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Good morning 🦁 This is Andrew's Apples, the health email that goes down like an orange Gatorade but hits hard like an old scotch. Two min. Let's go.
🎽 Moving yourself to death. The WSJ published a piece titled "Are you exercising too much?" The author claims that, in essence, more is not better. Going too hard too often can increase risk of injury and impair cell functioning.
🍎 Andrew's Take. Before I tee off on the author lol, let me first agree with her on a couple things: (1) a super-slim fraction of active Americans should heed this advice and thus take it easy so that their muscle tissues can remodel, a la rest day or walking-only day, and (2) the millennial-led "refinement culture" of going to bed by 8pm, journaling like a 19th century explorer for 3h, muted color palettes, and rendering your way-too-cozy apartment as your whole universe is, among many things, boring and sad and probably no way to live. Take a day off like the Europeans do every single day. Annnnnnnd now for my beef: this advice applies to fitness freaks, of which they are v few in this country (%-wise). Overwhelmingly, Americans need to move more, not less. They need to hold themselves responsible to their neighbors by living well, clean, and active. Last week, we all saw girls posting Father's Day pics of their dads in the 80s/90s... lots of jacked shirtless dudes flipping burgers in the backyard and playing catch with their kid. Y'know: moving around! The American physical standard has sunken to depressing new lows. Good heuristic: if you feel great, move; if you feel sore, still move; if your body hurts a lot; take a day off and listen to an R-rated podcast. Then bounce back.
🚭 Crown JUUL no more. New report that the FDA will ban Juul e-cigarettes in the US. Criticism began in 2018, claiming that the company was marketing to kids (not untrue). Funny though that their competitors (NJOY, Vuse) are left untouched by the FDA, for now. Show's over, folks.
🍎 Andrew's Take. These toys have not been around enough to make a definite claim about their effects on users. All I can do is ask some questions: What does it mean when you can smoke indoors, anytime, first thing before getting out of bed, without ever smelling bad, all day? What does it say about our stress levels and our culture in general that we need to hit these puff bars whenever a dull moment appears? What microscopic things may be getting lodged in our lung chambers? Is it interesting that a 15yo and a 65yo share this habit with no signs of either stopping? Anecdotally, I have never bought one for myself, but when I'm out and I see one on my friend, I almost always lick my chops.
👼 Belief in [something else]. Per a Gallup poll, a record-low 81% of Americans believe in God. The poll started in the 60s, when that number was 96%, and has been steadily declining since.
🍎 Andrew's Take. A poll is just a poll. People lie on polls. They are not perfect and never will be. But let's say this is 100p correct. Uh, so what? I do not see the big deal here. What does "God" even mean when shoehorned into a sterile Gallup poll? Does it just mean religious? If so, k(?!), we already knew that religion was on the wane overall. In the computer age, the traditional gods are replaced by other things that people deem godlike enough to worship: politics, social media starlets, sports gambling, working out, niche intellectual communities online, furries... whatever! My hotter take is that everyone who is still around (i.e. not taken their own life) has on some level tapped into life's fruits and beauties. If you wanna call said fruits and beauties to be "God" or "god" or g*d" is up to you. Me? I would.
🕊️ Tweet of the Day. Real friends want you to be leveling up, largely because it levels them up too. Y'all move together. They want your work, your art, your fitness, your kids, your bank account all to level up. Otherwise -- sorry to break it to ya -- that's a drinking buddy, a pen pal, a playdate. Next.
LMK what you think of today's Apples.
Weekly Recap for you busy bees:
Monday: Sugar is killing your brain, adults be binge drinking more, take these when you sleep, and be friendly to everyone dude.
Tuesday: Most olive oil is fake, babies just play play play, a few tips on sleep, and snapping into finger guns!
Wednesday: You should be coconut pulling, skinny girl tip, trust in media in the toilet, and digging into history for the best cultural artifacts.
Thursday: Kissing is good for you, four kings of cooking fat, Cali weed lounges, and look out for dogs during the day.
Your friend,
Andrew🍎
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