(1/8) In February 2017 I was diagnosed with an #autoimmune condition called Hashimoto's #Thyroiditis. ๐ค๐ท
That experience sent me on a winding, up and down journey where I learned a lot about myself and the world of disease and medicine. #hashimotos
Conventional signs can be good or bad. ๐๐
I don't mean it can be a sign of something good or something bad, although that is true: pink sky at night is a good sign; dark storm clouds is a bad sign.
A conventional sign is a good sign to the degree it corresponds to reality.
We understand the world through signs.
There are two kinds:
A natural sign refers to something other than itself by means of what it is; e.g. smoke โก fire
A conventional sign refers to something other than itself by means of a connection made by humans; e.g. the word, "smoke"
A natural sign can be simply natural (like smoke โก fire), or it can be natural by intent.
๐ขTears can signify sadness. If the tears come because of the sadness? A simply natural sign
๐If the tears are faked and meant to communicate something? An intentional natural sign
My assisted living homes are proving this true. We hired a cook to make #ketogenic meals w/a heavy emphasis on meat.
Our residents are experiencing improved cognition, discontinuing their diabetes medications, losing weight and experiencing higher energy levels!
A single beaver pond holds an estimated 1.1 million gallons of water and recharges underlying aquifers with an even greater amount of water.
Upon European arrival to North America, as many as 65 million beaver dams strung together waterways and hydrated landscapes.
I often reference classical education without trying to define it. To assist in understanding the difference between mainstream modern education and classical education, here are 5 differentiators that serve as a starting point for comparison.
Thank you @ChrisPalmerMD for dispelling the reductionist focus on LDL by biased influencers disregarding context and overall risk. I havenโt seen anyone say it so concisely and firmly as you do in this clip. Please go watch this great interview by @MikhailaFuller#carnivorediet
Patients with obesity often are nutritionally deficient: b12, folate, vitamin C, vitamin D
If you tell a patient with obesity to calorie restrict, without teaching them how to properly eat nourishing food, you are depriving them and setting them up for failure
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"No victory, however complete on the part of the conservatives, can make things return to exactly the same state as they were before the challenge was thrown down. No victory, however complete on the part of the revolutionaries, can ever wholly get rid of the past, ...