Intermittent Fasting Threatens Life Recently, many people around us are practicing intermittent fasting to reduce body fat and maintain health. The 16:8 intermittent fasting method, which maintains a 16-hour fasting period, is popular. The research team led by Victor Wenze Zhong from Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine reportedly obtained unexpected results while studying how intermittent fasting changes the body healthily. They found that the 16:8 intermittent fasting method could significantly increase mortality rates from cardiovascular diseases. Analysis of the eating habits of 20,000 American adults from 2003 to 2018 showed that those who practiced 16:8 intermittent fasting had a 91% higher mortality rate from heart disease compared to those with regular eating habits. For those with underlying cardiovascular diseases, intermittent fasting increased the mortality rate from heart disease or stroke by 66%, and cancer patients also showed increased mortality rates when p...

  "To God, Everything is Perfect" These days, watching the news makes me want to lash out at the world. 'Who's criticizing whom?' 'It's full of sociopaths' 'There's no conscience' Heraclitus, who lived around 540 BC, contemporaneous with Buddha. He's famous for an anecdote where, while walking and looking at the sky to understand the universe's principles, he fell into a stream and was shamed by an old woman saying, "How can you know about heavenly matters when you can't even see what's at your feet?" His immortal quote: "To God, everything is perfect." -Heraclitus - Heraclitus said that good and evil, light and darkness, imperfection and perfection - all these were created by God. To God, everything is beautiful, just, and good. He said there's always a reason, and nothing is lacking or excessive. If all this is created by God, it should be perfect. If it's created by God, there shouldn't be ...

  Despair Never Reflects to the End "Miracles come in an instant, and despair never reflects to the end" 'What does this mean?' Despair refers to a state of mind where one has given up. The moment you decide 'It's no longer possible,' there's only room for miracles in all future situations. Despair is the result brought on by the self that has given up. #Miracle #Despair #DespairNeverReflectsToTheEnd #KimSooYoung #Hopelessness

  The Moment True Nature is Revealed A, who was just irritated, sighs and mutters, "I don't even understand my own heart." Human hearts are driven by desires. Maslow's hierarchy of five needs is famous. The most basic need at the bottom is the need for survival. Above that, layers of needs for safety, belonging, esteem, and self-actualization await. Perhaps that's why we can only keep within us the fairy tale life of "and so, X lived happily ever after" that we've longed for since childhood. Our hearts continue to burn energy, fulfilling desires until the highest need is satisfied. Until we achieve our dreams, the highest desire... However, there are moments when our true nature is revealed. It might not take that long. Once the needs for survival and safety are satisfied, true nature begins to show. Before that, we lived suppressing ourselves and pleasing others to survive within the group, but when these two needs are met, we have nothing to lose, ...