"It isn't what we don't know that gives us trouble, it's what we know that ain't so." - Will Rogers "Teachers touch us most deeply when instead of answering our questions, they help us question our answers." - Dr. Mardy Groethe What do you "know" that is holding you back?
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In the last week we talked about conquering yourself, and we talked about sugar. Let's put them together. I went out to dinner and it was an all-you-can-eat place - with a sundae bar. I went out to another dinner and the host ordered dessert for the table. I LOVE…
“Our livers would be easily capable of metabolizing the trickle of fructose that they would have encountered during the few million years that preceded the coming of agriculture about ten thousand years ago: a little sugar, a little fructose, seasonally, in fruits, bound up in fiber, slow to digest (and…
This is an excerpt from a summary of Gary Taubes book "The case for Keto". He has also written books "Why We Get Fat" and "The Case Against Sugar". Most of us have been led to believe that the only way to lose weight is to eat less and exercise…
Would you rather live in a more crowded place or a less crowded place? Which do you think provides the best quality of life? Let me know with the orange comment button. For me, I prefer a less crowded place. I like the quiet where I can think better. I…
Do you want to live "an extraordinary life", or an ordinary one? Decisions, courage, action. What are you doing to make your life extraordinary?
Are you your own best friend? Diet, sleep, exercise, what you pay attention to, and the investments into you and your future. Would your best friend do to you what you are doing to you?
The sun is the reason we are all alive and it's not going anywhere soon. It's the star closest to the earth and 110 times the size of the earth. Its core temperature is 15 million degrees celsius! So I am glad it's 93 million miles away - just right!…
"The lion who breaks the enemy's ranks is a minor hero compared to the lion who overcomes himself." - Rumi People who are not doing well are probably doing destructive things..bad habits and behaviors, even though they may seem tough. They cannot overcome the need for immediate gratification, to feel…
“It isn’t what we don’t know that gives us trouble, it’s what we know that ain’t so.” – Will Rogers
“Teachers touch us most deeply when instead of answering our questions, they help us question our answers.” – Dr. Mardy Groethe
What do you “know” that is holding you back?
“Too many of our countrymen rejoice in stupidity, look upon ignorance as a badge of honor. They condemn everything they don’t understand.”
– Tallulah Bankhead
“Nature delights in punishing stupid people” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Readiness to answer all questions is the infallible sign of stupidity.” – Saul Bellow
Philosopher Jiddu Krishnamurti once said, “It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.” So if you don’t feel well adjusted, take heart! It probably means you’re exactly as you should be, and that you have a lot to offer this crazy world.
There are people out there waiting in glorious anticipation of being offended. john Cleese
In the last week we talked about conquering yourself, and we talked about sugar. Let’s put them together.
I went out to dinner and it was an all-you-can-eat place – with a sundae bar. I went out to another dinner and the host ordered dessert for the table.
I LOVE ice cream. I mean, I really love it. Just writing this gets me excited!
But I know it’s not good for me. I weigh myself every morning and when I am over 183, I need to do something different. 181 is my target. When I eat sugar and/or load up on other carbs, it makes a difference – that day!
So this idea that the hardest thing to master over is yourself, is embodied in the moment when you decide to load up on desert or not. It’s having the craving and showing self-discipline and NOT doing it.
This can be applied to other cravings and habits that are not good for you long term. And thinking long term gives us the reason for mastering ourselves.
When you get to the end and you have diabetes, heart failure, your liver is shot, lung cancer or any number of other things, it’s too late. You can’t go back and relive the last 30 years and do better.
Obesity is more of a problem than COVID ever was. I’m not preaching. I struggle with this too. I need this message as much as anyone.
“We are ourselves the stumbling blocks in the way of our happiness.” – L.E. Landon
Master yourself.
Whatever measure of success I have achieved so far in life has been more of an expression of persistence than brilliance. Persistence takes applied energy over time towards a goal. Good health provides more energy for the body than being in poor health. It is an advantage that can be maximized over your competition. Sugar diminishes health and reduces this advantage.
Funny you mention dessert. Just got back from a tour in Italy. Every meal planned. Every meal with dessert..along with usually 3-4 other courses. While good to splurge now and then, this was food coma overload. Fortunately only gained 3 lbs in 12 days ?.
Hi Larry, everyone 🙂
I’m also an ice cream lover! And knowing that sugar is bad for our bodies I learned to make this homemade ice cream with bananas that’s quick & easy, delicious and much healthier for us. —-> RECIPE: Cut 2-3 bananas in small pieces, put them in a small ziplock bag, and freeze it for 2hrs or overnight (and when ready to use, just let them thaw for 5-10min). Put them in a blender + 1 tsp peanut butter. Blend it for less than a minute (I use the Vitamix), using the smoosher* to help. Once is all mixed together, transfer it to s bowl and top it with anything you like (I like to top mines with cranberries and shredded coconut, but you can also add almonds, cacao nibs, pistachios, etc). This is servings for 1. I hope y’all enjoy it!
Definitely the hardest thing to master is oneself. I have begun to understand the concepts you have brought up here lately. I am figuring out how to shy away from the just straight sugar before I move away from more hidden forms and keep going. A few years ago I would drink soda on a daily basis and took it out completely and replace with the occasional fruit smoothie + some other changes. I was impressed to see a clear effect when my numbers came back for my bloodwork. Several things that were borderline became more normalized A1C and some others. It made an impression that has helped me continue to focus on this. Winning however, is a daily game, and sometimes I lose, but try to have more winning days than losing days. In any case, over time, my eating is long term looks different over the last few years. Baby steps.
In my journey to get sober, I got to meet several drug addicts and other alcoholics who mostly agreed that food and sugar are one of the worst addictions to fight, and one of the least recognized as an issue.
The open availability, mass marketing, and sometimes expectations to consume are everywhere. Power and my support to anyone who wants to take on the challenge and give them up. I’m nowhere near perfect, but I find a balance that MOSTLY works for me and I try to hone my craft over time. Do I slip up and stumble now and again? Yes. Do I pick myself up by my bootstraps and get back on the horse? Yes.
From the early years of the nineteenth century to the very tail end of the twentieth, average per capita sugar availability (how much the food industry makes available for consumption) increased in the United States more than thirty-fold: from the sugar equivalent of a single twelve-ounce can of Coca-Cola every week to that of more than five cans every day, for everyone, from newborns to centenarians.”
Sugar.
It DOES NOT do a body good.
Leave it to Larry Janeski to blaze and share yet another trail to the secrets of success! Few have connected the dots ;( well hidden by the food industry and big pharma), between good health and longevity in the reduction of sugars from our diet. Larry has shown us that too much sugar will work against us in the end . Let us to look into this as you would with any great advice.
Thanks Larry for your unrelenting fount of good will and good information!
Larry, IMO your team did a spectacular job with CN live.
Good food for thought! I just had to share with all…. I came across a book that I have been wanting to read for quite a while. The book is titled The highest Calling by Larry Janesky and I litterally could not put it down! I started reading it on Sunday and finished last night. It tells a story and a heart felt one at that but it spells out a business strategy that all of you would pay a business coach thousands of dollars to share. Thank you Larry for sharing….
Great message! Build your foundation (body) on food that will help you . Good decisions are stepping stones for life
READ THE LABELS! You should only have 24 gms of sugar a day – that’s 6 tsp. You can’t maintain a healthy microbiome if you keep feeding the bad bacteria in your gut with sugar. This is key to a healthy immune system.
Yes to all this. I have been doing a lot of research on this and processed & ultra processed foods. More people need to know this stuff- what info (from the govt & media) is garbage and the total opposite of what we need to be taking in. Thanks for sharing!
I’m trying to get in the habit of making and preparing my own food so that I can truly know and control what goes into it (and into me as a result) and it makes me feel better in every sense when I do. I feel like I’m doing something good, being productive, and taking care of myself all at the same time.
Its a challenge though, the worst foods for us are usually the most widely available and easily accessible. Sugar(food) addiction is a real thing just like a drug or alcohol addiction.
Thanks for reminding us of the important things, Larry!
I Had some questions about sugar after reading yesterdays blog, but you answered those questions with todays blog, love the way you put it together!
Thank you
Keep preaching brother!
Thank you for sharing this oh so important information! My parents understood the hazards of sugar and eliminated it from our diets as children. That among other things kept us from ever having to go to the doctor for sickness as children. A good diet is the beginning of a good, long life.
Thank you for catching on to this World Health Crisis and Big Food!! Do you think this should be regulated or not? What about “Free Markets” — even with the damage that sugar (all forms) do to humans; and the subsequent, massive health care costs?? What’s odd is that nicotine was thought to be healthy but was quickly rolled back while sugar, which has done more damage to humans, has not been regulated. I guess that the sugar (Agriculture) lobby is more diversified than the tobacco lobby. When I was a kid – in the 70s and 80s – there wasn’t nearly as much sugar available to us as there is today. Our food is doing more damage than covid, opioids, car accidents, wars, etc. This is a daily struggle in our lives with our kids. Humans are a strange species indeed.
This is an excerpt from a summary of Gary Taubes book “The case for Keto”. He has also written books “Why We Get Fat” and “The Case Against Sugar”.
Most of us have been led to believe that the only way to lose weight is to eat less and exercise more. If you’re having a hard time losing weight, you just need to get this “energy balance” corrected.
But… The science shows that it doesn’t work that way.
As Taubes puts it in Why We Get Fat: “The science tells us that obesity is ultimately the result of a hormonal imbalance, not a caloric one—specifically, the stimulation of insulin secretion caused by eating easily digestible, carbohydrate-rich foods: refined carbohydrates, including flour and cereal grains, starchy vegetables such as potatoes, and sugars, like sucrose (table sugar) and high-fructose corn syrup. These carbohydrates literally make us fat, and by driving us to accumulate fat, they make us hungrier and they make us sedentary.”
I love the way Nobel prize winner Elizabeth Blackburn puts it in her great book, The Telomere Effect. She tells us: “When we want to spot the parties responsible for metabolic disease, we point a finger at the highly processed, sugary foods and sweetened drinks. (We’re looking at you, packaged cakes, candies, cookies, and sodas.) These are the foods and drinks most associated with compulsive eating. They light up the reward system in your brain. They are almost immediately absorbed into the blood, and they trick the brain into thinking we are starving and need more food. While we used to think all nutrients had similar effects on weight and metabolism—a ‘calorie is a calorie’—this is wrong. Simply reducing sugars, even if you eat the same number of calories, can lead to metabolic improvements. Simple carbs wreak more havoc on metabolism and control over appetite than other types of foods.”
And, here’s the ultimate thing to know…
Taubes tells us: “One obvious implication of this basic human physiology is that if we want to get fat out of our cells in any biologically efficient way, we have to keep the insulin levels in our circulation low. We have to create that negative stimulus of insulin deficiency, which means not eating carbohydrates. It’s all surprisingly simple if we work from the assumption—I would think a very reasonable one—that human physiology, biochemistry, and endocrinology are actually relevant to a problem like obesity and why we get fat. The authorities, for the past half-century, have not done that.”
I find this very fascinating, during my own weight loss periods I always stayed away from carbohydrates and starches as much as I could. Granted I was constantly changing what I was doing or how I was doing it, I’ve never heard the insulin angle. I’m going to try and get my hands on these books, thank you Larry!
Great read, and if you look at the government recommended eating food pyramid they have the bulk of your required eating as carbs. Like most things governmenty they have it ass backwards.
Find something more scientific, like Dr Joel Fuhrman or DR. Greger. The concern should be nutrition, not weight. Eat G-BOMBS – greens, beans, onions, mushrooms, berries, seed (and nuts). There is all the protein you need in plants. We don’t need meat, which is mostly an environmental and health disaster. Stay away from saturated fats and trans-fats. Trans are still allowed if below a certain threshold. Partially hydrogenated on the label is trans-fat. Avoid white bread, white rice and white pasta. Michael Pollan says eat real food, mostly plants and not too much. If it grew on a plant, it is probably OK. If it was made in a plant, it probably isn’t.
Awesome CN Live this year. Can’t wait to bring the team again for 2023!
Would you rather live in a more crowded place or a less crowded place?
Which do you think provides the best quality of life?
Let me know with the orange comment button.
For me, I prefer a less crowded place. I like the quiet where I can think better. I like the woods and animals, but like some people around, and to be within a short driving distance of a small city.
You?
Less crowded, by far!
I like having space and nature around me with accessibility to amenities and people
In my younger days I preferred the city with lots to do and see. Now I much prefer living in the country where it is calm and peaceful.
Less crowded. We have a 2nd home in Vermont. We love the peacefulness
Less crowded tranquility is not easily found in todays society.
I love both. There’s energy in big, safe cities like Boston and Paris that energize my body and mind. There’s energy in nature that lifts me to an almost blissful state. If I had to pick one it would be less crowded. But thankfully I’m free to enjoy both!
Same! And I am blessed to have that living in Mt. Lebanon, Pittsburgh, PA.
I prefer a less crowded place. I can think clearly- too crowded is too distracting?
We live and work in a suburb of New York City (in New Jersey) – within 3 miles (as the crow flies) of Times Square. Getting to times sqr during rush hour would take 2 hrs (w public transportation or my own car). But yet the town we live in is very tranquil and quiet. All are single family homes w small yards – enough trees and grass to make it feel like very far away from the city and yet we can be in Manhattan via ferry in 30 minutes. To me it’s the best of both worlds.
I also like a less crowded place, but to be close enough where I can shop around and see civilization, but also have a quiet place to create a little sanctuary for my family!
Definitely less crowded, you described your favorite very similar to mine.
Only thing I want to add in my life is a lake at the bottom of my yard ( by moving not building lol) so i can have my boat on a lift at the dock. Water is my true happy place .
I prefer a less crowded place I live in the Berkshires on a private dirt road 1 mile in from a main road on a lake in the woods, this time of year most of the seasonal folks are long gone and me and a couple others on the lake have it all to our self’s till Memorial day weekend , I don’t mind the 30 min travel to work its a small price to pay.
Far enough away that one’s ears feel weird due to the rarely-felt sense of silence but close enough to neighbors that you can walk (or crawl) to their homes.
I prefer to live in a less crowded place. I enjoy the trees, the lake & my hummingbirds. My place of peace.
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I completely agree.
Less crowded place.
less crowded, surrounded by nature.
I live in a very quiet neighborhood on a 1.5 acre lot. My back yard is secluded by trees and my neighbors houses are at least 100 feet away on either side. However, we are 5 minutes away from US Rt I-75 and the Ohio Turnpike. Toledo Express Airport is 10 minutes away and Detroit metro is 50 minutes. Other than the weekly National Guard jets flying over and an occasional cargo plane it is very peaceful and quiet and we love it. I will take the noise of the jets for their beauty and the security that they offer. God bless America!
Thank you for sharing your insight and presenting a challenge for be to think and chew on each day! Truly appreciated……..
I live in Calgary, Alberta. I like living in the city but in a single family house on a small lot, 10 mins from my office. To get the outdoors experience I drive one hour to play in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. The best of both worlds.
I currently live in Charlotte which is quickly becoming a big city. I moved here from a 12 acre farm in a small town. I like the availability the city offers in retail and social items but I dearly miss the quiet serenity of my farm town. I would go back in a second if I could.
I like to work in the City. Lots of opportunity, but live on the outskirts where there is more land and spacious feel. Being close to the city gives more than work than just work: Museums, sports, shows and night life to name a few.
Having just moved to Clinton, NC from Knoxville, I can say that although Knoxville isn’t a big city, there are lots of differences. Clinton reminds me of Knoxville 30 years ago. I enjoy seeing fields and farm lands in NC. In Knoxville it’s hard to find land that isn’t being developed into subdivisions. I prefer the quietness of the country, but convenience of the city.
I much prefer rural to urban living. I’d like to live in the country but within 100 miles from a small to medium city. I’ve been to some of the world’s “great” cities (Rome, Berlin, Barcelona, Seoul, Tokyo, New York City, Las Angeles) and found them cold and soulless. There’s a charm to a small city that has just enough to meet your needs. At least that’s how I feel about it.
I like small towns where everybody you grew up with is within a 10 mile radius. Not of fan of big cities. Only to go for shows or sports and head back home to peace and quite.
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definitely less crowded
I like the diversity and push to grow and “keeping up” found in busier places but require periodical breaks to a more secluded and relaxing atmosphere to recenter and recharge. Is living in between an option?
If so, I’d love to live right on the cusp where a few steps to the left is the hustle and grind of everyday people in the city while a few steps in the other direction could be nature such as mountains with creeks and nothing but natural sounds or a secluded beach listening to the waves crash into shore. This type of balance is difficult to achieve but well worth the effort in finding it in my opinion.
Identical Larry…I would like more space that I have (Pittsburgh South Hills Suburbs currently) but I would not want it to be more than a 10-15 min drive from some “built-up” area.
I live in a farm in Kansas. The town closest to me has a population of 350. I love living in a very rural area. The only thing I dislike about it is in order for my kids to pursue an interest it is either online or I drive an hour away to do it.
Peace and quiet for us
I like to think that I could adapt and do either!
I like the woods, the lakes and peace and quiet. I like being in a small town just outside of a city.
LESS CROWDED. QUALITY OVER QUANTITY. LESS CLUTTER. LESS COMMITTMENTS ETC ETC ETC. We should all try to simplify.
Less crowded is my preference. Peaceful evenings with family pets friends.
Do you want to live “an extraordinary life”, or an ordinary one?
Decisions, courage, action.
What are you doing to make your life extraordinary?
Amen to the ones who think for themselves! So often I hear comments and people just follow some narrative and either political party as the a certain truth when it is so clear that’s there’s so much more to the story.
Time for a career move to shake things up!
Are you your own best friend?
Diet, sleep, exercise, what you pay attention to, and the investments into you and your future.
Would your best friend do to you what you are doing to you?
We have the power to lift ourselves to great, sometimes unthinkable levels. We can also bring ourselves down to the deepest, darkest depths if we allow it. Its hard to look inside and take control or keep that control, but never give up on yourself.
Thank you for always sharing your perspective, Larry. We appreciate you.
We have to remember to take care of ourselves first so we are able to take care of others.
The sun is the reason we are all alive and it’s not going anywhere soon.
It’s the star closest to the earth and 110 times the size of the earth.
Its core temperature is 15 million degrees celsius! So I am glad it’s 93 million miles away – just right!
It takes light 8 1/3 minutes to reach the earth from the sun.
It provides heat to the entire solar system and is how life is sustained here on Earth.
The good news is that no matter what happens in the economy or politics and our little world, it has enough nuclear energy to burn for another 5 billion years!
Good news indeed.
Love the sun! Good morning to you too Larry ?
I love the sun! And the moon! Have a wonderful day.
You left out an important part. The sun evaporates moisture which then goes into clouds, the clouds produce rain which helps your business. 🙂
Sunny here in Chicagoland!
well sort of. In 1-2 Billion years the sun will use up all of it Hydrogen and begin helium fusion, which will turn it into a red giant that will expand and swallow the earth!
“The lion who breaks the enemy’s ranks is a minor hero compared to the lion who overcomes himself.” – Rumi
People who are not doing well are probably doing destructive things..bad habits and behaviors, even though they may seem tough. They cannot overcome the need for immediate gratification, to feel better than others by bringing them down, flaws in their character, or deficiencies in their knowledge and understanding.
It’s the people who can conquer themselves and develop self-control and self-discipline, exhibit good character and act to make others’ lives better that are the most successful.
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Just read a great book about this. Think Again. Highly suggest it.
So true!
I’m grateful for Ray Brown also!
Thanks Larry!!!!
I grateful you been part of my life for all these years. You have given me tons of wisdom and knowledge.
Thank you!!!