The End of Plastic Straw, Is Minimalism Overrated and other stories

In most buffet type restaurants in Germany, people eat out of porcelain plates, silverware and drink out of glass.  Of course, that excludes Starbucks take out.  I was delighted to read about how bans on plastic straws are growing.  Plastic is not chic.

Is minimalism overrated? Some people confuse the reality with an idea.  “It’s unrealistic to expect people to live completely in empty boxes and to think living that way makes us more pure”…

I read the book Gut by Gulia Enders a couple of years ago, and it’s interesting to see how science is taking so long to catch up with the concept in the book, which is how much our gut is linked directly to our brain and how much it affects our overall health.  ” Science is piecing together how the trillions of microbes that live on and in all of us – our microbiome – affect our physical health.  But even conditions including depression, autism, and neurodegenerative disease are now being linked to these tiny creatures.”

You know the saying French do it better, hence if you are looking for a cleanse you may want to follow the advice of How to Cleanse for Spring, the French Way.