Interesting perspective.

  Being Fat Is NOT OKAY...Deal With It.

Sperm count falling sharply in developed world, researchers say

​https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-sperm/sperm-count-falling-sharply-in-developed-world-researchers-say-idUSKBN1AA28K​

11 Reasons Chocolate Is Good for You

https://www.thedailybeast.com/11-reasons-chocolates-good-for-you

I am eating 4 to 5 pieces of 85% dark chocolate per day for the supposed health benefits. It is not too high in sugar, with only one gram of sugar per piece. I might get the same benefit from just 2 to 3 pieces.

BTW, I have noticed that eating dark chocolate before playing chess helps. This is probably due to the 15mg of caffeine per piece, but there may be other nutritional benefits for the brain.

What Is The Resolution Of The Eye?

https://youtu.be/4I5Q3UXkGd0

Homeopathy Explained – Gentle Healing or Reckless Fraud?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HslUzw35mc

Study: For those over 90, alcohol better than exercise for longevity

I'm very skeptical. Winston Churchill was an immense drinker, and lived to age 90, but he also suffered a series of strokes.

​  Alcohol is very bad for the liver, and your liver is very important for your health.​

http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/ct-drinking-alcohol-living-past-90-20180220-story.html

Fwd: UK no surgery for you

No surgery for smokers or the obese: Policy in UK stirs debate

For an indefinite amount of time, it plans to ban access to routine, or non-urgent, surgery under the National Health Service until patients "improve their health," the policy states, claiming that "exceptional clinical circumstances (will) be taken into account on a case-by-case basis."

The decision comes from the clinical commissioning group (known as a CCG) for the county of Hertfordshire, which has population of more than 1.1. million.

The target for smokers is eight weeks or more without a cigarette -- with a breath test to prove it.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/31/health/smokers-obese-no-surgery-nhs-uk/index.html

Intermittent fasting

A friend introduced me to an idea called "Intermittent Fasting." There are different kinds of intermittent fasting, but the easiest is one where all your meals are contained within an 8 hour window. Actually I am using a 9 hour window which is fine. Even a 10 hour window is okay, but maybe not as effective.

To do this, I skip breakfast, eat a good lunch somewhere between noon and one, and the last thing I eat is around 9 PM. That's later than most people, but I keep a pretty late schedule.

I still count calories to the best that I am able. I figured out a long time ago roughly how many calories I need to maintain my body weight, and if I eat slightly less than that then I lose weight slowly without going hungry.

Anyhow, using the 9 hour window seems to be more effective, and I am losing weight, although somewhat slowly.

The point of intermittent fasting is to have more time in the day when your body is not producing insulin. Insulin is the fat storage hormone, and gets secreted pretty much after you eat anything, but especially carbohydrates.  When your body is not producing insulin, that signals your body to use up your fat storage.

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Best wishes,

John Coffey

http://www.entertainmentjourney.com

​P.S.  Also see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llwwKkuy5gI​

Eat Smarter, Eat Healthier

​https://www.consumerreports.org/healthy-eating/eat-smarter-eat-healthier-sugar-salt-fat-gluten/​

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Best wishes,

John Coffey

http://www.entertainmentjourney.com

The Hacking of the American Mind

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKkUtrL6B18

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Best wishes,

John Coffey

http://www.entertainmentjourney.com

​P.S.  Irma has degraded to a light breeze:  https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=-92.45,35.91,990/loc=-89.158,35.251​

Fwd: Google Alert - telomeres

The link might interest you.  :-)

	telomeres Weekly update ⋅ September 6, 2017
	NEWS
	This is the secret to a longer life Bel Marra Health The researchers focused on telomeres, which are proteins found in the cell's nucleus that stabilize the ends of chromosomes. Confused? Let me ...

Fwd: Reducing many age related diseases

The drugs being tested are called senolytic agents, because they target senescent cells. These are cells that have stopped dividing and secrete toxic chemicals that damage adjacent cells. Accumulation of senescent cells, which increases with age, is associated with chronic conditions, including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, most cancers, dementia, arthritis, osteopetrosis, and frailty.

Researchers at Mayo Clinic's Robert and Arlene Kogod Center on Aging developed the first senolytic drugs to target these harmful cells. In a recent study led by The Scripps Research Institute, Mayo Clinic researchers and others confirmed that the senolytic drugs discovered at Mayo effectively clear senescent cells while leaving normal cells unaffected. The study, which was published in Nature Communications, also describes a new screening platform for finding additional senolytic drugs that will more optimally target senescent cells. The platform, together with additional human cell assays, identified and confirmed a new category of senolytic drugs, which are called HSP90 inhibitors.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/09/170904093428.htm

When it comes to nutrition, there is all sorts of contradictory advice out there.

https://unlearn-rethink.com/2016/10/23/__trashed/

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Best wishes,

John Coffey

http://www.entertainmentjourney.com

How riding a bike changes you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTT7i3SKpMQ

Why Netflix documentary What The Health has got nutritional advice very, very wrong.

​http://nationalpost.com/life/food/why-netflix-documentary-what-the-health-has-got-nutritional-advice-very-very-wrong/wcm/054ced0f-08a0-4c96-9bee-7a868cda405d​

scientists-found-a-way-to-stop-aging-in-human-cells

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/evdjzn/scientists-found-a-way-to-stop-aging-in-human-cells

Scientists rejuvenate aging cells from children with progeria

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/318740.php

Real Vitamin C

Not sure what to think of this, but it is interesting.  The presentation could be better, but the info might be useful ...

Real Vitamin C

Videos about cancer

William Li: Can we eat to starve cancer?  (Also covers obesity.)

Cut Your Cancer Risk in Half​

Contradictory videos on Type 2 Diabetes and Diet

Apparently four of links were broken.  I have fixed them below.

Contradictory videos on type 2 diabetes and diet:

Reversing Type 2 diabetes starts with ignoring the guidelines | Sarah Hallberg | TEDxPurdueU  (low carb, high fat)

Tackling diabetes with a bold new dietary approach: Neal Barnard at TEDxFremont  (low fat, high carb)

The Food we were born to eat  (High carb)

Dean Ornish: Healing through diet (Low fat, good carbs)



Other ideas:

Can Superman End Diabetes?

A 12-Hour Window for a Healthy Weight

Why fasting bolsters brain power

Plant-strong & healthy living

How to make healthy eating unbelievably easy 

Eat for real change

Why we must stop ignoring the psychology of weight loss

Too much protein in middle age 'as bad as smoking'


On Exercise
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Winning The Mental Battle of Physical Fitness and Obesity

High-intensity physical exercise will boost your health

Can Exercise Change your Brain?

Why some people find exercise harder than others

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Why bodybuilding at age 93 is a great idea


My favorite:

Sugar the Bitter Truth

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Best wishes,

John Coffey

http://www.entertainmentjourney.com

Contradictory videos on Type 2 Diabetes and Diet

Contradictory videos on type 2 diabetes and diet:

Reversing Type 2 diabetes starts with ignoring the guidelines | Sarah Hallberg | TEDxPurdueU  (low carb, high fat)

Tackling diabetes with a bold new dietary approach: Neal Barnard at TEDxFremont  (low fat, high carb)

The Food we were born to eat  (High carb)

Dean Ornish: Healing through diet (Low fat, good carbs)

Other ideas:

Can Superman End Diabetes?

A 12-Hour Window for a Healthy Weight

Why fasting bolsters brain power

Plant-strong & healthy living

How to make healthy eating unbelievably easy 

Eat for real change

Why we must stop ignoring the psychology of weight loss

Too much protein in middle age 'as bad as smoking'

On Exercise

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Winning The Mental Battle of Physical Fitness and Obesity

High-intensity physical exercise will boost your health

Can Exercise Change your Brain?

Why some people find exercise harder than others

Why bodybuilding at age 93 is a great idea

My favorite:

Sugar the Bitter Truth

Eating nuts and cooking with vegetable oil 'prevents the progression of type 2 diabetes'

Eating nuts and cooking with vegetable oil 'prevents the progression of type 2 diabetes'

Louisville doctor says breakthrough treatment could wipe out cancer in a decade

http://www.wdrb.com/story/31349219/louisville-doctor-says-breakthrough-treatment-could-wipe-out-cancer-in-a-decade

The Oiling of America

The Oiling of America

I have no idea if what is said here is true.  I am making no claims. I think that it deserves further research.  Wikipedia says "Price's core assumptions as contrary to contemporary medical understanding." (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weston_A._Price_Foundation)

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Best wishes,

John Coffey

http://www.entertainmentjourney.com

Caffeine

That Sugar Film

That Sugar Film

Sugar vs. Fat

I watched this great BBC documentary called "Sugar vs. Fat.".  

I found a version on youtube, but it the youtube version looks too dark:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nT-vACI-jg

Fwd: Japan

'More Japanese school pupils commit suicide on September 1 each year than on any other date, according to figures collated by Japan's suicide prevention office over a period of more than 40 years.

The grim spike in the statistics is linked to the typical start date of the new school term after the summer holiday has ended.

"The long break from school enables you to stay at home, so it's heaven for those who are bullied," Nanae said. "When summer ends, you have to go back. And once you start worrying about getting bullied, committing suicide might be possible."..

Nanae thinks the Japanese education system's focus on collective thinking is at the root cause of the problem.

"In Japan, you have to fall in line with other people. And if you cannot do that, you're either ignored or bullied," she said. "You are required to have a unified opinion, and it crushes the uniqueness every person has. But that uniqueness is not something to destroy."

Some experts agree. Child psychiatrist Dr. Ken Takaoka said the suicide rate increases when school restarts because schools "prioritize collective (action). Children who do not get along in a group will suffer."'

 

http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/01/asia/japan-teen-suicides/

Super sugar: Hope for new antibiotics as researchers develop compound to fight superbug bacteria

Super sugar: Hope for new antibiotics as researchers develop compound to fight superbug bacteria

Brain Imaging studies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esPRsT-lmw8

​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLKj1puoWCg​