And So It Goes

Following the last post, here are some insights from Erica Komisar’s book Being There: Why Prioritizing Motherhood in the First Three Years Matters (Penguin Random House, 2017). Read her book for more context, evidence, insight, and advice. As with the preceding post, this summary is not intended to make readers feel bad about their parenting decisions. Corroborate these views with other sources of evidence and expertise before acting on them. Fundamentals For infants and toddlers, physical and emotional presence trump…

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This is a summary of Steven Bartlett’s interview with Erica Komisar, a parenting expert and psychoanalyst who uses over 30 years of research to challenge societal norms on parenting and early child development. The discussion is not intended to make parents feel bad about their parenting decisions. Corroborate these views with other sources of evidence and expertise before acting on them. For children to be mentally healthy, parents should be physically and emotionally present for them throughout childhood, particularly in…

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Nutrition is a controversial topic. Recently, the Clearer Thinking podcast host Spencer Greenberg invited Dr Gil Carvalho of Nutrition Made Simple fame to talk about nutrition. Here are some of his insights, paraphrased:   Why are nutritional insights so contested? What is a healthy diet?   Should people concern themselves with getting the ideal fat, protein, and carb ratios?   What are your thoughts on ketogenic-type diets? Is meat healthy or unhealthy? Is saturated fat unhealthy? What about processed meat?…

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The health conscious among us may have come across the Zoe Science and Nutrition channel or podcast. The have recently been inviting experts from various fields in dietary science to discuss their findings and offer practical takeaways to listeners. Below is a summary of some of their insights. This summary will be updated as more videos by Zoe are released.    What does science say about intermittent fasting? There are short term benefits to intermittent fasting (time restricted eating) Consume…

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The global pandemic, lockdowns, and work-from-home directives have been proceeded by the meteoric rise of interest in exercise and sports. Weary from having to stay at home, restless from inactivity, and increasingly aware of the incredible benefits of cardiovascular and muscular exercise and sporting activities, many millions of people around the world have committed themselves to regular physical activity and have sustained their efforts. This phenomenon is not an exception where I live, and this documentary below explores it along…

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If you have ever been convinced of or swayed by some presentation of information that you later found out was BS, welcome to life. While BS has, in the last several decades, most prominently been spewed forth as corporate jargon or postmodern solipsisms, a new wave of BS now aggravates us and threatens our progress. This new kind of BS hides behind the language of mathematics, statistics, and science to construct an image of veracity.        Whereas old BS looked…

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