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Most Australian GPs have used a placebo in practice at least once, with active placebos (used to generate positive expectations) more common than inert placebos, according to a new study, which found that 77% of GPs had offered an active placebo (such as antibiotics for a virus).
Most Australian GPs have used a placebo in practice at least once, with active placebos (used to generate positive expectations) more common than inert placebos, according to a new study, which found that 77% of GPs had offered an active placebo (such as antibiotics for a virus).
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Cancer frontiers: five breakthrough areas to watch in the 2020s
Cancer frontiers: five breakthrough areas to watch in the 2020s
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Cranberry Orange Olive Oil Cake
Whether you’re hosting guests or you’re just looking to serve a little something special for after dinner, we love this lower carb version of a classic favorite this time of year: cranberry orange olive oil cake. Tart and sweet flavors blend beautifully in this soft pound cake that you’ll love to present. It’s a feast for the eyes—and a treat for any taste.
The cake itself is versatile and lends itself to a variety of flavors. Swap out the orange and cranberry to make other types of cake, like lemon and raspberry. You can also add your favorite chopped nuts for added texture.
Tip: If you’re unsure about the sweetness of the cake, leave the eggs out of the wet ingredients. Once you mix the dry and wet ingredients together, adjust the sweetener to taste. After that, whisk the eggs into the batter and pour the batter into the baking dish.
We made this cake as a pound cake in a loaf pan, but it can also be made in a round or square pan.
Servings: 12
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 45 minutes
Ingredients:
- 2 cups almond flour
- ½ cup coconut sugar, Swerve or granular monk fruit sweetener
- ¼ cup ground flaxseed
- ¼ cup tapioca starch
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- ½ tsp. baking soda
- Pinch of salt
- ½ cup Primal Kitchen® Organic Olive Oil
- ¼ cup coconut milk
- 3 eggs
- 1 Tbsp. orange juice
- ½ tsp. vanilla extract
- Zest from ½ orange
- ½ cup fresh cranberries
- Drizzle (optional): melted coconut butter + coconut milk to thin
Instructions:
Preheat your oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit. In a large bowl, combine the almond flour, sweetener, flaxseed, tapioca starch, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In another bowl, combine the olive oil, coconut milk, eggs and vanilla extract. Combine the ingredients and whisk until well mixed. Add in the orange juice, orange zest and cranberries.
Pour the batter into a parchment-lined loaf pan. Bake for 45-50 minutes or until the top is golden and a toothpick comes out clean or the internal temperature on a food thermometer reads about 190 degrees Fahrenheit. Allow the bread to cool.
If you are making a glaze, combine coconut butter with a small amount of coconut milk or milk of choice until it reaches your desired thickness. You can also add a squeeze of orange juice.
Drizzle the glaze on top before slicing and serving.
Nutrition Information with Swerve (1/12 of recipe):
- Calories: 240
- Total Carbs: 7 grams
- Net Carbs: 4 grams
- Fat: 22 grams
- Protein: 6 grams
Nutrition Information with Coconut Sugar (1/12 of recipe):
- Calories: 270
- Total Carbs: 15 grams
- Net Carbs: 12 grams
- Fat: 22 grams
- Protein: 6 grams
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Two Ways Out of the Happiness Rut
All people are the same; only their habits differ. ~ Confucius
This is a post about what keeps us stuck and sets us free, about the good news behind bad luck, and the wrong way to want the right thing: It’s about our habits.
Human beings are creatures of habit — even emotionally. But why is this? Why do we fall into routines? And why is it so hard to break a habit? The short answer is something called set point. You’re probably familiar with this idea if you have ever been on a diet or had a new year’s resolution. They both start well. You are going to make a change in your life and you are ready for it. But after a little bit of time, the old habits creep back in. Before you know it the old patterns of behavior have settled back in and the enthusiasm for change is lost.
The idea of a set point means that our way of being is determined mainly by genetics and conditioning. The genetic part has typically implied that our genes determine about 50% or so of who we are and what we do. Even our happiness and life satisfaction have this kind of stability. When good or bad things happen to us, we are elated or woeful for a while, but then we come back to our normal range. Studies with people who have won the lottery have found that they are ecstatic — initially. But after the original thrill wears off, they go back to their usual levels of happiness. Similarly, people who have had bad luck, like accident victims who have become paraplegic, are devastated at first but return over time to their original level of life satisfaction. The argument for a happiness set point says that almost regardless of what happens to you, the forces of genetics and circumstance will bring you back to where you were.
This is good news and bad. The good news is that when misfortune finds us, there is some natural bounce that can help in our emotional recovery. The other news is when good things happen, they’re not likely to be sustainable.
Each of us has a different set point. Just like the thermostat in your neighbor’s house might be a little higher or lower than yours, we each have a different happiness set point. If yours is on the high side, you are a mostly happy person. If it is low, primarily unhappy — each of us self-regulates to our emotional thermostat.
Yet, what if you go to visit your friend who keeps their temperature 5 or 10 degrees warmer than you? You make adjustments. You might open the button on your shirt and roll up your cuffs, and after a bit of time, you acclimate to the new temperature. We may be creatures of habit, but we are also highly adaptable.
This adaptability is great when our circumstances change for the worse. It means the pain of this change won’t last forever. We build up a tolerance as a way of coping with it. But when things get better, we will also get used to them. Scientists call this type of adaptation a “hedonic treadmill.” As good things happen, we become less enthusiastically satisfied. This tendency, to rather quickly return to an established level of happiness despite major positive events or life changes, is the result of expectations.
Making more money is a good example. As your income goes up expectations and desires rise accordingly. As a result, our happiness is minimized, and then we look for the next thing, or person, or experience that will engage us. The result? No permanent gain in happiness.
But this quest is never-ending. In our constant striving for happiness, our emotions will curdle. If you’ve ever gotten onto an airplane and walked through first-class to your place in coach, you might think how happy you would be if you were sitting in those great seats. But if you look around at the people sitting in first class, they are not as wildly happy as you imagined they should be. Why? The hedonic treadmill. Maybe they were delighted the first or second time, but now as it has become something of a routine, it loses luster — as we get habituated to good things; they elude our joy. But something can be done to change this.
Studies have shown that materialists, those on the perpetual treadmill for the next purchase that will make them happy, have high expectations about what that new gizmo will do to make them delighted. When the thrill of the new thing wanes, they immediately lose gratitude for it. Without gratitude, they’ll dismiss the object as a source of joy, and go on to purchase the next gadget, piece of technology, or clothing. Each thing brings with it a high expectation of pleasure. Then each falls short — continuing the hedonic treadmill. The same experience happens when we take people for granted. We can lose gratitude for those close to us.
One way to shift your set point higher and get off the hedonic treadmill is to develop a gratitude habit for what and who you have in your life. By cultivating an appreciation for the things that you have, you can curb your dissatisfying quest for more. When you put more effort into your relationships, you are investing in the best possible source of sustainable happiness: the relationship we have with other people.
I recommend two changes. First, when some appreciated object breaks down, gets torn, or falls apart, don’t immediately look to replace it. Be mindful of the service or utility it has afforded you and make an effort to repair, mend, or put it back together. That may not always be possible, but being thankful of the benefit it has provided, and its reliability and value will allow you to appreciate its significance and usefulness to you more fully. Secondly, treat each encounter with another person as sacred. Make being kind to others your new habit. Kindness is a type of gratitude in action, and having gratitude turns what we have — into enough.
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