Better Health Thread

[finicky]

Heads up on probiotics!

I took them for a while despite having my suspicions aroused when I saw shelves and shelves of them at a 'Chemist Warehouse' shop. Thought, "How can this be right? Has the look if another 'quick fix' commercially driven fad."

Also questioned the replacement of one's distinctly individual and subtle 'ecosystem' of gut microflora with some brute product off the shelf.

Not withstanding this I probably would have supplemented with probiotics (along with stuffing my face with prebiotic whole foods) if I were to be compelled to take a course of antibiotics.

This video has changed my mind 180° on that intention.

 

[Knobby22]

Heads up on probiotics!

I took them for a while despite having my suspicions aroused when I saw shelves and shelves of them at a 'Chemist Warehouse' shop. Thought, "How can this be right? Has the look if another 'quick fix' commercially driven fad."

Also questioned the replacement of one's distinctly individual and subtle 'ecosystem' of gut microflora with some brute product off the shelf.

Not withstanding this I probably would have supplemented with probiotics (along with stuffing my face with prebiotic whole foods) if I were to be compelled to take a course of antibiotics.

This video has changed my mind 180° on that intention.

100% agree.
Commercial probiotics, in fact commercial multi vitamins. Not natural. Better to eat foods that have been fermented e.g. sauerkraut.

Sauerkraut - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Many health benefits have been claimed for sauerkraut:

It is a high source of vitamins K and (if uncooked) C;[30] the fermentation process increases the bioavailability of nutrients rendering sauerkraut even more nutritious than the original cabbage.[31] It is also low in food energy and high in calcium and magnesium, and it is a very good source of dietary fiber, folate, iron, potassium, copper and manganese.[30]
If unpasteurized and uncooked, sauerkraut also contains live lactobacilli and beneficial microbes and is rich in enzymes. Fiber and probiotics improve digestion and promote the growth of healthy bowel flora, protecting against many diseases of the digestive tract.[31][32]
During the American Civil War, the physician John Jay Terrell (1829–1922)[33] was able to successfully reduce the death rate from disease among prisoners of war; he attributed this to feeding his patients raw sauerkraut.[34]
Sauerkraut and its juice is a time-honored folk remedy for canker sores. The treatment is to rinse the mouth with sauerkraut juice for about 30 seconds several times a day, or place a wad of sauerkraut against the affected area for a minute or so before chewing and swallowing the sauerkraut.[35]
In 2002, the Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry reported that Finnish researchers found the isothiocyanates produced in sauerkraut fermentation inhibit the growth of cancer cells in test tube and animal studies.[36] A Polish study in 2010 concluded that "induction of the key detoxifying enzymes by cabbage juices, particularly sauerkraut, may be responsible for their chemopreventive activity demonstrated by epidemiological studies and in animal models".[37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44]

 

[finicky]

Been taking Taurine for about 6 months. An amino acid that occurs naturally in the body but level declines with age. Powder form easy to take, it's tasteless and dissolves easily. Can take it in coffee if you want.
Also recommend Rimon on Youtube.

 

[finicky]

Highly processed foods, brought to you by the big tobacco companies, experts in addiction.

 

[finicky]

Gloooom
Baby boomers living as long but sick as fk compared to our immedite forebears.

 

[finicky]

Heads up on Lindt chocolate.
That's it, they're out for me,

 

[finicky]

Ivermectin and CANCER

It's got a rep as a very safe drug. Establishment seems to hate it so it's got to be worth considering. Very compelling case study from a female surgeon and researcher - I love the way she expresses herself and the ruthless clarity.

 

[Country Lad]

Craton must be fuming but his thread is the water cooler spot, lol.
But I've read you can have too much vitamin D in your system; it gets stored in fat so I'm told. There's a concern that supplementation can lead to deposition of calcium in the walls of blood vessels. I take 2,000 ug a day but always take Vit K2 as well - s'posed to steer calcium to the bones. Expose myself to the sun a bit more than i used to - and that's not just for Vit D.
Take the opportunity to mention fenbendazole - another safe drug that mighf be repurposed against cancer.

Yes @finicky probably a good idea to bring these over here and leave the @Craton thread alone. And it will stop me trying to interpret div''s post.
It is interesting that both the ivermectin and the fenbendazole which are surprisingly good at helping fight cancer are designed for use against parasitic infections.

 

[finicky]

We have an evolutionary adaptive mechanism that is seldom called upon - to our likely detriment.

 

[finicky]

.. and it's not just anti-parasitic drugs that might help the body fend off cancer. There's been research that deliberate exposure to certain bacteria can stimulate the innate immune response (rev up killer cells) that gets suppressed when the other side of the immune response (anti-bodies and inflammation) gear up. The bacterium in question is derived from cow dung and it is stressed that this is not a targeted intervention that cancer cells can devise a specific defense against; this therapy revs up the general immune response. Futhermore this 'drug' is not just effective against active cancers, it may well have a prophylactic effect - i.e. make one less likely to get cancer in the first place. It's come up against funding deficiency and now the whole shebang is up for sale. Defeated by the bureaucracy. Already has successful trials and fda clearance. Get everything for 10c on the dollar.

 

[finicky]

Red light thesis has been coming to me from a few online sources that I follow. Dammit, I hunker down indoors mostly and also wear light shades perpetually.

 

[wayneL]

Here's an interesting graph gents, gentesses and gentxsses. What is the reason behind those countries with higher antidepressant use?

 

[qldfrog]

Here's an interesting graph gents, gentesses and gentxsses. What is the reason behind those countries with higher antidepressant use?

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Iceland: that or suicide as life project, no alternative
US: anything to get high ... cheaper than cicainet

Australia: lack of life purpose?
You either sleep commute work and come back to your mortgage in the suburbs, or under crazy debts in the country ....
Alternatively, beer is too dear and marijuana too hard to use...
Looking forward to other opinions

 

[finicky]

It's because we have a higher standard of living and are more educated.

 

[Dona Ferentes]

Looking forward to other opinions

accessibility ?

 

[qldfrog]

accessibility ?

True, in France, cheaper to do weed and stronger drugs, (but for older generations).
In the US, why doing weed if you risk jail for life whereas your gp can just script Prozac.
A bit same here in Australia
As well, this is a privilege issue for spoilt individuals, you do not pop pills if you are starving, working your ass in a sweatshop or digging in your rice field under the sun.
No time to even think how unfair this is all