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they should have google maps but for searching things like "beautiful old oak tree near me", "cool, refreshing creek near me", etc. you see my vision

heavyweightheart

Research has shown that pleasure affects nutrient absorption. In a 1970s study of Swedish and Thai women, it was found that when the Thai women were eating their own (preferred) cuisine, they absorbed about 50% more iron from the meal than they did from eating the unfamiliar Swedish food. And the same was true in the reverse for the Swedish women. When both groups were split internally and one group given a paste made from the exact same meal and the other was given the meal itself, those eating the paste absorbed 70% less iron than those eating the food in its normal state.

Pleasure affects our metabolic pathways; it’s a facet of the complex gut-brain connection. If you’re eating foods you don’t like because you think it’s healthy, it’s not actually doing your body much good (it’s also unsustainable, we’re pleasure-seeking creatures). Eat food you enjoy, it’s a win-win.

jenroses

what

no seriously

what?

robotlyra

PLEASURE IS A NECESSARY PART OF HUMAN HEALTH, BOTH PSYCHOLOGICALLY AND PHYSICALLY

aleatoryw

this is why you should be eating your chips with salsa and guac instead of beating yourself up for not eating a salad with tomato and avocado (unless you are a salad bitch like me then enjoy both of them!)

killjoy

here’s a recent systemic review of all the research done on the subject

daroos

for those of you wondering if the studies cited above are legit and if so where we can read about them, here’s a link to one of the (more than a dozen!) papers written on the topic of nutrient absorption and how you eat your food:

Previously reported levels of iron absorption from common Southeast Asian meals composed of rice, vegetables, and spices were too low to be

nehirose

hey look, additional info!

beemovieerotica

hi i think every white theater kid and anyone who has ever seen a movie should watch this

teaboot

Holy shit

venom-princess-deactivated20250

apostura

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you need to be slow maxxing. you need to be reading long, fat books. you need to be making 48 chocolate chip cookies. you need to spend hours watching wild life. you need to spend 15 minutes making coffee. you need to breathe in and out. you need to be slowwwwwww

2peachy

charl0ttan

i swear to god that social cue wasnt there before

mournfulroses

Tezer Özlü, from her novel titled "Cold Nights of Childhood," published in 1980

pussypopstar

I'm, above all else, a tangentgirl. always saying shit like "sidenote," "oh also," "by the way,"

toastbutteregg

662607015

having a freeze response to stress is so funny in the context of normal adult stressors. millions of years of evolution are trying to tell me that the email will not find me if i stay very still and do nothing