Dark chocolate
A square or two of high-cocoa chocolate, usually after dinner
Chocolate at 70 to 90 percent cocoa, eaten in small amounts, most often as the thing that closes a meal. Flavanols and a low sugar load are the stated reasons; the honest one is that it makes a restrictive diet livable. Higher cocoa percentages mean less sugar and more bitterness, and taste tends to drift upward once the habit sticks.
People on record
Sorted by strength of stance
Does it: documented as part of their own routine. Recommends: explicitly advises other people to do it. Discusses: covered it substantively without clear personal adoption; this can include criticism or disagreement.
- Valter LongoDoes it
Biogerontologist · The Longevity Diet
Sweets are the weakness he admits to, so he narrowed them down to 85 percent cocoa chocolate every night. Asked on a podcast for a guilty pleasure, that was the answer he gave.
Source: Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine: Intermittent Fasting with Dr. Valter Longo“Well if it was up to me, I will eat sweets all day long, but I'm very good and so I narrow it down to now 85% cocoa, chocolate every night”
Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine: Intermittent Fasting with Dr. Valter Longo (opens in a new tab)
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Sauna
Regular heat exposure, often 4 sessions a week at 20 minutes
On record from 17 of 62 tracked people: 11 do it, 3 recommend it, 3 have discussed it - ProtocolFREE, no cost
Hiking
Trail walking with elevation, usually an hour or more at a talking pace
On record from 2 of 62 tracked people: 2 do it - HabitFREE, no cost
Daily meditation
10-20 minutes of formal practice, most days
On record from 21 of 62 tracked people: 17 do it, 1 recommends it, 3 have discussed it - HabitFREE, no cost
Daily walking
A long walk most days, often without headphones
On record from 19 of 62 tracked people: 14 do it, 5 recommend it - HabitFREE, no cost
Journaling
Writing to unload the mind, usually first thing or last thing
On record from 14 of 62 tracked people: 13 do it, 1 recommends it - HabitFREE, no cost
Cutting out alcohol
Drinking nothing, or close to it: the most common upgrade in these stacks
On record from 13 of 62 tracked people: 5 do it, 2 recommend it, 6 have discussed it
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