Holistic

“It is proposed that exposure to high-fat diets for long periods of time lead to insensitivity to leptin's appetite-suppressing effects, and so NPGL -- even at normal levels -- leads to weight gain and obesity, showing that the body can only do so much to keep our weight in check.”

Nothing rhymes with orange... 

As of now, there is no way to know whether the brain activation occurs in response to the reward (an item associated with smoking marijuana) or the craving (the bong image triggers craving for marijuana). “Dr. Gu and Dr. Francesca Filbey, also of the Center for BrainHealth and Bert Moore Chair at BrainHealth, are collaborating to identify -- using a new computational model -- the exact regions of the brain that encode craving.” This is EXCITING research!

“Children who actively solicited their dogs to come and be pet or stroked had lower cortisol levels compared to children who engaged their dogs less [...] Because we know that learning to deal with stress in childhood has lifelong consequences for emotional health and well-being, we need to better understand what works to buffer those stress responses early in life.”

ENERGY-BOOSTING & MIND-FOCUSING

“The scientists found that female rats given a Western diet in the weeks leading up to pregnancy, during pregnancy and during nursing had offspring more prone to obesity at birth, during early adolescence and -- many months later -- through adulthood.” 

"By the same token, we may one day learn that enhancing this top-down control might be a way of regulating meal size without interfering with baseline appetite or with the pleasure of taking the first bite of something delicious."

Socio-environmental factors assessed during the study: home environment, maternal depression, parental education and socio-economic status, were found to be linked to the child’s cognitive abilities during development. 

Coconut water, oatmeal, coconut milk

Fruits & flowers

One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things. - Henry Miller

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Smoothie: mango, papaya, strawberry