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The Mediterranean Diet Is the Best Diet For Your Health (Study)

Dr. Walter Willett of the Harvard School of Public Health on the Mediterranean diet as a model for healthy living.

“This Mediterranean diet pyramid is based on food patterns typical of Crete, much of the rest of Greece, and southern Italy in the early 1960s, where adult life expectancy was among the highest in the world and rates of coronary heart disease, certain cancers, and other diet-related chronic diseases were among the lowest.”

The Mediterranean diet is a colorful symphony of “abundant plant foods (fruit, vegetables, breads, other forms of cereals, potatoes, beans, nuts, and seeds), fresh fruit as the typical daily dessert, olive oil as the principal source of fat, dairy products (principally cheese and yogurt), and fish and poultry consumed in low to moderate amounts, zero to four eggs consumed weekly, red meat consumed in low amounts, and wine consumed in low to moderate amounts, normally with meals.”

Source: Willett, et al (1995) ​Mediterranean Diet Pyramid: A Cultural Model For Healthy Eating​ The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

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Ignore Feedback From Losers

Researcher and author Brene Brown on who's feedback and criticism you should ignore:

“If you’re not in the arena also getting your ass kicked, I’m not interested in your feedback. If you have constructive feedback you want to give me, I want it... But if you’re in the cheap seats, not putting yourself on the line, and just talking about how I can do it better, I’m in no way interested in your feedback.”

Source: ​Why Your Critics Aren't the Ones Who Count​

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Outperform Others By Going Against the Herd

Investor Charlie Munger on the dangers of following the herd:

“Mimicking the herd invites regression to the mean (merely average performance).”

Source: ​Charlie Munger: The Complete Investor​

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Brain Food

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The Smarter Brain Team