Never Believe Anything. Except math and cold hard facts.

"Never believe anything you hear on TV." "Never believe anything you read." "Never believe anything your told." What are we supposed to believe? A question that could plague daily life if left unchecked. It's always odd to see that people go out and buy cleaners tested against the "leading" brand. What brand is that? And if the new leading brand just got beat by the next add, does that mean it cleans any better? Or does it just clean one thing better then other things? The other day I myself almost fell victim to this... pseudo science. After HOURS of looking for a cleaner, I actually found one fully tested against another brand. It was tested against 409. It did much better on light surfaces then 409 due to a bleach content, but not to well against colored surfaces because it would fade the color. Wait, can this be right? A cleaner that was truthful? Well it does in fact exist. It's a restaurant brand cleaner called, go figure, blue cleaner. But then it made me wonder. I had been searching for a cleaner for hours and only found one that provided a believable argument. So then what about those ads? "Take this pill and lose weight!*" 'Male enhancement, CHEAP!*' "Get fuller, more natural breasts in just days!*". Okay, so I got a lot of them from my email inbox. But still they try to provide "proof" that it will work. The foot note of *:claims not tested by the FDA has always scared me away from buying online products. Of course, a fuller more natural body may just be what I'm hoping for, being a six foot tall male of all things. Oh, and foundation, that looks more natural then natural*? Count me in! I really want to glow! *:claims not tested. probably never will be. *:tested against leading brand. Wait what? What's leading brand? two footnotes and how they SHOULD look, but don't. Then there's always my favorite ads, that look like they have curse words for disclaimers.
“Tested against the leading health care professionals!*@#$%^&”*:may cause cancer
@:not a good source of fiber
#:not a replacement for health care professionals
$:not tested.
%:may cause horrible things to happen to you
^:product included may vary
&:see article 34

Nutrition and Society

*A quick note: I appologize for posting late sunday, it unfortinatly has been a very hectic week wiht my sister leaving for ceollege and my gradma packign to move, so I've been helping family almost nonstop.*

Many people have a pantry chock full of quick and easy food. They diet regularly. The drink diet sodas. Is this a good thing? No. Is there anything we can do about it? Yes. Are diets healthy? No.

Many of you are probably thinking if you read that right. Diets aren't healthy? No, they aren't. They dont provide enough calories to the body so it can stay at the correct tempature. Ontop of that, eating less causes your matabilism to slow way down. That in turn cause your body to convert everything it's given into fat, and barely maintain tempature. So you get tired. You get fatt(er). You're grouchy and always hungry. Does that sound healthy? Not to me it doesn't. Probably not to you either. The only true way to get into "shape", is to exercise and use the calories you eat. Then they can't be converted to fat.

Some may say "Changing to diet things that are low carb MUST be good for you." Not necisarily. Take into account, if you will, the shelf life of the item. Is it more then a few days? If so, then it's not naturual. What do our bodies want? Food. Not chemicals. Diet foods, such as low carbs sodas, contain MANY chemicals. Preservitives, Trans fats, oils, even non-dairy dairy extracts. I don't know aobut you, but that seems kinda counter intuitive. The preservitives preserve. So wouldn't they just naturualy preserve the fat on you? And non-dairy dairy extracts. If you take the dairy out of dairy, is it still dairy? Well no, it's non-dairy dairy. It's become nothing but chemicals. Nasty, disgusting chemicals our body doesn't want. So then why not diet to get rid of the fat? Well it's come full circle now. So what can we do to change it?

E*)+(*&%. Wait, exercise isn't a swear word. But it might as well be. It's hard, unenjoyable, and BORING! But it's conditioning. Conditioning our bodies in this day and age need. The food you eat can also be changed. You can eat more vegies and fruits, and prepare your meats differently. But those foods taste blande. Or do they? Think about this. Compare the ammounts of bad things for you in premade seasonings, and the ammoutn of bad things that come from making the seasonings yourself, from fresh, or dried, herbs and spices. A lot of the things in spice mixes aren't needed at all, and don't add anything to the taste. Wth careful preperation and planning you can prepare and enjoy a healthy, and good tasting, meal.

So by dieting correctly, exorcising or muscles, and avoiding so called "diet" foods, you too can get into the best shape of your life. It's not easy, but it's not hard. It's all about getting into a rutuine.

I'm fairly concerned about eating healthy when I can. But gosh darnit hamburgers of all beef cooked in vegetable oil sure do tastes good.

And what about the ingrediants in your cabinet's food? Hmm... popcorn... all naturual, contains butter. Really, that's all i have in my pantry. Well that and cambles preserved soups, but I don't buy or eat those.

Why to avoid transfats: They raise the level of bad cholesterol and lower the good cholesterol levels, leadign ot heart disease.

Blog Post (week of Sept. 1-7)

The definition of life is often defined differently, depending on who you speek to. I myself learnt the deffinition of life to be "The ability to reproduce natuarly and respond to stimulation." In this sense, I am alive in the fact that I can reproduce naturualy with a female of the human species without any outside help. But does this mean machine can one day become "living?" Yes, entirely. If the machine can synthesize molecular compounds without exterior resources or interference, and sitll respond to stimulation, then yes it is living.

Does this definition scientificly encompass all living things? I believe so. I don't think it requires anything other then those two simple things. Birds reproduce and respond to stimulus. Humans reproduce and respond to stimulus. Plants even reproduce and respond to stimulus. Even cells reproduce and respond to stimulus, and cells are considered the most basic forms of life. It fits perfectly.

Do we have to be able to talk to be alive? No, but it certainly helps us who have been taught to speak. Animals do just fine without speaking words, and they are generally accepted as living creatures. Plants do great without a single word. Heck even single celled organisms do just fine.

But then what is defined as stimulation? Heat, energy, food? Yes. They are all stimulation. Stimulation is the introduction of something foreign. Food is from another plant, animal, or source. Water is foreign, we don't make it ourselves. Heat is foreign, it's made by different sources. Yet we respond to all of them. Heat makes us feel something is there. Food is digested and turned into energy. Water is absorbed and used to create and maintain equalibrium(s).

So reproduction would be needed too? What if an animal is sterile? Is it alive? Yes. It's cells are reproducing so it can grow and maintain itself. Remember, animals are nothing more the a collection of living cells.

So does this deffinition need anything else? Well to other people it might, but to me, it is complete in it's entirety.