vegetables having bitter anti-cancer goodness bred out of them

 2023.5.12: news.health/diet/
vegetables having bitter anti-cancer goodness bred out of them:

. when you hear that certain foods have anti-cancer effects,

consider that some are trying to breed sweeter vegetables

that could reduce their anti-cancer effects.

. many brussel sprouts have been bred to have less

bitter glucosinolates, which made them more popular.

https://twitter.com/scifri/status/1657085545338531840

https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/otc-birth-control-pill/#segment-transcript

. glucosinolates are known for beneficial effects including 

regulation of inflammation, stress response, 

and phase I metabolism.

Glucosinolates that combine with myrosinase, 

can become an anti-cancer isothiocyanate.

. foods with high glucosinolates 

should not be the primary source of energy

because heavy doses can result in goiter, anemia, 

organ lesions, and reduced growth.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/biochemistry-genetics-and-molecular-biology/glucosinolate

. in what other ways are healthy fruits and vegetable

made less healthy or anti-cancer by breeding that makes them 

sweeter or less bitter?

Mastering the Mind, Body and Spirit by prof Wil Dieck 2022

 2023.3.4: bk.psy/schiz/Wil Dieck 2022`Mastering the Mind, Body and Spirit:

this is a review of the book by Wil Dieck 2022:

Mastering the Mind, Body and Spirit: 

Secrets of Black Belt Peak Performance 

(Mind Mastery Book 3) 

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5-star/good book even if you don't read the series:

low-dose aspirin seems good for eyes except with vitamins

2023.3.2: web.health/diet/aspirin/blindness/

low-dose aspirin seems good for eyes except with vitamins:

summary:

. there are some studies that seemed to show

that aspirin increased your risk of blindness;

but the best type of study (randomized trials)

showed they actually reduced the risk of blindness

unless you happen to be the user of multivitamins.

. one study showed that only people with good genes

 may benefit from a good diet;

but you should be safe from AMD blindness if you

limit both omega-6 vegetable oils and your glycemic load.

https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C3&q=omega-6+%2C+amd+blindness

Ophthalmology. 2019

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6875604/

The association of aspirin use with

age-related macular degeneration progression 

in the Age-Related Eye Disease Studies: AREDS2 Report No. 20.

. there are 2 randomized clinical trials:

Arch Ophthalmol. 2001: 

Age-related maculopathy in a randomized trial of low-dose aspirin among US physicians. 

Ophthalmology. 2009:

Low-dose aspirin and medical record-confirmed age-related macular degeneration in a randomized trial of women. 

. using 100mg aspirin every other day

slightly reduced your risk of AMD

yet increased your risk if you used certain multivitamin supplements.

"Among current nonusers of multivitamins, 

those in the aspirin group had a statistically-significant

32% reduced risk of AMD (HR, 0.68; 95% CI, 0.49−0.95) 

whereas among current users of multivitamins, 

there was a nonsignificant 14% increased risk of AMD 

in the aspirin group (HR, 1.14; 95% CI, 0.76−1.70)"

[ Ophthalmology. 2009

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19815293/

Low-Dose Aspirin and Medical Record Confirmed

Age-related Macular Degeneration in a Randomized Trial of Women;

William G. Christen, Sc.D, et al.]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2787838/

"men assigned to alternate-day low-dose aspirin (325 mg) 

had a statistically non-significant 

22% reduced risk of visually-significant AMD 

during a five year treatment period."

. placebo terminated early due to aspirin causing

a 44% reduced risk of first myocardial infarction.

[ Arch Ophthalmol. 2001

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11483080/

Age-related maculopathy in a randomized trial of

low-dose aspirin among US physicians;

W G Christen et al.]

"In AREDS, both aMedi[Mediterranean-type diet] and its fish component

interacted with CFH rs10922109 for late AMD

(P = 0.01 and P = 0.0005, respectively); 

higher aMedi and fish intake were each associated with 

decreased risk of AMD only in participants with protective alleles. 

Closer adherence to a Mediterranean-type diet 

was associated with lower risk of progression to late AMD and to large drusen. 

The signal was greater for GA than neovascular AMD. 

Fish intake contributed to this protective association. 

CFH genotype strongly influenced these relationships. 

Hazard ratios (HRs) for progression in aMedi tertile 3 versus 1 

were 0.78 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.71-0.85, P < 0.0001) 

for late AMD, 0.71 (0.63-0.80, P < 0.0001) for GA, 

and 0.84 (0.75-0.95, P = 0.005) for neovascular AMD. 

For fish consumption, HRs for late AMD in quartile 4 versus 1 were

0.69 (0.58-0.82, P < 0.0001; AREDS) and 

0.92 (0.78-1.07, P = 0.28; AREDS2). 

. the HR for progression to large drusen in aMedi tertile 3 versus 1 was 

0.79 (0.68-0.93, P = 0.004)."

[ Ophthalmology. 2020

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32348832/

Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet and Progression to

Late Age-Related Macular Degeneration 

in the Age-Related Eye Disease Studies 1 and 2;

Tiarnán D Keenan, et al;

Age-Related Eye Disease Studies (AREDS) 1 and 2 Research Groups.]

Dr. Barry Sears 2002`The Omega Rx Zone:[ad]
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#911truther openai.com's #chatgpt

2023.2.1: pol/911truther/openai.com's chatgpt:

summary:

here is my conversation with ChatGPT;

it warned it "May occasionally produce

harmful instructions or biased content"

and it is very biased about 9/11.

I ask it for sources, and how it gets its sources:

it can't choose what it is trained on.

lentil cooking time in a pressure cooker

2023.1.29: web.cook/lentil/cooking time in a pressure cooker:

I reduce cooking time in 3 ways:

. soak the lentils in boiling water to soften them.

. puree the soaked lentils in a vitamixer;

and, that way some of the heat that was needed for

breaking up the lentils

can then instead be used for immediately

attacking anti-nutrients.

. use a high temperature by using an

InstantPot pressure cooker; 

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Self-Regulation Skills by Instant Relief team 2023

2023.1.27: bk.psy/Instant Relief team 2023`Self-Regulation Skills:

a comment on the book: Instant Relief team 2023:

Self-Regulation Skills Workbook for Kids: 

Positive Thinking, Mindfulness, CBT and DBT Tools, Exercises. 

Everything a Child Should Know to Deal with Big Feelings 

and Handle Strong Emotions.

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4-star/text is not linked to the references:

metformin for preventing blindness #amd #health #blindness #metformin

2023.1.22: news.health/diet/blindness/amd/metformin:

. if your blood sugar is borderline high,

then you might be a candidate for taking metformin;

that drug is now known to reduce the risk of blindness

by inhibiting retina death (geographic atrophy)

and by inhibiting intraocular neovascularization (wet AMD).

Int J Ophthalmol. 2021 Aug:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34414094/

Newly-found functions of metformin 

for the prevention and treatment of age-related macular degeneration;

Kuan-Rong Dang, Tong Wu, Yan-Nian Hui, Hong-Jun Du.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8342286/

new parents struggling with infant sleep

 2023.1.18: bk.care/children/
new parents struggling with infant sleep:

. a comment on this book:

Susan R Brooks 2022`Sleeping Problems With Your Infant Or Toddler? Struggle No More!: 

A Parenting Guide With Simple & Proven Strategies To Implement

For You & Your Baby To finally get good quality sleep.

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4-star/facts not supported by references:

. there are a lot of references

but the text does not refer to them.