Our Battle Ongoing: Lyme Disease in Australia | Full Documentary

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For seven years, Tanya Dupagne lived with symptoms that doctors couldn’t put their finger on. Fatigue, extreme pain, poor concentration, brain fog, low-grade fever, issues with her muscles.

One neurologist suggested she may have Multiple Sclerosis, but it was when someone mentioned the tick-borne illness, Lyme Disease, that everything clicked for Tanya.

The former Rural Woman of the Year and head of the children’s charity Camp Kulin in W.A. had been bitten by a tick while working in the United States, which is a known hotspot for the disease.

But as she discovered, the Australian medical community’s resistance to claims that the disease occurs locally makes diagnosis and treatment — even for accepted cases like hers — incredibly hard to come by.

What is Lyme Disease?

Lyme Disease is an illness caused by an infection from the bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi, typically transmitted to humans via the bite of some species of ticks. Ticks carrying the infection can be found in Asia, Europe and North America.

In fact, Lyme Disease is the most common tick-borne illness in the Northern Hemisphere. The US’s public health institute (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) alone receives reports of roughly 30,000 Lyme Disease cases each year.

But according to researchers, it doesn’t exist in Australia.

Australian patients call for doctors to recognize Lyme disease

Lyme Disease is not recognised in Australia. Here’s why.

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Why is it not recognised in Australia?

According to the Medical Journal of Australia and a number of medical authorities, including the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia, there is no convincing evidence that Lyme Disease occurs in Australia, nor is there evidence that the bacteria that causes it exists in any Australian animal or insect.

However, some people argue that this evidence is based on a sole 1994 government-funded research study that failed to find the North American strain of the bacteria in Aussie ticks.

Critics of the research argue that it didn’t test for similar strains of the bacteria that may cause illness and nor did it test any other insect, such as a mosquito or a flea, that may carry the same or similar strains.

Listen to The Quicky, Mamamia’s daily news podcast, talk about Lyme Disease.

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Lyme Disease is not recognized in Australia. Here’s why.

How is Lyme Disease diagnosed in Australia?

As a result of the Australian medical community’s position on local Lyme Disease and the fact that symptoms (including a circular red rash around the tick bite, fever, headache, joint aches or swelling, and swollen lymph nodes) can also be caused by a host of other conditions, diagnosis can be difficult to come by. It usually occurs via a combination of clinical presentation (ie. a doctor’s assessment of symptoms) and lab testing.

However, there are questions about whether Australian labs are equipped to test for the bacteria. Some say that, as a result, patients have been scammed into spending large amounts of money to send blood to unaccredited overseas labs, only to get a false-positive result and then put themselves through unnecessary treatment.

What treatment for Lyme Disease is available in Australia?

In a Lyme Disease endemic country, after a positive diagnosis, treatment would involve antibiotics to fight the bacterial infection.

Dr Brad McKay, a family doctor and science communicator, explained to Mamamia’s daily news podcast The Quicky, that these antibiotics are usually effective. However, delays in administering them can lead people to be sick for longer periods of time.

Some patients call this “chronic Lyme Disease”, but as Dr McKay says, “at the moment in medicine, we sort of see that as being a bit of a fictitious diagnosis. It’s not that the Lyme is sitting in your body chronically, but it is that it has set up a long-term inflammatory process, which can give people all sorts of horrible symptoms. So that’s anything from having muscle aches and pains, weakness, fatigue, headaches, and just feeling really clouded.”

Tanya is among those with long-term, ongoing symptoms.

She says treating these is currently costing her up to $2,000 per month, made all the more difficult by the fact she is unable to work. Because Lyme Disease is not recognised in Australia, she is unable to obtain mortgage insurance or Centrelink payments to help ease the financial burden.

“Mine actually should be a really clear-cut case,” she told The Quicky, “because I have a known tick bite from a known endemic area in America; I’ve had a known bullseye rash, which is the Lyme-specific rash that indicates Lyme; I have tested positive in an internationally accredited lab in Germany; I have an MRI that actually shows two lesions on my brain consistent with tick-borne illness; and all my blood work is consistent with Lyme, as well as a list of over 40 clinical symptoms that are also consistent. Yet I’m still struggling to access treatment here in Australia.”

NEWS: Her dying wish was for Lyme recognition in Australia. RIP, Theda | LymeDisease.org

Theda Euthanised herself because she could no longer tolerate the pain she was in. Her head was on fire and felt as if it would explode. She had seen a Neurologist that day who could not help. Theda had not slept for a week, nothing the doctors prescribed gave her any sleep or pain relief she was the bravest person I know. Theda did not want to die; she loved life and had so many plans for when she got well. She was being treated by a doctor in America, who said she was too weak to tolerate Lyme treatment. 

She could see no future for herself. 

Euthanasia is thought out and planned. For Theda it was scary and sad. I know how she suffered spending years in a dark room,able to cope only with audio books. Often I could not hold her hand as it was too painful. How do I know all this? I am her Mother and nursed her for 14 years, I was with her when she was insulted and patronised by the medical profession. My beautiful girl wanted to live.

Wow, that is sad. To the scotland mate, it does NOT take time to pass the infection, if the tick attaches itself common sense would tell you the bacterium can get into your bloodstream at any given moment, where in the heck is the evidence showing the infection just simply cannot pass in seconds?! It IS possible. 

The ignorance is EVERYWHERE, especially in the U.S. 

Doctors all deny treatment here also due to the IDSA guidelines. I encourage everyone to watch the Documentary Under Our Skin as well as Under the Eightball by which, in 1951 at Fort Detrick, Maryland, construction crews built a hollow metal sphere four stories high. Inside germ weapons were to be exploded, creating mists of infectious aerosols for testing on animals….and people.

Employees called it the eight ball. In their eighteen-month long journey Grey and Russell travel the country in search of answers and interview top experts in the world of Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases. Under the Eight ball includes live footage, historical documents, original animation and archival military footage.

LymeLight – The Story Of Professional Freeskier Angeli VanLaanen Living With Lyme Disease from NEU PRODUCTIONS

LymeLight is a Lyme Disease awareness film that serves as an inspirational story for those who have fought to overcome chronic illness and physical setbacks. It delivers a powerful message of the importance of living a healthy, active lifestyle on a daily basis.

Angeli VanLaanen is one of the top female freeskiers in the world and a well rounded athlete with expertise in all areas of her sport. She has been featured on the cover of Skiing Magazine and in renowned skiing publications such as Powder Magazine and Freeskier Magazine. Angeli has also competed in high level halfpipe events such as the X-Games and Dew Tour.

LymeLight is a 30 minute documentary film based on Angeli VanLaanen’s battle with Lyme Disease. Angeli, now 27 years old, started showing Lyme symptoms at the tender age of 10. After developing a chronic sinus infection, fainting spells, dyslexia and fatigue, Angeli faced over a decade of misdiagnoses. Through the years, her symptoms fluctuated and progressed into a debilitating chronic illness. In the summer of 2009 VanLaanen was sleeping for multiple days at a time and experiencing crippling body pain. Lyme Disease is a bacterial infection spread by the bite of an infected Black Legged Tick (commonly known as a Deer Tick).

Many children and adults cannot recall a bite because young Deer Ticks can be as small as a poppyseed. If caught promptly, Lyme Disease can be treated in a matter of weeks. Angeli’s story of misdiagnosis is all too common due to the lack of knowledge in our society and in the medical community. After her diagnosis in November 2009, VanLaanen was forced to put her competitive halfpipe career on hold at the peak of her career. “It’s the lowest I’ve ever felt,” Angeli says.

“With no guarantee that treatment would relieve my symptoms, I had very little to hold on to.” Motivated by her struggle, Angeli linked up with Director John Roderick of Neu Productions in November of 2011 to make an awareness piece sharing a raw account of her experience. “Our goal with LymeLight is to educate people about Lyme Disease, where it comes from, what the symptoms are and the challenges people face reclaiming their health,” says Roderick. Neu Productions is a diverse action sports and adventure production company based in Breckenridge, Colorado, producing powerful digital content.

After taking 3 years off from halfpipe for Lyme treatment.

Angeli returned to competition and placed 6th at the FIS World Championships and is ranked 9th in the world on the AFP points list for the 2012-2013 season. Halfpipe skiing was recently added to the list of events to premier at the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia 2014. VanLaanen’s dream of becoming an Olympian is possible now that she is symptom free and in remission.

After the Olympics next year, Angeli plans to tour LymeLight in schools around the country as a part of an awareness program she has created. “When I was young I just flicked ticks off of me.” Angeli recalls “I didn’t know to tell my mom or doctor.” With the help of the LymeLight Foundation, a nonprofit VanLaanen is a spokesperson for, she will educate kids about Lyme Disease prevention and overcoming hard times.

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Why Am I Still So Sick?

In 2004, Richard Longland was sickened by an undiagnosed disease after spine surgery.

In the months following, a list of maladies appeared: headaches; neck, throat and shoulder pain; and random “lightning shocks.” In 2005 and 2006, other problems emerged and challenged his sanity: cardiovascular and neurological troubles; bone-crushing fatigue; and the proverbial brain fog.

After battling the medical system, he was finally diagnosed with a systemic bacterial infection in 2007. The mycoplasma pneumonia that disabled him could have originated from any number of sources: the surgical intubation process, the hospital, any public place, or even a tick. He visited more than twenty doctors for a diagnosis.

During this difficult period, he created The Arthroplasty Patient foundation, produced its first educational film and helped spine patients get “back on their feet with an active global discussion board. His focused research on antimicrobials and anti-biofilm treatments led to his treatment program using pharmaceutical and naturopathic agents to rid his body of systemic bacterial biofilms. The interviews are available individually, and the film available here when it is released.

if you want to know everything about Lyme and why it is being ignored…Screw the new blood tests, Dr’s just need to accept the fact it is REAL and treat the persons adequately and not ignore them when there is a tick bite, ticks carry pathogens not only borrelia but micro filarial worms and parasites as well….I have no faith in Drs. This illness is all over the world, and here in the USA it is an epidemic. So sorry to hear about Theda.

Is more research being done?

The Australian Department of Health says they are aware that there are many Australians who are experiencing chronic debilitating symptoms, which many sufferers associate with a tick bite, and have promised that at some stage in 2020 they’ll be releasing educational material that will help assist health professionals and the public better understand Lyme disease.

But they have made it clear that it will be an evidence-based care model. So if the evidence still shows that there is no bacteria that causes Lyme disease present in an Australian-based vector, like a tick or a mosquito, then they have to base their response on that.

In the meantime, even people like Tanya, whose cases were contracted overseas and aren’t disputed, are facing off against a medical system ill-equipped to offer proper help. “The deterioration has just been so extreme for me,” she said, “it’s just about being able to get out of bed in the morning and make it through the day.”

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Detoxing While Treating Lyme Disease

Detoxing is an essential part of fighting Lyme Disease and achieving relief from a herx. You are exposed to toxins on a daily basis, in your food, water, the air, and even your home in the form of mold. As a patient of tick-borne disease, these toxins can serve as an additional catalyst to your symptoms and can even send you into relapse, especially during treatment. Project Lyme has developed this resource to educate you on how to detoxify your system while treating your illness.

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What Is A Herxheimer Reaction?

The Jarisch-Herxheimer Reaction, known colloquially as a Herxheimer Reaction or “herx”, was discovered by dermatologists Adolf Jarisch and Karl Herxheimer in their studies of syphilis. Both syphilis and Lyme bacterium are spirochetes, meaning they have a spiral shape and can cause the same reaction in patients during treatment. The reaction occurs as an adverse response to toxins released by the bacteria being killed by antibiotics. The tips in this resource are designed to help lessen the effects of herxes as you treat your disease.

Use Detoxifying Herbs and Supplements

Toxin binders can help you to detoxify from Lyme disease, coinfections, mold illness, and more. They assist by binding to toxins and withdrawing heavy metals from your body so that your immune system can work more efficiently. It is important to note that binders can’t differentiate between substances, so don’t use them within two hours of taking any herbs, supplements, or medications in order to make sure they are absorbed properly.

There are two commonly used binders: 

• Chlorella contains a spectrum of amino acids, iron, vitamins, and minerals. In addition to binding to toxins, it assists in healing and soothing the gut. 
• Activated charcoal can prevent the body from absorbing toxic substances. Manufacturers then treat the charcoal to make it more porous; increasing its surface area in this way allows more substances to bind to it.

In addition, you can use detoxifying herbs and supplements. These may come in a variety of preparations, including pills, liquids, and powders. They include

• Garlic contains a chemical called allicin that promotes the production of white blood cells, helps fight against toxins, and also has natural antiviral, antibacterial,  and antibiotic properties.  
• Milk thistle has been used for thousands of years to support a healthy liver, the primary organ responsible for detoxification. 
• Dandelion is known to help support liver function.
• Glutathione is a powerful intracellular antioxidant that helps support enzymes that aid in the elimination of toxins.
• NAC (n-acetyl cysteine) is an essential component for the formation of glutathione inside cells. NAC is an antioxidant that helps protect liver function. 
• Alpha Lipoic Acid is protective of liver function and helps remove toxins from the body. 
• Berberine supports liver health, healthy circulation, gut health, a balanced microbiome, and more.
• Burbur Pinella provides antioxidant and brain/cognitive support as well as helps your body to cleanse itself.

This list is not exhaustive. To learn more about detox methods that include patient votes for effectiveness, check out this resource on detoxing by Tired of Lyme.

Sweat It Out With an Infrared Sauna 

Infrared saunas can improve circulation, decrease inflammation, and relieve pain. Infrared saunas can also help to remove heavy metals and other toxins through sweating. The removal of these toxins can help to boost your immune capabilities as well as increase endorphin production. But be careful: If you use this method in excess, it can actually be harmful to your recovery. To avoid any issues, keep the temperature tolerable, your time short, and make sure to stay hydrated. 

Flush Toxins With Specialty Drinks

While drinking water is one of the ways you may be exposed to toxins, drinking lots of it in conjunction with other liquids can actually flush toxins out of your body. Some great detoxifying drinks include:

• Lemon water and apple cider vinegar can stimulate the production of bile, help cleanse your liver, and balance your acid-alkaline levels, which helps detoxify chemicals and metabolize drugs.
• Herbal teas can keep you hydrated and supply you with easily-absorbed antioxidants to quell inflammation. There are many types, including:
  • Milk thistle and dandelion root teas provide liver support.
  • Peppermint and ginger teas can reduce nausea. 
  • Chamomile, lavender, and lemon balm teas help with sleep.
  • Licorice root and orange peel teas aid in combating fatigue.

Get Appropriate Exercise

While not every patient will be able to apply this step, there are times when exercise is an appropriate step for your healing. If your symptoms are stable or improving, it’s probably time to add some movement to your daily routine. Exercise improves circulation, oxygenates your tissues, and enhances the work of the lymphatic system through muscle contractions. To cut down on the risk of exacerbating your symptoms, stick to low-impact exercises. To learn more about low-impact movement options, check out the Movements for Lymies guided class. 

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Intermittent fasting has become a popular dietary approach to help people lose or manage their weight. It has also been promoted as a way to reset metabolism, control chronic disease, slow aging and improve overall health.

Meanwhile, some research suggests intermittent fasting may offer a different way for the brain to access energy and provide protection against neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s disease.

This is not a new idea—the ancient Greeks believed fasting enhanced thinking. But what does the modern-day evidence say? 

First, what is intermittent fasting?

Our diets—including calories consumed, macronutrient composition (the ratios of fats, protein and carbohydrates we eat) and when meals are consumed—are factors in our lifestyle we can change. People do this for cultural reasons, desired weight loss or potential health gains.

Intermittent fasting consists of short periods of calorie (energy) restriction where food intake is limited for 12 to 48 hours (usually 12 to 16 hours per day), followed by periods of normal food intake. The intermittent component means a re-occurrence of the pattern rather than a “one off” fast.

Food deprivation beyond 24 hours typically constitutes starvation. This is distinct from fasting due to its specific and potentially harmful biochemical alterations and nutrient deficiencies if continued for long periods.

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The brain accounts for about 20% of the body’s energy consumption.

Here are four ways intermittent fasting can act on the body which could help explain its potential effects on the brain. 

4 ways fasting works and how it might affect the brain.

1. Ketosis

The goal of many intermittent fasting routines is to flip a “metabolic switch” to go from burning predominately carbohydrates to burning fat. This is called ketosis and typically occurs after 12–16 hours of fasting, when liver and glycogen stores are depleted. Ketones—chemicals produced by this metabolic process—become the preferred energy source for the brain.

Due to this being a slower metabolic process to produce energy and potential for lowering blood sugar levels, ketosis can cause symptoms of hunger, fatigue, nausea, low mood, irritability, constipation, headaches, and brain “fog”.

At the same time, as glucose metabolism in the brain declines with aging, studies have shown ketones could provide an alternative energy source to preserve brain function and prevent age-related neurodegeneration disorders and cognitive decline.

Consistent with this, increasing ketones through supplementation or diet has been shown to improve cognition in adults with mild cognitive decline and those at risk of Alzheimer’s disease respectively.  

2. Circadian syncing

Eating at times that don’t match our body’s natural daily rhythms can disrupt how our organs work. Studies in shift workers have suggested this might also make us more prone to chronic disease.

Time-restricted eating is when you eat your meals within a six to ten-hour window during the day when you’re most active. Time-restricted eating causes changes in expression of genes in tissue and helps the body during rest and activity.A 2021 study of 883 adults in Italy indicated those who restricted their food intake to ten hours a day were less likely to have cognitive impairment compared to those eating without time restrictions.

3. Mitochondria

Intermittent fasting may provide brain protection through improving mitochondrial function, metabolism and reducing oxidants.

Mitochondria’s main role is to produce energy and they are crucial to brain health. Many age-related diseases are closely related to an energy supply and demand imbalance, likely attributed to mitochondrial dysfunction during aging.

Fasting or reducing calories by up to 40% might protect or improve brain mitochondrial function. But not all studies support this theory. 

4. The gut-brain axis

The gut and the brain communicate with each other via the body’s nervous systems. The brain can influence how the gut feels (think about how you get “butterflies” in your tummy when nervous) and the gut can affect mood, cognition and mental health.

In mice, intermittent fasting has shown promise for improving brain health by increasing survival and formation of neurons (nerve cells) in the hippocampus brain region, which is involved in memory, learning and emotion.

There’s no clear evidence on the effects of intermittent fasting on cognition in healthy adults. However one 2022 study interviewed 411 older adults and found lower meal frequency (less than three meals a day) was associated with reduced evidence of Alzheimer’s disease on brain imaging.

Some research has suggested calorie restriction may have a protective effect against Alzheimer’s disease by reducing oxidative stress and inflammation and promoting vascular health.

When we look at the effects of overall energy restriction (rather than intermittent fasting specifically) the evidence is mixed. Among people with mild cognitive impairment, one study showed cognitive improvement when participants followed a calorie restricted diet for 12 months.

Another study found a 25% calorie restriction was associated with slightly improved working memory in healthy adults. But a recent study, which looked at the impact of calorie restriction on spatial working memory, found no significant effect. 

Bottom line

Studies in mice support a role for intermittent fasting in improving brain health and aging, but few studies in humans exist, and the evidence we have is mixed.

Rapid weight loss associated with calorie restriction and intermittent fasting can lead to nutrient deficiencies, muscle loss, and decreased immune function, particularly in older adults whose nutritional needs may be higher.

Further, prolonged fasting or severe calorie restriction may pose risks such as fatigue, dizziness, and electrolyte imbalances, which could exacerbate existing health conditions.

If you’re considering intermittent fasting, it’s best to seek advice from a health professional such as a dietitian who can provide guidance on structuring fasting periods, meal timing, and nutrient intake. This ensures intermittent fasting is approached in a safe, sustainable way, tailored to individual needs and goals.This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.

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What Is Intermittent Fasting and How Does It Work?

Intermittent fasting is an eating pattern that may benefit heart health, reduce inflammation, improve cell repair processes, and help burn fat.  

Intermittent fasting is an eating pattern in which you cycle between periods of eating and periods of fasting.

There are many types of intermittent fasting, such as the 16:8 and 5:2 methods.Numerous studies suggest that it can have powerful benefits for your body and brain.Here are 10 evidence-based health benefits of intermittent fasting.

1. Changes in the function of hormones, cells, and genes.

When you don’t eat for a while, several things happen in your body.

For example, your body changes hormone levels to make stored body fat more accessible and starts important cellular repair processes.

Here are some of the changes that may happen in your body as a result of intermittent fasting:

Insulin level: Your blood level of insulin drops significantly, which promotes fat burning.Human growth hormone (HGH) level: Your blood level of HGH may increase dramatically. Higher levels of this hormone promote fat burning and muscle gain and have numerous other benefits.

Cellular repair: Your body starts important cellular repair processes such as removing waste material from cells.Gene expression: Beneficial changes occur in several genes and molecules related to longevity and protection against disease.

Many of the benefits of intermittent fasting are related to these changes in hormones, cellular function, and gene expression.

2. Can help you lose weight and visceral fat

Many people try intermittent fasting in an effort to lose weight.

Generally, intermittent fasting will make you eat fewer meals. Unless you compensate by eating much more during the other meals, you’ll end up taking in fewer calories.

Additionally, intermittent fasting enhances hormone function to promote weight loss. Lower insulin levels, higher HGH levels, and increased levels of norepinephrine all increase the breakdown of body fat and make it easier for your body to use fat for energy.

For this reason, short-term fasting actually improves your metabolism, helping you burn even more calories.

In a 2022 study involving 131 people with obesity, researchers found that those who participated in 12 weeks of intermittent fasting lost an average of 9% of their body weight — more than those who engaged in other weight loss methods.

But this study focused on the 5:2 intermittent fasting plan, which means the participants ate normally for 5 days and restricted their calories for 2 days each week

.The authors of a 2020 review of 27 studies noted that participants doing intermittent fasting lost 0.8–13% of their baseline body weight.

In a 2020 trial, researchers focused on people who followed the 16:8 method, which involves fasting for 16 hours per day and eating within an 8-hour window.

The people who fasted didn’t lose significantly more weight than those who ate three meals per day. But after testing a subset of the participants in person, the researchers found that those who fasted had lost a significant amount of lean mass, including lean muscle.

More studies are needed to investigate the effect of fasting on muscle loss. But, all things considered, intermittent fasting has the potential to be an incredibly powerful weight loss too.

SUMMARY

When you fast, your insulin level drops and your HGH level increases. Your cells also start important cell repair processes and change which genes they express.

Intermittent fasting helps you eat fewer calories while slightly boosting your metabolism. It’s a very effective tool for losing weight and visceral fat.

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3. Can reduce insulin resistance, lowering your risk for type 2 diabetes

Intermittent fasting has been shown to have major benefits for insulin resistance and to lead to an impressive reduction in blood sugar levels.

Anything that reduces insulin resistance should help lower your blood sugar levels and protect against type 2 diabetes.

In a 2022 review of 10 studies on intermittent fasting, the authors concluded that fasting blood sugar was reduced by an average of 0.15 millimoles per liter.

A 2018 study in mice with diabetes also showed that intermittent fasting improved survival rates and protected against diabetic retinopathy, a diabetes complication that can lead to blindness.These results suggest that intermittent fasting may be highly protective for people who are at risk of developing type 2 diabetes.

However, there may be some differences between the effects in men and women. One 2015 study, as reported in a 2017 meta-analysis, showed that blood sugar regulation in women actually worsened after a 3-week intermittent fasting protocol, whereas men experienced an improvement in blood sugar regulation.

SUMMARY

Intermittent fasting can reduce insulin resistance and lower blood sugar levels, at least in men.

4. Can reduce oxidative stress and inflammation in your body

Oxidative stress is one factor that can contribute to aging and many chronic diseases.It involves unstable molecules called free radicals, which react with other important molecules, such as protein and DNA, and damage them.

According to a 2018 review, intermittent fasting may enhance your body’s resistance to oxidative stress.Additionally, a 2019 study suggests that intermittent fasting can help fight inflammation, another key driver of many common diseases.

SUMMARY

Studies suggest that intermittent fasting can reduce oxidative damage and inflammation in your body, leading to benefits related to aging and the development of numerous diseases.

5. May be beneficial for heart health

Heart disease is currently the world’s top cause of death.

Various health markers, known as risk factors, are associated with either an increased or decreased risk of heart disease.

Intermittent fasting has been shownTrusted Source to improve several risk factors for heart disease, including:

• blood sugar levels
• blood pressure
• blood triglycerides
• total and LDL (bad) cholesterol
• inflammatory markers

SUMMARY

Research shows that intermittent fasting can improve many risk factors for heart disease, including blood pressure, cholesterol levels, triglyceride levels, and inflammatory markers.

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6. Induces various cellular repair processes

When you fast, the cells in your body start a cellular waste removal process called autophagy.

In this process, the cells break down and metabolize broken and dysfunctional proteins that build up inside them over time.

Increased autophagy may provide protection against several diseases, including cancer and neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease.

SUMMARY

Fasting triggers a metabolic pathway called autophagy, which removes waste material from cells.

7. May help prevent cancer

Cancer involves uncontrolled growth of cells.

Fasting has been shown to have several beneficial effects on metabolism that may lead to reduced risk of cancer.

Promising evidence from animal studies suggests that intermittent fasting or diets that mimic fasting may help prevent cancer.

However, research in humans has had inconsistent findings, and more research is needed to help health experts understand how intermittent fasting might affect cancer risk.

There’s also some evidence that fasting may reduce the side effects of chemotherapy in some cases.

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SUMMARY

Intermittent fasting has been shown to help prevent cancer in animal studies and some human studies. Research in humans also suggests that intermittent fasting can help reduce side effects of chemotherapy.

8. Has benefits for your brain

What’s good for your body is often good for your brain as well.

Intermittent fasting improves various metabolic features known to be important for brain health.

Intermittent fasting can help reduce:

• oxidative stress
• inflammation
• blood sugar levels
• insulin resistance

Animal research has shown that intermittent fasting may increase the growth of new nerve cells, which could have benefits for brain function.

Fasting also increases levels of a brain hormone called brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). A BDNF deficiency may be involved in depression and other brain conditions.

Additionally, research suggests that intermittent fasting may help protect against brain damage due to stroke.

SUMMARY

Intermittent fasting may have important benefits for brain health, including increasing growth of new neurons and protecting your brain from damage.

9. May help prevent Alzheimer’s disease

Alzheimer’s disease is the world’s most common neurodegenerative disease.

There’s currently no cure for Alzheimer’s, so preventing it from developing in the first place is critical.

The authors of a 2023 review concluded that intermittent fasting may help delay the onset of Alzheimer’s or reduce its severity.

Animal studies also suggest that fasting may protect against other neurodegenerative diseases, including Parkinson’s disease and Huntington’s disease.

10. May help you live longer

One of the most exciting applications of intermittent fasting may be its potential to extend life span.

Research in rodents has shown that intermittent fasting extends life span in a similar way to continuous calorie restriction.

In a 2017 study, mice that fasted every other day had about a 13% increase in life span.

Daily fasting has also been shown to improve the overall health of male mice. In a 2019 study, it helped delay the onset of conditions such as fatty liver disease and hepatocellular carcinoma, both of which are common in aging mice.

Additionally, intermittent fasting has been found to increase the life span of fruit flies.

While researchers have not yet determined that fasting has the same effect in humans, intermittent fasting has become very popular in anti-aging circles.

Given the known benefits for metabolism and all sorts of health markers, it makes sense that intermittent fasting could help you live a longer and healthier life.

Frequently asked questions

Why is 16 hours the magic number for fasting?

Fasting for 16 hours a day can be an effective way to lose weight. That said, according to a 2022 review, alternating your fasting days might actually be more effective than the 5:2 diet or time-restricted eating such as the 16:8 diet.

What are the benefits of 16:8 intermittent fasting?

Fasting for 16 hours and eating for 8 hours every day may help you lose weight, lower your blood sugar, and have other positive effects on your body that may be associated with a longer life span. However, more research is needed to find out whether this is the case.

What happens if I do intermittent fasting every day?

Generally, following an intermittent fasting diet, every day may have a positive impact on your overall health and your weight. But you might experience some negative side effects such as lethargy, headaches, and constipation. You also need to be careful not to overeat during the eating window.  

The bottom line

Intermittent fasting is a very popular weight loss method, but its benefits extend beyond that. It may help you live a longer and all-around healthier life, according to studies involving animals and humans.

There are many ways to practice intermittent fasting. Some methods involve fasting during certain hours each day. Other methods require fasting on only some days of the week. Approaches — and results — vary.

If you’re interested in starting intermittent fasting, consider speaking with a doctor or a registered dietitian. They can help you decide whether it’s safe for you. Be sure to discuss any medications you’re taking, as some could cause negative side effects if you fast.

SUMMARY

Intermittent fasting may help you live longer, according to studies in animals.

However, more research in humans is needed.  

SUMMARY

Studies in animals suggest that intermittent fasting may help protect against neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease.

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President-Elect Trump should rescind JFK’s executive order that permits government employees to join unions. Those unions feed the Democrats and do nothing for We the People. It used to be that govt employees earned less than the private sector. No longer:

End ALL Govt UNIONS (including Teachers* ).

 * No federal funding for jurisdictions with Teachers Unions.

 Trump needs to do to Govt unions what Reagan did to the Air Traffic Controllers.

 American citizens should NOT be held Hostage by corrupt bargains on the Left.

Unions had a purpose in the beginning, but they have outlived their need.

Today, the Union’s primary goals are to collect dues and tell the members just enough fluff to convince them they have the worker’s interests at heart. Absolutely true.

It is one of four major decisions in my lifetime that has greatly damaged life in the US and will continue to damage until they are reversed.

Tacomama @eff_wef

Having worked for local government for years, yes I guarantee unions are one of the biggest reasons the government is so inefficient. They’re not even bashful about just showing up and waiting out years till retirement… like spoken aloud in front of supervisors… It’s the old boys network within the government.

They look out for each other’s back pockets. No shortage of favors and tactics.

Please find a way to  fire these leeches. These government workers are much like our politicians. They don’t work for the people they are Greedy Selfish Black hearted.

They are not worried about being efficient and saving tax$$.

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They were designed to serve themselves. Unions have long outlived their original purpose. All they do nowadays is stop progress and keep terrible employees employed.

The sentiment against government unions isn’t new.

FDR himself opposed federal government unions, recognizing the unique dynamics of public vs. private sector bargaining. It’s a complex issue where efficiency and union rights often clash. The debate continues on whether unions in government sectors truly serve the public interest or if they prioritize their members’ interests at the expense of broader societal needs.

𝑳𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒌𝒆; 𝑳𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒓’𝒔 𝑵𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑬𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒚 the resounding success of the ILA strike proves that unionization is the path to winning back working-class power after decades of regressive neo-liberalism. 

Unions have long outlived their original purpose. All they do nowadays is stop progress and keep terrible employees employed.

The sentiment against government unions isn’t new. FDR himself opposed federal government unions, recognizing the unique dynamics of public vs. private sector bargaining. It’s a complex issue where efficiency and union rights often clash.

The debate continues on whether unions in government sectors truly serve the public interest or if they prioritize their members’ interests at the expense of broader societal needs.

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You all should research How the Unions were formed.

It’s very fascinating-this country could have quickly gone Communistic.

Government unions do not allow democratically elected officials to fire or direct them. They enslave the nation they serve and are a de facto dictatorship.

Unions have no place in the public sector. They collectively bargain for the greatest compensation and the least labor & responsibility – against the public’s interests. Remember, LIBS have a different priority for the Government and your money.

Lori @texan_lori

In my 25 years in public school education, including 14 years as an administrator, I have never once heard the union bargain or grieve over anything directly related to ensuring what is best for students. Not ever. Not once.

In theory Unions could be a way for workers to organize with management and resolve work related issues for the benefit of all. In reality, the Unions are horribly corrupt Mafia style protection rackets that take money from workers and management, and help workers very little. 

Government employees don’t do anything- there’s nothing they hate more than work, and they’re paid a fortune.It is illegal for government employees to form or join a Union. See the Wagner Act. Government employees work for a nonprofit organization… the American taxpayers.

JFK gave them some bargaining rights… Announced that government workers would all vote Democrat. Only For-Profit organizations or business employees can form or join a Union. Read FDR’s opinion on government employees and JFK for giving them some rights.

The Supreme Court ruled on this. There is no such thing as a Public Employee Union!

It’s the Mandela Effect…tell a lie often enough and people think that it is fact.

Reverse the river flow of $$$ and this will be eliminated organically even by the people who faithfully pay dues to unions. If the system’s been broken for this long, it’s time for some serious change. Government unions were never meant to be this powerful, and they’re definitely not helping to improve efficiency.

Time for a major reset in Government. Unions are an antiquated relic from a time period when they were necessary. Now they are predatory institutions that hurt businesses, workers, and consumers. Unions are a useless money laundering scheme with voluntary victims. 

You can cancel any union contact if you’re willing to fire everyone.

You don’t even have to fire everyone. You just have to be willing to. Easy fix.

YES, I’M SICK TO DEATH OF THE POST OFFICE CRAP???

THEY GET TO “ENDORSE” DEMOCRAPS AND THEN HELP TRANSPORT ALL THE BALLOTS THEY NEED TO WIN?????????????? THEY SHOULDN’T BE ALLOWED TO DONATE AT ALL OR “ENDORSE” ANYONE! I’M BEGINNING TO THINK “UNIONS” ARE BECOMING A VERY BAD THING! THEY DIDN’T USED TO BE, BUT LIKE EVERYTHING, SOMEONE ALWAYS FINDS A WAY TO CORRUPT IT, OR RUIN IT!

Unions in America are their own worst enemy.

Unions are a known political funnel as they mostly feed the Democratic Party coffers.

I think it’s so funny that 97% of the civil workers for the government are Democrats and of course the Democrats think there’s nothing wrong with there being a union where you can’t fire him

No government unions. Less government overall. Give the power back to the people.

Unions have no place in the federal government. At all. Not the post offices, not flight controllers…not any of them. And certainly not in schools and teachersPublic sector Unions are unnecessary and need to be abolished. They work against the interests of the American people. I would continue to support Police Unions, but only if they stop controlling political campaigns and elections.

How can there be a union tying up our federal government which is funded by taxpayer money, how is this in any way constitutional? This needs to be litigated, if there is no budget for their salary and if they can’t work in office they should be fired! WTF is up with government unions? The government is not a private entity, it’s owned by the taxpayers,

Many unions mainly support the company’s now. Where the hell were they during covid vaccine forced mandates? Let the employees have a confidential indolently counted vote – their money, their choice. As for government unions, shut them all down.  

Cut the USPS unions. They create sooo much waste and only benefit employees who are inefficient on their duties. Keeps lumps of lazy on the payroll instead of kicking them to the curb. Merit and work ethic are not rewarded; Grievances of the lazy are.

Elon, while you’re rooting around in the government and their spending I suspect that you’ll be looking into cognitive research that has been being studied through the use of remote neurotechnologies.. the issue with this theory is that it’s being done without the public consent.

That would be a start. We also need to, as a society, run more ethical businesses. Morality needs to come back in style. The Government should treat us as precious as gold. We are what make the Country and the World. Businesses should see employees as important as the customer.

When unions are established in governments the union members and their bosses interests are perfectly aligned. The people paying these salaries and benefits (namely taxpayers) have NO ONE standing for their interests. This is insane. So it’s time to get rid of them. Unions have no place in government at any level.

@JTLonsdale. This is why Government unions lend to an abuse of taxpayer dollars. They exist to extort the taxpayer, Absolutely right, 

@CalPolicyCenter launched the Janus Project in 2018, to educate government workers about their 1A rights & help them leave their unions through http://mypaymysay.com. We’d appreciate your support in this endeavor.

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Trump should abolish government unions. Obviously any contracts signed by the prior admin designed to tie Trump’s hands are void & must be rescinded.

Unions are the only true democracy in this country.

Executive order empowered government unions. Executive orders can be undone.

In Mexico every year leaders of so many Unions end up convicted of corruption. The very word Union for the average Mexican means corruption. In Mexico we had more than 80 years of the one party corruption that destroyed Mexico’s prosperity, it was called The Perfect Dictatorship (Spanish: La dictadura perfecta) by Mario Vargas Llosa Nobel Prize in Literature 2010.

This vile party applied all the destructive socialist ideologies of Leon Trotsky. Among those were the Unions which even nowadays continue destroying the work market for the average Mexican due to the rampant corruption. One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle.

We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It’s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we’ve been taken. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.

Carl Sagan stated, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark Corruption is the root cause of poverty.

It doesn’t matter how good a system has been designed if the feedback signal is always going to destabilize the system. Corruption and poverty are the worst forms of violence.

No man/woman who is corrupt, no man/woman who condones corruption in others, can possibly do his/her duty by the community. Theodore Roosevelt

If someone doesn’t value evidence, what evidence are you going to provide to prove that they should value it? If someone doesn’t value logic, what logical argument could you provide to show the importance of logic? Sam H.

We cannot reward incompetence and deceit.

Rich men, no matter how educated, just can’t seem to learn this lesson no matter how many times it’s repeated, or how many times it’s taught in history. You can either pay 30% taxes or 100% after the revolution.

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Our schools had several unions w/their own agendas: teachers, teaching assistants, administrators, cafeteria/custodians. Student welfare should be the only agenda. Not really – in FDR’s time what was the private industry doing?

They offered pensions and a gold watch at employees retirement – corporations need to step up as well – pendulum going to swing both ways always so please keep it real on both sides. Unions were originally formed to protect workers against the disparate power management wielded over employees. Collective bargaining was seen as a pathway to balance the power between management and labor.

In effect, “management” was seen as an evil force that was trying to take advantage of the workers (which was often true). The interesting disconnect concerning government unions is that “management” authority ultimately resides with the voting electorate, which includes the workers. Agency or Department “management” is just a middleman in the equation.

Tax dollars pay worker wages (supplemented occasionally by fines and fees that are imposed by the agencies and departments on other taxpayers). If a government union strikes, the workers are theoretically striking against themselves. Of course, this is no more absurd than when States sue the Federal Government.

While Taxpayers foot the bill for both sides.

The same is true of government union strikes.

Taxpayers foot both sides of the bill, and any resultant harm caused by the cessation of work is incurred by… you guessed it… the taxpayers. On the plus side, if a government strike results in higher wages, the government (who might independently be considered to be the “bad guy” in this scenario) benefits from being able to collect additional income tax.

If unions are formed to protect workers from an unjust employer, then they should not exist for Government employees, because the Government should never be unjust.  Streamlining government accountability starts with addressing these union:

Government Unions are Communistic. 

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Instead of using her hands to push herself off the floor, Corey hit her head 

(Image: Kennedy News/Nicole Guest)

Horror footage shows the moment a cheerleader snaps her neck in a “freak accident” while attempting a backflip at a football game.

Corey Martens, 29, had stepped in at the last minute to perform in the halftime show during the American football game for Morehead State University when the stomach-turning incident happened November 2, 2024. The video shows her teammate perfectly executing the ‘back handspring up’ seconds before she makes her own attempt.

But on her turn, instead of landing on her partner’s hands, Corey ‘blacked out’ – before her head sickeningly crunches into the floor, snaps back under her and breaks her neck. Corey, who lives in Kentucky, says that she ‘blacked out at the worst possible moment’ while performing the complex move due not having eaten enough food and low iron levels.

The back handspring is usually executed by the cheerleader thrusting their body back onto their hands and then jumping back onto their feet, landing on their partner’s hands. Instead of using her hands to push herself off the floor, Corey hit her head. She says she was ‘very lucky’ not to have been left paralysed after the horror fall broke one of her vertebrae.

Corey, who was cheerleading for her ‘dream team’ Morehead State against and University of St. Thomas at the time of the accident, said: “I was not actually originally in it [the performance]. But a bunch of people were missing – either because of injuries or because they were out of town, so I ended up jumping in to do it.

“When I went to throw the back handspring up, I ended up blacking out – which we brought down to not having eaten enough food and I had low iron levels. It [blacking out] only lasted for a second but it happened at the worst time. My feet didn’t leave the ground and I didn’t actually jump, I just landed straight on my head.”

A call was made to 911 and Corey, who has been cheerleading since she was 12 years old, was rushed to St Claire Hospital, Morehead, Kentucky, by ambulance. When she arrived at the hospital, doctors were ‘unsure’ just how serious the break in Corey’s neck was and she was rushed for a CAT scan and x-rays.

Corey in hospital after the freak accident 

(Image: Kennedy News/Corey Martens)

Corey said: “After the x-rays they found out I had a non-displaced C5 [vertebrae] fracture. It was definitely worrying. They told me that because it was non-displaced, that basically meant that it wasn’t pushing on any of my nerves, and that’s why I wasn’t suffering from any neurological effects.”

Corey was lucky to have narrowly escaped being paralysed and after just six hours in the hospital, was allowed to return home the same evening. The cheerleader, who works as a barista at Starbucks, said: “I feel very lucky because fractures between C4 and C6 [vertebrae] very commonly cause paralysation and I was lucky that the break was far away from the nerves in that area.

“But they [the doctors] wanted to make sure that I didn’t move it because I’d also pulled all of the tendons and muscles around my neck and it was really sore. They told me not to do any of my normal activity for the most part.

“I could walk but I had to leave the neck brace on 24/7 for two and a half weeks. I was allowed to take it off for small periods of time – when I was showering, or changing – but I still wore it when I was sleeping and anywhere else I was going.

“It was scary at first, but after the first week they [the doctors] weren’t worried about any neurological effects because if it hadn’t shown up by then, it shouldn’t anymore. I felt a lot better about it after that.” The horrific accident was captured on camera by Corey’s assistant coach. She admits that it was ‘painful’ to watch the footage back for the first time – but she was brave enough to do so just a day later.

Corey said: “I was curious about what had happened. I didn’t know what it [the accident] looked like or where it went wrong. I knew that I had blacked out and I felt that happen, but I didn’t know why I landed on my head. The last thing I knew I was going for the back handspring – I thought I would at least make it over – but I didn’t. It was painful watching it back, but I’m the type of person that jokes around. Anything that happens, I make light of situations.

So, after that I kind of laughed about it.

“After watching it quite a few times, my husband and I were laying in bed and made the video for TikTok because it was a silly way to bring it up, but kind of make it a light-hearted situation and not something so detrimental.” The cheerleader is determined not to let the accident stop her in her tracks. Just a month after the fall, she has already returned to the sport, despite being ‘scared’ about attempting the move that injured her again.

Corey said: “This week has been my first week back. I’m still not allowed to tumble, or do pyramids, baskets, or dismounts, but I’m allowed to start doing stunting and seeing how I feel. I have since done a back handspring up this week – which is what I fell doing – and was able to do that pretty easily, which is good because that means that I don’t have a mental block.

“I’ve had a medical professional with me just in case anything happens. I’ve been checking in with them every other day or so. I was a little afraid. I think I was more afraid of it hurting while I was trying to do it than I was about it happening again. To me it was such an off thing, I thought it was a freak accident.

“I didn’t feel like it would ever happen again, but I wasn’t sure how I would feel going upside down. I did a couple [back handspring ups] just on the floor, without doing it in the stunt, and after that first few on the floor I felt fully comfortable doing it again and I was able to just jump in and try it.”

Corey, who also has a degree in athletic training, said: “I didn’t want it to cause a mental block. I used to be a coach and I’ve always had kids try again if they were hurt, or fell or got scared, so they didn’t go back into it with that same mindset. Obviously I wasn’t able to try it again straight after until I was cleared [by my doctors], but I tried to get back into it again as soon as possible so I wouldn’t have that block holding me back.

“I have a lot of goals that I want to reach and I don’t want this to be something that stops me from reaching those. I’ve said it a billion times already but I’m very, very lucky. Not many people come back from an accident like this quickly.”

After sharing the video of the accident on TikTok the clip went viral, racking up more than 737,000 likes, comments and views. One user commented: “I’m so sorry! My daughter was dropped from full extension and landed on her head. She has cervical strain and a major concussion but got SO LUCKY. You poor thing.” Another wrote: “This happening in front of that many people would have me transferring schools.”

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 I can’t believe this is happening in the USA where these soldiers fought so badly to protect the freedom the country has conquered. Syria is not our battle. Ukraine is not our battle.

This is our battle!

I couldn’t agree more!!

We need to house and help the homeless of America!!!

America first!!!  It’s never made any sense to me why we send billions everywhere else and let our own vets live like this. We wouldn’t have a country without men like this. But This battle doesn’t have the payoff that the others do for our politicians. Truth. Pray for truth to prevail. May we take care of our own. Save this country and its people. America First is coming!!!

We owe our soldiers, they gave you the freedom to hate them if you want to (and are evil). We need to help them. They need us and if it weren’t for them, we wouldn’t be where we are right now.

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We spend 100s of billions of dollars around the world while Americans, especially veterans, are suffering. Veterans have been forgotten by the corrupt administration, but the cavalry’s coming. I just purchased warm gloves, hats, thermal shirts, thermal socks, raisins , nuts , beef jerky , string cheese and McDonald’s gift cards for the week. There are homeless vets at stop signs and I’ll be giving them out on my drive to work. Our city leaders like to give millions to worthless projects (photo op) but not a dime to those barely surviving on the streets.

What fascinates me the most is how the left was completely anti war wanting to fix problems at home first until Obama and Clinton activated the uniparty neocons plans and inverted the entire political spectrum. 

War increases stock prices for the money grubbing Elite Deep States. At the moment, Congress is trying to block the efforts of installing the team to get the job done. In order to win that battle, we need to first win this battle.

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Maui is our battle. West North Carolina And Helene victims that are living in tents is our battle. Homelessness is our battle. Mental illness in this country is our battle. Illegal drug import and usage is our battle. The list goes on… Our battle is against the Perpetual War Machine of the Deep State.The #WNC hurricane victims should be grateful to simply have survived, because they’re sure not getting any help from FEMA, not when there’s even one illegal person who lacks a luxury hotel room. 

Somewhat, but the violent hatred being unleashed by liberals is not going to stop in them.

We have imported too many and allowed the educational funding by Qatar to put us in huge jeopardy. One way or another we will be involved.
No Vet should ever have to find themselves in this situation unless he/she suffered great physical or mental damage they cannot self-repair. AFTER THE WARS END AND THE deaths COUNTED, these are also another type of casualty of any post-war period. 

And we need to reverse the protected status of Syrians!!!

Stop them from coming!!

Syria is the tinder for the coming fire, but there’s nothing the west can add to or subtract from to make the situation better. What America needs to do is insulate itself as much as possible from coming events, but first and foremost get it’s house in order. The Lord is near.

Thirty years ago, on 5 December 1994, at a ceremony in Budapest, Ukraine joined Belarus and Kazakhstan in giving up their nuclear arsenals in return for security guarantees from the United States, the UK, France, China and Russia. The battle for your spiritual and physical well-being is real, and it starts with recognizing an unknown enemy.Yourself. Many men face internal struggles without realizing a war is being waged for their souls.

Ukraine is important, Syria is not. Ukraine supplies a lot of the world’s Grain. Take away the grain supply prices go through the roof and other nations Starve. We also need to repair ties with Saudi Arabia ( oil) Every middle east conflict can affect our country ( duh)

Even as I type this, in Syria, the Taliban and Islam are committing, horrific murders, and rapes of women..The world will look the other way..It is the reality of our species.. One day, it will come here and the world will look the other way.

This attack on Damascus was a planned event by the Biden Admin to cause chaos. DoD strike packages, which take weeks to plan, helped the Islamic terrorist cement his position there. Now DJT has to deal with yet another Biden/Austin screwup. But it’s Cheney Inc. Compounding selling weapons to both sides while hiding behind the US – they are cancerous.

I guarantee that the new leaders in Syria will be worse for this nation’s interests than the last one. We should make this world war stop.

Bring on the G.O.A.T 

Pelosi’s knives are out for AOC as she works to destroy her plan Syria is against, has been against Israel and us, as are much of the ME “countries”. 

And I’ve seen a video of Sen. Graham told Ukrainian principles in the past (before the war) that we (USA) would be with them and we are to the tune of many billions in weapons and money tree giveaways, kickbacks. 

All while good men, women, children on both sides die in war.We are in all kinds of wars both internal and external. Time for everyone to stop only focusing on feathering our nests and fight, fight, fight the good fight with MAGA MAHA and finally put a halt with accountability to the internal/external atrocities and treason gangs. Not any unavoidable war of will and resolve should go unaddressed… economic, spiritual, moral, judicial, intel, law enforcement, borders, enemy infiltration, crimes… and so on and so forth…While international conflicts are debated, the real battle for many is right here, in our own communities. 

This wouldn’t be our battle if we would just stop invading other countries and fomenting civil wars all over the world. Take care of our vets that need us and stop making more of them.

It’s heartbreaking to see our veterans in this situation. We need to prioritize and address the needs of those who’ve served our country before focusing on conflicts abroad. 

We should be ashamed of ourselves – maybe not personally responsible but this should have been fixed as a Country after Vietnam…. and it wasn’t. Veterans like this one remind us of the silent sacrifices made by those who served. Perhaps our ‘battles’ should include securing the welfare of those who’ve fought for us. 

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We need to remember what we have -Gratitude isn’t about ignoring pain; it’s about focusing on what remains. -Take time to meditate on blessings, even in difficult circumstances. -Practice giving thanks in all circumstances, as outlined in Philippians 4:8. Have you ever faced a challenge that taught you the power of gratitude?

Gratitude isn’t about avoiding the hard stuff, but finding strength in what’s left. 

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Four score and seven years from now, the mystic chords of memory may recall the way Donald Trump compared himself to Abraham Lincoln, lauded him one day and lambasted him the next. It is altogether fitting and proper that our descendants would examine why the 45th president, who hopes to be the 47th, keeps mentioning the 16th.

“This is Donald Trump, hopefully your favorite president of all time, better than Lincoln, better than Washington,” Trump said in a video introducing “Trump digital trading cards” in December 2022, shortly after announcing his third run for the presidency.

The Republican has often raised the Great Emancipator’s name and compared himself or others to him — he’s been treated worse than Lincoln, he’s done more for Blacks than anyone since Lincoln, and so on. It has become a recurring refrain in Trump’s unique brand of oratory, the meandering stream of random cultural references, dire warnings about the dangers of electing Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris, personal grievances and self-promoting stories that he’s come to describe as “the weave.”

“What the hell is wrong with our country? Look, we used to have the greatest — Abraham Lincoln,” he said. “Now look at this stuff. Can you believe what we’re doing? She’s so bad.”

Later that same week, a Tennessee 10-year-old called into “Fox and Friends” to ask who Trump’s favorite president was when he was little. Trump mentioned GOP exemplar Ronald Reagan, even though he was in his 30s when Reagan was first inaugurated in 1981. He then pivoted to Lincoln, but tempered his praise with some belated second-guessing about the war that broke out six weeks after Lincoln’s first inauguration. 

“Lincoln was probably a great president, although I’ve always said why wasn’t that settled?” said Trump, who has repeatedly claimed that had he remained at the helm, the wars in Ukraine and Israel would never have happened. “You know, I’m a guy that — it doesn’t make sense. We had a Civil War.”

Trump has more in common with Lincoln than you might think

This summer’s Republican National Convention was full of references to Abraham Lincoln, which is no surprise, given that Donald Trump likes to compare himself to the 16th president.

It’s a comparison that aggravates Trump’s critics, who don’t like to see the man they consider the nation’s worst chief executive linked with the man widely regarded as the best.

This may make those critics’ heads explode, but there are some fascinating parallels between the two presidents, as well as some contrasts.

For starters, they share the same political party. Lincoln was the first Republican president. Trump is the 19th.

Both men were long-shot candidates. In 1860, Lincoln, like Trump, defeated a field of better-connected rivals to capture the Republican nomination and win the general election.

Both men came to office with little or no government experience. Lincoln had served only four terms in the Illinois legislature and one term in Congress. Trump had spent zero time in government.

Trump, on the other hand, had far more executive experience. Before his presidency, Lincoln ran a two-man law firm with a reputation for disorganization. He often stored important papers in his hat, and in the corner of his Springfield, Ill., office sat a stack of documents labeled: “When you can’t find it anywhere else, look in this.”

Both men experienced harsh reactions to their elections. In 1860, secessionists wore ribbons with slogans such as “Resistance to Lincoln is Obedience to God.” Resistance — sound familiar?

Lincoln governed during the most divided era in our nation’s history. Trump is governing in perhaps the most acrimonious period since.

Both presidencies have been times of extreme media partisanship. In Lincoln’s day, newspapers were closely aligned with the Democratic or Republican parties, and it showed in their reporting.

In 1863, for example, after the Gettysburg Address, the Democratic Chicago Times proclaimed that “the cheek of every American must tingle with shame as he reads the silly, flat and dishwatery utterances” of Lincoln’s speech. The Springfield Republican, in Massachusetts, called it “a perfect gem, deep in feeling, compact in thought and expression.”

Lincoln, like Trump, was furiously attacked in the media. Newspapers called him a demon, a buffoon, a miserable failure, a disgrace to the nation. “The man who votes for Lincoln now is a traitor,” one Wisconsin paper asserted when he ran for reelection in 1864. You can imagine what Southern newspapers wrote.

Trump returns the media’s fire almost daily, but his assaults have been a war of words. Lincoln’s counterattacks could be more aggressive. His administration believed some opposition newspapers fueled treason.

During the Civil War, federal authorities sometimes harassed or closed antiwar newspapers, and even arrested editors. Lincoln did not order the suppressions, but he rarely objected.

Lincoln, like Trump, developed ingenious end runs around the press to communicate directly with the people. He managed to get letters and speeches widely published so voters would know his thoughts and words. Trump has done the same with rallies, 90-minute press conferences, and his tweets.

The Washington political establishment viewed Lincoln, like Trump, with wariness and outright hostility. He was considered a rube from the prairies, clearly out of his depth. Mary Lincoln, like Melania Trump, was snubbed by many in the nation’s capital.

Trump is somewhat of a street fighter. His instinct, when hit, is to hit back twice as hard. In his younger days, Lincoln also was a scrapper. He once defended a colleague from an unruly audience by threatening to break heads with a stone pitcher. On another occasion, he came close to dueling a political rival with broadswords.

With age, he became more conciliatory. As president, he sometimes cooled off by writing blistering letters and then filing them away without mailing them. No tweeting for Lincoln.

Lincoln, of course, was a wartime president. Trump and his allies consider themselves engaged in a kind of soft war on at least two fronts: first, against “the swamp,” an entrenched Washington elite, and second, against a hard-left insurgency that aims to radically transform the country.

In both cases, Trump’s supporters believe he is defending the nation’s founding principles. His opponents strenuously disagree.

That, perhaps, is the area of comparison with Lincoln that matters most.

Lincoln was fiercely dedicated to our founding principles, especially those in the Declaration of Independence, his favorite founding document — that we are all created equal, and we all have the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. He knew that as long as we stick to our founding principles, America can be a great nation.

In the end, history judge’s presidents largely on the defense of those principles. That is one reason we admire Lincoln so much. He defended them to the end.

If any president, from any party, wants to be compared to Lincoln, let it be for that.

John Cribb is an author who has written about subjects ranging from history to education. During the Reagan administration, he served at the Department of Justice, the Department of Education, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

A Lincoln scholar, his latest novel, “Old Abe,” was released in September.

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Wrong title: it is not about “proteins”, it’s about the tau-protein, which gets dubbed as a “cause”. …while it is just a steppingstone in a causal chain. I was wanting to learn how proteins in the diet cause neurological problems. What if the body starts making tau and beta proteins to protect the brain against inflammation caused by junk foods, microbiome dysbiosis, and glycation by refined sugars?

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Maybe it is not the intense exercise but the diversion of imbibed protein into the muscles following the intense exercise.

Interesting – she mentioned the football players head injuries but who typically supplement with lots of protein to build muscle mass. Could it be the increased protein rather than head injuries causing more brain disease?

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But that’s only if you have the predisposition or genetic mutation that this can occur… Unfortunately, these amino acids always come together. Especially in a protein powder… So I guess avoid the processed protein powders and just eat the whole real food. So that it will be perfectly balanced by nature.

Some research reports lower intake of protein in diet is better overall for longevity especially when limiting it to under 50 to 60 yrs of age. But after 60 research indicating better to increase protein amount. Maybe limiting protein in younger years then have less materials for creating tau tangles? Also any thoughts on the protein ingested and how the protein was created (cooked etc.) prior to ingesting? Please could you comment?

I would only think that excessive consumption of non-essential amino acids along with a diet deficient in essential amino acids would lead to prolonged states where the body must convert and steal non—essential aminos to make essentials therefore robbing those necessary aminos from the process of making proline.

Getting “enough” essential amino acids and proline in highly bioavailable forms would seem to be key. Perhaps not too much but enough for certain. Starving the body of dietary proline and the necessary building block amino acids for proline would likely become a worse issue than slight excess.

So intriguing. It’s like you found a burned down house, then found blackened wood frames, then ran billions of scenarios, to find out which scenarios would produce blackened wood!

Too bad that the negative effects of free radicals on proline protein as an antioxidant was not mentioned. proline is an amino acid not a protein. Please let the people that make research for years work Apparently Proline is key. Although Proline is a non-essential amino acid, meaning the body can make it, perhaps that process is energetically expensive or perhaps becomes broken in people who starve themselves of dietary proline forcing the body to rob and convert other amino acids to make it.

Therefore, wouldn’t consuming enough bioavailable proline be the most likely solution?

A dietary chronology comes to mind here. We were diabolically told to stop eating red meat, cholesterol (eggs) and saturated animal fats which led to the influx of seed oils and animal replacement proteins. People started starving themselves of the best sources of proline, collagen and essential cholesterol like meat, chicken skin, eggs and bone broth which includes all of those proline rich, knuckles, joints, ligaments and tendons that humans once prized in their recipes.

There is a small amount of proline in some vegetable matter but meat, dairy and eggs are truly rich in the amino acids that are also in the biologically similar ratios to humans and in easily digestible and bioavailable forms. On the other hand, I would think that forcing the body to convert plant based amino acids that are in ratios not similar to human biology might create eventual proline conversion inefficiencies and deficiencies.

Proline is a protective agent; however, leucine takes away this protection. Even if leucine is good for muscle synthesis, it is bad for overall health. Proteins are recycled if not much protein is eaten. Mutation or formation of Tau Proteins cannot occur in low protein diets and sufficiently intense exercise. High protein is bad according to Dr. John Campbell, Dr. Dan Zatarski, Dr. Valter Longo, Dr. Ron Rosdale, Dr. Tim Spector and others)

Very interesting. Thank you. My first thought when I heard “seed” was that indeed the protein fibers seem Prionics. My second thought was that inflammation plays a big role which means the immune system is very much involved in various forms of dementia. It would not surprise me if later research was to reveal that individuals with early onstage dementia in addition to the substitution mutation of proline to leucine also have disrupted immunological response to infection/damage.

If you recall in use of ChAdOx1 as an adjuvant, it elicited an immunological response, forming clumps in a small subset of individuals. Since your computer simulations showed that at higher temperatures more space was created for misfolded strains, please pursue the possibility that brain inflammation following repeated infections over a lifetime may lead to the fibril/misfolded plaques and disrupt the hairpin formation.

Sensible, but my guess is that limiting your leucine intake with the hope of preventing aggregation of tau is unlikely to make a difference, because when your cells make tau they will use whatever leucine is available, not proline instead of leucine. Besides, your cells need leucine for innumerable other uses, so you probably don’t want your diet to be too leucine deprived.

APOE4 carriers are prone to HSV-1 outbreaks because their APOE contains more arginine which HSV-1 metabolizes. Plant based proteins (usually contain more arginine than lysine) make them more prone to HSV-1 outbreaks, just saying.

Thanks. 26:28

See the 2024 study headed by Dr. Dean Ornish.

Plant based eating is both preventative and healing.

In the book The China Study.

Higher protein diets from red meat were associated with cancer vs lower protein diets. The key is to eat plant-based protein. More and more research nowadays show that plant-based diets can be protective from Alzheimer’s. Good gut microbiome promotes proline synthesis in our bodies. Studies found that vegans as a whole have the best gut bacteria. Legumes, nuts, mushrooms and many other plants are good dietary sources of proline.

24:28 extra Prolines are added to the Spike mRNA encodings in the covid vaccine, so it does not change shape, as well. Proteins are large biomolecules that play critical roles in a host of cellular processes, from cell signaling to regulating the immune system.

However, these life-giving proteins can form toxic aggregate species that have been linked to several neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s Disease and Parkinson’s Disease. In this program, UC Santa Barbara professor Joan-Emma Shea discusses the tau protein as a model system to study neurodegeneration.

Joan-Emma Shea says this protein plays a functional role in stabilizing microtubules in brain cells, but it can also self-assemble to form amyloid fibrils (large “clumps” of Tau proteins). There are several neurodegenerative diseases linked to tau assembly, including Alzheimer’s Disease, Pick’s Disease, and chronic traumatic encephalopathy, and they are collectively known as tauopathies. Shea discusses new insights into tauopathies and targets for therapeutics. Recorded on 06/26/2024. [10/2024] [Show ID: 40083]

Yes, fluoride from drinking and bathing water can inhibit the synthesis and metabolism of proline, although this effect is indirect and related to its interference with certain enzymes. Fluoride has been shown to inhibit the activity of enzymes that are dependent on cofactors like magnesium or zinc, as well as those involved in the citric acid cycle (Krebs cycle), such as aconitase. Proline synthesis depends on intermediates from the citric acid cycle (e.g., glutamate), so disruption of this cycle can indirectly affect proline production. 

In particular: 

1. Enzyme Inhibition: Fluoride inhibits enzymes like aldolase and enolase, which can disrupt glycolysis and energy metabolism, leading to downstream effects on amino acid biosynthesis. 

2. Collagen Synthesis: Fluoride can reduce the availability of proline, which is essential for collagen synthesis, potentially affecting connective tissue health. This interaction is one of the reasons fluoride toxicities is associated with skeletal and connective tissue disorders when exposure is excessive. 

NOTE: A person I knew with neurodegeneration abused alcohol, sugar, soft drinks addiction

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Have you ever become so excited or upset that it caused you to have to run to the bathroom? What about getting news so bad it made you feel nauseated? If you’ve ever experienced these symptoms, you’ve felt the brain-gut connection firsthand. 

The connection between the brain and the gut is a real thing, and can affect both men and women, though in different ways. Gastrointestinal (GI) issues have an impact on the brain — and vice versa. 

The Brain-Gut Connection

The brain-gut connection is evident when we experience butterflies in our stomachs, typically when we’re excited, in love or scared. Strong emotions can cause people to experience GI symptoms.

Science is beginning to understand the process behind this link, which ultimately relates to hormones released from different parts of our brain — yes, they are in your head, as well as other places — when we are particularly stressed or excited.

Chemicals circulating in the bloodstream affect the sensitivity and function of nerves in the wall of the gut, which can be collectively referred to as the enteric nervous system.  

Irritable Bowel Syndrome and the Brain

Researchers are starting to understand the impact of activity within the gut on the brain. One example is irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), a condition that affects up to 15% of people in the United States and women twice as often as men. If you have IBS, the nerves in your gut are extremely sensitive, and the brain processes these signals from your gut differently than it would if you did not have IBS. Even small amounts of gas can trigger pain, bloating, constipation or diarrhea.  

Gut Issues and Mood

Doctors caring for people with gut issues have observed how GI problems can affect a person’s mood and sense of well-being.

For instance, some people with chronic constipation also report a depressed mood or even headaches. While many natural health practitioners focus on the negative effects of toxins in the body, that’s not what’s likely behind the brain-gut connection. Some experts believe being constipated actually causes the enteric nervous system to send certain signals to the brain, which then trigger a cascade of feelings.

The intestinal biome is being studied and future research may reveal more secrets of the relationship between intestinal ailments and mood — and how it can be modified. Managing gut bacteria may prove to be a way to achieve positive changes in our mood.   Gastrointestinal Issues: What’s Your Brain Have to Do with It? | Johns Hopkins Medicine 

Eating healthy not only makes you feel good, but it can also protect your brain from premature aging and diseases like dementia.

Think of your brain as a powerful engine. 

To run at full throttle, it needs the right fuel. Just like a car needs high-quality gasoline, our brain needs specific nutrients to keep our minds clear and alert. While we usually focus on physical nutrition, it’s crucial to remember that our mental health also depends on what we eat. Some foods have the power to enhance our concentration, memory, and creativity. If you want to boost your focus, strengthen your memory, and keep your mind sharp, it’s essential to include foods in your diet that provide the necessary nutrients for optimal brain function.

The Mediterranean diet, rich in fruits, vegetables, legumes, and fish, has become a benchmark in preventing neurodegenerative diseases. Besides its benefits for the brain, this diet helps reduce blood pressure, a key risk factor for Alzheimer’s. Incorporate these 12 foods into your daily diet, and you’ll notice the difference in your mental health.  

Leafy Greens

Leafy greens like spinach, kale, and collard greens are true superfoods for our brains. 

These greens are packed with essential nutrients like beta-carotene, folic acid, lutein, and vitamin K, which work together to keep our brains healthy and active. By incorporating a variety of these greens into our diet, we’re giving our brains the nutrients they need to function optimally. 

Nuts 

Nuts are known for their nutritional value, but walnuts stand out as a true brain superfood. Rich in omega-3 fatty acids, essential for optimal brain function, and loaded with antioxidants that combat cellular damage, walnuts are an invaluable ally for maintaining a sharp and healthy mind. Scientific studies support the idea that regular consumption of walnuts can improve memory, concentration, and learning ability. 

Coffee and Tea

Beyond being simple stimulants, coffee and green tea offer surprising benefits for our brain health. Caffeine, present in both beverages, acts as a powerful neurostimulant, enhancing our ability to concentrate, process information, and make decisions. Additionally, coffee is a rich source of antioxidants that protect our brains from damage caused by free radicals. On the other hand, green tea contains L-theanine, an amino acid that promotes relaxation and reduces stress, creating a perfect balance between alertness and calm. Recommended daily intake: up to 400 milligrams of caffeine per day (about four cups of coffee or black tea) is generally considered safe for most adults. 

Tomatoes

Tomatoes are one of the best foods for brain health

Imagine a ripe tomato, freshly picked from the garden. Its fleshy, juicy pulp hides a nutritional treasure: lycopene. This natural pigment, besides giving tomatoes their intense color, acts as a protective shield for our brains, helping to prevent diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.

A medium tomato contains about 3.2 mg of lycopene, but to get the maximum benefits, experts recommend consuming between 9 and 21 mg per day. So, don’t hesitate to include tomatoes and their derivatives in your daily diet! Your brain will thank you. 

Whole Grains

Whole grains like whole wheat, oats, and brown rice are known for their role in cardiovascular health. However, few know that these foods are also an excellent source of vitamin E, a powerful antioxidant that protects our brains from damage caused by free radicals.

By including whole grains in our diet, we not only take care of our hearts but also strengthen our brain health in the long term. Recommended daily intake: Guidelines recommend at least three servings of whole grains per day, totaling at least 48 grams. 

Broccoli

Broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables are also important. 

These vegetables contain high doses of glucosinolates. Not only are spinach and lettuce allies of our brains. Broccoli and its cruciferous relatives (like cauliflower and broccoli rabe) also play a fundamental role in brain health.

These vegetables are a rich source of glucosinolates, compounds that, when in contact with water, transform into isothiocyanates. These powerful antioxidants have the ability to protect our neurons and improve overall brain function.  

Turmeric

Believe it or not, your spice rack can be a true ally for your brain’s health. Turmeric, the spice that gives curry its golden color, contains a compound called curcumin with amazing neuroprotective properties. Scientific studies suggest that curcumin could help prevent neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s and stimulate the growth of new brain cells. So, the next time you season your food, remember that you’re nourishing not just your palate, but also your mind.

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According to research being reported in the Journal Cell Reports Medicine, in the animal study researchers found that the keto diet. Which is low in carbohydrates  and high in fat, triggers a signaling pathway in the brain that enhances synapse function, leading to improved memory. 

The best part?  The Researchers say swapping to a  keto diet triggered these brain benefits after just a week. and the effects grew stronger over time. Also, A small clinical trial led by Stanford Medicine found that the metabolic effects of a ketogenic diet may help stabilize the brain.

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A study led by researchers at Stanford Medicine showed that diet can help those with serious mental illness. For people living with serious mental illness like schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, standard treatment with antipsychotic medications can be a double-edged sword.

While these drugs help regulate brain chemistry, they often cause metabolic side effects such as insulin resistance and obesity, which are distressing enough that many patients stop taking the medications.

Now, a pilot study led by Stanford Medicine researchers has found that a ketogenic diet not only restores metabolic health in these patients as they continue their medications, but it further improves their psychiatric conditions. 

The results, published March 27 in Psychiatry Research, suggest that a dietary intervention can be a powerful aid in treating mental illness.

Making the connection

“It’s very promising and very encouraging that you can take back control of your illness in some way, aside from the usual standard of care,” said Shebani Sethi, MD, associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and the first author of the new paper.Sethi, who is board certified in obesity and psychiatry, remembers when she first noticed the connection. As a medical student working in an obesity clinic, she saw a patient with treatment-resistant schizophrenia whose auditory hallucinations quieted on a ketogenic diet.

That prompted her to dig into the medical literature. There were only a few, decades-old case reports on using the ketogenic diet to treat schizophrenia, but there was a long track record of success in using ketogenic diets to treat epileptic seizures.

“The ketogenic diet has been proven to be effective for treatment-resistant epileptic seizures by reducing the excitability of neurons in the brain,” Sethi said. “We thought it would be worth exploring this treatment in psychiatric conditions.”

A few years later, Sethi coined the term metabolic psychiatry, a new field that approaches mental health from an energy conversion perspective.

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In the four-month pilot trial, Sethi’s team followed 21 adult participants who were diagnosed with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, taking antipsychotic medications, and had a metabolic abnormality — such as weight gain, insulin resistance, hypertriglyceridemia, dyslipidemia or impaired glucose tolerance. The participants were instructed to follow a ketogenic diet, with approximately 10% of the calories from carbohydrates, 30% from protein and 60% from fat. They were not told to count calories.

“The focus of eating is on whole unprocessed foods including protein and non-starchy vegetables, and not restricting fats,” said Sethi, who shared keto-friendly meal ideas with the participants. They were also given keto cookbooks and access to a health coach. 

The research team tracked how well the participants followed the diet through weekly measures of blood ketone levels. (Ketones are acids produced when the body breaks down fat — instead of glucose — for energy.) By the end of the trial, 14 patients had been fully adherent, six were semi-adherent and only one was non-adherent.

The participants underwent a variety of psychiatric and metabolic assessments throughout the trial.

Before the trial, 29% of the participants met the criteria for metabolic syndrome, defined as having at least three of five conditions: abdominal obesity, elevated triglycerides, low HDL cholesterol, elevated blood pressure and elevated fasting glucose levels. After four months on a ketogenic diet, none of the participants had metabolic syndrome.

On average, the participants lost 10% of their body weight; reduced their waist circumference by 11% percent; and had lower blood pressure, body mass index, triglycerides, blood sugar levels and insulin resistance.

“We’re seeing huge changes,” Sethi said. “Even if you’re on antipsychotic drugs, we can still reverse obesity, metabolic syndrome, and insulin resistance. I think that’s very encouraging for patients.”

The participants reported improvements in their energy, sleep, mood and quality of life.

The psychiatric benefits were also striking. On average, the participants improved 31% on a psychiatrist rating of mental illness known as the clinical global impressions scale, with three-quarters of the group showing clinically meaningful improvement. Overall, the participants also reported better sleep and greater life satisfaction.

“The participants reported improvements in their energy, sleep, mood and quality of life,” Sethi said. “They feel healthier and more hopeful.”

The researchers were impressed that most of the participants stuck with the diet. “We saw more benefit with the adherent group compared with the semi-adherent group, indicating a potential dose-response relationship,” Sethi said.

Alternative fuel for the brain

There is increasing evidence that psychiatric diseases such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder stem from metabolic deficits in the brain, which affect the excitability of neurons, Sethi said.

The researchers hypothesize that just as a ketogenic diet improves the rest of the body’s metabolism, it also improves the brain’s metabolism.

“Anything that improves metabolic health in general is probably going to improve brain health anyway,” Sethi said. “But the ketogenic diet can provide ketones as an alternative fuel to glucose for a brain with energy dysfunction.”

Likely there are multiple mechanisms at work, she added, and the main purpose of the small pilot trial is to help researchers detect signals that will guide the design of larger, more robust studies.  

As a physician, Sethi cares for many patients with both serious mental illness and obesity or metabolic syndrome, but few studies have focused on this undertreated population.

She is the founder and director of the metabolic psychiatry clinic at Stanford Medicine.

“Many of my patients suffer from both illnesses, so my desire was to see if metabolic interventions could help them,” she said. “They are seeking more help. They are looking to just feel better.”

Researchers from the University of Michigan; the University of California, San Francisco; and Duke University contributed to the study.

The study was supported by Baszucki Group Research Fund, the Kuen Lau Fund and the Obesity Treatment Foundation.

A ketogenic diet may have several benefits for brain health and cognitive function12345:

• It can help stabilize the brain and reduce symptoms of mental illness1.
• Ketones can supply up to 75% of the brain’s total energy needs2.
• Ketogenic diets may work by lowering inflammation in the brain3.
• Ketones efficiently cross the blood-brain barrier and produce more usable energy for the brain than glucose5.
• They may also protect neurons from damage and have an antioxidant effect5.
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In 2012 Kate was diagnosed with Acute Lobular Invasive Grade 3 Breast Cancer with a high pleomorphic presentation. After undergoing a mastectomy, Kate refused chemotherapy and instead turned to the Gerson Therapy and other integrative treatments to heal herself.  

Prepare to be inspired and entertained by Kate’s candid interview!

Kate was not always health conscious

• 53 years old, mom of four, type A personality 
• Busy raising her kids and building a business
• In an abusive relationship
• Drank gallons of tea and coffee a day
• Lived off her kids leftovers and chocolate

The diagnosis

• Started experiencing problems with her breast augmentation. Symptoms included ectopic heartbeat, arthritis, decline in vision, menstrual cycle changes, migraines, breast pain
• Couldn’t lose weight even with extreme exercise
• Tired and fatigued
• Changes in personality
• Her cat continually patted her right breast at night. Found a gritty lump around where the cat kept patting
• Mammogram came back negative. Sought a second opinion. Ultrasound revealed many tumors
• Biopsy confirmed breast cancer. Was advised to have a mastectomy and possible chemo

A conventional start

• Private medical insurance 
• MRI and full bone scan
• Surgery removed right breast 
• Her husband believed in cause and effect. He started researching and found Dr Patrick Vickers
• Kate took two books into hospital – The China Study and Max Gerson’s Results of 50 Cases. She started reading and felt like she’d made a huge mistake
• Wounds weren’t healing. Complications with surgery

Kate’s alternative approach to healing

• Overnight Kate went from doing nothing to drinking 30 juices a day plus coffee enemas
• Wounds healed beautifully
• Added mistletoe injections to the Gerson Therapy
• Referred to practitioner Katherine Alexander. Kate found she was deficient in ferotine and T4 was low
• Added the B17 tablet protocol and lypo spheric Vitamin C
• Takes Freeing the Sun (Chinese herb) to clear methylation pathway in liver and metabolize estrogen

A journey of discovery

• Breasts need iodine, and that fluoride, chlorine and bromine promote iodine deficiency
• Alcohol switches on the breast cancer gene
• Makeup and perfume, air fresheners elevate estrogen 
• IVF increases your breast cancer risk
• Refined, white sugar impacts eyesight
• Diets high in animal protein, reduce T-lympocytes that kill tumors, viruses and fungus  

The results of Kate’s protocol

• Eyesight improved
• No more joint pain, pimples, sinusitis or atopic heartbeat 
• During detox, Kate’s abdomen became swollen with gas. She experienced toxic headaches, chills and fevers as her body dealt with toxic overload
• Came off mistletoe injections to enable body to naturally produce an immune response 
• High temperatures and flea bites were signs Kate’s immune response was improving
• No pain killers when her breast implants were changed. Juices and coffee enemas helped pain subside
• Nipple reconstruction surgery done under local not general. Procedure relies on scar tissue to make the new nipple but Kate’s body broke it down
• Oncologist recommended Kate remove her ovaries. She decided to keep them and bring her estrogen down naturally
  Asked her Healing Code to put her ovaries to sleep. Instant menopause without a single hot flush

The ‘Gold Standard’ of care in the UK

• The UK public health system does the mastectomy differently to reduce theatre time and costs. Higher risk for the patient and all nodes in arm are removed even if they are not cancerous
• Can’t customize treatment in public system
• Recommended treatment protocols often based on opinion not evidence
• Cancer charities work with drug companies creating a conflict of interest
• Public are desensitized to cancer treatment. Advertisements make people believe they need to be bald and sick before they can heal
• Trained in the Beckers Health Belief Model – a patient must deem the risk so great that they accept the treatment
• The UK’s cancer act of 1939 – anyone who advises a patient on alternative ‘cures’ for cancer will go to prison for 3 months
• Ignorance is no excuse – medical practitioners and dietitians have a duty of care to educate themselves

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Resource: Gerson Therapy, Treating Breast Cancer Naturally | Kate Shemirani – The Stern Method

Dee Mani, Cannabis & Natural Health Consultant

From Surviving To Thriving: Journey to Natural Healing –

Exclusive Interview with Dee Mani

Dee Mani, please tell us more about you. What makes you unique?

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Dee Mani is an award-winning entrepreneur, best-selling author, cancer survivor, and advocate for natural healing. She founded My Way CBD, an innovative business that provides high-quality CBD products to support health and wellness. Dee’s unique journey from the pharmaceutical industry to natural medicine is deeply personal.

After overcoming an aggressive breast cancer using alternative methods, including cannabis oil, she has become a leader in the wellness industry, offering guidance, education, and products to help others achieve optimal health.

I was born in Birmingham, UK, and raised in a family where my mother always emphasised natural healing. Initially, I trained as a pharmacist but left the industry after realising how corporate ties influenced patient care. My experience with cancer shifted my perspective completely, and I became deeply committed to holistic healing, leading me to establish My Way CBD. I’m passionate about empowering others to take control of their health, and my journey reflects my mission to inspire people to seek natural alternatives.

Can you share a pivotal moment in your life that brought you to where you are today?

The most pivotal moment was my Triple Negative Grade 3 breast cancer diagnosis in 2017. After my sister passed away due to chemotherapy side effects, I refused conventional treatment and turned to natural methods, including full-extract cannabis oil. My oncologist, at the time, quite casually informed me that I would not survive the year for refusing treatment. However, within five months, I healed completely, which changed my life and ignited my passion for spreading awareness about natural healing methods. It was the beginning of my journey to finding My Way CBD.

What is your most outstanding career achievement so far?

I would say publishing my best-selling book, My Way: Following the Cancer Brick Road, and being nominated as Best Health Influencer in 2022 by the Cannavist Awards. These achievements allowed me to reach a wider audience and advocate for the healing potential of natural therapies.

Tell us a bit about your career journey.

How did you build your career to this point?

I began my career in the pharmaceutical industry, but after becoming disillusioned with its corporate culture, I transitioned into sales. My personal battle with cancer was a huge turning point, and it redirected my entire career path. After healing naturally, I knew I wanted to share this experience and help others, so I founded My Way CBD. From there, I’ve focused on expanding the business, writing, speaking at events, and educating others about alternative healing methods. I’m also thankful to have been invited to many incredible podcasters’ shows.

What’s your next goal or project?

I’m expanding My Way CBD’s reach and continuing to educate the public through My Way University, which offers cannabis courses for people wanting to learn more about the plant and its myriad of benefits. I’m also working on new product lines to further support health.

Tell us more about your businesses.

What are the names, and how do they help?

I run three entities rooted in my passion for natural healing and education:

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Dee Mani – Book overview “My Way: Following the Cancer.

Book overview “My Way: Following the Cancer Brick Road, from Diagnosis to All Clear in 5 Months” is a compelling and inspiring memoir by Dee Mani, detailing her extraordinary journey 

 My Way CBD, My Way University, and My Way Cancer Support.

My Way CBD offers high-quality CBD products that support overall health and wellness. We focus on creating natural, non-toxic solutions that empower people to take control of their well-being. Our range of products are designed to help with issues like pain management, anxiety, sleep disorders, and inflammation, providing a natural alternative to pharmaceuticals.

My Way University is an educational platform offering courses on cannabis science and holistic health. We aim to empower individuals with the knowledge they need to make informed decisions about their health, whether new to the plant or looking to deepen their understanding.

Finally, My Way Cancer Support is a service I created to offer guidance and resources to individuals going through cancer. After my personal experience overcoming breast cancer with natural therapies, I wanted to create a space for others seeking alternative treatments. I provide emotional support, holistic treatment options, and educational resources to help patients and their families navigate their healing journey through such a fragile time.

My goal across all three is to empower people with the tools and knowledge to heal naturally and live their best lives.

What inspired you to create My Way CBD?

My personal experience with healing naturally from cancer was the main inspiration. I realised how effective cannabis and hemp were and how little most people knew about it. I wanted to create a brand that offered high-quality products and educated people on how to take control of their health naturally.

What are your specific goals or vision for the company?

My goal is to make My Way CBD a trusted global name in natural healing, empowering people with knowledge and tools to live healthier lives. I also aim to expand My Way University, providing accessible cannabis education to more people worldwide.

Who is your target audience?

Our target audience includes individuals seeking natural solutions for their health, particularly those who want to manage chronic conditions without using pharmaceuticals. We place a strong emphasis on women’s health, as many women face hormonal imbalances and other health issues that can benefit from CBD’s natural healing properties.

In addition, we are seeing a growing number of children diagnosed with autism and ADHD, and we believe that CBD can offer a natural way to support their health and well-being. With cancer rates continuing to rise, CBD is also a promising preventative measure that can help support overall health and reduce the risk of illness.

Our mission is to provide safe, natural alternatives that promote balance and well-being for many people, from children to adults, focusing on holistic, long-term solutions.

What products or services do you offer, and how do they address the needs of your audience?

We offer a wide range of CBD products, including oils and topicals. We also provide educational resources through My Way University to help customers make informed decisions about their health. Our products are designed to reduce stress, alleviate pain, and improve sleep–common issues for many clients.

One of our best-sellers is our CBD Hair Oil, specifically developed for cancer patients who suffer hair loss from chemotherapy. Our Frankincense and CBD Healing Balm won Best Topical by Cannavist in 2021 and remained a favourite amongst our clients. In addition to Full-Spectrum and Broad-Spectrum oils, we have a Black Seed CBD, which is a firm winner amongst our male customers as it helps to balance testosterone.

Marion Local Rolls To Another State Football Title – Stateline Sports Network

Never say “never” idiom

—Should Be Used to say that a person should not say he or she will never do something!

CANTON — The Hillsdale High School football team and Maria Stein Marion Local will kick off Day 2 of the 2024 OHSAA football state championships this morning with the Division VII title game at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium.

It’s the first of three high school football championship games – featuring a Marion Local team on an epic winning streak- as games continue Friday and Saturday at the stadium.

Follow along here throughout the day for live updates on the game.

How did Hillsdale reach the OHSAA Division VII state championship game

Hillsdale advanced to Canton with a 25-22 win over Danville in the state semifinals.

What to know about Hillsdale Falcons football

Hillsdale is making its first appearance in a state championship game.

The Falcons had not advanced past the regional championship game prior to this season. Hillsdale is no stranger to the playoffs, though. The Falcons have reached the postseason nine consecutive season under head coach Trevor Cline. Hillsdale has an overall record of 15-12 in the playoffs.

Hillsdale High School football players to watch

• WR Hayden McFadden: The first 1,000 yard receiver in program history. McFadden has 60 catches for 1,363 yards this season with 18 touchdowns.
• WR Holland Young: On the verge of being the second 1,000 yard receiver in program history. The senior has 915 yards and nine touchdowns this season.
• RB Owen Sloan: A 1,500 yard rusher that can chew up yards. Sloan has 226 carries for 1,644 yards and 31 touchdowns.
• QB Kael Lewis: A sophomore that has thrown for 2,981 yards with 35 touchdowns and nine interceptions this season.

What to know about Marion Local Flyers football

The team from small town Maria Stein (population is just over 1,000 people) are not just a juggernaut, they’re pretty much the closest thing you will see to a high school football dynasty.

The No. 1 ranked team in Division VII came into Friday’s state championship game having won 63 straight games − the longest winning streak in Ohio high school football history − and three consecutive state titles. As a program, Marion Local have won 14 state titles (most in Ohio high school football history) and 22 regional titles. For the 2024 season, the Flyers have outscored their opponents 709-49, a 660-plus point differential, and have nine shutouts to their name, including a stretch where they had six in a row.

The Flyers have won a state record 63 straight games and will look to make it 64 — four full 16-game seasons. Marion Local has allowed 49 points all season, shutting out eight opponents. The Flyers have committed 26 turnovers, including 16 interceptions, and made 29 sacks. The Flyers give up 136.6 total yards per game. Offensively, Marion has scored 40 or more points in 12 of 15 games. Head coach Tim Goodwin is 324-48 in his 26th season, winning 14 state titles since 2000.

Hillsdale discussed the task at hand, highlighting especially how fundamentally sound their opponent is. “You’ve heard about Marion Local for many years now. I know us as a program, it’s always been a goal of ours to make a state championship and if you made it there, the chances are you will have to play Marin Local,” said Hillsdale head coach Trevor Cline. “It’s a great opportunity for our program to go up against a program like that.”

“They’ve been perfect in every aspect of the game. They don’t really beat themselves,” said Bower, on what he’s seen on tape of the Flyers. “If you wanna beat them, you’re going to have to beat them fair and square. They don’t have many breakdowns.”

“They are fundamentally sound,” Cline added. “All the little things they do right. They’re not a team that’s going to beat themselves.” “We obviously respect them a lot,” said Heller. “They’re a very disciplined team. They know their assignments and they do them well. We’re looking at that.” 

Embarrassment of riches…Ethan Heitkamp plunges across the line to score one of four Marion Local first half touchdowns in their win over Columbus Grove. (Press Pros Feature Photos by Sonny Fulks) – Search Images

 For Marion Local as a whole, they bring plenty to the table. They have multiple backs in Drew Lause, Ethan Heitkamp and 1,000-yard rusher Parker Hess that do damage. Add quarterback Justin Knouff to the list of formidable runners, and the Flyers find themselves with a profusion of running options. The QB-WR combination of Knouff and wideout Victor Hoelscher will be one to watch for too.

However, if there’s one area that’s evident to Hillsdale where Marion Local excels at, it’s the basic principles of blocking from their offensive line.

“They’re blocking. They get to the second level and they get off the ball real well,” explained Heller. “Offensively, there’s not just one guy to key on,” said Cline.

“They have multiple guys who can make plays for them. Also, their offensive line blocks extremely well. They’re not going to overwhelm you with size but they are built athletically. When you watch their offensive line block, it’s like a clinic tape on how well they block.”

How Marion Local reach the OHSAA Division VII state championship game:

Marion Local advanced by routing Columbus Grove 41-6 in the state semifinals.

“It was an awesome game,” said Parker Hess. Above, he follows the block of teammate Drew Lause in the Columbus Grove Game.

Marion Local possesses a strong linebacking core as well, and the defensive side is what caught Bower’s attention. “I think they communicate exceptionally well, especially on defense,” he said. “You can tell they’re talking on film. Pointing and they’re always looking around. They have awareness. They know their jobs.”

Going into Friday, the Falcons know they will be a heavy underdog, but Hillsdale has answered test after test throughout the program’s best season in school history, and against mighty Marion Local, they’re ready to embrace the confrontation before them.

Call it a “Me Against the World” mindset.

“Yeah it does feel that way,” said Bower. “There’s not many people besides the people in that room that believe we can win that game. I don’t see the point of relying on other people outside that room. We believe we should win that game.”

“Nobody but the people in the locker room believe we have a chance at winning this game,” said Heller. “We trust each other. We’ve done it for 15 weeks in a row and why not one more.”

Marion Local Flyers

Anyone who knows football in Ohio knows Marion Local. There hasn’t been a more successful program at any level in the state since the turn of the millennia. The Flyers have made the postseason 27 times, 25 of which coming from 1999 on — 2004 was the only year they didn’t suit up in Week 11.

Marion Local hasn’t lost a game in more than four years, the last coming on Nov. 6, 2020 against New Bremen in the regional championship. Over their current stretch of postseason dominance, the Flyers have made it to state 20 times and won a state-record 14 championships and finished as runner-up three times. It’s a program that was featured in the New York Times for its ability to thrive even in a time when participation across the country has steadily dropped.

Justin Knouff, Marion Local, QB

You don’t get this far without a quality quarterback under center. Knouff has completed 71.7% of his passes (119-of-166) for 2,067 yards, 26 touchdowns, and five interceptions — keep in mind most starters sat in the second half of games for a majority of the season. He’s also capable of making plays with his legs having rushed for 603 yards and six touchdowns.

The Flyers have outscored opponents 2,526-310 with 33 shutouts over the last 63 games with an average score of 40.1 — 4.9 this season they haven’t allowed a single point in the first quarter. Entering Friday’s state championship, Marion Local is 107-12 all-time in the postseason averaging 3.96 wins … and to put that into perspective, prior to 2021’s expansion to 16 teams, four wins would’ve been good enough to compete for a state title.

1. JoeEitel.com https://www.joeeitel.com/hsfoot/teams.jsp?teamID=958&year=20242024 Marion Local Flyers Football Schedule / Results – JoeEitel.com Marion Local Flyers Maria Stein, OH Mercer County. 2024 Marion Local Football (15-0) Coach: Tim Goodwin Division VII, Region 28
2. NOTE: TIM GOODWIN COACHED ALL 15 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP since 2000.

Marion Local Class of 2025 football seniors:

(64) wins (0) losses (4) State Championships (4) MAC Championships (34) shutouts (2,098) points scored (32.8 ppg) (271) points allowed (4.3 ppg) (1) time allowing 30+ pts (4) times allowing 20+ pts (9) times allowing 10+ pts Flyers are now Top 20 All-Time in longest HSFB Win Streaks in US History.

Did you know…

The Flyers last loss was in 2020, the COVID season, to New Bremen 24-17 on November 6th during the playoffs. The Cardinals would go on to win the Ohio Div. VII State title.

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“Science doesn’t tell us why the Big Bang happened, how the singularity occurred in the first place, or why it exploded when it did. It tells us there is objective scientific evidence that it occurred.

So, what exactly was the Big Bang?” – Book III The Enigmatic Mystery. – Search Videos

The answer to life, the universe, and everything | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology

According to Cambridge astronomers, 42 is the value of an essential scientific constant that determines the age of the universe1. However, there are other reasons why 42 is considered the answer to life, the universe, and everything.

For example, in a 3 x 3 x 3 magic cube, each column, row, and pillar adds up to 422. Additionally, the optimum angle for white light to refract through water and form a rainbow is between 40.89 and 42 degrees2.

1. Yes, the answer to the universe really is 42 – The Independent

2. Five Reasons Why 42 May Actually Be the Answer to Life, the Universe …

Ah, the famous number 42! This answer comes from Douglas Adams’ science fiction series, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. In the story, a supercomputer named Deep Thought is asked to find the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything. After much calculation, Deep Thought concludes that the answer is simply “42.”

However, the actual question to which 42 is the answer remains unknown, leaving a humorous and philosophical mystery. Fans of the series often use “42” as a playful reference to the absurdity and complexity of life.

It’s a fun reminder that sometimes, the most profound questions don’t always have straightforward answers—or maybe the answers are simpler than we think!

Why is 42 – the answer to Life, the Universe and Everything. – Search Images

Ah, the famous number 42! This answer comes from Douglas Adams’ science fiction series, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. In the story, a supercomputer named Deep Thought is asked to find the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything. After much calculation, Deep Thought concludes that the answer is simply “42.”

However, the actual question to which 42 is the answer remains unknown, leaving a humorous and philosophical mystery. Fans of the series often use “42” as a playful reference to the absurdity and complexity of life.

It’s a fun reminder that sometimes, the most profound questions don’t always have straightforward answers—or maybe the answers are simpler than we think!

Fortunately for us, there are a number of possible candidate questions — in hindsight — that we can exploit for their potential to truly be the ultimate question, given the fact that we know the solution is truly 42. Could any of these possibilities have truly been what the supercomputer was asked about when it came to uncovering the answer to the ultimate question about life, the Universe, and everything? Although no one can be sure, even in Douglas Adams’ fictional world, here are five possible questions that rank among the most fascinating. The answer to each of them truly is 42, and perhaps you might find one of them to be truly compelling.

As photographed from an airplane, direct sunlight shining on a “wall of water droplets” produced by rain clouds can not only produce a full-circle primary rainbow, but a full-circle secondary as well, creating a circular double rainbow. A primary rainbow, created when a light source shines on water droplets, always creates a 42-degree arc, offset with respect to the light source that creates it. A secondary rainbow can be seen above it as well with a larger-angle offset. The 42 degree angle is universal to rainbows created in air by fresh water droplets.

1.) At how many degrees, offset from the Sun (or any light source), is a rainbow produced?

There are many ways to create a rainbow: from raindrops to waterfalls to garden hoses to mist to the spray from bodies of water. Yet all of them have a few things in common. They all arise from light reflecting off of water droplets. They all originate in a direction that opposes the direction of a light source. And they all — so long as they’re created from droplets of fresh water — have a peak intensity spread out in an arc-like shape, a shape that’s actually a fraction of a full circle, which is offset 42° from the direction of the light source. 

Every primary rainbow you’ve ever seen displays the same angle-of-arc. If there’s a rainbow that the Sun is creating, looking exactly opposite to the direction of the Sun and look for a circle (or portion of a circle) that’s offset from that direction by 42° will enable you to see it. The reason is simple physics: light behaves as a ray, the speed of light in water is different than the speed of light in air, and when light enters or leaves that medium, it always bends in a predictable way determined by the angle-of-incidence at the interface between the water and the air.

When light transitions from vacuum (or air) into a water droplet, it first refracts, then reflects off of the back, and at last refracts back into vacuum (or air). The angle that the incoming light makes with the outgoing light always peaks at an angle of 42 degrees, explaining why rainbows always make the same angle in the sky.

When light moves from air into water, different wavelengths bend at slightly different angles, causing the colors to disperse. When light strikes the back of the water droplet (and it’s a very good assumption that all droplets are perfectly spherical), it reflects at a known, predictable angle. And when it re-emerges back into the air, each wavelength moves off at a specific angle-of-offset from the original: from just under 41° to a little under 43° over the visible light spectrum, with the peak intensity occurring at 42°.  

Any planet that possesses:

• a thin atmosphere,
• that’s transparent to visible light,
• where light travels at close to the speed of light in a vacuum,
• and where pure water droplets exist in the atmosphere,

will see that same 42° rainbow phenomenon. However, it’s not truly universal: if the atmosphere has a non-negligible index of refraction, if droplets are elliptical instead of spherical, if they’re made of saltwater instead of freshwater, if they’re made of a different substance entirely, or if the species viewing the rainbow doesn’t see the same wavelengths of light that we do, then the rainbow can occur at an entirely different angle.

Perhaps these limitations imply that we should consider a different candidate question instead.

Answer To The Ultimate Question – The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy – BBC 

These diagrams, known as young diagrams, show how to partition various numbers mathematically. (This shows the partitions for numbers 1 through 8.) For the number 1, there is 1 way to partition it (1); for 2, there are 2 (2, 1+1); for 3, there are 3 (1+1+1, 1+2, 3), but for 4 there are 5, for 5 there are 7, etc. Going farther up the ladder, there are exactly 42 unique ways to partition the number 10.

2.) What is the number of ways that you can partition the number 10?

It’s easy to think of different ways to divide up any number. If you have three oranges, and two people, for example, you can give all three to person 1, all three to person 2, one to person 1 and two to person 2, or 1.5 to each of the two people. In mathematics, however, partitioning has a very special meaning: how many unique ways can you add up positive integers to create a certain number? Positive integers means that no one can get zero or a fractional number; unique means that splitting things up into “2 and 1” is the same as splitting them into “1 and 2.”

For an example of partitioning, there are 7 ways to partition the number 5:

• 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1,
• 1 + 1 + 1 + 2,
• 1 + 1 + 3,
• 1 + 2 + 2,
• 1 + 4,
• 2 + 3,
• 5.

For the number 10, with all the different ways to do it, there are a total of 42 unique ways to do it. Fascinatingly, this isn’t the only relationship between 10 and 42, as 10 can be written as 2¹ + 2³, while 42 can be written as 2¹ + 2³ + 2⁵. If we were to write these numbers in binary, “10” would become 1010, while “42” would become 101010. These numbers and these relationships play important roles in both mathematics and physics (particularly through group theory), with 42 having some fascinating properties completely independent of any measured physical phenomena.

The equation 1 = 1/a + 1/b + 1/c + 1/d only has a few unique solutions if a, b, c, and d are all different, positive integers. The largest number for which there exists a solution to this equation, perhaps surprisingly, is the number 42.

3.) What is the largest integer whose reciprocal, along with three other unique integer reciprocals, adds up to 1?

Perhaps the Universe, as some have conjectured, really is driven by mathematical relationships at a core level, with those relationships underpinning the physical laws of reality. For those of you who think that might be the case, here’s a math puzzle for you to consider: 

Can you find 4 positive integers, like a, b, c, and d, where (1/a) + (1/b) + (1/c) + (1/d) = 1?

It’s easy to do if you make certain choices. For example, if a, b, c, and d all equal 4, this is very simple, as ¼ + ¼ + ¼ + ¼ = 1. If you even allow just some of the numbers (a, b, c, d) to be equal, there are many possible solutions:

• a=2, b=4, and c=d=8;
• a=b=3, c=4, d=12;
• a=2, b=c=d=6;

and so on.

But if you insist that all four of these numbers must be different from one another, there are very few unique solutions. In fact, you can work out the math to find the absolute the largest number that you can use to try and satisfy this equation that will still give you a solution.

The answer? 42.

If you let a=2, b=3, and c=7, then d=42 and the equation works. Interestingly enough, that’s not the only relationship between those four numbers, as 2, 3, and 7 are the prime factors of 42: 42 = 2 × 3 × 7. In even a purely mathematical sense, 42 has some truly fascinating properties.

A 15-year study conducted by the European Southern Observatory tracked the positions and orbital parameters of 14,000 stars near the Sun, reconstructing how they would have orbited, along with the Sun, over the past 250,000,000 years: the amount of time to complete approximately 1 galactic year. The position of the galactic center does not change relative to the motion of stars around it, and our Sun’s orbit is notably elliptical, rather than perfectly circular.

4.) How many times will the Sun orbit the Milky Way before catastrophically transforming into a red giant?

This is one of the most fun facts about our Solar System, where the planets revolve around the Sun and the Sun, like all stars, orbits around center of the Milky Way. Like all stars, there’s only a finite amount of time that the Sun will live, with various milestones marking its critical transitions. It takes tens of millions of years for the proto-stellar nebula that gives rise to our Solar System to form our Sun, which officially becomes a star once nuclear fusion of hydrogen into helium ignites in its core.

After that, the Sun will chug along for billions of years until the core runs out of hydrogen fuel, at which point it will begin to swell into a red giant, burning hydrogen in a shell until the helium core ignites. During this phase, Mercury and Venus will certainly be engulfed, and it’s likely (but not certain) that the Earth will be swallowed as well. Icy worlds, like Triton, Pluto, and most of the Kuiper belt objects, will sublimate away almost entirely. This red giant phase will last for hundreds of millions of years while helium burns to completion. At that point, the Sun will blow off its outer layers, dying in a planetary nebula/white dwarf combination.

As the Sun becomes a true red giant, expanding to over 100 times its current size as its interior contracts and heats up to fuse helium, the Earth itself may be swallowed or engulfed, but will definitely be roasted as never before. The Sun’s outer layers will swell, but the exact details of its evolution, and how those changes will affect the orbits of the planets, still have large uncertainties in them. Mercury and Venus will definitely be swallowed by the Sun, but Earth will be very close to the border of survival/engulfment.

Yet, throughout all of these changes, the Sun and our Solar System will continue to orbit around the Milky Way’s center, completing a full orbit every ~250 million years or so. The time to return to our starting point is known as a galactic year, and has about a ~10% uncertainty on how long it actually takes. Meanwhile, in term of stellar evolution, we are quite confident that the Sun will last roughly 10–12 billion years from the moment nuclear fusion first ignites in its core until the red giant phase begins, a track that we’re just a hair over 4.5 billion years into, at present.

So, how many galactic years will the Sun (and Earth) experience before the Sun swells into a red giant and planet Earth is (likely) completely destroyed?

The Answer: 42.

Although justifiable estimates typically range from about 40 to 45 — driven largely by an approximately ~10% uncertainty in how fast the Sun is orbiting around the Milky Way’s center — 42 is an answer that’s extremely consistent with the best data we have. It may yet turn out to be the exact answer to this question, although superior data will be required to know for certain.

However, that’s an Earth-centric perspective, and perhaps we’d want to look to the greater Universe for an even grander question to consider.

The European Space Agency’s space-based Gaia mission has mapped out the three-dimensional positions and locations of more than one billion stars in our Milky Way galaxy: the most of all-time. Looking toward the center of the Milky Way, Gaia reveals both light-blocking and luminous features that are scientifically and visually fascinating.

5.) How fast is the Universe expanding today?

Right now, we exist in the Universe precisely 13.8 billion years after the earliest stages of the hot Big Bang occurred. For all of cosmic time, the Universe has been expanding and cooling, and that means it’s been getting less dense. In the expanding Universe, the thing that determines your expansion rate is the density of all the different forms of energy combined, so an expanding Universe filled with matter and radiation will have the expansion inevitably slow down over time.

The expansion rate, today, is slower than it’s ever been at any time in the past, and continues to gradually slow down. If we wait for a long enough time, the matter and radiation density will drop to zero, with only dark energy — the energy inherent to space itself — remaining. By convention (and for no other reason), we typically report the expansion rate as a speed (how fast something appears to be moving) per unit distance (based on how far away it is from us): in units of kilometers-per-second, per megaparsec.

In those units, we have two classes of measurements that point to inconsistent values: measurements that are based on relics imprinted from early times, like fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background or galaxy clustering in the large-scale structure, and measurements that come from individual sources at late cosmic times, like supernovae or gravitational lenses. The first set of measurements yields a value of 67–68 km/s/Mpc, while the second yields a value of 73–74 km/s/Mpc. Figuring out what the resolution to this puzzle is — i.e., which group is correct, and why — is one of modern cosmology’s biggest challenges.

But if the first group is right, then perhaps the answer to the question of how fast the Universe is expanding really is 42.

That’s because we have to remember this fact: Douglas Adams was writing in 20th century England, where distances are measured in miles, not kilometers! If we perform that conversion, from kilometers into miles, then that first value of the expansion rate, which was 67-68 km/s/Mpc, becomes 42 mi/s/Mpc, which could easily be construed as the answer to the biggest question in entire cosmos: how fast is the Universe expanding right now? Although more science will be required to truly resolve this cosmic conundrum, “42” is well within the realm of possible — and may even be the most probable of — answers.

A series of different groups seeking to measure the expansion rate of the Universe, along with their color-coded results. Note how there’s a large discrepancy between early-time (top two) and late-time (other) results, with the error bars being much larger on each of the late-time options. Although these two classes of measurements give incompatible results, no one knows the resolution to why the Universe appears to expand differently depending on the method used to measure the expansion.

All told, there are many questions that 42 is clearly the answer to, but only a few of those questions have fundamental, universal, or cosmic implications. If it truly is the answer to the ultimate question about life, the Universe, and everything, we owe it to ourselves to try and reconstruct just what that question might be. From mathematics to physics, five vital questions emerge that legitimately have 42 as their answer.

• Rainbows always emerge offset at an angle of 42° relative to the light source that creates them.
• The number 10 can be mathematically partitioned exactly 42 different ways.
• 42 is the largest number whose reciprocal, added with three other unique positive integers, sums to exactly 1.
• 42 is the number of galactic years that the Sun-Earth system will survive before it’s destroyed.
• And 42 is the expansion rate of the entire Universe, in miles-per-second-per-megaparsec.

As it turns out, “42” really could be the answer to the vaunted ultimate question about life, the Universe, and everything. 

Now, it’s up to us to figure out what that pesky, ultimate question actually is!

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