What a headache!
When I turned 30, I received a “gift.” It’s not the kind of gift you’d expect, so I call it a “gift.” I started experiencing horrible migraines. It took me many years to understand how much I was going to…
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A finite space to provide us with infinite power
Preface When I was in my twenties, I came up with a theory about life. I assumed that our lives revolve around our belief systems, which I still believe today, but I hypothesized that the number of belief systems we…
What we think we know
I consider myself lucky to have had the chance to get to know all four of my grandparents. My maternal grandfather was not actually my mother’s biological father—we won’t go into that here—but he was a wonderful man, a talented…
Don’t teach me what I’m not ready to learn
Preface I spent most of my life believing that people can be taught anything, something my father had passed on to me in my youth. As part of my personal journey through life – trying to learn more about life,…
What’s between veganism and UPFs?
What are UPFs? Let’s start with a definition of what an UPF (Ultra Processed Food) is: According to the NOVA Classification Reference Sheet, which can be found here: https://ecuphysicians.ecu.edu/wp-content/pv-uploads/sites/78/2021/07/NOVA-Classification-Reference-Sheet.pdf, ultra-processed foods are industrial formulations made entirely or mostly from substances…
Training and practice
Preface As we move forward in this journey of life, we keep learning new things that help us in different areas of life. When I was younger, I found out that I really loved working my muscles and lifting heavy…
The Way Forward
Preface About ten years ago I found out that what I really like to do is learn new things.My learning process is very different from most. I do not take courses at the local university, I do not have a…
Cholesterol – Vilifying the ‘good guy’ is so common these days
Preface Toward the end of the 20th century, an all-out war was declared on cholesterol, a kind of waxy substance found in our bloodstream and body cells, but scientific evidence and some collected facts about cholesterol (that were conveniently forgotten)…
Time as a social disease
Preface This post is a little different, this is me reflecting on the concept of time as a constant and the amount of effort that has been used to make us build our entire lives around it and how healthy…