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How To Exercise For Maximum Longevity

Health / 02 May, 2020 / Leave a Comment
Weight-training for a long life
  1. Walk fast for a total of one hour every day
  2. Take the stairs instead of the escalator or elevator
  3. On weekends, walk as much as you can, even faraway places (try to avoid polluted areas)
  4. Do moderate exercise for 2.5 hours every week, with some of it in the vigorous/fast pulse range
  5. Use weight-training or weight-free exercises to strengthen all muscles
  6. To maximize muscle-growth consume at least 30 grams of protein in a single low-carb meal 1-2 hours after an intensive weight-training session

From the “How to stay young” series by Dr. Valter Longo

What You Can Do Against Climate Change

Lifestyle / 02 May, 2020 / Leave a Comment
Climate Change infographic

The most important thing is your awareness.

Know which of your actions conctribute to greenhouse gas emissions the most. If you dare, educate others. Don’t feel you have to do it all. Start with a few easy habits to implement (e.g. not buying water in plastic bottles, bringing reusable grocery bags when you go shopping and actually eat the food you buy.) Then move on to the bigger things.

the problem: manufacturing

  • Use less plastic products (bags, bottles, packaging)
  • Make less trash/throw away less that results in more landfills; recycle as much as you can
  • Replace non-recyclable plastic products in your household with sustainable ones
  • Make your own products at home (e.g. balms, cleaners, deodorant)
  • Drink tap instead of bottled water
  • Don’t get coffee in to-go cups
  • Buy less
  • If you buy, try to go second-hand
  • Make more yourself

the problem: energy generation

  • Live in a smaller space
  • Reduce the amount of electricity, water, and heat you use
  • Try to set up your home with energy from a renewable resource (e.g solar energy or groundwater heat)
  • Ditch your dryer (for all the Americans out there); the rest of the worlds survives with the earth-friendly alternative called a drying rack
  • Replace your traditional light bulbs with LEDs
  • Wash your laundry at 30 or 40 degrees Celsius, instead of 60.

the problem: transportation

  • Use your car less: walk or ride your bike
  • Fly less
  • Use more public transportation/shared rides
  • Don’t eat “fly-fruit” and “fly-veggies” (produce that is imported by plane)
  • Purchase products that were made in your country/on your continent

the problem: Agriculture

  • Throw away less food
  • Buy food that was grown locally and is in season
  • Eat less cow products (beef, milk and cheese)
  • If you buy meat, chose organic and local

+ more

  • Shop via smile.amazon.com and chose an environmental charity to donate the proceeds to
  • Consider Ecosia for web searches
  • Plant a tree
  • Let someone plant a tree for you (e.g. with Plant Fot The Planet)
  • Buy a Co2-compensation certificate (e.g. from Atmosfair)
  • Donate to an environmental charity (great companies that actually use donated funds for projects and not to run the organization itself are Atmosfair, BUND, Greenpeace and WWF)

The Problems Of Humanity And How To Solve Them

Lifestyle / 02 May, 2020 / Leave a Comment

1. terrorism

the Reason

Materialism; A feeling of separateness; Newtonian thinking based on the belief that everything consists of matter and therefore cannot explain the existence of consciousness.

The solution

Seeing the connection of everything; The knowledge if quantum intelligence and that there is an web of information and energy that everything in this universe is part of.

2. climate change

the reason

Greed; “l’ll be happy when”-syndrome; looking for happiness outside of yourself; wanting to be comfortable at all costs; comparison with others; competitiveness

The solution

Knowing that nothing outside of you (things, people or experiences) can complete you or make your happy for more than a short amount if time. Appreciate all that you have; reduce your consumerism; up-level the awareness of your own actions and their effect on your surrounding. Do something about it.

Inspired by “ZIVA Meditation”-owner Emily Fletcher

The Best Hacks Against Anxiety

Psychology / 09 May, 2020 / Leave a Comment

wet mouth trick

A dry mouth is a danger sign for your body. Drink something or swoosh some saliva around in your mouth.

Warm hands

Make sure to hold something warm. The easiest way is a nice, hot cup of water tea.

Breath

Pay attention to your breath and breathe deeply and slowly.

Say the opposite

Say the opposite of what you are thinking. Example: Turn “I can’t do this” into “I can do this.”

Don’t identify

Don’t tell yourself “I’m anxious.” Say instead “I am experiencing anxiety right now”.

remember death

Know that nothing matters that much because everything is better than being dead.