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Nah, probably looking for drugs to help the obsessive compulsives that have to bring up NSA in every story regardless of the topic. You might be a candidate, for example. Talk to your doctor and ask if one of these treatments is right for you.

1) Fuck that. I can grow more of those cells, as long as I don't get a fatal infection.
2) The Mayo Clinic disagrees with you. https://www.mayoclinic.com/health/first-aid-cuts/FA00042
https://www.mayoclinic.com/health/first-aid-puncture-wounds/FA00014
The NHS somewhat agrees though. http://www.nhs.uk/chq/Pages/1054.aspx?CategoryID=72&SubCategoryID=721
So let's see your citation.

Anyway, in a world without "modern" antibiotics, I'd clean the wound of debris (quick as possible), then "Nuke the area" - alcohol (or diluted alcohol - 100% might be overkill), seal/coat it with something to reduce reinfection (I figure olive oil would be a good candidate if you're out of those creams), Then apply compression if necessary.

1) Fuck that. I can grow more of those cells, as long as I don't get a fatal infection.
2) The Mayo Clinic disagrees with you. https://www.mayoclinic.com/health/first-aid-cuts/FA00042
https://www.mayoclinic.com/health/first-aid-puncture-wounds/FA00014
The NHS somewhat agrees though. http://www.nhs.uk/chq/Pages/1054.aspx?CategoryID=72&SubCategoryID=721
So let's see your citation.

Anyway, in a world without "modern" antibiotics, I'd clean the wound of debris (quick as possible), then "Nuke the area" - alcohol (or diluted alcohol - 100% might be overkill), seal/coat it with something to reduce reinfection (I figure olive oil would be a good candidate if you're out of those creams), Then apply compression if necessary.

You know what would have made it a really useful comparison? Telling how much water you can get out of a cubic foot of typical Earth garden soil.

Also: how much water is left in the soil? Will it still stick together, or did you just generate (1 cubic foot minus two pints) of moon dust? The Mayo Clinic says we need about 3 liters of water per day (they mean quarts, natch) so that's 6 cubic feet of dirt processed per person per day.

Nuclear accidents have not been proven to have killed a single person.

Sa- wha- hah? What kind of logic are you spewing? Fukishama may have gotten a wiki[1] entry citing a "no deaths directly attributed" death toll, but that is by no means a trustworthy represenation of fact. Radiation poisoning[2] is a very real and well understood consequence of exposure. DNA becomes damaged and cancer results from both short term and long term exposure[3]. Sometimes the cancers can take decades to develop before actually killing you[4]. Tepco has been lying about radiation levels[5] for a long time and will continue to do so to keep people guessing about the truth. Stop helping them spread it.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nuclear_and_radiation_accidents_by_death_toll
[2] http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/radiation-sickness/DS00432
[3] http://science.howstuffworks.com/radiation-sickness.htm
[4] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/19/fukushima-workers-risk-thyroid-cancer_n_3622529.html
[5] http://www.redicecreations.com/article.php?id=26707

I was referring to how PR departments and the media in general spin pretty much every nutritional study into what amount to either flat out lies or terribly misleading statements.

I assume you're familiar with this?

re: unl presentation: very interesting, thanks for that link. I knew spices such as pepper and cumin were effective preservatives, but really didn't think the same could be said about herbs like oregano and thyme. I guess it makes sense that those flavors are related to plant defense mechanisms, which could apply equally to seeds as leaves, so I suppose that does make sense.

Still, a question I have is, not considering severe digestive issues, are there detrimental effects of the types and levels of artificial preservatives on nutrient absorption? I'm not familiar with any data on that, and would like to, eventually, try to digest (no pun intended) some of the available literature (the link as one example, but I'm not experienced enough in this field to make much sense of such studies without spending more time that I can afford at the moment). And I certainly don't trust Kraft Foods to prioritize a thorough understanding of these issues over an extra dose of additives to ensure foods don't discolor and turn sour on the shelf. In the meantime, while i have little basis for telling others that they are "bad", I'm just as happy avoiding these additives when i can do so without too much hassle.

Mmm, fecal transplant therapy...my girlfriend has already talked my ear off about this one as she used to study C. difficile, for which this therapy is sometimes used. From one (only half-serious) perspective, it's another neat reminder of what we can and can't engineer with current biotechnology: "we can't really culture the same flora needed to repopulate your digestive system, but we can shove someone else's poop up your butt!"

If I'm not mistaken, oxidization requires being exposed to oxygen. There's a reason why some stuff can be stored for weeks in a closed package and mere days when the packaging is opened. There's still oxygen exposure, but it is greatly reduced and fairly predictable.

Are there other mechanisms of nutrient loss beyond simple oxidation that are harder to control? For example, does cellular metabolism in plant material, which i believe continues long past harvest, lead to breakdown of nutrients even in the packaging, either directly or as a result of byproducts created in the process? This is, of course, all speculation at this point. Still, I intuitively believe that the blueberries I'm adding to my breakfast might be more nutritionally valuable than the freeze-dried ones in a box of cereal. I enjoy them more, at the very least.

In addition to that, 'non-packaged food' may also have been or be exposed to significant amounts of oxygen and other deteriorating influences.

This is an excellent point, and is probably a pretty significant factor in judging the value of items like pre-cut, plastic-wrapped fruit available in many stores (polyethylene, used in many commercial food wraps, is oxygen-permeable). I also intuitively think the nutritional value of unadulterated produce is correlated to some measure of its fragrance and taste (this at least makes sense from an evolutionary point of view), and, on the flip-side, have seen some pretty depressing-looking produce offerings at several different markets. But, again, I have nothing to back up up that claim of a meaningful difference, or the implicit follow-up claim that I have been better-than-random at picking the "good stuff". I'm ok with that.

With regard to supplements and fortification, it's true that I'm lumping the two together with

Oh God, the stupid burns!

Then, really, stop being so fucking stupid.

Because you clearly have no idea what you're talking about.

Using anti-biotics for the wrong reason, or not taking the full course, is absolutely a huge factor in developing resistant strains.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/drug-information/DR602405

Just be careful and watch for signs of further irritation. They can be rather harsh with frequent use.

No, it seems the GP has a shellfish allergy, which can result in problems ranging from mild discomfort to anaphylactic shock and death. Exposure to the bodily fluids of shellfish can elicit the same response. People with such issues may also exhibit adverse reactions after consuming other invertebrates, such as insects.

Mental health is a large subject, let's take a smaller slice for discussion: depression.

Depression meds work no better than placebo. Depression meds have lots of unpleasant side-effects, so being treated for depression is - on average - worse than going undiagnosed.

Depression is a symptom of many diseases - at least 18 of them commonplace. Many cases of depression are the result of 1) underactive thyroid (40% by one accounting), 2) Low levels of vitamin D, and 3) sleep apnea.

And yet, the symptom is treated as a disease in and of itself. Prescription meds which do more harm than good are commonly prescribed under the flimsiest of circumstances:

Patient: "doctor, I feel tired and run down"

Doctor: "It sounds like depression. Try this and see if it goes away".

After all is said and done, a casual reading of the research would suggest that the scientific method used in psychology research is crap. That's a strong statement, but not completely without merit.

Psychiatrists need to stop worrying about publishing the next trivial follow-on paper, and need to stop theorizing by making up stories. Get your evidence first, make theories to explain the evidence, and then throw out theories which have no testable predictions.

Go back to basics, and stop making money from giving people false hope through increased suffering.

(Grrr! A close friend got chewed up and spit out by the medical profession because of depression.)

Not being an abusive piece of shit is far more effective, you know.

You do know that works both ways, right?

Domestic violence against men

. . . When we think of domestic violence, we automatically assume that the assailant is male and the victim is female. However, it is estimated that about 3.2 million men are victims of assault by their partner each year in the United States. Though most of these assaults are relatively minor, such as hitting, smacking, pushing, and shoving, others are much more serious. Some may even result in homicide. The majority of male victims do not report being abused because of the fear that people will not believe them. Men are also silent on the issue because of society’s automatic perception that men are physically stronger and should easily be able to overcome a female attacker. Because of this, they fear that they will not be taken seriously. The truth of the matter is that men are just as susceptible to abuse by their partners as women are, and the issue of domestic violence against men should not be taken at as a joke. . . more

Domestic violence against men: Know the signs

Lets take a quick look at this, shall we?

If I drink the recommended amount of water 3 liters for a male in a temperate climate, by the Mayo clinic: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/water/NU00283

That means I would consume 30grams of NaCl...

and the recommended amount for an average male? 2.3g, per the Mayo clinic: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/sodium/NU00284

So right there I am consuming 13 times the recommended amount.

4% in my food?

Let's see, according to http://www.usda.gov/factbook/chapter1.htm the average american eats 4.7 lbs of food, or 2.13 KG, or another 85.2 grams of salt.

So 115.2 grams when I should consume 2.3, or 50X what I should eat.

Yeah, that might cause some problems, it is half the LD50 for an average male.

Lets take a quick look at this, shall we?

If I drink the recommended amount of water 3 liters for a male in a temperate climate, by the Mayo clinic: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/water/NU00283

That means I would consume 30grams of NaCl...

and the recommended amount for an average male? 2.3g, per the Mayo clinic: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/sodium/NU00284

So right there I am consuming 13 times the recommended amount.

4% in my food?

Let's see, according to http://www.usda.gov/factbook/chapter1.htm the average american eats 4.7 lbs of food, or 2.13 KG, or another 85.2 grams of salt.

So 115.2 grams when I should consume 2.3, or 50X what I should eat.

Yeah, that might cause some problems, it is half the LD50 for an average male.

It's the same thing as with wine. Drinking some wine everyday isn't good for your heart because the wine is good for you. It's because of the antioxidants that were in the grapes.

That's not what the Mayo Clinic says. It does say that antioxidants are good for the heart, but it says grape juice is possibly as good.

Does grape juice offer the same heart benefits as red wine?
Answer
from Martha Grogan, M.D.
Possibly.

Not scientifically proven, in other words.

Slippery slope.

It's okay to kill humans under certain circumstances (self-defense &c.).

  - a fetus doesn't have a beating heart until almost halfway through the first trimester (5th week --- http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/prenatal-care/PR00112 )

  - an amputation doesn't result in the death of a person, and no portion of a person likely to be amputated is likely to develop into a person.

  - Cancerous tumors have no reasonable possibility to create a living person.

  - ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny --- a fetus doesn't have a recognizable, human face until well after the 8th week ( http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/844962-overview )

  - ``A fetus responds to the human voice'' --- not until ~16 weeks

The problems w/ outlawing abortion are that enforcement of it requires an invasion of a woman's privacy which is problematic:

  - can't allow pregnant women to travel to anywhere abortion is legal (unless on effects a world-wide ban)
  - every mis-carriage / still-birth must be investigated as a potential murder
  - rape becomes an effective method for a man to procreate

For my part, I'd rather that all the effort which goes into anti-abortion to instead be put into caring for un-wanted children and single mothers. Once we've ensured that every woman who wishes to be pregnant is effectively cared for, then one might be able to justify doing something _to_ women who don't wish to be pregnant.

William

How about causing the same issues as smokers have? http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/third-hand-smoke/AN01985

I had a nice plan to do so. and the rest of the B.S.

This is a classic example of the Narcissistic personality disorder
  .

Type of Size* Caffeine**
Black tea 8 oz. (240 mL) 14-61 mg
Black tea, decaffeinated 8 oz. (240 mL) 0-12 mg
Green tea 8 oz. (240 mL) 24-40 mg
AriZona Iced Tea, lemon-flavored 8 oz. (240 mL) 11 mg
Generic brewed Coffee 8 oz. (240 mL) 95-200 mg
Espresso, restaurant-style 1 oz. (30 mL) 40-75 mg
Monster 8 oz. (240 mL) 80 mg
5-Hour Energy 2 oz. (60 mL) 207 mg
Caffeine content for coffee, tea, soda and more

Caffeine is a delicate organic compound, the more you heat the tea or coffee the more you destroy the caffine, such as the green tea having 1.5 - 2 times as much caffeine as the more heavily process green tea; an Espresso has almost the same to half a regular coffee, despite being made from the near same amount of coffee grounds.

only that this study was far from conclusive.

Fine, this study was not conclusive. How about we add in this study (2008), the same comment from the Mayo Clinic, this study (2012) or this one (2012).

They all say the same thing: getting dirty as a kid and growing up in a rural environment reduces ones vulnerabilities to infections and afflictions. It's called the hygiene hypothesis and makes perfect sense when the evidence is examined.

People, particularly kids, who grow in more sterile environments (constantly using hand sanitizers, over using antibiotics, keeping everything spotless) on the whole, have more allergies and other issues than those who don't go OCD or, if you prefer, Monk.

Not sure how much more evidence you need when it's staring you in the face.

Hi Lee - you state "Previous studies showed that organic farming doesn't give bigger nutritional value" Can you provide some links? My own tests showed our potatoes were more nutritious than store-bought potatoes (we had those tested, too). I've also provided literature that stated corn had higher protein before GMO. I'd be interested to see a counter-claim.

Some quick Googling seemed to indicate mainstream media wasn't ready to state one way or the other:
http://www.organicconsumers.org/organic/organic_nutrition.cfm
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/organic-food/NU00255/NSECTIONGROUP=2
http://www.ota.com/organic/benefits/nutrition.html

interesting report here, would be interesting to see more details:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080807082954.htm

Bullshit. Depending on the break they may or may not bleed. If they bleed, they may bleed a little or a lot.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/broken-nose/DS00992/DSECTION=symptoms

Signs and symptoms of a broken nose may appear immediately or may take up to three days to develop. Signs and symptoms may include:

        Pain or tenderness, especially when touching your nose
        Swelling of your nose and surrounding areas
        Bleeding from your nose
        Bruising around your nose or eyes
        Crooked or misshapen nose
        Difficulty breathing through your nose
        Discharge of mucus from your nose (rhinorrhea)
        Feeling that one or both of your nasal passages are blocked

Now, I'm confused as to how bleeding may take up to three days to develop.

My coworkers all think I'm weird because if I need the caffeine in the morning, I drink a coke.

That's probably because according to Mayo Clinic at least, a 12oz bottle of coke has 30-35mg of caffeine, and a cup of brewed Starbucks coffee has 330mg. A cup of Starbucks decaf has 25mg, so you're essentially drinking slightly more than what regular coffee drinkers would consider decaf.

That said, coffee doesn't always taste like crap. I'm pretty picky myself and wouldn't touch the sludge you get at work or restaurants for the most part that's been sitting there all day. However, $25 gets you an Aeropress which makes coffee that tastes excellent, quickly. Of course you'd also want a coffee grinder and ideally 175F water on demand, but hey, you don't need an expensive coffee maker.

Not just funeral expenses but end of life expenses. From Mayo Clinic:

Myth: My family will be charged if I donate my organs.
Fact: The organ donor's family is never charged for donating. The family is charged for the cost of all final efforts to save your life, and those costs are sometimes misinterpreted as costs related to organ donation. Costs for organ removal go to the transplant recipient.

Hey your dad died, but good news, we took all his organs and pumped them into this $20 billion/year industry, and we aren't giving you anything. Oh, except we're giving you this bill for our blatant failure to save him.

Not arguing either way, but how how about using exercise to treat depression? - link here

It works (see here) but is viewed as an "alternative therapy".

If I was to walk into a doctor, get told "you have clinical depression", and the medicine was "go out for a bike or run every day" I would personally be quite happy - but it would be very unconventional given how many people I know on antidepressants.

False equivalence. The difference is that there wasn't much in the way of double blind tests establishing the benefits of bloodletting for ill humors. Now, had bloodletting actually been beneficial and so proved by double blind tests, it would have been pretty reasonable to encourage sticking with that treatment until applying moldy bread had been proved superior through similar double-blind testing.

In fact a common treatment for hemachromatosis is a modern version of blood-letting, and applying moldy bread to the body of hemachromatosis patients isn't going to do them much good. And if hemachromatosis doesn't qualify as a form of ill humor, I don't know what does.

they treat you as if your concerns are completely invalid, no matter how dangerous that outcome may be.

The next question is "How dangerous is the outcome and what are the chances of it occuring?"

From the original post:

It isn't that we don't want our son to be immunized, it is just we would rather not give him something that results in violent reactions. Especially at the young age that he is..

Now, I am not a doctor, nor do I play one on television. So the question is, what are these "violent reactions"?

A quick trip to the Mayo Clinic points out that the symptoms of egg allergies can include Skin Inflammation or Hives, Nasal Inflamation, cramps, nausea, vomiting, and Asthma symptoms. The article also points out the possibility of an anaphylactic reaction--which is very serious if not treated.

Now, Hives is pretty uncomfortable, I'll agree. And it might depend on what you're immunizing against, but I'd say if the side effect of the shot is hives, it's probably better to give him the shot and accept some discomfort for a few days. If we're talking a possibility of an anaphylactic reaction...well, I might leave out the flu shot but I'd probably consider it for polio or tuberculosis but I'd keep the car warmed up for a trip to the emergency room.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/vitamin-d-and-ms/AN01894 There are a large number of clouds in Seattle. Sunlight is a primary source of vitamin D.

Those sodas which contain caffeine are well known to have more caffeine than coffee.

I hear this all the time, but it's not correct. Regular brewed coffee has 95-200 mg of caffeine per 8 oz cup (see http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/caffeine/AN01211) and Mountain Dew has 46-55 mg per 12 oz serving. Although Mountain Dew is one of the highest soft drinks on the list, it contains less than half the caffeine per oz as coffee.

Arguable, It depends on the brand of coffee you're drinking, according to The first link I could find on the subject

Acne is caused by the effects of hormones on sebaceous glands.

The 70's called, they want their mystery back.

Also:
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/acne/DS00169/DSECTION=causes

Now, what cause an increases sebum production? well that's the question now.

Why did this get modded Troll? A bit out of context, but from the mayoclinic

"If you have PKU, phenylalanine can cause mental retardation, brain damage, seizures and other problems. "

This has nothing to do with male pattern baldness despite the grand title. It only allows showed the hair loss specifically related to stress to be reversed -- which actually can also happen on its own if you remove the stressor(s) that are causing it to occur.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/stress-and-hair-loss/AN01442

Agreed, maybe the scientists were stressing the mice out, ( making them run through mazes and push levers for food ), causing the mice to lose their hair.
Then, when the scientists left the mice alone, the mice weren't all stressed out anymore, and their hair grew back.

Could their be a lesson here, boss ?

This has nothing to do with male pattern baldness despite the grand title. It only allows showed the hair loss specifically related to stress to be reversed -- which actually can also happen on its own if you remove the stressor(s) that are causing it to occur.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/stress-and-hair-loss/AN01442

So this is yet another way we can try to get more comfortable with highly stressful, burn-out lifestyles instead of questioning whether the destruction of our quality of life is providing anything worthwhile? Awesome.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/stress-and-hair-loss/AN01442

There is much evidence that contradicts such a belief.

If you actually care, you have more than the necessary resources to look it up yourself. Mine it is not to convince someone against their will that a cherished belief is wrong.

So which is it? Are you going to factually challenge someone's belief or backpedal from a badly played bluff because you simply don't have the cards?

I responded to you because I had just got done complaining about how much argument is taking place on this subject without a single mention of evidence. And then I happen upon you, who not only talks of evidence but suggests that there is an abundance of it, in favor of censorship — which is the windmill I happen to be tilting at today.

I mean I don't know anything about porn — I'd be lucky if I could perform a Google search on the topic without somehow lousing it up — but I strongly resist censorship. Especially when the folks doing the censoring cannot produce empirical data about what ill is being resolved by slicing up other people's access to empirical data and replacing it with falsehood.

I mean, no matter how many citations we might potentially find suggesting there is no causal link to harm, how can I find the studies you specifically claim to have that there is? Your claim is fantastic. On par with claiming to have proof of evidence of God. So imagine my disappointment when I learn you were just making it up as you went.

As to the Ad Hominem (please look that up too), If it's any help, I am sorry for suggesting you don't know the meaning of the word "poison". That was very passive-aggressive of me. I should have just flat out said it instead.

It's just that I have high expectations for people who spam promo codes, trying to make a buck convincing people that coconut oil can cure hypothyroidism. You've got to at least demonstrate knowledge of the basics, or you'll be taken about as seriously as Sarah Palin when somebody calls Bullshit on you.

That's not so much the case with, say, herpes 1/2: the main risk is that the initial infection becomes systemic, which is really nasty. Imagine herpes sores on the inside of your heart, for instance. So people have to balance risk-of-damage-from-disease against risk-of-damage-from-vaccination, and they generally error on the side of risk-from-disease for liability reasons. (You can't get sued for not vaccinating someone's kid, but you can get sued for vaccinating the kid and it going awry.)

I think the shingles thing is just that until about 10 years ago there wasn't anything anyone could do, so they just shrugged. Complications can be nasty but generally they're seen in older or immunocompromised people, so a young healthy woman is very unlikely to have any issues besides the immediate incredible discomfort.

She has two patents that appear to show both what is wrong with America's diet mentality and the patent system all at once.

She's basically pimping out arginine as a panacea (from increased sexual performance to weight-loss). Just read about her wondrous achievements on Skinny Science Corporation: A Leading Biomedical Research Company. Never have I seen the word "science" so abused and raped by words around it. And it doesn't stop there. Google her name or "skinny science" and you're left with a plethora of bullshit sites with her vapid stare hawking complete medical farces designed to prey on the obese. Surprise surprise, she wants it to be illegal for you to talk about her and these sites.

Does anybody know how she got the prefix of "Dr."?

As I replied to the other fellow --
          http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/fructose-intolerance/AN01574
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fructose_malabsorption

I suspect this problem often goes unrecognised, even tho it's not uncommon in some ethnic groups.

When my neighbour went to the doctor with her symptoms, she was prescribed something for acid reflux but it didn't occur to the doctor to ask about her soda consumption -- which proved to be the culprit. When she ran out of soda the symptoms miraculously vanished! Next time she bought a case of soda... back again!

But it's just not the sort of thing the average doctor is going to ask about when someone presents with stomach cramps, acid reflux, and diarrhea.

Also, we live in HMO hell where they've got all of eight minutes to process each patient. And my experience is that you have to be very careful NOT to mention any potentially kneejerk-diagnosis symptoms, or that's as far as the doctor will get. It's not really the fault of the doctors, but rather of the HMO system that prevents them from developing a good doctor-patient relationship (yes, I'm old enough to remember when you had a lifelong family doctor).

So you may have fructose intolerance or malabsorption, which is not terribly rare. My former neighbour apparently has a mild form of the malabsorption syndrom, as if she consumes too much soda too regularly, she gets gut cramps, diarrhea, stomach pain, and a recurrance of the acid reflux that had otherwise gone away once she stopped eating her mom's flaming-hot-spiced cooking.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/fructose-intolerance/AN01574

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fructose_malabsorption

Perhaps you have magic eyes that can look at a piece of fish and see the mercury in it. Do you have any useful advice (i.e. not platitudes) for those of us with normal vision?

The cocksucking regulators do. As do a large number of medical, consumer, and environmental advocacy groups.

Link: "Spinal headaches occur in up to 30 percent of those who undergo a spinal tap (lumbar puncture) or spinal anesthesia."

And almost nobody gets up during those two hours because the doctors typically make you lie flat. The dura just doesn't deal well with being punctured. Some people heal quickly. But a large minority don't. And some never heal.

There is no such thing as CANOLA plant!

There is no such thing as an IDIOT! Oh wait, just found one, never mind.

The Canola plant is a derivative of the Rapeseed plant. Rapeseed plants (the original source of canola oil) have high levels erucic acid, which is toxic in large amounts. Canola plants do not.

Oh the horrors of modern agriculture! Look how they are destroying the world and making things unsafe for human consumption! Oh wait, that's the opposite of reality.

I'm sorry, but the Mayo Clinic seems like a much more credible source to me than a random Chicken Little on the internet.

Canola oil is fine, good for you in fact. If you can't afford olive oil, canola is the next best thing (it's got the same mono-unsaturated fats that are good for your heart).

The Mayo Clinic says that there are health problems even if everything is done correctly: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/tattoos-and-piercings/MC00020

they just feed them GMOes and Aspartame-sodas until they're too fat to get through the door...

Hitroll--

Aspartame isn't going to do it. It takes high fructose corn syrup and the consciousness of a pigeon to really do the job.

I used to drink tons of soda (even more caffeine than coffee)

[citation needed]

How much soda were you drinking at one time?

From http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/caffeine/an01211
generic brewed coffee has (on the low end) 95 mg of caffeine in 8 oz. (200 mg on the high end)
Mountain dew has 54 mg for 12 oz. (Vault has 71 mg, but Mt. Dew is "well known" as having high caffeine, and besides Vault is the highest in the list shown on that page.)

So if you drank a lot of soda, over the course of the day you'd likely get more caffeine than one cup of coffee a day.. But IMHO, do typical coffee drinkers drink only one cup a day? I don't think so.

My neuralgia went away now that I can jam it with my nerve stim.

And I got neuralgia from nerve damage, not from gluten.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/gluten-free-diet/MY01140

And I wouldn't go gluten free, a gluten-free diet is wheat, barley and rice free

Check out: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/niacin/cl00036 and

http://www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/vitamin-b3-000335.htm

Besides when his eyes go in a few years he won't care about the high resolutions anymore.

Because he is staring at low resolution screens! For the sake of your eyes, get a high resolution display!

This is incorrect. His eyes will go in a few years because once you hit the age of about 40 years, the lens in your eyes become less flexible, making it harder to focus on objects that are relatively close. See presbyopia.

Thanks for the broad generalization. I'm approaching 41 and my eye pressure, prescription, and all that goes into an ophthalmology test haven't changed since 1996. Sorry, but not everyone's eyes crap out.

Besides when his eyes go in a few years he won't care about the high resolutions anymore.

Because he is staring at low resolution screens! For the sake of your eyes, get a high resolution display!

This is incorrect. His eyes will go in a few years because once you hit the age of about 40 years, the lens in your eyes become less flexible, making it harder to focus on objects that are relatively close. See presbyopia.

Kinda funny really, but we still have people who think that same powdered silver (and to a lesser extent, gold) is for internal use in curing pretty much everything.