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#5

What your favourite amphibia ship says about you

Sashanne: you believe in the inherent homoeroticism of a knife to the throat

Marcanne: you believe in the inherent homoeroticism of not understanding if a handhold is platonic or not

Sasharcy: you believe in the inherent eroticism of building a dynamic from scratch without any canon interactions

Sashannarcy: the sentence "it's complicated" makes you cry.

Grimepop: you are too deep into the fandom. Get out.

Silvia/Grime/Hop Pop: you are trying to get out but somehow you made things even worse

Andrias/Grime/Hop pop: bid your goodbyes to you family cos YOU AIN'T GETTIN OUT OF THERE FOR SURE

Divorce trio: you thought sashannarcy wasn't messsy enough

Spivy: they're tiny and cute and they do the hand holdy 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

Sprig/Maddie/Ivy: they're tiny and cute and they do the hand holdy 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺 but you didn't want maddie to be left out

Beantonio: you're horny.

456 note - Postate 7 maggio 2022

#4

Robin: *runs at full speed towards Steve* *grabs him by his shirt* *throws him against a wall*

SHE KNOWS HOW TO USE A FUCKING GUN????

Steve: what?? Who? What is happening? Did the Russians get to you????

Robin: wha- no! Nancy ya dingus!!

Steve: what about her???

Robin: HAVE YOU SEEN HER USE A GUN?? SHE COULD KILL AN ANT FROM A MILE AWAY!!! AND YOU NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT TELLING ME???

Steve: okay first of all, wasn't she "a priss"? Second of all, HOW IS ANY OF THIS RELEVANT?

Robin: IT'S RELEVANT BECAUSE IT'S THE HOTTEST FUCKING THING I'VE EVER SEEN

Steve: oh my god.

626 note - Postate 3 giugno 2022

#3

Apple: you know... there's one thing I don't understand about my story...

Briar: oh? Is her future majesty Apple White gonna go rebel now? SPILL THE BEANS

Ashlynn: *smacks her on the head* what are you talking about Apple?

Apple: it's nothing really! I'm not going to become a rebel because of this, but... I just don't get how I'm supposed to be the fairest of them all! Girls are all so pretty! Like, Raven has truly gorgeous hair, Maddie has the best skin I've ever seen, maybe it's the tea? Cerise has those super deep eyes that make you want get lost in them and don't get me started on you two beca-

Ashlynn: oh honey...

Briar: *puts both hands on Apple's shoulders* sweetie. Your closet is already made of glass. Please stop banging on the door.

743 note - Postate 2 maggio 2022

#2

Robaire is peak character design bc look at him

💫POINTY💫

1.087 note - Postate 16 marzo 2022

Il mio post numero 1 del 2022

The one thing we can all agree on

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Garfield Wilson Interview

I had the absolute pleasure of interviewing Garfield Wilson a couple weeks ago. This probably Hass to be one of my favorite interviews not only because I always love conversing with this human, but the things that we actually talk about are very important. Give it a listen and don’t forget to like and subscribe to my YouTube page. Also give Garfield a follow because you will really find a lot of…

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Part 2 - Hospital Bills and Hotels

Friday, May 29, 2020: Our heroes (well, player characters) met up the following Friday for a little braindance at the local arcade. After running out of quarters, they regrouped and exchanged notes. In order to figure out their next moves for tracking down the source of Kaleidoscope, they’d have to work together. 

Ackbar, the group’s techie, had been resourceful during the week, and managed to plant a tracker on one of the Black Queens’s motorcycle runners, so they’d know when they were headed to The Slammer to pick up a new shipment. 

In order to kill time before the runner made their move, Deck volunteered to take a hit of Kaleidoscope to figure out what it does. Our heroes shoved Deck with a needle full of the drug into Tic Tac’s isolation chamber in her ripperdoc office. Deck shot up, and not long after experienced an extremely good high. Colors, joy, euphoria, an amazing cure for the daily woes of Night City.

About an hour after the dose, Deck started to get antsy. Then agitated, then outright hostile. He started banging on the isolation chamber door, seemingly focused on anyone who looked like trouble. People holding weapons or just making direct eye contact with Deck was a target of his hostility. Thankfully, the isolation chamber door held, and eventually Deck came down from the bad trip.

Tic Tac was taking notes on his vitals while this was going on. Kaleidoscope was doing something funny to Deck, amping up his adrenaline production and making him perceive his fellow Edgerunners as an immediate, intense threat. Cognitive decision making went out the window. This was an alarming side effect of a new street drug. But even the most hardcore combat drugs they feed to corporate supersoldiers leave the user (mostly) able to distinguish between friend or foe.

Before the crew could get too deep into analysis, Ackbar’s tracking beacon went off. The Black Queen drug runner on the move again, so our heroes made their way over to The Slammer to catch the deal in progress.

The deal was going down in the arena balcony, where the high-rolling chromers and boosters hang out. Our crew formulated a plan where Deck would hack the local power grid and knock out the lights, then Ivy and Ackbar would sneak in to the deal in progress and grab the bags full of drugs (and hopefully some cash, too).

So Deck cut the lights and the plan kicked into gear. Unfortunately, during the distraction, Deck slipped up, and accidentally turned the lights back on right when Ackbar and Ivy were making the grab. Guns were drawn, and in the ensuing melee, Ackbar took a pistol round to the dome. She crumpled to the ground. Our heroes took down the rest of the hostiles, grabbed one of the duffle bags, and called Trauma Team, who arrived just in time to whisk her off to recovery.

After a night in surgery, the crew got some good news: Ackbar’s injuries were thankfully not life threatening, and she was being patched up for discharge. She got some nice replacement acrylic skull parts to keep her brain goo safe, though her cognitive abilities would be slightly inhibited until she fully recovered.

As for the bill, it would be 6250 euros, with 10% compound interest accruing every week unpaid. Luckily, the bag our heroes grabbed from the melee at The Slammer contained lots and lots of cash. After tallying it up, and figuring out how much of it was counterfeit cash, they discovered they had enough to pay off Ackbar’s hospital bill, plus a little left over.

The following day, the crew regrouped at V’s hideout at the Widmark Hotel. Home of The Black Death, her gang. V got a call from Mila, the Black Queens turncoat, who decided to spill the beans about where the Kaleidoscope was coming from. It turns out that our heroes were chasing a the wrong trail: the deal at The Slammer was just an exchange for dorph, and the Voodoo Boys weren’t selling Kaleidoscope. The Black Queens were going to The Central Hotel near the corporate zone for their supply of K.

Using this tip, Deck ran with it and hacked into The Central Hotel’s mainframe to see if he could find some juicy info. Some snooping uncovered a suspicious long-term rental under the name Cathryn Byrn. Deck also managed to slip in some falsified employee records for the hotel, giving our crew a way in. Bud was also “booked” as an opening act for a concert at the hotel.

Our heroes made a plan: Ivy and Heavy were to use their cover as hotel security to ensure the real security was distracted. Bud, V, and Ackbar were part of Bud’s band, and would use their social skills to get close to their target. **Deck **and **Frogs **were to pose as cleaning staff, for Cathryn’s floor in order to get into her room. Tic Tac was booked as a “VIP” in the suite above Cathryn’s room. The raid would go down the next day.

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Anti-Inflammatory Diet: Tips, Benefits, & What to Eat & Avoid

When you think of inflammation, you probably picture the rash you get from poison ivy or a bump that swells up when you hit your head. There's another silent form of inflammation that occurs within your body, and it does not usually come with any painful symptoms — but it can seriously impact your health.

Conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, irritable bowel syndrome, and diabetes are all linked to this type of constant, low-level inflammation. The good news? You can influence your body's background levels of inflammation by eating specific foods.

An anti-inflammatory diet can help if you live with a chronic autoimmune illness, are trying to ward them off, or you just feel sluggish and want to improve your health.

What Is Inflammation?

Inflammation can be friend or foe. Inflammation is your immune system's reaction to an injury, allergen, bacteria, or anything else it identifies as a problem.

Inflammation is OK when it's a short-term cut or bug bite, but lingering inflammation can lower your overall immunity.

First, your body will fight these problem attackers, and then it will help that region to heal. Inflammation is good when the injury is short-term, like an insect bite or cut, but when it lingers in the body, it can lower your overall immunity.

There are two types of inflammation: acute and chronic. Acute inflammation dies down once the issue is resolved. Chronic inflammation occurs when your immune system remains on alert, keeping a "low flame" going all the time. That much "heat" can do serious damage.

How an Anti-Inflammatory Diet Can Help

Inflammation has a direct connection to the digestive tract. The microbiome — bacteria and other microorganisms that live in your gut — help to regulate your immune system.

Poor diets trigger your body's inflammatory process, while healthy, balanced diets help your body thrive.

Everything you eat, the supplements you take, and your environment all affect the health of your gut. What you put in your stomach can either kindle or douse the flame of your body's immune response.

For example, a poor diet — too high in calories or unhealthy fats — can activate your body's inflammatory process.[1] However, a diet with the right balance of dietary omega-3 fatty acids (which control inflammation) and omega-6 fatty acids (which stimulate inflammation) along with exercise, sleep, water, and stress reduction can normalize inflammation and help your body thrive.[2]

Best Anti-Inflammatory Foods

What you don't eat on an anti-inflammatory diet is just as important as what you do eat. Instead of eating foods that trigger inflammation, you will provide your system with dietary choices that soothe it.

The basics of an anti-inflammatory diet are very similar to the eating plan I recommend for optimum health.

Centered on fresh vegetables, fruits, whole grains, healthy fats, herbs, and spices, it shares many of the features of a plant-based Mediterranean diet — which has been shown to extend length and quality of life.[3] Research also suggests that vegetarians and vegans have reduced inflammation and a lower risk of heart disease.

Be sure not to go overboard on carbohydrates, especially sugar, which can upset the balance of hormones in your body that affect inflammation.

Experts suggest you fill your plate according to the 40-30-30 rule:[1]

40 percent complex carbohydrates

30 percent low-fat protein

30 percent healthy fats

Organic Produce

Try to eat a rainbow of non-starchy vegetables and fresh fruits at every meal. Colorful produce typically contains a lot of antioxidants, which support the immune system by fighting disease-causing free radicals and preventing inflammation.

Fruits and vegetables also contain phytochemicals, compounds found in plants that help protect cells.

Vegetables

You can't go wrong with most vegetables, but make sure to include the following:

Dark leafy greens like spinach, kale, and collards

Cruciferous veggies such as broccoli, cauliflower, and cabbage

Root vegetables such as sweet potatoes and rutabaga

Onions, garlic, scallions, and other edible bulbs

Some people are sensitive to produce in the nightshade family (including eggplant, tomatoes, and bell peppers), but for most people, these are also great choices.

Fruits

Increase your intake of:

Berries such as blueberries, cranberries, blackberries, and raspberries

Citrus fruits like oranges, lemons, and limes

Stone fruits like cherries, plums, nectarines, olives, and avocados

Pome fruits like apples, pears, and quince

Citrus fruits are a great choice unless you have a citrus allergy, which can actually cause inflammation.

Fruits contain natural sugars, called fructose. When you eat fructose along with the fiber and other components of a fruit, your body processes it in a different way than processed sugar.

Legumes & Peas

Legumes, including beans and lentils, are a great source of protein and chock full of fiber and minerals along with several antioxidant and anti-inflammatory compounds.

Buy organic black beans, Navy beans, kidney beans, garbanzo beans, or red, green, or black lentils. Choose your favorite legume, soak overnight, and toss out that liquid before adding fresh water, and then cook it. You can also eat green peas for their anti-inflammatory benefits.

Gluten-Free Whole Grains

Whole grains contain both antioxidants and fiber, and research suggests they help reduce the inflammation marker called C-reactive protein (CRP).[4]

Always choose gluten-free grains, however, because gluten leads to digestive and systemic inflammation in many people.

Your best whole grain choices include oats, steel-cut oatmeal, barley, brown rice, bulgur, quinoa, and ancient grains such as amaranth, teff, and buckwheat.

Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) is a healthy fat, good for cooking and recipes. EVOO contains heart-healthy monounsaturated fat, antioxidants, plus a compound called oleocanthal that can lower inflammation.[5]

EVOO should be your go-to for stove-top cooking, drizzling on salads, and more.

Nuts & Seeds

Nuts and seeds are rich in monounsaturated fat, and they contain heart-healthy fiber. Try raw seeds and nuts for optimal nutrition. Good choices include unsalted walnuts, almonds, pine nuts, cashews, sunflower seeds, and pumpkin seeds.

Herbs & Spices

Besides adding zest to meals, herbs and spices contain many antioxidants. The golden Indian spice turmeric is particularly powerful. Turmeric contains curcumin, which is extremely effective at normalizing redness and swelling.[6]

Garlic, ginger, and cinnamon also have particularly strong inflammation-fighting properties.

Foods to Avoid

Just as there are foods you should eat on an anti-inflammatory diet, you should avoid certain foods that aggravate inflammation in the body. Below are the most important foods to avoid.

Processed Foods

Many commercial products in the grocery store are highly refined and processed. As such, they are low on nutrients and fiber.

They also tend to be high in omega-6 fats (which lead to more inflammation), saturated fats, and trans fats. Processed foods also typically contain added sugars, which raise blood sugar and rev up inflammation.

Stay away from chips, crackers and other snack foods, white bread and pasta, most boxed breakfast cereals, mixes, and frozen dinners.

Sugar

Sugar is one of the worst offenders at triggering inflammation. It causes the body to release cytokines, chemical messengers that amp up your immune system, causing systemic swelling.

When trying to avoid inflammation in the body, sidestep all sweets. Avoid cookies, candy, and cakes, ice cream, and sugar-sweetened beverages like soda, lemonade, sweet tea.

Stay away not only from refined brown and white granulated sugar and high-fructose corn syrup, but also natural sweeteners with a high sugar content like honey, agave nectar, and maple syrup.

If you must have something sweet, have a small amount of organic dark chocolate with at least 70 percent cocoa. Also avoid artificial chemical sweeteners like aspartame, saccharine, and Splenda.

Fried Foods

Fried foods, especially deep fried, contain inflammation-triggering saturated fats and trans fats. They are typically fried in unhealthy oils, like processed "vegetable oil" or lard, and are typically coated in batter made from refined flour. Steer clear of anything fried, especially fast food such as french fries and donuts.

Meat

Meat may be central to the standard American diet, but it is highly inflammatory, in part because it is laden with saturated fat, hormones, and antibiotics. Studies have linked processed meats with chemical additives, like nitrates, to cancer.[7] So say no to beef, lamb, poultry (chicken, turkey, duck), and game meats, along with hot dogs, sausage, pepperoni, and beef jerky.

Most Fats & Oils

As noted, both saturated and polyunsaturated fats are high in inflammation-promoting omega-6 fatty acids, and trans fats also raise your "bad" cholesterol.

Instead of using butter and margarine to add flavor to your food, use herbs and spices. Avoid cooking with lard, shortening, or vegetable oils including canola, corn, soybean, safflower, peanut, or cottonseed. There are some healthy cooking oils you can use, but lighten your load and cut down.

A Sample Meal Plan

The following meal plan is an example of what an anti-inflammatory diet could look like.

Day One

Breakfast: Oatmeal with blueberries, flax seed, and walnuts with almond milk.

Lunch: Homemade three-bean chili on brown rice topped with chopped onions, with an apple on the side.

Dinner: Mixed spinach and kale salad dressed with EVOO, apple cider vinegar, and herbs; quinoa bowl with red bell peppers, black beans, and avocado; two squares of dark chocolate for dessert.

Day Two

Breakfast: Plain coconut-milk yogurt topped with strawberries, almonds, and sunflower seeds.

Lunch: Open-faced lentil-veggie burger on half an ancient-grain bun topped with raw onion, spinach leaves, and tomato slices; baked sweet potato fries.

Dinner: Soba (buckwheat) noodles topped with sautéed mixed vegetables and garlic, topped with nutritional yeast.

Day Three

Breakfast: Avocado toast (on gluten-free whole-grain bread) topped with pumpkin seeds.

Lunch: Tostada made with vegetarian refried beans seasoned with chili powder and turmeric on a wheat-free multigrain tortilla. Top with salsa, chopped tomatoes, and scallions.

Dinner: Mixed lettuce salad dressed with EVOO, apple cider vinegar, and herbs; Buddha Bowl atop brown rice; cherries for dessert.

Benefits of an Anti-Inflammatory Diet

An anti-inflammatory diet has two big benefits:

First. It can help you reduce the risk of developing diseases related to chronic over-activation of the immune system.

Second. It not only eases symptoms but also may even reverse the progress of chronic ailments you may already have, including:

Chronic gastrointestinal ailments like inflammatory bowel disease, colitis, and Crohn's disease

Autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, and lupus

Allergic disorders such as asthma and eosinophilic esophagitis

Cardiovascular diseases, including heart disease and stroke

Metabolic disorders such as diabetes and metabolic syndrome — a group of conditions including elevated blood pressure, high cholesterol, high blood sugar, and sometimes fatty liver disease

Mental health conditions, such as depression and anxiety

An anti-inflammatory diet can also help reduce the risk of colorectal and other cancers by protecting healthy cells from DNA damage.

As a bonus, this diet can help you lose weight; weight gain is itself a cause of inflammation. The healthy fats and fiber in the diet help fill you up, so you'll eat less.

Points to Remember

Inflammation is your immune system's normal reaction to harm. However, when low-level inflammation becomes constant, it can cause many types of chronic disease.

What you eat can either rev up or cool down your body's immune response. An anti-inflammatory diet can provide your system with the balance of nutrients, including omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids and antioxidants, to keep inflammation in check.

Centered on fresh vegetables, fruits, whole grains, healthy fats, herbs, and spices, an anti-inflammatory diet — similar to a plant-based diet — eliminates processed foods, sugar, fried food, meat, and most fats and oils.

It can help prevent or reduce the symptoms of illnesses including diabetes, heart disease, and rheumatoid arthritis, lower your cancer risk, and help you lose extra weight.

Have you tried an anti-inflammatory diet? Share your experience in the comments below!

The post Anti-Inflammatory Diet: Tips, Benefits, & What to Eat & Avoid appeared first on Dr. Group's Healthy Living Articles.

from Robert Morgan Blog https://www.globalhealingcenter.com/natural-health/anti-inflammatory-diet/

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Anti-Inflammatory Diet: Tips, Benefits, & What to Eat & Avoid

When you think of inflammation, you probably picture the rash you get from poison ivy or a bump that swells up when you hit your head. There's another silent form of inflammation that occurs within your body, and it does not usually come with any painful symptoms — but it can seriously impact your health.

Conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, irritable bowel syndrome, and diabetes are all linked to this type of constant, low-level inflammation. The good news? You can influence your body's background levels of inflammation by eating specific foods.

An anti-inflammatory diet can help if you live with a chronic autoimmune illness, are trying to ward them off, or you just feel sluggish and want to improve your health.

What Is Inflammation?

Inflammation can be friend or foe. Inflammation is your immune system's reaction to an injury, allergen, bacteria, or anything else it identifies as a problem.

Inflammation is OK when it's a short-term cut or bug bite, but lingering inflammation can lower your overall immunity.

First, your body will fight these problem attackers, and then it will help that region to heal. Inflammation is good when the injury is short-term, like an insect bite or cut, but when it lingers in the body, it can lower your overall immunity.

There are two types of inflammation: acute and chronic. Acute inflammation dies down once the issue is resolved. Chronic inflammation occurs when your immune system remains on alert, keeping a "low flame" going all the time. That much "heat" can do serious damage.

How an Anti-Inflammatory Diet Can Help

Inflammation has a direct connection to the digestive tract. The microbiome — bacteria and other microorganisms that live in your gut — help to regulate your immune system.

Poor diets trigger your body's inflammatory process, while healthy, balanced diets help your body thrive.

Everything you eat, the supplements you take, and your environment all affect the health of your gut. What you put in your stomach can either kindle or douse the flame of your body's immune response.

For example, a poor diet — too high in calories or unhealthy fats — can activate your body's inflammatory process.[1] However, a diet with the right balance of dietary omega-3 fatty acids (which control inflammation) and omega-6 fatty acids (which stimulate inflammation) along with exercise, sleep, water, and stress reduction can normalize inflammation and help your body thrive.[2]

Best Anti-Inflammatory Foods

What you don't eat on an anti-inflammatory diet is just as important as what you do eat. Instead of eating foods that trigger inflammation, you will provide your system with dietary choices that soothe it.

The basics of an anti-inflammatory diet are very similar to the eating plan I recommend for optimum health.

Centered on fresh vegetables, fruits, whole grains, healthy fats, herbs, and spices, it shares many of the features of a plant-based Mediterranean diet — which has been shown to extend length and quality of life.[3] Research also suggests that vegetarians and vegans have reduced inflammation and a lower risk of heart disease.

Be sure not to go overboard on carbohydrates, especially sugar, which can upset the balance of hormones in your body that affect inflammation.

Experts suggest you fill your plate according to the 40-30-30 rule:[1]

40 percent complex carbohydrates

30 percent low-fat protein

30 percent healthy fats

Organic Produce

Try to eat a rainbow of non-starchy vegetables and fresh fruits at every meal. Colorful produce typically contains a lot of antioxidants, which support the immune system by fighting disease-causing free radicals and preventing inflammation.

Fruits and vegetables also contain phytochemicals, compounds found in plants that help protect cells.

Vegetables

You can't go wrong with most vegetables, but make sure to include the following:

Dark leafy greens like spinach, kale, and collards

Cruciferous veggies such as broccoli, cauliflower, and cabbage

Root vegetables such as sweet potatoes and rutabaga

Onions, garlic, scallions, and other edible bulbs

Some people are sensitive to produce in the nightshade family (including eggplant, tomatoes, and bell peppers), but for most people, these are also great choices.

Fruits

Increase your intake of:

Berries such as blueberries, cranberries, blackberries, and raspberries

Citrus fruits like oranges, lemons, and limes

Stone fruits like cherries, plums, nectarines, olives, and avocados

Pome fruits like apples, pears, and quince

Citrus fruits are a great choice unless you have a citrus allergy, which can actually cause inflammation.

Fruits contain natural sugars, called fructose. When you eat fructose along with the fiber and other components of a fruit, your body processes it in a different way than processed sugar.

Legumes & Peas

Legumes, including beans and lentils, are a great source of protein and chock full of fiber and minerals along with several antioxidant and anti-inflammatory compounds.

Buy organic black beans, Navy beans, kidney beans, garbanzo beans, or red, green, or black lentils. Choose your favorite legume, soak overnight, and toss out that liquid before adding fresh water, and then cook it. You can also eat green peas for their anti-inflammatory benefits.

Gluten-Free Whole Grains

Whole grains contain both antioxidants and fiber, and research suggests they help reduce the inflammation marker called C-reactive protein (CRP).[4]

Always choose gluten-free grains, however, because gluten leads to digestive and systemic inflammation in many people.

Your best whole grain choices include oats, steel-cut oatmeal, barley, brown rice, bulgur, quinoa, and ancient grains such as amaranth, teff, and buckwheat.

Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) is a healthy fat, good for cooking and recipes. EVOO contains heart-healthy monounsaturated fat, antioxidants, plus a compound called oleocanthal that can lower inflammation.[5]

EVOO should be your go-to for stove-top cooking, drizzling on salads, and more.

Nuts & Seeds

Nuts and seeds are rich in monounsaturated fat, and they contain heart-healthy fiber. Try raw seeds and nuts for optimal nutrition. Good choices include unsalted walnuts, almonds, pine nuts, cashews, sunflower seeds, and pumpkin seeds.

Herbs & Spices

Besides adding zest to meals, herbs and spices contain many antioxidants. The golden Indian spice turmeric is particularly powerful. Turmeric contains curcumin, which is extremely effective at normalizing redness and swelling.[6]

Garlic, ginger, and cinnamon also have particularly strong inflammation-fighting properties.

Foods to Avoid

Just as there are foods you should eat on an anti-inflammatory diet, you should avoid certain foods that aggravate inflammation in the body. Below are the most important foods to avoid.

Processed Foods

Many commercial products in the grocery store are highly refined and processed. As such, they are low on nutrients and fiber.

They also tend to be high in omega-6 fats (which lead to more inflammation), saturated fats, and trans fats. Processed foods also typically contain added sugars, which raise blood sugar and rev up inflammation.

Stay away from chips, crackers and other snack foods, white bread and pasta, most boxed breakfast cereals, mixes, and frozen dinners.

Sugar

Sugar is one of the worst offenders at triggering inflammation. It causes the body to release cytokines, chemical messengers that amp up your immune system, causing systemic swelling.

When trying to avoid inflammation in the body, sidestep all sweets. Avoid cookies, candy, and cakes, ice cream, and sugar-sweetened beverages like soda, lemonade, sweet tea.

Stay away not only from refined brown and white granulated sugar and high-fructose corn syrup, but also natural sweeteners with a high sugar content like honey, agave nectar, and maple syrup.

If you must have something sweet, have a small amount of organic dark chocolate with at least 70 percent cocoa. Also avoid artificial chemical sweeteners like aspartame, saccharine, and Splenda.

Fried Foods

Fried foods, especially deep fried, contain inflammation-triggering saturated fats and trans fats. They are typically fried in unhealthy oils, like processed "vegetable oil" or lard, and are typically coated in batter made from refined flour. Steer clear of anything fried, especially fast food such as french fries and donuts.

Meat

Meat may be central to the standard American diet, but it is highly inflammatory, in part because it is laden with saturated fat, hormones, and antibiotics. Studies have linked processed meats with chemical additives, like nitrates, to cancer.[7] So say no to beef, lamb, poultry (chicken, turkey, duck), and game meats, along with hot dogs, sausage, pepperoni, and beef jerky.

Most Fats & Oils

As noted, both saturated and polyunsaturated fats are high in inflammation-promoting omega-6 fatty acids, and trans fats also raise your "bad" cholesterol.

Instead of using butter and margarine to add flavor to your food, use herbs and spices. Avoid cooking with lard, shortening, or vegetable oils including canola, corn, soybean, safflower, peanut, or cottonseed. There are some healthy cooking oils you can use, but lighten your load and cut down.

A Sample Meal Plan

The following meal plan is an example of what an anti-inflammatory diet could look like.

Day One

Breakfast: Oatmeal with blueberries, flax seed, and walnuts with almond milk.

Lunch: Homemade three-bean chili on brown rice topped with chopped onions, with an apple on the side.

Dinner: Mixed spinach and kale salad dressed with EVOO, apple cider vinegar, and herbs; quinoa bowl with red bell peppers, black beans, and avocado; two squares of dark chocolate for dessert.

Day Two

Breakfast: Plain coconut-milk yogurt topped with strawberries, almonds, and sunflower seeds.

Lunch: Open-faced lentil-veggie burger on half an ancient-grain bun topped with raw onion, spinach leaves, and tomato slices; baked sweet potato fries.

Dinner: Soba (buckwheat) noodles topped with sautéed mixed vegetables and garlic, topped with nutritional yeast.

Day Three

Breakfast: Avocado toast (on gluten-free whole-grain bread) topped with pumpkin seeds.

Lunch: Tostada made with vegetarian refried beans seasoned with chili powder and turmeric on a wheat-free multigrain tortilla. Top with salsa, chopped tomatoes, and scallions.

Dinner: Mixed lettuce salad dressed with EVOO, apple cider vinegar, and herbs; Buddha Bowl atop brown rice; cherries for dessert.

Benefits of an Anti-Inflammatory Diet

An anti-inflammatory diet has two big benefits:

First. It can help you reduce the risk of developing diseases related to chronic over-activation of the immune system.

Second. It not only eases symptoms but also may even reverse the progress of chronic ailments you may already have, including:

Chronic gastrointestinal ailments like inflammatory bowel disease, colitis, and Crohn's disease

Autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, and lupus

Allergic disorders such as asthma and eosinophilic esophagitis

Cardiovascular diseases, including heart disease and stroke

Metabolic disorders such as diabetes and metabolic syndrome — a group of conditions including elevated blood pressure, high cholesterol, high blood sugar, and sometimes fatty liver disease

Mental health conditions, such as depression and anxiety

An anti-inflammatory diet can also help reduce the risk of colorectal and other cancers by protecting healthy cells from DNA damage.

As a bonus, this diet can help you lose weight; weight gain is itself a cause of inflammation. The healthy fats and fiber in the diet help fill you up, so you'll eat less.

Points to Remember

Inflammation is your immune system's normal reaction to harm. However, when low-level inflammation becomes constant, it can cause many types of chronic disease.

What you eat can either rev up or cool down your body's immune response. An anti-inflammatory diet can provide your system with the balance of nutrients, including omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids and antioxidants, to keep inflammation in check.

Centered on fresh vegetables, fruits, whole grains, healthy fats, herbs, and spices, an anti-inflammatory diet — similar to a plant-based diet — eliminates processed foods, sugar, fried food, meat, and most fats and oils.

It can help prevent or reduce the symptoms of illnesses including diabetes, heart disease, and rheumatoid arthritis, lower your cancer risk, and help you lose extra weight.

Have you tried an anti-inflammatory diet? Share your experience in the comments below!

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Trump to Appoint Dr. Oz, Bill Belichick to Health Council

Some notorious faces–and controversial reputations–are joining President Donald Trump’s Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition. On Friday afternoon, Trump announced that he plans to appoint New England Patriots tutor Bill Belichick and Dr. Mehmet Oz to his assembly. Belichick is a known Trump supporter, and Dr. Oz is most famous for his daytime talk support, The Dr. Oz Show . Belichick, Oz, and 18 others–including an NBC executive, the chief executive officer of SlimFast, and a Boys& Girls Clubs of America executive–will be appointed to the president’s congres “for a term of two years,” according to a White House release. Oz, an Ivy League-educated cardiac surgeon, rose to popularity after being a frequent guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show , for whom he gave medical suggestion. He too confined the book You: The Owner’s Manual , along with various other spin-off books. But the content of his Emmy-winning talk establish has been questioned by medical professionals. Investigates found that” nearly 4 in 10 of the affirmations represented on the touch substantiate appear to be made based on the results of no evidence at all ,” according to The Los Angeles Times . Of the evidence that was based on medical detail, 32 percent was deemed to be” general medical opinion ,” while 25 percentage focused on diet, and 18 percentage concentrate on weight loss. In 2015, 10 physicians called for Columbia University to boot Oz from his persona as a” major administrative outlook in the Department of Surgery” at the College of Physician and Surgeons, according to NBC News. ” Dr. Oz is guilty of either shocking conflicts of interest or flawed judgements about what constitutes appropriate medical treatments, or both ,” the working group on doctors wrote in their letter to the university.” Whatever the nature of his pathology, members of the community are being misled and endangered, which offsets Dr. Oz’s presence on the department of a prestigious medical establishment unacceptable .” Dr. Oz responded to his analysts, insisting that The Dr. Oz Show was ” not a medical substantiate” in a 2015 interrogation with NBC News. He stated that the purpose of his show is” not to talk about prescription ,” while acknowledging” “theres” segments that I constituted that I please I could take back .” Despite the character, Dr. Oz remains employed at Columbia. Congress has also made aim at the supernatural weight-loss solutions Dr. Oz has prominently featured on his demonstrate. The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation subcommittee invited Oz to testify” on the danger of being subjected to over-the-counter diet lozenges ,” but grilled him on the “miracle” methods and produces he’s hawked, The Washington Post reported. ” People want to believe you can take an itty-bitty pill to push fat out of your mas ,” Sen. Claire McCaskill( D-MO) said to Oz during the hearing.” The scientific community is nearly monolithically against you .” Green coffee bean extract was also touted by Oz as the next big breakthrough in weight loss. Oz went on television to laud the management, claiming the pill would constitute beings lose up to” a pound a week .” Too good to be true? Yes. The Federal Trade Commission won a $3.5 million settlement against the extract creator in 2014, and a 2012 Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity: The aims and Therapy publication study promoting its health benefits was retracted. The FTC called the study” so terribly flawed that no reliable conclusions could be drawn from it .” In response to his planned appointment to the president’s assembly, Dr. Oz wrote on Twitter Friday that,” sufficing on @FitnessGov proposals a pulpit to enlarge best available practices demo to effort across our “schools ” .” ” I’ve been supporting children’s health programs with @HealthCorps and regard the need to improve life opportunities for our boy ,” he said. Read more: https :// www.thedailybeast.com/ trump-to-appoint-dr-oz-bill-belichick-to-health-council http://dailybuzznetwork.com/index.php/2018/07/22/trump-to-appoint-dr-oz-bill-belichick-to-health-council/

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Bewitched Kids Corner 17 - Ivy & Bean by Annie Barrows and Sophie Blackall

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Bewitched Kids Corner 17 - Ivy & Bean by Annie Barrows and Sophie Blackall

Happy Friday, and welcome to the latest installment of our monthly feature where we review Children’s books.

Ivy & Bean

Written by Annie Barrows and Illustrated by Sophie Blackall Amazon / B&N / Indiebound / Goodreads

The moment they saw each other, Bean and Ivy knew they wouldn’t be friends. But when Bean plays a joke on her sister, Nancy, and has to hide quickly, Ivy comes to the rescue, proving that sometimes the best of friends are people never meant to like each other. Vibrant characters and lots of humor make this a charming and addictive introduction to Ivy and Bean.

  A Mischievous Delight

Now that summer is here, the kiddos and I have been reading new series and Ivy & Bean by Annie Barrows and Sophie Blackall is one that’s captured the imagination of all three of my little foxes!  Ivy and Bean may not want to become friends initially but once they join forces they see just how much fun the other one is!

This is one of those series that’s a perfect transition into chapter books.  Enough illustrations to keep my youngest reader keeping her eyes on the page but wordy enough that we can’t finish it in half an hour.  Plus there are a dozen or so books in the series which is fantastic because it’s great to keep a good thing going!

I love these characters too.  Ivy and Bean are interesting little girls who are just a little bit different but are a whole lot interesting.  I can see great adventures in their futures, and those are adventures I want to share with my kids!

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Day 95 of 365 TV-free activities for kids: Static Electricity Experiment

Have you ever run through the house in your slippers to try and zap your brother or sister with static electricity?  It’s been a while for me, but I still love to play static electricity games.

From Science Kids website, here’s an easy experiment to teach about the positively and negatively charged particles that make static electricity.

What you'll need:

·         2 inflated balloons with string attached

·         Your hair

·         Aluminium can

·         Woolen fabric

Instructions:

1.       Rub the 2 balloons one by one against the woolen fabric, then try moving the balloons together, do they want to or are they unattracted to each other?

2.       Rub 1 of the balloons back and forth on your hair then slowly it pull it away, ask someone nearby what they can see or if there's nobody else around try looking in a mirror.

3.       Put the aluminium can on its side on a table, after rubbing the balloon on your hair again hold the balloon close to the can and watch as it rolls towards it, slowly move the balloon away from the can and it will follow.

What's happening?

Rubbing the balloons against the woolen fabric or your hair creates static electricity. This involves negatively charged particles (electrons) jumping to positively charged objects. When you rub the balloons against your hair or the fabric they become negatively charged, they have taken some of the electrons from the hair/fabric and left them positively charged.

They say opposites attract and that is certainly the case in these experiments, your positively charged hair is attracted to the negatively charged balloon and starts to rise up to meet it. This is similar to the aluminium can which is drawn to the negatively charged balloon as the area near it becomes positively charged, once again opposites attract.

In the first experiment both the balloons were negatively charged after rubbing them against the woolen fabric, because of this they were unattracted to each other.

Books:  Opposites  definitely attract in the Ivy and Bean series by Annie Barrows and illustrated by Sophie Blackwell (Chronicle Books 2008) – a book about two unlikely friends and their 2nd grade adventures.

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Last week @Booksofwonder Ivy + Bean creators Annie Barrows and Sophie Blackall joined us to share all the fun of their latest Ivy + Bean book. Thanks to everyone that made this Thursday afternoon event extra special!

Signed copies of Ivy & Bean make the Rules are now available @ Booksofwonder.com.

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do-it-yourself *kits

*Ivy & Bean Button Factory

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Get Ready for Ivy & Bean Day on November 12!

In their new adventure, Ivy & Bean: No News is Good News, the girls start a neighborhood newspaper. Now no secret on Pancake Court is safe from these junior reporters! Ideas for easy and fun activities Downloadable activity sheets Newsletter Ad slicks Badges for your web site and blog Promotional Signage Press Release 5 Ivy and Bean Read Posters 15 Ivy and Bean buttons 5 Ivy and Bean Day staff buttons Promotional Signage *Sent to your location on or before October 15, 2011 Click here or Yes! below to sign up! OVER 1.8 MILLION COPIES SOLD IN THE SERIES! "Will make readers giggle." — Booklist, ★ starred review "Barrows's narrative brims with sprightly dialogue." — Publishers Weekly, ★ starred review "The characters are appealing, the friendship is well portrayed, and the pranks and adventures are very much on grade level." —School Library Journal "A charming new series starring a pair of unlikely chums." —People Magazine ALA Notable Children's Book Booklist, Editor's Choice, Best Books Kirkus Reviews, The Best Children's Books, Best Early Chapter Books Book Links, Best New Books for the Classroom New York Public Library, Best Books for Reading and Sharing Publishers Weekly, starred review Booklist, starred review People Magazine's Summer Reading

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Trump to Appoint Dr. Oz, Bill Belichick to Health Council

Some notorious faces–and controversial reputations–are joining President Donald Trump’s Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition. On Friday afternoon, Trump announced that he plans to appoint New England Patriots tutor Bill Belichick and Dr. Mehmet Oz to his assembly. Belichick is a known Trump supporter, and Dr. Oz is most famous for his daytime talk support, The Dr. Oz Show . Belichick, Oz, and 18 others–including an NBC executive, the chief executive officer of SlimFast, and a Boys& Girls Clubs of America executive–will be appointed to the president’s congres “for a term of two years,” according to a White House release. Oz, an Ivy League-educated cardiac surgeon, rose to popularity after being a frequent guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show , for whom he gave medical suggestion. He too confined the book You: The Owner’s Manual , along with various other spin-off books. But the content of his Emmy-winning talk establish has been questioned by medical professionals. Investigates found that” nearly 4 in 10 of the affirmations represented on the touch substantiate appear to be made based on the results of no evidence at all ,” according to The Los Angeles Times . Of the evidence that was based on medical detail, 32 percent was deemed to be” general medical opinion ,” while 25 percentage focused on diet, and 18 percentage concentrate on weight loss. In 2015, 10 physicians called for Columbia University to boot Oz from his persona as a” major administrative outlook in the Department of Surgery” at the College of Physician and Surgeons, according to NBC News. ” Dr. Oz is guilty of either shocking conflicts of interest or flawed judgements about what constitutes appropriate medical treatments, or both ,” the working group on doctors wrote in their letter to the university.” Whatever the nature of his pathology, members of the community are being misled and endangered, which offsets Dr. Oz’s presence on the department of a prestigious medical establishment unacceptable .” Dr. Oz responded to his analysts, insisting that The Dr. Oz Show was ” not a medical substantiate” in a 2015 interrogation with NBC News. He stated that the purpose of his show is” not to talk about prescription ,” while acknowledging” “theres” segments that I constituted that I please I could take back .” Despite the character, Dr. Oz remains employed at Columbia. Congress has also made aim at the supernatural weight-loss solutions Dr. Oz has prominently featured on his demonstrate. The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation subcommittee invited Oz to testify” on the danger of being subjected to over-the-counter diet lozenges ,” but grilled him on the “miracle” methods and produces he’s hawked, The Washington Post reported. ” People want to believe you can take an itty-bitty pill to push fat out of your mas ,” Sen. Claire McCaskill( D-MO) said to Oz during the hearing.” The scientific community is nearly monolithically against you .” Green coffee bean extract was also touted by Oz as the next big breakthrough in weight loss. Oz went on television to laud the management, claiming the pill would constitute beings lose up to” a pound a week .” Too good to be true? Yes. The Federal Trade Commission won a $3.5 million settlement against the extract creator in 2014, and a 2012 Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity: The aims and Therapy publication study promoting its health benefits was retracted. The FTC called the study” so terribly flawed that no reliable conclusions could be drawn from it .” In response to his planned appointment to the president’s assembly, Dr. Oz wrote on Twitter Friday that,” sufficing on @FitnessGov proposals a pulpit to enlarge best available practices demo to effort across our “schools ” .” ” I’ve been supporting children’s health programs with @HealthCorps and regard the need to improve life opportunities for our boy ,” he said. Read more: https :// www.thedailybeast.com/ trump-to-appoint-dr-oz-bill-belichick-to-health-council http://dailybuzznetwork.com/index.php/2018/07/22/trump-to-appoint-dr-oz-bill-belichick-to-health-council/