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More alertness 🧘🏻‍♀️, less distractions

10x your mind • 139 implied HN points • 08 Sep 22
🏥 Health & Wellness Mental well-being
  1. Implement 4-7-8 breathing technique for relaxation and mental sharpness; it's versatile and quick.
  2. Combat sleep inertia by waking up at the end of a sleep cycle, maintaining consistency, and letting in natural light to increase alertness in the mornings.
  3. Utilize tools like Forest app to focus on tasks, Todoist for decluttering your mind with to-do lists, and Calm app for recharging your mind with meditation and sleep aid.

Vitamin A

Harnessing the Power of Nutrients • 219 implied HN points • 27 Jun 22
🏥 Health & Wellness Nutrition Supplementation Toxicity Symptoms Prevention
  1. Vitamin A is crucial for multiple bodily functions including maintaining moist eyes, smooth skin, strong immunity, healthy vision, and sleep.
  2. Vitamin A is important for vision as it helps the eyes sense light and transmit signals to the brain, impacting both night and day vision.
  3. Getting enough vitamin A from foods involves understanding the difference between plant and animal forms, the need for fats to aid absorption, potential deficiencies and toxicity risks, and how to adjust intake based on dietary preferences or requirements.

New Month, New Quarter

Day One • 778 implied HN points • 01 Apr 20
🏥 Health & Wellness Self-Improvement Productivity
  1. Welcome to a new month and a new quarter, where there will be changes in the newsletter and a shift to a weekly schedule on Substack.
  2. Achieving success isn't just about putting in 10,000 hours but rather focusing on taking action and letting it consume you for mastery in a skill.
  3. Having a million ideas is great, but taking action is what truly matters in achieving your goals.

Why We Should End Routine Weigh-Ins

Weight and Healthcare • 239 implied HN points • 06 Apr 22
🏥 Health & Wellness Body positivity Medical Practices Weight Stigma Healthcare Ethics Informed consent
  1. Routine weigh-ins at healthcare facilities can be harmful, especially for fat patients and those with eating disorders, leading to missed screenings and late diagnoses.
  2. The emphasis on weight by healthcare providers can overshadow addressing actual health concerns, and the practice may be fueled by profit motives in the weight loss industry.
  3. Healthcare providers should reconsider the necessity of routine weigh-ins, promote weight-neutral care, and provide options for patients to refuse weigh-ins.
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‘Our boys didn’t die in vain’ syndrome

10x your mind • 99 implied HN points • 08 Dec 22
🏥 Health & Wellness Self-Improvement Mental health Personal Development
  1. In various aspects of life, people tend to continue with actions or projects even when it is clear that they are not yielding positive results. This mentality of persisting to prove that initial efforts were not in vain can be detrimental and should be avoided.
  2. Admitting mistakes and making necessary changes is crucial for personal and professional growth. It is essential to recognize when it's time to pivot, reframe problems, or let go of unproductive situations.
  3. It is never too late to make positive changes, whether in work or personal life. Recognizing when to quit something toxic or unproductive is empowering and can lead to better outcomes in the long run.

Sequencing is Dead...?

ASeq Newsletter • 36 implied HN points • 27 Jun 25
🏥 Health & Wellness Healthcare Diagnostics Genetics Patient rights Market Trends
  1. Getting standard diagnostic tests, like a CT scan, can be easy, but getting more complex tests, especially for specific conditions, can be very hard and take a long time.
  2. There's a noticeable difference in how quickly patients can access basic medical procedures versus advanced genetic testing, which can be frustrating.
  3. Investors seem unsure about the future of sequencing companies, especially since many of them are not making profits or showing much growth.

What's So Great About Marriage?

Fake Noûs • 312 implied HN points • 30 Sep 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Marriage Benefits
  1. Skepticism and humor around the concept of marriage is common, but many people still take marriage vows seriously.
  2. Marriage serves important social functions like providing stable child-rearing environments and reducing social strife.
  3. Getting married can offer personal benefits like longevity, happiness, and financial savings, along with legal and social recognition.

DIY Psychological Parts-Work: A Hacker’s Guide to IFS and Entactogens (20/30)

psychotechnology • 8 implied HN points • 21 Nov 25
🏥 Health & Wellness Mental health Psychotherapy Psychedelics Self-help Neuroscience
  1. The mind is made of semi-independent parts or subagents that have their own ages, goals, and roles, and you can learn to notice and talk to them to get clearer answers about how you feel.
  2. Cultivate your inner system like a garden: practice parts-work sober first, develop your own simple ways of classifying and communicating with parts, and use what fits your mind.
  3. Entactogens (like MDMA) can make parts-work more plastic and compassionate while psychedelics may cause bigger, riskier reorganizations, so approach drug-assisted work cautiously and seek professional help if things get destabilized.

Correlation vs Causation Errors are Killing Fat Patients

Weight and Healthcare • 299 implied HN points • 15 Dec 21
🏥 Health & Wellness Research Methods Weight Loss Stigma Body positivity
  1. Correlation does not equal causation. Just because two things happen together doesn't mean one causes the other.
  2. Research on weight and health often overlooks confounding variables like weight stigma, weight cycling, and healthcare inequality.
  3. Assuming higher weight causes health issues has led to harmful practices, like the weight loss industry profiting from perpetuating weight stigma and promoting ineffective solutions.

Unwinable Situations

Ways of Working • 58 implied HN points • 21 Oct 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Mental health Relationships Personal Growth Work-life balance Self-care
  1. Don't stay in a job you hate, even if it pays well. It can lead to unhappiness and conflict with your values.
  2. Avoid investing in one-sided relationships. Trying to change someone who doesn't reciprocate will lead to resentment.
  3. Accept technological advancements instead of trying to stop them. Embrace change and find your own path within it.

Meeting my vacation self

The Next Chapter • 2 implied HN points • 23 Jan 26
🏥 Health & Wellness Mental health Self-care Mindfulness Work Life Stress management
  1. People often have two parts: a perfectionist “home” self that plans and a relaxed “vacation” self that savors the moment. Both sides are valid and can conflict.
  2. Rather than trying to pick a winner, engage both selves and make space for an easy conversation between them. Each perspective brings useful energy—one pushes to explore and the other helps you rest.
  3. When setbacks happen, use them to recalibrate instead of leaning into shame or fear. Letting both selves co-lead daily routines helps you be more rested and still get things done.

Why Do BRCA Mutations Cause Breast Cancer?

Holodoxa • 59 implied HN points • 16 Oct 23
🏥 Health & Wellness
  1. Organotropism in cancer refers to the specific organs that certain mutations are more likely to affect, shedding light on the complexity of cancer development.
  2. BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations have distinct clinical presentations, with BRCA1 mutations associated with more aggressive disease and poorer outcomes.
  3. Interpretation of genetic data, like BRCA mutations, is challenging, but advancements in understanding variant effects can improve risk assessment for hereditary cancer.

How To Ruin a Massage in 22 Carefully Plotted Steps

The Reclamation Era • 59 implied HN points • 09 Oct 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Self-care Mental health Parenting Personal narrative
  1. Many people struggle to fully enjoy self-care activities, like massages, because their minds are racing with thoughts. Instead of relaxing, they often find themselves worrying about the time left and what comes next.
  2. Using distractions, like thinking about past experiences or future pleasures, can prevent someone from truly being present during enjoyable moments. This makes it harder to savor the experience.
  3. Finding ways to manage anxious thoughts can help people enjoy self-care more. For example, recognizing that it's okay to let thoughts come and go can improve relaxation.

Sunday Brunch for March 31

Xavi Benjamin • 19 implied HN points • 31 Mar 24
🏥 Health & Wellness Personal Growth Self-reflection Mental health
  1. The author shares a personal story about struggling with celebrating birthdays and feeling worthy of attention.
  2. Reflecting on a situation where someone else was uncomfortable during a birthday celebration helped the author realize their own feelings.
  3. The author encourages readers to recognize their self-worth and embrace celebrating themselves, despite any internal struggles.

Predictive Paradigm: Inner Shaolin (pt. II)

10-year Horizon • 39 implied HN points • 18 Jan 24
🏥 Health & Wellness Mental health Self-care Physical health
  1. The author shares a new approach to managing tension in the body, called Inner Move #21.
  2. Inner Move #21 involves acknowledging and accepting tension, separating it from reactions, and recognizing it as a primitive predictive system.
  3. By reassuring the primal system of tension and building alliances within oneself, one can ease tension and create pathways for communication within the body.

Navigating the Fourth Wave of the Pandemic: Questions Employers Must Address

Workforce Futurist by Andy Spence • 341 implied HN points • 02 Aug 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Mental health Workforce Economic Impact Burnout Pandemic
  1. The lasting repercussions of the pandemic on the workforce are now being felt, with a focus on mental illness, economic injury, and burnout.
  2. The first three waves of the pandemic brought devastating impacts on health systems and mortality rates globally.
  3. Employers must address workforce challenges arising from illness, burnout, and economic inactivity by making smart decisions and implementing evidence-based solutions.

It's the Diets That Fail, Not the Patients They Are Prescribed To

Weight and Healthcare • 319 implied HN points • 27 Oct 21
🏥 Health & Wellness Weight Loss Body Image Health Risks Societal Impact
  1. Diets often fail, with studies showing a high failure rate around 95%, despite patients' efforts.
  2. Weight loss interventions can lead to biological changes that promote weight regain, indicating a flaw in the approach.
  3. Healthy habits, rather than weight loss, show significant health benefits regardless of BMI, challenging the common belief in weight loss as the key to health.

Does Fatness Really Cost the Workplace $73 Billion a Year? A Weight Loss Company Wants You To Think So

Weight and Healthcare • 239 implied HN points • 12 Mar 22
🏥 Health & Wellness Weight Science Diet Industry Obesity Fat Activism
  1. A weight loss company used a study to push for lap band surgeries by exaggerating the cost of workplace 'fatness'.
  2. The study funding source being a pharmaceutical company raised concerns about biased results.
  3. Issues in the study include unreliable self-reported data, flawed statistical analysis, and assumptions linking productivity loss to weight.

Does Using Social Media Cause Mental Health Problems?

Mind & Mythos • 119 implied HN points • 11 Feb 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Mental health Social media Psychology Research Wellness
  1. Using social media doesn't seem to cause more mental health issues, according to a large study.
  2. The research looked at many studies and found no strong link between smartphone use and negative mental health effects.
  3. It's important to keep exploring how social media affects people since the findings can be different in various situations.

Befriending Stress

10x your mind • 59 implied HN points • 29 Jun 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Stress management Physical health Self-care
  1. Stress can be reframed as a challenge rather than a threat, similar to how a lion perceives the chase differently from a gazelle.
  2. Accepting and acknowledging stress can prepare the mind to tackle it effectively and find solutions.
  3. Focus on what you can control when addressing stress, taking action on the most impactful steps within your reach.

Back to the Heart Attack Diet

The Heart Attack Diet • 59 implied HN points • 28 Jul 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Diet Weight Loss Metabolism Carbohydrates Alcohol
  1. The author experimented with different diets and observed a notable difference in how their body reacted to various types of food, indicating a potential issue with carbohydrate metabolism.
  2. Avoiding certain substances like PUFAs and sulphites, while consuming normal foods ad lib, seemed to aid in weight loss and maintenance effortlessly.
  3. The author's experience suggests that certain dietary restrictions and nutritional adjustments can have a significant impact on overall well-being, showcasing the importance of investigating individual metabolic responses to food.

Fixing burnouts — 7 types of rest

10x your mind • 59 implied HN points • 22 Jun 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Rest Burnout Emotional Social
  1. There are seven different types of rest that humans need: physical, mental, sensory, creative, emotional, social, and spiritual.
  2. Recognize the signs of each type of rest needed, like feeling physically exhausted for physical rest or lacking new ideas for creative rest, and find appropriate remedies.
  3. Prioritize taking care of yourself by understanding and fulfilling the various types of rest that you require for a more rested and revitalized self.

carpal tunnel syndrome

the rohn report • 59 implied HN points • 01 Jun 23
🏥 Health & Wellness
  1. The author is taking a break from writing due to carpal tunnel syndrome, experiencing pain and numbness when using the computer.
  2. The carpal tunnel issues seemed to come suddenly, but the conditions for it may have been developing for some time.
  3. The author is seeking help from doctors, acupuncturists, and their own healing techniques, expecting the issue to be resolved soon.

Calories In, Calories Out

The Heart Attack Diet • 59 implied HN points • 09 Aug 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Nutrition Weight management Obesity Metabolism Appetite
  1. Calories In, Calories Out concept is often misunderstood. It's about the balance of calories consumed and calories burned.
  2. Obesity can be a complex issue influenced by various factors like appetite and metabolism. Some individuals struggle with constant hunger which leads to overeating.
  3. Understanding the reasons behind abnormal eating patterns and appetite can help in addressing obesity and finding solutions.

ex150ish Redux : Headache City

The Heart Attack Diet • 59 implied HN points • 28 Jun 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Nutrition Weight Loss Mental health Fitness Diet
  1. Following a strict diet like ex150ish can have different effects on energy levels and health.
  2. Headaches and other symptoms can occur when transitioning to a new diet, like ex150ish, but they may not always be related to the diet itself.
  3. Sharing personal experiences and documenting progress can be helpful for oneself and potentially for others who might be on a similar journey.

Clear your mind the ‘write’ way

10x your mind • 59 implied HN points • 13 Jul 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Mindfulness Stress management Creativity Productivity Social Connections
  1. Utilize mind dumping to declutter your thoughts, reduce stress, and regain focus by letting all your thoughts out on paper or screen.
  2. Try free writing to tap into your creativity, explore your thoughts, and overcome writer's block by letting your ideas flow without judgment or editing.
  3. Engage in action-oriented writing to regain control, prioritize tasks, and make progress toward your goals by following a structured approach after a mind dump.

Tripping Towards Self-Love: Psychedelics & Body Dysmorphic Disorder

Tripsitter • 59 implied HN points • 04 Aug 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Psychedelics Eating Disorders Mental health Therapies
  1. Body dysmorphic disorder is a serious condition with limited treatment options, but psychedelics might offer a new, promising avenue for treatment.
  2. Classic psychedelics like psilocybin, LSD, and ayahuasca have shown potential in disrupting thought patterns and providing relief to obsessive thoughts associated with body dysmorphic disorder.
  3. There is a need for more research and clinical trials to explore the effectiveness of psychedelics in treating body dysmorphic disorder and related body image issues.

Another Go

The Heart Attack Diet • 59 implied HN points • 11 Aug 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Nutrition Weight Loss Wellness Energy Levels
  1. The author is trying a new diet called heart-attack-keto that focuses on low carb intake and avoiding certain foods.
  2. They are monitoring aspects like water-weight loss, energy levels, and actual body fat weight loss to see the diet's effectiveness.
  3. The author is committed to sticking with the heart-attack-keto diet for as long as it makes sense, but is open to switching back to their previous diet if needed.

Why and How to Identify your Purpose

The Leadership Lab • 59 implied HN points • 05 Oct 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Purpose Consciousness Emotional Intelligence
  1. Purpose is not a fixed lifelong quest, but can change based on where you are in life; it's about living with intention.
  2. Identifying your purpose provides a bigger anchor beyond daily success, keeping you focused on living it each moment.
  3. Purpose involves who you are, what you do, and how you impact the world; it's a holistic journey, not just a destination.

Boosting productivity with the FUI framework

10x your mind • 59 implied HN points • 20 Jul 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Productivity Mindfulness Self-care Time management Motivation
  1. Boost productivity with the FUI framework by creating a table with columns 'What', 'Why', 'F', 'U', and 'I' to prioritize tasks.
  2. Focus on tasks that are feasible, urgent, and important (FUI) to achieve maximum productivity.
  3. Take breaks, stay hydrated, and celebrate accomplishments to maintain motivation and productivity throughout the day.

How Much Protein?

The Heart Attack Diet • 59 implied HN points • 05 Sep 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Nutrition Fitness Medical
  1. Getting adequate protein is crucial for preventing deficiency diseases and maintaining overall health
  2. The recommended daily protein intake is 0.8 grams per kilogram of body weight to prevent deficiency
  3. Symptoms of protein deficiency include muscle loss, fatigue, cravings, bone issues, slow healing, weight gain, and hair/nail problems

The Test of the Mom Jabbar

The Heart Attack Diet • 59 implied HN points • 21 Sep 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Nutrition Weight Loss Physical health Mental health
  1. The author is visiting family and indulging in delicious home-cooked food without worrying about weight or strict diets.
  2. The author is experimenting with tracking body temperature and thyroid dose instead of weight to see how it affects energy levels and weight.
  3. There is a sense of curiosity and openness to different outcomes regarding weight and health, with a mix of expectation and uncertainty.