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"I hope whatever you're doing, / you're stopping now and then / and / not doing it at all." - How To Change Your Mind, Michael Pollan
A Good Podcast: The Drive with Tom Catena, M.D.
“I think maybe the modus operandi of my life is always looking for, what’s the opposite of greener pastures? Browner pastures (laughs)”
That’s a quote from guest Tom Catena, M.D., the only physician working in the Nubah Mountains in Sudan, where a civil war has raged for over a decade, devastating the community, injuring thousands and taking countless lives. If it sounds like this episode is going to be a depressing one, it’s far from it. On the contrary it’s quite up-lifting.
A Good Book - Food Fix: How to Save Our Health, Our Economy, Our Communities, and Our Planet--One Bite at a Time, by Mark Hyman, M.D.
This book, first read in 2020, marks the beginning of my interest to better understand the impacts that the food system and food policies have on our health. Prior to reading this book (and subsequently The Omnivores Dilemma), I never considered how things like subsidizing grain farmers and the prevalence of food deserts (amongst many other factors) contributed to the growing health epidemic. Food Fix is a good primer for anyone interested in learning more about these topics and how the system is designed (intentionally or not) to keep people sick.
A Good Article: Six Factors That Affect Glucose Besides Food
Last week I started wearing a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) for the first time in my life. I had been thinking about it for over a year and was finally pushed over the edge by this article by Peter Attia, MD. I’m less than a week into wearing it and I’ve been fascinated at the variations in my glucose. Since I’ve been immersing myself in the data, I found this article interesting. The two most surprising non-food items to me? Sunlight exposure and environmental toxins (yikes).
Workout this Week: Try This Workout
5 exercises. 5 minutes. 1 kettlebell.
Progression I of a 4 part progression series.
