The Lotus Effect

80 - Fried Oprah

2023-05-06

Your favorite petalheads talk about sugar, honey, pollution, big pharma, mixed messages from the medical establishment, and more!

“Sit down, strap in, shut up, and listen!” — Pheonix

Health:

• Drinking Coffee Instead of Soda May Help People With Type 2 Diabetes Live Longer from Healthline
• People With Depression Face 1.5 Times Risk for 29 Health Conditions from Healthline
• Taking Naps for More than 30 Minutes May Raise Your Risk of Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome from Healthline
• Most Children With ADHD Aren't Being Treated, Study Finds from Healthline
• How Raw Honey Could Save Your Microbiome (and Travel Back In Time) from Green Med Info
• Beta-Blockers May Not Help Reduce Further Risks for Heart Attack Patients from Healthline
• Ozempic Can Cause Major Loss of Muscle Mass and Reduce Bone Density from Healthline
• Ozempic Causing Hair Loss? Why Some People Are Shedding More Than Pounds from Healthline
• Want to Live a Longer Life? Eating a Low-Fat or Healthly Low-Carb Diet May Help from Healthline

Happiness

• I divorced the man I love after coming out as a lesbian. 2 years later, I still wonder whether I made the right decision. from Insider
• Over 40% of LGBTQ Youth Say They Considered Suicide in the Past Year from Healthline
• 9 Signs & Examples of Spiritual Gaslighting to Watch Out for from Happier Human
• 11 Steps to Stop Living in the Past and Move Forward from Happier Human
• I Don’t Know Who I Am: How I’m Finding Myself Again After the Abuse from Tiny Buddha
• 81 Best Good Morning Text Messages for Her from Happier Human

Refire

• Solution 34424: Coefficient (r-Values) are not Displayed When Calculating Statistical Regressions on the TI-83 Plus and TI-84 Plus Family of Graphing Calculators. from Texas Instruments
• Same-sex marriage in Tennessee from Wikipedia

Pursuit of a Higher Consciousness

• A Brave New World from High Times
• California Bill To Legalize Psychedelics Possession And Facilitated Use Advances To Senate Floor After Skipping Committees from Marijuana Moment
• Medical Marijuana Legalization Linked To ‘Significant Decrease’ In Opioid-Related Payments To Doctors, Study Finds from Marijuana Moment
• Mushrooms Could Offer Improvements to Color Blindness, Study Suggests from High Times
• Discovering THCA Flower from High Times
• Federal Transportation Agency Finalizes New Marijuana Testing Policies To Reduce False Positives from Marijuana Moment
• Medicinal Cannabis Can Effectively Reduce Cancer Pain from Healthline
• Marijuana Helps Cancer Patients Think More Clearly And Manage Pain, Study Using Cannabis From Dispensaries Finds from Marijuana Moment
• Spike in U.S., According to Report from High Times

Back of the Pantry

• Chicken Brine Recipe from Little Sunny Kitchen
• Smoked Whole Chicken from Little Sunny Kitchen
• BA’s Best Caprese Salad from Bon Appetit
• Eatery owners defy state order to shut down from The Glade Sun

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Credits:

• RevCyberTrucker for the Cavalcade of Stupidity!
• Wiirdo
• Boolysteed
• Piranesi

We hope you enjoy this episode and look forward your feedback!

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