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🥗 You Literally Are What You Eat... No Metaphor Here!
ALSO: The $50 Mirror Trick, Wikipedia is the Cheat Code, And More
Keith Bradford
May 16, 2025
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You Literally ARE what you eat
Wikipedia is the Cheat Code
The $50 Mirror Trick
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The $50 Mirror Trick: Would You Still Want It If You Saw the Cash?
Ever pick up something shiny in a store and think, “I kinda want this…” but deep down know you probably don’t need it? Next time, try this mental Jedi move: picture the item in one hand—and the cash it costs in the other. Which hand feels heavier?
This trick taps into something called “opportunity cost”, the economic principle that choosing one thing means giving up another. Your brain is way better at understanding choices when they’re visual and immediate.
Seeing cash in your mental hand reframes the purchase as a trade-off rather than an impulse.
Wikipedia is the Cheat Code. Here’s How to Use It Without Getting Caught
Need to write an essay or research report that doesn’t scream “copy-paste”? Here’s the move: go to Wikipedia, scroll to the bottom of the article, and use the listed sources for your bibliography and citations. You get credible info, and your paper looks legit.
Wikipedia often summarizes info from scholarly articles, news outlets, and books—but those sources at the bottom? That’s where the academic gold lives. You’re skipping the middleman and going straight to the original.
You Literally Are What You Eat—No Metaphor Here!
Your skin renews every 35 days. Your liver regenerates about once a month. Even your stomach lining replaces itself every few days. Here’s the kicker: your body builds these new cells from the food you eat. So yes, that salad (or pizza) literally becomes YOU.
Your body is a factory constantly turning nutrients into cells. Proteins rebuild tissues. Vitamins support organ function. Fats become part of your cells’ membranes. What you eat isn’t just fuel—it’s raw material for who you are.
Imagine if your body came with an ingredients label based on what you ate this month. Would it read like a farmer’s market... or a vending machine?
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That’s all for today. Thanks for reading!
—Keith
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