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How to Take Care of Your Mind: Naval Ravikant’s Tips

How often—and for how long—should you meditate? What’s the best way to learn? Why should you seek to live in the present? Naval Ravikant believes that you should keep your mind conditioned to support your happiness. He asserts that, if your mind isn’t functioning well, you’ll have a harder time dealing with life circumstances. To that end, he discusses four ways to keep your mind at peak function: meditate, learn, maintain social contact, and live in the present. Keep reading for details on Ravikant’s advice on how to take care of your mind.

Gender and Health: How Do They Affect Each Other?

Is gender important to consider when thinking about health? How does gender affect health? According to Caroline Criado Perez in Invisible Women, our male-as-default mindset results in a gender data gap that harms women’s health. She discusses how this manifests in everyday products and in our healthcare system. Read below to learn how gender and health are interconnected through car crash tests and medicine.

Gender Inequality in Healthcare: What Is the Cause?

How does the gender data gap affect medicine? Why is there gender inequality in healthcare? In Invisible Women, Caroline Criado Perez contends that many people have a male-as-default mindset. This mindset creates a gender data gap in the drug creation process—meaning we don’t know how medicines affect women because we don’t test them on women. Keep reading to learn how the gender data gap affects women’s healthcare, especially with drugs and vaccines.

Why Health and Disability Insurance Are Important

What would happen to your income if you got sick or disabled? Is your employer’s health and disability insurance policy adequate? If you’re sick or injured, you can’t work. You need a plan for such circumstances. Protecting yourself financially is a vital element of having a sound financial plan. In The Wealthy Barber, David Chilton discusses health and disability insurance in this context. Keep reading for more information on this kind of financial protection and why you need it.

Why Recycling Is a Lie in 2022: Wasted Efforts

Why do people say that recycling is a lie? How does recycling harm the environment? What is the “plastic recycling lie”? Unfortunately, the answers to our changing environment aren’t as easy as increasing recycling programs or swapping out fossil fuels for renewables. Experts caution that each of these solutions brings with it its own set of problems, which, if not properly anticipated, threaten to continue—not halt—environmental destruction. Keep reading to learn more about why recycling is a lie, according to experts.

What Are the Main Causes of Malnutrition?

What are the main causes of malnutrition? Why are the poor malnourished in spite of the efforts of policymakers? In Poor Economics, MIT professors Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee discuss a well-known problem among the poor: malnutrition. They argue that this problem doesn’t stem from lack of food per se, but from lack of nutrition. In other words, the poor are not starving for calories, they are starving for nutrients. Here’s what MIT professors Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee have to say about the causes of malnutrition amongst the poor.

Duflo and Banerjee: Poverty and Healthcare Access

Do poor countries have access to healthcare? What obstacles do the poor face in accessing healthcare? Many affordable and effective healthcare resources are available to the poor, yet they don’t use them as much as they should. According to Duflo and Banerjee, the authors of Poor Economics, there are four factors affecting the poor’s approach to their healthcare. Here’s a look at poverty and healthcare access.

Breaking Your Fast: Things to Keep in Mind

How should you break your fast? What foods should you avoid eating after ending your fast? When it comes to breaking your fast, don’t be too strict on yourself. As much as possible, opt for unprocessed or minimally processed foods. But since fasting is quite hard psychologically, you should allow yourself some treats every now and then. Here are some things to keep in mind when breaking your fast.

Intermittent Fasting: Tips for Successful Weight Loss

Does intermittent fasting really work for weight loss? How long does it take to start seeing results? Intermittent fasting is a proven weight loss strategy. Unlike traditional dieting, intermittent fasting doesn’t require you to obsess over counting calories—you simply don’t eat for a certain period of time. However, you won’t start seeing immediate results—it takes a while for the body to adapt to the IF schedule. Here are some intermittent fasting tips for successful weight loss.

Fast. Feast. Repeat. by Gin Stephens: Book Overview

What is Gin Stephens’s Fast. Feast. Repeat. about? How does adopting intermittent fasting (IF) as a lifestyle help you improve your health? Fast. Feast. Repeat. is a practical self-help guide that explains intermittent fasting (IF) as a lifestyle and approach to overall well-being. Among other benefits, Gin Stephens argues that IF can help you lose weight, feel better, fight disease, and live longer. Below is a brief overview of Fast. Feast. Repeat. by Gin Stephens.