Yes, what you say is true. Maybe not in exactly the way your thinking, but close enough.

As far as this whole candle thing. I think this quote (that I too have heard) is crap. I think you can burn brighter longer if you have good health. It just depends on what your doing. We are a biological life form that self repairs, not a candle. Did you know that in some cases young children who lose limbs can even grow partial limbs back that they lose? Kinda like a star fish. Bet you didn't know that. Or so I have heard at least. I am sure it depends what your refuring to. Can't really say specifics since been a long time since I have read about it.

Generally I will just run or speed walk for lower body and use free weights for upper. If you’re feeling playful you can totally just screw around with free weights. Machines can make a person disproportionate and miss muscles.

Lol, if you do a little research you will actually realize I am Minmatar. But I fly a lot of caldari ships. So, in the spirit of all Minmatar. "All Amarr MUST DIE"!!!



Anyways. I haven't said much over the last several days. Haven’t had much to report. For 2-3 days I tried stopping SAMe to see what would happen. To get an idea if I was taking too much or something. It wasn't really a very good idea. Things slipped a bit during the days I wasn’t taking it. I can try again now just taking a lower dose since some stuff I ordered came in, but I think now that I have adjusted that going back to the 800mg I was on for a long time before might be the way to go. I will continue to experiment for a while before I add anything else. Though B-Complex should be added relatively soon, because they play a role in several of SAMe’s reactions. I also am in dire need of a way to force myself to sleep “deeply” on command. Something I failed utterly at solving in the past.

I have walked so far a total of about 5 times. Most recently I walked for possibly 1-2 hours. I haven’t really been timing it. Just watching TV in passing, a couple hour shows went by. I was too tired those days when I didn’t take anything and don’t feel up to it every day. Starting to feel less concerned with just keeling over from overdoing it. Also did some upper body. Basically just curls. Nothing to serious yet, but the lactic acid is definitely out in force. Hurt’s just to move some parts. Maybe this time I can figure out what I was doing before that made it so I was almost never sore, no matter what.

For several days a few weeks ago I could hardly sleep at all. I feel I haven’t pointed this out clearly enough and need to make good mention of it. Best I can figure my body was flooded with many chemicals it was lacking and it took several days for things to even out. This of course is just a guess, I would be hard pressed to prove it. Knowing how the body likes to recycle things and turn one thing into another it’s probably a pretty accurate guess. Things seem to be going back to my usual problems with sleeping. I will be tired for chunks of time and not always able to sleep, but can get around 8 hours of light sleep in here and there. I generally sleep 8 hours ever 18-30 hours, but it fluctuates wildly. Sometimes I swear I am up only 10-12 hours between sleep and other times it seems to be almost 20 hours. Wish I could force myself to a 24-hour schedule. Something I haven’t been able to stick to easily most of my life. I do have goodly chunks of time where I feel much better then I obviously did back before I was taking SAMe. I will be trying something new fairly soon. I ordered 500mg L-Tryptophan capsules and a sleep formula that has pretty much all the good stuff I know of in it (see below for links). I don’t really recognize Bupleurum, Magnolia Bark (hmm I think I know this, blood sugar thing?), Peony, and Jujube extract. Everything else I am at least somewhat familiar with. I should be cautious with mixing them due to the 5-HTP present in the sleep formula. Both are closely related and precursors to serotonin. I have heard of Dr. Ray Sahelian, M.D. before. I have read a book or two of his and have yet to read anything that I could definitely say I outright disagree with. Everything he says seems to be in league with or at least in the ballpark of what others also say. Hopefully he has the sense to have quality products. For now I will assume that they are since I have no reason to think otherwise. Maybe he is just greedy; it can always be hard to tell since quality products are always an issue. Crap products would make him more money. Usually larger better know brands who have a name for themselves and that go under voluntary product testing are the safer bet.
http://www.physicianformulas.com/store/S...roduct=154
http://www.physicianformulas.com/store/S...roduct=274

Many times those brands (some, not all, it depends) sold in main mega stores like Wal-Mart, Wal-Greens, and Target are outright garbage. They use the cheapest chemical forms of ingredients and are of such poor quality often they appear to do nothing at all. So if a person takes these and forms an opinion based upon them. Well, I personally wonder if it’s not intentionally done by mainstream medicine in some way that I have never really tried to figure out. Like perhaps they are owned and operated by people who are just out to scam people. Many members of mainstream medicine (not all) hate supplements. They are basically trained to. Though some tell people not to take things, but actually in truth take stuff themselves (the twits). They (Big Pharma and the AMA) know full well that healthy people are less likely to seek medical care and it cuts into their profit margins. It’s better to keep people on the edge of outright sickness so that they can take them for all they are worth. Which is why some of their treatments for some things are outright dubious. Some, not all. It depends what it is.

I really need some way to basically force myself to sleep deeply on a routine. If only a sledgehammer would work. I always seem to sleep so lightly. I almost never dream which makes me wonder if I ever reach the deeper stages. I have yet to order more Valerian root to try that old method. I feel certain if I could force deep sleep (without nightmarish side effects) many things would near magically straighten out. For the record I am at least partially immune to most sleeping pills that I have tried. The exception to which is ambien, which is a nightmare. Helped with sleep for about a week and failed there after. Lead to memory problems and what seemed to be what could best be described as the effects of 24/7 drunkenness until I realized it had to go. Felt good and started getting addicted to the fucking trash. It had other effects as well that I have no way to account for. Other then a hallucination or two. Many people abuse ambien for this specific reason as it can induce hallucinations. It took me months to start to feel like my memory and ability to think straight were fully returned. It’s been about 7-8 years since I had this experience. Back when I thought mainstream medicine really could help. Before I spent long hours researching things looking for answers and explanations to things I had experienced. I won’t go through that shit again.

I think I have started recalling what exactly it was that lead to what I can only call my slow collapse about 2 years ago. I think I had made the judgment that it was L-Tyrosine and other things I was taking that were the main cause of things being so much better. So if I recall correctly I was reducing my dose of SAMe and replacing it with L-Methionine. An amino acid that is closely related, but in no way the same thing. Basically it is a building block used to create SAMe. The reason for this was cost along with the idea that I was not certain at that time that it was doing all that much.

I joined several health groups on Myspace. Was looking to see if Mike Adams/Health Ranger had a group linked to his website, but so far I have been unable to find one. Right off the bat I ran across an article raising the issue of the PH of distilled water being possibly acidic. Something that had not occurred to me. I have always assumed it would be around 7. I tried using PH strips on this water, but am not sure they are working correctly. It’s a topic I need to find more out about. I have my doubts that these people have any idea what they are talking about. I seem to recall doing research before, but I can remember nothing specific.

For anyone wanting to research SAMe. It is usually represented as SAM-e on websites. Otherwise you end up searching “same”. It’s chemical name is S-Adenosyl L-Methionine or S-Adenosyl Methionine. It’s actually naturally produced in the body.

Hmmm, speaking of which. I seem to have forgotten how synthetic amino acids are represented. D-Methionine?

Yep, I seem to remember it right. No L-, as I recall, usually still means the natural form where as D- before some substances means they are the man made version of that substance and NOT the same thing. Structurally they can be very different.

This post was last modified: 02-06-2008 01:14 AM by Skorian.

Felt a little extra surge of energy and used it to get a decent workout to the point where I am actually shaking and will likely be quite sore all over. Energy has been highly fluctuating. Still decent. Have felt tired and not been sleeping deeply. Still waiting on sleep supplements. Should start reading sleep books soon. Perhaps they hold an effective answer. Have still felt some worries and doubts leak through at times.

This post was last modified: 02-10-2008 05:46 AM by Skorian.

That's not entirely true, though I concede that you may have more of a point than I realize. There was a study done on jogging a few years ago, for example, and it found that for you to gain any real benefit from it, you had to begin early. It found that if you only began jogging in the last seven years of your life, the days that you would gain would be less than the time equivalent that you spent jogging. So, essentially, you are actually losing total days from your life(from any other useful activity) if you started too late.

Everything is an investment. An investment of time in your own health may prolong your overall lifespan, but I believe that it has a point of diminishing returns. Its like chess - the Queen is an incredibly valuable piece, but there are times when it is advantageous for you would trade her if you knew for a certainty that it would checkmate the king.

To use this in life, I could use an incredibly simplified example. Assume that I expect to live to 60, and estimate that my average income per year would be equal to $40,000. By investing the equivalent of one year in my life in "health activities", I can gain up to three years more of life, equalling $120,000. Therefore, it would be advantageous for me to invest the same year-equivilent of life in anything else, if the return from that investment was greater than $120,000.

This is, of course, an incredibly simplified example as it equals monetary earnings with living satisfaction, and personally I certainly don't prize wealth that much. However, I think it is an excellent example of my method of thinking.

Otherwise, I hope that you're feeling better soon. Do you have a chronic condition that you are fighting?

Regards,
IO

Goodnight Rx and L-Tryptophan finally arrived. Took one capsule of Goodnight for the first time and it seemed to have a noticeable effect. Upon awaking I layed in bed a while and finally got up to go to my computer. My right arm was very tender where my bicep meets the inside of my elbow. There was no sign of tenderness before I went to bed. Upon sitting at my computer for a couple minutes, I moved my arm a fair bit as I normally would and felt light headed and believe I may have been going into shock so I promptly layed back down. Feel fairly certain that I was indeed about to pass out, which is highly unusual for me. My heart seemed to be beating very lightly and slowly. Possibly blood was not getting to where it needed to go. My first assumption is that the pain of my arm and a possible real injury may have induced this. Though it could also have been the fear I felt that perhaps something serious was wrong and that I had torn something. Which upon writing this a couple hours later seems completely improbable and irrational. I think I may have just sprained or pulled something slightly. Didn't seem to be any real swelling, just some tenderness and stiffness the vast majority of which has now receded. Don’t feel any apparent muscle soreness as yet from the earlier exercise. Beyond this I seem no worse for the wear. I think it’s safe to assume I will feel as good as new in a few days. Till then I will baby my right arm. I also need to remind myself to take it easy. There is no huge rush to get back into shape. Recklessly pushing too hard could indeed lead to injury. My head seems to be pretty clear at the moment. I should probably make sure to take goodnight with a carbohydrate in the future as this also may have had something to do with it.

It's so hard to really study this issue for so many reasons. Most people who are healthy will want to exercise naturally anyways. The other issue is a person could live half their life senile and live a long time, but basically be dead most of that time. Exercise helps to keep one mentally alert. Mental health is another serious marker to consider in a persons lifespan as it affects quality of life. Who wants to live miserably 100 years when they could live that same amount content? Endorphines are released when you exercise which are natural happy drugs.

Beyond that you’re completely over analyzing the issue.

As far as chronic conditions. Nothing most people here aren't facing. Possible thyroid problems, though tests show nothing. Food allergies, anemia, possibly hypoglycemia. I am supposed to stay away from soy, milk, and eggs. All are pretty typical when depression is an issue. I could go into greater scope, but these are the most significant that I am really aware of. I do have suspecions at some point I will figure out some significant factor that plays a role into why I seem to be somewhat worse them most people usually without a little boost. Though one link could be to some of the medications I took in the past. Many of which are supposidly safe, but with further research into them I believe really they really are not. Anti depressant drugs are scary.

I have come to the conclusion that depression is quite litterly simply a lack of energy. There are many causes behind it. Depends on the person what exactly it is. All can be helped with a better diet and avoiding some substances. Though feeling depressed in and of itself can lead to serious junk food cravings and the desire for simple sugars. A state in which I believe the body actually begins starving and breaking itself down. Some people then eat to much to try to get those nutrients they lack, only they eat the wrong foods and so eat themselves into a stupor. Most overweight people are actually very weak, because they can't build proper muscle to burn the fat. Muscle being the #1 way to burn fat. It becomes a revolving door because at some point people can have such poor health they can't even break down the food they eat into fuel, because they lack the base requirements to do so.



If you want to research a nightmare. Check out statin drugs. I ran across a message board once of victims to statin drugs. This was after talking to some guy who was telling me his own personal story in person, which made me curious. A few members were put into wheel chairs as a result of what the drug did. It's very common for people to become mentally foggy. This is believed to be caused by the fact that the brain is primarly composed of fat not unrelated to cholesteral. Much like the fatty sheaths that run the lenght of our nerves that control our nervous system. And it can also attack the fatty deposits in our joints. Every member of that board had nightmare tales to tell.

This post was last modified: 02-11-2008 05:00 AM by Skorian.

I don't think that I'm overanalyzing the issue at all - the monetary value of life is a common court issue, and the earmark which I used there is often invoked by lawyers to determine settlement amounts.

To put investment in another way, since we've both play or played EVE - assume that you only have 1 year with one character before he or she is deleted and wish to accomplish the most from him or her as possible. It'll be far more efficient and effective to beeline your essential skills to say, the Amarr Archon than to spread your skills around levelling up random skills.

Applying this to my life, I think that I may be doing things that aren't totally healthy(keeping myself up more than I should) and may not be levelling up "skills that extend my runtime" but by focusing on one objective at a time, I'm making the most of my time.

Regards,
IO

PS: I do love my Archon.

Skorian,

I've read that distilled water actually leeches the minerals out of your bones. Try reverse osmosis filter for your craptastic well water! :-)

Also, natural sea salt is the only kind with any minerals. The other is bleached crap.

Ya, I need to find out what it's PH is. That would be why it would do that if it's PH is acidic. Your body will want to balance it out. I am not sure atm though. There is alot of miss information out there.

Ya, don't I know it. So glad to hear from another health food enthusiast.

I will probably address this more in the future.

As far as Eve I still have active characters just haven't played in ages now.

Today I did indeed come to the realization after some research that the PH of distilled water is near 5. I also verified this with several tests with PH strips. To my knowledge the body wants a PH of around 7. So what people consume for that day should balance out to around that. Anyone have any idea what the best PH is and why? Like the best PH for ideal water.

I also learned that all pop/soda/soft drinks contain distilled water. Which gives an even better explanation as to why it is so acidic that it can turn a chicken bone into jello in just a matter of days.

This post was last modified: 02-17-2008 09:42 AM by Skorian.

pop?


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