Gumby wrote:
Lean meat isn't very nutritious. Fatty meat is far more nutritious,

Please tell me what EXACTLY you mean by this?  What am I not getting by eating skinless chicken breast that I get if I eat chicken thigh?  Or by eating super lean beef vs more fatty beef?

Sometimes it almost seems like Western medicine is designed to generate more paying customers over a longer period of time. Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence. And keep in mind: Ma Planck nobel prize winning physicist: A new scientific truth does not triumph ...

COENZYME Q-10 Powdered ubiquinone (the original version) is poorly absorbed.  My recommendation was therefore to buy it in gelcaps with oil in the cap which dramatically increases absorption.   ALternatively there are numerous  companies selling their own special higher absorption form, many of whi...

1.  Thanks GUmby!  Great information. I would wonder if there are still people with "gut issues" who might still do better after a trial of avoiding foods high in these, but I suspect what you said would solve most of the problems for many/most people.   Soy has other issues e.g. phytoestr...

Even assuming impeccable research studies, doctors always making the best decisions (within the context of conventional western medicine), etc. there is still the basic problem that the paradigm of conventional western medicine is grossly deficient in many areas and often misguided.   Severe motor v...

Pointedstick wrote: What about Safflower oil? Hows that stand up to canola, olive, and coconut oils?

Safflower oil is an omega 6, which are generally not recommended (given the unfavorable ratio of omega 3s to omega 6s in most peoples diets i.e. most people eat to much omega 6 and not enough omega 3 as it is).

1. There is no one optimal diet that is right for everyone .   GEt sufficient protein and play with the amounts of carbs and fats to see what your body " likes" (keeping in mind 2). 2. Whatever one thinks of carbs, lentils, beans, certain grains (I use barley and slow cooking oatmeal) i.e....

Gumby,

It is not that well publicized, but statins can CAUSE memory problems.

Also anyone taking statins should be taking 200 mg coenzyme q-10.

"Good Calories, Bad Calories" I have not read, and can not speak to, but some very smart people (in the area of diet, etc) trash Taubes based on this and his more recent books on diet so I will withhold judgement.  If you look up Good calories, bad calories on Amazon, and read the 1 star r...

If you have not seen it, this ancient article from 1995 is still very worthwhile reading Epidemiology faces its limits, By Gary Taubes http://geography.ssc.uwo.ca/faculty/baxter/readings/Taubes_limits_epidemiology_Science_1995.pdf since it explain that limits of what one can conclude e.g. most epidi...

25%. Think long and hard before taking medication for a condition that is not causing symptoms.. There are a lot of things that need to be said in relation to this thread (and I'm usually the last person to defend conventional medicine) and I'll try to post more later, however while there is a poin...

And on the other hand, the benefits of having the internet and people selling all kinds of special sizes, colors, etc means one can usually find what one wants even something simple e.g. my bedroom is a little tight for space and I wanted narrow brown plastic or wood garbage cans for between the nig...

Links to really good threads would be helpful, though finding the boggle ones and some of the more recent ones here (and of course the FAQ here) is straightforward.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444097904577538924031591882.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_RightRailColumns With computerized traders that "hold" stocks for only a few seconds at a time and markets that can swing wildly in a matter of moments, long-term investing seems to be on the verge o...

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/komo/article/Seattle-men-busted-at-border-for-chocolate-eggs-3716379.php Story abbreviated below. "Two Seattle men were recently pinched crossing the Canadian border, but the men weren't carrying guns or drugs -- they were packing illegal candy.  Brandon Loo and C...

Thanks everyone.  Not intuitive stuff.

Looking for recommendation for something I can read to help me understand basic monetary theory.  Preferably the cliff notes version, unless I really need the war and peace version.  This was prompted by the below, which could very well be some doomsayer (probably given his book title), but I don't ...

Thanks for posting.

The problem with urine/blood tests is they only tell you what is currently acute rather than chronic and accumulating in the tissues, which toxic elements do.  It is akin to blood glucose vs HbA1c.  Blood glucose varies throughtout the day (thus difference between random blood glucose vs A1c).  Why...

Despite the opinions of most others here,  I don't like the TSP that much. Perhaps I don't know enough or you are in a different situation than I (are you already retired?) but I'm a gov't employee and put in monthly retirement contributions to my TSP account part of which the gov't matches.  I can...

Thank you for posting. I wasn't aware of the finger exercise. You are welcome. The "finger exercise" is from a Japanese form of energy work kinda sorta acupuressure called Jin Shin Jyutsu.  The nice thing about it is that there are some self help things such as the above.  Virtually every...

I have a chronic migraine condition that I've been researching for the past 15 years now.  I've tested (literally) almost everything you can imagine, both traditional and holistic.   Have you tried acupuncture/chinese herbs?  I just referred someone I know's girlfriend to a good local practitioner ...

This is an article on stress reduction I once wrote.  It used to be on the web no longer, so I've pasted it here. NB: I wrote this many years ago for a particular online mag complete with injokes suitable for that group.  The vast majority of it still works, though there are things I would change (a...

Coffee why do you want to have your fillings removed?  I'm skeptical that doing so will provide significant benefit, and may very well do harm if you are not careful. If you want to evaluate your body mercury burden I would suggest blood or urine test (your doctor can order, or there are places on l...

I would not recommend it, but one can live on a no/ultra low carb diet i.e. there are no essential carbohydrates (or close to it). Just curious about your concerns about the low carb diet.  I see no problems with a low carb diet, it is probably the best diet for many people.  That  sentence was ref...