Peter Attia: What if we were wrong about diabetes?

Both a surgeon and a self-experimenter, Peter Attia hopes to ease the diabetes epidemic by challenging what we think we know and improving the scientific rigor in nutrition and obesity research.

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Places you should visit before you die

By: Cultura Colectiva

Photos: quora.com

Here are some wonderful places that are worth to visit at least once in life:

Antelope Canyon in Arizona, United States

Mount Roraima in Venezuela, Brazil and Guyana

To Sua Ocean Trench Lotofaga in the village on the south coast of Upolu Samoa

Gansu Zhangye Danxia relief in China

Sea the Stars on the island in the Maldives Vaadhoo

Fields of tulips in Holland

Klevan Tunnel of Love in Ukraine

Parque Hitachi Seaside en Hitachinaka Ibaraki, Japón

Butter vs. margarine

Comparison:

• Both have the same amount of calories.
• Butter is slightly higher in saturated fats at 8 grams compared to 5 grams for margarine.
• Eating margarine instead of butter can increase by 53 % the risk of coronary heart disease in women, according to a recent medical study at the University of Harvard.
• Eating butter increases the absorption of many nutrients found in other foods.
• Butter has many nutritional benefits while margarine has a few only because they are added.
• Butter tastes much better than margarine and it can enhance the flavors of other foods. 
• Butter has been around for centuries where margarine has less than 100 years.

More about margarine:

• It is very high in transgenic fatty acids. (Yes, those which scientists discovered recently that are terrible and some governments began banning).
• Triples risk of coronary heart disease.
• Increases total cholesterol and LDL (bad cholesterol) and lowers HDL (good cholesterol).
• Increases fivefold cancer risk.
• Lowers quality of breast milk.
• Decreases immune response of the organism.
• Decreases insulin reaction.

And here's the most disturbing factor: Margarine is just ONE MOLECULE far for being PLASTIC!

This fact alone is sufficient to avoid using margarine for life and anything else that is hydrogenated (this means hydrogen is added, which changes the molecular structure of substances).

(www.veinformativo.org)

Listening to color

Artist Neil Harbisson was born completely color blind, but these days a device attached to his head turns color into audible frequencies. Instead of seeing a world in grayscale, Harbisson can hear a symphony of color -- and yes, even listen to faces and paintings.

He is the first cyborg in the world recognized by a goverment.

(www.ted.com)

Before and after drugs consumption

Photographic project: Roman Sakovich

Article: Giancarlo

(www.culturacolectiva.com)

According to photographer Roman Sakovich, based in the UK, the interesting thing about drugs is not only what you experience inside when eating them, but the visible traces they left in the body. It was thus decided to create his Half photographic project, in which the effect of addiction are shown, in particular the effects of methamphetamine or meth.

In the photographic series, half of the body represents a healthy person, and half reveals the physical appearance acquired by individuals who abuse these substances. The effects achieved are not made by editing computer, but by careful and well-managed use of makeup and lighting.

Beyond the obvious deterioration of addicts, this series also creates a reflexion on the radically different way in which society tends to judge a person before and after an addiction. The subject continues to be a person with more aspects in his life that only the physical appearance and habits.

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Foot reflexology

By: Sonia Martínez

(Calma, Equilibrio y Bienestar Terapias)

Foot reflexology is an ancient technique. Over 5,000 years ago was known in places like China or Egypt. This technique consists in pressuring points on the sesnsitive channel (known as Red Zonal by Dr. William Fitzgerald) that connect the foot with each specific organ. Working on these points can help to prevent and improve our overall health.

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The best breakfasts in the world

By: Mónica Careaga

(www.culturacolectiva.com)

There are many benefits associated with taking the most important meal of the day: breakfast. A balanced breakfast is health issue but also a cultural issue that integrates food groups that illustrate the flavors of a country.

Israel

Denmark

Japan

Hawaii

Morocco

India

Malaysia

Italy

Scotland

Portugal

See more: 50 best breakfasts in the world