been to a chiropractor about 10 years ago for a really bad back.
Been pain free ever since.
Why does the crap weather always arrive in time for the weekend??
The placebo effect.
I've never - knowingly - been party to it, but if someones suffering can be cured by homeopathic water witchcraft then I'm all for it. Same goes for acupuncture.
Is there anything that you live with or (otherwise surrounds you), that likely contains "bunk"......
.....and you are OK with and just let it be ?
myths
unproven ideas
suspicions
memes
possibilities
etc...
(i'd rather leave religion out, but if you must....)
Yeah, I can agree with that to some degree. People DO feel better after taking quack cures. Sure it's all mental, but it's still better.
It's double edged sword though, what if they become so convinced that alternative medicine is the answer that they refuse conventional treatment for more serious aliments. Lots of people have died because of this. See:
http://whatstheharm.net/alternativemedicine.html
My ex girlfriend occasionally took some homeopathic remedies, to "help her fight off a cold". She didn't go overboard with the whole idea...it just made her "feel" better". (Oscillococcinum)
I didn't have the heart to start a debate, especially when she wasn't feeling well.
I have a few hippie type friends and attend events (mostly Burning Man types events) with many other hippie types. Lots of crystals, sage, cleansing and chanting going on. At a festival, a friend asked if I wanted my tent cleansed, I politely told her I had just hexed it and was all set, she giggled, didn't want to come in my tent, but giggled. Usually I just politely decline random offers of hippie magic. For that counter culture it is almost ingrained as all powerful knowledge, so engaging some in a debate is futile. I have noticed many open to debate or even them actually understanding it doesn't work but they still do it because, like people said, it makes them feel better. There are also those that are fascinated by science. Some will understand and acknowledge how the universe is understood to work by science, yet still read their horoscope.Same principle if friends have a few harmless misconceptions or beliefs....I'll not bring up the subject.
...ok, maybe friendly sarcasm, but I'll drop the subject pretty fast. Sometimes if I point out something contrary to their idea, in a humorous fashion....they'll chuckle at it too.
There are four stores in Mount Shasta that sell crystals, and I don't think it's Waterford. You have to pick your battles. Also, one store claims to have the 13th Mayan skull.
I know what you mean but you often don't need to start a debate, just explain how those things are made.
Oscillococcinum, for example is made by fermenting a duck heart for a while, then taking a drop of it, putting it in water, then washing out the container 200 times with distilled water, then filling up the container with distilled water, and then taking a drop of that distilled water and putting it on a sugar pill.
A lot of people think homeopathy is herbs. I think it's worth at least trying to explain what it actually is, even if you don't want to debate if it works or not.
If you are lucky enough to find a chiropractor that admits that all he is doing is pushing stuff back where it goes to make you feel better, you've got a keeper. I've only found two like that and moved away from both of them. Too many claim to be able to cure anything that ails you.
As to the question at hand. Personally, I'd prefer to live bunk free.
My chiropractor has massage therapist there, he offers half price on your birthday. One lady asked if it was okay that she did some reiki on me, I respectfully declined.I met a guy yesterday who is into Rolfing (a type of massage), but he thinks it's mostly bunk, and they keep try to push crystals and stuff. He keeps going because it kind of works for him.
I will put up with things that might help as long as they do not infringe on established help/care.
Most of the cartilage in my knees is gone, I do need knee replacements. There are some good reasons why I am holding off on this. I sell copper jewelry. The story is that copper helps arthritis. I made myself a copper anklet. I don't believe it does, I did it more to get folks to stop telling me I needed one--you don't start an argument with your customers. About a month later, I started getting folks asking me if I had had my knees replaced, because I was walking better.
I still don't believe in it, but I am going to make myself another one (I gave mine to a friend). Somehow the placebo effect worked.
I may smudge my house after my hubby and I have had several arguments, to 'dispel' the bad thoughts. Does it work? It seems to. I think it works by making us more careful in our choice of words.
I have seen massage help. Maybe it does just relax one more.
Health pill shops which I generally walk right past. Take your choice if you succumb:
A, D & K Vitamins
Acai
Aloe Vera
Antioxidants
B Vitamins
C Vitamins
Calcium Supplements
Co Enzyme Q-10
Cod Liver Oil
Collagen
Cranberry
Creatine
E Vitamins
Echinacea
Evening Primrose Oil / GLA
Fish Oils
Garlic
Ginkgo Biloba
Ginseng
Glucosamine
Green Tea
Magnesium
Multi Vitamins
Nuts
Omega 3
Protein
Seeds
Vitamin D
Vitamin E
Zinc
A healthy balanced diet should eliminate the need to buy these products anyway, but there is nothing wrong with them per se imo, and may be of beneit to some people, who have specific deficencies or conditions that may be improved with additional amounts of of certain nutritional coponants, in particular trace elemnts like selenium or iron.
I forget where I heard this. "Its not what you eat but how often you eat that something." Eat something different everyday. I have a friend with a 4 yeard old who has never eaten a Happy Meal. Feel sorry for any kid who has never had a happy meal! I tell her it is not going to kill you to eat fast food every now and then. Just don't make it the back bone of your diet. She just doesn't get it!A healthy balanced diet should eliminate the need to buy these products anyway, but there is nothing wrong with them per se imo, and may be of beneit to some people, who have specific deficencies or conditions that may be improved with additional amounts of of certain nutritional coponants, in particular trace elemnts like selenium or iron.
A healthy balanced diet should eliminate the need to buy these products anyway, but there is nothing wrong with them per se imo, and may be of beneit to some people, who have specific deficencies or conditions that may be improved with additional amounts of of certain nutritional coponants, in particular trace elemnts like selenium or iron.
Why in the world would you feel sorry for that kid? Happy meals are horrible. A squashed little industrial demi-burger with a slice of pickle or two and a squirt of ketchup, a paper slip of fries (which I have to admit are tasty, but god knows what they do to them..) a few slices of apple (maybe), and a cheap piece of plastic crap. Kids who don't get happy meals aren't missing a thing.Feel sorry for any kid who has never had a happy meal!
I have tried this at home and the fries are a lot better.The Real Solution
Turns out that the true reason double frying is necessary has nothing to do with the very center of the fry—only with its outermost layers.
The key lies in the fact that not all water in a potato is equal. Some of it is bound within the potato's structure more tightly then the rest, requiring more energy to expel it. During the first fry, some of the water present in the potato evaporates and exits, allowing the oil to enter the space it was taking, and come in direct contact with the potato's cells. Meanwhile, water that is more tightly bound in the potato's structure remains.
as the oil works its way into the potato, a relatively thick layer of starch-reinforced cells can build up around the exterior of the potato
Soon, individual molecules of starch break free from larger granules with the help of the energy provided by hot oil. These starch molecules then come in contact with the water still present in the potatoes, hydrating and forming a gel that acts as a kind of glue, reinforcing the structure of the cells around it. Over time, as the oil works its way into the potato, a relatively thick layer of starch-reinforced cells can build up around the exterior of the potato. This is the paper-like sheath you see around a potato that has been fried once at low temperature.
Since water maxes out at at 212°F (100°C), boiling a potato does not have the same effect—there is not enough energy to expel excess moisture and gelatinize the starch. In order to confirm this, I tried par-cooking a potato in oil that I kept at exactly 212°F. It completely failed to form the requisite sheath, producing fries that were just as frail and thin-walled as the boiled potatoes.
Only after this thick outer layer has been sufficiently built up can the potato be fried a second time at a sufficiently high temperature to drive off the last remnants water, leaving the crisp, desiccated structure behind.
If you would like to converse with me please be less argumentative with things. I get that you disagree with me, about everything, but do I really need to explain why having a Happy Meal every NOW AND THEN isn't going to make a kid ill, that is about letting a kid have fun during a meal?Why in the world would you feel sorry for that kid? Happy meals are horrible. A squashed little industrial demi-burger with a slice of pickle or two and a squirt of ketchup, a paper slip of fries (which I have to admit are tasty, but god knows what they do to them..) a few slices of apple (maybe), and a cheap piece of plastic crap. Kids who don't get happy meals aren't missing a thing.
If you would like to converse with me please be less argumentative with things. I get that you disagree with me, about everything, but do I really need to explain why having a Happy Meal every NOW AND THEN isn't going to make a kid ill, that is about letting a kid have fun during a meal?
People die of heart attacks all the time, at lots of ages. Don't see why that is relevant though.I believe that I was 8 years old the first time I ate fast food and that was because one of my classmates father owned the local MickeyDs and we had a class trip with a tour of the kitchen and free food. That classmate died of a heart attack last year at the age of 44.
Why does the crap weather always arrive in time for the weekend??
Actually there is a case to support that an overload of certain things like Vitamins can be dangerous.
I know you are being funny, but there is a well researched study that found it actually does rain more on the weekends. And less during the start of the week. (I think this was in the industrial areas of the US)
The reference is:The fine particulate matter produced by car exhaust and other human sources of pollution forms cloud condensation nuclei, leads to the production of clouds and increases the likelihood of rain. As commuters and commercial traffic cause pollution to build up over the course of the week, the likelihood of rain increases: it peaks by Saturday, after five days of weekday pollution has been built up. In heavily populated areas that are near the coast, such as the United States' Eastern Seaboard, the effect can be dramatic: there is a 22% higher chance of rain on Saturdays than on Mondays.[56]
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/...rms-hail-science-summer-pollution-environmentThey discovered that tornadoes and hailstorms occurred at a rate of about 20 percent above average during the middle of the week. In contrast, the phenomena occurred at a rate of roughly 20 percent below average on the weekend.
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The team then investigated Environmental Protection Agency air-quality monitoring data and noted that human-made, summertime air pollution over the eastern U.S. peaks midweek. The cycle is linked to more human-made pollution created during the five-day workweek, such as commuters driving to and from work.