This is both fascinating and disturbing at the same time: Someone decided it would be interesting to put a McDonald’s Happy Meal up in a cupboard and leave it for a year.
It aged rather well. This is both amazing and disturbing.
According to today’s Globe and Mail, the debate over what’s better for you, margarine or butter, continues.
In short, margarine has improved so it doesn’t look like radioactive sludge that glows in the dark. And it’s full of Omega-3s, but not the ones from fish.
Butter is full of saturated fat, but maybe saturated fat is not as bad as we once thought it was. The article doesn’t really come up with a verdict, but I think if I have a choice between something that is made naturally and something is made from a process, I’m going with the natural option.
A little bit of butter is not going to kill you.
February was rather a craptastic month for me. I felt so down, so depressed, worse than I’d ever felt in years, even though life really is pretty good.
The older I get, I’ve concluded, the more sensitive I am to seasonal affective disorder (SAD). Two weekends ago I was absolutely wretched. And despite being aware of SAD, I found myself unable to get a handle on my moods. At the beginning of last week I constantly had to battle mood swings and emotional outbursts.
By the end of the week I was feeling a little more in control. I had ordered an SAD lamp to be delivered this week and I started reading Gretchen Rubin’s The Happiness Project (another post in itself). This week, thanks to some of Gretchen’s ideas, the improved weather and having my SAD lamp on at my desk, I feel fantastic.
My doctor scoffs at the concept of SAD, so I think I shall get a new doctor because there’s something very Occam’s Razor about SAD and I think many people are misdiagnosed with depression and prescribed medication when all they need is a little more daylight.
Here’s a few articles on SAD:
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