Hi @Elena Maren I thought I remember reading somewhere that you use Yerba Mate tea when you fast. Is that right? I can't find the post now. I am thinking of embarking on 72 hour fast and I was wondering if just water and the Yerba Mate is enough. Since you told me to drink it after meals I have been doing that but I wasn't sure whether using it during a fast is a good thing. It is still too cold in England to start making green veggie juice so I thought maybe a warm fast might be better. ☺️

Wow, a new study has just landed! It´s a 2026 research that is a total game-changer for how we look at our daily routines. We talk a lot about "brain hacks" and supplements, but it turns out the ultimate cognitive super-weapon might actually be sitting in your kitchen drawer. It's called... a spatula. A massive study recently tracked 11,000 adults, and the results are wild. Cooking at home just once a week can slash your dementia risk by over 25%. 🍳🧑‍🍳🍳🧑‍🍳🍳🧑‍🍳🍳🧑‍🍳🍳🧑‍🍳🍳🧑‍🍳🍳🧑‍🍳🍳🧑‍🍳🍳🧑‍🍳 But here’s the kicker: The worse you are at cooking, the better it is for your brain. 🍳🧑‍🍳🍳🧑‍🍳🍳🧑‍🍳🍳🧑‍🍳🍳🧑‍🍳🍳🧑‍🍳🍳🧑‍🍳🍳🧑‍🍳🍳🧑‍🍳 The researchers found that "novice" cooks (the people who probably burn toast and have to Google how to boil an egg) saw a nearly 70% reduction in risk. Why? Because your brain is working overtime! - Executive Function: Trying not to set the kitchen on fire while timing the pasta. - Working Memory: "Wait, did I already add the salt?" - Sensory Overload: The smells, the textures, the heat - it’s like a HIIT workout for your neurons. For an expert, cooking is "autopilot." For the rest of us, it’s a high-stakes puzzle that keeps the brain young. 💡 💡 💡 💡 💡 💡 💡 💡 💡 💡 💡 💡 💡💡 💡 💡 The "One-Meal" Challenge You don’t need to be Gordon Ramsay. You don't even need to be good. You just need to turn off UberEats and get your hands dirty. 💡 💡 💡 💡 💡 💡 💡 💡 💡 💡 💡 💡 💡 💡 💡 💡 The ROI is insane: 🥚Better nutrition (less processed junk). 🥚Massive "Cognitive Reserve" (shielding your brain from aging). 🥚A sense of accomplishment (even if the chicken is a little dry). 👇 Let’s see 1. What is the ONE dish you can actually cook without a recipe? 2. Or, are you a "Novice" who is currently saving your brain by being terrible at it? Let’s see those "culinary masterpieces" (or disasters) below! 🥘👇

Today the gift is for Level 5 (and above) Click here to download it 🤩😍🫶🤩😍🫶🤩😍🫶🤩😍🫶🤩😍 Thank you for being here and engaging: @Amanda Mirrlees @Diane Corriette @Oliver Wing @Sofia Martinez @Jenny Rader-Bakos @Ana Belen Sevilla Ull @Eva Guerrero @Alberta Nkembe @Theresa Elliott @María Villa @Ellie Hayes And I have to add @Jenna Kelly that has just reached level 5 🫶 🤩😍🫶🤩😍🫶🤩😍🫶🤩😍🫶🤩😍

How does the fiber challege go? Have you managed to introduce more fiber into your diet? Leave a comment below if you want to share some of the changes you've already implemented. And a little bit about lettuce, one of the first choice in fiber which I don't like at all. I am not a fan of the lactuca family (lettuces of all kinds, including iceberg). Why? Well, lettuce has a reputation for being the “healthy default,” but the truth is a bit more nuanced. It’s refreshing, light and easy to eat in big bowls , but nutritionally it's quite different than darker leafy greens. Lettuce is mostly water and very little fuel. Classic lettuces (iceberg, romaine, butterhead) are 95–96% water. That’s why they’re crisp and hydrating , but it also means you get very little per 100 g in terms of fiber, protein, vitamins or minerals. You can eat a huge bowl and still barely move the needle nutritionally. Put lettuce next to spinach, kale or rocket salad and the difference is obvious. Darker greens deliver far more iron, folate, vitamin K, antioxidants and fiber. Lettuce, by contrast, is more of a carrier: it adds crunch, volume and freshness, but not much substance. So, many people go to lettuce to lose weight. BUT....lettuce is one of the crops with the biggest pesticide exposure. And we just swallow these pesticides because we eat it raw and we often eat large portions at once. If you like lettuce, you have to prioritize organic which is expensive and you still get 95% water. That's why I am not a big fan of lettuce.

Let´s welcome our new members here in the community and level them up :)) @Ossie Osmond @Aisha Raheel @Adam Koller @Paul Harding Say hi, don´t be shy! Share your communities if you are running one and let us know what brought you here!