The American Psychological Association (APA) warns that chronic stress is directly linked to at least six (and likely more) of the most common causes of death in modern America.
Longstanding stress wreaks some of its worst havoc on the glandular and endocrine systems of the thyroid and adrenals.
There are many ways that stress shows up in the body – both physically and emotionally.
There is an entire class of herbs known as adaptogens that are uniquely suited to support the body’s efforts to combat prolonged stress.
Adaptogens modulate the release of Cortisol, the “aging” hormone and help to uplift the body while simultaneously leveling it out.
10 adaptogens with powerful stress-killing potential:
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Australia’s water rats, or Rakali, are one of Australia’s beautiful but lesser-known native rodents. And these intelligent, semi-aquatic rats have revealed another talent: they are one of the only Australian mammals to safely eat toxic cane toads.
Our research, published today in Australian Mammalogy, found water rats in Western Australia adapted to hunt the highly poisonous toads less than two years after the toads moved into the rats’ territory.
The rats, which can grow to over 1kg, are the only mammal found to specifically target large toads, neatly dissecting the toads to eat their hearts and livers while avoiding the poisonous skin and glands.
“For the last 30 years, temperatures have been falling.” “From this data we can say with confidence that we are heading for another ice age.” The facts trump ‘science’.
A bookstore worker recently wrote this Facebook post describing an encounter with a “little old lady” who shocked everyone at the register. The post has since gone viral, and for good reason. Read it below.
Posted by Christine Turel
I work in a decent sized, local, indie bookstore. It’s a great job 99% of the time and a lot of our customers are pretty neat people. Anywho, middle of the day this little old lady comes up. She’s lovably kooky. She effuses how much she loves the store and how she wishes she could spend more time in it but her husband is waiting in the car ‘OH! I BETTER BUY HIM SOME CHOCOLATE!’ She piles a bunch of art supplies on the counter and then stops and tells me how my bangs are beautiful and remind her of the ocean (‘Wooooosh’ she says, making a wave gesture with her hand.
Ok. I think to myself. Awesomely happy, weird little old ladies are my favourite kind of customer. They’re thrilled about everything and they’re comfortably bananas. I can have a good time with this one. So we chat and it’s nice.
Then this kid, who’s been up my counter a few times to gather his school textbooks, comes up in line behind her (we’re connected to a major university in the city so we have a lot of harried students pass through). She turns around to him and, out of nowhere, demands that he put his textbooks on the counter. He’s confused but she explains that she’s going to buy his textbooks. He goes sheetrock white. He refuses and adamantly insists that she can’t do that. It’s like, $400 worth of textbooks. She, this tiny old woman, boldly takes them out of his hands, throws them on the counter and turns to me with an intense stare and tells me to put them on her bill. The kid at this point is practically in tears. He’s confused and shocked and grateful. Then she turns to him and says ‘you need chocolate.’ She starts grabbing handfuls of chocolates and putting them in her pile.
He keeps asking her ‘why are you doing this?’ She responds ‘Do you like Harry Potter?’ and throws a copy of the new Cursed Child on the pile too.
Finally she’s done and I ring her up for a crazy amount of money. She pays and asks me to please give the kid a few bags for his stuff. While I’m bagging up her merchandise the kid hugs her. We’re both telling her how amazing she is and what an awesome thing she’s done. She turns to both of us and says probably one of the most profound, unscripted things I’ve ever had someone say: ‘It’s important to be kind. You can’t know all the times that you’ve hurt people in tiny, significant ways. It’s easy to be cruel without meaning to be. There’s nothing you can do about that. But you can choose to be kind. Be kind.’
The kid thanks her again and leaves. I tell her again how awesome she is. She’s staring out the door after him and says to me: ‘My son is a homeless meth addict. I don’t know what I did. I see that boy and I see the man my son could have been if someone had chosen to be kind to him at just the right time.’
I’ve bagged up all her stuff and at this point am super awkward and feel like I should say something but I don’t know what. Then she turns to me and says: ‘I wish I could have bangs like that but my darn hair is just too curly.’ And leaves. And that is the story of the best customer I’ve ever had. Be kind to somebody today.
Here’s a very sobering piece from financial planner Alec Riddle, who looks at the relationship between how long you work and how long you’re likely to enjoy your retirement. Citing some interesting research, Alec argues that those who continue to work right up to the maximum retirement age tend to have shorter retirements than their peers who retire younger. This article will certainly make you think about your own retirement plans and strategy, especially if you’re like me and hoping to work until you’re 95.
(P.S. 26 June 2024 I found the original link did not work. I searched the site and found only articles supporting working longer rather than retiring earlier. Amazing what 4 years and a necessity to keep people from accessing their retirement funds will do to a story.)
This symbol signifies that the food has been treated with radiation. For the official information about it, read the Vic Govt web site: https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/healthyliving/food-irradiation.
While it is claimed that food irradiation has no adverse impact on the health of humans those who consume such foods there are instances when some animals have apparently been put to risk due to consumption of irradiated foods. Irradiated foods are not meant for animals so one must not feed livestock or pets with such foods. In some cases, animals have been diagnosed with cancer, chromosomal ailments and have died prematurely. (https://occupytheory.org/list-of-pros-and-cons-of-food-irradiation/)
WHAT!?!? Animals should not be fed irradiated foods as they have contracted cancer, chromosomal ailments or been killed and yet irradiated food is touted as safe for humans? Forgive me for being a tad sceptical here.
Mums’ magical antiviral hot lemonaid is best hot but shouldn’t be reheated.
Ingredients
4 cups hot (not boiling) water
¼ cup fresh squeezed lemon juice (or blend the entire flesh of the lemon)
2 Tbsp. raw honey (raw is important!)
½” to 1” fresh ginger root, peeled
¼ cup raw apple cider vinegar (raw is important!)
Cayenne pepper (as much as you can tolerate)
Optional: 2 cloves fresh garlic
Directions
Blend all in a high-power blender. Drink 1 cup at the first symptom of illness, and another cup every 2 hours, or as desired. Do not re-heat the elixir, as this will damage enzymes and nutrients. Drink at room temperature or cold after you refrigerate the remaining portion. It will last a week in the fridge, but you can freeze portions in canning jars for future use.
