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Should You Eat With Your Hands and Eschew Cutlery?

November 22, 2022 · 7:30 AM

Should You Eat With Your Hands and Eschew Cutlery?
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DailyMail has an interesting article that promotes eating with your hands instead of forks, knives and spoons. After all, caveman Grok didn’t have eating utensils.

Those who are a stickler for etiquette should look away now.

That’s because we’ve all been eating the wrong way and should be eating with our hands, according to a psychologist.

Professor Charles Spence, from the University of Oxford, said giving up cutlery is the secret to enjoying food.

He says eating with our hands can ‘heighten the dining experience’ – even for meals like pasta and messy curries.

The professor also claims that hand-feeding improves food flavor and texture while having myriad health benefits.

Steve Parker, M.D

PS: I rarely use “eschew” in conversation because few folks don’t know what it means. In general, I eschew obfuscation.

h/t Splendid Isolation

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Does Poor Posture Trigger Again Ache?

October 24, 2022 · 7:00 AM

Does Poor Posture Trigger Again Ache?
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No, in keeping with these three credentialed consultants at The Dialog. A snippet:

There’s a frequent perception that “good” posture is necessary to guard the backbone from injury, in addition to stop and deal with again ache. Good posture is usually outlined as sitting “upright”, standing “tall and aligned”, and lifting with a squat method and “straight again”.

Conversely, “hunch” sitting, “slouch” standing and lifting with a “spherical again” or stooped posture are continuously warned in opposition to. This view is extensively held by folks with and with out again ache, in addition to clinicians in each occupational well being and first care settings

Surprisingly, there’s a lack of proof for a powerful relationship between “good” posture and again ache. Perceptions of “good” posture originate from a mixture of social desirability and unfounded presumptions.

Click on for extra of my weblog posts on low again ache.

Steve Parker, MD

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