How do you get rid of toxins?
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amusedmonkey wrote: »Aside from the "toxins" discussion, has anyone else noticed how much MFP changed in 4 years? Wonder if 4 years into the future people would look at our posts and smirk.
I did notice. I do wonder how much things will change in the future.0 -
chivalryder wrote: »chivalryder wrote: »....And I really hope it wasn't a high voltage of electricity...
Did you know that high voltage is less fatal than low voltage? Low voltage shocks are most likely to cause defib of the heart, which is very difficult to correct since your heart is still beating, but not well enough to keep you alive. High volt shocks are more likely to temporarily stop your heart, at which point your heart is more likely to resume natural rhythm on it's own. Learned it in my one electrical engineering class and I was shocked (get it)! Note: I'm not talking lighting strikes here...
Did you know that voltage has nothing to do with electricity's ability to kill you?
You're talking about current. Over 0.1 amps is enough to kill you. Below that, and no matter how much or how little voltage you have, it will not kill you (unless you have an underlying medical condition).
Voltage and current are related though. Given the same resistance, low voltage will have high current. High voltage will have low current. Therefore, high voltage is less likely to kill you, if the resistance is low enough (again, given the same voltage, high resistance will have higher current, lower resistance will have lower current).
I = V*R
I = current
V = Voltage
R = resistance
Trust me, I took grade 9 physics.
I hope the bolded was the punchline, because the rest of your post is completely wrong. Ohm's law: V=IR, not I=VR.
Shhhh.... there may have been a reason I went the civil engineering route instead of electrical... shhhh... wait... did someone just save me there? Maybe! I remember all of one fact and I might not even have it right. *sigh*...
I also am not doing well with coding related to quoting.
Quiet now! It was over 14 years ago!
But I am right. I = V*R
http://www.physics.uoguelph.ca/tutorials/ohm/Q.ohm.intro.html
V = I/R
Ummmm.... Nope. If so, then every other EE ever has been doing it wrong.0 -
My guess, there will still be the same old battles of science vs pseudo-science and SBM vs pseudo-medicine. Readers in the future will recognize much of this, that is, if the zombies don't get here first.amusedmonkey wrote: »Aside from the "toxins" discussion, has anyone else noticed how much MFP changed in 4 years? Wonder if 4 years into the future people would look at our posts and smirk.0 -
nakedraygun wrote: »
My guess, there will still be the same old battles of science vs pseudo-science and SBM vs pseudo-medicine. Readers in the future will recognize much of this, that is, if the zombies don't get here first.amusedmonkey wrote: »Aside from the "toxins" discussion, has anyone else noticed how much MFP changed in 4 years? Wonder if 4 years into the future people would look at our posts and smirk.
And now zombies. I might be crushin on you a little. In a non-creepy way.0 -
HardcoreP0rk wrote: »ILiftHeavyAcrylics wrote: »bsballmom55 wrote: »You know I don't comment on much around here but reading this post makes me think yall are a bunch of bully's. Do you really need to mock this person message after message? Let it go.
This thread stopped being about the OP a long time ago. Now people are mocking alt-med in general.
For the record, I hate alt-med and will mock it at every turn. Not the people who are fleeced by it, but the people who do the fleecing. They absolutely deserve to be mocked.
We were just having this discussion at work because I read an article that the NY Attorney General has banned several vitamins and supplements that were genetically tested and found to have no trace of the substance they claimed to be in their product. We were wondering how the hell you make the decision that you are going to sell a product and then just say "and we can save money by not actually putting that ingredient in there"...
What is wrong with people?!
How do you genetically test a vitamin?
Chiming in to say these tests are conducted using reference standards where the composition of the purported vitamins and supplements are compared via a number of analytical tests to a certified reference material. If there are biologics in the supplement, then genetic comparison could be one of the analytical methods I suppose, but usually it is done via mass spectroscopy.
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vitamins have no genes, eh?0
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chivalryder wrote: »chivalryder wrote: »....And I really hope it wasn't a high voltage of electricity...
Did you know that high voltage is less fatal than low voltage? Low voltage shocks are most likely to cause defib of the heart, which is very difficult to correct since your heart is still beating, but not well enough to keep you alive. High volt shocks are more likely to temporarily stop your heart, at which point your heart is more likely to resume natural rhythm on it's own. Learned it in my one electrical engineering class and I was shocked (get it)! Note: I'm not talking lighting strikes here...
Did you know that voltage has nothing to do with electricity's ability to kill you?
You're talking about current. Over 0.1 amps is enough to kill you. Below that, and no matter how much or how little voltage you have, it will not kill you (unless you have an underlying medical condition).
Voltage and current are related though. Given the same resistance, low voltage will have high current. High voltage will have low current. Therefore, high voltage is less likely to kill you, if the resistance is low enough (again, given the same voltage, high resistance will have higher current, lower resistance will have lower current).
I = V*R
I = current
V = Voltage
R = resistance
Trust me, I took grade 9 physics.
I hope the bolded was the punchline, because the rest of your post is completely wrong. Ohm's law: V=IR, not I=VR.
Shhhh.... there may have been a reason I went the civil engineering route instead of electrical... shhhh... wait... did someone just save me there? Maybe! I remember all of one fact and I might not even have it right. *sigh*...
I also am not doing well with coding related to quoting.
Quiet now! It was over 14 years ago!
But I am right. I = V*R
http://www.physics.uoguelph.ca/tutorials/ohm/Q.ohm.intro.html
V = I/R
Ummmm.... Nope. If so, then every other EE ever has been doing it wrong.
Ugh. I'm writing the equation wrong, even after seeing it. This is what happens when you habitually go through MFP Forums when you are actually focusing on work.
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ILiftHeavyAcrylics wrote: »I'm just going to go ahead and post this for the lurkers, about the essential oils thing and doTERRA specifically.
http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/doterra-multilevel-marketing-of-essential-oils/
A family friend of ours has an infant son who has been having all sorts of allergic reactions and digestive issues. The mom is breastfeeding, and she wound up going on a pretty extreme elimination diet to try and alleviate the symptoms. After literally months of hives, allergy tests, gastric distress, and so on, they figured out it was basically because she was overdosing her son on essential oils (!!!!!). She had been applying them straight to her skin, ingesting them, and applying them to her son. I can't even explain to you the rage I feel about the local mommy cults that exist that promote such irresponsible and dangerous behavior.
Not nearly on the same level, but last summer a "natural" flea and tick spray made from essential oils was going around Facebook. Some of the oils they mentioned were toxic to dogs and/or cats. I usually ignore the derp but couldn't let that one pass without comment because of the risk to pets.
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Wah...how do I get the Youtube window to automatically get embedded in my post?0
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nakedraygun wrote: »
Anyone remember "In Search Of" narrated by Leonard Nimoy and "That's Incredible?" They covered this stuff which would become the stuff of Ancient Aliens of today.tinascar2015 wrote: »I am surprised that nobody has suggested building a pyramid over one's bed yet. oh, crap. Am I the only one here old enough to remember when that was A Thing? Although, I think that was supposed to make it so you'd never age, not to detoxify. It was the 70s, we lived in a toxin-rich environment back then.
I do remember that pyramid fad! Someone even built a pyramid house off of I-94 in southeast Wisconsin, and every time I drove up there, I wondered how they hung pictures and arranged furniture. I think the Pyramid Era was the one before the Miracle Magnets Era.
Boy I loved those shows.
Also, I've driven past that pyramid house many times.. kitsch.
The real wackaloons adjacent to pyramid house come from "The University of Lawsonomy." - a kind of depression era crank theory of everything.
"Lawsonomy combined religion and economics and was based on a belief and adherence to what Lawson called "natural laws." Among several laws of the philosophy were: To know God one must understand his laws, true character is formed by unselfish acts, if man will act right he can have knowledge, God permits inactive creatures to perish and others.
Lawson used his philosophy to speak out about patriotism, diet, freedom of expression, spiritual worship and many other subjects. His followers were a disciplined group, wearing uniforms and adhering to a military-like structure."
I'm originally from Chicago, and we drove up into Wisconsin hundreds of times over the years. As near as we could tell, "University of Lawsonomy" wasn't a university at all. It was just a sign with block letters. Is that true? The first time I used an internet search engine, that was the first thing I looked up. No one seemed to know what it was.0 -
I linked to it above.tinascar2015 wrote: »nakedraygun wrote: »
Anyone remember "In Search Of" narrated by Leonard Nimoy and "That's Incredible?" They covered this stuff which would become the stuff of Ancient Aliens of today.tinascar2015 wrote: »I am surprised that nobody has suggested building a pyramid over one's bed yet. oh, crap. Am I the only one here old enough to remember when that was A Thing? Although, I think that was supposed to make it so you'd never age, not to detoxify. It was the 70s, we lived in a toxin-rich environment back then.
I do remember that pyramid fad! Someone even built a pyramid house off of I-94 in southeast Wisconsin, and every time I drove up there, I wondered how they hung pictures and arranged furniture. I think the Pyramid Era was the one before the Miracle Magnets Era.
Boy I loved those shows.
Also, I've driven past that pyramid house many times.. kitsch.
The real wackaloons adjacent to pyramid house come from "The University of Lawsonomy." - a kind of depression era crank theory of everything.
"Lawsonomy combined religion and economics and was based on a belief and adherence to what Lawson called "natural laws." Among several laws of the philosophy were: To know God one must understand his laws, true character is formed by unselfish acts, if man will act right he can have knowledge, God permits inactive creatures to perish and others.
Lawson used his philosophy to speak out about patriotism, diet, freedom of expression, spiritual worship and many other subjects. His followers were a disciplined group, wearing uniforms and adhering to a military-like structure."
I'm originally from Chicago, and we drove up into Wisconsin hundreds of times over the years. As near as we could tell, "University of Lawsonomy" wasn't a university at all. It was just a sign with block letters. Is that true? The first time I used an internet search engine, that was the first thing I looked up. No one seemed to know what it was.
http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/lawson.html
Look up Richard Lawson. Think a pre-war version of L Ron Hubbard.0 -
What can I say? Science, skepticism, sci-fi, and philosophical-naturalism have always held a special appeal or interest to me.TheVirgoddess wrote: »nakedraygun wrote: »
My guess, there will still be the same old battles of science vs pseudo-science and SBM vs pseudo-medicine. Readers in the future will recognize much of this, that is, if the zombies don't get here first.amusedmonkey wrote: »Aside from the "toxins" discussion, has anyone else noticed how much MFP changed in 4 years? Wonder if 4 years into the future people would look at our posts and smirk.
And now zombies. I might be crushin on you a little. In a non-creepy way.0 -
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Great movie.amusedmonkey wrote: »Aside from the "toxins" discussion, has anyone else noticed how much MFP changed in 4 years? Wonder if 4 years into the future people would look at our posts and smirk.
Wonder no more. I've looked into the future and all I saw was.....
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iwillsucceed0444 wrote: »Try pooping...it's good for you. I always use MFP when I poop...
You're not a candy crusher? that's disappointing.0 -
nakedraygun wrote: »
Great movie.amusedmonkey wrote: »Aside from the "toxins" discussion, has anyone else noticed how much MFP changed in 4 years? Wonder if 4 years into the future people would look at our posts and smirk.
Wonder no more. I've looked into the future and all I saw was.....
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Up next, on the Violence Channel....getting kicked in the crotch!
In other news, I am a wanton selective Woo Broscience follower. If it's tasty, I'm in. If it's nasty, it's bunk.
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Great movie.amusedmonkey wrote: »Aside from the "toxins" discussion, has anyone else noticed how much MFP changed in 4 years? Wonder if 4 years into the future people would look at our posts and smirk.
Wonder no more. I've looked into the future and all I saw was.....
I like money.
You like money, too? We should hang out.0 -
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So, I work in a hospital. I walked over to one of the doctor's offices, and I basically asked her "So, can you recommend a good detox program for me?"
She looked at me as if I was insane.
I guess that answers this question. :-P0 -
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