Rather than directing change at yourself, many researchers urge, make tiny, targeted changes to your surroundings— office, kitchen, bedroom. In this way, you can immediately and significantly influence your actions.
Should You Do the Whole30 Diet?
Reading time: ~ 7 minutes, or more time than it takes the average male to orgasm (Sorry ladies..) “This is the antithesis of a long-term healthy dietary pattern.” US News Nutrition Expert on the Whole30 Diet “Seven…Minute…Abs…” Hitchhiker, There’s Something About Marry The Hitchhiker A decade after a botched prom date, Ted an awkward but kind-hearted Rhode Island man, … Read More
3 Vegan Breakfasts With 20 g of Protein at Least
Reading time: 4 minutes This past summer, I ran an experiment on myself. The experiment was simple — can you add five pounds of muscle on a 100% vegan diet with no protein supplements? Well, It turns out you can. Since ‘Project Veggie Muscles,’ I’ve received a lot of questions about what I ate for breakfast. After all, I … Read More
Scenes From Paris: 12 Days of Romance, Airbnb Experiences, Chance Encounters and Croissants
In mid-October, I took a solo trip to Paris for 12 days. It was my first time in Paris — a trip I had been looking forward to for nearly a decade. I didn’t quite know what to expect, who I would meet, or what experiences I might have. I didn’t know if the Paris I was visiting was like … Read More
Research Says: Don’t Exercise For Your Belly. Here’s a better reason. (Exercise Paradox Pt. II)
Reading Time: ~8.5 minutes, or about 15% of the time the average person spends on Instagram daily. Summary For most of my life, I exercised for what I’d call the more superficial reasons: looking and feeling good. It isn’t that exercise cannot lead to these results— it often does. But research shows that abs and biceps may be better … Read More
How To Add 5 Pounds of Muscle on Plants and Push-Ups (Project Veg Pt. 2, Results)
Reading time: About 9 minutes — or less than half the time it takes the entire grit-eating world to make grits. Summary: In the first installment of Project Veggie Muscles, I described the problem, the goal, the structure and the ground rules. My goal was to prove that 100% plant diets are not mutually exclusive from muscle-gain. Further, … Read More
5 Great Books I Read This Summer
Reading Time: ~11 min There exist at least three types of books: Good books, Great books, and All-Time books. Good Books I recently took Malcolm Gladwell’s Masterclass. If you haven’t considered taking a Masterclass- I’d look into it. In one lesson, Gladwell is riffing on the subject of how to determine what to read in the midst of … Read More
Project Veggie Muscles: Can Vegans Add Muscle With No Protein Supplements and No Weights?
Summary Can you gain muscle eating a 100% plant-based, whole-food, vegan, green-light diet, with no protein or muscle-building supplements? How about if you are only doing bodyweight exercises — no weights? How about in just 100 days? How about if you’re traveling for about 30% of those days? Those are the questions I was pondering while looking at my recently … Read More
The Exercise Paradox, Part 1
Reading time ~ 9 minutes Paradox Summary: We have a clear, clinically-proven way to not only reduce widespread disease, depression, anxiety, but also to proactively improve the daily and long-term function of our brains, hearts and blood. This treatment is often free, can be very enjoyable, and most of its side effects are positive. In fact, in an industry plagued … Read More
10 Podcast Episodes That Changed The Way I Think
Reading Time: 5ish minute intro + 10, 1-min recommendations. Don’t you just love when someone recommends a 600-page book, or a five-season, TV series to you? Great, so all I need is about 25-50 hours to dedicate to this thing. Thanks, fella. As Chapelle Show comedy writer Neil Brennan once said, “so, I realized I could either dedicate the … Read More
