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Weekend Link Love – Edition 419

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  If you’re pinterested in winning a gift certificate to Whole Foods, enter this Primal Kitchen Pinterest contest . Research of the Week Oxytocin is awesome . 30 grams of freeze-dried wild blueberries provides  big cognitive boosts to 7-10 year olds, 15 grams less so. Your fitness tracker probably won’t actually help you lose much weight . The effect of cold showers on health and productivity. Don’t let your genetics dissuade you from exercising and eating well . A review of vitamin D and cancer finds “there exist over 15 types of cancer for which UVB exposure and/or 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] concentrations have been found associated with reduced risk.” Cultures historically exposed to large variations in rainfall (a proxy for agricultural risk) tend to be more collectivist, asserts a new paper . New evidence of human-controlled fire in the early paleolithic: burnt mammal bones from a 780k-980k years-old Spanish dig site. Scientists witness genes age (and find that

Healthy Rosh Hashana Menu Planner

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The Jewish New Year is a two-day celebration where it’s customary to dip apples in honey to symbolize a sweet new year. The evening feast includes delicious foods such as pomegranate to represent fruitfulness and a round challah to signify the cycle of the year. Here are several dishes you can make for a healthy, delicious holiday. Planning Your Menu With back-to-school in full swing and work commitments, it’s a busy time to prepare a holiday menu. Proper planning, however, can help you have a delicious holiday meal. Here are a few tips to keep in mind: • Select one or two healthy recipes and start preparing a few days in advance so you don’t get stuck in the kitchen pulling an all-nighter. • Make a grocery list according to the flow of the market, which will help you save time when food shopping. • If soup is on the menu, prepare it a few days in advance. If you prepare it a week or more in advance, store it in the freezer. • Prep vegetables the night before. If you can recrui