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1. Intermittent fasting which led to an awareness that my "mood" most days is essentially a function of my body behaving differently to various foods. Strangely

1. Intermittent fasting which led to an awareness that my "mood" most days is essentially a function of my body behaving differently to various foods. Strangely, controlling when I eat led to controlling what I eat, too. 2. Breathing exercise (~5 minutes) before going to bed. Generally keeps me really light and energetic the next day. 3. Spending dedicated time with my son. Can't describe this but generally makes me appreciate things better.

vagrantJin 5y ago
> my "mood" most days is essentially a function of my body behaving differently to various foods. Funny thing is our elders and forebears knew this but it is completely lost on the most people these days. My grandmother forbade us eating cheese until 10-12 years old. Her reason was that we will become moody and have nightmares at night. She was right ofcourse. Hard to digest foods affect our ability to sleep properly. Is there such a thing as foodhacking?
- kwertyoowiyop 5y ago
  Dreams of a Rarebit Fiend!
- vmurthy 5y ago
  > Is there such a thing as foodhacking? There should be! I've noticed that my energy levels / moods are really good the morning after I eat a salad only dinner (I'm a vegetarian anyway but it will surprise you the kind of veg things that can still screw up your health). I wonder what other stuff have such impact..
  - eddyfromtheblok 5y ago
    you may be interested in the documentary "The Gut: Our Second Brain" on MagellanTV / Amazon. they talk about how personalities can change based on the food we eat.
- rekabis 5y ago
  There is such a thing as food hacking, however it is massively complicated by two issues, in descending order of effects: 1. The makeup of your gut bacteria, which massively influences how your body takes up nutrients and glucose 2. Your genetic makeup, which can influence how you handle nutrients and glucose that you have taken in Essentially, what works for one person can be functionally opposite for another person.
leros 5y ago
What type of breathing exercise are you doing?
- vmurthy 5y ago
  You will be surprised at the simplicity of this. I open up the breathing app on my Apple Watch and just try to time my breaths to the haptic feedback I get :) . Works wonders. I highly recommend starting with this if you are interested. You can learned more advanced stuff with a Yoga practitioner

vagrantJin 5y ago

> my "mood" most days is essentially a function of my body behaving differently to various foods. Funny thing is our elders and forebears knew this but it is completely lost on the most people these days. My grandmother forbade us eating cheese until 10-12 years old. Her reason was that we will become moody and have nightmares at night. She was right ofcourse. Hard to digest foods affect our ability to sleep properly. Is there such a thing as foodhacking?

kwertyoowiyop 5y ago
Dreams of a Rarebit Fiend!
vmurthy 5y ago
> Is there such a thing as foodhacking? There should be! I've noticed that my energy levels / moods are really good the morning after I eat a salad only dinner (I'm a vegetarian anyway but it will surprise you the kind of veg things that can still screw up your health). I wonder what other stuff have such impact..
- eddyfromtheblok 5y ago
  you may be interested in the documentary "The Gut: Our Second Brain" on MagellanTV / Amazon. they talk about how personalities can change based on the food we eat.
rekabis 5y ago
There is such a thing as food hacking, however it is massively complicated by two issues, in descending order of effects: 1. The makeup of your gut bacteria, which massively influences how your body takes up nutrients and glucose 2. Your genetic makeup, which can influence how you handle nutrients and glucose that you have taken in Essentially, what works for one person can be functionally opposite for another person.

leros 5y ago

What type of breathing exercise are you doing?

vmurthy 5y ago
You will be surprised at the simplicity of this. I open up the breathing app on my Apple Watch and just try to time my breaths to the haptic feedback I get :) . Works wonders. I highly recommend starting with this if you are interested. You can learned more advanced stuff with a Yoga practitioner