MachineGhost wrote: I'm a bit skeptical about the benefits of gelatin too. 

I was probably taking 50 or more mostly gelatin caps of supplements per day (perhaps you do).  If gelatin did anything....

GUmby,

Thanks for the bone broth suggestion.  Aside from the gut issues, it would be useful for anyone with joint problems, or anything thinking of taking any of the collagen preparations/derivatives for any reason.  I was thinking of tracking down shark fin soup, but this is a better idea.

Why not just mix up your own gelatin, collagen, proline, glucosamine, glutamine, etc. powder mix?  Seems like it would be a heck of a lot more concentrated and cost effective. MG you are very knowledgeable and I agree with most of what you post (at least in areas where I know something e.g. nutriti...

MachineGhost wrote:
I actually think Romney would be best because of his no-nonsense, corporate CEO attitude towards reigning and reforming government.  Obama is just simply in over his head. 

thank you.

1. "I like to fire people"  was poorly worded and it should have been worded something like "I like to be able to fire people when they don't perform competently" or whatever wording like that you please.  Would that have been out of touch? 2. "Understanding regular people&q...

  He seemed to understand regular people last night more than he usually does. The child of one of Romney's colleagues while he was at Bain capital disappeared, and Romney closed down Bain and they all went to (?NY) to find the child.  One does't get to be CEO of anything (presumably you have to st...

Even the press won't be able to cover up for him on this*.

On the plus side, he'll get more time for his golf game.


*not that the always accurate NY Times doesn't try:
"Obama and Romney Tangle on Economy"

1. As MG mentioned that he took, glutamine is useful for leaky gut.  It is fuel for the cells that line the intestines. 2.  If you have the small bowel problems (mentioned in the low carb thread) flora i.e. probiotics i.e. good bacteria can be helpful, but PREBIOTICS e.g. inulin and FOS are not a go...

It seems to me to be a little early to be considering who to vote for. Really??? I am surprised that anyone who heard Obama speak to Joe the plummer 4 years ago needed to hear any more to see what he was about.  In any case you've had 4 years of track record to judge him by.  If Obama says he is wi...

There have been sleep studies where they put people in rooms isolated from any time clues or clues as to light/dark outside and I remember that many people have natural sleep/wake cycles that do not coincide to 24 hours i.e. their total of sleep+ wakefulness was more or less than 24 hours.  I don't ...

What about the EMP scenario i.e. detonation of a nucs high over the atmosphere? 

Gumby,

Paleo aside, different colored fruits and veggies are widely considered beneficial. So eating a variety of e.g. berries is likely very good for you.  OTOH I once heard of a fruitarian who eat 12 bananas per day which is probably a disaster given the amount of sugar. 

MG, As far as quality of supplements, if you buy from reliable brands that use good manufacturing practices and test their products, quality is not an issue. For example (no commercial interest) Jarrow and Now brand make good products.  Iherb.com has fairly good prices on numerous suplement companie...

we pay some ridiculous amount of money every month for substandard cable, internet, and phone service.  This is because the telcos got together and realized that if they bribed congressmen for X (where X = $millions) they could get a return on their investment of Y (where Y = $billions). They compl...

Again, there is no doubt in my mind that most sources of this media are in the tank for Obama and I believe that they are skewing the polls intentionally (more than they usually do) to invigorate Obama's base and suppress the Romney support. +++ All they have to do is assume as many democrats will ...

Stone you have no idea how unwilling most docs are to accept anything new.  Look at the history of the cause of ulcers.  Forget the guys name but he had really good data showing that a certain bacteria causes ulcers.  No one believed him till he drank the bacteria infecting himself and then they sta...

Am I being naive in understanding that as soon as something has been shown to work then, by definition, it becomes conventional medicine rather than alternative medicine? It can become conventional medicine only if it works via a paradigm/model that conventional western medicine is comfortable with...

Silly question: what does MMR stand for

Doode, If you say that warming of the globe is bad (assuuming humans can cause this which is unlikely), than what is the ideal temperature?  What the globe is now?  5 degtrees cooler?  5 degrees warmer?  how did you decide this? Hubris seems to be a common sin amount those who would impose their wil...

I'm new enough at all this to not be sure of what that means in real world practical terms, but this could easily be used (not saying that most of you believe this) to say that Thatcher's comment: The problem with socialism is that you run out of other people's money doesn't apply to the US and we c...

There were a number of people (not I) on the old mind and muscle forum who tried this and there were a number of threads.  You could try to see if the mindandmuscle (dot.net I think) forum still exists and if so their search engine might have the old threads.  ALternatively google sometimes has stor...

Storm based on the democrats track record "fully paid for" means smoke and mirrors.  The democrats have zero credibility that they are capable of ever actually decreasing spending on almost anything.  They are however really good at making it appear as if they have so ads your like yours c...

  100% of GDP does not mean that debt is not serviceable. Thanks to the folks here I understand why you say that, but: A. is there really no upper limit to levels of debt that are servicable for the US? B. Is it really a good idea to keep adding large amounts to the debt e.g. if Obama adds as much ...

stone wrote:
If we showed ourselves to have some humanity and respect for other people then IMO we would be more likely to get the same back in return.

Didn't Obama just show how well that works?

North Korea has [nuclear weapons] and we are still here. I can't imagine you need me to point this out, but the difference is that martyrdom has no apeal for north koreans and Iran has repearedly stated that they will wipe out isreal.  Perhaps Iran won't actually do it, but if you were in charge in...