If you are just discovering the benefits of smoothies and other liquid nutrition, it can be hard to get your head around the price tag of some of the high powered blenders. But at least in the beginning, this isn’t really something to worry about. Apply a few of the ideas below and you should be … [Read more...] about Getting More Power from Your Blender
Liquid Nutrition: Keeping It Smoothie
The timing of our meals can have a major effect on how we feel and perform – particularly as we prepare to start the day. But what if your stomach isn’t really a “morning person?” Just as with the issue of what we should eat, there are a huge number of competing theories on when to eat it. These … [Read more...] about Liquid Nutrition: Keeping It Smoothie
Brain Power: Adding Some Extra Watts
Until recently, we generally assumed brain function was genetically inherited and hard-wired, but new research supported by advanced scanning techniques is revealing the old gray matter has a lot more muscle than we believed. If you’ve ever thought of yourself as not being good at math or perhaps … [Read more...] about Brain Power: Adding Some Extra Watts
The Search for Happiness and Joy 1
The quest for happiness and joy is as old as humanity itself, or possibly far, far older, depending on how much self-awareness you believe is needed to appreciate these things. Either way, it’s been kind of a long time. Which makes you wonder why we don’t already have a huge world surplus of both of … [Read more...] about The Search for Happiness and Joy 1
New Sort of Direction for Slow Dude
I’ve decided to make a few changes to Slow dude to help me refine its focus and look at particular areas in a more detailed and real way. So far, it has largely been a collection of travel, health, productivity and personal insight type posts, basically whatever was foremost in my mind when I sat … [Read more...] about New Sort of Direction for Slow Dude
So, I Like Walking in Stormy Weather…
Since writing my post about later day walking, I’ve also confirmed that I really like walking in the rain, particularly stormy type rain. But even ominously darkening skies are good. I think the main appeal of walking later in the day is the world becomes calmer and more coherent. There is basically … [Read more...] about So, I Like Walking in Stormy Weather…
How Healthy Is Frozen Food Really?
We all know the best way to eat produce is straight from the garden or farm. Nutrients start to break down when fruit and vegetables are harvested, with C and some B vitamins such as thiamin decreasing particularly quickly. So the fresher they are the better. Eating food grown under local conditions … [Read more...] about How Healthy Is Frozen Food Really?
More Thoughts on Who You Really Are
Since I wrote my original post about the power of asking yourself who you are, at a core, heart kind of level, I’ve had some really useful feedback and also reexamined the idea myself from a few different angles. Mostly the feedback was along the lines of how should I start to answer that, can I … [Read more...] about More Thoughts on Who You Really Are
So Spinach Does Make You Stronger…
With an increasing number of athletes posting top-level results on plant-based diets, there is growing interest in just how they are able to maintain and even improve strength. The list is long but it’s hard to argue with the achievements of elite triathletes like Richard Roll and Brendan Brazier or … [Read more...] about So Spinach Does Make You Stronger…
What Went Right in 2017, Pt. 3 Learning
This is the final section in my review of things that went well for me in 2017. Part 1 covers health and part 2 focus, and here I plan to look at my efforts to bring a little more direction to my learning practices. Despite various attempts over the years, I’ve only started to make real progress in … [Read more...] about What Went Right in 2017, Pt. 3 Learning
