Nervous Habits - Episode 8: Alcohol and Altered States of Mind, Beauty as Currency, and the Politics of Corn

Nervous Habits with Ricky Rosen

Nervous Habits host Ricky Rosen addresses those pressing issues that are keeping you awake at night, including:

--Why we put alcohol into our systems in spite of the overwhelmingly negative impacts that it has on our minds and bodies...

--How the "mirror neurons" in our brains figure into our societal addiction to drinking booze...

--How beauty acts as a form of currency in America...

--Why looking at your reflection less could lead to a more wholesome life...

--Where corn is hiding in everything that you eat, and finally...

--Why the government subsidizing corn is the reason why fast food is so cheap and health food is so expensive.

Where to Go to Get More Information:

1. The Impact of Alcohol on the Mind and Body

https://www.alcohol.org/effects/

2. Resources for Alcoholics and Problem-Drinkers

https://alcoholaddictioncenter.org/alcoholism-resources/

3. All About Mirror Neurons

https://www.apa.org/monitor/oct05/mirror

4. Alcohol - Weighing the Risks and Potential Benefits

https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/in-depth/alcohol/art-20044551

5. Fairly Oddparents - "The Same Game"

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0575708

6. Beauty-Sick - How the Cultural Obsession with Appearance Hurts Girls and Women

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/beauty-sick

7. The Omnivore's Dilemma, by Michael Pollan