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article on nutrition

Unhappy Meals

By Michael Pollan

The New York Times Magazine, January 28, 2007

Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.

That, more or less, is the short answer to the supposedly incredibly complicated and confusing question of what we humans should eat in order to be maximally healthy. I hate to give away the game right here at the beginning of a long essay, and I confess that I’m tempted to complicate matters in the interest of keeping things going for a few thousand more words… (more here) 

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Nutrition meeting in effect

Hello folks -

If you click on the image above it will take you to the amazon.com page for this book, I try not to be too commercial but you can get a copy of the book for like $3 or something (+Shipping). And this is the easiest most straight forward book that i know of about nutrition. Why not own it? I’ll bring my copy to the meeting on Wednesday so you can all thumb through it… very short.
Also on the topic of nutrition let me remind you all that we have a new sponsor for the group… Whole Foods, which is exactly what we’ll talk about at our next meeting, Whole foods…. whole foods nutrition that is, not the store. sorry i couldn’t pass up the segue.

I’ll post the thing that i wrote after i spell check it. so check back here before the meeting!

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David Brooks talk on humans as emotional creatures

he does have some slight political undertones so… yeah

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25 Killer Actions to Boost Your Self-Confidence

25 Killer Actions to Boost Your Self-Confidence (I just cut and pasted a few, click this link to see the whole list)

by Leo Babauta.

2. Dress nicely:… if you dress nicely, you’ll feel good about yourself….

4. Think positive. I can actually change my thoughts, and by doing so make great things happened…

9. Get prepared. It’s hard to be confident in yourself if you don’t think you’ll do well at something.

11. Speak slowly.A person in authority, with authority, speaks slowly. It shows confidence.

14. Set a small goal and achieve it….  read the whole post here


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