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Hi. I ran my first Warrior dash in Oct. 2014. The following spring I was diagnosed with Mixed Connective Tissue Disease which severely sidelined my entire life, weight and health. I'm struggling to get back on track but I want to work my way back up and earn the Spartan Trifecta and maybe even go on the Spartan Cruise.…

Just started "A Painted Goddess" Book 3 in the A Fire Beneath the Skin Series by Victor Gischler. Absolutely loved the first 2. If you like fantasy novels this is a good set.

1. It was a hypothetical situation - over simplified to be easily understood. Seriously.........take a step back, breathe and stop taking things so hard core. Read the meaning not just the words. 2. How else would you use the term "placebo effect?" Using a non medical substance to achieve a medical effect through the…

Dang computer......to finish my thought...... not just told but shown irrefutably then my weight loss would change. Most likely for the worse. Now if I were just told but refused to believe that it was a sugar pill then my weight loss would possibly suffer a little due to the introduction of doubt but it wouldn't…

It has been shown time and again that once a patient becomes aware that they are receiving a placebo their reaction to the placebo changes. Again that is a psychological fact. That being said the person has to believe it is a placebo. If I were taking a sugar pill and believed it was a weight loss wonder drug and lost 5…

I have only recently come to know about Ayurveda. I was diagnosed with an auto-immune disease called Mixed Connective Tissue Disease on April 1, 2015. It is incurable, only treatable. Unfortunately the treatment options offered to me were as bad if not worse than the disease so I wanted to explore my options. After much…

One problem with that logic. If you are applying the placebo effect as the primary cause of any possible positive response to using spices for pain management, or any of the Ayurvedic Practices for that matter, then making the patient aware of the placebo removes its ability to generate the positive response. That is…

Senecarr, I apologize if my use of the term "Western Medicine" bothers you. If you note in my earlier post, I also use the term "Eastern Medicine." I only use these terms to separate the modalities of thought not their scientific values or abilities. I firmly believe that people in the Eastern hemisphere are just as…

So far as I've seen here, most of the discussions have centered around the dietary and medicinal values of Ayurveda - also that is where my knowledge currently lies so that is where I have kept my responses, including to your post. My disease has progressed far enough that it is making every day miserable and stops me from…

C. First let me ask why you say that Ayurveda rejects the scientific method? Step 1: Ask a Question: Will eating a diet rich in vegetables and certain spices improve a person's overall general health? Step 2: Do Background Research: Talk to local villagers and as many other people I can talk to about their health and…

Very quickly, I would like to apologize for the typos, misspellings and grammatical errors in my previous post. I was writing free form and just clicked on post automatically. I will attempt to slow down and proof read my statements in the future. Please don't take my haste as an indication of ignorance.

Wow, lots of opinions here. So I'll add mine and see where it goes... First some background on me: I'm female, 45, 282lbs. My weight issues began shortly after I was diagnosed with Bi-Polar and I was prescribed Lithium. Apparently I am allergic to lithium and it caused my thyroid to almost completely shut down. Over the…

Thanks for the encouragement. I am very aware of the tiny goals to achieve big goals process. My best friend is a personal trainer and I have worked with him quite a bit. I actually got down to 262 lbs but my illness kicked into overdrive when it got super cold this past January and I gained 20lbs back. I am investigating…