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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...

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...

What Gets You Excited   The two most important days in your life are the day you were born and the day you find out why . -Mark Twain     Many (most?) people like to believe that we humans are here for a reason. That there has to be some grand design for humanity. That unlike every other species past and present we are here to accomplish something and continue on forever. Not so. Instead, we are fortunate. We are just another of the many wonderful gifts of nature. We are here solely by chance. Humanity's purpose is the same as all other living things...to survive and propagate. That's it. As individuals, however, we need a purpose.     Nature provided us with intelligence and opposable thumbs. Along with that, the drive to accomplish something. Each of us needs a purpose. To really thrive, and for good mental health, we need more than just something to do. That's the big reason why we have progressed so much as a species. Most of us are very good at coming up w...

A Healthy Diet Michael Pollan discovered, for good health, we need to eat food, mostly plants and not too much.   The 'mostly plants' part is debatable but eating wholesome, natural foods, prepared simply, is spot on. Much of what is eaten today is highly processed and not usually in a good way. The western way of eating has led to obesity, bad skin and teeth, and chronic disease. The food industry has done a great job of getting most of us hooked on poor quality foods. Liberal use of sugar (in all its forms), salt and unhealthy fats (i.e. seed oils) has been a boon to this industry as well as the disease and diet industries. Sadly, too many folks don't understand that those who run these industries don't care about people or good health. They don't care if you get sick (in fact it is desirable) and they don't care if you die. Simple as that. You are responsible for you, period. So with all the misinformation out there (even many dietitians get things wrong), wh...