Click here for more on these Well + Good dietician-recommended ideas for boosting energy and mood. Best read while enjoying your morning cup of coffee. Ha. The crib note version includes hydrating, getting outside for a bit, finding an enjoyable exercise, and reaching for healthy snacks.
We feel better already!
– Jet Cannon
On February 7, 1964 the Beatles landed in the USA. Two days later, they performed on The Ed Sullivan Show.
Reporter: What will you do when Beatlemania subsides?
John Lennon: Count the money.
– Jet Cannon
That’s the headline of a Huffpost article. We didn’t read it but you can here if you are inclined. The headline was all we really needed to know.
Researchers are finding that grip strength has correlations to physical AND mental health. So our doctors should be checking it during routine physical exams. Read all about it in this USA Today article.
– Jet Cannon
The Washington Post reports that Dry January can have some lasting benefits. Researchers found that people who abstained from alcohol for a month started drinking less the rest of the year and showed striking improvements in their health. On average they lost about four and a half pounds, their blood pressure dropped, and they had a “dramatic” reduction in their levels of insulin resistance, a marker for Type 2 diabetes risk. They also experienced sharp reductions in cancer-related growth factors. Dry January can also provide opportunities to form new habits — like turning down alcohol in social settings, which in the long run can be empowering.
– Jet Cannon
One more day until Wet February! Here is what Vine Pair thinks are the best whiskeys IN THE WORLD! Click here. We’re hoping to get hired as a taste tester.
– Jet Cannon
While we learn more about the detrimental effects of alcohol on our bodies, consumption in the US is on the rise. Hubris? Killing Covid with alcohol? Dimwittedness? Can’t read? Hard to say. But we’re approaching 8 billion gallons a year!
– Jet Cannon
Photo. Flasks.com
NPR reports that the business of nonalcoholic beer, wine and spirits is booming.
NielsenIQ’s data shows the market for nonalcoholic beer, wine and spirits grew more than 20% last year — and more than 120% over the last three years. The market now sees almost $400 million in annual sales. Compared to the roughly $200 billion market for stuff that can get you drunk.
So where’s the Buzz? The data shows that 82% of people who buy nonalcoholic beers, wine and spirits also buy traditional alcoholic drinks. So it seems a lot of folks are just cutting back and not giving up the real stuff.
– Jet Cannon
From the BBC News, excessive outbreaks of seaweed and micro algae are clogging up waters from the Caribbean to the Baltic. Now both are being harvested alongside farmed crops to create ingredients for cosmetic and food products. Across in Sweden, a business called Nordic Seafarm is showing just how versatile seaweed can be. “We make algae-based gin and beer both locally produced,” says director Fredrik Grondahl.
Let Mikey try it. He’ll drink anything.
– Jet Cannon
An unusually alert Buzzed Boomer Rural Correspondent recently reminded us to ask for a discount when purchasing Cannabis from retailers. He qualified for the senior discount which, at his local outlet, is called the “Silver Stoner Discount”. Saved 15 percent!. We likely won’t be receiving further reporting for awhile.
– Jet Cannon
Photo: NORML
Have you read the latest science-based diet book? Neither have we. This Washington Post article suggests we don’t need to. All those fancy schemes boil down to one thing that works. Burning more calories that we consume. Eating less, basically. Darn.
– Jet Cannon
Photo: The Conversation
If you want to go running with us, you’d better be prepared to do a lot of walking.
Two lions were walking down the aisle of a supermarket. One says to the other, “It’s awfully quiet in here today.”
Two great opportunities are walking past a bar. The one says to the other, “Let’s go inside and get wasted!”
– Jet Cannon
Buzzed Boomer researchers are constantly looking for reasons NOT to exercise. Thanks to this CNN article we found another excuse. Since 1 in 3 Americans are sleep deprived, this affects a LOT of people. Without good sleep our bodies may not have time to recover from exercise. So, what do the experts say? They say, “Use common sense.” Common sense? Then why do we need experts?
– Jet Cannon
David Van Cortlandt Crosby. Rest In Peace.
The fact is, we’re losing more and more of our rock heroes. Thankfully, we will always have the fantastic music they made.
– Jet Cannon
Photo: Guitar Player