I was initiated into Transcendental Meditation (TM) on February 14, 1971, in Beaumont, Texas. A major benefit of TM is that it dramatically reduces lactic acid, also called "fatigue acid." Stress and lactic acid go together like a skunk with stank. <> Ray Peat ("Lactate vs. CO2 in wounds... Read More

If you believe that Royal Navy surgeon James Lind (1716-1794) was the first person to discover that citrus fruit prevented scurvy, I've got a bridge to sell you. The ancient Egyptians (1500 B.C.), ancient Indians (400 B.C.), and other previous civilizations knew just as much as Dr. Lind did, and ... Read More

5G is unstoppable (not my words) short of nuclear war, an extraterrestrial impact event, or other mass extinction. <> According to the Serenity Prayer ... "God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, Courage to change the things I can, And wisdom to know the difference.... Read More

Descartes should have said ... "I think I am, therefore I think I am, I think." Yes, No, Maybe? <> Ron & Claire Levitan (Growing a Soul on the Planet Earth: The Fourth Way & Esoteric Christianity, 2018) wrote ... "We see life 'topsy-turvy,' as Gurdjieff said. Our fundamental problem i... Read More

Ray Peat ("Eclampsia in the Real Organism: A Paradigm of General Distress Applicable in Infants, Adults, Etc.," 2006-2016) wrote ... "... a woman who was 6 months pregnant called me around 10 o'clock one morning, to say that she had gone blind, and was alone in her country house. She said she had... Read More