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Find Your Tribe, Find Your Health?

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Humans are a tribal species. We form alliances, align ourselves along ethnic, familial, religious, and cultural lines. Still, for the vast majority of people, “tribal” carries a negative connotation. Bitter partisan politics, ethnic genocides, religious wars, and the long history of bigotry make that connotation almost unavoidable. But I don’t think tribal in its true essence is all bad. The basic instinct to form and belong to groups is a simple fact of human physiology. It’s how we work, so we’d better make it work for us. Remember, I err on the side of evolution. If human evolution has produced and maintained a characteristic or behavior, there’s probably a reason for it. And maybe that reason doesn’t make sense in the modern world. It gets distorted or magnified. Tribalism certainly can. But it can be equally detrimental to ignore that characteristic, to brush it off and discard it. We don’t have to perform hard physical labor to procure food anymore—but exercise is still vital f

Spot The Dog

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Summatime is in full swing ’round here! Me: “Mazen let’s take a photo of us eating our cones” Mazen: eats MY cone!! I picked up some sugar cones from the store and it’s been hard not to eat ice cream every night. Breyers Vanilla is the BEST though, and it’s not as dense and rich as a lot of the other kinds (I’m looking at you Half Baked!!) Can you spot the puppy dog?! I love how Gus makes it in the background of so many of my photos. [Banana-chia oats in an almond butter jar!!] MY OTHER RECIPES Gus also made an appearance on pizza night: Look at that Big Green Egg masterpiece! Served with a salad on the side. And the same for lunch the next day! Thomas brought Mazen and me bagels from Bodos one morning for breakfast. Fun treat! They are generous with their cream cheese. Mango for the family to share on the side. Like Where’s Waldo, my little watch dog is always somewhere nearby. from Kath Eats Real Food https://ift.tt/2lDOXh2