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The Only Three

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  Quality Food, Physical Activity and Sleep     It's always the same thing. Whenever you hear or read about this disease or that malady the best way to avoid them or reduce your risk is to exercise, eat healthy and get proper sleep. You want to live longer? Be able bodied and able minded? Just exercise, eat healthy and get proper sleep. You want to lose weight? You want good mental health? Just exercise, eat healthy and get proper sleep. So simple and yet, so very hard for most people. It is also spot on. Do those three things and you will only need to see a doctor for injuries unless you are unlucky (I'll get to that). There is a lot of confusing information and misinformation out there so let's address the three things. Exercise - basically this means MOVE. Our bodies need movement so do things that involve putting your body in motion. It also means physically stressing your body from time to time. You need to work those muscles and get that heart rate up. At least occ...

The War on Good Sense

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Drug Legalization             The person who takes medicine must recover twice, once from the disease and once from the medicine. - William Osler, M.D.           The drug culture has shaped at least one major change since the Sixties; It became the basis for overloading our prisons. - Jimmy Carter     The latest election spectacle in the USA sure has a way of making one long for a simple peanut farmer. As if it matters which corrupt, old, privileged puppet becomes President. Any chance that the USA would ever achieve greatness evaporated when they allowed bankers to take control back in 1913. The only good news that came out of this election (besides having the first female Vice-President) were some of the state propositions that were passed with regards to drugs.     The active ingredient in magic mushrooms was decriminalized in a couple of places and in Oregon, opioids, methamphetamines and cocaine ar...