#DigitalDrugs: "What I argue for is trying to avoid using #intoxicants in high volume too often. So, it’s not that I imagine that we’re never going to use intoxicants. We wouldn’t be human. And it’s a deep part of our culture, and it can be neutral or even beneficial. But we have to really be careful about #overconsuming intoxicants or consuming them too often. And I do think given this world of abundance, that we have to now intentionally seek out things that are hard. Because our lives have become so easy, so convenient, so sedentary, the default is a state of consumption that’s ultimately not good for our bodies or our minds."

#addiction #meditation

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/magazine/anna-lembke-interview.html?unlocked_article_code=1.W1A.RFcW.X8JPIAyebjW9&smid=nytcore-ios-share

‘The Interview’: Digital Drugs Have Us Hooked. Dr. Anna Lembke Sees a Way Out.

The psychiatrist and author of “Dopamine Nation” wants us to find balance in a world of temptation and abundance.

The New York Times

Eat for a healthy body and a healthy planet;
save on medical bills, and save 17% of global GHG emissions.

"More than half (56.9%) of the global population, which is presently #overconsuming, would save 32.4% of global emissions through diet shifts, offsetting the 15.4% increase in global emissions from presently underconsuming populations moving towards healthier diets."

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-024-02084-1

Reducing climate change impacts from the global food system through diet shifts - Nature Climate Change

Food choices greatly affect global GHG emissions, but the contributions of different groups, across or within countries, are highly unequal. Adopting the global planetary health diet could yield co-benefits by reducing both emissions and inequality among populations.

Nature