Search Weight Loss Topics:

Page 701«..1020..700701702703..710720..»

Category Archives: Diet And Food

Low Carb Diet Plan Weighs In with Top Rating from TopConsumerReviews.com – PR Web

Posted: October 17, 2019 at 8:45 pm

It is our pleasure to give Diet Doctor our highest rating as our first-place winner among Low Carb Diets in 2019.

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (PRWEB) October 17, 2019

TopConsumerReviews.com recently gave its highest rating to Diet Doctor, a popular low carb program that helps people around the world create a healthy lifestyle.

Low Carb Diets can be spotted everywhere, from ads on TV to the magazines in the grocery store checkout aisle. While many people ask whether they really work, a great number answer with a definite YES. Changing to the Low Carb lifestyle can be challenging: most individuals struggle to limit bread and pasta, high-sugar fruits, and other foods with lots of carbohydrates - and that doesnt even cover junk food like pizza and cookies. While making a big change to eating habits is rarely easy, there are a number of Low Carb Diets that can help the transition be less painful, through delicious recipes that come with ready-made shopping lists, different diet phases to help people tackle cravings and special occasions, and much more.

Diet Doctor is the most user-friendly, affordable Low Carb Diet that weve found, according to Brian Dolezal of TopConsumerReviews.com, LLC. All of the information on their site is scientifically sound and doctor reviewed, but with none of the gimmicky sales pressure you might find on other Low Carb Diet sites. In fact, most of the tools, resources, and even menu plans offered by Diet Doctor can be accessed at no charge. Full access to all of their resources is available for just $9/month, and that includes video courses to guide you on your low carb journey, hundreds of meal plans, and so much more. The Diet Doctor site is visually appealing, making it easy to see at a glance what a typical low carb or keto meal might look like on your plate, and to find every resource you need to succeed. We cant say enough good things about this service as a resource for demystifying the low carb approach to nutrition. It is our pleasure to give Diet Doctor our highest rating as our first-place winner among Low Carb Diets in 2019.

To find out more about Diet Doctor and other Low Carb Diets, including reviews and comparison rankings, please visit the Low Carb Diets category of TopConsumerReviews.com at https://www.topconsumerreviews.com/low-carb-diets/.

About Diet DoctorDiet Doctor is on a mission to find the most trustworthy science and practical knowledge about health, make it inspiring and simple to use, and accessible and free for everyone. Their focus is on making low carb simple for people who could benefit, empowering people everywhere to dramatically improve their health. Diet Doctor aims to provide unbiased and evidence-based information, along with free and inspiring tools to help make positive changes for a lifetime. With more than 500,000 site visits per day, Diet Doctor is the largest low carb site in the world.

About TopConsumerReviews.comTopConsumerReviews.com, LLC is a leading provider of reviews and rankings for thousands of consumer products and services. Low Carb Diets to Personal Trainers and Online Fitness Programs, TopConsumerReviews.com delivers in-depth product evaluations in order to make purchasing decisions easier.

Share article on social media or email:

See the rest here:
Low Carb Diet Plan Weighs In with Top Rating from TopConsumerReviews.com - PR Web

Posted in Diet And Food | Comments Off on Low Carb Diet Plan Weighs In with Top Rating from TopConsumerReviews.com – PR Web

Paleo Diet: Everything you need to know about the diet – Republic World – Republic World

Posted: October 17, 2019 at 8:45 pm

Paleo diet is a diet inspired by primitiveeating habits of humans in the Palaeolithic era, which existedthousands of years ago in 8000 BC. In the Paleolithic era, human development had just started with no signs of civilization.Humans in thatera were dependent on hunting practices for food. The Paleo diet has garnereda lot of popularity in recent times due to its impeccable results aiding to weight loss.

Also Read:GM Diet Plan: The Complete 7-day Diet Plan Which Helps You Lose Weight

Paleo diet strictly prevents you from eating any canned or junk food and primarily focuses on eating non-vegetarian food items like fish, prawns, and boiled chicken. The focal point of the Paleo diet is to go back to our roots and rectifying our unhealthy eating trends in the best manner possible. The Paleo diet helps in organically losing weight without making you feel lethargic and indolent.

Also Read:Flax Seeds Benefits: Five Different Health Perks Of The Crop

Also Read:Keto Diet: Pros And Cons Of Following The Ketogenic Diet In Daily Life

From the experts perspective take a look at how your meals will be like on a Paleo diet:

Disclaimer: This article does not provide medical advice. In case of health advisory kindly check with your doctor before following this diet as therecould be different results for different individuals.

Also Read:Mushroom Ravioli Recipe: How To Make Mushroom Ravioli At Home

View post:
Paleo Diet: Everything you need to know about the diet - Republic World - Republic World

Posted in Diet And Food | Comments Off on Paleo Diet: Everything you need to know about the diet – Republic World – Republic World

DietDemand Reveals The Best Weight Loss Strategy For Dieters This Fall Season – Financialbuzz.com

Posted: October 17, 2019 at 8:44 pm

Montgomery, AL, Oct. 17, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)

Whether youre looking to go keto, Mediterranean, vegan, calorie counting or any other diet in order to keep yourself trim this fall, theres no doubt were entering the most difficult season to stick with your diet. Given the number of festivities that take place at work, school or at home, these are all opportunities not only to consume unhealthy meals and snacks, its also a time that is traditionally known for overeating. The truth is that while many of these diets may be effective, sticking to them is where many dieters will become frustrated during this season. DietDemands team of certified weight loss doctors and coaches are encouraging dieters to not give up but to instead receive professional guidance and extra support.

DietDemand offers weight loss coaching and doctor-approved diet plans to keep customers on track, with simple plans that can be followed from the comfort of home. This means, no travel to a weight loss clinic in person. All consultations, coaching sessions, and follow ups are completed by phone or email so that you can lose weight privately and conveniently. DietDemands assigned doctor will prescribe powerful weight loss aids such as appetite suppressants, mood stabilizers, fat blockers, and a host of others to help you lose weight this fall.

These medications can range from Low Dose Naltrexone, which helps reduce appetite between meals and reduce stress levels in the body, the prescription Appetite Zap, a simple appetite suppressant designed to safely and effectively curb hunger. Want a free, no obligation consultation with DietDemand? Call or easily and effortlessly visit https: http://www.dietdemand.com/ to complete an initial comprehensive, yet simple, health questionnaire and schedule an immediate personal, no-cost consultation. DietDemands physicians all received specialized training in nutritional science and fast weight loss. DietDemand reviews each patients health history to create a personalized diet plan geared for fast weight loss, or that addresses life-long issues causing weight loss to slow down or stop. Nutritionists work personally with each patient and use their own algorithm to craft meal and snack plans that are compatible with each patients age, gender, activity level, food preferences, nutritional needs and medical conditions. They combine these state of the art diet plans with pure, prescription diet products that enable their patients to resist the temptation to reach for sugary snacks, eliminate fatigue and curb the appetite. Over 97% of DietDemand patients report incredible weight loss results with the majority losing 20 or more pounds per month.

At DietDemand, all patients gain unlimited access to the best minds in the business. Their staff of doctors, nurses, nutritionists and coaches are available six days per week to answer questions, offer suggestions, address concerns and lend their professional guidance and support. Because of this, more and more people are turning to DietDemand for their weight management needs. Diet plans are tailored to be specific to the needs of those of any age, gender, shape or size and for those who are struggling to lose that final 10-20 pounds to those who must lose 100 pounds or more. Call today to request a private, confidential, no-cost online consultation.

About the Company:

DietDemand is the nations leader in medical, weight loss offering a full line of prescription medication, doctor, nurse and nutritional coaching support. For over a decade, DietDemand has produced a sophisticated, doctor designed weight loss program that addresses each individual specific health need to promote fast, safe and long-term weight loss.

DietDemand Contact Information:

Providing care across the USA

Headquarters:

Escondido, CA

(888) 786-9568

info@dietdemand.com

Home

Excerpt from:
DietDemand Reveals The Best Weight Loss Strategy For Dieters This Fall Season - Financialbuzz.com

Posted in Diet And Food | Comments Off on DietDemand Reveals The Best Weight Loss Strategy For Dieters This Fall Season – Financialbuzz.com

Staff Q&A: Are plant-based burgers the next big thing? – ThisWeek Community News

Posted: October 17, 2019 at 8:44 pm

Veggie burgers are nothing new but the new wave of plant-based impossible burgers are said to taste like meat.

ThisWeek staffers answer the question: Are plant-based burgers the next big thing?

Scott Hummel: It's certainly taking root. Who knows how long that fad will last?

Nate Ellis: No.

Sarah Sole: I think they have been pretty popular already.

Lisa Proctor: I have a beef with this whole plant-based burger trend. Just serve the vegetables in the regular way - spoon them onto the plate. Don't turn them into patties.

Dennis Laycock: I hope not. I feel like vegetarian food is best when it relies on its own flavors and doesn't try to emulate meat.

Abby Armbruster: They've already been the "next big thing" as of a few years ago. For this vegetarian, it makes me happy to know that, by now, most restaurants have a veggie burger on the menu.

Neil Thompson: I think they absolutely are a huge trend right now. But I'll stick with the classic options of beef or bison patties.

Chris Pugh: Not in my house.

Lee Cochran: Seem to be, but I'm not interested.

====

Oct. 11, 2019: Would you drink a vegetable smoothie?

Savory smoothies have become a staple for those who try to get more vegetables in their diet. But others take pause, concerned about the flavor.

ThisWeek News staffers answer the question: Would you drink a vegetable smoothie?

Scott Hummel: Oh, yeah. I actually drink at least one a week that has spinach in it. Celery is a strong flavor, though, so keep it to a minimum.

Nate Ellis: I'd probably sip one.

Sarah Sole: Sure thing, if it came with plenty of fruit ingredients as well.

Lisa Proctor: I will stick with fruit smoothies.

Dennis Laycock: That greatly depends on what vegetables were in it.

Abby Armbruster: I have before. The "green" smoothies with spinach or kale are good when mixed with fruits like pineapple, banana and oranges.

Neil Thompson: A vegetable smoothie needs to be based on kale, or it doesn't work, in my opinion.

Chris Pugh: Depends on the vegetable.

Lee Cochran: I've drank probably every kind of smoothie possible. Veggies would be no problem, but I'll go one step further than Hummel no celery.

====

Escargots ala Bourguignonne among Frances most famous culinary preparations are rich with butter, aromatic with garlic and shallots, and earthy with snails and parsley.

ThisWeek News staffers answer the question: How do you feel about escargots ala Bourguignonne?

Lisa Proctor: Ill at ease.

Scott Hummel: I'll bet I ask myself 30 times a day: "Hummel, how do you feel about escargots ala Bourguignonne?" Still thinking about it.

Neil Thompson: Curious. I've had snail dishes a time or two, and I would try it again.

Nate Ellis: Ambivalent.

Abby Armbruster: Escargots can es-car-go someplace far away from me.

Dennis Laycock: Honestly, it's the overpowering garlic flavor of the sauce, not the snails, that puts me off of escargot.

Chris Pugh: I don't feelings about things I've never heard of.

Sarah Sole: I would escar leave it. Yes? No? I'll just see myself out.

Lee Cochran: I've never once thought about that and in 30 seconds I'll forget I ever did.

====

Coconut shrimp long has been considered one of the classic food pairings, the sweet, toasty coconut playing well with the brininess of the shrimp, and usually a sweet sauce for dipping.

ThisWeek News staffers answer the questions: How does coconut shrimp sound?

Lisa Proctor: A little too sweet, but you had me at the word shrimp.

Scott Hummel: I love shrimp, almost to an unhealthful fault. I love coconut nearly as much. I'm not crazy about coconut shrimp.

Neil Thompson: Delicious.

Nate Ellis: It sounds like shrimp with at least a dash of coconut.

Abby Armbruster: I haven't had it since college, but I remember loving it. Coconut matches well with the deep-fried breading of the shrimp.

Dennis Laycock: It's pretty much the best way to eat shrimp, in my opinion.

Chris Pugh: Good, but only if you hold the shrimp.

Sarah Sole: I'm good with just the coconut part.

Lee Cochran: I like coconut and I like shrimp. Not together. As Offspring sang, You gotta keep em separated."

====

ThisWeek staffers answer the question: Is it becoming more acceptable to put corn in desserts?

Lisa Proctor: Don't you put corn in my desserts.

Scott Hummel: High-fructose corn syrup has been in desserts for decades. Might as well step it up a skosh.

Neil Thompson:Why would you even do that?

Nate Ellis: Not to me.

Abby Armbruster: Absolutely. I make an amazing cobbler that is topped with a cornmeal-cookie crust. I also make a mean corn-and-blueberry souffle.

Dennis Laycock: If the delicious sweet-corn cookie at (now closed) Acre is any indication, yes.

Chris Pugh: Corn and desserts don't belong together.

Sarah Sole: I certainly hope not.

Lee Cochran: I don't eat many desserts and I'm sure as heck not going to put corn on them when I do.

====

Sriracha has become the new ketchup for people who like spicy food. People use it for everything, from soups to dip for chicken wings.

ThisWeek staffers answer the question: Sriracha is best on what dish?

Lisa Proctor: I'm going with tacos.

Scott Hummel: Sriracha is right in my Scoville wheelhouse at 1,000-2,500 heat units, and I think I like it on Mexican dishes. Maybe not so much on Asian cuisine.

Neil Thompson: This might be strange, but I like to mix it in ketchup. It's an excellent combination.

Nate Ellis: Maybe a couple drops in pho would be alright but I cant seem to think of anything else Id put it in.

Abby Armbruster: I'm not saying this is the best application for Sriracha, but usually in my household it's drizzled on top of pizza.

Dennis Laycock: A steaming hot bowl of pho only reaches perfection once the sriracha is stirred in.

Chris Pugh: Only on dishes you don't plan to eat.

Sarah Sole: All of the dishes.

Lee Cochran: Ive used it on many foods - chicken, hamburgers, fries, Mexican foods but probably my favorite use is on eggs and potatoes or in an omelet.

====

Savory muffins come in many forms: bacon and cheddar, goat cheese and rosemary, and gruyere with apple and sage.

ThisWeek News staffers answer the question: Are savory muffins underrated?

Lisa Proctor: All muffins are underrated.

Scott Hummel: I absolutely think they're underrated.

Neil Thompson: I enjoy most types of muffins, but I think they are rated properly.

Nate Ellis: Compared to what?

Abby Armbruster: How often do you have the option to try savory muffins? Can't say they're underrated if they're not out in the world.

Dennis Laycock: Muffins are not really a part of my life, let alone savory ones.

Chris Pugh: I would rather have savory muffins than unsavory muffins.

Sarah Sole: Probably. I don't think I've had them.

Lee Cochran: Can they be underrated if they're "savory?"

====

Described as having a firm some even say chewy texture and mild flavor, fried alligator meat is growing in popularity across the United States.

ThisWeek News staffers answer the question: Would you ever eat deep-fried alligator meat?

Lisa Proctor: I would never eat anything that could potentially have eaten me or a loved one.

Scott Hummel: I once lived near Okeechobee, Florida, and somehow never managed to try alligator. At some point, I really want to. Might as well start with deep-fried gator.

Neil Thompson: Yes. I think that would be the best way to enjoy alligator, which I find a bit too chewy and dense.

Nate Ellis: Yep.

Abby Armbruster: I'll leave that for my husband to try on my behalf.

Dennis Laycock: I would and have, in the Florida Keys. I wouldn't order it again.

Chris Pugh: Only as revenge for the people that the alligator ate.

Sarah Sole: That's a hard pass for me.

====

It's the peak of the season for fresh tomatoes, often enjoyed simply in a salad with a few other ingredients.

ThisWeek News staffers answer the question: Whens the last time you had cucumber-and-tomato salad?

Lisa Proctor: Never. My cucumber salad is cucumber, onion and vinegar.

Scott Hummel: Less than a week ago. It's one of my favorites.

Neil Thompson: I have no idea. It's not a popular side on most restaurant menus.

Read more here:
Staff Q&A: Are plant-based burgers the next big thing? - ThisWeek Community News

Posted in Diet And Food | Comments Off on Staff Q&A: Are plant-based burgers the next big thing? – ThisWeek Community News

Andrew Marantz on How the Far Right Took Over the Internet – New York Magazine

Posted: October 17, 2019 at 8:44 pm

Photo: Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images

What happened to the internet over the past decade? As online activity became centered on just a handful of websites, opportunistic extremists, hucksters, and misanthropes took advantage of lax oversight to move once-unthinkable ideas into the mainstream. At the same time, the platforms who turned a blind eye are still hesitant to cop to their own role in the rise of the alt-right and the resurgence of internet Nazis (who turned out to be real Nazis). Some of the most prominent examples of the online right are chronicled in Andrew Marantzs new book Antisocial: Online Extremists, Techno-Utopians, and the Hijacking of the American Conversation. He spoke to Intelligencer earlier this week about his reporting process, and the current state of online discourse.

On a broad level, how do you approach interviewing the bad characters in this book?Very, very carefully. I do not at all take lightly the ethical concerns that are intrinsic in broaching or not broaching the subject matter that Im interested in. I see a lot of glib dismissals of these questions. I see a lot of journalists say, Well, as long as you write the truth your hands are clean. And first of all, that raises all kinds of thorny questions about the truth, and also its not always the case that if dont have any factual errors in your piece that means that youre ethically in the clear, or even journalistically in the clear.

You can write a piece with all true facts in it and completely miss the larger story. If I just wrote a piece that said, Gavin McInnes and Richard Spencer are two men with cleanly pressed dress shirts who hold some pretty controversial views and who deny that they are white supremacists all those facts would be true but I would be completely missing the story. So I always try to approach these things with caution and try to contextualize things as much as possible. And often when a story doesnt reach the threshold of various forms of newsworthiness or informativeness or it doesnt seem like something that I can do justice to, then I dont do the story.

Youre obviously critical of all of these people in your book, and point out their contradictions. I guess part of the concern is that they seem to think that all press is good press, even if you are calling them racist or anti-Semitic or whatever. That helps them in a way, so does that complicate things at all?Sometimes it helps them. I think the maxim that all press is good press is about as useful as any other maxim. Its largely true but its not entirely true. Theres definitely a transactional nature to this stuff. Im not nave enough to think that these guys are talking to me out of the goodness of their heart. Obviously theyre making some kind of calculation that they think they might get something out of it, but its obviously a gamble for them. And Ive been interested to note that since the book came out, most of the people in the book have sort of freaked out about it in one way or another, either by trying to chew me out privately or trying to chew me out publicly, or trying to disavow the book or trying to swarm it with negative one-star Amazon reviews. So I think I would have been a little bit disturbed if everyone in the book looked at what I did and said, Thank you very much, nice doing business with you, and seemed entirely pleased by it.

That said, obviously theres something transactional about all journalistic endeavors. I mean, anyone whos read Janet Malcolm knows that. And I think one of the ways to get at this is a thing I try to think through in the book about how trolls set an ingenious trap. If you engage with them in any way, including by mocking them or casting aspersions at them, they are, in a sense, getting what they want, which is attention or oxygen. But if you never rebuke them, then you are ceding ground to them. You are making it look as if their views are going unchallenged. You are allowing them to run whatever online space youre talking about. When that online space is the bulk of American discourse, thats not a good solution either.

So I dont think its as easy as saying, well, these people want attention, therefore we can never pay attention to them, because not paying attention to them presents a huge set of different problems.

Sure. Im curious about, you refer to them as trolls. Do you think troll is an adequate term for these types of reactionaries and extremists?Well, I dont refer to them as trolls. I refer to some people as trolls and I refer to other people as reactionaries, and I refer to other people as Nazis. If they could all be lumped into the same category, it wouldnt have taken me so much time to embed with them to find out what they were really about, and it wouldnt have taken me so many pages to write the book. There is a whole phylum of shitheads on the internet, and some of them are exactly what they seem to be and others are not exactly what they seem to be. Some of them are trolls, some of them are not. Some of them are a whole grab bag of things at once. You can be a troll and a misogynist and a racist and an anti-Semite and a liar and a Russian bot. I mean, you can be a lot of things at once. Again, Im familiar with the critique that its somehow soft-pedaling to call someone a troll, but thats not an exclusive category, and I think anyone who reads the book will see that Im not using it in any kind of soft-pedal way.

Just out of curiosity, how would you define trolling?I think its evolved like a lot of things, like almost any internet term has evolved. This was what made it kind of hard to write a glossary for this book, much less to use terms accurately in the book. Because as I get into in the book, terminology evolves quickly in life and especially on the internet, and it gets pushed in directions by propagandists that it wouldnt have gone in otherwise. So the term fake news means something very different after Trump gets his hands on it than it did even three-months prior. And theres a similar thing with trolling or with any internet-adjacent term.

In the good old halcyon days, back when these problems already were manifestly in existence, but before most people began to think about them, trolling just meant trying to get a reaction out of someone. Pranking them, trying to incite them into caring more than they were supposed to care, because the aesthetic of the internet is to be cool, is to not care about anything. And trolling was designed to incite a reaction out of people. Nowadays it has all kinds of other ancillary meanings baked into it.

I spent a lot of time with the founders of Reddit and embedded in their headquarters in San Francisco for many, many hours. Those guys, when they were growing up on the internet and acting as starry-eyed techno-utopians, they told me that they considered themselves trolls, and then obviously they tried to put an asterisk on that and say, Of course, now that trolling has all these connotations of abuse and vicious misogyny and all the rest of it, now of course we dont consider ourselves that. That was only one tiny corner of the way that those guys evolved. They also evolved from free-speech absolutists into reluctant gatekeepers who let me sit in the room as they decided which Nazi subreddits to ban and which Nazi subreddits to not ban. So that was an act of internet curation and internet gatekeeping, that they, I dont think, would ever have foreseen themselves undertaking in the early days of Reddit.

My personal definition of trolling is that the person doing the trolling has to not actually believe what theyre saying. Like, if a Nazi says all the Jews should die, thats not really trolling, thats just arguing.It depends. I mean, maybe. You could define it that way. I think its a little more complicated than that. Its like if you watch satire, sometimes satirists say the opposite of what they believe, sometimes they say exactly what they believe, but they say it in a context that is either through a persona or through a mask or but whatever. Im not comparing Nazi trolls to performance artists or anything, but I think its a little bit too simplistic to say some people are real Nazis and some people are fake Nazis. Obviously thats true. Theres a spectrum of genuine belief just like theres a spectrum of everything else. But I think its a little more murky and interpenetrated than that.

In your interactions with all of your subjects, a topic that comes up a lot is how their stances change on a whim based on whats getting results online. How much of this is strategy for someone like Mike Cernovich or Lauren Southern or whoever? How much of that do you think is strategic and deliberate and how much of it seems a little bit like throwing anything at the wall and seeing what sticks?Well, its both. I mean, how much of Facebooks strategy was deliberate and how much of it was trial and error or minimum viable product or moving fast and breaking things. I think that theres a certain amount of trial and error that could itself be a strategy, which is part of what makes these people so dangerous, because they are not constrained by consistency or truth-telling or ethical boundaries, so they are going to try everything and see what sticks. Unfortunately I think that is a really dangerously viable strategy.

To the point of the gatekeepers that you mention a lot in the book, there are a lot of examples of traditional media taking the bait on stuff. Like when Chris Cillizza takes the bait on Cernovichs rant about Hillary Clintons health. Do you think that the alt-right or people within that vague spectrum would have the influence they had if mainstream media did not cover them?Well, yeah. Of course they wouldnt have the influence they have if they were never covered in the media. Thats also true of Donald Trump, thats also true of a New York Times reporter who puts out a story in the New York Times and then gets to amplify it on CNN. Everyone who gets amplified on CNN gets additional power because of that. But I dont think we can be so complacent as to think that if CNN never covered Mike Cernovich he wouldnt have any influence because hes still on Twitter and he still has a Facebook page. And if he didnt have those platforms, there would be other platforms.

The reason that this book is a really deep kaleidoscopic critique of social media rather than just of one cast of characters or one set of platforms is that weve built an entire information ecosystem on the basis of emotional engagement. And emotional engagement has pro-social elements and also antisocial elements. So its not as easy as saying who should be banned from Twitter today, or is banning someone from Twitter a violation of their free-speech rights. I mean, all of those conversations are, in a way, so narrow as to miss the point. The problem is really, really fundamental and structural.

And similarly, I definitely think that there are times when the mainstream media gets duped and hoodwinked into covering stuff they shouldnt, and I refer to certain mainstream media reporters as astoundingly frictionless weather vanes or some phrase like that. The critique there is, again, its not a one-size-fits-all critique, where you just say you must never cover X range of topics. Thats not flexible enough to be realistic. I think the underlying critique there is you cant just be a weather vane and point wherever the winds of the sort of daily conversational gusts are pointing you. You have to know what you stand for. You have to understand the country you live in. You have to understand where your morals lie, and you have to not be so blown around by little winds and trends and the immediate social approbation of your peers that you dont stand for anything.

I guess this gets sort of back to my earlier concern that if covering them at face value doesnt work, and even covering them critically doesnt really ding their influence at all, then the third option seems to be not covering them. Like you said, theres no one-size-fits-all thing, but Im trying to figure out a method of deliberation.Sure, thats an option. Its an option to not cover them, but I just dont think that gets you very far. I mean, look, we can all just pretend that the bad stuff on the internet doesnt exist, but were just making ourselves sitting ducks. Were just allowing the bad stuff on the internet to continue to fester, to continue to grow stronger, to continue to have greater and greater influence over greater and greater sectors of the country. So I think you have to cover it carefully. I think you have to cover it well. But I think to say that you cant cover it at all means that we just want to live in a fantasy world where we only cover things we like. Theres a danger when you cover ISIS that you are perpetuating their propaganda. Does that mean that we should just pretend that ISIS doesnt exist?

Fair enough. A lot of this book takes place in 2017 and 2018, and I was wondering if you think things have changed since then. What is covering online extremists or even just troll general activity look like in late 2019?Well, to be clear, my purpose with this whole project was not just covering online extremists. I mean, for one thing, the subtitle goes on from there. Its Anti-Social: Online Extremists, Techno-Utopians and the Hijacking of the American Conversation. Online extremists is just one part of that. And the way I view the job of a reporter is to find things in the world that are representative of your side of concerns and to try to examine them in enough detail and stick around and observe them with enough fly-on-the-wall detail that you can report on those things convincingly enough that they stand in for an entire universe, an entire set of concerns.

So it wasnt as if I set out to find all the bad people on the internet, meet them all, shake hands with all of them, get them to say a few salacious things, and then fill my notebook with their quotes and then write them all down in a really thrilling order and then my job was done. I would be mortified if that were my job. I think thats not what journalism is supposed to be. There were many goals of the project, but one of them was to try to use the bad guys on the internet as a kind of reductio ad absurdum, meaning if we had a good and reasonable and ethical and functional informational ecosystem, it wouldnt look like the one we have.

And so I think we need a really careful, detailed look at how wrong weve gone in order to set things on a better course because, again, its really easy to sit back and look at bad guys from a distance and have a take. And that take would be these guys are bad, and that take would be correct. But I dont think its all about useful. I think its useful to really see up close in detail what theyre about, how they actually act when their mask slips off, how they interact with each other, and then to properly contextualize that and use that as an example of how far weve gone from the idealistic utopian vision of what the internet was supposed to be. What was the question? Im sorry. I dont know if I strayed from the question.

No, that was helpful. My question was less focused on this book specifically and more on how it feels like people generally have gotten smarter about this stuff. I feel like Im seeing less Cernovich. Granted, obviously Im in a filter bubble and everythings anecdotal. Im seeing less Bill Mitchell. Milo has completely disappeared. Do you have any insight into what has happened over the last two years that led to that reduction?Well, just as a cautionary note, you and I might be wiser now to the tricks of the people you named. I know you and I certainly are, but there was some conference at a Trump resort yesterday where they played some hilarious meme of Trump committing a mass shooting all in the name of so-called good fun and memeing. So I dont think we can really safely say that the influence of shitty memes on the internet has subsided. If Carpe Donktum is still the presidents best Twitter buddy, we dont live in a world where these things dont have influence.

I will grant you that the individuals in my book did not become as powerful as they hoped to become. To the extent that theres a hopeful arc to this book, one of the hopeful arcs is the extent to which a lot of the people I chronicle have a rise-and-fall narrative, and also, just along the way, theyre often more pathetic and bumbling and kind of darkly comical than I expected. So its not as if Im just trying to expose people to 400 pages of pain and misery. But one of the more, I think, heartening things is that a lot of the people that I chronicle, they dont end up members of Congress or with their own prime-time show on Fox News or something. They end up pretty dejected and cast out and pathetic. That said, again, I dont want people to be complacent and think that because Richard Spencer doesnt have a show on prime time that means his ideas havent permeated into the American discourse.

So I think some of the worst ideas around have permeated shockingly far into the center of American discourse, and I think we ignore that at our peril. And I think that is the doing of a small set of very willful propagandists, many of whom I spent a lot of time with. So I guess the way I look at it is that they were kind of the front line of soldiers who had to die off in order for the lines of people behind them to breach the I dont know my military metaphors all that well. They themselves didnt make it into the promised land but the next generation of shitty meme-makers just might. See, Im more comfortable with biblical references than military references.

No, that makes sense. There are obviously a lot of people who are active in making memes or pushing rumors and narratives and whatnot. Who is the passive consumer of this stuff? Im just guessing the passive consumers comprise a much larger group than the people who are making memes or whatnot.Oh, definitely. I mean the passive consumer is anyone. Its just the internet is for anyone. And I think a lot of people consume stuff so passively that they dont really know where its coming from. I think thats most people. I think most people who consume the things that you and I make dont really know where its coming from.

Why do you think they dont know where its coming from? Whats causing that confusion?The way that the social media platforms are designed. Theyre designed to cause that confusion. Its not an accident. They think its really fusty and old-fashioned that people like us read bylines or that we even care about what publication something comes from. Its supposed to be one of the unspoken premises of the new social internet, new historically, that youre not supposed to care where something comes from. Information is supposed to be fungible, its supposed to just be about making your information diet as widely varied as possible. And I should say, even though it goes without saying, that idea is really nice, and people should have wide and varied information diets, but like anything, there are limits. If this makes me fusty and elitist then, whatever, Ill take it. But I just think that something I read in the New York Times is more likely to be accurate and well-told than something I read on OMGFacts. Or something I read on some random Facebook page of someone that I met once and forgot I was Facebook friends with.

So if that sounds anti-democratic, I think thats just a sign of how far weve strayed from the basic notions of truth. I honestly think it redounds to the benefit of social media companies to pretend that boundaries dont exist and truth is fungible and any piece of content from anywhere can just be sluiced into one giant content swamp. I mean, that obviously helps them, but I dont think it helps us as consumers or as citizens.

To that end, how do you feel about Twitter and Facebook over the course of writing this book. Because Reddits the main social site that you spend time with, but how do those other two factor in? And I guess YouTube.Theyre all huge and Im pretty fundamentally skeptical of all of them. So last I checked, YouTube and Google and Facebook were the top-three most-trafficked sites in the country, and Reddit was number four or five. So Reddit is up there whether we know many people who use it or not. Its way more popular than Twitter, for example, even though journalists live on Twitter. But I think they all have a role to play, and I think theyve all been pretty derelict in playing that role with a robust conscience.

Whether we like to think about it or not, its happening. We like to tell ourselves that the internet is just like some force of nature or its just some emanation of the popular will of the thoughts of millions of people, and if you dont like whats on it, you just dont like whats in the hearts and minds of your fellow Americans. But the fact is, its a product of many, many human decisions. And it very much brought home to me, as I was sitting there, trying to recede into the background as these Reddit engineers were sitting there going, Well, this is a page full swastikas, so I guess well ban that, and Well, this page has some swastikas on it but they seem to be in a kind of historical newsworthy context so I think we should leave it up. And, We banned a subreddit called dog sex but we forgot to ban a subreddit called sex with dogs. You cant really ignore the messiness and human subjectivity of the internet after youve seen something like that.

My stance is that the reason that Facebook and Twitter and YouTube and those other sites get so much flak is that theyre sort of unwilling to acknowledge the messiness of it. For me personally, I can deal with a human moderator making a bad call, but the idea that these AI systems can automatically figure out what is and isnt breaking so-called neutral rules is like, Give me a break.Its bullshit. Its bullshit. And I made exactly that point to all of the companies you mentioned. This was in 2014, 2015, 2016, before the dam really broke and before everybody was really onto them. I think some journalists and some people who were paying attention were onto them, and some critics from within the tech industry, but I would say that, broadly speaking, the general public was still giving these industries a pass and generally treating these entrepreneurs as if they were bold innovators instead of robber barons, or at least deeply flawed individuals.

So I made that pitch to them. I said, You should let me see this stuff because its happening and people are going to figure out its happening, and frankly, I think your average concerned citizen would rather see you trying than just see you denying that you are even in the room, that theres anyone really behind the curtain. And the only company that really went for that pitch was Reddit. And honestly, I have critiques of them in the book and I think they look foolish in some ways, but I think on the whole they look like people who are trying to acknowledge their responsibility as new gatekeepers and to try to live up to that responsibility. And some of the other companies are just still incredibly implausibly pretending that theyre not curators, that theyre not stewards, that theyre not gatekeepers and it just strains credulity.

I generally think Facebook is too big, it operates at too big a scale to effectively moderate on a human level. I buy that. And the bind they get into is once you acknowledge that it cant be moderated effectively without human input, then youre sort of essentially saying that Facebook is too big to be safely run.Its too big not to fail. But obviously thats not in the companys interest to have that perception of itself, or for the public, or God forbid, regulators to have that perception of it. So they fight it. Thats why they consider Elizabeth Warren an existential threat.

What are you looking at for the coming election? What are things youre either worried about or feel good about?Very few things I feel good about. Well, I guess thats a little bit glib. I mean, one thing that I do feel good about is, if you had asked me five years ago, pre-2016, whether any of this would be truly being addressed at any level, I probably would have said no. Even though I was the annoying guy who was making bets that Trump was going to win, I probably would have forced myself to imagine a future in which Hillary wins and the Brexit referendum fails and maybe we dont have Duterte, maybe we dont have Bolsonaro, maybe we dont have Salvini, and we just kind of keep skating by, barely dodging bullets. How many metaphors can I throw at this? We just keep going on pretending that these deep structural problems dont exist because, after all, when have these things really led us into crisis? Now that they have led us into crisis, I do think its just impossible to ignore, and the reforms havent been sufficient, like not even close to sufficient. But we are way more prepared to at least talk about the problem than we were when I first embarked on this project.

What sorts of reforms would you like to see?I dont spend a lot of time in the book talking about specific governmental reforms, and thats for a few reasons. I dont want people to get too hung up on thinking that if we just pass this or that bill, or this or that administrative tweak, or this or that reform of the terms of service of one or all of these companies, that that will make the problem go away. I do think the problem is more structural and systemic than that. I think the informational crisis were facing is akin to the climate crisis or the health crisis or something. I think its really deep.

But I think government regulation could play a role. I think some of the data privacy stuff in Europe is interesting, although I dont know that it would fly here. I have alluded to how I think we ought to have a really sort of elemental rethinking of what we consider the First Amendment to mean or not mean. I think that could help. I think antitrust stuff could certainly help if it were done in the right way. But its not entirely my area, and also I just dont think that would, even if all of it happened, which it wont, I dont think it would be enough.

Are you at all apprehensive about Facebooks big push to encrypt everything on their messaging services?Yes, very. The analogy I heard people use [in interviews] was toppling Saddam but creating a power vacuum that leads to ISIS. And when I say interviews, I mean people who actually were smart and decent and knew what they were talking about, not interviews with Milo Yiannopoulos. But it scares me because it seems like what Facebook is doing is responding to widespread critique of the way theyve handled public discourse is by just retreating from it and saying, If you dont like the way weve handled public discourse, what if we just shove all this stuff into the dark and make it private and make it encrypted so that even we cant control or corral or curate it even if we wanted to? Thats not a solution, thats just a retreat. I mean, that just sounds like them trying to get out of trouble by forcing dark stuff ever farther into the darkness.

Im conflicted. I dont like the amount of power Facebook has, but I also know that theres a ton of bad stuff happening on Facebook, so I dont have a good answer.I agree, but I dont think that the encryption will make the bad stuff go away. I think it will just In fairness, it might make it less viral. So that is a big step. So theres a huge trade-off between forcing it ever further into the shadows. Thats scary, but it might have the upside of making it less infectious.

Do you have any advice for the average normie social media user on how to properly digest social media and interpret it?Well, I think a lot of us are passive in the way we consume information, and I think that isnt a knock on individuals. Its not to call people dumb or something. Its just these systems are designed to make us passive. We have feeds that dump things on us and that filter into our brains. It doesnt feel like a very active choice a lot times, and theyre acting on our brains in ways that feel kind of twitchy and lizard-brainy and not very full of deliberation and forethought. So thats one thing people can do is just try to think a little more and try to take a breath and before hate-sharing something or love-sharing something or envy-sharing something, maybe just think, Do I actually need to share this? or Why am I sharing this?

But I am not necessarily one of those people who thinks everyone should just entirely log off. I understand those arguments, but I do worry about all the good people leaving these platforms to the not-good people, and I worry that people will feel that once they have deleted Facebook they have done their civic duty. But they will still live in a world where presidential elections are determined largely by Facebook, and whether we address our climate crisis is a product largely of the discussion that happens on Facebook. Again, I dont think its enough.

Do you think there is a sort of age gap that will eventually mitigate some of these problems? Are younger internet users, do you think, just better at sorting all this out than older users?Some of it, but not all of it. I think there are some memes that are designed to prey on the particular weaknesses and particular gullibilities of older users who might not be initiated into the ways that the web works, or not know how to be skeptical in the right ways or whatever. But there are lots of ways in which young people are particularly susceptible to being radicalized into just overt white supremacy, for example. Not that there arent plenty of old white supremacists, but its just that they have their ideology a bit more firmly in place, and young people can be radicalized on YouTube and are being radicalized on YouTube every day. So I think there are different vulnerabilities, if you had to generalize, that can be put into generational buckets. But I dont think we can just sort of wait until all the old people get off Facebook or die off and then politics will be saved.

Daily news about the politics, business, and technology shaping our world.

Go here to read the rest:
Andrew Marantz on How the Far Right Took Over the Internet - New York Magazine

Posted in Diet And Food | Comments Off on Andrew Marantz on How the Far Right Took Over the Internet – New York Magazine

How to Ship Holiday Gifts of All Shapes and Sizes, According to Postal Experts – Yahoo Lifestyle

Posted: October 17, 2019 at 8:44 pm

You're well aware that taking the time to pack your gifts before sending them to loved ones is importantbut even good intentions can lead to fragile items ending up broken in transit. And since the average American sends upwards of six packages in November and December, according to a 2018 FedEx survey, discovering the best way to protect your gifts while in transit is time well spent. Speaking with representatives from leading mail carriers, including the United States Postal Service and FedEx, we asked them for the answer to the question that's on everyone's mind during the holidays: What's the best way to pack and ship the items you've so painstakingly crafted as holiday gifts this year?

Related: When to Mail All of Your Holiday Gifts So They Arrive on Time, According to Officials

As anyone will tell you, shipping items on time doesn't always mean that things will go smoothly. Maybe you're shipping a hand-knit sweater that's made of angora wool yarn, an edible treat that is sensitive to high temperatures, or a delicate liquid that requires extra shipping time. All of these items are examples of things that must be packaged carefully to reach its destination without suffering a tragic end while in transit.

According to Kim Frum, a senior public relations representative for USPS, the most important tip is to pack your fragile item appropriatelyand that starts with the box. While reusing a shipping box is perfectly acceptable for softer, non-breakable items like clothing, you want to use a durable box to protect handmade items. Start by layering the bottom of your box with soft, absorbent tissue paper or shredded materials; then, if possible, bubble-wrap your item before wrapping it in a layer of tissue paper. If the gift is hollow (like a vase or bowl), then you'll want to stuff extra packing material inside the box to keep the item supported. Be sure to place the item inside the right-sized box; you don't want the box to be too small as it could rip open during transit, but too-large boxes may also collapse or continually shift the contents inside.

Believe it or not, asking for a simple "fragile" stamp on your package will help postage handlers quickly identify that it may need an extra set of hands, or be packed delicately into a truck or air cargo hold. If you're sending an item through a nearby post office, the USPS has published a collection of useful how-to videos, including best practices on packing fragile items.

FedEx Office professionals often pack fragile office trinkets and awards, which can be oddly shaped; they recommend padding these kinds of nonlinear items with at least 1-inch of bubble wrap around its base, according to Rae Lyn Rushing, a communications advisor for FedEx. In addition to the tips above, you should also reinforce the lid of your box by sealing all flaps and seams with packing tape in the shape of an "H" on the box's lid. You'll want to make sure to print out a typed label for your package that has been covered with tape; handwritten labels can smudge in bad weather, especially if it's not covered. While postage officers will often place a "fragile" tag on your package (and in the system's tracking for workers' insight), you can also use a black magic marker to cover every side of your box with the warning. Lastly, both FedEx and UPS offer packing services for customers who may need the assistanceand in some cases, they guarantee the package will arrive safely with extra complimentary insurance.

Related: DIY Holiday Food Gifts for Everyone on Your List

Believe it or not, you can send most anything in the mail domestically. But there are special rules and regulations for many of these special items, including perishable items. If you've baked a holiday pie and wish to mail it off as a Christmas gift, you can do so, but postal officials expect you to select a speed of delivery that will ensure it doesn't spoil (and disrupt mail flow) while it's in transit. It seems that perishable items, including any non-shelf-stable food items, are sent at the owner's risk, too, meaning forms of postal insurance associated with Priority and First-Class mail may not apply.

Try to pack food items as tightly as possible. If you're sending a shareable treat like fudge, brownies, or cookies, try wrapping individual servings in wax paper, then inside plastic sleeves. This gives you more opportunities to surround the goods with packing materials to keep them as stationary as possible. If you sent a dozen cookies inside a sealed plastic container, for example, they would probably end up a pile of crumbs and bits due to the movement of transportation. Homemade food of any kind cannot be sent internationally, but if you're sending a dish from one end of the country to the next, then you may wish to use dry ice to keep it cool. The USPS permits you to use dry ice as long as you place it in a box that allows the gas to slowly release (otherwise, that package may turn combustible). Rushing tells us that perishable and heat-sensitive gifts should be sent overnight, as this ensures minimal risk of spoilage overall.

Many forms of liquidfrom soaps to perfume and nail polishcan be shipped via ground transportation. However, anything flammable won't be allowed in postal cargo on planes and can't be shipped internationally. FedEx officials say that liquids should be stored in plastic containers, if possible, as this prevents breakage; using three inches of bubble wrap around the item should provide enough cushion and support. Both UPS and FedEx officials will help you pack a liquid properly and complete any special paperwork if the gift has certain restrictions; the same applies to perishable food items.

See the original post here:
How to Ship Holiday Gifts of All Shapes and Sizes, According to Postal Experts - Yahoo Lifestyle

Posted in Diet And Food | Comments Off on How to Ship Holiday Gifts of All Shapes and Sizes, According to Postal Experts – Yahoo Lifestyle

The Real-Life Diet of Caris LeVert, Who Swears by Fruit Smoothies – Yahoo Lifestyle

Posted: October 17, 2019 at 8:41 pm

Last fall, Brooklyn Nets guard Caris LeVert was playing the best basketball of his careeruntil November 12, when he dislocated his foot in a game against the Minnesota Timberwolves. It was an injury far too gruesome to show on replay, the kind involving a mangled extremity that causes teammates and opponents to collectively shake their heads in disbelief while the crowd sits in absolute silence. (Seriously, dont Google it.) Except, LeVert remembers, it didnt actually hurt that much. At first.

I was more mad than anything, he says. I wasnt even thinking of the pain, which was probably partially adrenaline and disbelief. It didnt hit me until we got in the ambulance 15 minutes after they carted me off the court, and my trainer was talking to metrying to distract me. Next thing I know, theyre jerking my foot, and thats when I realized, Oh, this is real. That moment was the worst pain Ive ever felt.

Remarkably, after doctors popped LeVerts foot back into place, no surgery was required. He missed three months, but returned to action in February. He had an (understandably) up-and-down remainder of the season, but capped it off with an impressive performance in the first round of the playoffs against the Philadelphia 76ers.

This offseason, LeVert prioritized strengthening his foot and ankle by employing a variety of balancing drills, while also squeezing in a healthy amount of hooping. LeVert logged four-a-days: two on-the-court workouts and two off-the-court workouts. Thats an encouraging development for Nets fans hoping hell emerge as the teams second star this season, behind Kyrie Irving (and third star next season when Kevin Durant presumably returns after suffering a ruptured Achilles.)

A few weeks ago, I spoke to LeVert about the full extent of his offseason routine, recent changes to his diet, and his affection for float tanks. At the time of our conversation, LeVert was gearing up for his first-ever trip to China as part of a preseason double-header against the Los Angeles Lakers, and Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey had yet to fire off his fateful tweet about Hong Kong. LeVert said he was looking forward to the overseas experience, which presumably became a bit more complicated than originally anticipated.

GQ: Can you walk me through a normal day for you this offseason?

Caris LeVert: I took about two weeks off after we lost to the 76ers in the playoffs. After that, I started my workouts here in Brooklyn. First, Id get some breakfast inusually two or three eggs, some veggies like broccoli, and I love oatmeal in the morning, too. Id head to the gym around 9 a.m. to do a 30-minute lift. We call those correctives, where youre more working on balance drills, hamstrings, and core work. The Nets are big on that. The corrective workout isnt your typical lift, but it helps strengthen your little muscles.

Then, Id have an hour-and-a-half workout on the court, and after that is a bigger upper- or lower-body lift. Id get some treatment, do some more balance drills to strengthen my ankle back up. Then Id usually go home and take a nap, chill for a couple hours, and head back to the gym later that night and get a bunch of shots up.

Have you always stuck to a healthy-sounding diet?

No, thats been the biggest adjustment the past couple of years: I wasnt really very educated on what makes up a healthy diet. In college, I would eat a lot of Five Guys and burgers. Everybody eats differently, but thats not the best for your digestive system, and Ive learned that over the years. Now I stay away from pork, beef, and things like that. I stick to chicken a couple times a week, and I eat a lot of fish and veggies. I dont really like fruit, so I drink a lot of smoothies to get my fruit intake up.

Yeah, Ive seen that the Nets are big on pre-game fruit smoothies.

Weve got a couple smoothie-makers. Ill drink one on game days, and then any other day, if you ask for one, youll get it. I think as Ive matured and learned more about food, Ive stopped eating as much for taste. I eat and drink based on what I need in my body. Usually my smoothies have strawberries, bananas, some sort of vegetable, a protein powder, almond milk, honey, blueberries, and sometimes orange juice.

Whats the one thing you still sneak in when you can?

Chocolate chip cookies. I cant go too long without having one. Theyve gotta be homemade, straight out of the oven. I dont like the store-bought stuff. They need to be crispy on the outside, soft on the inside.

I read that you eat Chipotle five times a week. True or false?

True, though Im sad to say me and Chipotle have cut ties a little bit. I got sick eating while training in LA over the summer, and Im not positive, but I think it was Chipotle, so I havent had it since. It was definitely tough at first, but Im doing alright now, starting to get used to not eating it every day.

I wrote a hot take essay for GQ where I proudly proclaimed that Qdoba is better than Chipotle, so this is an issue near and dear to my heart. Are you familiar with Qdoba?

I am, and wow, I disagree with that statement. I know a lot of people think that, though, so I dont know if its even a hot take. Maybe its a Midwest thing, but in high school and college, people really liked Qdoba more than Chipotle. To each their own.

You weighed 162 pounds when you arrived at Michigan in 2012. Were you getting thrown around at practice your freshman year?

Honestly, I wasnt. I was so used to playing at that size that I adjusted to it. People probably werent used to seeing someone that small. Playing in the Big 10 was definitely an adjustment though. Unlike a lot of other conferences, its very physical and defense-based. I feel like at a lot of other conferences, everybody scores 80 or 90 points a game, but Big 10 scoring was in the 40s when I was there. I definitely had to bulk up. Some of that happened naturally, but I had a great strength coach too who prepared me for the next level. Going into my sophomore season, I was up to 190, 195. I stayed at Michigan through the summers when people went home and dedicated all my time to my body and my game, and it paid off for me.

One of the many, many reasons I did not advance past high school basketball: I avoided the weight room like the plague. How was your workout regimen growing up?

My high school coach my junior and senior year was a man named Jerry Francis. He played basketball at Ohio State and is one of their all-time great players. He started to get us in the weight room, and I hated the weight room. Wed go in there and Id act like I was doing stuff, but I really wasnt. Id do a pull-up here, maybe a bench press there, but I wanted to play basketball. I was not dedicated to the weight room. He changed my mindset and pushed me on that, which I appreciate him for. But back then, I really didnt want to be there.

Youve had to deal with a couple annoying and painful injuries over the years. Do you practice any relaxation techniques or meditation so you dont go stir crazy during those rehab periods?

Ive been doing headspace stuff since before I had any of those injuries. [John Beilein, current Cleveland Cavaliers coach and former Michigan Wolverines coach] actually brought someone in who taught that stuff to us, and Ive carried it with me ever since. I do meditation and visualization before every game. I do things like the float tank, which helps me get into that mindframe of calmness. I take that really seriously.

How long does a float tank session last?

As long as you want it to, but I usually do an hour. You go into a podits kind of like The Matrix. The first time I did it, I was a little skeptical, because Im claustrophobic. You put headphones on, you dont hear anything, and its pitch-black. Its just you and your thoughts. I use that time for meditation, focusing on breathing and visualization. I do that once or twice a week during the season, and it relaxes me.

Steph Curry ranked the Nets popcorn selection second-best in the league. Have you tried it?

Nah, Im not a big popcorn guy. Ive heard its fire, though.

For a while, I know PB&Js were all the rage in the NBA.

I used to eat a bunch of those my rookie year. Charlotte had the best PB&Jsthey had them toasted or something like that. But I dont really eat that anymore. At halftime now Ill eat, like, pineapples. Just trying to stay consistent with it, you know?

This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.

Real-Life Diet is a series in which GQ talks to athletes, celebrities, and everyone in-between about their diets and exercise routines: what's worked, what hasn't, and where they're still improving. Keep in mind, what works for them might not necessarily be healthy for you.

The Real-Life Diet of Loic Mabanza, Madonnas Secret Weapon

The queen of pop's lead dancer balances international arena tours with a modeling and acting career by preaching discipline, discipline, and more discipline.

Originally Appeared on GQ

Visit link:
The Real-Life Diet of Caris LeVert, Who Swears by Fruit Smoothies - Yahoo Lifestyle

Posted in Diet And Food | Comments Off on The Real-Life Diet of Caris LeVert, Who Swears by Fruit Smoothies – Yahoo Lifestyle

A Glimpse Inside a Historic Part of Windsor Castle That Hasnt Been Seen for More Than 150 Years – Yahoo Lifestyle

Posted: October 17, 2019 at 8:41 pm

The Inner Hall of Windsor Castle, the queens grand estate an hour outside of London, was opened to the public this week. That sounds coolbecause, well, castles are coolbut what makes the unveiling of the recently restored Inner Hall so remarkable is that this space hasnt been available to view for more than 150 years.

Or 153 years, to be exact. In the 1820s, the Inner Hall, with its impressive vaulted ceilings, was used by George IV as a grand, stately entrance for esteemed guests. But it was closed by Queen Victoria in 1866, its entry sealed off by a stone wall. For the past several decades, it has been a storage space, albeit a fancy one.

But the space was restored thanks to the Royal Collection Trust. Paint was chipped away to uncover the original ceiling design: the work of the famous Regency-era ornamentalist carver Francis Bernasconi. A view of Windsor Castles leafy-lined, two-and-a-half-mile Long Walkthe final stretch of the Duke and Duchess of Sussexs fairy-tale carriage ride after their royal weddingcan be seen from the antique windows. The entire project took two years to complete.

Inside the Inner Hall, which dates back to the1920s and the days of King George IV.

The 1,000-year-old ancient fortress isnt the only one of the queens properties to recently undergo renovations. Buckingham Palace is in the midst of a 10-year, $482 million restoration. Much of the badly needed repairs involve replacing things like boilers, generators, electrical panels, and water tanks. (Its electrical cabling, plumbing, and heating systems have been around since the 1950s.) The palace also hopes to become more energy efficient.

In the fall of 2018, work began on the East Wing, which involved relocating more than 3,000 priceless works of fine art.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex also recently renovated their royal home, Frogmore Cottage. Its said that they used interior designer Vicky Charles, who previously oversaw design for Soho House.

Originally Appeared on Vogue

See the original post here:
A Glimpse Inside a Historic Part of Windsor Castle That Hasnt Been Seen for More Than 150 Years - Yahoo Lifestyle

Posted in Diet And Food | Comments Off on A Glimpse Inside a Historic Part of Windsor Castle That Hasnt Been Seen for More Than 150 Years – Yahoo Lifestyle

I cheated on my boyfriend and learned it takes two to cheat – Yahoo Lifestyle

Posted: October 17, 2019 at 8:41 pm

We broke up because she made out with someone else, is what my ex would tell you if you asked him how we went from (for lack of a better term) #RelationshipGoals to We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together. And while yes, on paper that was the catalyst that moved me out of Marvin*s apartment in Brooklyn and into my parents house in Connecticut at 31. In reality, cheating on my boyfriend by making out with another guy was only the tip of the iceberg of our problems, which, unlike the Titanic, I saw from the second I got onboard our relation-ship.

And before you hate-read the rest of this, as perhaps someone broke your heart when they cheated on you (I can relate! Its happened to me more times than I can count.), I want you to know I am not a cheater. Thats not who I am.

Before this happened to me, I thought cheaters were always cold, heartless, and terrible people, but now I understand why people cheat. Cheating isnt black and white. But it all boils down to one thing: It can take two people to cheat, and cheating isnt always one-sided.

While I wholeheartedly believe that if you are going to or are tempted to cheat, you should get out of your relationship, sometimes its not always that simple. I tried to get out of this relationship many times but felt trapped.

I am writing this not to excuse my bad behavior, because whats done is done. I own all my actions and all I can do is learn and grow from this. I no longer believe in the saying once a cheater always a cheater, as I could never put someone I used to love or myself through this againever.

There were many times in my relationship with Marvin when I felt emotionally cheated on by him. Times, upon looking back, I realize may have been the perfect opportunity to end things.

Like the time he told me that before we started dating he was hooking up with a girl he worked with. He broke things off; she didnt handle it well. Any night hed be at the office late, a pit of fear would eat up my insides. I couldnt sleep most nights, worried that he was cheating on me, and to this day Ill never know.

Or how one day an hour after leaving his apartment, while I was at an event with friends, he tried to break up with me in a paragraph-long text message ending with an eagle emoji. Wed been dating for nine months at this point and had hit all our relationship milestones. You deserve better, the text said, and he was right, I did. But I was too focused on decoding the eagle emoji: Was he trying to tell me he loves America? He wants freedom? Or is it a bald eagle and he wants me to know hes losing his hair? Instead I assured him we were solid and did everything I possibly could do to make him feel happy, never realizing you cant fix a broken person.

Then there was the two months up until the moment I became a cheater. When I felt more alone in the relationship than I ever felt when I was single. Wed go days without talking or texting. And when we did talk, wed have one-word conversations.

It was around this time I kept running into Richard,* a guy I went to high school with, who I always thought was cute, but he always dated my friends. He started talking to me over text more than my live-in boyfriend ever talked to me. Id instantly smile any time his unsaved 203 number flashed up on my phone. Hed ask me how my day was, and what I was working on, questions my boyfriend stopped asking me months ago.

So when Richard asked if I wanted to grab drinks one night, I said sure, viewing it as harmless since we were just friends.

I knew I had to break up with Marvin immediately. But we had his best friends wedding the next day, and I didnt want to ruin it for him. So I decided Id come clean and end things when we got back a couple of days later.

But the guilt was eating away at me. I couldnt believe what I had done. I made out with Richard, I texted my best friend from high school. She knew Richard and how unhappy I was with Marvin. You made out with someone else. You need to tell Marvin, she texted back the next morning.

But the strangest thing happened. Suddenly Marvin transformed from the grumpy boyfriend I never talked to, into the enthusiastic best friend I fell in love with. We were us again, making plans and supporting each other in any endeavor.

What had I done?

Back in New York, for the first time since Marvin and I moved in with each other, he came home in time for dinner. We were eating soup dumplings and watching Sabrina, when he said what I wanted to tell him the second it happened:

I know you made out with someone else.

Turns out he saw the text on my phone from my friend. Which brings me to the whole point of this essay: Always make sure your text previews are off.

Im kidding.

The real point here is while cheating isnt right, there are two sides to cheating. The side where the cheater messed up in a moment, and the other side where the cheater felt cheated on and trapped from the moment they got into this broken relationship but never spoke up out of fear.

It feels unfair that my two years spent in the relationship, all the loving and supportive things I did for Marvin, like uprooting my life in Los Angeles to be with him in New York, the thoughtful gifts, homemade couples costumes, breakfasts in bed, packed lunches for work, and gourmet dinnersdevoting myself fully to someone who rarely put me first, means nothing because I kissed back a stranger and he (to my knowledge) didnt.

But the bigger lesson for me here, aside from, if youre tempted to cheat its time to break-up, is you should never stay in a broken relationship because youre scared like I was. All of those times it was crystal clear Marvin and I were doneI made it work because I was scared. I was scared to be alone in my 30s. And this was one of the reasons our relationship was so broken. I wasnt ready for a relationship, from the moment I asked Marvin What are we? to the second I moved out of our apartment.

That is not a healthy relationship. It is only when you have truly found comfort in yourself and basked in your loneliness, like I have for the past ten months, that you are truly ready to be in a relationship. A relationship that you dont necessarily need, doesnt measure your worth, and you could live without. A relationship in which you mutually add value and happiness to each others lives, so it would be even more backwards to deny this connection solely based on the fear that you will get hurt again. Because most importantly, in this relationship, you feel calm.

Most of my time with Marvin I was anxiety-ridden, heart racing, shortness of breath, terrified it would end. And when it did end (in a way I wish I could rewrite but accept that I cant) for the first time in two years I felt calm. If your relationship ended because you cheated, dont beat yourself up; there was probably a reason. While you cant edit your past, you can take your lessons with you into your future and grow from your flaws.

Link:
I cheated on my boyfriend and learned it takes two to cheat - Yahoo Lifestyle

Posted in Diet And Food | Comments Off on I cheated on my boyfriend and learned it takes two to cheat – Yahoo Lifestyle

Barbie is renting out her playful pink Malibu Dreamhouse on Airbnb and it’ll cost you just $60 a night – Yahoo Lifestyle

Posted: October 17, 2019 at 8:41 pm

We may never achieve a waistline the size of a thumb or go out with a dreamboat like Ken, but not all ofBarbies fantastic plastic lifestyle is out of reach.

The Mattel doll is opening up her famedMalibu Dreamhouse or, at least, a human-sized approximation of it on Airbnb for a one-time-only booking in honor of her 60th anniversary. The best part: Staying in her playful pink pad will cost just $60 a night plus taxes and fees.

Barbie's Malibu Dreamhouse is hitting Airbnb. (Photo: Courtesy of Mattel)

Barbie's spacious dressing room includes a space suit. (Photo: Courtesy of Mattel)

According to a release issued by Mattel, the three-story, ocean-front Dreamhouse is based in Malibu and features two bedrooms, two bathrooms, an infinity pool, private cinema, sports court, office, hobby room, meditation space, a dressing room that would make Carrie Bradshaw gasp, outdoor dining terrace and a gallery wall calling out Barbies countless achievements. It sleeps four guests so theres plenty of room for your very own Ken and Skipper, and everything is decked out in cutesy, Barbie-approved details like a super-sized hot pink boom box, surfboard and the part-time astronauts personal space suit.

The infinity pool is decked out with a surfboard and giant boom box, but the waterslide sadly isn't included. (Photo: Courtesy of Mattel)

As trendy and luxe as this place may be, theres an empowering message underneath it all. To highlight Barbies role as a before-her-time homeowner and global inspiration, Airbnb guests will enjoy experiences with a few other female role models and business owners, from a private fencing lesson with Olympian Ibtihaj Muhammad and a tour of the Columbia Memorial Space Center with pilot and aerospace engineer Jill Meyers, to cooking lessons with chef Gina Clarke-Helm and a meet-and-great with celebrity hairstylist Jen Atkin followed by a hair makeover. A donation will also be made to theBarbie Dream Gap initiative, which strives to empower young girls.

Barbie's all-pink office means business. (Photo: Courtesy of Mattel)

The Dreamhouse sleeps up to four guests, with two bedrooms on offer. (Photo: Courtesy of Mattel)

And how, pray tell, does one check in? On Wednesday, Oct. 23 at 11 a.m. PDT, Airbnb will allow booking for the exclusive one-time, two-night-max stay. While its not a contest, demand for the Dreamhouse is high, so set your alarm and clear your calendar; guests must schedule their visit from Sunday, Oct. 27 to Tuesday, Oct. 29.

Barbie's hobby studio should satisfy all your crafting needs. (Photo: Courtesy of Mattel)

And now for the part you really need to know: Yes, there is Wi-Fi.

Read more from Yahoo Lifestyle:

Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest for nonstop inspiration delivered fresh to your feed, every day.

Read more here:
Barbie is renting out her playful pink Malibu Dreamhouse on Airbnb and it'll cost you just $60 a night - Yahoo Lifestyle

Posted in Diet And Food | Comments Off on Barbie is renting out her playful pink Malibu Dreamhouse on Airbnb and it’ll cost you just $60 a night – Yahoo Lifestyle

Page 701«..1020..700701702703..710720..»