In my quest for nutrition information I have researched a lot. Mario Kratz, Phd, has a Youtube channel that I watch called “NourishedByScience”. He has published some really convincing arguments for understanding weight gain and how to reverse it. One of his theories is that we will naturally eat until we no longer feel hungry. Different meals can vary in the number of calories consumed, which has a direct bearing on weight gain. A meal can be satiating, where we stop early, and therefore consume less calories. Another meal can take a lot more food to make us feel full, therefore increasing calorie consumption and therefore gain weight. This is what he calls the satiety index
Moxibustion 艾灸 ai4jiu3 is a type of Chines medicine where a dried herb, mugwort, is burned above the skin. I have never tried moxibustion.
If you do this at home, please be very careful and do not let the mugwort stick burn unattended, because it could cause a fire. If the ashes from moxa can cause burning, then it can cause a fire.
The risk associated with moxibustion is the accidental burn to the skin. After burning a moxa stick, the falling ash is at a high temperature. Anyone not paying attention to the ashes could be burned, so always remember to remove the ash from the moxa sticks during a moxibustion treatment
This electric glass kettle, the Hamilton-Beach 1.7L Electric Glass kettle, has been quite reliable over the last few years. It boils water quite quickly, faster than on our gas stove, which we have to turn on the fan and vent afterwards. It is also easy to clean. After a while the kettle stopped turning on, so I had to do a couple of things to it. Here is the user manual for reference. I did not see any replaceable parts available from Hamilton-Beach.
A gas bubble will be injected into your eye after retinal detachment surgery. This gas bubble will press the detached retinal area back into your eyeball, sort of like an internal clamp. The surgeon takes advantage of the gas bubble’s property of floating upwards, opposite of gravity. This is where the purposeful “positioning” of your head angle and its importance comes into play. Your surgeon will tell you how to position your head in order to have the gas bubble push on a specific part of your eye that he wants to clamp in place.
This is the train of thought from Peter Zeihan, of the US, whom I have been watching for a long time. It outlines how the global economy got to where we are and how we may progress in the future. Of course this is a US-biased view. His views on China are mostly spot on.
US as World Police and Globalization
After WW2 the US has been the policeman of the world, providing security on the seas and at global hotspots. This has allowed each country to specialize and trade with each other, what we call “globalization”, and it has reduced costs and allowed for the growth of wealth globally.
“Do 5-30 good technique reps that take 2-9 seconds in mulitiple sets, taking those sets close to failure where the target muscle is the limiting factor, and repeat this approach as often as you are recovered enough to do so”
So much knowledge is wrapped up in this one sentence. While it is not perfect, follow this, to the letter when you can, and you will go far in gaining strength and muscle. There is more “embellishment” required to be complete, so watch the video and then think about it.
Legumes are an excellent food source because they are economical, have a low glycemic index, high fiber, high protein, sustainable, gentle on Mother Earth and is a base natural unprocessed food. They are a great alternative to meat, or as an addition. Beans don’t impart much flavour, so you need to be more creative with how you use them.
My family did not really grow up eating a lot of beans. We really only had kidney beans in stews, black eyed beans in rice and navy beans in tomato sauce, from a can. Learning more about beans was eye opening.
After retinal detachment surgery (vitrectomy) an intravitreal gas bubble may be injected into your eye. I’m not quite exactly sure of the purpose of the gas, but it might be used to put added pressure on the retina to hold it into the proper position, acting as a clamp. A web site says the gas may be used to keep the wound site dry, aiding wound repair. The gas should naturally be reabsorbed by the body in 1-3 months.