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Track16online today!

50 lbs +

That is how much weight I have lost since last summer when I was diagnosed diabetic and started to eat right. The closest thing I can figure out is that I am sweating out fat. My a** is nothing but a bit of wrinkled hairy skin, skin folds and wrinkles all over my body. If I were to sleep with a woman now, the lights would have to go out, I am awful to look at now rolling on the floor laughing I know the skin will eventually go back tight again but its quite different looking at myself now.
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ken_20

A troubling and long day

So around 8:30am yesterday while I was still sleeping my doorbell rang. Aroused by the sound I yelled just a moment and slipped on some pants. I heard a familiar voice respond with an okay. My land use tenants.

I had rewired my electric circuit panel and installed a 30 amp 110v GFI plug outside (using 8.2 AWG Romex and an appropriate circuit breaker) outside the house and for a monthly fee permitted a friendly former dancer to park her large, towed RV motor home (you may depending on where you live call it a towed Caravan trailer) as a place to live. She had a well to do husband and when he passed she liquidated much and bought the mobile home as a place to live. It is big enough so that whatever tows it needs what is called a 5th wheel to tow it. Ultimately after bouncing around awhile she decided on the Shenandoah Valley as a place to settle. To alieviate boredom, much as I had done a few years ago gotten a job at the local 711. Local parking rates for such large RVs can approach (US) $70 a day. When she mentioned this to the store owner it was suggested she contact me, and a mutually acceptable financial deal was struck with a parking lease agreement and advance payment resulting.

It was an effort to get her RV in place due to some low laying tree branches. But they were removed and a good water and power connection was made. She was happy with the secluded location we chose. A posted entrance and screened by tree hedgerows totally invisible from the road. Deer, rabbits, turkey greet her every morning. Gorgeous sunsets. Hunting allowed. Close enough to work to walk. A parking place for her car. WiFi, etcc.

In the past 6 months we have become reasonably friendly. I have a private jogging trail she uses to stay trim. Her shape is not displeasing. She does her own mowing around her camper. When home her electric current draw is at most 24 amps. The electric bill is included in the rent of the space, Her music taste is similar to my own.

So the purpose of her visit was to invite me to a barbecue she was planning for evening. Althoujgh early for me, she had just gotten off work at the store, so I offered her a cold one. She accepted and we went outside to the chairs on my front porch,, me with coffee, her with a tall Twisted Tea. I asked her to hold on while I got my cigarettea (also to put on my flip flops). While iside I heard her screaming my name. I yelled out throush a window what is wrong. She yelled back she needed help. Come here now. My land has mostly gentle animals, but it also has animals that eat them. Bear, Eastern Coyote (aka Red Wolf), occasional mountain lions seeking a mate too. .Or there may have been a human trespasser on my posted lands she was confronting. Either way it couldn't be good, so I grabbed an appropriate gun and went to help her. She wasn't where I had left her. I yelled where are you and she said, at my trailer. I ran over there and found her on the ground clutching her arm which had a new bend between wrist and elbow.

I asked what happened and she said I fell on my steps. She had decided to retrieve her own smoking materials while I got my cigarettes. Before coming to my door she had gone home and changed out of her work outfit to something more stylish which included women's cowboy line dancing boots to match the desired western cowgirl look. Those boots are made for dancing on a dance floor. The soles are slick leather. The steps to her home are polished metal, still damp with the morning dew. She had fumbled for her key while ascending the steps when her foot slipped. As she went down she out thrust her arm to protect her face from the steel step edge. Her hand slipped off the top step and into the space above the next step as she continued to fall. Her arm was not a crowbar. Her momentum resulted in the trapped arm breaking.
End Pt I. =continued-
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Grapewine555

5 foods that help calm anxiety and reduce depression

Blueberries, salmon and other foods can naturally help relieve feelings of anxiety and depression.
Foods such as blueberries and salmon are rich with nutrients that can help relieve anxiety and reduce depression.
Incorporating these foods into a balanced diet is a natural way to potentially assist in treating symptoms of anxiety and have a positive impact on mental health. Keep in mind that although these foods are proven to help with anxiety and depressive symptoms, they cannot cure mental health disorders.
Here are five foods that help calm anxiety and depression.
1. Chamomile can calm anxiety
Chamomile is an herb that is known to help calm anxiety because it contains both antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, which are known to reduce inflammation associated with anxiety, reports Healthline. Chamomile is also believed to help regulate neurotransmitters associated with mood, such as dopamine and serotonin.
A 2017 study observed 179 adults with generalized anxiety disorder. Over the course of five years, participants who consumed 1,500 milligrams of chamomile extract per day experienced significantly lower symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder.
Another study, published in 2012, found that those who consumed chamomile extract for two months experienced reduced symptoms of anxiety and depression.
2. Salmon may reduce anxiety
Salmon contains nutrients associated with brain and metal health, such as vitamin D, omega-3 fatty acids, docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), reports Healthline. These nutrients are known to help regulate dopamine and serotonin, which impact mood and ease anxiety.
Over the course of nearly six months, men who regularly ate Atlantic salmon (three times per week) reported significant improvements in mental health and symptoms of anxiety. Those who did not regularly consume Atlantic salmon reported no changes. The researchers believe that the impact was due to the high amounts of vitamin D, DHA and EPA found in salmon.
3. Dark chocolate can prevent depressive symptoms
Dark chocolate is usually considered a treat, but it actually has loads of health benefits and is considered a superfood. It is packed with fiber, iron, magnesium and antioxidants, according to the American Psychiatric Association.
Dark chocolate is also associated with positive effects on mood and mental health. A 2019 study from the University College in London found that individuals who ate dark chocolate had far lower odds of reporting depressive symptoms than those who ate no chocolate at all. The same impact was not found for milk chocolate, per the American Psychiatric Association.
4. Blueberries relieve anxiety and depression
Blueberries are rich with antioxidants, which are known to help relieve anxiety and ease feelings of depression, reports WebMD.
A 2020 study found that over the course of a month, adolescents who consumed wild blueberry supplements self-reported lower symptoms of depression.
Several studies (including one in 2020 and one in 2021) have found that daily consumption of vegetables and fruits — like blueberries — is linked to improved mental well-being. A diet balanced with fruits, berries and vegetables helps prevent symptoms of anxiety and depression.
As a superfood, blueberries are packed with vitamins, minerals, fiber and boast a variety of health benefits.
5. Eating nuts can lower depression risk
Nuts are a superfood packed with mental health benefits. Eating a handful of nuts every day is linked to a lower risk of depression. A recent study published in the journal Clinical Nutrition found that consuming a handful of nuts daily is linked to a 17% lower risk of depression.
Researchers found that middle-aged and older adult who ate 30 grams of nuts — such as almonds, walnuts, hazelnuts, pistachios, cashews or Brazil nuts — were less likely to take antidepressants or develop depression.
Link: Deseret.com
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Grapewine555

If a Fly Lands in Your Drink, Should You Still Drink It?

You pour a chilled glass of your favourite sauvignon blanc and are about to take a sip when a fruit fly lands in it. The fly is clearly dead. But given what you know about where flies hang out, you wonder if it's safe to drink.
Despite their salubrious sounding name, fruit flies (Drosophila species),
eat food that is decaying. They inhabit rubbish bins, compost heaps or any place where food is present, including drains. Rotting food is rich in germs, any of which a fly can pick up on their body and transfer to where it next lands.
These bacteria include E coli, Listeria, Shigella, and Salmonella, any of which can cause a potentially serious infection in even healthy people. The fruit fly, you realise, may have just deposited potentially lethal microbes in your wine, so you toss it in the sink and pour a fresh glass.
However, the scientific evidence suggests you may have just wasted a good glass of wine. Wine has typically between 8 percent and 14 percent ethanol and has a pH of around 4 or 5 – a pH below 7 is considered acidic.
Alcohol is well known to be inhibitory to germs and is one reason wine can be stored for so long. Several laboratory studies have also shown that the combined effects of wine alcohol and organic acids, such as malic acid, can prevent the growth of E coli and Salmonella.
Whether the germs transmitted by the fruit fly into the wine can cause an infection depends on the number of bacteria deposited (the "infectious dose") and how metabolically fit the germs are.
The wine the fruit fly entered was also chilled, which some food poisoning bacteria find shocks their metabolism so profoundly it stops them growing.
As all types of wine (red, white or rosé, whether chilled or room temperature) are naturally antibacterial, germs in wine are likely to become damaged, which will reduce their infection fitness.
This suggests that while the germs deposited into wine by the flies might be present in a dose high enough to cause illness, they are not likely to cause an infection as they are too damaged. So, in all likelihood, the contaminated wine could be drunk without ill effect – whether it was chilled or not.
Then it has the body to contend with
And if not damaged directly by the wine, any germs still alive from the fruit fly deposit will encounter the highly acidic fluids of the human stomach.
Food poisoning germs are highly sensitive to acid, which damages their DNA, and stomach acid can even kill them.
In the stomach, germs must also overcome other deadly barriers such as digestive enzymes, entrapping mucus and the ever-watchful immune system defences. Fly-deposited wine germs are unlikely to be able to set up an infection.
Unless you are germ-phobic, I would suggest removing the fly and drinking the wine. If you want the extra protein, you could even swallow the fly.
The fruit fly is unlikely to change the taste of the wine, even if there are several of them. Your digestive system will simply process the fly like any other protein. Salud!
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teenameena

omg..... pain.... unbelieveable!!

past week has been totally
different feelings and
pains i went through.....

i was in a... blood relative house
as a guest for a week....
i had all the needs that
is required for me.....
a clean room... attached
washroom... fan plus cooler
24/7
huge tv screen with all
added apps... remote
control... very comfortable
sofa... small but
neat dining table.... window
to see outside.... a main
road... a huge garden
just close by.... time to time
food was given..
(24/7.. ... water and electricity)..
i mean nothing i can complain about....
but i was already suffering
from cold
and fever.....

the one week my stay made
me miserable.... more
headache aches... unbelieable body pain...
i almost thought at times
i should have learnt
some bad words to curse

laugh
yes..... i mean it.
now i understand why
some people use such words. wink

finally my stay there ended
came back to my own
paradiserolling on the floor laughing

God is really great.... within
48 hours i am back to life
applause

yes.... Mental states can be fully conscious or unconscious. We can have emotional reactions to situations without being aware of why we are reacting. Each mental state has a physiology associated with it—a positive or negative effect felt in the physical body. For example, the mental state of anxiety causes you to produce stress hormones.

as i had already common
cold and fever

my mind was..... NOT.....
accepting
the stay over there
you see?

the body affects the mind, which in turn impacts the body (and the mind.)

On the other hand, what we do with our physical body (what we eat, how much we exercise, even our posture) can impact our mental state (again positively or negatively). This results in a complex interrelationship between our minds and bodies.
uh oh


It turns out that despite generally healthy habits, anxiety prevents from paying attention to the cues body gives when blood sugar is.... going
too low.
dunno confused help
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Grapewine555

Common Sleeping Pill May Reduce Build-Up of Alzheimer's Proteins, Study Finds

There's still so much we don't know about Alzheimer's disease, but the link between poor sleep and worsening disease is one that researchers are exploring with gusto.
In a recent study published earlier this year, scientists found that using sleeping pills to get some shut-eye could reduce the build-up of toxic clumps of proteins in fluid that washes the brain clean every night.
Researchers from Washington University in St. Louis found people who took suvorexant, a common treatment for insomnia, for two nights at a sleep clinic experienced a slight drop in two proteins, amyloid-beta and tau, that pile up in Alzheimer's disease.
Though only short and involving a small group of healthy adults, the study is an interesting demonstration of the link between sleep and the molecular markers of Alzheimer's disease.
Sleep disturbances can be an early warning sign of Alzheimer's disease that precedes other symptoms, such as memory loss and cognitive decline. And by the time the first symptoms develop, levels of abnormal amyloid-beta are almost peaking, forming clumps called plaques that clog up brain cells.
Researchers think promoting sleep could be one avenue to stave off Alzheimer's disease, by allowing the sleeping brain to flush itself of leftover proteins and the day's other waste products.
While sleeping pills may help in that regard, "it would be premature for people who are worried about developing Alzheimer's to interpret it as a reason to start taking suvorexant every night," said neurologist Brendan Lucey, of Washington University's Sleep Medicine Center, who led the research.
The study spanned just two nights and involved 38 middle-aged participants who showed no signs of cognitive impairment and had no sleep issues.
Using sleeping pills for prolonged periods is not an ideal solution for those short on sleep either, as it's quite easy to become dependent on them.
Link: Sciencealert.comsleep
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chatilliononline today!

Bad news for Smash Mouth singer Steve Harwell...

Some of you may remember the group Smash Mouth. Their front man and co-founder of the group, Steve Harwell left the band in 2021 due to health issues. News tonight say he is suffering from liver failure, entered hospice care and and not expected to survive more than a week.
Smash Mouth had a few hit songs and covered The Monkees I'M A BELIVER that was in the SHREK soundtrack.
Steve is 54 year old...

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Bluekiwionline today!

Seriously

Warning: Kiwi soldiers using military’s longest-range rifle told to limit firing after brain injury fearsblues
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chatilliononline today!

Mitch McConnell's retirement party...

He's 81 now. It's time to be put to pasture. Please Mitch, do America a favor. Take the gold watch and shake hands.

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chancer_returns

Is Covid making a comeback?

Is Covid making a comeback? confused



And if so, what will you do? teddybear
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