Tofu. And onions and peanuts and chickpeas. Flaxseed oil and olive oil. I guess everything in my salad was good for hair. But i forgot the nutritional yeast... I could still take one portion with that.
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Tofu. And onions and peanuts and chickpeas. Flaxseed oil and olive oil. I guess everything in my salad was good for hair. But i forgot the nutritional yeast... I could still take one portion with that.
Boiled egg, hummus (with corn chips), broccoli salad with seeds and cranberries, a slice of pizza with sausage pepper & onions.
Beef steak (medium rare) with a cauliflower/cheese/cream "oven thing" and tomato/onion salad.
As dessert, I'm now having viili with grainy stevia/erythritol sweetener, accompanied by coffee with heavy cream.
Collagen powder, tumeric and ginger tea, vitamins, lentils
Cashews, tea w collagen
I'm not surprised to see the coffee part--at least according to this article, Finland is #1 on coffee consumption per capita: https://worldpopulationreview.com/co...ion-by-countryQuote:
Originally Posted by Ylva
Yep! Since coffee is known to make people more sociable and talkative, I guess we simply need it to balance out the culture, hehe. :) Although, I didn't start drinking coffee until the age of 26 - and even then, I only started because it's one of the few things you can drink without breaking a fast (alongside water and tea)!Quote:
Originally Posted by Brandt
Interesting that the entire lead, save for the Netherlands (but the Dutch are actually quite closely related to Finns), is Nordic.
Ah--makes sense! I thought perhaps some of it would be the warm drink in the colder climates, but your explanation makes even better sense. However, that study didn't include Ethiopia, which is where the coffee tree was originally native to (and I recall a lot of people drinking coffee there)--but then most of Ethiopia is at higher elevations so it's not as hot as one might initially think.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ylva
chicken, corn, apple crisp with oats in the topping to which I added some milk and a handful of freshly picked raspberries
Eggs; collagen; spinach; mushrooms
That's true about Ethiopia, but perhaps the coffee drinking over there is, in a sense, more "ritualistic" in nature? I mean, maybe here we just chug down huge mugs of coffee out of habit or because we're tired in the darkness and hope the coffee is going to make things better, but over there, it might be a more "natural" part of social interaction.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brandt
Yeah--good question--there are definitely coffee ceremonies, but I think people drink it with meals too there. I did do a bit of research just now and see that they drink a little over 1 kg per year per person in Ethiopia--in comparison, Finland is almost 10 kg per year, though Ethiopia is considered likely to be the low-income country that drinks the most coffee per capita.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ylva
Then there's chocolate--another food most commonly eaten well away from the equatorial regions where chocolate is grown. Switzerland (no surprise) is #1, Finland is #11, and the US is #19. https://www.statista.com/statistics/...on-by-country/ I probably get most of my caffeine from chocolate (lots of vegan chocolate nowadays, including those with better sweeteners too like stevia, coconut sugar, etc.)--and, hey, I just googled "is chocolate good for the hair", and several websites are telling me "yes" (but then most foods have at least one component which would be good for hair--even if they might have less healthy components). In the case of chocolate, it's the zinc, iron, copper and antioxidants, though that's far from being the only food with those nutrients, but I think it's the tastiest!
I wonder if the chocolate ranking was different if it included the proper CHOCOLATE only, minus all the sugar and other additives. Sadly, the kind of "chocolate" that dominates in the west (and that's probably taking over everywhere else, too) doesn't really have anything good left in it anymore. Thankfully, proper dark chocolate is still available!Quote:
Originally Posted by Brandt
It's really hard to find chocolate sweetened with stevia here. Once, on a booze cruise (it's a thing on the Baltic Sea, especially between Finland and Sweden), I did manage to find an INCREDIBLE brand that was low-carb, sweetened with stevia, and tasted better than anything ever, but I've never been able to find it since, and I don't remember the brand or even what the packaging looked like! Tragic.
A few of the chocolates that are sweetened (at least some varieties) with something other than cane sugar that I can buy here include Hu, Chocolove and Lily's. However, I just checked their websites, and none ship internationally! Perhaps that's due to its obvious sensitivity to temperature. I very definitely prefer the dark chocolate, hopefully 70% cacao. Unfortunately, too many chocolates out there are full of sugar and/or dairy (though the above mentioned brands have both dark and milk chocolate bars available).Quote:
Originally Posted by Ylva
Funny you mention the booze cruises in the Baltic. Alcohol is another thing that has a strong latitudinal component (though some of that is because of the distribution of religions which prohibit alcohol consumption, such as Islam, which is more common at lower latitudes than higher latitudes). Regardless, in the US, many of the states most known for heavy alcohol consumption are in the northern US (though the lowest consumption areas are often religion-based, either Utah due to the Mormons or parts of the Bible Belt in the Southeast). Of course, another fun map: https://slate.com/business/2014/05/w...countries.html Though there are exceptions to the rule (tropical Nigeria drinks a lot, as well as Grenada--even though the tourists might skew that statistics in Grenada as I'm not sure how they'd count non-residents buying alcohol). You can see the north vs. south in the US in this map (Utah is very easy to pick out!): https://wgntv.com/news/map-shows-whi...united-states/ - though that measures excessive drinking versus per capita consumption.
I have been on the Baltic before--on the Silja line between Sweden and Finland and another ship (forgot the name) between Finland and Estonia (that wasn't too long after it had become independent from the USSR). I do remember seeing some excessive drinking on the latter ship to Estonia but not on the Silja line.
Sour cream. I read there should be some kind of oestrogens in dairy products.
I've been making a quick "breakfast shake" before work to supply nutrients to help with my overall health and hair when I don't have time for regular brekkie. I use soymilk as my base, add protein powder, collagen powder, and some ceylon cinnamon. I'm planning to add some rice bran and flaxseed as well, then I think it will be complete! I also take some shilajit, MSM, vitamin c and am looking to incorporate fenugreek again. I also eat mangos pretty much everyday, and today for lunch I brought lots of green beans, an apple, banana, some tangerines, lots of fruit for fiber and vitamins ~����
For me it's always protein. My hair and nails love protein.
I agree protein is a must! I also learned recently that protein intake in the morning can help with ADHD so that’s another reason to hit protein targets.
I’m keeping up with my morning shake (today I added Lion’s mane powder) + bringing fruits (apple, banana, mandarins), as well as keeping a tub of mixed nuts for omega-3s and minerals, some salami, cheese and crackers.
All different food groups with nutritional value. Now to get back in the routine of making egg salad and make some homemade flax crackers…
Undereating/overfasting can lead to spikes in cortisol, and we all know how bad cortisol/stress is for hair health. I generally find my mood is better too when I have snacks at work!:cool:
For dinner, I had Aldi's frozen German Cabbage Blend. I added some mushrooms and it had cabbages and carrots in it. I paired it with a small chicken breast and some spatzle.
that sounds so hearty and fufillling. For some reason i've been feeling like cabbage should be seen as a beauty food! I've been craving it in stews
Eating all sorts of things lately... chicken, greek yoghurt, berries, sea moss, organic milk, soy milk, rice, pumpkin seeds, mandarins, apples, bananas, watermelon juice, lion's mane. Also I consume pho regularly now, at least a couple times a week! I love a hearty broth! Want to make my own again so I can get lots of gelatin in.
Hunter stew with pork and Brussels sprouts. Low-carb protein crackers with cheddar and olive oil/spruce pesto.
Soy strips. I think there should be some kind of phytoestrogens in soya, but I guess nobody knows if they help hair or not... But I like soya anyway ;) At least there are proteins in it.
granola, yogurt, raspberries
ETA: Spruce tip pesto sounds interesting! I might need to try that.
So far I’ve had some crusty bread with hummus and daiya cheddar. Coffee with Sweet n Low
raisin bran,celery with peanut butter, yogurt, burrito bowl with beans/pork/avocado/sour cream and other goodies
Alaska pollock, broccoli, tomato, and halloumi. Gouda, meetwurst, and spruce tip pesto. Skyr and protein pudding. Coffee with heavy cream. Vitamin D.
It's one of my current favourites! I'm totally addicted.Quote:
Originally Posted by SandyBottom
Beef chili, chicken noodle soup, mangonada made with homemade chamoy, had some raw green juice, dumplings, and wontons in chili oil
Shrimp with aioli. Meetwurst and gouda. Electrolytes and vit. D.
Sourdough blueberry muffins with almond butter, tea, vitamin D and fish oil.
Eggs! Probably some mixed veggies with dinner
Fascinating to read about the spruce tip pesto, which not only have I never eaten before but I had not even heard of it before. While there are no spruces that I know of planted here in San Diego, my family does have a cabin at 2600 meters in Colorado where there are a lot of spruce (including a couple right next to the cabin). I could easily harvest some spruce tips and give them a try (even better if there's a need to trim them back).
Spruce tips also go very nicely in various smoothies! You only need a couple to add a fresh note. Very powerful stuff!Quote:
Originally Posted by Brandt
Fenugreek seeds. With the soaking water I rinsed my hair (you better soak them in just boiled water, so you get all seeds soft).
Soya and an egg.
Black beans and guacamole
I am just finishing making some Chinese chicken and spicy ginger soup, will have that today, it smells so delicious! :)
carrots, broccoli, peanut butter and celery, meatballs
Eggs! Plus an apple (:
I have some kind of demon flu, but I'm trying to still get a little nutrition. Bone broth, rice + rice seasoning (seaweed flakes and sesame seed), chamomile tea + honey.
I'm bummed out cause I had wanted to go to the store today and get ingredients to make a salmon sushi bake :c
Ham and eggs, also some strawberries blueberries and grapes.