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How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy
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Turn Left At Orion: Hundreds of Night Sky Objects to See in a Home Telescope - and How to Find Them (Hundreds of Night Sky Objects to See in a Home Telescope – and How to Find Them)
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Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World
Paul Stamets
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How to Decide: Simple Tools for Making Better Choices
Annie Duke and Penguin Audio
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The Longevity Diet: Discover the New Science Behind Stem Cell Activation and Regeneration to Slow Aging, Fight Disease, and Optimize Weight
Valter Longo
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The Circadian Code: Lose Weight, Supercharge Your Energy, and Transform Your Health from Morning to Midnight
Satchin Panda PhD
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Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English
John McWhorter
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The Art of Statistics: How to Learn from Data
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope (P.S.)
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Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
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Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
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ppsonJan 22, 2021
spacecity1971onDec 9, 2018
GlenchonJuly 25, 2020
Apparently when fasting (or fasting mimicing) our bodies start burning fat cells, removing old unused white blood cells, generating stem cells, and a lot more. In a study with monkeys, the group that was fed 25% fewer calories ended up living a lot longer and having fewer diseases. Longo advocates doing a fast-like diet for a week twice a year in healthy people and potentially more for people with certain health issues.
ppsonJuly 2, 2019
HelenePhisheronJan 24, 2019
I read both books - "How not to die" (Greger) and "the Longevity Diet" - and I thought about their opinions as well. ATM I tend to stick to good oils from plants as well as nuts. Greger is not very convincing - mostly because he suggests nuts as well, and a good produced oil (like extra virgine olive oil) does not loose much nutritional value. I don't care about reduced antioxidants in oil if I combine it with greens that have loads of them.