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Eat to 3/4 full! And other tips from 1,000+ years ago (Maimonides)

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Chapter 4 of the ancient Jewish text Hilchot De’ot by Maimonides (AKA Rambam) has some surprisingly insightful recommendations for diet, rest, and overall health. Key Recommendations: Sleep: Balance: Eating: Mental State: Hygene: Exercise: Summary: Balance in Health: A person should aim for moderation in eating, drinking, and physical activity (not too much or too little) […]

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What are seed oils and why are they bad?

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One of the most common questions I get is: “What are seed oils?” So first off, here’s a list of the most common seed oils: NOTE: Margarine is also made from seed oils, and to make it worse, they’re hydrogenated (trans-fat). Avoid margarine. This includes Earth Balance and anything labeled “Plant Butter.” Plants don’t make butter. They’re

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How to NOT GET SICK

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Here’s how to avoid catching the common cold or whatever’s going around your office. And minimize how often you get sick. The body is always healing and good health is our default. Disease happens when something gets in the way of that default. The key breakthrough is taking daily Quercetin, Bromelian, and Zinc. But it’s

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Vitamins I take (My Stack) 2025

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It’s a simple, yet significant discipline to start improving yourself, create order, and build the future. Taking vitamins daily is the “keystone habit” upon which all other health practices are built.  Daily Supplements: Adults: take daily with food. For optimal effectiveness, separate into 2 batches taken with 2 different meals (breakfast and lunch, for example).

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What to eat

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Most of what we’ve been told is wrong. Here’s what to eat and what to avoid for optimal health: Eat Don’t worry about fat. It’s an important and healthy macronutrient. Yes that includes Saturated fat – it’s good for you. What you’ve been told is wrong 😊. You don’t need grains, but if you enjoy

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How to: Replace anxiety with relaxed vigilance (parasympatchetic activation)

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Root Cause Being stuck in “fight or flight” response. Body/mind builds a reflex habit to react from a place of fear/worry/stress instead of calm Approach We can retrain/replace our habit of dealing with stress/anxiety with relaxed vigilance – nervous system self regulation. We accidentally train ourselves to hold stress in difficult situations. Instead, we just

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Eczema and dry skin

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Root cause: Inflammatory response due to diet or skin contact with soaps or chemicals  Approach Look at diet first. Dairy (most common from what I’ve seen). Tomatoes-nightshades. Plants in general contain defense chemicals and can cause reactions.  Note on dairy – pasteurized dairy (cooked) causes many reactions. The cooking kills the enzymes that help you

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