Richard Dowd

Me and my girls

[Debi Evans @DebiEvansMatron]

How I miss Rik Mayall 😥💕

For all you YOUNGSTERS out there. Just take 2mins to listen to his present for you. I wish he was here to tell you face to face 😥 #OneByOne

5 mantras for life 👇👇👇👇👇👇

[Benjamin Bikman @BenBikmanPhD]

GLP-1 medications are powerful and need to be used responsibly. I strongly believe they should be used at a lower dose and cycled with the purpose of learning to control carbohydrate cravings. Remember, like with every drug, there's a diminishing returns, when the drug becomes increasingly less effective if a high dose is maintained. Have an "off ramp", where a person can see test whether they've learned new habits and overcome the cravings for carbs.

[Siim Land @siimland]

Regular exercise reduces the likelihood of plaque accumulation in the arteries

However, many long-term exercisers appear to have coronary artery calcification, indicating atherosclerosis progression

The fascinating thing is that despite the higher plaque, those people still have lower rates of cardiovascular disease events and mortality

Full video https://t.co/it6rQBXUxr

Graph: https://t.co/U6BdIc9NWH

[Benjamin Bikman @BenBikmanPhD]

I wonder how much of medicine is driven by drugs. For example, why did they decide that LDL cholesterol is the main marker for heart disease, rather than triglycerides or insulin? After all, triglycerides and insulin are better markers of heart disease risk.

The reason? Probably because LDL cholesterol is "targetable"--there's a drug (statins) that will lower it. So it matters less that LDL is a good marker, and more that it's a number we can change with a drug. And of course, make money in the process. If there were a drug that lowered triglycerides really well, I suspect mainstream medicine would focus more on triglycerides.

(Incidentally, the best way to lower triglycerides and insulin is to control consumption of refined carbohydrates.)

[Camus @newstart_2024]

A 20-year study found women who regularly cleaned their homes lost lung function equivalent to smoking 20 cigarettes a day.

Yes — 20 cigarettes a day worth of damage, and only in women. Men showed no comparable decline. Why the huge gender gap?

Women use far more cleaning sprays, disinfectants, air fresheners, scented detergents, candles, and fragrance-loaded products — all containing volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and irritants that aerosolize and get inhaled deeply into the lungs.

Science nugget: The study (published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2018, based on the long-running European Community Respiratory Health Survey) tracked lung function (FEV1 and FVC) over 20 years in thousands of participants. Women who cleaned regularly (weekly or more) had accelerated lung function decline comparable to ~20 pack-years of smoking. No similar effect was seen in men, likely due to lower exposure to household cleaning chemicals.

The fix is simple and cheap: Switch to non-toxic alternatives — vinegar + water, baking soda, castile soap, hydrogen peroxide.

Ditch the scented sprays, "fresh linen" plug-ins, and harsh chemical cleaners.

Your lungs don’t regenerate like your liver. Damage accumulates for life.

You wouldn’t smoke a pack a day.

Why clean like you do?

Who’s switching their cleaning routine after this?

[Roman Bystrianyk @RBystrianyk]

I’d like to extend my deepest thanks to the greedy, thoughtless, lying, manipulative, psychopathic, blackmailed and blackmailing, thieving, murdering, political and uber-rich classes—who consistently put themselves before the American people—for so expertly dragging us into yet another pointless WMD war. May every drop of blood spilled be a stain on your hands that history refuses to wash away.

[Richard Dowd @Richard_Dowd]

@HiveHelper for several days I have tried to connect with a person on webchat, but all I get is '.......
Sorry, our web chat services are currently closed.
I have spent hours talking to a bot and just get pushed to the webchat

[Kevin Sorbo @ksorbs]

laugh of the day

[Mark Attwood @MarkAttwood]

Looks like the UK Government is about to ramp up it's propaganda with a campaign for vaccines in the Autumn.

This is an email to actors from London-based ET Casting that went out on 23rd July.

"Real People needed for VACCINES campaign!
Hi everyone,

As mentioned, we are now casting for additional (adult) roles for our Vaccines awareness campaign for Department of Health & Social Care.

Who are we looking for?
- Parents with young kids (Under 1's-5yr olds) 
- NEW ROLE: Pregnant women with visible baby bumps (in their 20s-40s)
- NEW ROLE: People with Long Term Health Conditions (LTHC) - heart, diabetes, respiratory, liver, kidney, neurological, immunosuppressed (30-40yrs old)

Shoot dates
1-2 x days per person/family during w/c 18th August

Fees
Kids: £200 day rate + £500 - £1,000 buyout
Adults: £300 day rate + £1,250 - £2,500 buyout
(Higher buyout if talent featured in both stills & moving image part of the campaign, lower buyout if featured in only one)
Interested?
Get all the details and apply here:
(LINK in thread below)
As always, this casting is fully inclusive — we welcome everyone to apply.

Thanks so much,
Team ET Casting x"

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[Roman Bystrianyk @RBystrianyk]

Is much of what you believe not based on actual science?

[Paul Frew @paulfrewDUP]

The Email that the Department of Health in Northern Ireland wanted to keep secret.

[Dr Zoe Harcombe, PhD @zoeharcombe]

I've spotted the trick already. See table in link below.
NHS II had just 1% of participants in Group 4. They've compared 1% (G4) with 86% (G1).
Why would they do this?
To achieve a result. Any result.
This is not science. It's propaganda.

[Richie Allen @BBGRichie]

The storylines in this the attitude-era of politics are simply brilliant. Now Trump springs the Tate brothers! And the crowd goes wild! I wonder if they’ll be offered positions in his administration? Pass the popcorn

[Mary Talley Bowden MD @MaryBowdenMD]

Disabilities have skyrocketed since the rollout of the mRNA shots. The red dotted line represents the shots.

[Russell Broadbent @RBroadbent2025]

Elizabeth Hart has been researching vaccines for 16 years – first pet vaccines then human vaccines.
Have a listen to her story, including her rightly passionate insights around the importance of informed consent and bodily autonomy.

[Whitney Webb @_whitneywebb]

So-called "libertarian" Peter Thiel, whose flunkies including the incoming Vice President and multiple recent cabinet or executive appointments, openly says that free market competition is for "losers" and urges those who want to get rich to build monopolies.

If you think you're getting "libertarian" flavored picks with Thielverse flunkies, you're in for a surprise.

[Richard Dowd @Richard_Dowd]

Who'd of guessed it?!
#midazolam #midazolammatt #democide

[Matt Hancock @MattHancock]

As a former Health Secretary, I have thought hard about the Assisted Dying Bill. I have changed my mind on this and urge MPs to back the bill

https://t.co/JmIjX6kylI