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Green Mediterranean diet could be a ‘win-win’ for health and the planet

According to ResearchTrusted Source, animal-based food production — including livestock feed — accounts for 57% of total greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture, while plant-based food production accounts for only 29%. Heart disease, diabetes, and cancer are all reduced in people who follow a traditional Mediterranean diet. However, new study suggests that a "green" Mediterranean diet, which excludes all meat and emphasizes greens, may be even healthier for humans. If the diet becomes popular, the environmental benefits could be equally impressive. Medical News Today

54321... Ease anxiety, atopic dermatitis, GAPS diet and more

-> Anxiety can grow so severe that it interferes with day-to-day activities, sleep, and relationships. Panic disorder can sometimes lead to a panic attack. However, there are a variety of ways that can help alleviate excessive anxiety in minutes.The 54321 mindfulness hack can be one of them: 5 things you can see, 4 things you can physically feel, 3 things you can hear, 2 things you can smell and 1 thing you can taste. New York Post . ->There are 2.26 women for every man who takes antidepressants, 2.22 for Valium-like medications called benzodiazepines, 2.33 for beta blockers, and 2.19 for anticonvulsants. Even medications like antipsychotics, which are less commonly recommended for more acute anxiety, are more likely to be prescribed for women. Anti-anxiety drug use remained stable between 2003 and 2008, but then began to rise — likely as a result of the financial crisis that year, she said. During that time, the number of new anxiety prescriptions issued increased from 25

'Fittest Woman on Earth' Tia Clair-Toomey Just Shared Her Full Cutting Diet

 'Five-time CrossFit Games champion Tia-Clair Toomey is currently in the process of losing the 20 pounds she gained while training to qualify for Australia's Olympic bobsled team. In a new video on her YouTube channel, the "Fittest Woman on Earth" shares the 2,500-calorie diet she's using to lean down again in preparation for the CrossFit season. "Throughout my bobsledding journey I was eating a lot of calories, I was actually force-feeding myself," she says. "I was at around 3,000 to 3,500 calories a day. I was never hungry and I hated food at that time. So we're going from one extreme to another here." The first meal of the day comprises a toasted bagel with beef bacon and two eggs, another half bagel with peanut butter and banana, a serving of blueberries and three apple cider vinegar gummies and vitamins, coming to a total of 790 calories. Toomey's husband, coach and former CrossFit athlete Shane Orr, explains that as she is eating

8 Ways to Give Your Mind a Deep Cleaning

 Giving your brain a quick reboot when you feel stressed or stuck can help clear out the backlog of thoughts in your working memory and leave you with a tidier mental workspace. Think about a desk stacked high with bits and pieces of different projects, memos, and important papers. When you need to find a specific piece of information, this clutter might make your job pretty difficult. Similarly, when unnecessary or troubling thoughts pile up in your brain, you might end up cycling through the same unwanted mental data. A fruitless search for a memory or other important thought can leave you feeling foggy and overwhelmed. Not to worry, though — when it seems your mind isn’t operating as smoothly as it could, the eight tips below might do the trick. Continue reading...

The Diet and Workout That Helped Me Lose 30 Pounds in 3 Months - Men's Health Men's Health

Cal Moores, a 27-year-old graphic designer from the UK, shares his 12-week transformation story. I’ve always been into fitness and going to the gym, but I lacked the commitment and discipline to follow a diet and workout plan. This, along with my lack of gym knowledge, led me to doing the usual crash diets and sporadic workouts that obviously never led to any real results. I realised I wanted to make a change after the summer of 2021, as I’d been heavily involved in going out and socialising whilst watching England play in the Euros. It was the biggest I’d ever been, and it came from a lack of exercising and overindulging with junk food and alcohol. The weight gain seemed to happen without me even realizing. I knew I was letting my body get out of shape and it was knocking my confidence. I’m very active, I play football around five times a week, so you’d just assume I’d be in great shape and would be fit. That wasn’t the case for a long time as my diet was poor, and I was drinking a lo

Josh Pyke on anxiety and panic attacks: ‘I was worried medication would affect my creativity

The singer-songwriter took a two-year break from touring to address his mental health – then the pandemic hit. So how does he feel hitting the road again? Brigid Delaney Fri 18 Mar 2022 19.00 GMT 5 So many lockdown albums carry with them the echoes of confinement – but not Josh Pyke’s latest release, To Find Happiness. The songs are infused with the vibe of lying in a field on a summer’s day, being warmed by the sun. It’s sweet, expansive and lovely, about finding moments of happiness in everyday life. After a long hiatus, Pyke is keen to get back on the road to play it for crowds: his struggles with anxiety saw him take a two-year break from touring before the pandemic. When he finally felt well enough, Covid hit and the lockdowns began. It is reminiscent of what happened to US performer Bo Burnham, who took five years off to deal with his severe panic attacks before preparing to tour in March 2020 – just as everything was shut down. Continue reading... Study shows  anxiety  and  depr

TODAY: Anxiety, Back to "Normal", Exercise (be careful), Blood Sugar Issue,

Hormetic stress: could Hiit, hot saunas, and cold showers be the  anxiety -busters we need in ... The Guardian I think you're thinking of HRT. Hiit is high-intensity interval training – you know, short periods of intensive anaerobic  exercise  with brief recovery ... 11 Ways to Manage Health  Anxiety  and Ease Back Into 'Normal' Activities - Today Show Today Show People with illness  anxiety  disorder may misinterpret those puzzling-but-actually-fine bodily sensations as signs of a serious condition, like cancer. Exercise  Can Be Unhealthy, Too. Here Are 3 Red Flags to Look For - CNET CNET Our Health &  Wellness  newsletter puts the best products, updates and advice in your inbox. How  exercise  affects physical and mental health. These Blood-Sugar-Balancing Foods Are A+ For Calming  Anxiety  - MindBodyGreen MindBodyGreen Given that the modern  diet  is so blood sugar destabilizing, these stress responses are at the root of much of the  anxiety  I see in my practice.