Health News and Nutrition

Friday, February 7, 2025

Some things would have been inevitable. Minus Columbus, Europe would have discovered the Americas eventually. The Vikings had a colony in Newfoundland in 1021 AD.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Anse_aux_Meadows

People can't be blamed for epidemics when the germ theory of disease was unknown.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEYh5WACqEk

The Story of Chunk the Groundhog. Narrated by Gardener Jeff.

Been watching this guy occasionally on YouTube for years. There are only so many videos of groundhogs I can find entertaining, but it is cute.

https://youtu.be/3nS6OqHT7aU?si=0FS3JbHHy_hsJsAS

The guy fortified his garden but started putting out vegetables for the groundhogs so that he could record them for his YouTube channel.

A long time ago my father advised to never feed wild animals. You make them dependent. Animals know how to find food. However, I'm more worried about rabies, which is a deadly disease and especially common among raccoons. I've saw a video of a kind old lady feeding a bunch of raccoons. This can be dangerous.

Saturday, February 1, 2025

The Real Deal on Multivitamins - Consumer Reports

https://www.consumerreports.org/health/the-real-deal-on-multivitamins-a1187591033/

Abigail Shrier: How the Gender Fever Finally Broke

When the history of 21st-century gender mania is written, it should include this signal entry: In 2020, a website called GoFundMe, usually a place to find disaster-relief appeals and charities for starving children, contained more than 30,000 urgent appeals from young women seeking to remove their perfectly healthy breasts.

Another entry, from June 2020: The New England Journal of Medicine, America's platinum medical publication, published a piece explaining that biological sex is actually "assigned at birth" by a doctor—and not a verifiable fact, based on our gametes, stamped into every one of our cells. In fact, biological sex ought to be deleted from our birth certificates—the authors claimed—because a person's biological sex serves "no clinical utility." Breaking news to gynecologists.

Public schools began asking elementary kids whether they might like to identify as "genderqueer" or "nonbinary." Any dissent from this gender movement was met with suppression. The American Civil Liberties Union's most prominent lawyer, Chase Strangio, announced his intention to suppress Irreversible Damage, my book-length investigation into the sudden spike in transgender identification among teen girls. "Stopping the circulation of this book and these ideas is 100% a hill I will die on," he tweeted. Weeks later, Amazon deleted Ryan Anderson's book criticizing the transgender medical industry.

https://www.thefp.com/p/abigail-shrier-how-the-gender-fever-broke-trump-executive-order

Friday, January 31, 2025

Two common foods that are ALWAYS radioactive

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS0mUDrywt4

Saturday, January 25, 2025

Dianna stands for the first time in 2 years!

I used to watch science videos by "Physics Girl." She has been debilitated by Long COVID for 2.5 years.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2ntx91cOYEc

Is fish oil good for you?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzunyCl4moA&t=620s

Re: Health benefits of pentadecanoic acid?

According to these videos, the benefits of pentadecanoic acid are not significant. Maybe I was duped by all the positive articles.

It would be nice to see more research.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AP8wX_MhkE&t=846s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBrvxD77EWA

On Sat, Jan 25, 2025 at 8:38 PM John Coffey <john2001plus@gmail.com> wrote:

I ran across an advertisement for a supplement called Fatty15, pentadecanoic acid. It is claimed that this is an essential fatty acid with many health benefits.

https://fatty15.com/

https://www.google.com/search?q=what+is+fatty15&rlz=1C1ONGR_enUS1066US1066&oq=what+is+f&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqDggAEEUYJxg7GIAEGIoFMg4IABBFGCcYOxiABBiKBTIGCAEQRRg5MgwIAhAjGCcYgAQYigUyBggDEEUYPDIGCAQQRRg8MgYIBRBFGDwyBggGEEUYQTIGCAcQRRhB0gEIMTU1MWowajeoAgCwAgA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10649853/

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-64960-y

https://www.google.com/search?q=health+benefits+of+pentadecanoic+acid&rlz=1C1ONGR_enUS1066US1066&oq=health+benefits+of+pentadecanoic+acid&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTINCAEQABiGAxiABBiKBTINCAIQABiGAxiABBiKBTINCAMQABiGAxiABBiKBTIKCAQQABiABBiiBDIKCAUQABiABBiiBDIKCAYQABiABBiiBDIKCAcQABiABBiiBNIBCDgzNjdqMGo3qAIAsAIA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

The company that sells this supplement charges $120 for a 90-day supply of 100 mg tablets. One hundred milligrams doesn't sound like much.

However, this chemical is found in beef, dairy, and some fish. The table below is based on a 3.5-ounce serving:

https://wholefoodcatalog.info/nutrient/pentadecanoic_acid/foods/high/

I won't eat 3.5 ounces of butter, but it doesn't seem that hard to get a 100 mg dose. That is equal to 0.4 ounces of butter.

https://www.google.com/search?q=pentadecanoic+acid+food+sources&sca_esv=5b47f35e48776029&rlz=1C1ONGR_enUS1066US1066&sxsrf=AHTn8zpUv8_ulgi2IBzjBvGcZct-W_lH8A%3A1737852763335&ei=W4eVZ8OFFMncptQPtbXZEA&ved=0ahUKEwiDn4WFlpKLAxVJrokEHbVaFgIQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=pentadecanoic+acid+food+sources&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiH3BlbnRhZGVjYW5vaWMgYWNpZCBmb29kIHNvdXJjZXMyCxAAGIAEGJECGIoFMgYQABgWGB4yBhAAGBYYHjIGEAAYFhgeMgsQABiABBiGAxiKBTILEAAYgAQYhgMYigUyCxAAGIAEGIYDGIoFMggQABiABBiiBDIIEAAYgAQYogRI2yVQnhJY5CRwAngBkAEAmAFpoAG1CaoBBDEyLjK4AQPIAQD4AQGYAhCgAu4JwgIKEAAYsAMY1gQYR8ICDRAAGIAEGLADGEMYigXCAgcQIxiwAhgnwgIHEAAYgAQYDcICChAAGIAEGEMYigXCAgUQABiABMICChAAGIAEGBQYhwKYAwCIBgGQBgqSBwQxNC4yoAevYQ&sclient=gws-wiz-serp

https://www.google.com/search?q=how+much+pentadecanoic+acid+do+we+need+a+day%3F&rlz=1C1ONGR_enUS1066US1066&oq=how+much+pentadecanoic+acid+do+we+need+a+day%3F&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIHCAEQIRigATIHCAIQIRigATIHCAMQIRigATIHCAQQIRigATIHCAUQIRigATIHCAYQIRiPAjIHCAcQIRiPAtIBCDg4MzRqMGo3qAIAsAIA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Friday, January 24, 2025

Why Joe Biden Had to Pardon Anthony Fauci

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EN53TZReku8

@john2001plus
This is all innuendo and conspiracy theory. Reportedly, the relatively small Eco-Health Alliance grant to the Wuhan Lab was to catalog bat viruses. I read the grant. Yet, Rand Paul appears to have lied about this calling it gain of function research. Fauci is a convenient punching bag for being the face of the government's fight against COVID.

The video distorts the facts by saying Fauci completely reversed himself on masking. Cloth masks are indeed worthless. But other masks are at least partially effective. I have read the studies. This follows a pattern where conservative commentators will claim that the vaccine does not stop the spread of the virus. However, the studies say otherwise. I have read those studies as well.

Sunday, January 12, 2025

Virus outbreak in China sparks pandemic concerns: What to know about HMPV

Videos have appeared on social media showing overwhelmed hospitals in China, sparking concerns of a potential pandemic.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry has attributed the spike to a regular seasonal surge, saying in a statement on Friday, "Respiratory infections tend to peak during the winter season … the diseases appear to be less severe and spread on a smaller scale compared to the previous year."

The CDC has said it is monitoring the virus through its National Respiratory and Enteric Virus Surveillance System (NREVSS).

"CDC is aware of reported increases in HMPV in China and is in regular contact with international partners and monitoring reports of increased disease," a CDC spokesperson said in a statement sent to Fox News Digital.

"These reports are not currently a cause for concern in the U.S., though some transmission of HMPV can be expected throughout the year, especially during the winter respiratory virus season."

https://www.foxnews.com/health/virus-outbreak-china-sparks-pandemic-concerns-what-know-hmpv

Wednesday, January 1, 2025

The Big Misconception About Acquired Taste

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bsMSC2ZIKtY

Monday, December 23, 2024

Avoiding Dementia…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOW_HslF5ko&t=61s

Saturday, December 21, 2024

99-Year-Old Dick Van Dyke’s Nightly Dessert Is Adorably Relatable

On the heels of his 2015 book release "Keep Moving and Other Tips and Truths About Aging," Van Dyke told the Chicago Tribune that a major factor is staying active. He wakes up at 6 a.m. every morning, drinks a cup of coffee, and heads "to the gym before I talk myself out of it," he says in his signature humorous style. "If you get exercise, get moving, get the blood moving, you walk out of the gym feeling better…Get that circulation going, and it changes you. I can go to the gym feeling pretty lousy, but I walk out of there with a bounce in my step and feeling pretty good."

While at the gym, Van Dyke swears by the treadmill and weights (yes, he still lifts in his 90s!). After his sweat session and with feel-good vibes in full effect, he typically swings by the market, runs errands, and heads back home for a quick nap before dinner. Then before bed, he always indulges his inner child.

Dick Van Dyke's Nightly Dessert
Throughout the day, Van Dyke explained to the Chicago Tribune team that he prefers to steer clear of overly processed and fast food, instead leaning into "light and fresh" fare. "I watch what I eat. I'm not much on meat; maybe once a week. I have blueberries every morning. I watch my sugar level," he said.

When Van Dyke was a kid, he always dreamed of growing up and being able to eat candy every night. That inner child is still alive and well: "There's the biblical admonition about putting aside the things of your childhood. But I take that to mean self-centeredness, willfulness; not creativity and wonder," Van Dyke continued in his chat with the Tribune. "Walt Disney and I always said we were children looking for our inner adults."

So to indulge his inner child, Van Dyke gleefully admitted, "I do eat ice cream every night."

https://www.allrecipes.com/dick-van-dyke-nightly-dessert-8762081