Fortune Well

It may be the "greenest" Olympics ever. “Plant-based food is not only great tasting and flavorful, it’s also great for the environment, and we are helping to reduce the carbon footprint by twofold,” Olympic chef Jeff Leidy tells Fortune. Sodexo Live, partner of the Paris Olympic Games, has meticulously planned 500 recipes over the last two years focusing on developing menus, creating recipes, and sourcing the best high-quality ingredients from across France. The Games’ food vision emphasizes that adding more plant-based ingredients is the most effective way to significantly reduce the carbon footprint of catering. Read more: bit.ly/3L9xzge

3,000,000 bananas, 20 tons of coffee, and 500 unique recipes. As millions flock to Paris for the eagerly awaited 2024 Summer Olympic Games, France is set to serve 15,000 athletes over the eight-week event, offering everything from sandwiches to buffets and gourmet dining experiences. Sedoxo Live, partner of the Paris Olympic Games, has meticulously planned 500 recipes over the last two years focusing on developing menus, creating recipes, and sourcing the best high-quality ingredients from across France. Here's a look inside the world’s largest restaurant feeding Olympic athletes and prioritizing plant-based meals over meat: bit.ly/3L9xzge

Suni Lee is heading to Paris for the 2024 Olympics as one of five women to qualify for the U.S. women’s gymnastics team. However, the road to Paris has not been smooth sailing for Lee, who told TODAY this week that “it feels absolutely insane” to be marching toward her second Olympics representing Team USA. Lee swears by a daily mental ritual to calm her nerves and get in confidence mode, which includes journaling four to five pages before every competition. “I like to write down my keywords, trying to remember my why, things that I need to remember when I’m out there competing,” Lee tells Fortune. Read more: bit.ly/3RSvNUn

My latest piece for Fortune Well looks at the parenting of adult kids—and how to readjust your outlook when you go from empty nest to full again. “The best part is that I know he’s safe when he’s here,” one mom told me. The most stressful? “He doesn’t seem to be very motivated to find something. Plus I don’t think he even knows what he wants.”  https://lnkd.in/enKGH-aN

About 8 in 10 people will have back pain sometime in their lives. Back pain can be caused by simple muscle strain, or an underlying condition like kidney stones, endometriosis, or cancer. Chronic back pain, especially in middle age, can develop for several reasons, including degenerative disc disease, nerve root irritation, arthritis, or a slipped vertebra, according to Nicholas Beatty, a physiatrist specializing in spine sports medicine at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City. Here's how to treat back pain at home: bit.ly/3WoPGng

Making it to the Olympics is “a non-stop grind,” says soccer star Lindsey Horan. bit.ly/3WClYwB The 30-year-old co-captain of the U.S. Women’s National Team is gearing up for her third Olympics this summer after helping her team earn a bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Games. In an interview with Fortune, she reveals her winning mindset for the 2024 Olympics: bit.ly/3WClYwB

Grown adults moving back home to live with parents could be harmonious—but it's still a big adjustment. When Ellie Krieger’s daughter finished college and returned home in May as a way to save money before her next move, Krieger was thrilled to have her back. Soon, Krieger realized that the three of them once again living together in their New York City apartment would take more adjusting than she’d realized—not only around sharing the bathroom and figuring out dinner plans, but around shifting rules of parenting. “I’m losing sleep because my daughter’s not home yet,” she admits. Her daughter does text her late-at-night updates, but still, Krieger says, “I don’t fall asleep until she comes home, which could be 2 or 3 o’clock in the morning. I check every half an hour and would be unhinged if she didn’t update me.” Read more: bit.ly/4cXgAtI

“I pushed everyone around me to work very long hours. But as I got older—and especially once I became a father—I realized there is more to life than work.” In a 2023 commencement speech to the graduates of Northern Arizona University, Gates said he wished that he had chilled out a bit more. “You are not a slacker if you cut yourself some slack.” Here are five tips to keep work stress from straining your relationship: bit.ly/3W63pAA

Medicare generally doesn’t offer much to assist the 6.9 million Americans over age 65 with dementia. But a new pilot program called the GUIDE Model is changing that. GUIDE, which stands for Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience and launched July 1, 2024, is creating a system of free caregiving navigators for people in Medicare who have any stage of dementia and their family caregivers. Here's everything you need to know: bit.ly/3Yorjc7

Several factors can cause a person to have classic signs of dementia, including a deficiency in vitamin B12. “Vitamin B12 deficiency can cause cognitive impairment, including impairments in thinking,” says Dr. Scott Kaiser, a geriatrician and director of Geriatric Cognitive Health for the Pacific Neuroscience Institute in Santa Monica, Calif.    Couple that with the fact that older adults are more likely to have trouble fully absorbing vitamin B12, putting them at risk for a deficiency, and doctors say that vitamin B12 deficiency should at least be on the radar of people with older loved ones. Luckily, this deficiency is a health issue that can be reversed. Read more ⤵