The First Space Jump
• This is an amazing 3-minute video from 1960 on the first person to do a parachute jump from. outer. space. As you watch the video footage, you see and hear an interview with the man that did the jump.
Fries and Chips
• Somewhat technical blog post about an article describing the most fattening foods. Apparently French fries and potato chips are at the top of the list. BUT do not lump all potatoes in that category. Mashed and boiled potatoes are much further down the list. Its about the processing and the coupling with fat.
• If you cool potatoes and reheat to eat them, they have more resistant starch (like fiber, feeds gut bacteria) and a lower glycemic index. You can even use potato starch in place of flour or cornstarch in recipes. Apparently adding a bit to scrambled eggs makes them fluffy and very difficult to overcook.
Women in Healthcare
• Interesting article on the prominent role women had in medicine in medieval times, and the sad lack of historical record of this work.
• “Research by the American historian Monica H Green shows that, while women in the Middle Ages clearly provided essential healthcare services, their labour then, as now, was virtually invisible to anyone looking only to official records.”
• “And, if the majority of medieval medicine was preventative, and women controlled the means of domestic production and reproduction – food, sleep, hygiene and emotional wellbeing – then in some real sense women were the greatest threat to a medical elite who sought to elevate their own practices and differentiate them from common household chores.” ((What happened to this emphasis on preventive medicine?))
• “We know about Ida of Leuven, who pierced the dying man’s tumour to revive him, because a small community of followers venerated her as an unofficial saint and recorded her feats of charitable care and cure after her death, first in orally circulating stories, then later in writing. The deep history of care might suggest to us that we desist in waiting until caregivers are gone before we recognise their labour, build their shrines, tell their stories.”
Big Bend
• New album from Explosions in the Sky, Big Bend. A cool vinyl too.
Wall Balls
• If you are looking for a less than 10 minute workout, try the straightforward CrossFit Karen. It is simply 150 reps of wall balls. You can pick up anything around the house that won’t hurt if it hits you in the face on the way down. Do a squat and throw the object up to about 8-10 feet on a wall. I usually do this outside of course.
• If you have a medicine ball that’s great, but you can use a basketball or any other item. See how fast you can do it.
• Don’t forget also about the Daily Workouts on practiceofwellness.com.
Top Ten Books
• This monster list of top ten lists from the Guardian. Each list is surprisingly specific. Top ten books on urban legends, lies and liars, silence, self-reinvention, tumultuous times. More than 900 different lists!
Snacks
Do Buy
Keto Fudge Brownie Mix by Keto and Co
88 Acres, Banana Bread High Protein Bar
Keto Krisp, Protein Bar Chocolate Raspberry
Don’t Buy
KOS Natural Pre Workout Powder – Blue Raspberry Flavored Blue Spirulina Blend
Quest Nutrition Cookies & Cream Hero Bar
Quote
“This being human is a guest house. Every morning is a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor…Welcome and entertain them all. Treat each guest honorably. The dark thought, the shame, the malice, meet them at the door laughing, and invite them in. Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.”
“Sorrow prepares you for joy. It violently sweeps everything out of your house, so that new joy can find space to enter. It shakes the yellow leaves from the bough of your heart, so that fresh, green leaves can grow in their place. It pulls up the rotten roots, so that new roots hidden beneath have room to grow. Whatever sorrow shakes from your heart, far better things will take their place.”
– Rumi
