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AI 101: AI Explained
Do you struggle with AI? Have parents, friends, and others who struggle with terminology and understanding what AI is good for?
The guide defines basics terms that are often mentioned in numerous online videos and definitely can be confusing to a new user.
Check out my guide, free to use, no data collected.
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Which supplement should I take? #Supplement Explorer
Are you always on your phone looking at which supplements you should take? Do you look at reviews? How do you decide what to buy?
As someone who has been in the nutraceutical industry for over 10 years, I’ve worked with many suppliers and companies to understand why an ingredient is chosen, what research is behind it, and how to sell it to a consumer, so if you are looking for some answers to questions you may have, drop a comment, or even better check out the Supplement Explorer on the site. It is free to use, 3 questions, and a simple output. No info is stored.I made the Supplement Explorer purely for my use and then thought, well, if it is useful for me, maybe it is useful for others. The tool is not affiliated with any company or brand, but was just a way for me to showcase what I find useful. If you use it, do give me feedback as to what you’d like to see it on too.
Stay well and remember, before taking any supplements, check with your doctor if it is a good fit for you or not!
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Easy Keto Cheese Snacks
One of the many approved items to eat on the keto diet is cheese but if you are done eating string cheese and are looking for other options, cheese crisps are great. Yes, you can buy them too but if you want to make it at home, that’s doable too.
Here’s the quick recipe:
Put your favorite cheese on a baking pan (I use the muffin one) and add other ingredients you like such as jalapenos, bacon, etc.
Bake at 425 or 450 until cheese is cooked and crisp..usually like 10 mins or less
enjoy eating after it has cooled down
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Easy Keto Breakfast
Typically, breakfast for most is a bagel, muffins, eggs or cereal but what if you wanted to eat something healthy? Or maybe you are doing the keto diet, then what?
If you aren’t buying the cooked meals from ketofridge.com or other similar sites, then you are probably cooking for yourself. One of my favorite recipes for breakfast is below. Super easy to make too.
Recipe:
Cut avocado in half, remove the pit.
Make your scrambled eggs with butter, olive oil
Add bacon to the scrambled egg mix and cook further
Once all is done, add the scrambled egg and bacon to both halves of the avocado.
If you want more fat, don’t scoop out too much of your avocado.
Enjoy your quick keto breakfast!
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What makes you happy?
Happiness is something that we all strive for everyday. People in various relationships, be it with their families, spouses, pets, etc. all are seeking happiness from those relationships. Others are seeking happiness in terms of material things, iPhones, cars, etc. but what truly makes you happy?
There is no clear answer to the above question. Each person’s journey is different as we evolve daily. You are not the same person that you were yesterday. Growing up, we all wanted the best of things from clothes to cars to gadgets but as we get older, we realize that happiness comes from relationships. Successful relationships provide us the respect and love that we all seek. Your definition of happiness definitely doesn’t have to align with someone else’s so figure out where you are today in life and how would you measure happiness.
There are tons of books available today that talk about the role of happiness and well-being so do check them out as each one’s take is slightly different. One of Yale’s most popular courses is on the science of well-being so there is a growing interest in linking how we feel and what makes us happy to how it affects our overall health. There is no clear cut answer to what makes us happy but we can always continue to try to achieve it.
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Teamwork and Your Emotional Health
We all have drain-oids at work. They are the ones who are the naysayers at the meetings or don’t believe in changing for goals. These individuals believe that the current way to do something is the right way. Also, they may also be those who dim the energy of the group once you have them as part of the decision making process. What can you do?
Dealing with difficult is part of many leadership books but not one of them actually correlates that interaction with your overall health. These individuals can cause you to have ongoing stress that you can’t do much about because you have to work with them at your job or in your sport. Growing up, if you had a sibling, you probably fought with them and that was your first introduction to dealing with a difficult person that you couldn’t avoid. Perhaps, you didn’t have a sibling but you still had others in your life that you dealt with who were difficult too, I’m sure. The skills you acquired through these interactions can be utilized to cope with your co-workers or teammates. How?
You were able to cope by introducing conflict so may be start there with a difficult conversation. The faster you put this issue behind you, the faster you’ll be able to make a cohesive team and work together to achieve goals. If you want to enjoy your job or sport, you must be able to get over issues that don’t contribute any meaning to your role and actually prevent you from advancing successfully. Too much unnecessary stress whether it is yours or others is not good for your overall health.
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Can a test tell you who you are?
There are so many tests today that can tell you about yourself from Ancestry.com to Meyers-Briggs to Emotional Quotient tests but what do all these tests tell you?
Each test gives you a different result and tells you a little more about yourself. Having taken the latter two myself (you can find them online via Google or if you job lets you take it then that’s even better), I can tell you both were spot on about me. My personality was accurately captured and likely won’t be changing in the future. If I had to summarize myself from 10 years ago to today, I would say those results about my personality would still be accurate because by the time you hit your mid 20s, you kinda of already have your personality established.
What I like about these tests is that on this journey to find happiness, it tells you the person that you are so that you can utilize those strengths to achieve the happiness you seek. Key attributes about your personality like if you are positive person or negative one versus one who says they are a positive person and is usually stressed can make a huge difference between how you interact with others and develop relationships as your emotional health is defined not only by yourself but others too.
Figuring out who you are simply can’t be done just by a test but it is just another tool that can help you attain the happiness you seek.
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Concert life
Having gone to a concert recently, I can definitely tell you how your emotional health as well as your overall health can be affected. You are probably thinking, how can a concert affect my health so to that I say read on.
Going to a concert is great way to release stress and have a good time so if you are lucky to see your favorite artist be it a year later or 20 years later, make sure to savor the moment. How can you do this aside from using a phone to capture it? Be present in the moment! One thing that I noticed at the concert is how obese concert goers are becoming. Why? No healthy food options in the venue. Lots of alcohol and pretzels and nachos and popcorn but what if you want to have a good time at the show and still eat healthy? You really can’t because there are no options so plan ahead and eat before you go that way you don’t break your clean eating. Plus, if you aren’t drunk at the event, then likely you’ll remember it more clearly and rely less on those awkward pics. Yes, everyone’s way of having fun at a concert is different so do what is best for you that keeps you healthy and safe.
Another way your emotional health is affected by the people at the concert—be it your friend, family, spouse, or strangers around you. Each one affects your health and enjoyment level. If you go to a concert with your spouse or family or friends, going to a concert should not be a stressful event but everyone has their own issues so all you can do is put that aside and enjoy the concert that you are going to and be in the moment. Similarly, concerts tend to have all sort of strangers who act differently at the event from being loud and obnoxious to just plain acting drunk so what can you do about this? Not much unless you want to get kicked out of the concert but definitely you can let security if things are getting out-of-hand. Use your good judgment and be and let it go because a concert should make you happy, not land you in a fight or worse jail.
Emotional health is so important for all of us because one person’s behavior can have profound impact on another. Figure out what makes you happy to keep enjoying the event and don’t let a sourpuss make you not have fun.
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Emotional Health
Up to now, I’ve written about physical health and even to some extent about mental health or rather mindset but emotional health also plays a huge role in your overall health. Before you can answer the question, how happy are you, you must answer what emotional factors are affecting your daily happiness?
Do you get up thinking like “oh great, I have to go work again’“ or have thoughts like “I feel happiest at work because coming home means a lot of stress” or similar thoughts? Both are related to your emotional well-being. Most of the time and depending on your situation you can control whether you continue to work at that job or not. Bringing your job and your job stress home isn’t going to help your home life either. Whether one knows it or not, your bad day can affect others at home so even if you are sharing your bad day, you are still bringing that stress home. So what should you do? Not talk about it? It depends because if you talk about it and it elicits that negative, stressful feeling again then don’t bring it up and if you are looking for advice on how to handle the situation, then bring it up but be prepared for answers that you may not like.
People are very receptive at home when your day is bad. Spouses, kids, parents, etc. all know when you are coming home with baggage so whether you think you are doing a good job of hiding it or not, be aware that it is definitely reflected through your actions and even non-actions. How can this affect your overall health?
Well, consider this, stress increases cortisol so to minimize this find outlets to release it via an activity you enjoy—working out, tennis, racquetball, swimming, listening to music, reading, etc. An activity that you enjoy after a long day, even if your home life is stressing you, can only enhance your emotional health.
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Allergies got you down?
Spring is here and now that the weather is finally getting warmer, people are likely to have allergies depending on where you live. Pollen is quite prevalent where I live and you can see this when your car is covered by yellow residue, which of course means you’ll be getting some of the pollen into your body. Can you avoid those red eyes, runny nose, and constant sneezing during allergy season?
Though there is no way to stop all allergy symptoms, you can mitigate against them. You probably already buy your Vitamin C from GNC, Whole foods, Amazon, or your favorite store and you likely only take it during the winter months but did you know Vitamin C taken at high doses like 1000mg a day could potentially help during allergy season! Research on Google for yourself and see if Vitamin C can help you. Remember, Vitamin C passes through your urine as it is water soluble so it’s very hard to overload your self on it but as usual if you’re unsure about which supplement to take, ask your doctor.
Surviving allergy season doesn’t have to only depend on meds as viable alternates exist in the supplement aisle but you just have to research if they are right for you.
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Comfort food
We all gravitate towards something when we need something warm after a stressful day or we need our favorite meal when we’re sick so everyone’s comfort food is healing them in some sort of manner so why bring up comfort food now when it is almost summer here?
Spring allergies and summer colds stink and in my opinion are worse than the winter ones. I definitely gravitate towards my comfort food of daal chawal (traditional Indian lentil yellow curry and white rice). Served piping hot, it takes the blues away. Other times, I like my chicken noodle soup or tomato soup both are great to help you feel better but none of these comfort foods are actually loaded with nutrients to help you achieve your fitness goals yet we consume them, why?
Sometimes just feeling better is half the battle in continuing on your health and wellness journey so don’t beat yourself up if you had a comfort meal while you’re under-the-weather!
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Clean eating and socialization
What I’ve noticed lately is how easy it is to ruin your clean eating when you’re with friends and family. Socialization and food go in hand-in-hand! Most events that happen for people included eating something with those around you so it is inevitable that you’ll fall off the wagon but can it be avoided?
The answer totally depends on your will power! If you are strategically attacking your goals then you’ve probably eaten before being put in that situation or you’ve scoped the menu and figured out what you can or cannot eat but for those of us like me, sometimes you eat what’s not part of your diet so you don’t disappoint your loved ones because those times and meals are made by people who you don’t see often or perhaps may not have much longer to live so that may drive your decision too.
Breaking your clean eating doesn’t always have to be a bad thing but continuing your bad eating even after the event is over is what will ruin your effort!
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