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Today’s TIP is about the 80\/20 rule & hormesis<\/strong>.<\/p>\n As Helen mentioned in her email, I totally agree with the ancient Greek philosophy of “\u00cf\u20ac\u00ce\u00b1\u00ce\u00bd \u00ce\u00bc\u00ce\u00ad\u00cf\u201e\u00cf\u0081\u00ce\u00bf\u00ce\u00bd \u00ce\u00ac\u00cf\u0081\u00ce\u00b9\u00cf\u0192\u00cf\u201e\u00ce\u00bf\u00ce\u00bd” (and with the occasional poutine!). Within what we consider to be primitive societies, there is often much wisdom to be discovered.<\/p>\n I’m far from perfect but I do try to eat well at least 80% of the time. There is a ton of evidence that this 80\/20 approach (originated in economics but has application in everything<\/strong>) may be the best \u00e2\u20ac\u201c and most realistic \u00e2\u20ac\u201c way to live.<\/p>\n In fact, evidence does suggest that a little junk food or anything that is slightly poisonous to us (i.e. a toxin) may actually be beneficial!<\/p>\n In the scientific literature, this is known as a hormetic stressor<\/em>, and even mild nutritional stress can help your immune system get stronger and more resistant to disease.<\/p>\n Other examples of hormesis, meaning stressors that may initially do “bad” things to our health , but then produce a positive adaptive response that improves health are: exercise, intermittent fasting, cold water baths and sunlight exposure.<\/p>\n So, everything in moderation indeed!<\/p>\n That which does not kill us makes us stronger. Hi everybody, Today’s TIP is about the 80\/20 rule & hormesis. As Helen mentioned in her email, I totally agree with the ancient Greek philosophy of “\u00cf\u20ac\u00ce\u00b1\u00ce\u00bd \u00ce\u00bc\u00ce\u00ad\u00cf\u201e\u00cf\u0081\u00ce\u00bf\u00ce\u00bd \u00ce\u00ac\u00cf\u0081\u00ce\u00b9\u00cf\u0192\u00cf\u201e\u00ce\u00bf\u00ce\u00bd” (and with the occasional poutine!). Within what we consider to be primitive societies, there is often much wisdom to be discovered. I’m far from perfect but … Continue reading Day 24 TIP: Feel Good Health Challenge<\/span>
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u201cFriedrich Nietzsche<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"