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Coffee, Tea, and Me.

« Posted by Pat Franczyk on March 1, 2010 »

Since I was eighteen or so, a cup of delicious black tea with milk and with or without sugarsugar would send me to the moon. Edgy, jitters, the whole nine yards, and then some. I had no idea why this occurred all of a sudden, as I had always had tea with my English Grandma, [...]

« Filed under Health, allergies and chemical reactions »

Spot On!

« Posted by Pat Franczyk on February 24, 2010 »

Liver spots, as I pointed out so delicately and with attention to scientific verification in my last post, are not the result of liver problems. Those nasty brown clumps of melanin on light-skinned people are said to be a result of age-induced melanin clumping, or genetic inclination, that just happens to coincide with aging. This [...]

« Filed under Glaucoma, Health, Skin Care »

Milk Thistle Rules!

« Posted by Pat Franczyk on February 24, 2010 »

Oh yes it does. That stuff in unbelievable. More to the point; the fact that I quit drinking except for one drink as a toast at a christening or at Christmas did not result in my liver getting the rest it needed and the promised regeneration. I suppose my diet was still too rich, but [...]

« Filed under Health, supplements »

Flares and Triangles

« Posted by Pat Franczyk on February 24, 2010 »

It took me a few days, but to the best of my knowledge, I have found the most consistently affordable website for automobile safety products.
Northern Tool is your best bet. Please correct me if I’m wrong.
But of course, that will never happen.
If you read my earlier post on the importance of an emergency roadside kit [...]

« Filed under Health »

The Chop Stops Here!

« Posted by Pat Franczyk on February 23, 2010 »

When it comes to the not-so-delicate subject of neonatal circumcision, the medical community is nothing short of psychotic. Your local hospital might not offer pain-free circimcision for your beloved sons, nephews, or grandsons, but the enlightened world finally does, so demand it for your little one.
We have taken an eternity to crawl out of the [...]

« Filed under Circumcision, Health »

Xa — Ya!

« Posted by Pat Franczyk on February 23, 2010 »

Here’s a simple and apparently quite effective nutritional program that is easy to self-regulate without a lot of brain power. Sounds tailor-made for me.
Emily Isaacson, a certified naturopath from the Xa:ytem First Nation of British Columbia, has designed The Rainbow Program. Six small meals a day as opposed to the more usual three square (plus [...]

« Filed under Cataracts, Glaucoma, Health, Macular Degeneration, Panic Attacks, Vegetarianism/Veganism, Vision, Weight Loss, supplements »

Magnesium Rocks!

« Posted by Pat Franczyk on February 16, 2010 »

As to PMS and magnesium; I promised to comment upon this subject in my last post.
After a battery of tests in my younger years, it was determined that my body did not readily absorb magnesium, and this, in turn, was not allowing my body to utilize the ample amount of calcium that I had easily [...]

« Filed under Health, PMS »

Over The Hill Alright

« Posted by Pat Franczyk on February 15, 2010 »

A friend of ours from the Toronto film community died the other day at the age of 37. She was a driver in the transportation department who took a job outside of the industry driving a truck up north. Ashley was bobtailing, as they call it — driving a rig without the trailer. She went [...]

« Filed under Glaucoma, Health, Vision »

Multi-vitamin Mayhem

« Posted by Pat Franczyk on February 10, 2010 »

It would appear that there are currently in the neighbourhood of 50 bajillion multi-vitamin and mineral supplements on the market today. I have gone to numerous sites in an attempt to discern if anyone out there has an idea as to how one goes about determining which multi-vitamin and mineral supplement, if any, would be [...]

« Filed under Health, PMS, Vegetarianism/Veganism, health, supplements »

PMS Paintball

« Posted by Pat Franczyk on February 4, 2010 »

Hey! What an excellent idea. For those of us still suffering from the agonies and annoyances of premenstrual syndrome, ie., ourselves, our wives, or our daughters, what could be better than PMS paintball?

Drugs.
Yes, indeed.
But why take away all the fun? Balanced hormones? Anger management?
Massive sedation? Psssha.
Embrace your inner and not-so-inner demons and buy a gun [...]

« Filed under Health, Homeopathic Remedies, Massage Therapy, Skin Care »