It seems like both friends have had to deal with more challenging losses of parents earlier in their lives than typical, but there’s no guarantee about tomorrow anyway.

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I believe they’re on Nebula as well

Not strictly about boundaries, but I think you’d like the Evolving Self by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. It goes a lot into how to consider your priorities in life and what you want to spend your time on

Director of National Intelligence? Does Nobody Inquire? Do Not Ingratiate?