What Size Breakfast Is Best, By Science?

Good Afternoon 👋 

When do your meds need renewing? If you have repeat prescriptions that run out soon, you probably have less time than you think to get them in stock before all the holiday disruptions! Not just pharmacy opening hours over Christmas and New Year, but also, the availability of the doctors who sign the prescriptions. In other words: time to arrange to get them renewed!

In today’s email we cover breakfast, anti-aging habits, and mental health.

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One-Minute Book Review

The Secret to Mental Health: An Operating Manual for the Human Mind – by George Pransky

This book (and its author) have a sizeable popular following, so it definitely can be said that it has been well-received by many people. The premise in this book is that there is fundamentally nothing wrong with anybody’s brain, and rather everything can be broken down into:

• Mind (the energy and intelligence that animates all life)

• Consciousness (the capacity to be aware of one’s life and experiences)

• Thought (the ability to think, allowing individuals to create their personal experience of reality)

The author explains, over the course of 145 pages, that where anyone with any perceived mental health issue is going wrong is by either lacking self-awareness (Consciousness) or erring by creating an undesirable personal experience of reality (Thought).

In terms of the science of this, frequent references are made to “there is evidence that shows”, “new discoveries about mental health suggest…”, etc, but this claimed evidence is never actually presented, just alluded to. Where many books would have a bibliography, this one has simply a collection of what the author has titled “interesting case studies, conversations, papers, and discussions” (there are no actual case studies or papers; it is just a collection of anecdotes).

The style is… Honestly, in this reviewer’s opinion, barely readable. But, apparently lots of people love it, so your mileage may vary.

We don’t usually delve too far into claimed credentials, but because of the interesting writing style and the bold claims without evidence, we were curious as to where this PhD came from, and apparently it came from a now-shut-down diploma mill that was described by the court as “a complete scam”.

Bottom line: we can’t recommend this one, but we read it so that you don’t have to, and we hope that publishing this review will help reassure you that when we do recommend a book, we mean it!

Click here to check out The Secret To Mental Health, and see lots of glowing reviews from people who praise the author’s charisma!

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Wishing you the best of health every day, in every way,

The 10almonds Team