Hans

Hans

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🥬 plant-fueled & science-led polymath w/ a tech edge 🏞️ nature’s my gym 👨‍🍳 kitchen’s my lab 📋 evidence-based nutritarian 🧄 optimizing diet & life through science 🧑‍🌾 permaculture fan 🧘‍♂️ naturalist humanist ✨ self-directed democratic schooling advocate 🐾dog dad

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Fascinating: The more participants diagnosed with early #Dementia #Alzheimers or #MildCognitiveImpairment adhered to a 🌱 #PlantBasedDiet & other lifestyle changes, the better their cognitive outcomes. This #Research by #DeanOrnish is the first randomized controlled trial of its kind. #HealthyAging 🤘

nutritionfacts.orgCan Alzheimer’s Disease Be Reversed with a Plant-Based Diet? | NutritionFacts.orgDr. Dean Ornish publishes the first randomized controlled trial investigating whether a plant-based diet and lifestyle program may reverse the course of early-stage Alzheimer's disease.

@rippple.app could you please implement the Deep Linking to Infuse Library Items that was released with the latest Infuse update 🙏 A settings checkbox enables it & if there is no good place to put the Infuse play button, it could just live under the share menu. Curious to hear your thought!

support.firecore.comAPI for Third-Party Apps & ServicesOverviewDevelopers of third-party apps and services can leverage Infuse's powerful video playback features to play, bookmark, and download videos using flexible URL schemes. Support for x-callback ...

Let’s just all live the #WholePlantBased 🌱 lifestyle 🤗 or at least work towards it. That way you can free yourself from #TransFats worries & you’ll give your body the nutrients to stay healthy & avoid cultivating #LifestyleDiseases

WHO@who.int

A recent WHO study found that every 2% increase in energy intake from #TransFats significantly raises the risk of: 💔 heart disease by 25% 😐 death from any cause by 14% Learn more 🔗 bit.ly/42oIBG3

A simple text prompt 🔀 connected to a collage of various AI image/video models can make it easy to compare results and pick which works best for you. It won't fix "bad" prompting, rather exacerbate the costs.

Fascinating: The more participants diagnosed with early #Dementia #Alzheimers or #MildCognitiveImpairment adhered to a 🌱 #PlantBasedDiet & other lifestyle changes, the better their cognitive outcomes. This #Research by #DeanOrnish is the first randomized controlled trial of its kind. #HealthyAging 🤘

nutritionfacts.orgCan Alzheimer’s Disease Be Reversed with a Plant-Based Diet? | NutritionFacts.orgDr. Dean Ornish publishes the first randomized controlled trial investigating whether a plant-based diet and lifestyle program may reverse the course of early-stage Alzheimer's disease.

Fascinating: The more participants diagnosed with early #Dementia #Alzheimers or #MildCognitiveImpairment adhered to a 🌱 #PlantBasedDiet & other lifestyle changes, the better their cognitive outcomes. This #Research by #DeanOrnish is the first randomized controlled trial of its kind. #HealthyAging 🤘

nutritionfacts.orgCan Alzheimer’s Disease Be Reversed with a Plant-Based Diet? | NutritionFacts.orgDr. Dean Ornish publishes the first randomized controlled trial investigating whether a plant-based diet and lifestyle program may reverse the course of early-stage Alzheimer's disease.

Fascinating: The more participants diagnosed with early #Dementia #Alzheimers or #MildCognitiveImpairment adhered to a 🌱 #PlantBasedDiet & other lifestyle changes, the better their cognitive outcomes. This #Research by #DeanOrnish is the first randomized controlled trial of its kind. #HealthyAging 🤘

nutritionfacts.orgCan Alzheimer’s Disease Be Reversed with a Plant-Based Diet? | NutritionFacts.orgDr. Dean Ornish publishes the first randomized controlled trial investigating whether a plant-based diet and lifestyle program may reverse the course of early-stage Alzheimer's disease.

A low-fat #Vegan / #PlantBasedDiet 🌱 reduces dietary glycation (AGEs)…their accumulation is linked to #Inflamation, #OxidativeStress, #Aging, #InsulinResistance, #ChronicDiseases & effectively promotes #WeightLoss, specifically of visceral fat. The #MediterraneanDiet had none of these benefits.

frontiersin.orgFrontiers | Dietary advanced glycation end-products and their associations with body weight on a Mediterranean diet and low-fat vegan diet: a randomized, cross-over trialObjec�ve: Evidence suggests that changes in dietary advanced glyca�on end-products (AGEs) may influence body weight, but the effects of different dietary pat...

According to a 2024 analysis, a vegan diet reduced harmful inflammatory dietary compounds called advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) by 73% compared with no reduction on a Mediterranean diet.

The results are particularly telling as it used a cross over study design, meaning participants switched between both diets. The 73% reduction of AGEs was primarily attributed to excluding meat (41%), minimizing added fats (27%), and avoiding dairy products (14%).

Bean 🫘 #cooking bonanza to fill up our freezer. Soaked & pressure cooked black beans, two types of kidney beans, white/cannelloni beans & soy beans. Next up, chickpeas & hummus. #PlantBasedCooking #Legumes #WholePlantBased #PlantBased

#Mindfulness emerges from being present with what is going within ourselves & as well as around us. It is not a thing on its own. I always think of it as being #Mindful of … Something I learned from the late but great #ThichNahtHanh

Psychology Today@psychologytoday.com

"Mindfulness teaches us that happiness isn't a goal to chase or a quick fix to be found. Rather, it encourages us to be fully present in each moment, whether it feels pleasant or not."

It’s mango 🥭 season 🕺 & a great opportunity to flash freeze some Mahachanok mangos … one of the most delicious, fragrant, & fiberless varieties in #Thailand, originating from #ChiangMai. Support #LocalFarmers to avoid forking over 400% markup I saw the local supermarket charging.

A classic example when you get used to a way of life with good access to reliable information & technological innovation while forgetting that it was made possible by equally reliable long term financial support of countless passionate & hard working scientists.

NPR@npr.org

Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.

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At our local #OrganicFarm that grows juicy western figs in greenhouses & they are now experimenting with #Grafting them onto much hardier #Thai fig trees so they can more easily be grown outdoors. The pictures show how Thai figs look like & grow ➕ a caterpillar 🐛 #Thailand #ChaAm #HuaHin

But handfuls of #Nuts & a slice of #Avocado 🥑won’t spike it. Supercharge your meals with #Blueberries 🫐 #Raspberries & spices like #Turmeric, #Garlic 🧄 & #Ginger 🫚 to cool the fire 💦 🔥 Even better, avoid the fire ❌🔥 & only stick to ✅ #AntiInflammatory #PlantBased foods. #NutritionFactsOrg

Eating patterns & food production need to change to curb #GlobalWarming. Going more #PlantBased will also reduce healthcare costs & allow us to build a more #Sustainable future.

youtu.beWe have the tools to fix our food system. Why aren’t we using them? | Hannah RitchieYouTube video by Big Think
Hans@rippel.email

I enjoy the community building effects of supporting #LocalFarmers in my area. It’s not possible for all of us & I hope knowing that eating (more) #PlantBased is another even more impactful choice that most of us can make in terms of reducing #CarbonEmissions. ourworldindata.org/food-choice-...

@hannahritchie.bsky.social I wanna point out that besides B12, studies show omnivores are generally more nutritionally deficient than #Vegans. Your comment “while a well-planned plant-based diet can meet most nutritional needs, it requires more conscious effort to ensure balance.” misses the mark

Heading in the right direction for a safer future on the roads. 🚗 “92 percent drop in pedestrian injuries, an 82 percent decline in cyclist injuries, and an 82 percent decrease in motorcyclist injuries….96 percent fewer vehicle-to-vehicle crashes at intersections compared to human drivers.”

The Verge@theverge.com

Waymo is still good at avoiding serious death and destruction after 56.7 million miles

Healthful dietary patterns rich in #WholePantFoods are high in fiber that reduce #Inflammation foster a healthy #GutMicrobiome, maintain gut barrier integrity & reduce gut leakage. Plus you douse your body with #Phytochemicals that have well-documented #Antioxidant & anti-inflammatory actions.

Hans@rippel.email

Is your white blood cell count “normal” or optimal? Aim for 3–5, not just under 10. #WBC is not just an #Inflammation marker but a risk factor for disease & overall mortality. Keep it low with #EvidenceBased #PlantBased #HealthyHabits! #HealthyLiving #Longevity #NutritionFactsOrg

Regular whole grain consumption in humans fosters a healthy gut microbiome & maybe like in this study, with mice, it can also help people restore their gut microbiome after antibiotic usage. And it even outperformed the seemingly gold standard of decal translating!

Nature@nature.com

A diet rich in diverse carbohydrates outperforms faecal transplants in mice at restoring microbial diversity, which has been linked to a range of health conditions. https://go.nature.com/3EM8U1u

Surreal. The idea of throwing citizens’ data from across from multiple governments agencies into an #Ai meat grinder, in the name of “efficiency,” is both a #Privacy & #Security nightmare not to mention government overreach. #Surveillance

Adrienne LaFrance@adriennelaf.bsky.social

If you read one thing on what the construction of a surveillance state in America looks like, make it this: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a... Brilliant reporting from @cwarzel.bsky.social and @ibogost.bsky.social:

Excited to give our new board a go after a close inspection by a furry friend. Very grateful to #RedPaddleCo for the full board replacement under their 5 year warranty policy. #PaddleBoarding #SUP #WaterSports

I enjoy the community building effects of supporting #LocalFarmers in my area. It’s not possible for all of us & I hope knowing that eating (more) #PlantBased is another even more impactful choice that most of us can make in terms of reducing #CarbonEmissions. ourworldindata.org/food-choice-...

Our World in Data@ourworldindata.org

Most food is transported by boat, so food miles are a relatively small part of the carbon footprint of most diets

Leave girls & boys’ genitals alone and see how many see find sense in performing these procedures when they can make up their own minds.

WHO@who.int

Female genital mutilation (FGM) is still commonly practiced in around 30 countries. As of 2020, an estimated 52 million girls and women had undergone FGM at the hands of health workers, accounting for about 1 in 4 cases. New WHO guideline urges action to #EndFGM 🔗 bit.ly/4cQXxBS

“All models are wrong, but some are useful” — #GeorgeBox Modern education’s obsession w/ score-chasing tests & checklists highlight how the measures have become the target & ceased to be good measures for fostering journeys to become well-rounded critical, creative & emotionally intelligent citizens

Sketchplanations@sketchplanations.bsky.social

Goodhart's Law - when a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure. sketchplanations.com/goodharts-law

Trying to delete my many years deactivated Facebook account over the past two days & just getting this error message over & over again no matter what browser I try. WTF #DeleteFacebook

Installed the app for the first time in forever & the same refusal to delete my account happens. Instead it just logs me out 🤯