HealthTrekker - Health And Wellness Tips
Health & wellness tips + hacks. -Backed by !SCIENCE! and studies, not bros & Voodoo. Why just survive when you can thrive? Become "The Better You", 1% at a time – starting today. If you're already healthy & want to nerd-out on how to get even more rad, HT is the place for you.
At first, I thought it was about madcap nootropic brain improvement experiments. But no,
Girl goes speaking-in-tongues crazy, House-like doctor tries arcane unconventional solution, girl saved from continued madness and impending death.
Sounds pretty good!…
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-Because using supercomputer-reverse-engineering, what they found out about how our the neurons in our brains connect was by far, the simplest and Goddammit, the most cat-like way possible…
Or: Why does that adorable little walking demilitarized-zone suddenly decide he has to be on the COMPLETE OTHER SIDE OF THE HOUSE??,
IMMEDIATELY!
Answer: It’s Random!…
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UPDATE!: NYT Finds Counter-Study!
And on a similar note to the EWG List,
What the EFF was Stanford trying to prove with that meta-analysis-study on Organics?
The whole thing was presented to make you feel like Organic is just as bad as regular food and not worth the outlay.
The first thing I’ve always thought about Organic is this: Lower Chemical Load in the Body.
-You get less of less-toxic pesticides, antibiotics, growth-hormones, etc.
-Therefore, there is less of a chance those will STAY in your body and cause problems over time…
Great Idea.
Except research is VERY expensive, and it takes YEARS to complete trials on most things.
I wonder if there are any rewards trinkets of VC-like Stock Grants or Patent-License-Profit-Sharing based on the amount you contribute, the agreed-upon value at that stage and what it eventually sells for in the market.
Who knows, lots of projects that are eventually great start out pretty crazy…
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Internet all acock, debating the subject furiously. -Flogging it, really. Beating it to death.
Despite warring sides whacking each other about like bad cops roughing up the suspect, and the recommendations from each politically-motivated party; a few recommend waiting until 18, so at that point at least the adult decision would rest in one’s own hands…
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BULLSH**! I respectfully disagree. So far, CR is looking like the ONLY thing that works.
The only thing this proves is that there are differences in the 2 methodologies.
-That and monkeys are not to be trusted.
In fact, I’m sure they conspired to screw the results for the indignity of being kept in restricted conditions so blood samples could be taken regularly.
+And at least 1/2 of them were sneaking cigarette breaks…
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Yeah, yeah, yeah; BMI is not the end-all be-all indicator for 100% of the population and you know some power-lifter who has a BMI of 80 but 4% bodyfat.
BUT CHECK IT OUT ANYWAY! -It’s fun. Compare your score to the averages of people from around the world and report back.
And Yes, the ‘Murica-Hating Brits made the one super-fattie included on their page, Michelle, an American. -Thanks ‘Beeb, thanks alot!…
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If you ever wondered how Aspirin or Ibuprofen do their thing to blunt the worst effects of your various relatives at the yearly family gatherings,
(ok) before you hit the Wild Turkey,
or just liked learning well-explained technical stuff from cutely-illustrated videos, this basic TED-Ed short is for you.
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