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Heavy Periods and Bruising Easily

People love to get some cold, hard facts. In fact, after the prequel to this post was put up, someone immediately voiced a desire to have some ?hard data? coming up in this post. Well, I hate to disappoint you, but the complex interactions that take place in an individual’s body often defy conventional wisdom and data that is, like L.L. Cool J, ?as hard as steel. Let’s look at a real...

Body Temperature and Mortality

By Matt Stone Two days ago, a?long-term member of the 180 community alerted me of a study that sought to determine how body temperature impacted the mortality rate of patients checking into the intensive care unit for treatment. Now I normally don’t like to put much focus on studies. Anyone can go out and find studies that support whatever point it is that they are trying to prove. And I...

Pray for Ice Cream

Guest post by:? Heather Sometimes we forget the really important things in life. Last week, I took my grand-children to a restaurant. My six-year-old grand-son asked if he could say grace. As we bowed our heads he said, “God is good, God is great. Thank you for the food, and I would even thank you more if Nana gets us ice cream for dessert. And liberty and justice for all! Amen!”...

Ice Cream vs. Human Breast Milk

In the last post, Meagan from Mutritious Nuffins?asked me if I was serious about ice cream being more similar to human breast milk than any other food. And I am. In the words of Uncle Rico, “Oh I’m dead serious.” While ice cream is looked at as one of the king of junk foods, there is no question that it is more similar to human breast milk than any other food. There are some...

Thyroid and Nosebleeds, Heavy Periods, Bleeding Gums, Bruising, Anemia, and Low Platelet Count/ITP

Wow! If that ain’t the most Ray Peat title ever! Beat that old man! Okay, I don’t expect this post to really appeal to a broad audience. I mean, that’s the most uncatchy title of all-time. Well, other than the fact that I listed enough health problems that virtually everyone will have had some problem with one of those at some point. Maybe that will lure in a few readers. This...

Diets are Like New Girlfriends

1)???? At first you can’t sleep at all 2)????? You announce it to everyone on Facebook 3)????? You are 100% convinced you’ve found something that you can do for the rest of your life 4)????? You go on and on talking to your friends about it until they are sure you have gone crazy 5)????? You bring it home for the Holidays and make your family feel uncomfortable 6)????? You stop going...