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By Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus · Follow: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram

In this episode of The Minimalists Podcast, Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus answer questions about “stuff.”

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Mentioned in This Episode

Article: Too Much Stuff
Book: Essential
Book: Everything That Remains
Book: Minimalism: Live a Meaningful Life
Book: The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying
Contribution: Give Well
Essay: 90/90 Minimalism Rule
Essay: Everything I Own: My 288 Things
Essay: Getting Rid of Just-in-Case Items
Essay: Let’s Play a Minimalism Game
Essay: Tour My Minimalist Apartment
Essay: Tour The Minimalists’ Montana Cabin
Event: How to Write Better
Event: Minimalism Film
Event: Tuesdays with The Minimalists
Meetup: Minimalist.org
Podcast: Culture Gabfest
Recommendation: The Story of Stuff
Recommendation: Donation Town
Recommendation: Everyman Porter Key Knife
Twitter: @EllaSandwich
Website: Exile Lifestyle

This episode was produced by Shawn Harding. Our theme music was written and performed by Peter Doran. Our podcasts are completely free, so if you found value in this episode, and you’d like to help us produce more, please consid…

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Death unavoidably touches and changes us. Although we often deem death a negative force, the transformation it instigates can be positive. Caitlin Doughty, a mortician and death acceptance advocate, says, “Death is the engine that keeps us running, giving us the motivation to achieve, learn, love, and create.” Whether it motivates us to live more fully or calls us to examine our beliefs, death—our own or that of those we love—will affect us. Exactly how death and loss affects us is determined by our perspective and how we engage with the process.

Because fear of death and dying is common in contemporary Western culture, many of us do not hold an accepting attitude towards, nor do we actively participate in, the process. And yet, death is a primary source of what nourishes life. By engaging in a loved one’s dying process and staying present in the aftermath of their death, we can explore and ferment our values, evaluate and prioritize other relationships, and examine how we care for others and ourselves. And by intentionally cultivating a relationship with our own death—regardless of our age or degree of health—we might just be able to dispel our fears, sidestep unnecessary suffering, and enhance our quality of life.

But how exactly can we participate in death and dying, be present with grief, and prepare for our own end? I asked death experts, caregivers, and grievers about tangible ways we can engage with death …

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For years I told people that breakfast was the most important meal of the day. I published the advice in three books, referenced the smartest minds in nutrition, and the tip was generally accepted as “the right thing to do” for your health.

Turns out “the right thing” really depends on whether you want to eat early in the morning. Two recent studies found that eating breakfast has no direct impact on weight loss. We’re not talking observational studies—this was a direct comparison of an early meal versus no early meal. The results had a simple message:

“From a physiological perspective, there’s nothing special about eating early in the mornings and triggering weight loss.”

In one of the studies, which looked at more than 300 people, participants were split into two groups. One ate breakfast and the other did not. While there were some small differences, the bottom line was that there was no significant difference in weight loss between the breakfast eaters and the breakfast skippers. In fact, both groups lost weight, and this occurred without the researchers telling participants what to eat (or not eat) for breakfast.

Believing that one meal is the foundation of success can be detrimental to your healthy-living goals.

If there’s one thing that needs to be understood, it’s this: breakfast is not the most important meal of the day. But neither is lunch, dinner, or snacks. This isn’t meant to be puzzling or a letdown to those of …

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Chef Eric Ziebold (center left) works with his kitchen staff at CityZen in Washington, D.C., in 2012. CityZen closed in 2014 when Ziebold left to open his own restaurant.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced a new, stricter limit on salmonella bacteria in poultry products. It’s a new attempt to make headway against one of the country’s biggest, and most intractable, food safety problems.

Salmonella bacteria on raw poultry and fresh produce are estimated to cause about 1 million cases of illness in the U.S. each year. It has proved difficult to reduce that number because the bacteria are so commonly found in the environment, and especially in poultry.

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Source: http://www.fannetasticfood.com/2016/02/03/meyer-lemon-catfish-flour-free-pancake/

Good morning, my friends!

I had my mom over for diner last night! Matt had a work dinner to attend so I thought it would be fun to have a girls night in. First requirement: Prosecco, obviously!

We cooked a Blue Apron meal together, which is one of my favorite ways to have someone over for dinner without it being stressful/requiring planning. Matt was not sad to miss a fish dinner, although I think he would have liked this one!

This was the Meyer Lemon-Glazed Catfish with Ginger Collard Green and Cracked Freekeh Salad. The lemon was basically a quick candied peel – so good and unique! I used half the …

Source: http://www.foodpolitics.com/2016/02/chipotles-food-safety-woes/

Conspiracy theorists cannot believe that Chipotle’s ongoing food safety problems—and its consequent legal woes—can be due to anything other than deliberate sabotage.  Much as I love conspiracy theories—and my favorite is to blame the Center for Consumer Freedom—I suspect the problems are related more to supply-chain issues and the need to establish a stronger internal culture of food safety.  This means getting every employee to follow food safety rules to the letter—but also in spirit.

The company has done the right thing by recruiting help from a top food-safety consulting firm.

In the meantime, here’s what’s happening to its stock prices.

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Source: http://romanfitnesssystems.com/articles/skipping-breakfast/

I recently published an article on Elite Daily about why cutting out breakfast is one of the healthiest things you can do, and it’s fair to say that it received some violent opposition.

Here’s one of the nicer comments people left:

“The “author” of this article is so fucking uneducated it’s ridiculous. If you knew anything about god damn nutrition and the human body you would know that eating a proper breakfast allows you to function like a normal human being, even if you wake up super early in the morning. For fucks sake, stop writing articles that solely satisfy your own opinion on what you should do first thing in the morning. I myself am living proof that eating breakfast is a valuable and practical thing to do.”

Two days after publishing the article, over 5,000 people had shared it, and the consensus was that skipping breakfast was a bad idea and, more importantly, that the author (me) was a fucking idiot.

Let’s get address the first part of this conversation.

What does the research say about skipping breakfast or, at the very least, pushing your first meal later in the day?  

There’s been a boatload of studies published on both sides of the fence; people can experience significant weight loss whether they choose to skip…

Source: http://www.sonima.com/food/oatmeal-bowl/

Let’s talk about you and superfoods. Everyone wants them, every supermarket’s got them, but what on earth actually constitutes a superfood? A superfood is a plant that supplies super high doses of vitamins and minerals or has the ability to act as an adaptogen—an agent that can regulate your body’s biochemical and physiological systems. 

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This luscious superfood oatmeal bowl features:

• Maca powder (for regulating hormones and stimulating libido)

• Lucuma powder (for soothing tissues and nourishing skin)

• Raw coconut oil (antiviral and antifungal, plus healthy fats to support your organs)

• Vanilla bean (a natural aphrodisiac)

• Hemp seeds (high doses of omega fatty acids and plant protein)

• Cacao nibs (oxytocin stimulator—the feel good hormone)

• Spirulina (blue-green algae that provides excellent plant protein and minerals)

• Bee pollen (incredible source of vitamins and plant protein)

• Pomegranate (full of antioxidants and vitamin C)

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Imagine a world of cancer care in which every patient received the highest possible level of treatment, while also enjoying supplementary modalities such as yoga, meditation, psychotherapy, and cooking classes. In this video with Sonima founder, Sonia Jones, and Eva Andersson-Dubin, M.D., founder of the Dubin Breast Center at Mount Sanai Medical Center in New York City, you’ll catch a glimpse into the incredible treatment the center provides that integrates all sorts of holistic practices into the healing process.

Related: 16 Incredible Stories of Healing Through Yoga

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