41. She Blew Her Fusilli
Hola friends!
Sunday, again.
If you’re wondering what our third lockdown feels like in London, it’s a lot like this.
Here’s some internet that you may find interesting and/or meaningful.
1. Watching
You and the thing that you love.
2. Reading
A new book of poems out by Brian Bilston and it’s his best.
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Remembrance of Things Pasta
She blew her fusilli,
my pretty penne,
when she found me watching
daytime tagliatelle.
Je ne spaghetti rien,
I responded in song,
but she did not linguini
for long.
just walked out
without further retort:
a hard lesson to be tortellini,
orzo I thought.
And so here I am,
all on my macaroni,
and now my days
feel cannelloni.
3. Ingesting
I came across Rainbo late last year and have been adding Lion’s Mane to my morning smoothies.
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Here’s the science bit, if you still need convincing:
What are medicinal mushrooms?
Medicinal mushrooms are specific groups of fungi containing bioactive compounds that have been shown to have health-enhancing effects in the body. Most of these mushrooms have a long history of use in traditional medicine, particularly in Asia where Traditional Chinese Medicine has utilized fungi in preventative and therapeutic medicine for over 3000 years.
Today, the beneficial properties of compounds produced by medicinal mushrooms continues to be substantiated by modern science. They naturally produce a myriad of compounds that are capable of modulating our physiological processes.
Medicinal mushrooms contain polysaccharides called beta-glucans. Beta-glucans have been shown to directly activate receptors in our small intestine and act as immunomodulators, meaning that these compounds interact with the immune system to upregulate or downregulate our immune response.
Medicinal mushrooms are also packed with triterpenes, phenols, sterols, statins, indole compounds, and enzymes. Mushrooms are also high in amino acids, nicotinic acid, riboflavin, vitamins B, C, and K, and pantothenic acid. Some medicinal mushrooms are also adaptogens.
In addition to their immunomodulating capacity medicinal mushrooms display antioxidant, anticancer, antimicrobial (viral, bacterial, fungal, parasitic), anti-diabetic, anti-hypercholesterolemic, adaptogenic, hepatoprotective, and neuroprotective properties.
4. Loving
Meet the synchronised wild swimmers of Henleaze Lake.
5. A Quote
“If you’re not in the arena also getting your ass kicked, I’m not interested in your feedback. If you have constructive feedback you want to give me, I want it... But if you’re in the cheap seats, not putting yourself on the line, and just talking about how I can do it better, I’m in no way interested in your feedback.” — Brené Brown