#prunes vs plums

[healthlifeai]

Why Prunes and Prune Juice Should Be Part of Your Healthy Diet

Discover the health benefits of prunes and prune juice! Learn how these nutrient-rich foods can enhance your diet and promote digestive wellness.

[witch-hattery]

My Thoughts on Warupeach/Wapeach

Been thinking about this scrapped character all day. She's a CUTE and I love it. I think it's a lot more interesting for her to be a little gremlin than a fem fatale, or gonk, or Rule 63 Wario.

I think her character concept needed more time in the oven though. As funny as the idea of Wario and Waluigi being bossed around by an eight year old girl is, aside from being hard to justify, the group dynamic ends up being too similar to the Doronbo Gang, which Waluigi's design already borrowed from.

Turning them into a "Wa trio" could also interfere with the base concept of them being counterparts to Mario, Luigi, and Peach, because those characters don't often get a trio dynamic themselves.

Maybe it would be fine if there was more emphasis on Warupeach's rivalry with Peach. My headcannon is that her main motivation is Envy towards Peach. She wants to be adored like Peach, and makes schemes to steal the spotlight from her, throwing frightening tantrums when her plans don't work out.

I've seen some fanarts of Peach doting on Warupeach like a little sister and Warupeach being angry about it. I kind of like that one-sided rivalry dynamic. It's all in Warupeach's head, so when Peach is nice to her, she assumes Peach is being condescending to provoke her.

"Why is she cute instead of ugly?"

Why should she have to be ugly? Making the villains ugly is a worse habit than making girls cute.

"Captain Syrup is already a Warupeach"

Yes, and no. Depends on where you're putting the mirror. Captain Syrup is more "Wario's Peach" than she is "Peach's Wario." Where Mario has Peach as a recurring damsel to save, Syrup is a recurring rival for Wario to steal treasure from. (or back from)

Peach Vs. Syrup could work, but I don't consider them to be direct counterparts. For example, if Warupeach was an established character anything like my favored headcannon, She'd fit right into Grape's role in Princess Peach Showtime. Captain Syrup, not so much.

Finally on the topic of names, a lot of people are using Wapeach, But the sketch page has it written Warupeach. "Puriichi" is also written, this could be an attempt to blend "waru" with "peach" a little more tightly, but it can also be read as "preach' or "preachy."

Some people have suggested calling her Plum/Princess Plum, other's have pointed out there's already a girl named Plum in Mario Golf. People have suggested Prune instead,

Which I am 100% on board with.

[piduai]

"gk is similar to vinland saga" no it's fucking not. i laughed so much at gk it almost made me throw up a couple of times, while watching vs felt like having to witness the process of a plum becoming a prune. get fucking serious

[kimmsrn]

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[old-archivist]

Foods of Thedas: Prepared Ingredients

I separated these from raw ingredients because they either are foods/drinks on their own but are included in recipes, or involve a certain amount of cooking/processing to make them that separates them from those listed in raw ingredients. However, like with raw ingredients, I’ve only included items that are mentioned or shown in game for easy reference. Should you want to find additional and “speculative” ingredients you can visit this post or the master post.

For Additional Food Posts

Dishes, Sauces, and Sides

Drinks

Raw Ingredients

Cannonically Possible Foods and Drinks

Master Post

Basic Ingredients

Alcohol

Brandy

Cinnamon-infused whiskey

Dark Llomerryn Rum

Hirol's Lava Burst

Prophet's Laurel Gin

Red Wine

Watered Down Ale

Whiskey

White Seleney Wine

Broth and Stock

Broth

Deepstalker Broth (Dwarven)

Fish Broth

Stock

Brown Stock

Eggs

Hard Boiled Egg

Essences and Extracts

Essence

Orange Essence

Extract

Mint Extract

Orange Extract

Vanilla Extract

Golds

Edible Gold Leaf (Orlaisian)

Gold Dust (Orlesian)

Grains

Noodles

Grain-based Noodles

Pasta

Spaghetti (Antivan)

Pie Dough

Oils

Cod Liver Oil

Oil

Sugars

Brown Sugar

Molasses

Powdered Sugar

Sugar

Sugar Syrup

Vinegars

Apple Cider Vinegar

Herbed Wine Vinegar

Vinegar

Desserts and Sweets

Desserts

Buttercream

Caramel

Chocolate

Chocolate Bitters

Custard

Pound Cake

Tea Biscuit

Toffee

Wafer

Jam

Plum Jam

Raspberry Jam

Misc

Sugar Cream Icing

Sugar Flowers

Sugared Rose Petals

Syrup

Dried and Cured Foods

Dried Fruits, Vegetables, and Fungi

Dried Apple

Dried Apricot

Dried Beans

Dried Cherry

Dried Cranberry

Dried Currant

Dried Mushroom

Dried Peas

Prunes

Pitted Prunes

Raisin

Cured Meats

Bacon

Smoked Bacon

Cold Cuts

Dried Meats

Dried Mackerel

Jerky

Lutefisk

Salted

Dried Salt Pork

Salt Pork

Salted Beef

Salted Dragon Meat

Salted Fish

Salted Goat Meat

Salted Meat

Sausage

Blood Sausage

Smoked Sausage

Spiced and Salted Sausage

Smoked

Smoked Beef

Smoked Fish

Smoked Goat Meat

Pickled Foods

Pickled Ox Tongue

Pickles

Prepared Animal Products

Gelatine

Grease

Ground Meat

Ground Beef

Ground Nug (Dwarven)

Lard

Spiced Meat

Miscellaneous

Lyrium

Wyvern Venom - There are 47 ways to distill wyvern venom to be safe for consumption.

Sources: ( If you want to find direct links or page numbers check out the wiki’s Food and Ingredients page.) Dragon Age: Origins (Base and DLCs) Dragon Age: Awakening Dragon Age 2 (Base and DLCs) Dragon Age: The Last Court Dragon Age: Inquisition (Base and DLCs) Dragon Age Tabletop RPG Core Rulebook

World of Thedas Vol. 1 World of Thedas Vol. 2 Dragon Age: The Stolen Throne Dragon Age: The Calling Dragon Age: The Masked Empire Dragon Age: Last Flight Dragon Age: Tevinter Nights Short Story: Paying the Ferryman Short Story: Paper and Steel

DA:O Codex Entry: The History of Soldier's Peak: Chapter 3 Codex Entry: A Tattered Shopping List Item: Sugar Cake

DA II Codex Entry: Wyvern

DA:I Codex Entry: Plant vs. Corpses Codex Entry: Waterlogged Diary Note: The Gilded Horn's Drink List Note: Knight-Captain's Orders

The Last Court Flames of Freedom The Next Course Thieves The Wyvern is Cornered

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[tinyshe]

Garden Report 20.07.30

Today I was out in the early morning garden, watering and stepping in dog poop. Not just one foot. That was enough to be the final straw. As I left to do my elder care route, I gave word to eldest daughter about her dog. I came home to cleanness but that was it -- I drug a couple of old panel fencing I had made from the last batch of chickens and barricade the garden. I can’t blame the old dog. He is having issues holding it and his cataracts are getting bad so of course he wants light, bright and near. He fell down the step this week. But I don’t want what is coming out in that need to empty the units. Temporary solution to an ongoing problem that isn’t going to get better -- it happens. This isn’t the first old dog we have had. This weekend I am hoping for more limbing to open the canopy along the south side of the garden.

The weather has been dry. You would think with all the cold, dripping wet fog the earth would be damp -- no. I mean I have been putting on a light weight wool barn jacket in the morning and evenings. Taking advantage of the dry sandy soil and how the sword ferns are at this point of the season, I easily took my grandmother’s mad ax tool that I inherited and easily dispatched two huge sword ferns (cut fronds back first). Dug a hole, removed some stray roots and planted a couple of elders, mulch. Left the leaky hose near to moisturize the soil. Two down, ten more to go. I need to get a new faucet but this one is 60+ years so the pipes don’t jive with modern plumbing. Still thinking about how to stop the leak but in the mean time, just keep moving that hose.

I’ve decided I am done with the squash. Moving them to the compost. I never thought I would see the day that summer squash was a failed crop!

Pulling more sunchokes before they can bulb and just drop in the pathway to break down and mulch (again/still). I have so much leaf mulch from the fruitless plum (who is also dropping a load of leaves early this year!) that for once I am at a loss of what to do with it (I’m not ready to winterize!).

I have one cherry tom forming. Next year they will not be put up high in a vertical mode. Maybe hanging chains/rope. IDK. Not real thrilled with the lack of fruit vs amount of care/work.

I have a rat burrowing under my raised bed of tays. No. NONONONO I can’t stand for that. The cute little mousie is also nibbling on everything. No more pomegranates (every d@mn year!) they do this. Green strawberries. Ends of tiny peas. Just a bite or two -- enough to ruin it but the chickens are pleased. Strapping on my molded knee pads and with heavy gloves doing the garden crawl so the neighbors’ cats have better access since the traps keep disappearing. Ripping and pruning everything up to a meter or taking it out. One of my knees is pretty bad these days and my allergies are wrecking havoc (goopy eyes, runny nose, wheeze-n-cough) so its in little bouts of desperation/ anger that keep me going. Despair as I rest-n-wheeze; anger as I am rip-n-move. I realize its going to be a long haul. Yes, I should have a better attitude but one thing about me, I can muscle through just about anything if I get mad enough. Its been a driving force all my life. I can take so much and then its time. Getting happy about it only causes me to wilt away and give up. Happy time is stoking up the samovar after a good days work and sitting back with satisfaction and then wilting.

Harvesting: still the same (dehydrating gooseberries this year).

Transplanting pot bound elderberries. Looking to perhaps divide or transplant some salade burnett to other parts of the garden after garden crawl clean.

[courage-a-word-of-justice]

Iruma-kun 10 - 12 | Shinchou Yuusha 9 - 12 (FINAL) | Dr Stone 22 - 24 (FINAL) | BnHA 72 - 74 | Stars Align 9 - 12 (FINAL) | No Guns Life 10 - 12 (FINAL)

Iruma-kun 10

That mascot is still around to annoy poor Kalego, huh? (LOL) I also noticed the demonstration demons have horns like oni.

Oh no! This means Azz-Azz is a prime target for Iruma!

(I was going to write something. Then I got so engrossed in the action, I forgot to…)

LOL, Sabro’s too heavy for Team A to lift!

Oh, Iruma’s hair isn’t tied anymore…

“…pruning this cactus.” – Does Eggie-sensei like plants?

Ooh, the first double-parter ever for this show, I think it is.

Shinchou Yuusha 9

Apparently ep 10 got delayed…*sigh*

LOL, thre’s product placement for a certain ice cream brand in this episode, huh?

Can we not with the boob grope???

*Rista takes care of Mash and Elulu* - Rista’s such a mom sometimes…

Stars Align 9

This one scene with Nao looks really blue…it’s almost unsettling.

Oh dear…I understand the sentiment of an inferiority complex all too well.

Dr Stone 22

Now we’re back to good ol’ science vs. survival of the fittest philosophy clash. Now, see, that’s the Dr Stone I like best!

Torricelli’s law.

Why is mica like baumkuchen? Probably because it has a lot of layers…

Wow, for WSJ – which encouraged fangirls all over the world to make yaoi/shonen ai ships – they sure tossed out the yaoi/shonen ai option real fast…

Skarn. I’ve never heard of it until now.

Magma, staring at the product of magma…LOL.

I…don’t get it. Even after watching the bit again, I don’t understand why Magma was trying to save Senku.

So…as is said for most WSJ series, the treasure was the friends we made along the way…LOL, what a way to acknowledge a trope.

Lemme guess…surprise birthday party? (Sorry, when I was reading up on Magma earlier, I saw that Magma helps with a birthday surprise for Senku and I found out what it was.)

I wonder if Rei is still up there at this point…? (Who’s Rei? You’ll find out if you read the Byakuya reboot…)

Well, “Rock Day” only works in Japanese. The language would’ve drifted over thousands of years so it shouldn’t work in the year 5731 (or whatever year Dr Stone is set).

Dr Stone 23

One episode until the end…but I’m away over Christmas, so I’ll have quite a bit to catch up on when I’m back. Update: I never did end up going away over Christmas.

Senku is much more of a trickster hero than an action hero. That’s been pretty obvious all the way through, but here it’s at its most obvious.

Oh, so Kaseki made the village bridge? Is that a correct assumption…? Update: I think the answer was yes from the manga.

How much chemistry does Gen know, anyway? Assuming he’s a humanities person because of psychology and his tricks, it must only be basic, right?

Thse intense stares…I’ve been reading JJBA: DiU lately, so I’m expecting an 80s-style “!!” to appear over someone’s head at this point, LOL.

Ooh, hardware. In fact, it looks like the inside of a computer…or, more relevant to this case, a phone.

So it’s not “rules are rules” anymore? Now Kinro’s changed his words to reflect his faith in Senku…hmm! Interesting! (Update: A quick google says Kinro is 18. Senku is about 18 (+ 3700 years). Plus, after they start dragging Ginro away, Kinro says his trademark line.)

Wouldn’t the coal smoke alert Tsukasa of the village’s location, though…? Then again, thanks to Homura and Hyouga, Tsukasa already knows their location…oops.

Rochelle salt.  

I saw that one shot of the world from the 1st OP and I thought there was meant to be a post-credits segment…LOL, nope.

Dr Stone 24 (FINAL)

The “acquisition message” basically said “We didn’t (just) need one cell phone, (so) it was useless!” Notably, it uses the counter for large items (like computers) for the phone.

Having finished the Byakuya reboot now, I wanna cry every time I hear about the guy…

Oh! The eyecatch is a record!

Basically, what records do is that they recreate sounds by using vibrations created by the grooves of the disc. Sound is a set of vibrations.

“Astronauts are science elites…” – Except maybe Lillian Weinberg…

I like Shamil out of the guys from the Soyuz the most. He’s a cross between Tsukasa and Senku. Stoic yet skeptical, a voice of reason for Byakuya’s sillier outbursts.

I wouldn’t be surprised if the shield was made with CGI, tbh.

Byakuya’s humour here is betraying the emotional capacity of the scene…it’s gone from “100% tear-inducing” to “confusing”.

Please sing Tsubasa wo Kudasai, Lillian…*crosses fingers*

I didn’t get what I wanted, but oh well. This song is good too. (I wouldn’t be surprised if most of the record player was CGI too. It’s good CGI for sure.)

LOL, Puyo Puyo! Even Sherlock Holmes! Dragon Ball, Nintendo Switch, VR, Saiyuki! It’s like a treasure trove of references!

Normally the s2 announcement comes after the credits, so I was thrown for a loop when it was announced before the ED…anyways, this is the end of the s1 coverage. See you for s2!

BnHA 72

[no notes, sorry!]

Iruma-kun 11

Robin looks like Iruma…(this vaguely annoys me.)

I noticed Keroli (sp?) is in the back left, alone…that’s kinda sad.

Sabro is hella tall…even taller than Azz-kun, and that says something.

Ah…I love Eggie-sensei. He’s so funny!

Really? I thought Sullivan wrote them (the rules).

I wanna see an episode where Eggie-sensei can’t turn into his fuzzy form and has to do familiar activities with Iruma. That, or an episode where Eggie-sensei has some human parts and some familiar ones (although that would scare some little kids, I think…)

What a Machiavellian mindset Eggie-sensei has!

Iruma’s got wine, people! Underage drinking is a no-no! (partially joking)

Good on ya, Clara! Go kick those girls to the kerb!

The butterflies are so beautiful in this show!

So basically school clubs.

Hmm…it’s almost a Fordist approach. I mean, “freeing yourself up to do other things” is basically the entire ethos of that.

NGL 10

I was reading JJBA: DiU today and Colt seriously looks like a Jojo’s character…

“Your face is just like…”

N-No way! You mean, the Victor Mary’s wanted to see all along…is the other gunhead…?! Geesh, what a plot twist!

Stars Align 10

“We all play to win.” – That’s very Maki of you, Maki.

Shinjo/Oshimi???? That must be Ryoma…! By the way, what’s up with these Itsuse twins…?

Who’s Hatanooka? Update: That’s the team with Joy in it…and those fangirls who busted Mitsue up.

F*** it…Arashi, I wanna pummel you someday.

LOL, you can sell your temmates out with chanpuru, huh, Arashi?

Did Maki suggest something subliminally…?

*Maki and Toma run around* - LOL, this play is completely unorthodox, haha. I can tell even if I’m no expert.

Shinchou Yuusha 10

We’re back after another week’s break…

Come to think of it, how do fantasy worlds have concepts of “hours”?

LOL, how convenient it was that there just happened to be a dude needing healing walking past! (partially sarcastic, partially meaning it since the circumstances foreshadowed it)

“Talent”, eh? *stares at the camera, which is showing Rista’s boobs, with disapproval*

The Demon Spirit Orb is basically a monster cell from OPM 2, isn’t it…?

If Seiya came from our world…then I’m sorry, Wolks, but whoever told you is completely and utterly wrong. *gestures at all the conflicts around the world, including political turmoil*

“Are you calling…”  

No Guns Life 11

Second-last ep!

Oh great…another yandere?(I read JJBA: DiU hardcover vol. 2 yesterday, so I’m still thinking about Yukako Yamagishi…)

There’s a convertible in the OP, though…I wonder if that will come into play later. Update: Even if it does come into play in the future, it doesn’t happen in ths cour.

Stars Align 11

It was like Joy was showing off to the camera…LOL.

Apparently, Joy’s name is a weird reading for yorokobi (happiness).

This feels like a final episode…

Hmm. I thought Yonex sponsored this. Turns out that’s a parody logo after all (or at least, here it’s a parody).

One of the Itsuse bros looks exactly like Maki, so it’s confusing…

I’m still confused as to why Shijo Minami’s shirts say nantei on them. The minami might be nan in another way of reading it, but…the shi can only be read kokorozashi otherwise and while the jou can be read many, many ways, tei isn’t one of them.

Ume = plum blossom, so that purple-pink colour really suits them.

BnHA 73

Eri’s name means, literally, “to break reason”.

This scene with the stars and the dancefloor…that’s new.

Iruma-kun 12

Sometims you forget this dork *points at Azz* is more powerful than Iruma and Clara…

You can see Clara and Iruma in the shot of Azz-kun.

The reason why I like calling Kalego “Eggie-sensei” is because he doesn’t like it! 

I love how the narrator is even aware it’s been mentioned several times Iruma can’t decline requests.

New Magic is basically science…?

Oh, it would be hilarious if this character Iruma just bumped into and he (Iruma) would be in a Battler together…but I’ve read spoilers, so I know what Iruma will join…

Is this some kind of allegory for technology…?! *eyes sparkle* Yes, I want in! Iruma! Join this club!

Even this demon’s clip is a book! Amazing!

Clara! She dab! In a pot!

Come to think of it, in the basic premise, Iruma-kun (the show) is Kenja no Mago, right? The Wise Man’s Grandson…sort of.

Shinchou Yuusha 11

Almost at the end…I’ll sorely miss this show.

Is Tiana some former version of Rista…?

How old is Seiya again…? Update: Apparently he’s 17…and if he’s the same age as he used to be in this flashback, then…kinda squicky, no?

Stars Align 12 (FINAL)

I heard this show dropped the ball and that Nao’s mother got a rant, but otherwise I don’t quite know what happens here…so let’s finish what we started. Update: Nao’s mother’s rant was in a previous episode.

Oh hey! It’s that running thing Nao and Taiyo were doing…I think. (I don’t think I’ve grasped everyone’s names, even over 12 eps, so I had to check Taiyo’s name up.)

Oh, these gremlins…*sighs happily but also exasperatedly* No wonder this show took out a top 10 position for my 2019 list.

I’m worried now…there’s always a last minute thing to ruin an episode on this show.

I always thought Ryoma’s hair was pretty nice…(small LOL). That’s just my bias for bishonen showing though.

I’m…scared now…Maki’s dad must’ve come back and the red in the sky really sold that moment…

Maki…no!!!!!!!! Aw, f***, that’s the final seconds…geesh, way to end the series. If this were a 2 cour, I’d definitely watch the next one, but since I heard through ANN that this is all we have so far, really, the only thing I can do for a passion project is hope another cour gets funded and (maybe) purchase what I can to help out. Well, that’s it, folks, skedaddle out of here until next time.

No Guns Life 12 (FINAL)

This pendant reminds me of the mana compass I saw in Fate/Zero yesterday.

I bet Danny planted those footprints…or something like that. Update: Yup, he did.

Come to think of it, is Juzo still missing his arm from last time…?

“You weren’t my client, little lady.” – There’s one of two possible options here, I think: 1) the hands guy was or 2) Danny was.

I wonder, will the hand Extended ever become his (Juzo’s) left hand? Or will he get an Extension for it?

Wow, second huge end-of-season cliffhanger! Juzo got a new buddy, it seems…anyway, see you in spring!

Cautious Hero 12 (FINAL)

If the Valkyryja (sp?) isn’t magic…what is it???

That one guy lying on the side of the fountain, looking all drunk…LOL.

Geez, you make me wanna cry, show!!!

Even the alarm clock is dejected…geez…

This is…the best conclusion of the fall season in that Seiya defeated the Demon King and the story wrapped up properly, but the worst in that Seiya died. No one died in Stars Align, even if they failed a tonne! So…I dunno. I guess it should be happy it ended optimistically…anyways, enough of my moping. See you next time.

BnHA 74

Shin Nemoto = “the truth of the origin of the sound”, if you stuck the particle no between each character.

Tintin got scary, LOL.

Lemillion, making “no capes” go out of fashion again (LOL).

Wow, talk about a clip show…! This is really one.

Check the end of the episode, don’t forget to watch the post-credits segments, people.

[pilferingapples]

Gautier, on Himself 7/?

(a translation by me of a mini-autobio from Theo Gautier in 1867, all from this text.Translation notes (SO MANY notes) and original French under the cut,suggestions and corrections SUPER WELCOME!)

Part 1 * Part 2 * Part 3 * Part 4 * Part 5 * Part 6

Previously: Gautier took up painting, only to find out he was too nearsighted to be an artist. Uh-oh. 

I was living with my parents at Place Royale, No. 8, in the corner of the row of arcades where the town hall was. If I note this detail, it is not to indicate in the future one of my homes. I am not one of those whose posterity will mark homes with a bust or a marble plaque.(1) But this circumstance greatly influenced the direction of my life. 

Victor Hugo, some time after the July Revolution, had come to live at the Place Royale, at No. 6, in the house in return for square. We could talk from one window to another. I had been introduced to Hugo, rue Jean-Goujon, by Gérard and Pétrus Borel, the lycanthrope. (2) God knows with what tremors and anxieties! I stayed more than an hour sitting on the steps of the stairs with my two mahouts,(3) begging them to wait until I was a little recovered. Hugo was then in all his glory and his triumph. Admitted to the romantic Jupiter, I did not even know how to say, like Henri Heine before Goethe: "The plums on the road to Jena in Weimar are good for thirst”. But the gods and kings do not disdain these frights of admiring shyness. They like that we faint before them. Hugo smiled and spoke to me encouragingly. 

 It was at the time of the rehearsals  of Hernani . Gerard and Petrus were turned my guarantors, and I received one of those red tickets marked with a brand of the proud Spanish motto hierro(iron). It was thought that the performance would be tumultuous, and enthusiastic young people were needed to support the play. The hatreds between classics and romantics were as lively as those of the Guelphs and Ghibellines(4), gluckistes and piccinistes (5). The success was as dazzling as a storm, with whistling winds, lightning, rain, and thunder. A whole room raised by the frenzied admiration of some and the obstinate anger of others! It was at this performance that I saw for the first time Madame Emile de Girardin, dressed in blue, her hair rolled in a long spiral of gold, as in the portrait by Hersent (6). She applauded the poet for his genius, and she was applauded for her beauty. From then on, I burned as the newly converted, and I was given the command of a small squad to whom I was distributing red tickets. 

It has been said and printed that at the battle of Hernani  I beat the recalcitrant bourgeois with my huge fists. It was not the desire to do so that I lacked, but the fists. I was scarcely eighteen, I was frail and delicate, and I took gloves in seven-and-a-quarter (7). I have since made all the great romantic campaigns. When we left the theater, we wrote on the walls: "Long live Victor Hugo! “ to spread his glory and irritate the Philistines. 

Never was God worshiped more fervently than Hugo. We were astonished to see him walking with us in the street like a mere mortal, and it seemed to us that he should have gone out through the city only on a triumphal chariot drawn by a quadriga(8) of white horses, with a winged Victory hanging a golden crown above his head. To tell the truth, I have hardly changed my mind, and my mature age approves the admiration of my youth. (9)

Je demeurais alors avec mes parents à la place Royale, no 8, dans l’angle de la rangée d’arcades où se trouvait la mairie. Si je note ce détail, ce n’est pas pour indiquer à l’avenir une de mes demeures. Je ne suis pas de ceux dont la postérité signalera les maisons avec un buste ou une plaque de marbre. Mais cette circonstance influa beaucoup sur la direction de ma vie. 

Victor Hugo quelque temps après la révolution de Juillet, était venu loger à la place Royale, au no 6, dans la maison en retour d’équerre. On pouvait se parler d’une fenêtre à l’autre. J’avais été présenté à Hugo, rue Jean-Goujon, par Gérard et Pétrus Borel, le lycanthrope. Dieu sait avec quels tremblements et quelles angoisses! Je restai plus d’une heure assis sur les marches de l’escalier avec mes deux cornacs, les priant d’attendre que je fusse un peu remis. Hugo était alors dans toute sa gloire et son triomphe. Admis devant le Jupiter romantique, je ne sus pas même dire, comme Henri Heine devant Goethe :  » Que les prunes étaient bonnes pour la soif sur le chemin d’Iéna à Weimar  » Mais les dieux et les rois ne dédaignent pas ces effarements de timidité admirative. Ils aiment assez qu’on s’évanouisse devant eux. Hugo daigna sourire et m’adresser quelques paroles encourageantes. 

C’était à l’époque des répétitions d’Hernani. Gérard et Pétrus se portèrent mes garants, et je reçus un de ces billets rouges marqués avec une griffe de la fière devise espagnole hierro (fer). On pensait que la représentation serait tumultueuse, et il fallait des jeunes gens enthousiastes pour soutenir la pièce. Les haines entre classiques et romantiques étaient aussi vives que celles des guelfes et de gibelins, des gluckistes et des piccinistes. Le succès fut éclatant comme un orage, avec sifflements des vents, éclairs, pluie et foudres. Toute une salle soulevée par l’admiration frénétique des uns et la colère opiniâtre des autres! Ce fut à cette représentation que je vis pour la première fois madame Émile de Girardin, vêtue de bleu, les cheveux roulés en longue spirale d’or comme dans le portrait d’Hersent. Elle applaudissait le poëte pour son génie, on l’applaudit pour sa beauté. À dater de là, je fus considéré comme un chaud néophyte, et j’obtins le commandement d’une petite escouade à qui je distribuais des billets rouges. On a dit et imprimé qu’aux batailles d’Hernani j’assommais les bourgeois récalcitrants avec mes poings énormes. Ce n’était pas l’envie qui me manquait, mais les poings. J’avais dix-huit ans à peine, j’étais frêle et délicat, et je gantais sept un quart. Je fis, depuis, toutes les grandes campagnes romantiques. Au sortir du théâtre, nous écrivions sur les murailles :  » Vive Victor Hugo!  » pour propager sa gloire et ennuyer les philistins. 

Jamais Dieu ne fut adoré avec plus de ferveur qu’Hugo. Nous étions étonnés de le voir marcher avec nous dans la rue comme un simple mortel, et il nous semblait qu’il n’eût dû sortir par la ville que sur un char triomphal traîné par un quadrige de chevaux blancs, avec une Victoire ailée suspendant une couronne d’or au-dessus de sa tête. À vrai dire, je n’ai guère changé d’idée, et mon âge mûr approuve l’admiration de ma jeunesse.

1- It’s kind of amazing how wrong Gautier was about his own cultural importance, even at this point. Not only did he get plaques and memorials, his old home is marked with kitty curtains, which probably would have pleased him more. 

2- Gerard and Petrus (the lycanthrope, because some things are Important XD) ! I’ve mentioned this in earlier segments, but Nerval and Borel were both dead and sliding out of public memory by this time. Borel, in particular, had become an embarrassing reminder to some people of the artistic excess and political ideals of an earlier time, and his name had, as Baudelaire said, become a sort of condemnation against anyone getting too outspoken or experimental in their art.  If Gerard was fading from memory, Petrus was being erased--both of them starting to be aggressively unmentioned or even cut out of accounts of the movement’s history, in favor of focusing on more famous and then-currently appealing figures. Gautier’s insistent remembrance of them both at this point is both accurate and something of a  statement of loyalty in a way I didn’t know when I started doing this kind of research, which is why I’m mentioning it here :P 

3- “mahouts”--an elephant driver. Romantic Orientalism ahoy, and also Gautier’s basically calling them his herders XD

4- Guelphs and Ghibellines- factions in 12th and 13th century Italy supporting the Pope vs The Holy Roman Emperor. 

5- gluckistes and piccinistes--an 18th century aesthetic argument between fans of French opera and fans of Italian opera.  

6-“the portrait by Hersent”-- that’s most likely Louis Hersent, an engraver and portraitist of the time, with a large portfolio of portraits of young wealthy women. There’s like... almost nothing easily findable on him in English, unforch. :/ 

7-”I took gloves in seven and a quarter”=“ et je gantais sept un quart “--  given the comment about lacking huge fists, I’m pretty sure this is Gautier saying he was wearing a very small or unimpressive glove size at the time, but since I have no idea what French glove sizing of the day was like, I don’t know exactly what he means. :[  

8-QUADRIGA, TAKE A SHOT XD

9-  Continuing to cheerlead for Gerard and Petrus was an act of friendly loyalty in a small subculture; continuing to sing the praises of Victor Hugo in a country where Hugo was a political exile who’d had to flee for his life was considerably more. In general, Gautier was fairly politic and got along with Napoleon III’s court-- but on the matter of Hugo he refused to ever perjure himself. Hugo Was The Greatest, and nothing would make him change his mind. It was considered to have cost him some significant career opportunities, at least,but as Maxime du Camp said, “Théophile Gautier was incapable of such a crime (as speaking against Hugo),  everything in him would have revolted against it, his Romanticist faith, his loyalty, his nature, even if the perspective of an official post were to be his.”

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What to Feed a Siberian Husky

One of the most popular questions I get about our Husky, Sassy, is what we feed her. This is my Ultimate Guide to Feeding Your Siberian Husky!!

Nutrition Basics

Huskies need slightly more protein than the average dog. They do well with high protein, moderately high fat, low carb, and low grain foods.

There is a big debate about grain-free foods for Huskies and other dogs in general right now. I believe it is important to do what you feel is best for your dog and do research regarding the facts of grain-free foods. We feed Sassy grain-free food due to some digestion issues and I do not believe there is enough research or evidence for me personally to change her food yet. I know dogs have trouble digesting grains and Sassy was having a lot of problems before we switched to grain-free. I may change my mind later, but this is my current choice. 

Another reason we chose Sassy’s current food is that it has a high amount of fiber which not only helps her digestive and anal gland issues.

Puppy Needs

Puppies have their own set of dietary requirements and it’s important to feed your Husky a puppy food so they get all the important vitamins and nutrients they need. It is recommended to feed husky puppies three times throughout the day. 

As your pup gets older, he or she will likely start eating only about two times a day and that is just fine!

How to Switch Your Husky from Puppy to Adult Food

I fed Sassy as a puppy three times a day, ½ cup for each feeding. 

Once she became an adult, we switched her to twice per day, 1 cup meals. 

Always do a gradual food change with your dog as they can have serious digestive issues if you try to change their food so suddenly.

To change Sassy’s food I went ahead for the first week and implemented her new eating schedule of only feeding her twice per day. This means I went ahead and changed the amounts (Three – ½ cups VS. Two – 1 cup meals.)

Week 1: I did ¼ cup of the new food to ¾ of the old food.

Week 2: I did ½ cup of the new food with ½ cup of the old food.

Week 3: ¾ cup of the new food with ½ cup of the old food.

Week 4: You’re ready to feed the new food with minimal digestive issues.

When and How Much to Feed Your Husky

Sassy, as an adult Husky, eats anywhere from 2-3 cups of food per day. I will serve her one cup in the morning and one cup in the evening along with some wet food and her pumpkin supplement. If that isn’t enough, I’ll add a half-cup to her food bowl after she (literally) tells me she’s still hungry.

Huskies love routine and they will quickly learn when their dinner time is. They will likely let you know if you are behind on feeding them, as well, with their Husky talk!

Huskies were bred to go long distances and eat little. As a breed, they learned how to sustain a certain amount of energy when there just wasn’t a lot of food available to them. A Husky’s metabolism is extremely high and small food intake can keep them going for miles… literally!

It might seem like your Husky isn’t eating enough, but it really could just be that they are full already.

It can often take a bit of trial and error to find a food that your Husky loves. Be patient and know this is okay. Buy smaller bags of food until you find one that works. (You can always donate the unused food your Husky didn’t like to a doggy shelter, just be sure to do so in a timely fashion so it doesn’t go bad or stale.)

Important things to know:

All Huskies are different. The most important thing to remember is that your Husky will not be like mine or anyone else’s. They are all similar, of course, but just because one Husky really loves dry chicken-flavored kibble doesn’t mean the next one will. That’d be like saying all humans love asparagus when we all probably know a lot of people who don’t!

Siberian Huskies can be very picky eaters. They are also incredibly smart which can make for an interesting feeding experience.

Once they get used to certain foods that they love, they fully expect you to continue providing those. Keep this in mind when you begin a feeding routine and know that you may really have to commit yourself to it. 

Huskies will eat until they are full, so don’t be afraid if your pup doesn’t eat his or her whole bowl. Do pay attention to how much your dog is eating and adjust portions accordingly. 

The only time to really worry about your dog not eating is if he or she is not eating at all, or has had a recent, drastic change in eating habits. If this happens with your Husky, we always recommend talking to your vet about it. 

However, Huskies sometimes get bored with their food and will not eat because of that reason. You may try mixing up your Husky’s food with a supplement, cooked veggies, cooked meats, or broth and see if she’ll eat it then. I have used chicken broth, beef broth, tuna, and salmon all in Sassy’s food to mix it up for her.

If we try to give Sassy a different flavor of wet food, most of the time she will not eat it. And she lets us know that we messed up.

When I switched Sassy off her puppy food as she became an adult (around one year), I switched her from puppy kibble to adult dog kibble. She started to have anal gland issues a few months after I switched her food. There is not a lot out there about treating anal gland issues with food versus having them emptied constantly or having surgery on your dog. 

I wrote an article about anal gland issues for when your dog has a stinky booty.

What Can Huskies NOT Eat?

There are certain foods that dogs just cannot eat. If you are ever unsure about something the best idea is do some research or to ask your vet’s office.

Here is a list of what Huskies absolutely cannot eat:

Grapes

Raisins

Peaches

Plums

Prunes

Cherries

Citrus fruits

Yeast dough

Raw eggs

Soda

Tea

Coffee

Avocado

Raw or undercooked meats

Fat trimmings or bones

Onions

Garlic

Macadamia nuts

Salt

Sweets

Sugar

Chocolate

Dairy in large amounts. (Small amounts are okay – Sass loves to share a string cheese with me!)

Can Huskies eat vegetables?

Yes, most of them! In fact, Sassy absolutely LOVES carrots, asparagus and brussel sprouts. 

Should I use supplements?

If your vet recommends certain supplements you should definitely consider it. We use a pumpkin supplement for Sassy because it aids in digestion and anal gland problems she had. Once we switched her food and added the pumpkin supplement, we no longer had to worry about her tummy or pay to have her anal glands emptied constantly (which is not healthy).

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CURE GLIOBLASTOMA BRAIN CANCER NEWS

ALKALINE FOODS ARE GOOD FOR FIGHTING CANCER

VS

ACIDIFYING FOODS ARE BAD FOR SURVIVING CANCER

ALKALIZING VEGETABLES

Alfalfa

Barley Grass

Beet Greens

Beets

Broccoli

Cabbage

Carrot

Cauliflower

Celery

Chard Greens

Chlorella

Collard Greens

Cucumber

Dandelions

Dulce

Edible Flowers

Eggplant

Fermented Veggies

Garlic

Green Beans

Green Peas

Kale

Kohlrabi

Lettuce

Mushrooms

Mustard Greens

Nightshade Veggies

Onions

Parsnips (high glycemic)

Peas

Peppers

Pumpkin

Radishes

Rutabaga

Sea Veggies

Spinach, green

Spirulina

Sprouts

Sweet Potatoes

Tomatoes

Watercress

Wheat Grass

Wild Greens

ALKALIZING ORIENTAL VEGETABLES

Daikon

Dandelion Root

Kombu

Maitake

Nori

Reishi

Shitake

Umeboshi

Wakame

ALKALIZING FRUITS

Apple

Apricot

Avocado

Banana (high glycemic)

Berries

Blackberries

Cantaloupe

Cherries, sour

Coconut, fresh

Currants

Dates, dried

Figs, dried

Grapes

Grapefruit

Honeydew Melon

Lemon

Lime

Muskmelons

Nectarine

Orange

Peach

Pear

Pineapple

Raisins

Raspberries

Rhubarb

Strawberries

Tangerine

Tomato

Tropical Fruits

Umeboshi Plums

Watermelon

ALKALIZING PROTEIN

Almonds

Chestnuts

Millet

Tempeh (fermented)

Tofu (fermented)

Whey Protein Powder

ALKALIZING SPICES & SEASONINGS

Chili Pepper

Cinnamon

Curry

Ginger

Herbs (all)

Miso

Mustard

Sea Salt

Tamari

ALKALIZING OTHER

Alkaline Antioxidant Water

Apple Cider Vinegar

Bee Pollen

Fresh Fruit Juice

Green Juices

Lecithin Granules

Mineral Water

Molasses, blackstrap

Probiotic Cultures

Soured Dairy Products

Veggie Juices

ALKALIZING MINERALS

Calcium: pH 12

Cesium: pH 14

Magnesium: pH 9

Potassium: pH 14

Sodium: pH 14

Although it might seem that citrus fruits would have an acidifying effect on the body, the citric acid they contain actually has an alkalinizing effect in the system.

Note that a food's acid or alkaline forming tendency in the body has nothing to do with the actual pH of the food itself. For example, lemons are very acidic, however the end products they produce after digestion and assimilation are very alkaline so, lemons are alkaline forming in the body. Likewise, meat will test alkaline before digestion, but it leaves very acidic residue in the body so, like nearly all animal products, meat is very acid forming.

ACIDIFYING VEGETABLES

Corn

Lentils

Olives

Winter Squash

ACIDIFYING FRUITS

Blueberries

Canned or Glazed Fruits

Cranberries

Currants

Plums*

*Prunes**

ACIDIFYING GRAINS, GRAIN PRODUCTS

Amaranth

Barley

Bran, oat

Bran, wheat

Bread

Corn

Cornstarch

Crackers, soda

Flour, wheat

Flour, white

Hemp Seed Flour

Kamut

Macaroni

Noodles

Oatmeal

Oats (rolled)

Quinoa

Rice (all)

Rice Cakes

Rye

Spaghetti

Spelt

Wheat Germ

Wheat

ACIDIFYING BEANS & LEGUMES

Almond Milk

Black Beans

Chick Peas

Green Peas

Kidney Beans

Lentils

Pinto Beans

Red Beans

Rice Milk

Soy Beans

Soy Milk

White Beans

ACIDIFYING DAIRY

Butter

Cheese

Cheese, Processed

Ice Cream

Ice Milk

ACIDIFYING NUTS & BUTTERS

Cashews

Legumes

Peanut Butter

Peanuts

Pecans

Tahini

Walnuts

ACIDIFYING ANIMAL PROTEIN

Bacon

Beef

Carp

Clams

Cod

Corned Beef

Fish

Haddock

Lamb

Lobster

Mussels

Organ Meats

Oyster

Pike

Pork

Rabbit

Salmon

Sardines

Sausage

Scallops

Shellfish

Shrimp

Tuna

Turkey

Veal

Venison

ACIDIFYING FATS & OILS

Avacado Oil

Butter

Canola Oil

Corn Oil

Flax Oil

Hemp Seed Oil

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DIABETES: Fresh fruit, not juice, lowers risk

DIABETES: Fresh fruit, not juice, lowers risk:

If fruit consumption can reduce the risk of diabetes, fruit juices can increase it, warns this meta-analysis conducted at Harvard. The findings, published in the British Medical Journal, show a 2% reduction in the risk of type 2 diabetes, with 3 servings of fruit per week, by 26% when it comes to blueberries! but, conversely, an 8% increase in the risk for 3 fruit juices per week. In question, the added sugar.

Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health and other research institutes in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Singapore conducted the meta-analysis of 3 prospective cohort studies (the Nurses' Health Study I and II, and the Health Professionals Follow-up Study) to establish this link between the consumption of fruit, fruit juice and the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. In total, this meta-analysis focused on data from nearly 200,000 participants, without diabetes , at the start of the study, which, every four years, informed their dietary intake by food questionnaire. During the follow-up, the participants were considered to be diabetic, in case of classic symptoms, elevation of blood sugar levels or initiation of antidiabetic treatment.

12,198 participants or 6.5% developed type 2 diabetes. After taking into account possible confounding factors, the analysis finds that,

· Each additional "portion" of 3 servings per week of whole fruit is associated with a 2% reduction in the risk of diabetes (RR: 0.98),

3 servings per week of blueberries, grapes and raisins, apples, pears, bananas and grapefruit are associated with a statistically significant reduction in the risk of diabetes (vs 1 serving of one of these fruits)

· 3 servings per week

- grapefruit or bananas reduces the risk by 5%

- blueberries, 26%

- prunes, peaches, plums, apricots or oranges are associated with a "risk reduction tendency",

- strawberries with a slight non-significant increase in risk,

· Drinking 3 fruit juices / week is associated with an 8% increase in risk (HR 1.08).

The inverse association between fruit consumption and the risk of diabetes applies to fruit, not juice, and this association is variable depending on the fruit.

Source: TRYCGM

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The Top Nutritious Foods High in Fiber

Dietary fiber is a type of carbohydrate that your body cannot digest. This essential nutrient is found only in plants; you can’t get it from animal products. Although fiber passes through your gut undigested, it’s a very important nutrient for maintaining health.

The Benefits of a High Fiber Diet

A high fiber intake supports your health in a number of different ways, but it’s best known for promoting regularity. Fiber adds bulk to your stool, preventing constipation and making bowel movements easier.

Fiber’s benefits don’t begin and end in the bowels. Eating fiber helps you feel fuller faster, which supports healthy weight loss. It reduces the risk of heart disease, diabetes, diverticular disease, obesity, constipation, and breast cancer.[1, 2]

Unfortunately, most of us simply do not get enough fiber in our diets. Experts recommend that people should eat between 21 and 38 grams of fiber every day. The average American only consumes 16 grams.[3]

Soluble Fiber vs. Insoluble Fiber

There are two varieties of fiber, soluble and insoluble. Soluble fiber dissolves in water and turns into a gel in your digestive tract. Soluble fiber is good for controlling cholesterol and supporting heart health. Insoluble fiber doesn’t dissolve in water; it passes essentially unchanged through your digestive system. It aids digestion and helps relieve constipation.[3]

What Are the Best High Fiber Foods?

Because the average American diet contains so little dietary fiber, it’s important to plan your meals accordingly. Fiber supplements are readily available, but the best way to add fiber is always through food. Here are some of the best food sources of dietary fiber. All measurements are based on 100 gram servings unless otherwise stated.

Vegetables

Your mother knew what she was talking about when she told you to eat your veggies. A diet high in greens can lower blood pressure, improve heart health, and balance blood sugar. Vegetables are also an excellent source of fiber.[4] These are a few of the best veggies you can eat to increase your fiber intake.

Brussels Sprouts

When cooked, Brussels sprouts contain 2.6 g of fiber. They are also an excellent source of folate, manganese, and vitamins C and K.[5]

Broccoli

Chopped raw broccoli contains 2.6 g of fiber. Cooking actually concentrates this slightly to 3.3 g. Broccoli and other cruciferous veggies are loaded with health-promoting compounds called phenolics, which are associated with lower risks of coronary heart disease, type II diabetes, asthma, and other serious conditions.[5, 6]

Artichokes

Artichokes are actually the immature flower head of a type of thistle, and they are way more delicious than that makes them sound. One medium artichoke contains 6.8 g of dietary fiber, which is about 5.7 g per 100 g.[5]

Fruit

Fruit is cholesterol-free and naturally low in fat, sodium, and calories. Many fruits are also an excellent source of fiber. Here are a few of the best fibrous fruits.

Prunes

There’s a reason they call prunes “nature’s laxative.” Prunes, also known as dried plums, get their constipation-relieving powers from a very high fiber content. Every 100 g of prunes boasts 7.1 g of fiber. They are also naturally rich in antioxidants, vitamin A, potassium, and iron.[5]

Bananas

Ripe bananas are high in a soluble fiber called pectin. One medium banana contains 3-4 g of it. Avoid unripe bananas. Not only do they taste bad, they lack the fiber content of the ripe fruit, and contain heavy starches that can cause constipation.[5]

Figs

Raw figs contain 2.9 g of fiber. However, depending on the time of year and your location, raw figs may be difficult to obtain, which is why about 90% of the world’s supply of this fruit is dried. Drying a fruit concentrates its nutrients significantly, and 100 g of dried figs contains almost 10 g of fiber. The downside is that this process also triples its sugar content. Grab fresh figs when you get the opportunity and enjoy dried figs in moderation the rest of the year.[5]

Avocados

America is obsessed with avocados, and it’s easy to see why. Not only are they delicious, they’re packed with beneficial nutrients like potassium, vitamin K, antioxidants, and folate.[7]

There are many types of avocados, but the two you’re most likely to see in the United States are Florida avocados and California avocados. The California avocado contains slightly more fiber by weight—6.8 g compared to 5.6 g for the Florida type, but the Florida avocado is much larger and contains more fiber per fruit.[5]

Raspberries

Raspberries contain about 6.5 g of fiber. In addition to their fiber content, raspberries are also loaded with beneficial antioxidants including vitamin C, quercetin, and anthocyanins. Anthocyanins are antioxidant pigments that give the berries their rich red color.[5]

Blackberries

Blackberries are loaded with antioxidants, manganese, and vitamins C and K. These berries don’t disappoint in the fiber department, either. They have 5.3 g of fiber in every 100 g.[5]

Legumes

Legumes, like beans and peas, are one of the very best high fiber foods. Low in fat, high in protein, and loaded with beneficial nutrients like iron, zinc, calcium, selenium, and folate, legumes should be a staple of any diet.

Split Peas

Split peas are a great source of protein for anyone on a plant-based diet. They’re high in fiber, folate, iron, and potassium but low in fat. When cooked, 100 g of split peas contains 8.3 g of fiber.[5]

Lima Beans

Let’s retire that old joke about kids not wanting to eat lima beans. Lima beans are delicious. If your kids don’t want to eat them, just call them by their tastier-sounding nickname—butter beans. Lima beans are a significant source of molybdenum, a dietary trace element necessary for human health. Eating 100 g of cooked lima beans will get you 7 g of fiber.[5]

Lentils

Lentils are another legume superstar and the foundation of many plant-based diets. They gained this level of prominence due to their high nutritional content and culinary versatility. Lentils go great in soups, salads, stews, spreads, snacks, dips, desserts, and curries. There are about 8 g of fiber in every 100 g of cooked lentils.[5]

Seeds and Nuts

For years, seeds and nuts have been unfairly maligned and avoided due to their relatively high calorie and fat content. We now know that not all fats are bad, and we’re beginning to understand the importance of healthy fats. Seeds and nuts are loaded with essential fatty acids and other critical nutrients like fiber. If you need a crunchy snack, forget about the chips and cheese poofs—get yourself a handful of nuts or seeds!

Chia Seeds

Chia seeds are one of the healthiest seeds you can eat and a legitimate superfood. They’re easy to digest and can be added to soups, salads, smoothies, and dozens of different dishes. They contain a whopping 34.4 g of fiber per 100 g, giving them one of the highest fiber to weight ratios on this list.[5]

Flax Seeds

You will find 27.3 g of fiber in every 100 g of flax seed. Flax is also high in beneficial omega-3 fatty acids and health-promoting phytonutrients. In fact, flax seeds are the richest dietary source of lignans—antioxidants that help balance hormones in the human body.[5, 8]

Coconut

Raw coconuts are another excellent source of fiber. One medium coconut has a whopping 36 g of fiber, or about 4 g per serving.[5] While most of the fiber is contained in the meat of the nut, coconut water has a bit as well. One cup of coconut water contains 2.6 g. While that may not seem like much, it still makes coconut water a better beverage than your average soda or energy drink, both of which contain zero.

Grains

Whole grains are the first thing many people think of when you mention high fiber foods. Unfortunately, many of the most popular grains in the American diet have their own issues. Wheat is inadvisable for anyone with a gluten sensitivity. About 90% of all corn grown in the U.S. is genetically modified.[9] Rice is often bleached and stripped of its nutrients. For these reasons, the following alternative grains are better options.

Oats

Oats provide one of the richest sources of beta-glucans, soluble fibers with benefits for heart health, metabolism, and the immune system. Raw oats contain about 15 g total fiber. Cooking destroys some of the fiber, but cooked oats still have a respectable 10.6 g.[5, 10]

Quinoa

Quinoa is an ancient food, and its use dates back thousands of years in South America. However, it does deserve its popularity. Quinoa is an excellent source of healthy protein and contains 2.8 g of fiber per 100 g of cooked grain.[5]

Buckwheat

Despite the name, buckwheat is not closely related to wheat. Because of this, it’s naturally gluten-free and safe for those with gluten sensitivities. Buckwheat has a very high fiber content as well—10 g of fiber per 100 g.[5]

5 Tips for Adding More Fiber to Your Diet

The secret to maximizing the fiber in your diet isn’t to sit down and eat a big bowl of broccoli every day (although it certainly wouldn’t hurt if you want to do that). The best way to get more fiber is to find places to add extra fiber foods to your diet. Try these tips:

1. Use Add-Ons

Add chia seeds to your salad. Add flax to your oatmeal. There are dozens of ways to sneak a little extra fiber into your meal plan.

2. Eat Brown Foods Instead of White

White foods tend to have fewer nutrients than colorful ones. Some, like white rice and white bread, have even had the fiber removed. Whole grain foods tend to be browner and healthier.

3. Eat the Peel

The skin is where many fruits and veggies keep their highest concentration of fiber. Potatoes and apples are two excellent examples of foods that provide more nutrition when you eat the skin.

4. Use Substitutions

Swap in more fiber-friendly foods whenever possible. Ground flax can be mixed with water to make an excellent egg substitute in baking recipes. Cauliflower can do the work of potatoes in many recipes. Be creative.

5. Go Meatless

Try to get your protein from fiber-heavy plants like lentils and beans instead of from meat. If switching to a completely plant-based diet is too much for you, then try going meatless just one day every week.

Whatever method you choose, incorporating fiber into your diet every day is just one step in the journey to a happy, healthy life.

Other Ways to Stay Regular

If you’ve tried adding fiber and you still can’t seem to stay regular, consider a colon cleanse. An oxygen-based colon cleanser like Oxy-Powder® can help clear you out and keep things moving.

How do you get fiber in your diet? Let us know in the comments.

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How liars create the 'illusion of truth'

Repetition makes a fact seem more true, regardless of whether it is or not. Understanding this effect can help you avoid falling for propaganda, says psychologist Tom Stafford.

BBC News/October 26, 2016

By Tom Stafford

“Repeat a lie often enough and it becomes the truth”, is a law of propaganda often attributed to the Nazi Joseph Goebbels. Among psychologists something like this known as the "illusion of truth" effect. Here's how a typical experiment on the effect works: participants rate how true trivia items are, things like "A prune is a dried plum". Sometimes these items are true (like that one), but sometimes participants see a parallel version which isn't true (something like "A date is a dried plum").After a break – of minutes or even weeks – the participants do the procedure again, but this time some of the items they rate are new, and some they saw before in the first phase. The key finding is that people tend to rate items they've seen before as more likely to be true, regardless of whether they are true or not, and seemingly for the sole reason that they are more familiar.So, here, captured in the lab, seems to be the source for the saying that if you repeat a lie often enough it becomes the truth. And if you look around yourself, you may start to think that everyone from advertisers to politicians are taking advantage of this foible of human psychology.But a reliable effect in the lab isn't necessarily an important effect on people's real-world beliefs. If you really could make a lie sound true by repetition, there'd be no need for all the other techniques of persuasion.One obstacle is what you already know. Even if a lie sounds plausible, why would you set what you know aside just because you heard the lie repeatedly?Recently, a team led by Lisa Fazio of Vanderbilt University set out to test how the illusion of truth effect interacts with our prior knowledge. Would it affect our existing knowledge? They used paired true and un-true statements, but also split their items according to how likely participants were to know the truth (so "The Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean on Earth" is an example of a "known" items, which also happens to be true, and "The Atlantic Ocean is the largest ocean on Earth" is an un-true item, for which people are likely to know the actual truth).Their results show that the illusion of truth effect worked just as strongly for known as for unknown items, suggesting that prior knowledge won’t prevent repetition from swaying our judgements of plausibility.To cover all bases, the researchers performed one study in which the participants were asked to rate how true each statement seemed on a six-point scale, and one where they just categorised each fact as "true" or "false". Repetition pushed the average item up the six-point scale, and increased the odds that a statement would be categorised as true. For statements that were actually fact or fiction, known or unknown, repetition made them all seem more believable.At first this looks like bad news for human rationality, but – and I can't emphasise this strongly enough – when interpreting psychological science, you have to look at the actual numbers.What Fazio and colleagues actually found, is that the biggest influence on whether a statement was judged to be true was... whether it actually was true. The repetition effect couldn’t mask the truth. With or without repetition, people were still more likely to believe the actual facts as opposed to the lies.This shows something fundamental about how we update our beliefs – repetition has a power to make things sound more true, even when we know differently, but it doesn't over-ride that knowledge.The next question has to be, why might that be? The answer is to do with the effort it takes to being rigidly logical about every piece of information you hear. If every time you heard something you assessed it against everything you already knew, you'd still be thinking about breakfast at supper-time. Because we need to make quick judgements, we adopt shortcuts – heuristics which are right more often than wrong. Relying on how often you've heard something to judge how truthful something feels is just one strategy. Any universe where truth gets repeated more often than lies, even if only 51% vs 49% will be one where this is a quick and dirty rule for judging facts.If repetition was the only thing that influenced what we believed we'd be in trouble, but it isn't. We can all bring to bear more extensive powers of reasoning, but we need to recognise they are a limited resource. Our minds are prey to the illusion of truth effect because our instinct is to use short-cuts in judging how plausible something is. Often this works. Sometimes it is misleading.Once we know about the effect we can guard against it. Part of this is double-checking why we believe what we do – if something sounds plausible is it because it really is true, or have we just been told that repeatedly? This is why scholars are so mad about providing references - so we can track the origin on any claim, rather than having to take it on faith.But part of guarding against the illusion is the obligation it puts on us to stop repeating falsehoods. We live in a world where the facts matter, and should matter. If you repeat things without bothering to check if they are true, you are helping to make a world where lies and truth are easier to confuse. So, please, think before you repeat.

Original article: http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20161026-how-liars-create-the-illusion-of-truth

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What to Feed a Siberian Husky

One of the most popular questions I get about our Husky, Sassy, is what we feed her. This is my Ultimate Guide to Feeding Your Siberian Husky!!

Nutrition Basics

Huskies need slightly more protein than the average dog. They do well with high protein, moderately high fat, low carb, and low grain foods.

There is a big debate about grain-free foods for Huskies and other dogs in general right now. I believe it is important to do what you feel is best for your dog and do research regarding the facts of grain-free foods. We feed Sassy grain-free food due to some digestion issues and I do not believe there is enough research or evidence for me personally to change her food yet. I know dogs have trouble digesting grains and Sassy was having a lot of problems before we switched to grain-free. I may change my mind later, but this is my current choice. 

Another reason we chose Sassy’s current food is that it has a high amount of fiber which not only helps her digestive and anal gland issues.

Puppy Needs

Puppies have their own set of dietary requirements and it’s important to feed your Husky a puppy food so they get all the important vitamins and nutrients they need. It is recommended to feed husky puppies three times throughout the day. 

As your pup gets older, he or she will likely start eating only about two times a day and that is just fine!

How to Switch Your Husky from Puppy to Adult Food

I fed Sassy as a puppy three times a day, ½ cup for each feeding. 

Once she became an adult, we switched her to twice per day, 1 cup meals. 

Always do a gradual food change with your dog as they can have serious digestive issues if you try to change their food so suddenly.

To change Sassy’s food I went ahead for the first week and implemented her new eating schedule of only feeding her twice per day. This means I went ahead and changed the amounts (Three – ½ cups VS. Two – 1 cup meals.)

Week 1: I did ¼ cup of the new food to ¾ of the old food.

Week 2: I did ½ cup of the new food with ½ cup of the old food.

Week 3: ¾ cup of the new food with ½ cup of the old food.

Week 4: You’re ready to feed the new food with minimal digestive issues.

When and How Much to Feed Your Husky

Sassy, as an adult Husky, eats anywhere from 2-3 cups of food per day. I will serve her one cup in the morning and one cup in the evening along with some wet food and her pumpkin supplement. If that isn’t enough, I’ll add a half-cup to her food bowl after she (literally) tells me she’s still hungry.

Huskies love routine and they will quickly learn when their dinner time is. They will likely let you know if you are behind on feeding them, as well, with their Husky talk!

Huskies were bred to go long distances and eat little. As a breed, they learned how to sustain a certain amount of energy when there just wasn’t a lot of food available to them. A Husky’s metabolism is extremely high and small food intake can keep them going for miles… literally!

It might seem like your Husky isn’t eating enough, but it really could just be that they are full already.

It can often take a bit of trial and error to find a food that your Husky loves. Be patient and know this is okay. Buy smaller bags of food until you find one that works. (You can always donate the unused food your Husky didn’t like to a doggy shelter, just be sure to do so in a timely fashion so it doesn’t go bad or stale.)

Important things to know:

All Huskies are different. The most important thing to remember is that your Husky will not be like mine or anyone else’s. They are all similar, of course, but just because one Husky really loves dry chicken-flavored kibble doesn’t mean the next one will. That’d be like saying all humans love asparagus when we all probably know a lot of people who don’t!

Siberian Huskies can be very picky eaters. They are also incredibly smart which can make for an interesting feeding experience.

Once they get used to certain foods that they love, they fully expect you to continue providing those. Keep this in mind when you begin a feeding routine and know that you may really have to commit yourself to it. 

Huskies will eat until they are full, so don’t be afraid if your pup doesn’t eat his or her whole bowl. Do pay attention to how much your dog is eating and adjust portions accordingly. 

The only time to really worry about your dog not eating is if he or she is not eating at all, or has had a recent, drastic change in eating habits. If this happens with your Husky, we always recommend talking to your vet about it. 

However, Huskies sometimes get bored with their food and will not eat because of that reason. You may try mixing up your Husky’s food with a supplement, cooked veggies, cooked meats, or broth and see if she’ll eat it then. I have used chicken broth, beef broth, tuna, and salmon all in Sassy’s food to mix it up for her.

If we try to give Sassy a different flavor of wet food, most of the time she will not eat it. And she lets us know that we messed up.

When I switched Sassy off her puppy food as she became an adult (around one year), I switched her from puppy kibble to adult dog kibble. She started to have anal gland issues a few months after I switched her food. There is not a lot out there about treating anal gland issues with food versus having them emptied constantly or having surgery on your dog. 

I wrote an article about anal gland issues for when your dog has a stinky booty.

What Can Huskies NOT Eat?

There are certain foods that dogs just cannot eat. If you are ever unsure about something the best idea is do some research or to ask your vet’s office.

Here is a list of what Huskies absolutely cannot eat:

Grapes

Raisins

Peaches

Plums

Prunes

Cherries

Citrus fruits

Yeast dough

Raw eggs

Soda

Tea

Coffee

Avocado

Raw or undercooked meats

Fat trimmings or bones

Onions

Garlic

Macadamia nuts

Salt

Sweets

Sugar

Chocolate

Dairy in large amounts. (Small amounts are okay – Sass loves to share a string cheese with me!)

Can Huskies eat vegetables?

Yes, most of them! In fact, Sassy absolutely LOVES carrots, asparagus and brussel sprouts. 

Should I use supplements?

If your vet recommends certain supplements you should definitely consider it. We use a pumpkin supplement for Sassy because it aids in digestion and anal gland problems she had. Once we switched her food and added the pumpkin supplement, we no longer had to worry about her tummy or pay to have her anal glands emptied constantly (which is not healthy).

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