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The effects of ketogenic diets on nutrient sufficiency, gut flora, and heart disease risk.
Are Keto Diets Safe?
Doctor's Note
There's just a few videos left in my keto series. Here's what we have so far:
- Is Keto an Effective Cancer-Fighting Diet?
- Keto Diet Theory Put to the Test
- Keto Diet Results for Weight Loss
- Is Weight Loss on Ketosis Sustainable?
And here's what's coming up:
The video I mentioned is Gut Dysbiosis: Starving Our Microbial Self. For more on keeping our gut bugs happy see:
- Microbiome: The Inside Story
- Prebiotics: Tending Our Inner Garden
- What's Your Gut Microbiome Enterotype?
- How to Change Your Enterotype
- Paleopoo: What We Can Learn from Fossilized Feces
- Gut Dysbiosis: Starving Our Microbial Self
- How to Become a Fecal Transplant Super Donor
- How Our Gut Bacteria Can Use Eggs to Accelerate Cancer
- Microbiome: We Are What They Eat
- How to Reduce Your TMAO Levels
What's the best diet for our heart? Given that heart disease is the #1 killer of men and women, consider a diet centered around whole plant foods: How Not to Die from Heart Disease.
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What about plant based Keto diets, specifically for people with the APOE4 gene?
I don't know but Dr. Breseden, who works with people having cognitive issues including Alzheimer's, recommends "mild ketosis". Take a look at his book. Cf. the protocol at
He also has youtube presentations.
I am continually intrigued that so many people tend to go to extremes when it is not clear to me there is any compelling reason to do so.
" am continually intrigued that so many people tend to go to extremes when it is not clear to me there is any compelling reason to do so."
Possibly because the classical ketogenic diet used in refractory childhood epilepsy is 75% fat (or more). Any diet with less fat is really just a low carb diet rebranded with a more modern and cooler name. Anyway, word was getting around that low carb diets seemed to be associated with higher mortality so a name change was no bad thing (for people selling low carb diets)..
I am an admirer of Bredesen's business acumen if nothing else.
>>> Bredesen's business acumen
Do you mean Breseden or Peterson? Or perhaps both?
I meant Bredesen but now you mention it …….
Oops wrong link
'The classic ketogenic diet, developed at Johns Hopkins, contains fats in a 4:1 ratio to carbohydrates. The amount of protein is regulated also so that ∼90% of calories are derived from fat. This diet was used as a treatment for epilepsy fairly commonly in the 1920s and 1930s.'
At least Breseden is only recommending mild ketosis.
To counterbalance my earlier comment, I should add people interested in diet and Alzheimer's might also check out the book by Drs. Sherzai: The Alzheimer's Solution: A Breakthrough Program to Prevent and Reverse the Symptoms of Cognitive Decline at Every Age, which does not recommend ketosis.
I like Bredesen's list of questions more than I like his use of oil
I like the Sherzai's and the fact that they are working with one very-low-rate of Alzheimer's population and one very-high-rate of Alzheimer's population.
The fact that groups like the Adventists and the vegan Nuns from the Nun's study had so few cases of Alzheimer's is comforting to me. Plus, the Finland study where lowering saturated fats lowered the rate by 90%. It seems to me that those studies point in a WFPB direction, more than a Keto direction.
I do, however, balance that against the vegetarian and vegan group from England who had twice the rate of the meat-eaters because of Homocysteine and not getting enough Omega 3, so I highly applaud Dr. Bredesen for his very long list of questions.
I have used it often.
Dr. Greger has a video on controlling the APOE4 gene
"The highest frequency of ApoE4 in the world is in Nigeria, but they also have some of the lowest Alzheimer's rates. To understand this paradox, one has to understand the role of ApoE. What does the ApoE gene do? ApoE is the principal cholesterol carrier in the brain. So, the Nigerians' diet appeared to have trumped their genes, due to their low cholesterol levels from their low intake of animal fat, living off of mainly grains and vegetables."
Here is what the study says:
ApoE mediates cholesterol homeostasis in the body and is a major lipid carrier in brain. As such, its expression in the periphery and in brain changes in response to changes in cholesterol metabolism. Here, we used a transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's amyloidosis to examine whether the diet-induced or pharmacologically induced changes in plasma cholesterol that result in altered brain amyloidosis also affect ApoE content in liver and in brain. We found that chronic changes in total cholesterol in plasma lead to changes in ApoE mRNA levels in brain. We also found that cholesterol loading of primary glial cells increases cellular and secreted ApoE levels and that long-term treatment of astrocytes and microglia with statins leads to a decrease in the cellular and/or secreted ApoE. These observations suggest that disrupted cholesterol metabolism may increase the risk of developing AD in part due to the effect of cholesterol on brain ApoE expression.
Nicely done, Deb.
I stopped the video (the one about APOE4) at t=0:55 and read the abstract. I tried to synthesize a few points from that abstrace:
A "hallmark" of AD is the presence of a protein in the brain called Beta Amyloid Protein
Beta Amyloid Protein generation and clearance is regulated by cholesterol; elevated cholesterol increases Beta Amyloid Protein
The identification of the APOE gene and its influence on cholesterol is consistent with the role for cholesterol in the development of AD (pathogenesis).
So it appears that even though the APOE4 gene works against Nigerians in creating more lipoprotein, diet may correct sufficiently to reduce the risk.
I'll have to admit I'm still a little confused.
If you are confused, what am I?
I am trying to learn about oxidized cholesterol as my England study theory.
Learning the science behind everything might take a lifetime.
I have been thinking about whether there is a mechanism for the people in the UK study to have had an increase in Hemorrhagic Stroke and low estrogen is one I came up with.
But the UK also has such high rates of Breast Cancer and Alzheimer's and Estrogen can be involved in those, too. Though I genuinely am confused about it because Estrogen is protective of Alzheimer's, but that is where the oxidized cholesterol linked the topics together.
I found a study that eating enough fruits and vegetables helped delay menopause.
Yes, I am past that, but I just felt like I should try to understand that study better because of my own risk factors for cancer and Alzheimer's and because I have gone vegan and probably should do the math myself to make sure I haven't increased my risk for Hemorrhagic stroke.
Dr. Barnard's answer of eggs for that topic links the 3 topics, so I am trying to understand it better.
You would think being a woman would make learning it easier, but nope.
Vitamin D fortified milk delayed menopause, too.
I was trying to figure out what the women in the UK could do if Estrogen was a factor in Alzheimer's, Breast Cancer and Hemorrhagic stroke and I came up with eat enough fruits and vegetables and drink enough fortified plant milk to delay Menopause. Don't eat eggs. Don't eat sodium, which is linked to the Hemorrhagic stroke and Alzheimer's – even though there is a study where salt is protective in the case of Breast Cancer, so I needed a specific list of foods protective against Breast Cancer, which would also be protective over the brain, and we already have soy and flaxseed and I am not sure if I forgot this about Broccoli, but Broccoli made the list.
In one study, eating broccoli decreased levels of a type of estrogen linked to breast cancer, while increasing levels of an estrogen type that protects against breast cancer
If I could figure out the types of estrogens, I could figure out if Broccoli could kill all 3 disease risks of the UK at the same time.
Soy, I think maybe did, too.
I just have to look all of them up related to types of estrogens.
Sulforaphane has mechanisms helping with cancer, and it also has mechanisms helping with hemorrhagic stroke
And it might help lower the aluminum load in Alzheimer's among other ways of helping that.
Turmeric helps all 3 of them, too. That surprised me. I didn't think it would help a Hemorrhagic stroke.
The other thing I think I found was that I have a hypothesis that the vegans in the UK aren't fruitarians.
We found that consumption of vegetables was inversely associated with the risk for cerebral infarction, and the consumption of fruits was inversely associated with the risk for intracerebral hemorrhage.
I nominate the foods which lower the risk of Hemorrhagic stroke for a topic since the vegetarian and vegan community might have fear about it, particularly in the UK.
Beans and Legumes delay menopause – so does the oily fish. If the UK women don't eat beans and legumes or if they eat a lot of refined carbs, that could be why the fish group bested them.
Each daily serving of oily fish, beans, and other legumes that a woman ate was associated with an average 3.3-year delay in the start of menopause. And for every additional serving of refined pasta and rice a woman ate each day, menopause was on average 1.5 years earlier.
Researchers also found that a higher intake of two nutrients, vitamin B6 and zinc, also appeared to delay menopause — by 0.6 and 0.3 years, respectively.
Wow you are on the spot with this. Thanks for all your contributions.
I would be cautious of consuming too many grains or at least be choosy. Test yourself for blood sugar levels an hour or so after consumption and you may be shocked. For example when I consume oats in the form of porridge made from water my BG gos to 116 whereas a bowl of only rice raises it to only 89. I avoid bread although for me it is not as damaging blood sugar wise as oats. My breakfats these days consist more of beans and a couple of times a week eggs
Are you saying that low serum cholesterol levels means low levels in the brain and are you saying that low levels of cholesterol in the brain are desirable
Keto diets are notoriously deficient in fiber. Mediterranean keto is a solution to this. To simplify low carb high fiber is a better mantra than low carb high fat.
Having read some years ago that the size of the gut adjusts to the amount of food it has to process, including lots of fiber. Everytime I see someone with a waist that is disproportionate to the rest of their body I think, that person must send a lot of food through their gut.
When I see someone with a smaller waist, like you would find back during the '40s, '50s, or '60s… I figure they don't over eat.
Like everyone else though, I've held on to the belief that fiber is a very good and necessary thing for good health. But lately I've been reading that whole body vibration causes the contents of the gut to "mix up" and the mixing actually reduces the number of different biotics in the gut microbiome but increases one particular one called Alistipe that produces short chain fatty acids like Butyrate.
I've been doing this for a few weeks now and with more experience with the regimen, I'll offer my conclusions.
(Not sayin' change what is working for you… just keep WBV in the back of your mind in case it becomes more mainstream and tested to show efficacy.)
Dr. Gerald Davies, mediterranean keto is a solution to what? A virtual total absence of fiber? Ok… that's good, but how is any form of keto a solution? That's like saying taking a multi-vitamin with meals is a solution to the total absence of nutrition in a twinkie diet. Keto does not work, it's bad for you, it doesn't result in fat loss, it results in less fat loss, muscle loss, and even bone loss. Why not eat your fiber and be healthy, too? Just eat the diet that works, a WFPB diet.
Dr. Gerald Davies, how is a Mediterranean keto diet a solution? Yeah, adding fiber in what is a virtually fiberless diet is better, but the diet still doesn't work, haven't you been paying attention to the science? Skip to the last video. Keto diets do not result in better health and they do not result in fat loss. They result in poor health, less fat loss, muscle loss and even the inability to build muscle no matter how hard you train, and even bone loss.
Any thoughts on the recently (Oct 2019) published report by Bradley Johnson , Dalhousie U. In Canada that claims there is no issue with meat consumption and is safe and healthy?
Recent study on keto and longevity.
Low carb diet over a long time may shorten life, study shows.
As compared to a more traditional high-carb Japanese diet, which increases longevity (and healthspan).
Japanese diet and survival time: The Ohsaki Cohort 1994 Study
"Conclusions: Adherence to a Japanese diet is associated with a longer survival time."
Thanks for sharing, Gengo.
I'd love Dr Gregers thoughts on wholefood vegan Keto ? Several plantbased doctors have trialed it.
Wow Dr G , great video!! you make a very compelling case, and this is exactly why I've suspected the keto diet is at best a short term bandaid to get away from overly processed carbohydrates and junk foods.
So thankful i found this organization and this site. Cheers
Should have also mentioned that Ketogenic diets beget Zombies… as evidenced by the number of *successful* ketogenic diet practitioners who have posted in the commentary sections.
Those folk are obviously Zombies who just think their health has improved by eating good fats.
The Dr's video points out in a perfect storm (fat only diet) how things can fearfully go wrong. However, he leaves out the part about the accompanying parts of the diet… yes he gives supplementation a quick mention but doesn't give protein a mention at all that I remember. I guess it was assumed to be from animal consumption along with saturated fats (he forgot to mention there are unsaturated fats?)
But what if the protein came from Hemp?… an edible protein that contains all the essential amino acids as well as omegas 3,6, and 9 essential fatty acids.
Instead of using cases of poorly done or managed keto diets (which are probably few and far between) as fearful dangers of keto, how about some balance by including cases of "death by carbs" as well.
"death by carbs"…
I like that very much. Could be a song title, or a new movie by Quentin Tarantino
or a new movie by Quentin Tarantino
heh, there would have to be blood, gore, and violence… Tarantino would find a way. '-)
Nope, Tarantino has said the whole time that he only plans on making 10 movies.
He also said he wouldn't go digital because film is "organic." Kodak said they would keep making film stock but in much smaller amounts.
Soderbergh said he was through making films but then has made one with a cell phone camera, and is currently making two back-to-back using the same actresses (Meryl Streep is one.)
As we've seen looking at pictures of people from the 40s, 50s, and 60s… things change. '-)
Well-managed and medically supervised keto diets may also be dangerous
"RESULTS: The most common early-onset complication was dehydration, especially in patients who started the KD with initial fasting. Gastrointestinal disturbances, such as nausea/vomiting, diarrhea, and constipation, also were frequently noted, sometimes associated with gastritis and fat intolerance. Other early-onset complications, in order of frequency, were hypertriglyceridemia, transient hyperuricemia, hypercholesterolemia, various infectious diseases, symptomatic hypoglycemia, hypoproteinemia, hypomagnesemia, repetitive hyponatremia, low concentrations of high-density lipoprotein, lipoid pneumonia due to aspiration, hepatitis, acute pancreatitis, and persistent metabolic acidosis. Late-onset complications also included osteopenia, renal stones, cardiomyopathy, secondary hypocarnitinemia, and iron-deficiency anemia. Most early- and late-onset complications were transient and successfully managed by careful follow-up and conservative strategies. However, 22 (17.1%) patients ceased the KD because of various kinds of serious complications, and 4 (3.1%) patients died during the KD, two of sepsis, one of cardiomyopathy, and one of lipoid pneumonia.'
17% of patients ceased the diet because of serious complications and 3% died? Doesn't sound like the type of diet i'd want – even under medical supervison.
and patients died… of sepsis
I think you misspelled sceptics… and no telling how many patients died by being scared (w)itless by anti-sepsis sceptics.
(One wonders if some europep countries against keto don't sacrifice a few of the cohort in order to be able to print calumnies… probably not, but you never know '-)
You've hit the nail on the head. It's all a giant conspiracy. That's clear to me now.
As he who must not be named used to tell us, all the so-called evidence is 'fake' and 'bogus'.
You've hit the nail on the head. It's all a giant conspiracy. That's clear to me now.
Welcome to the enlightened side… may the Force be with you as you are now Jedi.
Yes Yoda.
He who must not be named has probably achieved Ascension by now.(up his own backside?)
And then there's Keto crotch.
Don't forget about Keto crotch.
Google….am unable to post a link.
That's why you have been missing for so long?
Huh? What's why?
I posted earlier that most of the month of August was a "don't ask" month for me — which included no access no a computer. "Into each life some rain must fall." :-(
Welcome back, YR,
I;m just itching to make a joke about keto crotch but that would be inappropriate. Here's a link though
Very timely and potent information, in the wake of the keto craze.
Autophagy is however a most useful side effect of ketosis, and likely
the most important… Useful vid the study cited from the NIH.
Yes Dr Paul, and supposedly according to Dr Longo, it only takes approx 5 days or so to reach that point. They seem to have garnered positive results using the high fat vegan approach, 5 days per month, for 3 months. My question would be, are the (vegan) fats necessary for this process? What would be the advantage over water fasting for example?
That is a good question.
Dr Longo's ProLon plan is mostly soup.
Soup, olives, a few bars.
There weren't oils in it that I know of.
I bought it, but I wasn't the one who used it.
I just impulse bought a new bed because of a sale and a good salesman. Charming in a geeky, orderly, overly knowledgeable, simple man type of way.
He doesn't get a commission and he only sells mattresses and has been selling them for 40 years. He told me that the mattresses near the front of the store were $5000 with the base, but he said these are wrong for you. Then he did a verbal Goldilocks and the 3 bears process and said, "These are too soft for you. These are too hard for you. I am going to start you off with the best for you and we can go to the ones which are close to it but cheaper in price after that."
He immediately understood me.
Hoping it will help me sleep better.
He genuinely brought me to the most comfortable mattress I have ever been on in my entire life and it was 50% off and it wasn't the $5000 one.
That makes me hopeful.
Sounds absolutely wonderful Deb!
I recently saw a video by Dr. Gundy in which he was quite critical on eating beans/legumes; especially tomatoes where he says they are full of unhealthy lecithens.
I have become over the past 2 years a total convert to the vegetarian diet recommended by Dr. Grigor – -and make it a habit to eat an ample amount of beans/legumes daily.
What can you provide that can "debunk" these comments by Dr. Gundy, as espoused in his book "Diet Evolution.
Thx much – john
Dr. Greger did do a video about that book and has done videos on Lectins.
I have a friend who lost 50 pounds doing Gundry, but when she went for her lab results, her doctor said that she had the worst lab reports that he had ever seen and she was seriously symptomatic to the point where she is terrified that she has some mystery illness. She ended up with raging out-of-control diabetes, plus was losing her hair and a whole list of other things.
The thing is, I got rid of all of my disease symptoms going WFPB and she gained so many disease symptoms going Gundry, but she lost more weight.
There are other sites, which have debunked it. A lot of my friends and one sister-in-law tried it and what I can tell you is that none of them are still doing it. I think it is a hard diet to do because of having to avoid so many common foods.
John Camm, https://nutritionfacts.org/video/dr-gundrys-the-plant-paradox-is-wrong/ Dr Greger did an awesome video on the topic of The Plant Paradox.
I was thinking about you tonight.
I made high carb Hannah's broccoli and potato soup and when I eat potatoes, I get hungry.
I end up snacking after dinner.
I actually knew this already.
I never feel full on potatoes unless they are part of a dish with beans.
I tried it anyway because it was a broccoli dish, but I can't eat dishes with that many potatoes.
Kale fills me up. Potatoes make me hungry.
Edamame fills me up.
That's really interesting Deb! Now that you mention it, my salad 'dinners' and fruit desserts have me feeling full… I tried a chopped vegie salad tonight after someone recommended it in the forum a couple of days ago – excellent!
I read post by Dr Mirkin recently that said carbs like potatoes can
intensify cravings for sugar in some people, and to just beware. I generally eat a tomato and broth based veggie soup with lentils and kale in it.
What exactly is a "high carb diet" when eating plants? Because plants are all high carbohydrate. They also contain varying amounts of protein and oils, and of course other minerals, vitamins, and phytonutrients, but they are basically built of carbohydrates. They have plant cell walls, containing cellulose — which is all carbohydrate. That's what gives them their structure. As opposed to an internal skeleton, which amphibians, fish, reptiles, birds, and mammals have.
I get very confused with some of the terminology people bat about. Especially about food.
Could "high carb" mean "high starch?" Because starch is a storage form of carbohydrates, found in higher proportions in seeds, nuts, and root vegetables.
I was trying to figure out what you were talking about, but I think I just did.
High Carb Hannah is a YouTube site of a woman who lost a lot of weight on The Starch Solution.
I made her broccoli "cheddar" soup, which has a pound of potatoes in the recipe.
She eats it over rice, so I decided to try it the way she did.
Two nights in a row, I honestly didn't feel satiety even after eating a very big bowl full and both nights I was hungry and snacked a few hours after dinner, which I had not been doing at all.
Last night, I ended up with sugar cravings, which I have not had at all. I don't want to blame the potatoes, it just happens to be the first two nights I ate them corresponding with no satiety and sugar cravings.
It was over Basmati rice, which I think is supposed to be lower Glucose Index than white rice and I have used the Basmati rice in the past with beans and I didn't have this reaction.
It could be a fluke, but I have eaten potatoes in the past and felt no satiety. Kale, I feel so much satiety that I can't finish the 2 cups salad. Potatoes, I eat 7 cups worth and still feel hungry and try to not think about it thinking it will go away, but, both nights I ended up snacking 2 hours later and, last night, I ended up driving to the store and buying a non-dairy ice cream, which I don't do. 180 calories per pint, but still. Two nights in a row, I ended up having the munchies 2 hours after not feeling satisfied at dinner.
I was thinking about it and maybe the soup wasn't hot enough.
Soup is supposed to be okay even though it isn't "whole" because it takes longer to eat.
Deb, this is the comment Dr Mirkin made about cravings https://www.drmirkin.com/nutrition/n195.html It might be a possibility that the potatoes in the soup made your blood sugar rise?
Anyway, just reading this helped me a bit to be more aware and not fall into the trap of craving.
I like baked potatoes wait til they are cool back to room temp to eat. Sometimes add to my veg smoothie. I don't remember ever getting "hungrier because of it. " or cover wit with green salsa and acacado. . Not sure if it's because it's cool and therefore resistant starch or because I'm not paying attention. I be on the lookout for this.
in fact Gundry is dead wrong but, hey, sensational claims are what sells books – even if those claims are rubbish.
"To identify protective dietary predictors amongst long-lived elderly people (N=785), the "Food Habits in Later
Life" (FHILL) study was undertaken among five cohorts in Japan, Sweden, Greece and Australia. Between
1988 and 1991, baseline data on food intakes were collected. There were 785 participants aged 70 and over
that were followed up to seven years. Based on an alternative Cox Proportional Hazard model adjusted to age
at enrolment (in 5-year intervals), gender and smoking, the legume food group showed 7-8% reduction in
mortality hazard ratio for every 20g increase in daily intake with or without controlling for ethnicity (RR 0.92;
95% CI 0.85-0.99 and RR 0.93; 95% CI 0.87-0.99, respectively). Other food groups were not found to be
consistently significant in predicting survival amongst the FHILL cohorts."
Check out this repost of Fumbles earlier post:
Legumes: the most important dietary predictor of survival in older people of different ethnicities
"To identify protective dietary predictors amongst long-lived elderly people (N=785), the "Food Habits in Later Life" (FHILL) study was undertaken among five cohorts in Japan, Sweden, Greece and Australia. Between 1988 and 1991, baseline data on food intakes were collected. There were 785 participants aged 70 and over that were followed up to seven years. Based on an alternative Cox Proportional Hazard model adjusted to age at enrolment (in 5-year intervals), gender and smoking, the legume food group showed 7-8% reduction in mortality hazard ratio for every 20g increase in daily intake with or without controlling for ethnicity (RR 0.92; 95% CI 0.85-0.99 and RR 0.93; 95% CI 0.87-0.99, respectively). Other food groups were not found to be consistently significant in predicting survival amongst the FHILL cohorts."
Gengo, are they still as for us good if we can't digest them properly?
Thanks for the comments regarding this Gundry diet.
I changed my diet two years ago from a total carnivore to vegetarian (with some fish ).
Blood chemistry after one year….101 LDL, 78 HDL. and still improving.
Living in Tucson AZ I can garden year round.
I'm 65, weigh 148 and in best health in my life……and no "early death"…..ED…..here……..ha.
Vegetarian for life…..thank you Dr Gregor.
"I changed my diet two years ago from a total carnivore to vegetarian (with some fish ))
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Fish? So you are actually a pescaterian, yes?
Yes….i suppose.
I will eat fish…salmon in restaurants where there is no vegi choice.
So, yes call me a pesci….but frankly, im vegi most of the time.
"Let not your heart be troubled "….I completely embrace vegetarian diet…..even vegan diet as I do think that is the best
True believers will find a million reasons to ignore this information. Here are 10 ………….
Q. What does the evidence show about keto diets?
A. I am a sceptic so I ignore the evidence (except when it supports my beliefs)
Q. Is long term consumption of a keto diet safe?
A. It feels safe to me. So it must be.
Q. Keto diets are a form of low carb diet. What about the evidence showing increased mortality on low carb diets?
A. If I call it demonisation, it is not evidence. So I ignore it.
Q. What about the evidence?
A. It's not evudence if I ignore it.
Q. What does the evidence show about keto diets?
A If I call it 'vilification, it is not evidence. So I ignore it.
Q. What does the evidence show about keto diets?
A. if I call it dogma, it is not evidence. So I ignore it.
Q. What does the evidence show about keto diets?
A. if I call it 'meat defamation', it is not evidence. So I ignore it.
Q. What does the evidence show about keto diets?
A. Those studies are not about real keto diets. So I ignore it.
Q. What does the evidence show about keto diets?
A. Thatso-called evidence is not about'Dr'So and So's special keto diet. So I ignore it.
Q. What does the evidence show about keto diets?
A. those studies weren't long enough/short enough/didn't include MCT oil/didn't include positive affirmations/insert quibble of your choice here
Coincidentally, Dr Mirkin's latest newsletter (15 September 2019) contains an article on keto diets, which begins ….
'The various ketogenic diets that severely restrict all carbohydrates and replace them mostly with fats are associated with increased risk for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease or NAFLD (JAMA Intern Med, published online July 15, 2019). NAFLD can lead to diabetes, heart attacks, strokes, liver cancer and other cancers (Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care, Jul 1, 2012;15(4):374-380). Ketogenic diets have also been associated with kidney stones, constipation, diarrhea, fatigue, headaches, bad breath, bone fractures, and an increase in LDL cholesterol that increases risk for heart disease. Ketogenic diets increase markers of cholesterol and inflammation, although they do lower triglycerides (Obesity, June 2019;27(6):971-981).
Any diet that restricts vegetables, fruits, whole grains and beans is unhealthful because these plant foods are rich sources of soluble fiber that is converted in your intestines to short chain fatty acids (SCFAs), which lower high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and high blood sugar. A deficiency of soluble fiber markedly increases risk for an overactive immune system (inflammation) that can damage cells throughout your body.'
Absolute crap. Keto has all nutrients and vitamins required for health. As a bonus you lose a mountain of weight. I know because I've walked the keto path. Sorry, no sale..
I heard there was a recent study that showed vegetarians/vegans are at higher risk for stroke. What do you have to say about this study, Dr. Greger? This is very concerning! Thank you!
What about plant-based keto diets in general, are they safe/healthy?
Yes i am vegan keto… Its been almost 2 and a half years.
This guy is sold …. Don't believe his bs
Perhaps the best study comparing Vegetarians to meat consumers was the Healthy Shoppers Oxford study. In this study they attempted to get around the bias surrounding the fact that Veggies have made an effort to change their diet and are therefore more diet conscious and less likely to eat other 'poor' quality foods. The way they did this was to recruit both cohorts from shoppers at a health food store. The results showed that although once again plant based eaters did better on heart disease, on overall mortality there was no difference between plant and meat eaters
How does a Ketogenic diet helps a schizophrenic person?
Can you clarify whether the sources you have quoted looked at ketogenic diets rather than simply 'low carb' diets? A ketogenic diet is typically <20g carbohydrates per day, whereas low carb could be considered <100g or <150g of carbohydrates per day. <20g leads to ketosis (the body switching to fat as primary fuel source), whereas 'low carb' will not. This is a significant difference as the body is operating in a completely different way. I notice at least a couple of pages in the studies you quote do not mention 'ketogenic' or 'ketosis' at all, and just use 'low carb'. It is important to note the difference and the effects this would have on a study.
I would also note there are various forms of ketogenic diet – yes some can achieve ketosis eating butter, bacon and other high saturated fat foods, but plenty of people also achieve ketosis following a cleaner/'healthier' form of the diet – grass fed meat with more favourable omega 3/6 ratios, cooking with avocado oil instead of butter, eating wild caught fish etc.
When Dr Greger tells us that two children died of selenium deficiency, which he attributes to the keto diet, it emerges that they were suffering from toursades des pointes, likely inherited. There's nowhere on the keto diet that precludes selenium consumption. Here are some foods high in selenium. All recommended on a ketogenic diet.
Brazil nuts
Cottage cheese
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Depending on the theme you use, some may include a menu that is automatically generated and displayed, but with Influential Lite, we need to create a custom menu for greater flexibility. In the Basic Theme Setup tutorials section, there is a tutorial for Creating your custom menus, but I will give you a quick tutorial based on the WordPress standard method of creating a menu:
- Go to Appearance >> Menus
- Enter a menu name for your new menu and click "Create Menu"
- Next, look to the bottom area and select the menu location "Primary"
- Now you can begin adding menu items like pages, categories, custom links, etc., to your menu by drag and drop.
- Click the "Save Menu" button
Making Other Menus
If you want to create additional menus, such as your Footer menu, or a different one to use in the "Custom Menu" widget, the process will be the same. The only difference is what location you will publish the menu. For Influential Lite, you get 3 menu locations that are predefined for you:
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Talkshops- for NBWC 2018 Registrants ONLY.
14th National Black Writers Conference
"Gathering at the Waters: Healing, Legacy, and Activism in Black Literature"
Thursday, March 22, 2018 – Sunday, March 25, 2018
Talkshop listing:
Talkshops and One-on-One sessions are for registered conference attendees ONLY. One day registration is available here. Present tickets at the registration table.
If you register for two (2) Talkshops use the code "Like2talkshop" for a 15% discount.
Limited capacity for each.
Full descriptions for talkshops below ticket listing.
Day 1: Thursday, March 22 – No Talkshops or One-on-One's this day.
Day 2: Friday, March 23
Writing Talkshops:
10:00 AM – 11:45 AM: Fiction with Victor LaValle- Room TBA
You want to write a novel, but as you've learned easier said than done. While inspiration and enthusiasm are great they don't help you figure out how to organize all those pages you've written. We'll discuss basic questions about how novels are structured, how to map out the motivations of your characters, how to identify (or create) a good antagonist, how to create a dramatically interesting narrative for the reader to follow and more. This is going to be a talk about the mechanics of a novel, nuts-and-bolts stuff.
10:00 AM – 11:45 AM: Poetry with Keisha-Gaye Anderson – Room TBA
This talkshop will explore how memory—actual, imagined and re-imagined—is used in African American poetics to witness, communicate and construct collective realities, while also serving as a call to activism and social change. Through close examination of language, structure, form and other devices used within selected poems from the African American literary tradition, workshop participants will become familiar with approaches to this craft that focus on powerfully commemorating, documenting, and witnessing subjective and collective struggle endemic to the black experience. Participants will employ this understanding in creating their own poems for sharing with other workshop participants.
Day 3: Saturday, March 24
Book Proposals: Regina Brooks – Room TBD
If you have an idea for a book or have already written one but now you have to find an agent or editor, you'll need a book proposal. This workshop is designed to walk you step by step through the book proposal development process. It is designed to help you understand each section of the proposal and why it's meaningful to the publishers and the people that will ultimately bring your book to life.
10:00 AM – 11:45 AM: Fiction with Donna Hill – Room TBD
Get started by working with established, published author Donna Hill and learn tools to hone the craft of creative writing. Are you interested in starting or finishing your novel? How about completing that short story you have been stuck on? Beginners are welcome. Limited capacity.
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM: One-on-One Sessions with Agents and Editors – slots listed separately.
Day 4: Sunday, March 25
10:00 AM – 11:45 AM: Book Proposals with Regina Brooks – Room TBD
10:00 AM – 11:45 AM: Fiction with Nicole Dennis-Benn- Room TBD
Writing the Lovable & Unlovable Character (A One Day Bootcamp)
In fiction, we know that characters are the heart of any story. One can love them or one can hate them—both emotions coming from the same place: Interest. What makes a story a story is dynamic characters behaving badly or making unpopular decisions. The true question is how to get the reader to care about the choices these people make and be willing to follow them on a journey. This session is geared toward character development. The goal is to give participants the tools to craft complex, rounded characters. Come prepared to read and write!
10:00 AM – 11:45 AM: Publishing with Troy Johnson & Paul Coates- Room TBD
Paul Coates, founder of Black Classic Press and BCP Digital Printing; and Troy Johnson, founder of The African American Literature Book Club (AALBC.com) will show writers how to independently publish their best possible book. The topic covered will include editing, design, printing, distribution, promotion, and more.


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"The Invincible Theatre" by Felice Picano from Best Gay Romance 2014 (Cleis Press)
Full disclosure: I have a story in this anthology.
If you're put off by the language of this next story, you owe it to yourself to get over that, quickly. In my opinion it is the sexiest story in the collection. It's also the most ambitious. Not surprising, when you consider the source. It's like bringing an atomic bomb to a knife fight.
Monsieur Guillaume Darrot and the Invincible Theatre is the name used by the travelling troupe that sets up shop in the square where the main character sells flowers. On the threshold of his teen years, no longer a child but not yet a man, he becomes enamored with the five mysterious figures who make up the company. He parlays a stint as an unskilled laborer, schlepping boxes off the caravans, into one as a general stagehand, moving scenery and operating the main curtain, and then follows the leading man around until he catches his eye. When the players pull up stakes and prepare to head off to the next town, he decides, quite believably, to cast his lot with theirs. As they journey, he continues (ahem) to insinuate himself into the company. It's sheer bawdy fun.
While I was reading it I kept thinking of one of the author's novels, Late in the Season, which has a similar setting (the performing arts), and similar themes (the loss of innocence, bisexuality, polyamory), and yet is a vastly dissimilar story, set in a different country, and time, and time of life. The young man in this story is just discovering the many possibilities life holds, while the novel's protagonist, in the prime of his life, takes certain actions precisely because he feels his options evaporating.
You ought to read this, and Late in the Season, too.


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To help LM (and myself) be more motivated to clean around the house, I made chore sticks! I used these colored Popsicle sticks I got at the dollar store and wrote places or areas of the house on them. Each day we choose a stick, set the timer for 10-15 minutes, and get to work!
Right now my main purpose is to get some areas of the house clean that often get neglected, and have LM help out when he can. Therefore, I have some sticks that require a bit more of Mommy's attention. If you want your focus to be more on teaching children to clean, then you might want to only write things on the sticks that they can easily do. For example, your sticks could say things like:
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Teacher Shake
This is the ultimate resource for classroom teachers. Inside the Teacher Shake App you will find over 100 lesson starters, and 35 debrief and reflection activities to conclude your lessons. A majority of the lesson starters will last between five to ten minutes, the perfect amount of time to have students focused after recess or lunch or at the start of a new schooling day. The activities engage and energise students so they are focused and ready to commence learning.
Once you have completed the lesson or you have finished the current topic with your class, a debrief or reflection activity is the perfect way to see what learning has taken place. Not only will the debrief activities be an effective way to finish off the class, they are also a vital tool for student revision. The best part about these activities is that they have been designed to maximise learning and reflection in fun new ways.
The app also has a favorites section, where teachers can create a list of their favorite lesson starters and reflection activities. This is a great way to build up a base of quality activities that work for individual teachers. The Teacher Shake is the newest edition to the Shake range of apps, it has the simple to use shake function to generate a new activity. Not only is it easy to use, it is also extremely exciting for students to shake the device and a new game or activity appears.
As part of the release of the Teacher Shake, here are two sample lesson starters and two reflection activities listed below.
Lesson Starters
Equipment: A pack of UNO cards or normal playing cards
Description: Students start the game in a large circle. Each student is then handed a UNO card. Once the student has their card they need to wait until it is their turn and the entire class performs the movement for 10 seconds. Or you can perform the number of reps on the card. For example a red 6 would be 6 Squats. Here are the class movements:
Blue: Lunges
Red: Squats
Yellow: Sit ups
Green: Jump and reach to the sky
If you do not have a set of UNO cards you can use normal playing cards instead. Instead of using colours, use the suits of the cards to allocate different movements.
Equipment: A4 Pieces of paper
Description: This is a classic energiser to start lessons or to challenge students with an active game. Using recycled paper, each student places a piece of A4 paper on their stomach and then tries to walk down the hall fast enough so it does not fall off. If it falls, students need to complete 5 star jumps or 5 push-ups before trying again. If you have time you can take the class outside and measure which student can paper walk the longest distance. This is a fun challenge that will energise students ready for your lesson.
Debrief and Reflection Activities
Equipment: None
Description: This short activity can prelude a formal reflection discussion, being effective in helping students begin to reflect on what was accomplished during the lesson. Ask the students to think about the lesson that has just taken place and explain to them that they are going to create a living 'snapshot' of the lesson.
Ask for one student to start the photo by posing in such a way that illustrates their involvement in the lesson. Then ask another to join in to help build the living snapshot and continue until every student is in the photo. Once all students are in place, use a camera to take a group photo.
Equipment: None
Description: This is a fantastic way to reflect on the learning that has taken place in the lesson. Students take it in turns to be news reporters. They either stand at the front of the class or sit at the teacher's desk. They need to talk about three things they have learnt and enjoyed in the class. The fun thing about this is that they have to present these three items to the class like they are on the 6 o'clock News. Students can present like they are reading the weather, doing the sporting section or anything they like. It's always a great idea to show the class what you mean and give a sample new report of your own. My favourite thing to finish with is to design a "finishing signing off sentence". Like 'be good San Diageo' or 'that's the news as it played out, I'm Dale Sidebottom see you tomorrow night'.
To find out more, or to win yourself a free copy email me at firstname.lastname@example.com and tell me why you would like the Teacher Shake app. I have ten copies' to give way to the first ten emails. Or you can tweet me on twitter @DaleSidebottom and tell me why you would like a free copy.


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ESWL a procedure in which sound waves are focused on stones and used to fragment the stones into smaller pieces which can pass on their own. The shockwaves are targeted using fluoroscopy (a type of x-ray which is relatively low dose but can show imaging in real-time).
The procedure is done under light sedation. It is important to lie very still on the bed so that targeting can be as accurate as possible. Even a small movement will mean that sound waves may not be hitting the stone as desired.
ESWL is an excellent choice for:
In some cases, a ureteral stent will be placed prior to ESWL to reduce the chances that a fragment will obstruct the ureter. This is especially so with larger stones.
In 2006, a group from the Mayo Clinic published an observational series on a large group of patients who received ESWL. The study, which had some serious methodological flaws, suggested that there was an increased incidence of diabetes and hypertension in patients whom had undergone ESWL. Subsequently, the Mayo group (in 2012) and several other groups have shown that there is NOT an increased risk of developing diabetes or high blood pressure following ESWL and it should be considered safe in that regard.
American Urological Association Information on ESWL
Canadian Urological Association Information on ESWL
Vancouver Coastal Health Discharge Instructions following ESWL
If you have questions that are not answered here, please contact us.
Your urologist but want to see you approximately 1-2 weeks after the procedure to determine if you have passed any stone fragments (please bring these with you). A plain x-ray of the kidney will also be performed to check for residual stones.


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Each new member at Core receives a complimentary nutritional and goal setting appointment. Every person joins for his or her own reasons. We want to hear why you're here and we want to help you achieve your goals.
Nutrition 101 – Start with the basics. We'll help you establish a game plan and purpose by finding balance, setting goals and timelines, and utilizing us as a support system. As often as necessary we 'check in' to help you stay on track. Let us help educate you so you can feel and enjoy the benefits of living a healthy and fit lifestyle.
Consistently engaging the members to think about nutrition with programs and challenges. (See Events page)
Don't make a habit out of what feels good over what's actually good for you. Bad habits are easier to abandon today than tomorrow! Start with your nutrition, it lays the ground work for everything else in life!


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Health & Wellness
Superbugs are breeding, spreading drug-resistant genes at water treatment plants
Natural News
Wed, 22 Jan 2014 17:40 UTC
Why are water treatment facilities spreading super bugs even after the water has been treated?
Is chlorine an effective water disinfectant?
Experts are beginning to ponder these questions as water treatment plants are routinely found to be ineffective. New lab results show that specific infectious superbugs can now spread drug-resistant genes at water treatment plants.
Is it time to curtail the use of antibiotics? They are becoming worthless in the face of evolving superbugs. What natural antimicrobial substances could hospitals and doctors begin using to help patients fight infections without creating and spreading new superbug genes?
What ways can water filtration be improved?
These are the tough questions being asked on the cusp of new findings from Pedro J. J. Alvarez and researchers from Rice University.
Superbug genes can spread to other species of bacteriaIn the past decade, Alvarez and his colleagues have isolated abundant antibiotic-resistant genes in China's Hai River. Their mission from there was to find out how these highly evolved genes found their way into the environment in the first place and why they were spreading. They started by inspecting the source - water treatment plants in the area. Since antibiotic-resistant genes are common in fecal bacteria, they studied cultivated bacteria from incoming sewage at nearby water treatment facilities.
Joined by researcher Daqing Mao from Tianjin University, Alvarez extracted bacterial DNA from various water treatment stages at two nearby water treatment plants in China. They also inspected treated sludge, which is typically used by farmers as a fertilizer for their fields.
Using a process called polymerase chain reaction, the researchers isolated and measured various levels of antibiotic-resistant gene NDM-1. This gene first appeared in 2008 and has since then spread to every continent except Antarctica.
They also measured the amount of gene 16S rRNA, which is carried by all bacteria.
What they found in the treated water
Their tests found that both water treatment facilities were releasing thousands of copies per milliliter of the resistant NDM-1 superbug gene. Treated sludge contained even greater amounts - 10 million copies per gram of dry weight!
One treatment plant was actually expelling more of this infectious DNA into the environment than it was taking in!
After observing this widespread dispersion, the team sought to investigate whether this infectious DNA could be passed onto other bacteria species in the surrounding environment. In the lab, they combined NDM-1-carrying bacteria from treated water with sediments from the Hai River that didn't contain the gene.
After nine days of incubation, the researchers found that the NDM-1 gene could be transferred to river sediment bacteria that did not contain the gene!
The study "sounds a huge alarm," says Jeffrey Duchin, chair of the public health committee of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. The more prevalent these s-lactam resistance genes are in the environment, he says, the more opportunity there is for them to spread to other organisms.
New ways to treat water desperately needed
Duchin continues by pointing out that serious s-lactam-resistant infections are primarily caused by bacteria found in hospitals. Hospital patients are at greatest risk for contracting one of these infections, which are resistant to antibiotics. Duchin warns that, if these NDM-1 genes were to spread to bacteria outside hospitals, conditions like urinary tract infections and diarrhea could not be treated with antibiotics. "It would be a disaster," he says.
It's not all doom and gloom, though. Alvarez and his team are working on alternative disinfection methods for water treatment plants that include ultraviolet radiation and photocatalysts.
Moving away from antibiotics
Hospitals will also have to evolve in the years ahead, ditching widespread antibiotic use that is becoming a useless treatment method for superbugs. Natural antibacterial substances will be a more fitting solution going forward. For example, new implementation of garlic and oregano compounds could be sought after in the medical and food industries in the years ahead. Collodial silver and goldenseal root, to name a couple, could be looked to as answers in the future of mainstream antibacterial treatments.
Answers are all around as an awakening to environmental toxins and superbugs is upon us.
Reader Comments
Do a little research on how much radiation some cancer patients put into the system....flushes right down the toilet. One of the worst is the oral doses of Radioactive Iodine drugs for thyroid cancer.... Unbelievable! The idea is you can just flush the hot stuff down the toilet and all's well.
Forget Fukushima. We have plenty of toxic waste right here in the good old USSA!
How efficient is the UV radiation on the effluent water at sterilizing the bacteria leaving the treatment facilities...?
As far as i know UV radiation is supposed to keep ALL bacteria from being able to reproduce.. It is how they are sanitizing their drinking water in african villages it works so well.....
Aren't all waste water facilities supposed to irradiate the effluent water... This means that yes there are live bacteria leaving the treatment plants, but they have been STERILIZED, and will not reproduce.....?
but still a problem. A point of clarification. Most wastewater facilities are not required to entirely disinfect the treated water discharged to the environment. Usually the wastewater treatment facility disinfects the water to the point it reaches the natural background concentration of bacteria found in the receiving body of water due to limitations of facility design, chemical costs, energy costs, etc. Disinfection rate is a dose based reaction proportional to the amount of chemical disinfectant applied and the time it is allowed to work. Only a certain level of disinfectant can be allowed to be discharged into the environment since the disinfectant will affect the natural microbiological populations of the receiving water. Similarly, UV disinfection rate is a dose based reaction proportional to the radiation flux applied to the water and time that it is exposed to UV rays.
The problem is that the small concentration of bacteria that is permissible to be discharged into the environment ends up being naturally selected to be strains more resistant to disinfection. In essence, culling the bacterial population so only the fittest genomes survive.


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Typically between 1500-2000 for labor, We wire your van from front to back for 12v, 110v, DC to DC charging, shore power, solar, fans, AC units, 12v and usb connectors, fridge, water pumps, switches and anything else you may need.
We work with you to figure out where you would like items placed, the best layouts for your needs as well items required.
Typically all connections will be terminated appropriate butt, spade or terminal lug for the end user to install their lights, panels, etc (if not supplied).
Normal install takes about a week.
We supply the Ancor marine grade wire you need and terminals for your van for 1000. This includes 0/1 primary wire, 8 ga solar, and fuse box crossover wires, 12 ga component wire, 16ga wire for lighting and speakers. In addition if required, stranded 12ga 110v wiring and up to three outlets and one switch (we typically wire one outlet on a switch for your hot water heater)
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I was bored one day and decided to log onto Pirate101 and quest through Mooshu and now my swashbuckler is currently in Marleybone.. KIDDING! There's no way I could quest that fast and never will on my swashbuckler because he's my walkthrough character. :) I did however make it to Marleybone during Frostcaller's NXP event!
I've had many blog posts over the past few years about my swashbuckler and thought it would be fun to do a few other things with this character: such as join events, try PvP and other awesome things on Pirate101. A few days ago I had a chance to try something new by attending Frostcaller's amazing event on my swashbuckler! I heard something about his event a few days before but was so busy I didn't get a chance to reply or even share his event with everyone reading. I am glad he tweeted a reminder because I would have never known or hit the Nautical Level I've been trying for about a month or so!
This event was A LOT of fun and there were plenty of pirates there enjoying the event as much as I was. :D Edward Cringle actually nautical leveled from 39 to 45! I've been using companions to help my pirate nautical level since I was behind on it because I wanted to make as many walkthrough posts since I didn't have anything else to blog about before. I have a lot more now, but I'm still glad I went to his amazing event. I had a few issues during this NXP event since I'm a low level for this area, but I still think it was a lot of fun. Before I forget and ramble on.. Here's a link to Frostcaller's Recap Post! :D Thank you Frosty for the great event and thank you all for reading my recap post! :D
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Is This the Best Game-Winning High School Football Play Ever? [VIDEO]
You know this isn't how the football coach from Ravenna High School in Ohio drew up his team's game-winning play against nearby Field High. But, hey, you can't quibble with the results.
In fact, our decidedly un-expert analysis says this is probably the most amazing game-winning high school football play of all time.
Falling down with less than a minute on the clock, Ravenna's quarterback blindly flings the ball backwards over his head.
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On paper, Julie Chen and Sharon Osbourne — the queen bees of CBS' girly gabfest The Talk — couldn't be more different. Chen, a pedigreed journalist, spent years rising up the ranks at The Early Show and hosting Big Brother. Osbourne, meanwhile, has passed the last decade-plus morphing from music manager to reality-TV pioneer and variety-show judge. (Heck, even their husbands are practically from different planets: Chen is married to Leslie Moonves, the power-suited president and CEO of CBS; Osbourne has a 30-year union with rock icon Ozzy.) And yet, the polar opposite cohosts click. Five days a week, they gather — along with Aisha Tyler, Sheryl Underwood and Sara Gilbert — to swap opinions and crack each other up. We invited the two for high tea at the BG restaurant, where a ladylike setting didn't get in the way of letting off a little steam.
TV Guide Magazine: The Talk has had its share of shake-ups — see ya, Leah Remini and Holly Robinson Peete! Was it a relief to go into Season 3 with the lineup intact?
Osbourne: Any continuity is good in your life. Now we go into work, have the best time together, then all go and live our lives.
TV Guide Magazine: What went wrong during the first season?
Chen: Chemistry is something you can't fake. It's like dating.
Osbourne: The rapport has to be natural. I don't think you can put it into words what happened. We couldn't get in a rhythm.
TV Guide Magazine: What do you make of the criticism that your show is a knockoff of The View?
Osbourne: Does anybody say that Conan, Letterman, Leno and Ferguson are the same shows? They sit down and they interview people, so why can't there be a bunch of women doing it? It's only a format.
Chen: Our show is more fun than The View. Because we avoid talking about politics, there isn't tension. There are three things you can never win when talking about: Politics, religion and the O.J. Simpson trial.
TV Guide Magazine: Tell the truth: Which guests made your job harder?
Osbourne: Christie Brinkley — it was like pulling teeth. I don't think she's comfortable with who she is.
Chen: She was supposed to come on and dish the dirt about her divorce from Peter Cook, but then I think the lawyers advised against it.
Osbourne: And I'll tell you who's nutty...Cybill Shepherd. Very awkward to talk to.
TV Guide Magazine: Julie, when you began hosting Big Brother in 2000, you got a chilly reception from audiences. And the "Chenbot" nickname was born...
Chen: It's one thing to hate the show, but they hated me. It was awful. Initially the nickname was another punch in the stomach, and then my agent sent me a clip. Someone had spliced together all the shots of me saying "But first." I burst out laughing. I was like, "They have a point! I am the Chenbot." So I embraced it. Now I'll sign my note cards "Chenbot."
TV Guide Magazine: Sharon, you recently left America's Got Talent after alleging that NBC fired your son Jack from Stars Earn Stripes due to his multiple sclerosis diagnosis.
Osbourne: I loved the job, but personal feelings came into it. NBC should've been honest and said, "You know what, we really mishandled this situation, we apologize and we're going to make a donation to MS in Jack's name." I don't fit in at that corporation at all, nor do I want to. And I'm not the sort of person who's going to kiss arse. It's not like I'm trying to get in the next sitcom.
TV Guide Magazine: What would it be like if you went on a double date with your husbands?
Osbourne: Oh, my goodness me, can you imagine? First, I don't think Les would understand anything that Ozzy says. And I think Ozzy would be intimidated by Les' confidence.
Chen: And Les would be intimidated by Ozzy being a rock-and-roll icon. He wouldn't even know what to say.
TV Guide Magazine: When your job requires you to spend so much time speaking off the cuff, do you end up saying things that you regret?
Osbourne: Every day! It's like toads fly out of my mouth. You're being silly, and [then] you go, "Ooh. Why did I say that? I really didn't mean that at all."
Chen: That's why we love Sharon! Whereas Chenbot has no toads. Chenbot does not even know what a toad is. Chenbot does not compute!
The Talk airs weekdays on CBS.


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Olden/Loen Nordfjord
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Nordfjord is situated between the biggest glacier in mainland Europe and Norway's wildest stretch of coast at Stad. This 150-km-long area from west to east, from ocean to glacier, offers lots of great and readily accessible scenic, cultural and culinary experiences. Olden is a small pleasant village at the end of the Nordfjord. A ten minutes walk from the quay will bring you to the centre of Olden, with shops, outlet stores, cafés, ATM and a post-office. We wish you a warm welcome to the Nordfjord. Olden /Loen – Nordfjord Cruise Port consists of the following ports: Måløy, Selje, Nordfjordeid, Sandane and Olden.
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In a previous post Tai Chi: Reverse Thinking I discussed a way of adding depth to your Tai Chi form by thinking in the reverse way of the direction you are moving.
Yesterday I was perfoming the Tai Chi from in my garden and a thought flashed through my mind of how you could use a visualisation technique to help you with reverse thinking.
As I moved throughout the form I imagined arrows shooting out the reverse direction I was moving. Just like arrows you see in a book indicating which way to move.
Only in this case the arrows were shooting out in the opposite direction.
For example, when I moved my arms up I visualised these arrows shooting out of my arm downwards. This focused my attention in the opposite way I was going and I certainly felt a slight resistance which added to a more balanced and connected form.
The arrow visualisation technique is a good method in taking your Tai Chi form to the next level.


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My aunt Frances would always make these wonderful peanut butter balls during the holidays.
Mix margarine, peanut butter, and sugar. Shape into small balls and place on wax paper. Put a toothpick into each one and refrigerate at least 45 minutes to an hour.
Next, melt paraffin and chocolate in top of a double broiler. Dip the balls, remove the toothpicks, and refrigerate. Don't let the balls touch each other until after the chocolate/paraffin mixture has hardened.


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Ice storm damage in Waterloo Region worth at least $1.2M
The estimated cost of damage and cleanup resulting from the ice storm that hit Waterloo Region three weeks ago is pegged at $1.2 million -- and that number is expected to grow.
The City of Kitchener estimated it has spent $138,000 on clean up of downed limbs and debris following the ice storm. City officials say the cleanup has taken longer than expected and additional costs could be uncovered in the the coming weeks.
"We have also been hampered by the snow storms but hopefully the rain will expose the material left on the boulevards," said city spokeswoman Laura Johnston in an email to CBC News on Sunday.
As of December 31, Kitchener-Wilmot Hydro estimated its ice storm costs at $300,000 for repairs and restoration of power to Kitchener and Wilmot Township residents.
Cambridge North Dumfries Hydro estimated the cost of the ice storm at $220,000, but expects that number to increase as it is still waiting on some forestry and contractor invoices, said Barbara Shortreed, vice president of customer care and communications.
Waterloo city officials estimated the cleanup costs of the storm at around $350,000. Waterloo North Hydro, which serves the City of Waterloo, as well as Woolwich and Wellesley Townships, estimated $200,000 worth of damage and repair costs.
The City of Cambridge did not have a damage estimate as of Friday.


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What is Evolutionary Medicine?
Evolutionary medicine, also known as Darwinian medicine, is the use of evolutionary theory to better understand health and the diseases that afflict human beings. The field is an extension of modern medical science, as it takes into consideration the evolution of human biology in response to the changing environment. Evolutionary medicine also considers the mind; evolutionary psychology has attempted to explain human behavior. Some of the most applicable research, though, concerns the evolutionary basis of diseases that only started to appear after the creation of human civilization.
Charles Darwin never applied his theory of evolution to the study of medicine. Before Darwin's death, though, other scientists began to apply evolutionary ideas to the germ theory of disease, the theory that microorganisms were responsible for many diseases. This branch of evolutionary medicine developed over time as scientists discovered how certain bacteria and viruses adapted to the human immune system. This research was largely responsible for the development of lifesaving antibiotics. The irony, of course, is that the antibiotics gained from evolutionary medicine prompted the evolution of antibiotic-resistant bacteria such as MRSA.
Besides furthering the progress of pathological research, evolutionary medicine helps explain the reasons behind many of the body's structures and processes. For example, though the evolution of a larger birth canal would make giving birth an easier and possibly less dangerous process, a larger birth canal would decrease mobility and make females more susceptible to predators. Birth canal size, along with skin pigmentation and the existence of a blind spot, are all example of trade-offs and conflicts that exist despite the continued evolution of the human race.
Evolutionary medicine has also attempted to explain the reasons for human behavior. The basis of evolutionary psychology rests in the evolved biological processes of the human brain. From this foundation, evolutionary psychologists have attempted to explain human behavior. For example, courtship behavior is the many customs that evolved out of the evolutionary need to mate. Evolutionary psychology has many critics, though, who argue that human experience and development should not be reduced to simply the result of genes.
One of the most applicable fields of evolutionary medicine is applying its findings to afflictions that have only developed after the creation of human civilization. At the genetic level, the human body is designed for a hunter-gatherer existence. The most prominent example of mismatch between biology and civilization is the rapid increase of individuals with type 2 diabetes. The human race, sustained by meat and very few grains for most of its existence, is unable to quickly adapt to a diet filled with processed carbohydrates and sugar. At the same time, a more sedentary lifestyle has led to a host of chronic illnesses.


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Rice scientists show how atom-flat materials could produce polarized photons on demand
If you can make a single photon, tell it how to spin and tell it where to go, you have a basic element for next-generation computers that work with light instead of wires.
That appears to be possible with atom-thick materials, as demonstrated by several labs. Now, Rice University scientists have developed an understanding of the mechanism by which two-dimensional materials can be manipulated to produce the desired photons.
The Rice lab of materials theorist Boris Yakobson reported this month that by adding pre-arranged imperfections to atom-thick materials like molybdenum disulfide, they become perfectly capable of emitting single photons in either left or right polarization on demand.
The discovery through first-principles simulations is detailed in the American Chemical Society journal Nano Letters.
– See more at Rice News


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Collecting Shakespeare
The Story of Henry and Emily Folger
In Collecting Shakespeare, Stephen H. Grant recounts the American success story of Henry and Emily Folger of Brooklyn, a couple who were devoted to each other, in love with Shakespeare, and bitten by the collecting bug.
Shortly after marrying in 1885, the Folgers started buying, cataloging, and storing all manner of items about Shakespeare and his era. Emily earned a master's degree in Shakespeare studies. The frugal couple worked passionately as a tight-knit team during the Gilded Age, financing their hobby with the fortune Henry earned as president of Standard Oil Company of New York, where he was a trusted associate of John D. Rockefeller Sr.
While a number of American universities offered to house the collection, the Folgers wanted to give it to the American people. Afraid the price of antiquarian books would soar if their names were revealed, they secretly acquired prime real estate on Capitol Hill near the Library of Congress. They commissioned the design and construction of an elegant building with a reading room, public exhibition hall, and the Elizabethan Theatre. The Folger Shakespeare Library was dedicated on the Bard's birthday, April 23, 1932.
The library houses 82 First Folios, 275,000 books, and 60,000 manuscripts. It welcomes more than 100,000 visitors a year and provides professors, scholars, graduate students, and researchers from around the world with access to the collections. It is also a vibrant center in Washington, D.C., for cultural programs, including theater, concerts, lectures, and poetry readings.
The library provided Grant with unprecedented access to the primary sources within the Folger vault. He draws on interviews with surviving Folger relatives and visits to 35 related archives in the United States and in Britain to create a portrait of the remarkable couple who ensured that Shakespeare would have a beautiful home in America.
About the Author
Stephen H. Grant is a senior fellow at the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training and author of Peter Strickland: New London Shipmaster, Boston Merchant, First Consul to Senegal.
"Grant provides not just a biography of the 'onlie begetters' of this astonishing library, but also an account of the worlds in which the Folgers lived. The result is a superlative book... Crisply written and packed with facts and anecdotes."
"This thoroughly researched and accessibly written book is first of all a fascinating biography of how a man and his wife devoted their lives to gathering the world's largest collection of the original folios of William Shakespeare, plus a range of literature from as early as 1500. It is also a meditation on why some museums endure and thrive, while others lapse into confusion and decay."
"This first biography of Emily Jordan Folger and Henry C. Folger... taps hitherto neglected resources to trace their joint obsession with collecting Shakespeare."
"Grant's text is indeed well-researched and written, in a snappish and easily-readable style, even though there are many details."
"While Collecting Shakespeare is biography intertwined with technicalities of antiquarian book and artifact collecting, it undoubtedly belongs on the Shakespeare lover's bookshelf."
"Stephen H. Grant tells the story of the Folgers' joint obsession clearly and efficiently; the illustrations he reproduces are particularly engaging... Shakespeareans, book collectors and all who have worked at the Library and who love and admire it will enjoy Collecting Shakespeare."
"An engrossing read... Grant has written an illuminating book that artfully places Henry and Emily Folger in their own time while showing how they helped to shape the scholarship of ours."
"Stephen H. Grant uses primary sources from within the Folger Library vault, interviews with the Folger family, and visits to nearly three dozen archives to craft a compelling narrative... This biography could be read as a perfect case study of how a cultural institution in 20th century America was conceived, created, and accomplished. It will delight students of Washington's early 20th century history and readers who are seeking background on the impact of the Folger Shakespeare Library."
"... A good read..."
"This book will fill a major gap in our understanding of how one of America's most influential institutions came to be, and it will be welcomed by what the 1623 Folio describes as a 'great Variety of Readers.'"
"The fascinating story of these two Shakespeare-loving Americans and the great rare-book library they founded... will be welcomed by lovers of Shakespeare, students of twentieth-century American culture, and early English printed books alike."
"In this thoroughly documented and illuminatingly illustrated joint biography, Stephen Grant makes a fascinating contribution to the intellectual and cultural history of their time."
"This charming and compelling tale of a literary obsession brings the Folgers back to life and serves as an important reminder of the incredibly rare and rich resources that lie hidden in the Folger Shakespeare Library."
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College basketball staffer official was on balloon
BY foxsports • May 10, 2014
DOSWELL, Va. (AP) A family spokeswoman says a University of Richmond women's basketball team staff member was one of two passengers on a hot air balloon that crashed in Virginia.
Family spokeswoman Julie Snyder told The Associated Press on Saturday that Natalie Lewis' body has not been found.
The remains of the pilot and the second passenger have been recovered. They have not been identified.
The three were in a balloon Friday night that witnesses said crashed amid screams for help from the balloon.
Lewis was director of basketball operations at Richmond and a former swimmer there.
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