2022.8.22: health/diet/osteo/hormonics/
bone and muscle boosters:
. one of the best things you can do for bones
is getting vitamin k2 to keep the calcium
from being pulled out of bones by vitamin D.
Vitamin K2 doses need to much higher than vitamin K1 doses,
and I found only one supplement that provides a dose
proven effective in studies:
Life Extension Mega Vitamin k2, 45,000 micrograms of the mk4 form of K2.
2022.7.2: web.gear/bike/flat-free tires:
. solid tires are slower with
a much higher resistance to rolling
because they don't conform to bumps,
but I have felt such a sense of security
knowing that my commute to work
will not be slowed by a flat repair,
which can get messy and complicated,
not sure to succeed.
I've gotten a lot of mileage out of amerityre
https://amerityre.com/our-flat-free-products/flat-free-bicycle-tires/
but they have made some design changes
since the tires I've tried.
. a folding bike I'm considering
comes with:
Muffin® Airless tires installed/$149
http://www.citizenbike.com/catalog.asp?product_category_id=1&product_id=1
. another great choice is Tannus.
2022.6.22: pol/healthcare/
the unexpected hazards of being a statistic:
. there was a problem with exploding air bags that killed people
but they didn't have them disarmed until replacement
because statistically, if they did disarm the air bag
there would be more people dying from accidents
than there would be deaths from air bag explosions
because seat belts alone are far deadlier than
seat belts with air bags.
. but those statistics just show the cost to society;
what about the cost to my family
when they know I may never have died from an accident
but I did die from an air bag explosion?
2022.6.20: news.health/diet/ergothioneine/regenerative farming for mycelium:
summary:
. regenerative farming means not tilling the soil;
not tilling preserves the fungal biomass of the top soil;
fungal biomass is our primary source of ergothioneine,
an amino acid related to histidine,
which is taken up by the plants we grow in fungal soil,
and then taken up by the animals that eat those plants.
. ergothioneine may be reducing our risk of Alzheimer's,
possibly by protecting mitochondrial function.
. the beef from a regenerative farm also had
a higher ratio of omega-3 to omega-6.
22.6.6: web.psy/cis-gender/are you calling me a cis?:
. cis-gender people identify as
the same gender they were assigned at birth,
while transgender people identify as
a gender different from that assigned at birth.
[Canadian Med Assoc J JUNE 6, 2022]
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-06-transgender-sexual-minority-teens-high.html
. I wondered if that terminology was meant to
make straight people ask rhetorically:
"are you calling me a cis?"
but the source of that term actually comes from
their latin definitions.
. there may be trans-nationals
but there are no cis-nationals;
so why should there be cis-genders?
. some confusion comes because
trans- has 2 meanings in Latin:
you can have a transnational corporation
because trans- can mean "beyond",
so a transnational is beyond national borders;
but you can also have a trans-gender,
because trans- also means "on the other side".
. trans-gender can mean "beyond gender"
if you are choosing to appear asexual or ambiguous,
but conventionally it means moving across genders,
going from one to the other.
22.6.6: web.health/diet/blindness/amd/
lowering vegf helps amd? several herbs lower vegf:
summary:
. several methods of cancer treatment
are anti-angiogenic: they work by
stopping new blood vessel growth.
. one thing that cancers and amd blindness
have in common, is excess production of vegf
(vascular endothelial growth factor)
that causes the rapid growth of blood vessels
that tend to be leaky and result in edema.
. for wet amd (age-related macular degeneration
with high vegf that results in leaks and edema)
the only anti-vegf treatments have been injections
that are very expensive and can be painful.
. several herb are known to lower vegf,
and I wondered if taking them orally
could lower vegf in the eye.
2022.5.23: health/diet/egg/blindness/
more orange yolk means less AMD blindness:
summary:
. a yolk that is more orange (than yellow)
is likely to have more lutein and zeaxanthin
that reduces the risk of AMD blindness.
. organic eggs have rules about
the coloring additives added to chicken feed.
. if you are not certain about the quality
of the coloring in your egg,
you can supplement with zeaxanthin and lutein.
[eg, MacuGuard® Ocular Support with Saffron:
https://www.lifeextension.com/vitamins-supplements/item01992/macuguard-ocular-support-with-saffron
10 mg free lutein,
4 mg meso-zeaxanthin & trans-zeaxanthin.]
. taking the supplement with yolk
might increase its bioavailability
because MacuGuard claims to use Phospholipids
in order to enhance lutein absorption,
and egg yolk contains Phospholipids.
[ Nutrients. 2015
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4425170/
Egg Phospholipids and Cardiovascular Health.
Christopher N. Blesso]
2022.4.12: co.who.int/pol/healthcare/
suggestions for a globalized pandemic preparedness and response:
the intro from WHO:
https://inb.who.int/home/written-submissions
the form to give your comment:
https://extranet.who.int/dataformv3/index.php/491121?lang=en
the question:
“What substantive elements do you think should be included
in a new international instrument
on pandemic preparedness and response?”
my comment:
. one thing we should do to prepare
is teaching people about who survived the pandemic;
it was people with a diet that promotes
low inflammation, low cortisol, and low insulin,
for enhanced insulin sensitivity.
. and for elders it was high levels of vitamin D, vitamin A,
with vitamin K2 to prevent bone loss from vitamin D,
melatonin, and zinc.
. we don't want a global effort of
forcing everyone to take risky vaccines,
when we could work to isolate the vulnerable,
while we rapidly build natural immunity,
and get the lock-downs over with sooner!
