Margaret Mead
There is an apocryphal story all over social media about Margaret Mead. Here is how it starts: Years ago, anthropologist Margaret Mead was asked by a student what she considered to be the first sign of civilization in a culture.…
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Dr Bruce West
While researching cardiovascular health and wellness, I came across a newsletter that I liked, bought it, and it came with a cardiovascular supplement that made the claim that Congestive Heart Failure is actually beriberi of the heart. I consumed those…
Here We Go Again: Science
I love a good meme. Especially the haughty ones that are just so full of crap. We have discussed science at this site until our tongues froze up and your ears started to bleed, but once again I find myself…
Baked Radishes With Cheese and Bacon
This one surprised me. I’m trying to keep my carbs down, and I’m not that much a fan of radishes. But, like Vasco da Gama, when it comes to food, I’m willing to explore all routes to lowering my carbs.…
How I Cured My Skin Cancer
I’m tired of a lot of things. I’m tired of idiots tied together by their hatreds and prejudices. I’m tired of morons thinking they’re smarter than the experts. I’m really fucking tired of climate deniers who won’t even open their…
BACO, Cancer, and the MP Virus
Many of you know, or should know, that Dr Sam Chachoua and I were pretty good friends. We spent many hours on the phone, most of the time me listening and him lecturing. After an assassination attempt, his health declined…
Gun Deaths? Let’s Do Nothing!
On this subject I’ve often written that doing nothing doesn’t seem to be working, which I firmly believed until I did a search through the old archives. This searching stuff all started when I suddenly remembered a “News of the…
Saturated Fat Is Good For You
by Uffe Ravnskov MD (www.ravnskov.nu) Saturated fat is the type of fat that dominates in animal food such as eggs, cream, meat and cheese and is also abundant in palm and coconut oil. Today many of our scientists consider too…
Creamed Onions
The best onions for this are Bermuda or Pearl, and the red ones contain the best phytochemicals. Don’t you just hate how recipe bloggers give you their entire life story before you actually see the recipe? Sometimes I wonder if…