Tuesday 9/21/21
Celebrate National Chai, Pecan Cookie, New York, and IT Professionals Day (is it plugged in? is it turned on?)
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It is Taco Tuesday. Taco Bell is testing out a subscription service, which will give you a free taco every day. It's called the Taco Lover's Pass. You download the Taco Bell app, and sign-up for a subscription. It costs between $5 and $10 a month, depending on the location (for now it's only available at select locations in Tucson, Arizona.)
Then you can redeem one free taco every day of the month. The options include: A Crunchy Taco, a Spicy Potato Soft Taco, a Crunchy Supreme Taco, a Soft Supreme Taco, a Doritos Locos Taco, and a Doritos Locos Taco Supreme.
Individual tacos typically cost $1.39 to $2.39. So, depending on the costs of the tacos and the plans, you'll have to go to Taco Bell between three and seven times every month to break even.
Taco Bell wants people to come more frequently, and they'll make money off the add-on items, since no one goes just to order one taco. It's also a convenient way for them to get more people using their app.
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Big nutrition mistakes to avoid from Valetmag.com
Not Eating Enough - You might think, "the less calories in, the more calories I can burn." But starving yourself is an empty victory. The foundation of long-term fat loss is building muscle. And if you don't put in enough quality fuel, you'll see your muscles shrink more than your waistline while also messing with your metabolism. - A recent study found eating double your recommended daily allowance of protein (approx. 110g) boosts muscle growth and fat loss.
Eating Too Much at Night - you save your big meal for dinner or end up gorging after a night out. But then you're stuffed and go to bed with a belly full of food that you're not burning off. Learn to embrace the old saying: breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and supper like a pauper. Eating the bulk of your calories early will not only provide you more energy throughout the day but it also gives your body more time to process the calories.
Cutting Out All Carbohydrates - you're likely depriving your body of necessary fuel for workouts and for brainpower. Without some good carbs, you'll be sluggish, foggy and generally feel like crap. Try to eat them early in the day, and make sure you've got the right kind of carbs such as whole grains, vegetables and fruits. Vary the amount you consume based on how active you've been that day. For example, on days when you haven't been vary active, eat less carbs.
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Time to toilet train cattle!!!! A new study in Cell found that young calves can be successfully trained to poop and pee in designated areas. And the researchers think if expanded on a broader scale, this practice could have a big impact on controlling ammonia waste—one of agriculture’s dirtiest greenhouse gas and pollution problems.
Ammonia in and of itself isn’t an environmental problem, but when the chemical mixes in with the soil that cows trod upon every day, microbes in the dirt whip it up into nitrous oxide—a compound that made up seven percent of all US greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from human activity and is nearly 300 times more potent than the usual GHG suspect carbon dioxide. The vast majority of ammonia emissions can be traced back to agriculture.
So if they go in a designated area, less mixing with dirt. Read on.
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Did the pandemic give you ‘cave syndrome’? Yes post-quarantine social anxiety has a name. Psychiatrist Arthur Bregman over the last year started to see patients experiencing feelings of heightened anxiety around getting back to “normal.” And while those experiences can seem like a combination of agoraphobia and seasonal affective disorder (SAD), there was really no term to adequately describe the unique condition caused by the prolonged isolation and panic of the pandemic. “I soon realized that almost half my patients were struggling with leaving the cave and that it was a syndrome,” he tells me. “The lightbulb came on, and I decided to call this behavior ‘cave syndrome.’” Read more, and how to combat it.
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