The Power of Spirit – Join the Event
This post is an invitation for you on multiple levels. First, there’s the human-level invitation, which you’ll get by reading the words here. I’m hosting a live event on Zoom this weekend called The Power of Spirit, and I invite you to join us for it. It will be 3 hours each day, 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM Pacific Time on October 7 and 8, 2023. The second level of this invitation is the spirit level. I’m writing this invitation while feeling very tuned in (thanks in part to a minidose of magic mushrooms this morning). As I’m writing, I can also feel some of the energy of the upcoming event flowing...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - October 6, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Abundance Announcements Creating Reality Emotions Lifestyle Relationships Source Type: blogs

Home Remedies for High Blood Pressure
Lower high blood pressure with these effective home remedies that are easy to apply, whether you’re dealing with mild or more severe cases of the condition. If you’re searching for natural ways to lower your blood pressure, a few home remedies may help. From making some lifestyle changes to eating mindfully, these tips can help you get your numbers down. Talk to your doctor before trying new treatments, and read for more information. Quick Summary Regular exercise can help lower blood pressure by making the heart stronger and more efficient. The DASH diet is a tried-and-tested eating pa...
Source: The EMT Spot - November 1, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: bpscore-sibera Tags: Guides Blood Pressure Source Type: blogs

Let ’ s have some chillies!
I just read a nice bit of news this morning. A new Italian study shows that eating peperoncini, the Italian word for chilli peppers (also spelled chili, with one “l,” mainly in the U.S.), can cut our risk of having a heart attack or stroke by 40%. Yes, by a whopping 40%!!! Here’s the link to the CNN article about this study: https://cnn.it/36Fatro It should be noted that other researchers cast a few doubts on the study’s findings, pointing out that perhaps people who eat chillies are also eating more vegetables, as well as other herbs and spices, so it would be difficult to figure out if the purpor...
Source: Margaret's Corner - December 17, 2019 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll chili chili pepper chilli peppers chillies myeloma Source Type: blogs

Update: Wheat Belly safe flours and meals
  So you kiss all things wheat and grains goodbye. And you’ve come to learn that gluten-free foods made with replacement flours like cornstarch, tapioca starch, potato flour, and rice starch are incredibly unhealthy, since they make visceral fat grow, send blood sugar through the roof, and contribute to diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, cancer, and dementia. But perhaps you’d sure like a few muffins or cookies once in a while . . . without paying the health price that follows wheat and grain consumption such as high blood sugar, insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, autoimmune conditions, acid reflux, and inc...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - May 22, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: News & Updates gluten-free grain-free low-carb wheat belly Source Type: blogs

BLT Avocado Sandwich with Aleppo Pepper Spread
If you like BLT sandwiches, you’ll love this variation that includes sliced avocado and a tasty Aleppo Pepper Spread. I got my inspiration for the Aleppo Pepper Spread from a recipe provided by Penzey’s, a regional spice and herb retailer in Wisconsin and Michigan, that I tweaked a bit, including adding a bit of sriracha for some extra pizzazz. The Aleppo pepper adds sun-dried tomato-like layers of flavor to dried pepper. You will likely have to source it from a spice shop. Alternatively, if you cannot locate the Aleppo pepper, use standard ground black pepper and a dash of cayenne pepper instead. As written, t...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - January 15, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: News & Updates gluten-free grain-free wheat belly Source Type: blogs

Weapons grade chilli dressing
UPDATE: I blitzed them in the food processor today and converted the jar of pickled chillis into a lethal cocktail for drizzling into curries and marinades etc. Thought I had better put a hazmat type sign on the bottle. Turns out these are Scotch Bonnets, up to 400,000 Scoville units in terms of capsaicin concentration. I’ve now chopped, deseeded and blanched half a pound of them to freeze and pickle. I wore rubber gloves, a facemask and goggles while I did so, but the house is now full of their volatiles and neither Mrs Sciencebase nor myself can stop coughing and sneezing. I just touched my face with a formerly g...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - September 25, 2018 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Sciencebase Source Type: blogs

Weapons grade chilli oil
UPDATE: Turns out these are Scotch Bonnets, up to 400,000 Scoville units in terms of capsaicin concentration. I’ve now chopped, deseeded and blanched half a pound of them to freeze and pickle. I wore rubber gloves, a facemask and goggles while I did so, but the house is now full of their volatiles and neither Mrs Sciencebase nor myself can stop coughing and sneezing. I just touched my face with a formerly gloved finger that I thought I’d washed thoroughly and the skin there is sizzling gently…why do we use these weapons on mass destruction in food again, remind me? UPDATE: I was talking chillis in the p...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - September 25, 2018 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Sciencebase Source Type: blogs

Back to basics about psychosocial factors and pain – iii
Last week I discussed some of the areas in the brain, and basic principles, that are currently thought to influence our pain experience. This week I thought I’d introduce one of my favourite ways of considering pain mechanisms, mainly because it helps me think through the four main kinds of mechanisms, and can influence our treatment approach. At this stage I want to raise my hand to acknowledge the following: My gratitude to Dr John Alchin, longtime friend and colleague, who first pointed this paper out to me and has shared it with hundreds of people who go to see him at the local tertiary pain management centre. W...
Source: HealthSkills Weblog - September 17, 2017 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: adiemusfree Tags: Education Pain Pain conditions Research Science in practice biopsychosocial Chronic pain Health pain management Source Type: blogs

Hotshot. A supplement scam with a difference?
Jump to follow-up The "supplement" industry is a scam that dwarfs all other forms of alternative medicine. Sales are worth over $100 billion a year, a staggering sum. But the claims they make are largely untrue: plain fraudulent. Although the industry’s advertisements like to claim "naturalness". in fact most of the synthetic vitamins are manufactured by big pharma companies. The pharmaceutical industry has not been slow to cash in on an industry in which unverified claims can be made with impunity. When I saw advertised Hotshot, "a proprietary formulation of organic ingredients" that is...
Source: DC's goodscience - October 25, 2016 Category: Science Authors: David Colquhoun Tags: Academia supplements Bruce Bean cramp dietary supplements DSHEA Harvard Hotshot Muscle cramp Rockefeller university Rod MacKinnon TRP receptors Source Type: blogs

Hotshot. A supplement scam with a difference?
Jump to follow-up The "supplement" industry is a scam that dwarfs all other forms of alternative medicine. Sales are worth over $100 billion a year, a staggering sum. But the claims they make are largely untrue: plain fraudulent. Although the industry’s advertisements like to claim "naturalness". in fact most of the synthetic vitamins are manufactured by big pharma companies. The pharmaceutical industry has not been slow to cash in on an industry in which unverified claims can be made with impunity. When I saw advertised Hotshot, "a proprietary formulation of organic ingredients" that is...
Source: DC's goodscience - October 25, 2016 Category: Science Authors: David Colquhoun Tags: Academia supplements Bruce Bean cramp dietary supplements DSHEA Harvard Hotshot Muscle cramp Rockefeller university Rod MacKinnon TRP receptors Source Type: blogs

pedia notes
Acupuncture Andrographis Babesia bartonella betterhealthguy.com – Scott’s website, lots of detox info Biodentistry bioresourceinc.com – wholesaler for Pekana Biotensor Buhner herbal protocol Chlorella – thought to provide mercury detox, many think biopure.us is best. other brands are E-lyte and Sun Cholestapure – supposedly less difficult to handle than cholestyramine Comprehensive Medical Center – Kirkland, Washington clinic that acts as home office in the United States of Dietrich Klinghardt, MD, PhD (425) 823-8818. Dr. Klinghardt visits intermittently and charges $7/minute. He has two...
Source: Inside Surgery - March 21, 2015 Category: Surgery Authors: Editor Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs

Wheat Belly meals and flours for baking
So you kiss all things wheat and grains goodbye. And you’ve come to learn that gluten-free foods made with replacement flours like cornstarch, tapioca starch, potato flour, and rice starch are also very destructive, since they make visceral fat grow, send blood sugar through the roof, and contribute to diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, cancer, and dementia. (If these gluten-free food manufacturers persist in pushing gluten-free foods made with these awful ingredients, I’m going to have to write a new book: “Gluten-Free . . . Fat, and Diabetic“!) But perhaps you’d sure like a few muffins o...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - March 13, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle baking cakes cupcakes gluten grain-free baking grains muffins scones Source Type: blogs

Healthcare Update Satellite — 12-16-2014
Answering the important questions … why does the flu vaccine suck this year? Keep a lookout for next month’s issue of EP Monthly which will tell you everything you need to know about influenza diagnosis and treatment. Of course, if you had read the backboard article in EP Monthly’s November issue, you’d already be doing this … Florida fire department abandons use of backboards for most trauma patients. 4 year old boy develops carotid artery dissection and left sided hemiparesis after riding a roller coaster. Fortunately, he had made significant recovery by six months. How scary is that, though...
Source: WhiteCoat's Call Room - December 17, 2014 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: WhiteCoat Tags: Healthcare Update Source Type: blogs

Spicy Salsa Stuffed Avocado
Avocados fit perfectly into a Wheat Belly grain-free lifestyle Here’s a way to have a delicious and filling avocado for lunch, stuffed with a salsa of tomato, onion, and fresh cilantro. To cart to the office, transport both a whole avocado and some of the pre-made salsa in an airtight container; halve and pit the avocado and spoon salsa over the avocado half just before eating. Avocado Stuffed With Spicy Salsa   Print A delicious and filling avocado for lunch, stuffed with a salsa of tomato, onion, and fresh cilantro. Author: Dr. William Davis Serves: 8 Halves Ingredients 1 medium tomato, finely chopped (R...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - June 8, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Source Type: blogs