consciouslifenews--2020-08-01--Understanding How To Educate During The Pandemic

The pandemic has thrown a spanner in the works for many things .
People are being forced to stay at home rather than following their usual daily routine , and kids are being kept home rather than going to school .
It is the safest option available right now , but unfortunately , one of the things that is suffering is the education of the children .
It ’ s time to get over that right now , because the education of the younger generation is not something that we can afford to lack , and in this article , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you to understand how to educate during the pandemic .
So , if you want to know more about this topic , keep reading down below .
The first thing that you should think about doing if you ’ re not sure you ’ re going to be able to manage on your own is hiring a tutor .
We know that this costs money and some people don ’ t have the extra cash for this right now , but if you do , you should make good use of it .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ are going to maintain an excellent education , even when they aren ’ t at school .
A tutor is qualified in certain areas , and this could be exactly what you need to keep the kids interested in their education .
Sometimes it can feel like a challenge to engage them in anything when they are at home , but a tutor should be able to help here .
As well as this , tutors are able to access some resources that a parent wouldn ’ t be able to .
For @ @ @ @ @ @ @ even need to come to your home if they use a virtual classroom which is extremely helpful when it comes to the pandemic .
Resources like these are beneficial to everyone , and your child gets the education they deserve without being at risk .
If you don ’ t want to hire a tutor and you would prefer to do things yourself , then there are plenty of online resources that will help you understand everything .
There are worksheets and explainers for things you don ’ t know about , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from that you ’ re not going to run out of resources .
All subjects should be covered somewhere online , so try not to panic .
Just take your time , find fun resources for them to use , make sure that you are getting all the information that they need and so on .
There are also certain sites dedicated to education , and they have educational games to keep your kids entertained , while still learning things .
This is the best of both worlds , and something they can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Getting your kids motivated to continue with their education when they aren ’ t in an educational setting can be challenging , and what you need to do is encourage open communication .
You need to know what they are feeling , you need to know if there is something that they don ’ t understand and everything in between .
It ’ s important that you understand , and if they feel overwhelmed , it can end up being damaging to them .
Everyone involved needs to be able to say what @ @ @ @ @ @ @ times if this is going to work .
Seeing as you are likely not a teacher , you ’ re going to be doing the best you can , and you might not be equipped to deal with some of the meltdowns over work .
Let your kids know that everything is okay .
If they don ’ t understand something , you ’ ll go through it until they do .
If they need a break , they need to let you know and so on .
It will run a whole @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they are being heard throughout the process .
Grades are not the be-all and end-all of education , and even in schools , teachers aren ’ t always focused on the grade that comes from a test .
Sometimes children don ’ t test well , but that doesn ’ t mean they don ’ t know the material you have been teaching them .
You ’ re going to need to find ways to figure out if they understand without resorting to standard tests .
You can use flashcards , ask them @ @ @ @ @ @ @ other techniques .
As long as you know , they are understanding what ’ s going on , this is good enough .
Keep in mind that while you are educating your children for now , eventually they will go back to school .
This means whatever they don ’ t get right now for whatever reason can be taught when they get there .
Don ’ t put too much pressure on your children right now , it ’ s a hard enough time as it is .
We mentioned using online @ @ @ @ @ @ @ them , but you ’ ve got to make sure that you are keeping them safe .
With more online resources comes more danger , and we know that this isn ’ t something you like to think about , but it is important .
There was that story a while ago about someone who was using YouTube videos to talk to children and tell them to do horrible things , so you need to keep an eye on what they are doing .
The best way to avoid this is to use @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on when they are online .
It is always better to be on the safe side , so don ’ t feel bad about this .
Don ’ t forget the importance of play throughout all this .
Kids don ’ t need to be listening to educational things every hour of every day until they go to sleep .
Play is just important to their development as their education , so make sure you are scheduling time for this throughout the day !
We hope that you have found this article helpful @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ways to educate during the pandemic .
It doesn ’ t have to be complicated , and it doesn ’ t have to take up all the time in the world .
Just make sure that kids are still accessing the knowledge they need .
Good luck .

The pandemic has thrown a spanner in the works for many things. People are being forced to stay at home rather than following their usual daily routine, and kids are being kept home rather than going to school. It is the safest option available right now, but unfortunately, one of the things that is suffering is the education of the children. It’s time to get over that right now, because the education of the younger generation is not something that we can afford to lack, and in this article, we’re going to be helping you to understand how to educate during the pandemic. So, if you want to know more about this topic, keep reading down below.
Hire A Tutor
The first thing that you should think about doing if you’re not sure you’re going to be able to manage on your own is hiring a tutor. We know that this costs money and some people don’t have the extra cash for this right now, but if you do, you should make good use of it. Hiring a tutor means that your kids are going to maintain an excellent education, even when they aren’t at school. A tutor is qualified in certain areas, and this could be exactly what you need to keep the kids interested in their education. Sometimes it can feel like a challenge to engage them in anything when they are at home, but a tutor should be able to help here.
As well as this, tutors are able to access some resources that a parent wouldn’t be able to. For example, the tutor doesn’t even need to come to your home if they use a virtual classroom which is extremely helpful when it comes to the pandemic. Resources like these are beneficial to everyone, and your child gets the education they deserve without being at risk.
Online Resources
If you don’t want to hire a tutor and you would prefer to do things yourself, then there are plenty of online resources that will help you understand everything. There are worksheets and explainers for things you don’t know about, and there are so many options to choose from that you’re not going to run out of resources. All subjects should be covered somewhere online, so try not to panic. Just take your time, find fun resources for them to use, make sure that you are getting all the information that they need and so on.
There are also certain sites dedicated to education, and they have educational games to keep your kids entertained, while still learning things. This is the best of both worlds, and something they can do when you need a break.
Encourage Open Communication
Getting your kids motivated to continue with their education when they aren’t in an educational setting can be challenging, and what you need to do is encourage open communication. You need to know what they are feeling, you need to know if there is something that they don’t understand and everything in between. It’s important that you understand, and if they feel overwhelmed, it can end up being damaging to them. Everyone involved needs to be able to say what they are thinking and feeling at all times if this is going to work. Seeing as you are likely not a teacher, you’re going to be doing the best you can, and you might not be equipped to deal with some of the meltdowns over work.
Let your kids know that everything is okay. If they don’t understand something, you’ll go through it until they do. If they need a break, they need to let you know and so on. It will run a whole lot smoother if everyone feels as though they are being heard throughout the process.
Don’t Focus Too Heavily On Grades
Grades are not the be-all and end-all of education, and even in schools, teachers aren’t always focused on the grade that comes from a test. Sometimes children don’t test well, but that doesn’t mean they don’t know the material you have been teaching them. You’re going to need to find ways to figure out if they understand without resorting to standard tests. You can use flashcards, ask them questions verbally and a whole range of other techniques. As long as you know, they are understanding what’s going on, this is good enough.
Keep in mind that while you are educating your children for now, eventually they will go back to school. This means whatever they don’t get right now for whatever reason can be taught when they get there. Don’t put too much pressure on your children right now, it’s a hard enough time as it is.
Keep Them Safe Online
We mentioned using online resources and allowing your kids to use them, but you’ve got to make sure that you are keeping them safe. With more online resources comes more danger, and we know that this isn’t something you like to think about, but it is important. There was that story a while ago about someone who was using YouTube videos to talk to children and tell them to do horrible things, so you need to keep an eye on what they are doing. The best way to avoid this is to use parental controls and watch what is going on when they are online. It is always better to be on the safe side, so don’t feel bad about this.
Play Is Important Too
Don’t forget the importance of play throughout all this. Kids don’t need to be listening to educational things every hour of every day until they go to sleep. Play is just important to their development as their education, so make sure you are scheduling time for this throughout the day!
We hope that you have found this article helpful, and now understand some of the ways to educate during the pandemic. It doesn’t have to be complicated, and it doesn’t have to take up all the time in the world. Just make sure that kids are still accessing the knowledge they need. Good luck.


consciouslifenews--2020-08-01--Work From Home: Hacks To Stay Productive During Quarantine

It ’ s lockdown , Covid-19 edition .
Your friends are telling you about learning a new language , picking up a guitar , learning how to bake , finishing a thesis , getting twice as much work done .
Heck , Isaac Newton came up with gravity while tucked away in quarantine .
And you ?
You ’ re happy if you get out of bed before midday and don ’ t spend the rest of the time watching Netflix .
The constant reminders of super productive people on social media just make you want to crawl back into @ @ @ @ @ @ @ You ’ re not alone .
These hacks will help take you from Facebook and the latest YouTube video , to over delivering and getting things done early .
Working on your kitchen table .
Writing that report while the kids are watching TV in the same room .
Catching up on your emails while in bed .
If you do any of these , it ’ s no wonder you can ’ t get things done .
If you want to be productive , you need the right work environment .
That @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be an extra amongst a bunch of other distractions .
Here ’ s how you create that perfect work environment : • Get those work clothes on .
Yes , you ’ ve heard it before .
And that ’ s because it works .
Don ’ t stay in your pyjamas , put on your work clothes .
Even your regular day to day stuff will do .
• Get the lighting right .
Subtle lighting is for chilling or a romantic dinner in .
Bright is for focus and productivity .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ environment accordingly .
• Noise cancelling headphones .
Some of you have to share space .
Get noise cancelling headphones and disappear into your own productive world .
• Ergonomic chair .
You spend hours a day sitting at your chair .
Invest in a decent ergonomic one .
Your back will thank you .
• Remove temptations .
It ’ s easier to ignore temptations when they ’ re not there .
Don ’ t waste valuable motivational energy to ignore social media , sugary snacks , or your TV .
Get @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Humans are not all wired the same .
Yet managers usually want us in at 9am , no exceptions .
This doesn ’ t work .
If your boss doesn ’ t expect you to attend a Zoom call first thing in the morning , try changing up your sleep routine .
You see , every one of us has a slightly different body schedule .
The preferences you have for when to sleep , when to work , eat , and chill .
Michael J. Breus , sleep specialist , has identified @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Wolves , and Dolphins ( Bulletproof has a useful section covering these in detail ) .
The Bear is the most common .
Bears follow the sun .
They do their focus intensive tasks in the middle of the morning .
That mid-afternoon slump ?
Bears all have it .
The world is built for Bears .
Lions , they wake up early .
We ’ re talking 5 or 6am without using an alarm clock .
Lions are those crazy YouTubers that get everything done before most people have even taken the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , on the other hand , is nocturnal .
They wake up late , but get ultra productive while most are on their way back home from work .
Finally , Dolphins struggle to sleep and do their best work mid-morning right through the early afternoon .
Now , imagine if all four of these were to start work at 9am .
Bears would flourish .
Lions would have lost half of their working day .
Wolves would struggle to get there on time .
You see the problem here ?
Figure out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ energy you never knew you had .
When you work with apps , you need to find that sweet spot .
You want the apps to help you , not overwhelm you or take over your life .
Find those that will assist on those weak spots , don ’ t hit download just for the sake of it .
Here are some good ones : • There are several versions , they all work the same .
Work in 25 minute blocks , followed by 5 minutes of rest .
During those @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a break .
• Sleep tracking .
Kinda a continuation of our sleep section above .
Download the Sleep Cycle app or use a Fitbit and track your sleep .
Fix what ’ s stopping you from getting a good rest .
• Rescue Time .
You may be too weak to resist Facebook and other time-sucking websites .
Rescue Time blocks them for you .
Setting up a few roadblocks can make a difference .
• You need to track your to-dos , otherwise your brain will be a muddled mess .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ are plenty of others .
We want you to be productive , get the best out of yourself .
That ’ s the whole point of this guide , helping those struggling with procrastination or just if you ’ re in a bit of a rut .
But a lot of people are struggling with the hyper version of “ hustle culture ” that has taken over .
Glorifying being busy all the time has overtaken the actual point of being busy .
You want to be productive for you .
For your @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , personal improvement .
Don ’ t focus on productivity for the sake of it .
Don ’ t think that if you ’ re not being productive , you ’ re failing .
It ’ s not only unhelpful and potentially harmful for your mental health , but it ’ s also counterproductive .
Ignore that pressure .
Covid-19 is one of those once-in-a-lifetime events ( we hope , anyway ) .
If you ’ re not as productive as you used to be , it ’ s cool .
Try again @ @ @ @ @ @ @ You ’ ll find that removing that big pile of pressure from your shoulders will help you to get things done , without that inner psychological battle .

It’s lockdown, Covid-19 edition. Your friends are telling you about learning a new language, picking up a guitar, learning how to bake, finishing a thesis, getting twice as much work done. Heck, Isaac Newton came up with gravity while tucked away in quarantine.
And you? You’re happy if you get out of bed before midday and don’t spend the rest of the time watching Netflix. The constant reminders of super productive people on social media just make you want to crawl back into bed.
Don’t worry. You’re not alone. These hacks will help take you from Facebook and the latest YouTube video, to over delivering and getting things done early.
Set Up a Productive Environment
Working on your kitchen table. Writing that report while the kids are watching TV in the same room. Catching up on your emails while in bed. If you do any of these, it’s no wonder you can’t get things done.
If you want to be productive, you need the right work environment. That space needs to scream productivity, not be an extra amongst a bunch of other distractions. Here’s how you create that perfect work environment:
Get those work clothes on. Yes, you’ve heard it before. And that’s because it works. Don’t stay in your pyjamas, put on your work clothes. Even your regular day to day stuff will do.
Yes, you’ve heard it before. And that’s because it works. Don’t stay in your pyjamas, put on your work clothes. Even your regular day to day stuff will do. Get the lighting right. Subtle lighting is for chilling or a romantic dinner in. Bright is for focus and productivity. Get some smart lights and control the environment accordingly.
Subtle lighting is for chilling or a romantic dinner in. Bright is for focus and productivity. Get some smart lights and control the environment accordingly. Noise cancelling headphones. Some of you have to share space. Get noise cancelling headphones and disappear into your own productive world. Check out Audio Direct for reviews to choose the best headphones for you.
Some of you have to share space. Get noise cancelling headphones and disappear into your own productive world. Check out for reviews to choose the best headphones for you. Ergonomic chair. You spend hours a day sitting at your chair. Invest in a decent ergonomic one. Your back will thank you.
You spend hours a day sitting at your chair. Invest in a decent ergonomic one. Your back will thank you. Remove temptations. It’s easier to ignore temptations when they’re not there. Don’t waste valuable motivational energy to ignore social media, sugary snacks, or your TV. Get them out of your work area.
Alter Your Sleep Routine
Humans are not all wired the same. Yet managers usually want us in at 9am, no exceptions. This doesn’t work. If your boss doesn’t expect you to attend a Zoom call first thing in the morning, try changing up your sleep routine.
You see, every one of us has a slightly different body schedule. The preferences you have for when to sleep, when to work, eat, and chill. Michael J. Breus, sleep specialist, has identified 4 types: Lions, Bears, Wolves, and Dolphins (Bulletproof has a useful section covering these in detail).
The Bear is the most common. Bears follow the sun. They do their focus intensive tasks in the middle of the morning. That mid-afternoon slump? Bears all have it. The world is built for Bears.
Lions, they wake up early. We’re talking 5 or 6am without using an alarm clock. Lions are those crazy YouTubers that get everything done before most people have even taken the first sip of coffee.
The wolf, on the other hand, is nocturnal. They wake up late, but get ultra productive while most are on their way back home from work. Finally, Dolphins struggle to sleep and do their best work mid-morning right through the early afternoon.
Now, imagine if all four of these were to start work at 9am. Bears would flourish. Lions would have lost half of their working day. Wolves would struggle to get there on time.
You see the problem here? Figure out your chronotype and you’ll have energy you never knew you had.
Leverage Apps
When you work with apps, you need to find that sweet spot. You want the apps to help you, not overwhelm you or take over your life. Find those that will assist on those weak spots, don’t hit download just for the sake of it. Here are some good ones:
There are several versions, they all work the same. Work in 25 minute blocks, followed by 5 minutes of rest. During those 25 minutes you must work continually without a break.
Sleep tracking. Kinda a continuation of our sleep section above. Download the Sleep Cycle app or use a Fitbit and track your sleep. Fix what’s stopping you from getting a good rest.
Kinda a continuation of our sleep section above. Download the Sleep Cycle app or use a Fitbit and track your sleep. Fix what’s stopping you from getting a good rest. Rescue Time. You may be too weak to resist Facebook and other time-sucking websites. Rescue Time blocks them for you. Setting up a few roadblocks can make a difference.
You may be too weak to resist Facebook and other time-sucking websites. Rescue Time blocks them for you. Setting up a few roadblocks can make a difference. You need to track your to-dos, otherwise your brain will be a muddled mess. Asana is our favorite, but there are plenty of others.
Final Words: Don’t Put Pressure on Yourself
We want you to be productive, get the best out of yourself. That’s the whole point of this guide, helping those struggling with procrastination or just if you’re in a bit of a rut.
But a lot of people are struggling with the hyper version of “hustle culture” that has taken over. Glorifying being busy all the time has overtaken the actual point of being busy. You want to be productive for you. For your goals, needs, and, yes, personal improvement.
Don’t focus on productivity for the sake of it. Don’t think that if you’re not being productive, you’re failing. It’s not only unhelpful and potentially harmful for your mental health, but it’s also counterproductive. Ignore that pressure.
Covid-19 is one of those once-in-a-lifetime events (we hope, anyway). If you’re not as productive as you used to be, it’s cool. Try again tomorrow. Or the next day. You’ll find that removing that big pile of pressure from your shoulders will help you to get things done, without that inner psychological battle.


consciouslifenews--2020-08-01--Can Vitamin D And Calcium Help With Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis is an age related disease that causes your bones to become weak and brittle .
As bones become more fragile , a fall or a mild stressor like coughing or bending over can result in a fracture .
Fractures typically occur in the spine , wrist , or hip .
Bone is living , and much like new bone is produced to replace bone cells that die , which is why it is so vital that you provide your body with the nutrients that it needs to maintain good bone health .
Although there are prescription medications on the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ health , if you suffer from osteoporosis , you still need to provide your body with the essential nutrients it needs for bone health .
As you age , you can develop digestive issues , appetite loss , or dietary restrictions that may make it difficult to get the recommended amounts of essential nutrients , including vitamin D and calcium .
provide you with the nutrients that your body needs to maintain optimal health .
Calcium – Calcium is one of the main building blocks for healthy bones .
It is a mineral @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Your body remodels your bones daily .
Calcium is moved into the new bone and out of the old bone .
In adolescence , new bone is built faster than old bone is broken down .
Around 30 years old , the rate of new bone development becomes the same as the time it takes your body to break down old bone .
After menopause , the bone begins to break down faster than it can be built .
Calcium is found in dairy products , fortified cereals and juices , cereal , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you have dairy sensitivities , it can be challenging to get the calcium that your bones need .
Calcium supplements make up for any shortfalls in your diet .
A high quality calcium supplement will help you get the calcium that you need .
A specialist understands the importance of calcium , vitamin D , and vitamin K supplementation for bone health .
The perimenopause doctor will help you develop a bone healthy diet , exercise program , and lifestyle changes to counteract the effects of menopause on the skeletal system .
Vitamin @ @ @ @ @ @ @ absorb the calcium found in your foods as well as any calcium supplements you are taking .
Vitamin D aids in supporting the muscles , which can decrease the risks of falls and fractures .
You can get vitamin D from sunlight , foods , and supplements .
When your skin is exposed to sunlight , it makes vitamin D and stores excess of this vitamin in fat to use later .
As you age , your skin can not produce as much vitamin D as it once did .
In addition to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ northern states , inside a city , or an institutional setting like a retirement home , you may not get enough sunlight to create the vitamin D your body needs .
Furthermore , wearing sunscreen prevents your body from making vitamin D naturally .
There are certain foods rich in vitamin D , including wild caught salmon , tuna , or mackerel , and fortified juices , dairy products , and cereals .
It is typically challenging to get the vitamin D that you need for strong bones in food , which is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ supplement .
There are two different types of vitamin D – vitamin D2 ( ergocalciferol ) or vitamin D3 ( cholecalciferol ) .
Both of these supplements will help increase your calcium absorption for strong , healthy teeth and bones .
A works together to ensure the maximum amount of calcium is absorbed .
Vitamin K2 activates protein and binds excess calcium together to be stored in the bones .
Vitamin K2 is also aids in healing , which is vital when it comes to preventing osteoporosis and reducing the risk of bone @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Osteoporosis causes your bones to become weak and brittle , which can increase the risk of fractures .
Promoting healthy bones begins by eating a diet rich in vitamins D and K as well as calcium .
Taking a vitamin D3-K2 supplement and a calcium supplement , along with limiting alcohol and caffeine consumption , getting plenty of exercise , and not smoking can strengthen your bones and help prevent osteoporosis .
Disclaimer : Content from the ConsciousLifeNews.com website and blog is not intended to be used for medical advice , diagnosis @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this website is intended for general consumer understanding and is NOT intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice .
As health and nutrition research continuously evolves , we do not guarantee the accuracy , completeness , or timeliness of any information presented on this website .

Osteoporosis is an age related disease that causes your bones to become weak and brittle. As bones become more fragile, a fall or a mild stressor like coughing or bending over can result in a fracture. Fractures typically occur in the spine, wrist, or hip. Bone is living, and much like new bone is produced to replace bone cells that die, which is why it is so vital that you provide your body with the nutrients that it needs to maintain good bone health.
Although there are prescription medications on the market to help improve bone strength and health, if you suffer from osteoporosis, you still need to provide your body with the essential nutrients it needs for bone health. As you age, you can develop digestive issues, appetite loss, or dietary restrictions that may make it difficult to get the recommended amounts of essential nutrients, including vitamin D and calcium. provide you with the nutrients that your body needs to maintain optimal health.
Calcium – Calcium is one of the main building blocks for healthy bones. It is a mineral that gives strength to your bones. Your body remodels your bones daily. Calcium is moved into the new bone and out of the old bone. In adolescence, new bone is built faster than old bone is broken down. Around 30 years old, the rate of new bone development becomes the same as the time it takes your body to break down old bone. After menopause, the bone begins to break down faster than it can be built.
Calcium is found in dairy products, fortified cereals and juices, cereal, and dark green leafy vegetables. If you have dairy sensitivities, it can be challenging to get the calcium that your bones need. Calcium supplements make up for any shortfalls in your diet. A high quality calcium supplement will help you get the calcium that you need.
A specialist understands the importance of calcium, vitamin D, and vitamin K supplementation for bone health. The perimenopause doctor will help you develop a bone healthy diet, exercise program, and lifestyle changes to counteract the effects of menopause on the skeletal system.
Vitamin D – Vitamin D helps your body absorb the calcium found in your foods as well as any calcium supplements you are taking. Vitamin D aids in supporting the muscles, which can decrease the risks of falls and fractures. You can get vitamin D from sunlight, foods, and supplements.
When your skin is exposed to sunlight, it makes vitamin D and stores excess of this vitamin in fat to use later. As you age, your skin cannot produce as much vitamin D as it once did. In addition to this, if you live in the northern states, inside a city, or an institutional setting like a retirement home, you may not get enough sunlight to create the vitamin D your body needs. Furthermore, wearing sunscreen prevents your body from making vitamin D naturally.
There are certain foods rich in vitamin D, including wild caught salmon, tuna, or mackerel, and fortified juices, dairy products, and cereals. It is typically challenging to get the vitamin D that you need for strong bones in food, which is why you must take a vitamin D supplement. There are two different types of vitamin D – vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol) or vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol). Both of these supplements will help increase your calcium absorption for strong, healthy teeth and bones.
A works together to ensure the maximum amount of calcium is absorbed. Vitamin K2 activates protein and binds excess calcium together to be stored in the bones. Vitamin K2 is also aids in healing, which is vital when it comes to preventing osteoporosis and reducing the risk of bone fractures causes by weak, brittle bones.
Osteoporosis causes your bones to become weak and brittle, which can increase the risk of fractures. Promoting healthy bones begins by eating a diet rich in vitamins D and K as well as calcium. Taking a vitamin D3-K2 supplement and a calcium supplement, along with limiting alcohol and caffeine consumption, getting plenty of exercise, and not smoking can strengthen your bones and help prevent osteoporosis.
Disclaimer: Content from the ConsciousLifeNews.com website and blog is not intended to be used for medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. The information provided on this website is intended for general consumer understanding and is NOT intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice. As health and nutrition research continuously evolves, we do not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of any information presented on this website.


consciouslifenews--2020-08-02--Naughty By Nature? A Closer Look at the Human Condition

Nature ’ s basic rule is everything in balance to maintain harmony .
Our bodies and minds are no different and the thoughts we think act energetically just like the food we choose to put into our bodies .
Our thoughts can be nourishing and fulfilling or they can be detrimental to our mental health ; which in turn eventually affects the health of our physical body as well .
Everything is connected .
I ’ ve heard we humans have 12,000 to 60,000 thoughts per day !
That is quite a lot of opportunities we have to pave the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ plays out , regardless of what “ happens ” to us .
There will always be things outside of our control and to best maintain what I ’ d best describe as a state of neutral being ( zero-point ) , is to first accept that as fact .
Second would be to accept those things you can not control not as things “ out to get you ” , or stuff that happens to you ( no matter what you do ) , as these kinds of thoughts and phrases put and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Zero-point is that space in existence where manifestation and creation occur .
It is where time does not exist and everything just IS .
It ’ s where the opposing sides of duality meet and conjoin and where the extreme ends of polarity come together in the middle .
Some might say zero-point is the silence spoken of in Zen meditation and others might say that enlightenment is merely continual living in zero-point .
I wanted to touch on that a bit more as it gives foundation to how we create our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ consciously aware of this fact or not .
And how close we are living to zero-point can ultimately be used as a reflection of the level of peace and happiness in one ’ s life .
I can say this confidently as the farther we go from our center , the farther we go from our authentic truth , our Divine Self , and we begin to enter the worlds of duality and illusion .
This is where disease and disorder come into play and both can act as reflections of thoughts that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the body with the outside world .
By this I mean , if we are continuously telling ourselves that we are not good enough or undeserving of happiness , then we are also communicating this to the cells in our body .
Our cells use our perceptions as means of communicating with the world outside ; much in the way , they would react by creating a blister after you burn your hand on the stove , or if they react to raise your body temperature if you go outside without a jacket @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and organs such as the skin are not the only means for our cells to get outside information .
Our thoughts tell them the state of our minds and our minds are a huge part of the creation and manifestation process .
The actual process also requires emotions , feelings , and beliefs to be behind the thoughts and takes place in the heart center ( in the area of the Anahata or 4th Chakra ) .
And when the thoughts , emotions , feelings , and beliefs come together in the heart @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Universe as a manifestation in an energetic form of intention .
Again , this process occurs in each and every human whether they are consciously aware of it or not .
Things that happen that are out of our control can definitely cause stress to the mind and body .
The train being late in the morning for example ; now this could lead to you starting to have thoughts about how late you ’ re going to be for work and how mad your boss will get , etc .
You @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you snap at the lady who keeps losing her balance and leaning into you .
You could get so heated and lost in your thoughts that you trip and fall off the steps and hurt your ankle .
A number of things could happen , but just always remember how attracts .
That ’ s the one thing I always go to in a moment I feel like I just might lose it .
That…and I ’ ve trained myself to not get caught up in other people ’ s drama .
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sit and watch a couple argue over something incredibly petty , but why ?
Why do we feel drawn to that energy ?
I imagine it ’ s the same reason Jerry Springer ever lasted on TV so long or why there ’ s such a thing called rubber-necking when it comes to car accidents .
We are FOOLED by our senses ; drawn and intrigued by what is OUTSIDE of us and often times losing sight of and forgetting to pay attention to what is going on INSIDE .
But the treasure @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that is the greatest discovery any of us will ever make in a single lifetime .
I believe another great discovery would be that we ARE nature and in that , we are to maintain that same balance .
And we do with our thoughts and feelings .
Emotions are way-showers ; they simply let you know that something is definitely there that needs to be looked at and when something no longer annoys you , makes you angry , etc .
then , as they say , the lesson is learned .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ to and held onto for great lengths of time .
To maintain balance , simply flow with them .
Sit with and go through your emotions…feel them out , then let them go .
This is how we serve them and allow them to serve us in harmony .
When we apply the same principle to our thoughts , we begin to see our lives shift in huge ways .
We can now see the difference clearly in situations where we have control and where we do not , and when we do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ outcome , trusting fully in the Universe .
This allows us to stay centered ; in zero-point without “ losing our cool ” ( acting from ego ) , over things we had no chance in affecting the outcome in any way .
This is smart self-conservation of energy or as I ’ d rather describe it , self-love .
When we apply this filter , we reserve our energy for battles we know are worth fighting .
I don ’ t even like using that word necessarily because there ’ s nothing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you still incur obstacles in life like everyone else , but you retain a sense of trust , not only in the Universe but also yourself that things DO happen for a reason and all it as it is meant to be .
This is not a state of surrendering as in giving up , but rather as in giving IN to your innermost knowing .
Not everyone knows that we as humans possess this power over our own thoughts , but I truly believe that more and more of us are waking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with the theme of this article , the energy spreads , and that can only mean good things from the perspective of expanding consciousness on a global level .
As more and more of us start asking the right questions and looking in the right place ( within ourselves ) , as a collective we are starting to change and shift universal imprints over time .
And this is why it is so important to watch your thoughts with care and to check often your own belief systems to ensure they are truly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ receive so many imprints and core beliefs as children that are from other people such as our parents , teachers , friends , etc .
that stay with us well into adulthood .
Some of these beliefs are often the cause of recurring issues in our lives and we never see the connections until we go back and look over certain events in our childhoods to see when and why these beliefs were formed .
Then and only then , can we realize that we are not damaged , we are not broken @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
We can finally know that just like everyone else , we have shadows that just need a little light .
And once we take the time to heal and integrate our shadows ( with loving acceptance , not as something we need to get rid of ) , we are free of the weight of carrying around the energy of other people ’ s belief systems .
That is a good example of energy we control and shift in our lives , even if we may not know it at the time @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an easy feat by any means to heal or even discover your own shadows .
But once you do , and you start to love yourself in the way that you deserve , you will begin to see a world that loves you back twice as much .
Tamara Rant is a Co-Editor/Writer for CLN as well as a Licensed Reiki Master , a heart-centered Graphic Designer , and a progressive voice in social media activism & awareness .
She is an avid lover of all things Quantum Physics and Spirituality .
Connect @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Tamara posts new original articles to CLN every Saturday .
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Nature’s basic rule is everything in balance to maintain harmony. Our bodies and minds are no different and the thoughts we think act energetically just like the food we choose to put into our bodies. Our thoughts can be nourishing and fulfilling or they can be detrimental to our mental health; which in turn eventually affects the health of our physical body as well. Everything is connected.
I’ve heard we humans have 12,000 to 60,000 thoughts per day! That is quite a lot of opportunities we have to pave the way for how each of our days plays out, regardless of what “happens” to us. There will always be things outside of our control and to best maintain what I’d best describe as a state of neutral being (zero-point), is to first accept that as fact. Second would be to accept those things you cannot control not as things “out to get you”, or stuff that always happens to you (no matter what you do), as these kinds of thoughts and phrases put and keep us in a state of victimhood.
Zero-point is that space in existence where manifestation and creation occur. It is where time does not exist and everything just IS. It’s where the opposing sides of duality meet and conjoin and where the extreme ends of polarity come together in the middle. Some might say zero-point is the silence spoken of in Zen meditation and others might say that enlightenment is merely continual living in zero-point.
I wanted to touch on that a bit more as it gives foundation to how we create our reality through manifestation; whether we are consciously aware of this fact or not. And how close we are living to zero-point can ultimately be used as a reflection of the level of peace and happiness in one’s life. I can say this confidently as the farther we go from our center, the farther we go from our authentic truth, our Divine Self, and we begin to enter the worlds of duality and illusion.
This is where disease and disorder come into play and both can act as reflections of thoughts that do not serve us or miscommunication of the body with the outside world. By this I mean, if we are continuously telling ourselves that we are not good enough or undeserving of happiness, then we are also communicating this to the cells in our body. Our cells use our perceptions as means of communicating with the world outside; much in the way, they would react by creating a blister after you burn your hand on the stove, or if they react to raise your body temperature if you go outside without a jacket in 30-degree weather.
The 5 senses and organs such as the skin are not the only means for our cells to get outside information. Our thoughts tell them the state of our minds and our minds are a huge part of the creation and manifestation process. The actual process also requires emotions, feelings, and beliefs to be behind the thoughts and takes place in the heart center (in the area of the Anahata or 4th Chakra). And when the thoughts, emotions, feelings, and beliefs come together in the heart center, they are sent out into the Universe as a manifestation in an energetic form of intention. Again, this process occurs in each and every human whether they are consciously aware of it or not.
Things that happen that are out of our control can definitely cause stress to the mind and body. The train being late in the morning for example; now this could lead to you starting to have thoughts about how late you’re going to be for work and how mad your boss will get, etc. You could start to get so anxious that you snap at the lady who keeps losing her balance and leaning into you. You could get so heated and lost in your thoughts that you trip and fall off the steps and hurt your ankle. A number of things could happen, but just always remember how like attracts like. That’s the one thing I always go to in a moment I feel like I just might lose it.
That…and I’ve trained myself to not get caught up in other people’s drama. It’s so easy to want to sit and watch a couple argue over something incredibly petty, but why? Why do we feel drawn to that energy? I imagine it’s the same reason Jerry Springer ever lasted on TV so long or why there’s such a thing called rubber-necking when it comes to car accidents. We are FOOLED by our senses; drawn and intrigued by what is OUTSIDE of us and often times losing sight of and forgetting to pay attention to what is going on INSIDE. But the treasure we all seek is within ourselves and that is the greatest discovery any of us will ever make in a single lifetime.
I believe another great discovery would be that we ARE nature and in that, we are to maintain that same balance. And we do with our thoughts and feelings. Emotions are way-showers; they simply let you know that something is definitely there that needs to be looked at and when something no longer annoys you, makes you angry, etc. then, as they say, the lesson is learned. Emotions are not meant to be clung to and held onto for great lengths of time. To maintain balance, simply flow with them. Sit with and go through your emotions…feel them out, then let them go. This is how we serve them and allow them to serve us in harmony.
When we apply the same principle to our thoughts, we begin to see our lives shift in huge ways. We can now see the difference clearly in situations where we have control and where we do not, and when we do not, we can peacefully surrender the outcome, trusting fully in the Universe. This allows us to stay centered; in zero-point without “losing our cool” (acting from ego), over things we had no chance in affecting the outcome in any way. This is smart self-conservation of energy or as I’d rather describe it, self-love.
When we apply this filter, we reserve our energy for battles we know are worth fighting. I don’t even like using that word necessarily because there’s nothing to fight when you flow. Yes, you still incur obstacles in life like everyone else, but you retain a sense of trust, not only in the Universe but also yourself that things DO happen for a reason and all it as it is meant to be. This is not a state of surrendering as in giving up, but rather as in giving IN to your innermost knowing.
Not everyone knows that we as humans possess this power over our own thoughts, but I truly believe that more and more of us are waking up to this fact. And as with the theme of this article, the energy spreads, and that can only mean good things from the perspective of expanding consciousness on a global level. As more and more of us start asking the right questions and looking in the right place (within ourselves), as a collective we are starting to change and shift universal imprints over time.
And this is why it is so important to watch your thoughts with care and to check often your own belief systems to ensure they are truly your own at the core-root. We receive so many imprints and core beliefs as children that are from other people such as our parents, teachers, friends, etc. that stay with us well into adulthood. Some of these beliefs are often the cause of recurring issues in our lives and we never see the connections until we go back and look over certain events in our childhoods to see when and why these beliefs were formed.
Then and only then, can we realize that we are not damaged, we are not broken, that nothing is wrong with us. We can finally know that just like everyone else, we have shadows that just need a little light. And once we take the time to heal and integrate our shadows (with loving acceptance, not as something we need to get rid of), we are free of the weight of carrying around the energy of other people’s belief systems.
That is a good example of energy we can control and shift in our lives, even if we may not know it at the time. And it’s definitely not an easy feat by any means to heal or even discover your own shadows. But once you do, and you start to love yourself in the way that you deserve, you will begin to see a world that loves you back twice as much.
Tamara Rant is a Co-Editor/Writer for CLN as well as a Licensed Reiki Master, a heart-centered Graphic Designer, and a progressive voice in social media activism & awareness. She is an avid lover of all things Quantum Physics and Spirituality. Connect with Tamara by visiting Prana Paws/Healing Hearts Reiki or go to RantDesignMedia.com
Tamara posts new original articles to CLN every Saturday.
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consciouslifenews--2020-08-02--Eating Your Early Dinner Aids Weight Loss and Lowers Cancer Risk

• None Eating dinner at 2 p.m. , or skipping supper altogether , and fasting until the next morning , combats weight gain by reducing hunger , increasing fat burning and improving metabolic flexibility to burn both fat and carbs • None People who eat supper at least two hours before bedtime have a 20 percent reduction in cancer risk for breast and prostate cancer combined • None Men and women who eat dinner two or more hours before bedtime have a 26 percent and 16 percent lower risk of prostate and breast cancer respectively than those who eat dinner @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people ” who have a natural affinity for getting up early in the morning are at particularly high risk for cancer when eating dinner too close to bedtime , compared to “ night owls ” • None Avoiding food at least two or three hours before bedtime will help you optimize your mitochondrial function , which is key for optimal health and chronic disease prevention For years , a standard dietary recommendation said to stabilize your blood sugar and insulin levels ( thereby optimizing energy and maintaining a healthy weight ) has been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with small snacks in between .
On top of that , health experts ( influenced by the food industry ) maintained that processed foods fortified with RDA nutrients are just as good as , and maybe even better than , cooking from scratch .
Vegetable oil in lieu of saturated animal fats , low-fat instead of full-fat , and products fortified with iron and other vitamins and minerals are but a few examples .
Today , science is clearly pointing out the fallacies of these strategies .
In fact , this all-day grazing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been identified as a key driver of obesity and chronic ill health .
The most obvious risk with spreading out your meals to morning , noon and evening is overeating .
Other less obvious risks are biological changes that result in metabolic dysfunction and the inability to burn fat .
Remember , our ancient ancestors did not have access to food around the clock , year-round , and from a historical perspective it is beyond obvious your body was designed for intermittent periods of fasting — either daily or seasonally , or both @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a number of beneficial effects take place when you go for periods of time without eating , and the timing of these periods of fasting also appears to have a significant influence on your biology .
For a number of years now I have been strongly advising to avoid eating at least three hours before bed , and now two recent studies highlight the benefits of eating early dinner , or skipping supper altogether .
In one , this singular meal time change was found to combat weight gain .
In another , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ influence on your cancer risk .
There are logical reasons for these effects , which I ’ ll review here .
The first study1 found that eating a very early dinner , or skipping it entirely , alters the way your body burns fat and carbohydrates , resulting in reduced hunger and improved fat burning .
The key timing feature of this early time-restricted feeding ( eTRF ) regimen is to eat your last meal of the day by midafternoon , and then fast until the next morning .
I actually prefer the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and will use it in this article .
Lead author Courtney Peterson , Ph.D. , from the Pennington Biomedical Research Center told Science Daily:2 To investigate the effect of TRE , Peterson and her team followed 11 overweight volunteers for a total of eight days .
During the first four days , they ate all of their meals between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. During the following four days , they ate between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m .
The only thing that changed was the timing of the meals ; the total @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on calorie burning , fat burning and appetite revealed that even though the participants ate the same number of calories each day , and burned about the same number of calories , the TRE schedule : • Increased fat burning for several hours during the evening • Improved metabolic flexibility , allowing their bodies to more efficiently switch between the burning of carbohydrates and fats As you may also know , NAD biology is one of my recent passions as I firmly believe it holds the key to radically reducing chronic degenerative disease @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out that NAMPT is the rate limiting enzyme to make NAD in the salvage pathways that convert the approximate 9 grams you use every day and mostly recycle back to its active form .
It turns out this enzyme is under strong circadian control and when you disrupt your circadian cycle by ignoring the time restriction eating windows , you compromise your body ’ s ability to create NAD , thus radically limiting your body ’ s ability to repair DNA damage .
The research points to the influence of your circadian rhythm @ @ @ @ @ @ @ peaks and lows of this rhythm can help you optimize your metabolism .
Many metabolic functions operate at their peak in the morning and early in the day , becoming less efficient as the day draws to a close and your body prepares for rest and sleep .
But there ’ s actually more to it than that .
Avoiding food before bed will also help you optimize your mitochondrial function , and that ’ s key for all sorts of disease prevention .
In simple terms , when you ’ re sleeping @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of energy , and if you feed it when energy is not needed , your mitochondria end up creating excessive amounts of damaging free radicals .
So , avoiding late-night eating is a really simple way to prevent cellular damage from occurring — damage that might otherwise impair your mitochondrial functioning , lower your energy level , and ultimately contribute to all sorts of degenerative disease , including cancer .
This brings us to the second study,3,4 published in the International Journal of Cancer last month .
Here , they investigated “ whether @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and prostate cancer risk taking into account lifestyle and chronotype , a characteristic correlating with preference for morning or evening activity.
” To analyze this potential link , they conducted a population‐based case‐control study including 1,800 people with prostate and breast cancer , who were then compared to 2,100 cancer-free controls who also had never worked a night shift .
Subjects completed a food frequency questionnaire and answered questions about the timing of their meals , activity levels , sleep habits and chronotype .
According to the authors : Men who ate supper @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a 26 percent lower risk of prostate cancercompared to those who ate dinner closer to bedtime , and women who ate an earlier dinner had a 16 percent lower risk of breast cancer compared to women eating dinner within two hours of going to sleep .
Indeed , as noted by Dr. Ganesh Palapattu , chief of urologic oncology at the University of Michigan Medical School ( who was not involved in this study ) , “ Not only are you what you eat .
You are how you eat , and it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ when you eat.
” 5 What ’ s more , “ morning larks , ” people who have a natural affinity for getting up early in the morning , were at particularly high risk for cancer when eating dinner too close to bedtime , compared to “ evening people ” who naturally get more energetic later at night .
While study author Manolis Kogevinas , Ph.D. , a research professor at the Barcelona Institute for Global Health , told CNN6 that the mechanisms are unclear , this reduction in cancer risk makes sense @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has on your mitochondria .
Chronic inflammation is a hallmark of cancer , and by feeding your body late at night , the excess free radicals generated in your mitochondria will simply fuel that inflammation .
Mitochondrial dysfunction in general has also been shown to be a central problem that allows cancer to occur .
To learn more about this , see “ The Metabolic Theory of Cancer and the Key to Cancer Prevention and Recovery.
” Why Continuous Feeding Is so Bad for Your Health In recent years , it ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ isn ’ t designed to run optimally when continuously fed .
If you eat throughout the day and never skip a meal , your body adapts to burning sugar as its primary fuel , which downregulates enzymes that utilize and burn stored fat .
As a result , you start gaining weight , and efforts at weight loss tend to be ineffective .
To lose body fat , your body must be able to burn fat .
Without this metabolic flexibility , the fat stays and no amount of exercise will budge it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more , many biological repair and rejuvenation processes take place while you ’ re fasting , and this is another reason why all-day grazing triggers disease .
In a nutshell , your body was designed to a ) run on fat as its primary fuel , while still having the metabolic flexibility to effectively burn carbs ( you need to be able to burn both ) , and b ) cycle through periods of feast and famine .
Today , most people do the complete opposite — their bodies burn primarily carbs , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to burn fat , and they eat a lot , every day , year-round .
Intermittent fastingis a term that covers an array of different meal timing schedules .
As a general rule , it involves cutting calories in whole or in part , either a couple of days a week , every other day , or daily .
The TRE used in the first featured study is but one example of intermittent fasting , and is quite similar to my “ peak fasting ” regimen , which involves fasting for 16 to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of your meals within the remaining window of six to eight hours , making sure your last meal is at least three hours before bed .
To make this schedule work , you need to skip either breakfast or dinner , and a strong case can be made for skipping dinner .
Remember , as these new studies show it is vital to avoid eating your last meal within three hours of your bedtime .
That said , the key point of intermittent fasting is the cycling of feasting ( feeding ) and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the eating habits of our ancestors and restores your body to a more natural state that allows a whole host of biochemical benefits to occur .
Weight loss is really just the beginning , but it can be quite radical .
A recent Today article7 discusses how Dr. Kevin Gendreau lost 125 pounds in 18 months using intermittent fasting .
Cut Diabetes and Heart Disease Risk Just by Changing Timing of Your Meals For starters , cycling in and out of fasting is a powerful way to improve your insulin sensitivity and reverse @ @ @ @ @ @ @ researchers demonstrated that intermittent fasting quickly increases your insulin-mediated glucose uptake rate.8 Eight healthy men in their mid-20s fasted 20 hours every other day for 15 days .
At the end of the trial , their insulin had become more efficient at managing blood sugar .
According to the authors , this confirms the theory of “ thrifty genes , ” which is similar to Dr. Richard Johnson ’ s finding that metabolic syndrome is actually a healthy adaptive condition that animals undergo to store fat to help them survive periods of famine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of us are continuously eating and never fasting .
As noted by the Danish researchers : So , by mimicking the natural fluctuations in food availability with an intermittent fasting schedule , you naturally optimize your metabolic function without actually changing what or how much you eat when you DO eat , keeping in mind the quality of the nutrients you eat , of course .
Studies have also found compelling links between fasting and reduced risk of heart disease.9 One 2012 study10 found those who fasted on a regular basis had a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ compared to those who never fasted ( 90 percent of the participants were Mormons who are encouraged to fast one day a month ) .
Regular fasting was also found to be associated with lower glucose levels and lower body mass index overall .
There 's also plenty of research showing that fasting has a beneficial impact on longevity .
There are a number of mechanisms contributing to this effect .
Normalizing insulin sensitivity is a major one , but fasting also inhibits the mTOR pathway , which plays an important part in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ excessively activated .
The fact that it improves a number of potent disease markers also contributes to fasting 's overall beneficial effects on general health .
Interestingly , research11 shows that fasting increases cholesterol — low-density lipoprotein ( LDL , often misconstrued as “ bad ” cholesterol ) by an average of 14 percent and high-density lipoprotein ( HDL or “ good ” cholesterol ) by 6 percent .
Conventional medicine tells us cholesterol should be as low as possible to avoid heart disease , but this is more myth than fact .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ fasting is because cholesterol is part of the biochemical chain that allows your body to process fat .
Dr. Benjamin D. Horne , director of cardiovascular and genetic epidemiology at the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute , and the study 's lead author , explains : Horne also found that fasting triggers a dramatic increase in human growth hormone ( HGH ) — 1,300 percent in women , and 2,000 percent in men .
The only other thing that can compete in terms of dramatically boosting HGH levels is high-intensity interval training .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the fitness hormone , ” plays an important role in maintaining health , fitness and longevity , including promotion of muscle growth and boosting fat loss by revving up your metabolism .
Fasting also upregulates autophagy and mitophagy — natural cleansing processes necessary for optimal cellular renewal and function — and triggers the generation of stem cells .
The cyclical abstinence from food followed by refeeding also massively stimulates mitochondrial biosynthesis .
Importantly , most of these rejuvenating and regenerating benefits occur during the refeeding phase , not the fasting phase .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which produces the greatest benefits when pulsed ( cycling between low net-carb and higher net-carb intakes ) .
This brings us to another important point : Recent research shows that intermittent fasting is most beneficial when combined with a ketogenic diet .
The study12,13 in question examined the effects of intermittent fasting on weight loss and metabolic disease risk parameters in obese volunteers .
Here , the participants were allowed to eat whatever they wanted in any quantity between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. , while fasting for the remaining 16 hours .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ nonintervention control group .
Overall , participants consumed about 350 fewer calories per day and lost just under 3 percent of their body weight after three months .
Systolic blood pressure also dropped about 7 mmHg , compared to the historical control group .
While this may sound “ good enough , ” there ’ s an important detail that needs to be addressed .
While participants did lose weight , other really important metabolic health parameters did not significantly improve , including visceral fat mass , diastolic blood pressure , triglycerides , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the key benefits of intermittent fasting is normalizing your glucose and insulin levels — along with many other biological metrics , including all of the ones mentioned above — and that simply didn ’ t happen here .
While the authors didn ’ t offer an explanation , I believe the answer is fairly obvious , based on the evidence .
The participants were not instructed to alter WHAT they ate , and if they were anything like a majority of Americans , a large portion of their diet was likely processed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I ’ ve repeatedly stressed the importance of eating a diet high in healthy fats , moderate in protein with unrestricted amounts of fresh vegetables to optimize overall health on any intermittent fasting program .
This study basically shows you what happens when you fail to address your food choices .
In a nutshell , unless you also balance your macronutrient ratios , you might lose weight but you ’ ll forgo many of the most important health benefits .
If you lose weight but don ’ t move the needle on glucose @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , then you ’ re not impacting your chronic disease risk .
So , for optimal health and longevity , I believe it ’ s really important to combine intermittent fasting with cyclical nutritional ketosis .
Cyclical is the key term here , as once you are metabolically flexible I believe the research is clear you do not want to remain in chronic ketosis as that is counterproductive to long-term health .
You must regularly cycle in and out of ketosis , ideally on days when you are doing strength training .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ same health benefits associated with fasting and intermittent fasting , and when done together , most people will experience significant improvements in their health — including not just weight loss,14 which is more of an inescapable side effect of the metabolic improvements that occur , but also improved insulin sensitivity,15 increased muscle mass , reduced inflammation and oxidative damage,16 reduced risk of cancer and Alzheimer ’ s,17 and increased longevity .
Why Cycle In and Out of Ketosis ?
A ketogenic diet and intermittent fasting both allow your body to shift from sugar- @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that in turn promotes optimal function of all the cells and systems in your body .
And , while there ’ s evidence supporting either of these as stand-alone strategies , it seems clear to me that combining them will produce the best results overall .
As there are caveats with intermittent fasting , such as the importance of eating healthy whole or minimally processed foods when you do eat , there are caveats when it comes to nutritional ketosis as well .
Most people believe continuous keto is the key to success @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not the case .
This is why the mitochondrial metabolic therapy ( MMT ) program detailed in my book , “ Fat for Fuel , ” stresses cyclical ketosis .
There are at least two significant reasons for the pulsed approach : What You Eat , and When , Have a Significant Impact on Your Health In summary , while eating real food is the foundation for a healthy life , you can significantly leverage the benefits of a healthy whole diet by making small tweaks to your meal timing , macronutrient ratios @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ketosis once your body regains its ability to burn fat .
Again , fasting and nutritional ketosis provide many of the same benefits , and both work best when implemented in a pulsed fashion .
For instructions on how to implement cyclical keto and fasting , see “ Why Intermittent Fasting Is More Effective Combined With Ketogenic Diet.
” Together , I believe cyclical keto and intermittent fasting is a near-unbeatable combination capable of really maximizing the health benefits of both .
Importantly , when deciding your intermittent fasting schedule , remember to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the afternoon as possible , to optimize your metabolism and avoid the side effects of late-night eating , which include increased hunger , inflammation and a heightened cancer risk .

Article Source: Mercola.com
Eating dinner at 2 p.m., or skipping supper altogether, and fasting until the next morning, combats weight gain by reducing hunger, increasing fat burning and improving metabolic flexibility to burn both fat and carbs
People who eat supper at least two hours before bedtime have a 20 percent reduction in cancer risk for breast and prostate cancer combined
Men and women who eat dinner two or more hours before bedtime have a 26 percent and 16 percent lower risk of prostate and breast cancer respectively than those who eat dinner closer to bedtime
“Morning people” who have a natural affinity for getting up early in the morning are at particularly high risk for cancer when eating dinner too close to bedtime, compared to “night owls”
Avoiding food at least two or three hours before bedtime will help you optimize your mitochondrial function, which is key for optimal health and chronic disease prevention
By Dr. Mercola
For years, a standard dietary recommendation said to stabilize your blood sugar and insulin levels (thereby optimizing energy and maintaining a healthy weight) has been to eat three square meals a day with small snacks in between. On top of that, health experts (influenced by the food industry) maintained that processed foods fortified with RDA nutrients are just as good as, and maybe even better than, cooking from scratch.
Vegetable oil in lieu of saturated animal fats, low-fat instead of full-fat, and products fortified with iron and other vitamins and minerals are but a few examples. Today, science is clearly pointing out the fallacies of these strategies. In fact, this all-day grazing — especially on processed foods — has been identified as a key driver of obesity and chronic ill health.
The most obvious risk with spreading out your meals to morning, noon and evening is overeating. Other less obvious risks are biological changes that result in metabolic dysfunction and the inability to burn fat.
Remember, our ancient ancestors did not have access to food around the clock, year-round, and from a historical perspective it is beyond obvious your body was designed for intermittent periods of fasting — either daily or seasonally, or both. In fact, modern research reveals a number of beneficial effects take place when you go for periods of time without eating, and the timing of these periods of fasting also appears to have a significant influence on your biology.
For a number of years now I have been strongly advising to avoid eating at least three hours before bed, and now two recent studies highlight the benefits of eating early dinner, or skipping supper altogether. In one, this singular meal time change was found to combat weight gain. In another, it was found to have a significant influence on your cancer risk. There are logical reasons for these effects, which I’ll review here.
Skipping Supper Improves Metabolic Flexibility
The first study1 found that eating a very early dinner, or skipping it entirely, alters the way your body burns fat and carbohydrates, resulting in reduced hunger and improved fat burning. The key timing feature of this early time-restricted feeding (eTRF) regimen is to eat your last meal of the day by midafternoon, and then fast until the next morning.
I actually prefer the term time restricted eating (TRE) and will use it in this article. Lead author Courtney Peterson, Ph.D., from the Pennington Biomedical Research Center told Science Daily:2
“Eating only during a much smaller window of time than people are typically used to may help with weight loss. We found that eating between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. followed by an 18-hour daily fast kept appetite levels more even throughout the day, in comparison to eating between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., which is what the median American does.”
To investigate the effect of TRE, Peterson and her team followed 11 overweight volunteers for a total of eight days. During the first four days, they ate all of their meals between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. During the following four days, they ate between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.
The only thing that changed was the timing of the meals; the total calories remained the same throughout. Data on calorie burning, fat burning and appetite revealed that even though the participants ate the same number of calories each day, and burned about the same number of calories, the TRE schedule:
Lowered hunger
Increased fat burning for several hours during the evening
Improved metabolic flexibility, allowing their bodies to more efficiently switch between the burning of carbohydrates and fats
As you may also know, NAD biology is one of my recent passions as I firmly believe it holds the key to radically reducing chronic degenerative disease and optimizing longevity functions. It turns out that NAMPT is the rate limiting enzyme to make NAD in the salvage pathways that convert the approximate 9 grams you use every day and mostly recycle back to its active form.
It turns out this enzyme is under strong circadian control and when you disrupt your circadian cycle by ignoring the time restriction eating windows, you compromise your body’s ability to create NAD, thus radically limiting your body’s ability to repair DNA damage.
Late-Night Eating Boosts Free Radical Damage
The research points to the influence of your circadian rhythm, and how taking advantage of the peaks and lows of this rhythm can help you optimize your metabolism. Many metabolic functions operate at their peak in the morning and early in the day, becoming less efficient as the day draws to a close and your body prepares for rest and sleep.
But there’s actually more to it than that. Avoiding food before bed will also help you optimize your mitochondrial function, and that’s key for all sorts of disease prevention. In simple terms, when you’re sleeping, your body needs the least amount of energy, and if you feed it when energy is not needed, your mitochondria end up creating excessive amounts of damaging free radicals.
So, avoiding late-night eating is a really simple way to prevent cellular damage from occurring — damage that might otherwise impair your mitochondrial functioning, lower your energy level, and ultimately contribute to all sorts of degenerative disease, including cancer.
Eating Early Dinner Lowers Your Cancer Risk
This brings us to the second study,3,4 published in the International Journal of Cancer last month. Here, they investigated “whether timing of meals is associated with breast and prostate cancer risk taking into account lifestyle and chronotype, a characteristic correlating with preference for morning or evening activity.”
To analyze this potential link, they conducted a population‐based case‐control study including 1,800 people with prostate and breast cancer, who were then compared to 2,100 cancer-free controls who also had never worked a night shift. Subjects completed a food frequency questionnaire and answered questions about the timing of their meals, activity levels, sleep habits and chronotype. According to the authors:
“Compared with subjects sleeping immediately after supper, those sleeping two or more hours after supper had a 20 percent reduction in cancer risk for breast and prostate cancer combined … A similar protection was observed in subjects having supper before 9 p.m. compared with supper after 10 p.m. …
Adherence to diurnal eating patterns and specifically a long interval between last meal and sleep are associated with a lower cancer risk, stressing the importance of evaluating timing in studies on diet and cancer.”
Men who ate supper at least two hours before bedtime had a 26 percent lower risk of prostate cancercompared to those who ate dinner closer to bedtime, and women who ate an earlier dinner had a 16 percent lower risk of breast cancer compared to women eating dinner within two hours of going to sleep.
Indeed, as noted by Dr. Ganesh Palapattu, chief of urologic oncology at the University of Michigan Medical School (who was not involved in this study), “Not only are you what you eat. You are how you eat, and it might very well be that you are when you eat.”5
What’s more, “morning larks,” people who have a natural affinity for getting up early in the morning, were at particularly high risk for cancer when eating dinner too close to bedtime, compared to “evening people” who naturally get more energetic later at night.
While study author Manolis Kogevinas, Ph.D., a research professor at the Barcelona Institute for Global Health, told CNN6 that the mechanisms are unclear, this reduction in cancer risk makes sense when you consider the effect late-night eating has on your mitochondria.
Chronic inflammation is a hallmark of cancer, and by feeding your body late at night, the excess free radicals generated in your mitochondria will simply fuel that inflammation. Mitochondrial dysfunction in general has also been shown to be a central problem that allows cancer to occur. To learn more about this, see “The Metabolic Theory of Cancer and the Key to Cancer Prevention and Recovery.”
Why Continuous Feeding Is so Bad for Your Health
In recent years, it’s become increasingly clear that your body simply isn’t designed to run optimally when continuously fed. If you eat throughout the day and never skip a meal, your body adapts to burning sugar as its primary fuel, which downregulates enzymes that utilize and burn stored fat. As a result, you start gaining weight, and efforts at weight loss tend to be ineffective.
To lose body fat, your body must be able to burn fat. Without this metabolic flexibility, the fat stays and no amount of exercise will budge it out of place.
What’s more, many biological repair and rejuvenation processes take place while you’re fasting, and this is another reason why all-day grazing triggers disease. In a nutshell, your body was designed to a) run on fat as its primary fuel, while still having the metabolic flexibility to effectively burn carbs (you need to be able to burn both), and b) cycle through periods of feast and famine.
Today, most people do the complete opposite — their bodies burn primarily carbs, having lost or severely impaired their ability to burn fat, and they eat a lot, every day, year-round. Intermittent fastingis a term that covers an array of different meal timing schedules. As a general rule, it involves cutting calories in whole or in part, either a couple of days a week, every other day, or daily.
The TRE used in the first featured study is but one example of intermittent fasting, and is quite similar to my “peak fasting” regimen, which involves fasting for 16 to 18 hours each day and eating all of your meals within the remaining window of six to eight hours, making sure your last meal is at least three hours before bed.
To make this schedule work, you need to skip either breakfast or dinner, and a strong case can be made for skipping dinner. Remember, as these new studies show it is vital to avoid eating your last meal within three hours of your bedtime. That said, the key point of intermittent fasting is the cycling of feasting (feeding) and famine (fasting), which mimics the eating habits of our ancestors and restores your body to a more natural state that allows a whole host of biochemical benefits to occur.
Weight loss is really just the beginning, but it can be quite radical. A recent Today article7 discusses how Dr. Kevin Gendreau lost 125 pounds in 18 months using intermittent fasting.
Cut Diabetes and Heart Disease Risk Just by Changing Timing of Your Meals
For starters, cycling in and out of fasting is a powerful way to improve your insulin sensitivity and reverse insulin resistance. In 2005, Danish researchers demonstrated that intermittent fasting quickly increases your insulin-mediated glucose uptake rate.8 Eight healthy men in their mid-20s fasted 20 hours every other day for 15 days. At the end of the trial, their insulin had become more efficient at managing blood sugar.
According to the authors, this confirms the theory of “thrifty genes,” which is similar to Dr. Richard Johnson’s finding that metabolic syndrome is actually a healthy adaptive condition that animals undergo to store fat to help them survive periods of famine. The problem is that most all of us are continuously eating and never fasting. As noted by the Danish researchers:
“Insulin resistance is currently a major health problem. This may be because of a marked decrease in daily physical activity during recent decades combined with constant food abundance. This lifestyle collides with our genome, which was most likely selected in the late Paleolithic era (50000 – 10000 B.C.) by criteria that favored survival in an environment characterized by fluctuations between periods of feast and famine.
The theory of thrifty genes states that these fluctuations are required for optimal metabolic function … This experiment is the first in humans to show that intermittent fasting increases insulin-mediated glucose uptake rates, and the findings are compatible with the thrifty gene concept.”
So, by mimicking the natural fluctuations in food availability with an intermittent fasting schedule, you naturally optimize your metabolic function without actually changing what or how much you eat when you DO eat, keeping in mind the quality of the nutrients you eat, of course.
Studies have also found compelling links between fasting and reduced risk of heart disease.9 One 2012 study10 found those who fasted on a regular basis had a 58 percent lower risk of coronary disease compared to those who never fasted (90 percent of the participants were Mormons who are encouraged to fast one day a month). Regular fasting was also found to be associated with lower glucose levels and lower body mass index overall.
Intermittent Fasting Promotes General Health and Longevity
There's also plenty of research showing that fasting has a beneficial impact on longevity. There are a number of mechanisms contributing to this effect. Normalizing insulin sensitivity is a major one, but fasting also inhibits the mTOR pathway, which plays an important part in driving the aging process when it is excessively activated. The fact that it improves a number of potent disease markers also contributes to fasting's overall beneficial effects on general health.
Interestingly, research11 shows that fasting increases cholesterol — low-density lipoprotein (LDL, often misconstrued as “bad” cholesterol) by an average of 14 percent and high-density lipoprotein (HDL or “good” cholesterol) by 6 percent. Conventional medicine tells us cholesterol should be as low as possible to avoid heart disease, but this is more myth than fact.
The reason cholesterol may go up when fasting is because cholesterol is part of the biochemical chain that allows your body to process fat. Dr. Benjamin D. Horne, director of cardiovascular and genetic epidemiology at the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute, and the study's lead author, explains:
“Fasting causes hunger or stress. In response, the body releases more cholesterol, allowing it to utilize fat as a source of fuel, instead of glucose. This decreases the number of fat cells in the body … This is important because the fewer fat cells a body has, the less likely it will experience insulin resistance, or diabetes.”
Horne also found that fasting triggers a dramatic increase in human growth hormone (HGH) — 1,300 percent in women, and 2,000 percent in men. The only other thing that can compete in terms of dramatically boosting HGH levels is high-intensity interval training. HGH, commonly referred to as “the fitness hormone,” plays an important role in maintaining health, fitness and longevity, including promotion of muscle growth and boosting fat loss by revving up your metabolism.
Fasting also upregulates autophagy and mitophagy — natural cleansing processes necessary for optimal cellular renewal and function — and triggers the generation of stem cells. The cyclical abstinence from food followed by refeeding also massively stimulates mitochondrial biosynthesis.
Importantly, most of these rejuvenating and regenerating benefits occur during the refeeding phase, not the fasting phase. The same holds true for nutritional ketosis, which produces the greatest benefits when pulsed (cycling between low net-carb and higher net-carb intakes).
For Optimal Results, Combine Fasting With a Ketogenic Diet
This brings us to another important point: Recent research shows that intermittent fasting is most beneficial when combined with a ketogenic diet. The study12,13 in question examined the effects of intermittent fasting on weight loss and metabolic disease risk parameters in obese volunteers.
Here, the participants were allowed to eat whatever they wanted in any quantity between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., while fasting for the remaining 16 hours. The outcomes were then compared to a nonintervention control group.
Overall, participants consumed about 350 fewer calories per day and lost just under 3 percent of their body weight after three months. Systolic blood pressure also dropped about 7 mmHg, compared to the historical control group. While this may sound “good enough,” there’s an important detail that needs to be addressed.
While participants did lose weight, other really important metabolic health parameters did not significantly improve, including visceral fat mass, diastolic blood pressure, triglycerides, fasting glucose and fasting insulin.
One of the key benefits of intermittent fasting is normalizing your glucose and insulin levels — along with many other biological metrics, including all of the ones mentioned above — and that simply didn’t happen here. While the authors didn’t offer an explanation, I believe the answer is fairly obvious, based on the evidence.
The participants were not instructed to alter WHAT they ate, and if they were anything like a majority of Americans, a large portion of their diet was likely processed food and probably even fast food. I’ve repeatedly stressed the importance of eating a diet high in healthy fats, moderate in protein with unrestricted amounts of fresh vegetables to optimize overall health on any intermittent fasting program. This study basically shows you what happens when you fail to address your food choices.
In a nutshell, unless you also balance your macronutrient ratios, you might lose weight but you’ll forgo many of the most important health benefits. If you lose weight but don’t move the needle on glucose, insulin and other disease risk parameters, then you’re not impacting your chronic disease risk. So, for optimal health and longevity, I believe it’s really important to combine intermittent fasting with cyclical nutritional ketosis.
Cyclical is the key term here, as once you are metabolically flexible I believe the research is clear you do not want to remain in chronic ketosis as that is counterproductive to long-term health. You must regularly cycle in and out of ketosis, ideally on days when you are doing strength training.
The cyclical ketogenic diet provides many of the same health benefits associated with fasting and intermittent fasting, and when done together, most people will experience significant improvements in their health — including not just weight loss,14 which is more of an inescapable side effect of the metabolic improvements that occur, but also improved insulin sensitivity,15 increased muscle mass, reduced inflammation and oxidative damage,16 reduced risk of cancer and Alzheimer’s,17 and increased longevity.
Why Cycle In and Out of Ketosis?
A ketogenic diet and intermittent fasting both allow your body to shift from sugar- to fat-burning — an important metabolic flexibility that in turn promotes optimal function of all the cells and systems in your body. And, while there’s evidence supporting either of these as stand-alone strategies, it seems clear to me that combining them will produce the best results overall.
As there are caveats with intermittent fasting, such as the importance of eating healthy whole or minimally processed foods when you do eat, there are caveats when it comes to nutritional ketosis as well.
Most people believe continuous keto is the key to success, but mounting evidence suggests this is not the case. This is why the mitochondrial metabolic therapy (MMT) program detailed in my book, “Fat for Fuel,” stresses cyclical ketosis. There are at least two significant reasons for the pulsed approach:
1.Insulin suppresses hepatic glucogenesis, i.e., the production of glucose by your liver. When insulin is chronically suppressed long-term, your liver starts to compensate for the deficit by making more glucose. As a result, your blood sugar can begin to rise even though you’re not eating any carbohydrates. In this situation, eating carbohydrates will actually lower your blood sugar, as the carbs will activate insulin, which will then suppress your liver’s production of glucose. Long-term chronic suppression of insulin is an unhealthy metabolic state that is easily avoidable by cycling in and out of keto. 2.More importantly, many of the metabolic benefits associated with nutritional ketosis in general actually occur during the refeeding phase. During the fasting phase, clearance of damaged cell and cell content occurs, but the actual rejuvenation process takes place during refeeding. In other words, cells and tissues are rebuilt and restored to a healthy state once your intake of net carbs increases. (The rejuvenation that occurs during refeeding is also one of the reasons intermittent fasting is so beneficial, as you’re cycling between feast and famine.)
What You Eat, and When, Have a Significant Impact on Your Health
In summary, while eating real food is the foundation for a healthy life, you can significantly leverage the benefits of a healthy whole diet by making small tweaks to your meal timing, macronutrient ratios, and cycling in and out of ketosis once your body regains its ability to burn fat.
Again, fasting and nutritional ketosis provide many of the same benefits, and both work best when implemented in a pulsed fashion. For instructions on how to implement cyclical keto and fasting, see “Why Intermittent Fasting Is More Effective Combined With Ketogenic Diet.”
Together, I believe cyclical keto and intermittent fasting is a near-unbeatable combination capable of really maximizing the health benefits of both. Importantly, when deciding your intermittent fasting schedule, remember to eat your last meal as early in the afternoon as possible, to optimize your metabolism and avoid the side effects of late-night eating, which include increased hunger, inflammation and a heightened cancer risk.


consciouslifenews--2020-08-02--US Beach Towns Fear Collapse As Summer Of Pandemic Causes Havoc

The executive director of the Bethany-Fenwick Chamber of Commerce , Lauren Weaver , told USA Today that “ our businesses ( located on the southern tip of the Delmarva Peninsula ) have 12 weeks to make money to survive the rest of the year… sales for the town ’ s 75 or so beach-district merchants are down 40 % to 70 % compared with a year ago.
” Weaver warned : “ A lot of them are not going to survive ” this season .
Bethany-Fenwick is an upscale beach community , home to wealthy elites , such as Joe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it challenging for local businesses to operate , many of whom only make money during the summer months .
Down the street , about 20 minutes south , revenue for businesses in Ocean City , Maryland , is down 20 % to 25 % , said Susan Jones , head of the Ocean City Hotel-Motel-Restaurant Association .
Jones said the city ’ s decision to reopen beaches in early May despite the virus pandemic helped businesses survive .
She said this year is a not a profitability story , but rather a break-even @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Beaches , which are a string of beach towns that generate more than $ 3.5 billion in annual revenue , according to Southern Delaware Tourism .
Much of the area is dependent on travel and tourism .
Bethany was shut down for 2.5 months to mitigate the virus spread , reopened in early June with stores and restaurants operating at 30 % capacity .
Capacity has doubled to 60 % in July ; the recovery , however , is anything but smooth .
The reopening of eateries in Dewey has been rough .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ down restaurants before July 4 holiday , one of the biggest revenue days of the year for businesses in the area , after tourists tested positive for COVID-19 .
The Bethany Beach Ocean Suites Hotel said the average summer rate is $ 799 per night , has been dramatically reduced following a rash of cancellations .
Alex Heidenberger , who co-owns Mango ’ s eatery in Bethany , said he “ cried ” when the governor decided to shut restaurants ahead of July 4th weekend .
Heidenberger said , “ Mango ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ weeks before and after July 4 , accounting for the bulk of the $ 400,000 in losses the restaurant has sustained during the crisis.
” During the good times , he said the restaurant made $ 200,000 per week in sales and around $ 2 million in summer revenue .
This summer , he said , Mango ’ s sales have been halved .
Heidenberger said he hasn ’ t paid the mortgage in four months .
Profitability at the restaurant has collapsed .
With the beach town in crisis , he has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the beach as a shortage in beach crew was due to lockdowns .
He wasn ’ t sure if Mango ’ s was going to make it through the summer : A similar collapse is happening in beach communities in California , Florida , New Jersey , and Texas .

By Tyler Durden | Activist Post
The executive director of the Bethany-Fenwick Chamber of Commerce, Lauren Weaver, told USA Today that “our businesses (located on the southern tip of the Delmarva Peninsula) have 12 weeks to make money to survive the rest of the year… sales for the town’s 75 or so beach-district merchants are down 40% to 70% compared with a year ago.”
Weaver warned: “A lot of them are not going to survive” this season.
Bethany-Fenwick is an upscale beach community, home to wealthy elites, such as Joe Biden.
The virus pandemic has made it challenging for local businesses to operate, many of whom only make money during the summer months.
Down the street, about 20 minutes south, revenue for businesses in Ocean City, Maryland, is down 20% to 25%, said Susan Jones, head of the Ocean City Hotel-Motel-Restaurant Association.
Jones said the city’s decision to reopen beaches in early May despite the virus pandemic helped businesses survive. She said this year is a not a profitability story, but rather a break-even story.
Back to Rehoboth and Dewey Beaches, which are a string of beach towns that generate more than $3.5 billion in annual revenue, according to Southern Delaware Tourism. Much of the area is dependent on travel and tourism.
Bethany was shut down for 2.5 months to mitigate the virus spread, reopened in early June with stores and restaurants operating at 30% capacity. Capacity has doubled to 60% in July; the recovery, however, is anything but smooth.
The reopening of eateries in Dewey has been rough. Gov. John Carney had to shut down restaurants before July 4 holiday, one of the biggest revenue days of the year for businesses in the area, after tourists tested positive for COVID-19.
The Bethany Beach Ocean Suites Hotel said the average summer rate is $799 per night, has been dramatically reduced following a rash of cancellations.
Alex Heidenberger, who co-owns Mango’s eatery in Bethany, said he “cried” when the governor decided to shut restaurants ahead of July 4th weekend.
Heidenberger said, “Mango’s revenue fell by $300,000 in the weeks before and after July 4, accounting for the bulk of the $400,000 in losses the restaurant has sustained during the crisis.”
“To take two steps back, that is the worst possible scenario,” said Heidenberger.
During the good times, he said the restaurant made $200,000 per week in sales and around $2 million in summer revenue. This summer, he said, Mango’s sales have been halved.
“It’s really devastating us,” he said. “I’m operating at a loss,” adding that, “every day is a new challenge — it’s just exhausting.”
Heidenberger said he hasn’t paid the mortgage in four months. Profitability at the restaurant has collapsed. With the beach town in crisis, he has had to serve as a lifeguard on the beach as a shortage in beach crew was due to lockdowns.
“I’m working harder than I have ever worked in my life,” he said, adding that he puts in about 80 hours a week at the two restaurants. Yet, “I have no money… This is all I think about. I don’t sleep.”
He wasn’t sure if Mango’s was going to make it through the summer:
“I don’t know what the future is going to be,” Heidenberger said, noting his family already has closed two restaurants in D.C. as a result of the pandemic. At the same time, he said, “This is all I know. This is what I love.”
A similar collapse is happening in beach communities in California, Florida, New Jersey, and Texas.
Source: Zerohedge


consciouslifenews--2020-08-02--5 Strategies To Prime Your Brain For More Joy, Success, And Peace of Mind | Jim Kwik

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