More on this page and my webpage How do know someone is doing Keto? You don’t, they tell you. Keto is short for ketogenic. Ketogenic describes a diet and lifestyle that puts ones body into a state of ketosis. Ketosis is the human body producing ketones from stored body fat or dietary fat. Ketones are …
Category Archives: Opinion
Loyalty
Loyalty is a trait that’s lost. I would say bring that back. Decorated Navy Seal Chief Eddie Gallagher wanted loyalty. It would have saved him from losing rank and pay. It would have saved him from the shameful accusations and charges he faced. But he does not regret his actions because that is not what …
Anthropocene
Go to my webpage at vividleee.com Geologic epochs are super long time spans visible in rocks. Three million years is a long time and earth’s climate can be deduced in the chemistry of the layers. Climate is generally understood to be measured as an average of 30 years of weather. Weather being what we experience …
Autophagy Autophagy Where for Art Thou Autophagy?
Go to my webpage at vividlee.com (Pronounced awe-toff-uhh-gee) Our body’s cellular (our body, not your device) function whereby damaged cells are dismantled and new cells rebuilt from the byproducts. Recycling! This function reduces disease occurrence and likely increases lifespan. Or better yet, health span, the extension of healthy life as opposed to just extended life …
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Extinctions and Carbon
Go to my website at: Vividlee.com Carbon in earth’s atmosphere has been measured in old ice. This data shows ice ages and warm periods occur roughly every 100,000 years. We are presently at the top of the latest warm period where carbon content measures around 300 parts per million. Data recorded at the top of …
Ascent of Man
There is a classic graphic of five figures in profile walking left to right in a line representing human evolution. The left most figure is a small ape like creature hunched over and walking on all four limbs. Next in line is slightly larger and walking hunched over on two limbs. In the middle is …
Siege Mentality and Stockholm Syndrome
Siege mentality starts with a sense of collective victimhood, constant attack, oppression or isolation and will lead to an overly fearful defensive attitude, black and white thinking, lack of trust and a preparedness for the worst. Stockholm syndrome is when hostages develop a psychological alliance with their captors as a survival strategy during captivity. Our …
Moon Mars Earth
It is 240,000 miles to the moon. Sounds far to me. How far is Mars? Tens of millions to hundreds of millions of miles. Now that is far away! Lots of people think going to Mars is a good idea. Some say the moon is a good destination for people. Human space travel is a …
Connectedness
When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe. -John Muir, My First Summer in the Sierra,1911 John Muir wrote down his thoughts and feelings. When others read these words it changed their view of the world. The natural world was not a dangerous and …
Animals
Love them, hate them or eat them. We love pets and animals that are cute. Dogs and cats especially. Fuzzy and furry, They can help you reduce stress and fill a need. They can also trip you up and make you fall. Adorable pets are all over advertising now. Sex sells, but I think cute …