HK3's Journal, 20 Nov 21

If you are in doubt as to my "personal observation" - then do ask "your friend" Tai 1-9 --- the individual who was under attack --- and you all like Tai 1-9 and trust his word. It can be hard in this life to ... "Butter your toast on both sides" --- some people treat life like a game of Hop Scotch. 

Jergens, I remember the post where Tai was accosted for obsessing about numbers…is that the one? Yeah…crazy world. You know, if you argue with a fool long enough you just may realize they are not a fool at all. Ever experience tgat? Deep thoughts, eh?  

No kidding Hk3 - Mr O'Brien - No that was not the one posting ... but that moment is pretty far in the past - and the entire site reaction to what would be considered as a trivializing moment of total disinterest to any other intelligent person became a moment of ---- I am speechless and has no words to describe it. I have experienced "tgat" ... many many times. ( usually about the same time that I am leaving other people may or may not discover that ... she is kind of nice and not an idiot after all) So - what are you making for dinner ? 

I am entirely selfishly motivated to lose the weight before Christmas because it was a dream of mine - to have my photo taken while sitting on Santa's knee - but with this global airborne viral pandemic - even if I did lose the weight that may never happen again...standing 10 feet in front of Santa is not the same thing. 

This is going to be the very first day that I do not see 160 pound anything reflected on my scale - at any point in the day - the very first time - in years. That is what happens when you begin to live an active busy "office" kind of life - with overly long working hours - often six or seven days per week and without regular meal breaks and long periods of time without eating and then consuming when you are exhausted - lots of people have had that same thing happen. 

I am pretty easy to understand Mr. O'Brien - if you generate negativity in my space, I make your life a living h*ll. (And all of the Irish O'Brien grandmothers at the annual reunion would agree, as they shake their heads while saying - "tch tch tch") - as you must already know - since you are a man - short dark haired women have been the bane (source of misery) of most men's existence since the very beginning of time. lol 

Where is the Mister now ... gone to bed I suppose. 

(trouble making o'brien) smile 

Like clockwork I wake up 15 minutes before my 4am alarm goes off. I can see that you have made very good progress and that you’re taking nutrition seriously. We’re not so different you know…I am willing to continue calling out improper word usage like some on this site who seem to use the word nutrition to mean food. Nutrition is a science and delves deeply into how the food we eat affects our bodies. I recently picked up a copy of the textbook The Science of Nutrition 4th Edition, I think. Page one gives a definition of nutrition…that’s how I know what it means.😂 

Very good - mutual agreement is a good first step. Health is closely correlated with nutrition gained from food. That is correct. So you are on differing time zone since - I would try to do the math on that - but - I am not interested in wasting the energy. At this point in my "journey" - you are starting to sound like a guru. We seem to share a similarity - and that makes sense - considering the fact that we are both O'Briens. 

I have always taken nutrition seriously - my aim is to live in a healthy body and that requires nutrition gained from food with very few supplements provided in any kind of tablet form. In North America we have one of the most diverse food selections and we should be able to obtain all of our required nutrition from the vast array or selection. What did the text state on page two? 

There is only one reason that I can think of - why you would bother to set an alarm for 4am on a Monday - you must be heading off to work - in that case. Have yourself a very good day. 

You must be west coast…page two (actually page 5…pages 1-3 are just pictures and introductions) has anecdotes about the advent of modern nutrition and how scientists, the first nutritionists, noted changes in diet affected disease. In the 1880s a Dutch doctor discovered changing white rice to brown rice cured beriberi, a fatal nerve disease. It wasn’t until the 1900s they learned why…beriberi was caused by a thiamin deficiency. I don’t know about you but I’ll probably never eat white rice again…made the switch to brown a couple months ago. No beriberi here. 

Another anecdote tells the story of an American doctor tasked with finding out what caused pellagra, a disease characterized by skin rash, diarrhea, and mental impairment. Mostly impoverished people who were only afforded a diet of corn-based foods were affected. Long story short…niacin, a B vitamin commonly found in Brewers Yeast fixed the problem. Like thiamin, niacin wasn’t identified until years later, the doctor just noted that changing diet worked. The doctor is a legend…he and his colleagues deliberately ingested patients’ scabs, nasal secretions, and “other bodily fluids” to prove his theory was correct. None of them got pellagra. Wow. 

Yes - I am permanent West Coast - and you must be mid inland- landlocked? Yes - I have heard of such things - what we are amazed at as a seemingly simple cures such as ...eating scabs of smallpox - to provide inoculation - was something known for hundreds of years in China - the oldest apothecaries are extra-ordinary in their wealth of natural cure sources - if you have never seen one - you would be amazed.....the knowledge base is huge. Little ordinary things that we take for granted now, during our normal daily food intake avoids many illness and diseases that were once common, prevalent and life threatening - like in the 1,800s they had no concept that any thing such as "bacteria" existed - and had just barely figured out the source of Cholera. So --- Brown rice, eh? I like Basmati - (pouts) - but I have been considering Wild Rich as the permanent and only option. The book sounds amazing --- so what is on page 6 - Sen-see ? 

Thiamin and Niacin are now added to the box of KD - as iodine is added to table salt to avoid goiters --- done not against people but for their health benefit .... KD is the one food that is inexpensive and readily available and everyone eats it. Problem solved - the choice to "impose" good health on people for "some" things - should be the only reason allowable to impose any kind of ---- you would understand the concept. Well not everyone is brilliant. 

People often revert back to things like "sea salt" no additives - things that not enriched but have additives - the word definition is important - iodine in table salt is an additive - like milk products have additives - Vit D added. ++++ The main sources of intake for thiamin, niacin, and vitamin B6 were meat and meat products, and for riboflavin were milk and dairy products.  

Take potassium - as a person - I do not need to add potassium to my food plan - since I normally eat enough of the foods containing potassium to gain the required daily amount of 400-800 mg. See the potato - milk - egg - salmon. Periodic Element Table - Element Potassium (K) kidneys-heart-muscles-nervous system (brain) - all gained from a regular healthy intake of normal every day foods. The problem is that not every person has access to such a variety of foods. 

So called medical people have to be careful since sometimes people present symptoms that sound like some diseases based on lack of nutrients and the resulting conditions of that lack in the diet --- only to discover that the person in reality is displaying the symptoms of Chronic Alcoholism. Ahha. 

You have to be very careful when you "deliberately ingest patients’ scabs, nasal secretions, and “other bodily fluids” to prove your theory as correct - from hypothesis to theory - since if that person has those symptoms displaying that disease --- there could be a very high probability that the "patient" may have many other indiscernible underlying diseases...I would be careful about that kind of theory proving. Yuck.