tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21262798122431655952024-03-13T13:25:34.120-04:00My Health ExperimentSeeking health on my own path.Denise Skidmorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10977325703685007075noreply@blogger.comBlogger210125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126279812243165595.post-79851408915115338422023-06-13T00:52:00.002-04:002023-06-13T00:55:08.487-04:00Myopia Regression - years later<p> I did not in fact ever figure out how to remove my prescription contacts without hurting my eye. I several times severely irritated my cornea and constantly fought dry eye. It took awhile, but I did eventually get reasonable reading glasses and adjust to wearing them at the end of the day. (At first I had terrible vertigo switching between contacts and my old eyeglasses.) I had the best quality vision of my life wearing underpowered contacts with low powered "tuners" over them, but no doctor is going to support that, and I got scared about using contacts that were not properly fitted. (Unlike glasses that just bend light, contacts can thin your cornea, scratch your cornea, or increase infection rate if not properly fitted.)</p><p><br /></p><p>The usual reduced lens method with contacts is to wear contacts for either near or far vision and wear glasses over to get to the other focal length. I wasn't wearing contacts for vanity, but for the superior image quality you get from having more of the refraction on the surface of your eye, and there were significant cost savings if I went down 3D into the normal range lenses, so I had both reading and distance lenses to wear over.</p><p><br /></p><p>After I gave up on contacts, I started wearing my reading glasses more and more. I test ok at the Snellen chart in them, so I'm even legal to drive in them. I don't have 20/20 vision, but I can see a squirrel on the road, I can definitely see a child or a car. Eventually my full prescription lenses got a scratch in an annoying spot and I stopped using them. </p><p><br /></p><p>My vertigo is improved, my headaches are gone, my myopia has stopped progressing, my anxiety about worsening vision or breaking my glasses is improved. When I do need new glasses I can just order them. Have I seen regression? No. Is it still totally worth it? Yes.</p><p><br /></p><p>I did a lot of research while not improving. (Some would say all that reading is why I didn't improve). I really didn't find anyone making credible large reduction to their axial length (the physical length of the eye is the primary cause of myopia), nor even refractive changes after growth was completed. I did find very solid evidence that using glasses with a reduced focal length improved the function of the ciliary muscle and increased the thickness of the choroidal tissue in the eye. Secondary effects were not studied, but the biomechanics suggest that this could improve eye health and reduce long term risk factors that high myopes face. It's no guarantee, and not likely to be proven in my lifetime, but since it helps me in the short term it's good to know it might also be positive in the long term.</p>Denise Skidmorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10977325703685007075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126279812243165595.post-54531862226058498372022-01-02T13:22:00.000-05:002022-01-02T13:22:45.471-05:00The intersection of COVID and Conservative Christianity - What are you afraid of anyway?<p>The thing I'm afraid of, is that the conservative church's reaction to COVID says more about their politics and their fears than about their faith and their love for others. I'm afraid that all those headlines about super spreader events at churches and anti-vax preachers are hurting the witness of the church. You say you're not afraid of COVID, but you are afraid of the government and their shot? Don't you know the persecuted church grows faster than the coddled one? Is God not greater than the government he allows to exist? Was Pharaoh able to stop God from liberating his people when he saw fit? Can God not speak through a mask? So what if the shot was straight up poison? God can protect you from snakes and viruses, but not needles?</p><p></p><blockquote>And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues; 18 they will pick up serpents with their hands; and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover." </blockquote><blockquote>Mark 16:17-18</blockquote><p> </p><p></p><p></p><blockquote><p>If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned,[a] but have not love, I gain nothing.</p><p>4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant 5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;[b] 6 it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. 7 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.</p></blockquote><p></p><p></p><blockquote>1 Corinthians 13 ESV</blockquote><p>I'm struggling with the patience part right now, but a lot of you are insisting on your own way rather than looking out for others and sound like a clanging cymbal to the non-Christians around you that see you not as brave, but as a threat to their very lives.</p><p></p><blockquote>Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. </blockquote><blockquote>John 15:13</blockquote><p> </p><p></p><p></p>Denise Skidmorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10977325703685007075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126279812243165595.post-12192551132617860922022-01-02T12:14:00.004-05:002022-01-02T12:45:40.036-05:00The intersection of COVID and Conservative Christianity - What is Church anyway?<p></p><blockquote><p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.</span></p><blockquote style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Romans 13:1 ESV</div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></div></blockquote><p style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><a href="https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/frequently-asked-questions-proof-full-vaccination-or-mask-requirement-businesses-and-venues" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;">https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/frequently-asked-questions-proof-full-vaccination-or-mask-requirement-businesses-and-venues</a></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">The current executive order binds me in certain ways, but it does not bind me from being a part of the church. Since <a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmy-health-experiment.blogspot.com%2F2022%2F01%2Fthe-intersection-of-covid-and.html%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR2YsGVvppRNCWQvV0g-yJb-Er9RdA_2sN7LgjY9VidOvyNQ868iPDQAJtE&h=AT3Utcy9UmPomsQZbsG_q6WhL61jnK0Hwo7nSSq6ZcBDdRYu99SJj_cXwF6BJ1lL_eDLftXabiQkRuo1R2gGeUk14w86cMmGJskR3UIu-Gp4tfGFXB--FpF2yVWVDiapmg&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT17EoT9rH4roh9v8el-ljK2scQ4euiORvLe-xCcKMMSXyEiJG076ymU15OQTGHyL9OIGVKtP-e-cjQZZY_jGlBk7mP0gVAOcEROw9BY08PBrQ7SwqZZwVIZJ6rrLIvSx_DvCN8k2ozIuNY_6RzB1-njTtPHZa-GbTsLWOpBn11qj7hdixdu28UFpg">I decided to not go to church for a few week</a>s, some might criticize me over:</p><p style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px;"></span></span></p><blockquote><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;">24 And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, 25 not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.</span></blockquote><p></p><p style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></p><blockquote style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;">Hebrews 10, ESV</span></blockquote><p style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;">Since I started "staying home" I've had people over to dinner, I've visited the sick, I've mentored a teen, I've continued to show up on social media and speak the truth as I see it. (Maybe could use more salt and light in my social media posts, but I'm definitely not staying socially isolated, and I have more to say in text than I do sitting in my little post at the back of the church.) Meeting in large groups for fellowship is powerful and good, but is not necessary for us to fulfill Hebrews 10.</span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px;">Late last year I listed to the audiobook version of "</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13.2px;">Letters to the Church" by </span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px;">Francis Chan. I encourage you to also read this book, and think about what else you can do that is the real heart and soul of the church besides those few hours on Sunday morning. He is way more eloquent and educated than myself on the topic. Church is supposed to be a family, not just a lecture and a song and getting off the hook for "doing church" for another week. Sunday morning is important and good, but it is not enough.</span></span></span></p><p></p>Denise Skidmorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10977325703685007075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126279812243165595.post-51402550637356178212022-01-02T11:47:00.003-05:002022-01-02T11:47:41.482-05:00The intersection of COVID and Conservative Christianity - Why I'm not in church today<p> I have a health blog, and I've not yet written about COVID. It's not like I have followers waiting on this post, it's not like I have any information available that you can't look up from more reputable sources, but there are a few things that need to be said as I sit home in my second week of ever intentionally staying home from church other than for an illness or travel. I might write a few of these in a row addressing several aspects of the intersection of COVID and Christianity.</p><p>When the NY shutdown began in 2020, the church doors were closed to the public, but the definition of "essential services" was rather open and I was part of a small team that made sure that some of the spiritual needs of our church family were met through remote video services. My personal goals were not just continued teaching (which pastor was right could come from any of the more famous and better produced online preachers) but also to keep our spiritual family connected, to keep showing them familiar faces and familiar voices, the familiar piano and sanctuary... these things are important to mental health as much as spiritual health. As the pandemic stretched on, this connection was essential to the continued maintenance of our congregation. Building maintenance, pastor salaries, and congregant needs don't vaporize just because people are staying home from church, but donations and prayers can. I encourage you whatever your church's stance on COVID, to remain connected to your church family in some way. </p><p>So why the turn about, why am I home while others are fellowshipping, when before I was fellowshipping while others were home?</p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></div><blockquote><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Romans 13:1 ESV</div></blockquote><p><a href="https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/frequently-asked-questions-proof-full-vaccination-or-mask-requirement-businesses-and-venues">https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/frequently-asked-questions-proof-full-vaccination-or-mask-requirement-businesses-and-venues</a></p><p>I understand the pressure on our consistory, that we are a small church that takes pride in being a "mixed multitude" that can have very different positions on many issues, but yet we hold some central truths as important enough to stand together. We may interpret the bible differently, but we do believe the bible is the sole rule of truth and practice. But... if the consistory is unwilling to stand buy the governing authorities, and asks me to follow my conscience, I must obey the governing authorities as an individual. Since I have no control over the behavior of others, the only thing within my power is to withdraw from others breaking the executive order while this executive order is in effect.</p><p>My role physically at church isn't very important, any teenager or photography buff can repoint the camera. My husband's role is more essential, he needs to be there to make the stream run efficiently. (Partly because he's just too stubborn to accept help, partly because he keeps adding new fancy features and the help he has has trouble keeping up with the changes.) I respect him continuing to provide that support, and he respects my decision to stay home.</p><p>I will continue doing the things I do outside church hours to support members of the church. I am watching the sermons from home that I'm usually on the other end of. I'm trying to get over my social anxiety and pick up the phone to arrange to go visit some folks bound in their private residences so that I might be able to continue to gather together with fellow believers in some way.</p><p>I will be back. I realize COVID executive orders have the habit of getting renewed and this might be longer than the currently stated weeks. I miss you all.</p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></div>Denise Skidmorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10977325703685007075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126279812243165595.post-61823133009601126582020-07-16T18:37:00.001-04:002020-07-16T18:37:40.060-04:00Myopia Regression - Actually started a month ago.So I officially had my contact trial period over and "differentials" (computer glasses) arrived 6/9. I'm keeping my condensed <a href="https://wiki.endmyopia.org/wiki/User:Dlskidmore#Lenses_Log">log </a>over at the community wiki. I'm really struggling with developing the habits, when to wear the differentials, when not to, getting the contacts out of my eyes without hurting myself. Then I do irritate my eye and have to go a few days back in regular glasses. I am a lot more comfortable in differentials than my full prescription contacts.Denise Skidmorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10977325703685007075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126279812243165595.post-28114210034460914522020-07-16T13:26:00.000-04:002020-07-16T13:26:07.790-04:00Myopia Regression BasicsJust an overview of the program I'm trying.<br />
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The first premise is that you should have about a quarter diopter of blur in your glasses to promote ciliary muscle relaxation and remodeling of the eye. If you were looking at a <a href="https://wiki.endmyopia.org/wiki/Chromatic_Aberration">duochrome chart</a>, the green would be clear and the red slightly fuzzy. The second premise is that you need glasses appropriate to the distance you're working at, and for most people that means one pair of glasses for computers/reading, and one for outdoors. Both of these rules are null and void when there is a legal or safety restriction like while driving, wear lenses necessary for legal driving in your jurisdiction.<br />
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The second premise is the most immediately fruitful. Normally when I get stronger glasses I have lots of headaches and eye strain at work, where I spend 8 hours at a computer. I'm pretty useless for a couple weeks until my eyes adjust, at which point I feel like my vision has not really improved over the prior pair of glasses. In my <a href="https://wiki.endmyopia.org/wiki/User:Dlskidmore#Lenses_Log">new reading glasses</a> I can comfortably compute all day long in my new contacts. When I first got the contacts I was so grumpy about my vision that my husband made me run out and buy reading glasses even before the trial period was over and my situation stable enough to <a href="https://wiki.endmyopia.org/wiki/Category:Lens_seller">order customized reading glasses</a>.<br />
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So the long term process is:<br />
1. Measure eyesight. This can be a <a href="https://wiki.endmyopia.org/wiki/Optometrist">professional measurement</a>, based on <a href="https://wiki.endmyopia.org/wiki/Measurement#cm_Measurement">distance to blur and math</a>, or based on a <a href="https://wiki.endmyopia.org/wiki/Trial_lens_kit#How_to_test_myopia_with_a_trial_lens_kit">DIY trial lens kit refraction</a>.<br />
2. Get glasses +1.5 diopters from (remember myopic diopters are negative, -3+1.5 = -1.5) your measurement for computer work. (You may have some trial and error to get glasses that put your work just beyond your blur horizon, if it's too blurry, go -0.25, no challenge, go +0.25.)<br />
3. Improve your vision habits, try to get away from near work as much as possible, take frequent breaks from near work, spend time looking at text just beyond your blur horizon.<br />
4. Get glasses that are +0.25 diopters from your measurement for distance. (Give it a few weeks between step 2 and step 4.)<br />
5. Wait. Practice #3. If it's working, over the next 3 months or so your blur horizon should move outwards. If it moves far enough that you have no blur challenge, go back to step 1.<br />
6. Astigmatism and imbalance between the eyes can cause extra complications. the above process is fine for the first couple pairs of glasses, but at some point you will need to study more of the method and try things like changing cylinder power instead of sphere in steps 2 & 4, or changing in one eye only and practicing #3 with monocular vision in the bad eye.<br />
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The details of the method are in the <a href="https://wiki.endmyopia.org/wiki/Seven_day_free_email_guide">EndMyopia 7 Day Email Guide</a>, but they do make you scroll a lot to find it, I've not yet found any direct link. There are lots of references in the community to the <a href="https://endmyopia.org/category/prescriptions-glasses/">blog</a>, but personally I have trouble with the indirect narrative style and the lack of relevance prioritization in the search function. 90% of what you need to know is in the 7 day e-mails if you have a uncomplicated situation.Denise Skidmorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10977325703685007075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126279812243165595.post-78798202400151826492020-05-01T14:44:00.000-04:002020-07-16T13:26:21.442-04:00Update - Myopia Regression - still stalledWell, where have I gotten to...<br />
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The LASIK surgeon was not at all interested in any of my ideas. He didn't quite kick me out of the office, but let's just say there's a reason he's a surgeon and has other people handle screening appointments.<br />
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So one of my hesitations with LASIK was that I wasn't clear what the actual benefits to my quality of vision would be. A couple sources encouraged me to give contacts a try. Because the lens is closer to the eye, the power is lower than in glasses, and they move with the eye, making peripheral vision issues go away entirely.<br />
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So in my mid 40s I'm starting the adventure of contacts. So far I'm in -14.0/-13.5 lenses, in my second fitting pair, likely going for one change in the right eye. I'm doing ok putting them in and wearing them, but getting them back out at the end of the day is a challenge. I've already seriously irritated my left eye twice and had to take a break from the contacts for a few days. I'm trying a new method of gripping with the side of my fingers instead of the tips. Still hard to get the lens out, but at least my nails and my spare fingers are all out of the way so it's more gentle when I do miss. I think at my lens strength and resulting thickness, my lenses are less flexible than the ones I see in most tutorials.<br />
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On the research end of things I've found:<br />
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<li>increased tear film increases negative lens power</li>
<li>character recognition can improve without improving refraction</li>
<li>bifocals and multifocals are protective against myopia progression.</li>
<li>+1D myopic defocus is protective against myopia progression in growing children.</li>
<li>myopic defocus can cause very minor changes in eye length, and cordial tissue thickness, although not enough to account for major diopter changes in anecdotal reports.</li>
<li>Anecdotal reports of a change more than 4D is very rare. Hard to say if this is a factor of community size 5 years ago, average change needed, or a limit to the process.</li>
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So my next steps are finishing the fitting period and getting my distance lenses all straightened out, and then finding appropriate reading glasses to wear over and relieve eye strain at computer work. This should be protective against further progression. Whether or not reduced lens therapy does anything for long term regression, we shall see, but reading glasses are a very safe tool with some potential to at least improve fluid circulation under the cornea by relaxing the ciliary muscle.</div>
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Denise Skidmorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10977325703685007075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126279812243165595.post-11816465045715351522020-02-16T00:59:00.001-05:002020-05-01T14:07:41.439-04:00A new project - Myopia RegressionIt was over a decade ago, my husband and I made a deal. If he would look into getting his teeth fixed, I'd look into getting LASIK. (He understandably would like to be recognized by his wife at the pool without neon swim trunks.)<br />
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So late last year he went to a seminar and I went to a seminar. They scanned in my glasses at -16D. The doc himself was corrected from -6D (considered High Myopia), and wanted to know if anyone was worse than him, I was the only one with my hand up. In short, I'm not a candidate for LASIK, and I'm also too blind for the strongest implanted lens they have, but for the mere price of $13,000, they could do both procedures and between the two of them, get me fully corrected.<br />
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We do fairly well, but that's still get a loan territory... So I had to be really sure this was the right thing for me before I dove in, and it took a couple months to schedule the next test, so I was able to get time to research.<br />
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<li>My level of myopia (nearsightedness) puts me at high risk for all sorts of eye diseases, and the surgery does nothing about that.</li>
<li>My level of lens correction causes images to be smaller and I have to use large font everything, and surgery does very little about that.</li>
<li>Everything an implanted lens can do for my vision I can get from contacts, with a much lower rate of serious complication.</li>
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So I started researching contacts, and glasses vs contacts, and stumbled across something completely different, reduced lens therapy. </div>
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It is well established science that overprescription of minus (for nearsighted eyes) lenses induces the eye to adapt and become even more nearsighted. This is called <a href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=lens+induced+myopia">lens-induced myopia</a>. They use this technique all the time to see how different conditions affect myopia progression. In the dozens of eye exams I've had over the years, if any of them over-prescribed my lenses, they would have accelerated my myopia progression. Given how common headaches in the two weeks after getting new lenses were, it's a pretty good bet that I was commonly being overprescribed. One year I got 4 new sets of lenses in one year...</div>
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If you spend a lot of time reading or in front of screens, or participating in any hobby involving staring at small things, you may also get <a href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=nearwork+induced+myopia">nearwork-induced myopia</a>. My favorite activities are reading, computer games, and fine needlework. Every time I sit down to do near work in lenses corrected for distance, my eyes happily comply and adapt themselves to my working distance, which over time becomes a long term change.</div>
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(I'm not at all clear that biology makes any distinction between nearwork-induced and lens-induced myopia. Lenses bring the distant near, so it's the same thing except for one is before you get your first lenses, and the second is after.)</div>
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But, just as lens-induced myopia is a thing, so is <a href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=lens+induced+hyperopia">lens-induced hyperopia</a> (farsightedness). What if lens-induced hyperopia is a cure for lens-induced myopia? I'm not the inventor of this idea, there are at least two large communities experimenting with the effects that are reporting some positive results: <a href="https://endmyopia.org/">https://endmyopia.org/</a> and <a href="https://gettingstronger.org/tag/myopia/">https://gettingstronger.org/tag/myopia/</a>. There are lots of other books and papers on the subject suggesting methods and mechanisms of improving eyesight, to varying degrees of credibility and sensibility.</div>
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The science shows that some lens-induced myopia can be reversed, but there have not been any long term studies to see how far it goes. <a href="https://www.spandidos-publications.com/mmr/18/1/59?text=fulltext">A study</a> showed after removal of lenses that created myopia, there are changes in the hormones and proteins in the eye, and that the choroidal tissue behind the retina thickened, effectively reducing the focal length of the eye, and reversing some of the myopia.</div>
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I've got 300+ studies in my reading list and I've only gone through a small handful so far, but it's a very promising line of research. I have ordered some equipment for self-analysis that is probably illegal for me to use on anyone else without a license. I'm hoping to find a doc interested in offering this therapy and monitoring it, but the home equipment will help monitor the monitors, make sure I'm not getting over prescribed again, and tell when I'm ready for the next step-down prescription.</div>
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The very short version of the reduced lens protocol is this: if you have a weak prescription, only wear it for the distances and situations where you need it. If you have strong prescription, get different lenses for distance and near work. In either case, step down the prescription to the minimum you need, even bringing the focal plane right up to your work so you can play with the edge of blur by adjusting your distance from the work. If you have a weak prescription and want to reverse your existing myopia, you can even wear farsighted lenses for near work to bring that focal plane closer than with the naked eye. There are disagreements between gurus about what is needed beyond reduced prescriptions and having a focus challenge, but those are common elements.</div>
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Denise Skidmorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10977325703685007075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126279812243165595.post-33075619073404084352018-09-17T16:21:00.000-04:002018-09-17T16:21:46.193-04:00Granola bar or Candy Bar?Labels can be misleading. Sometimes the candy bar has more nuts:<br />
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Denise Skidmorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10977325703685007075noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126279812243165595.post-34003618748771912112018-08-16T13:03:00.002-04:002018-08-16T13:40:30.403-04:00Fossil Q Hybrid WatchI've been wanting one for awhile, and there happened to be a 40% off sale at the same time a little cash was burning a hole in my pocket, and pixels were dying on my <a href="https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/p/539963">VivoFit 3</a>, so now I have a <a href="https://www.fossil.com/us/en/products/hybrid-smartwatch-q-grant-dark-brown-leather-sku-ftw1156p.html">Fossil Q Grant</a>. It's just as bulky and heavy as a full blown touchscreen smartwatch, having 3 stepper motors rather than a touchscreen, but has the classy look of a traditional watch and a one year battery life. Since my primary purpose in having a smart watch is to track my steps and sleep, not having to take it off for a charge cycle is valuable to me.<br />
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I've been wearing it for a couple days now. As a watch, I like it. It's comfortable on my wrist, and although a bit large is otherwise a classy watch. It has the analog display of my goal % at all times. I don't have to plug it in, I don't take it off, so I don't forget to wear it.<br />
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As a smartwatch, the jury is still out. I'm not fond of being overly notified, I want my phone to serve me, not the other way around. It didn't take long before I turned off notifications for my messaging app, but I do appreciate vibrating alarms. (My Garmin VivoFit 3 had a vibrating alarm, but didn't have weekday variable settings, so I didn't use it.)<br />
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There are not a ton of options for configuring the buttons on the watch. I set one button to the "find my phone" feature, one to mode switching, and one to stopwatch mode. Mode toggle is useful for reviewing the last notification or checking the date (note it will indicate day of month, not the full date, like most of the analog watches it is emulating.)<br />
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The most disappointing thing so far is the data display in the <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fossil.wearables.fossil&hl=en_US">Fossil Q app</a>. I primarily wanted this for steps and sleep tracking, and all I have to show for it is a bar graph. Maybe some more options will pop up when I have more than a week's worth of data, but I'm not impressed. It is compatible with <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.fitness">Google Fit</a>, so I can see more of my step details there, but it doesn't display the sleep data, and the <a href="https://www.fossil.com/us/en/wearable-technology/fossil-q/wearable-faq/q-faq-grant-hybrid.html#faq_section_8073">FAQ </a>clearly states there's no way to export that data.<br />
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I'm still happy with my decision, I have a more comfortable and stylish watch, and given the sale I only paid a little more than the current VivoFit option. (And given that my last VivoFit screen started dying before it's second battery change, I probably would have switched brands anyway.) I'm not sure though that I would have paid full price for another model not on sale. $70->$95 is a bump I can easily stomach for style and comfort. $70->$155 is harder to swallow, might as well go for the $255 for the full smartwatch (which I would do if <a href="https://my-health-experiment.blogspot.com/2016/03/hrmactivity-monitor-testing.html">I had any faith in wrist based HR devices</a>) which can run a fitness app with better display options and do many other things.Denise Skidmorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10977325703685007075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126279812243165595.post-46422927392255814252018-08-03T14:18:00.001-04:002018-08-03T14:18:32.996-04:00More NutsI'm missing working right next door to a grocery store. We do have a pretty well stocked self-serve store at work, and I do have a few options for nuts there.<br />
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<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Peanut Almond Cashew Mix"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Peanut Almond Cashew Mix</td><td data-sheets-numberformat="[null,2,"#,##0.0",1,1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1.0</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":26}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">26</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":12}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">12</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":9}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">9</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":4}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">4</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C2*R[0]C[-4]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":26}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">26</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C2*R[0]C[-4]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":12}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">12</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C2*(R[0]C[-4]-R[0]C[-3])" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,2,"#,##0.00",1,1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":5}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">5.00</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-3]*9+R[0]C[-2]*4+R[0]C[-1]*4" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,2,"#,##0.00",1,1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":302}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">302.00</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-4]*9/(R[0]C[-4]*9+R[0]C[-3]*4+R[0]C[-2]*4)" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,3,"0.00%",1,1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.7748344370860927}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">77.48%</td><td data-sheets-formula="=(0.9*R[0]C[-5]+0.46*R[0]C[-4])/(1*R[0]C[-3]+0.1*R[0]C[-5]+0.58*R[0]C[-4])" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,3,"0.00%",1,1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1.9862637362637365}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">198.63%</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Wholesome Medley"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="https://secondnaturesnacks.com/product/wholesome-medley/">Wholesome Medley</a></td><td data-sheets-numberformat="[null,2,"#,##0.0",1,1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":5}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">5.0</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":9}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">9</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":4}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">4</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":14}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">14</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C2*R[0]C[-4]" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,2,"#,##0.00",1,1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":45}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">45.00</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C2*R[0]C[-4]" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,2,"#,##0.00",1,1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":20}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">20.00</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C2*(R[0]C[-4]-R[0]C[-3])" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,2,"#,##0.00",1,1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":60}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">60.00</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-3]*9+R[0]C[-2]*4+R[0]C[-1]*4" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,2,"#,##0.00",1,1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":725}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">725.00</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-4]*9/(R[0]C[-4]*9+R[0]C[-3]*4+R[0]C[-2]*4)" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,3,"0.00%",1,1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.5586206896551724}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">55.86%</td><td data-sheets-formula="=(0.9*R[0]C[-5]+0.46*R[0]C[-4])/(1*R[0]C[-3]+0.1*R[0]C[-5]+0.58*R[0]C[-4])" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,3,"0.00%",1,1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.6530880420499344}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">65.31%</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Cran-Blueberry Nut Clusters"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="https://dolesunshine.com/products/snack-bites/clusters/cran-blueberry-clusters-lrg#">Cran-Blueberry Nut Clusters</a></td><td data-sheets-numberformat="[null,2,"#,##0.0",1,1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2.0</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":9}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">9</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":3}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">3</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":13}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">13</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C2*R[0]C[-4]" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,2,"#,##0.00",1,1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":18}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">18.00</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C2*R[0]C[-4]" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,2,"#,##0.00",1,1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":6}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">6.00</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C2*(R[0]C[-4]-R[0]C[-3])" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,2,"#,##0.00",1,1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":24}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">24.00</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-3]*9+R[0]C[-2]*4+R[0]C[-1]*4" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,2,"#,##0.00",1,1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":282}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">282.00</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-4]*9/(R[0]C[-4]*9+R[0]C[-3]*4+R[0]C[-2]*4)" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,3,"0.00%",1,1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.574468085106383}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">57.45%</td><td data-sheets-formula="=(0.9*R[0]C[-5]+0.46*R[0]C[-4])/(1*R[0]C[-3]+0.1*R[0]C[-5]+0.58*R[0]C[-4])" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,3,"0.00%",1,1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.6475409836065574}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">64.75%</td></tr>
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I knew the nut clusters were full of sugar, I didn't realize that the medley had almost the same amount. The medley has cranberries, rasins, and dark chocolate bits in it as well as nuts.</div>
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Again, not "paleo" by the omega 6 standard, but that nut mix came out pretty well on the calories from fat scale, even reaching the ketogenic ratio used for therapeutic treatment.</div>
Denise Skidmorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10977325703685007075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126279812243165595.post-74100444844901146782018-07-31T14:41:00.001-04:002018-07-31T14:41:14.484-04:00Jerky looses to PeanutsJerky, it's meat right? Wonderful quality protein-filled meat! And meat usually comes with healthy fats too!<br />
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Except that jerky is often marinated in a sugar solution since Americans don't have taste for the amount of salt required to make it shelf stable without sugar, and most of the fat is removed from the meat before this process starts.<br />
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Honey roasted peanuts? A plant covered in honey? Gotta be bad for the high fat eater? Not necessarily. I wouldn't want all those Omega 6s as part of my daily diet, but as a convenience store food, it's up there in calories from less processed fats.<br />
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<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Tillamook Jerkey"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Tillamook Jerkey</td><td data-sheets-numberformat="[null,2,"#,##0.0",1,1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":10}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">10.0</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1.5}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1.5</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":10}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">10</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":7}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">7</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C2*R[0]C[-4]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":15}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">15</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C2*R[0]C[-4]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":100}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">100</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C2*(R[0]C[-4]-R[0]C[-3])" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,2,"#,##0.00",1,1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":70}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">70.00</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-3]*9+R[0]C[-2]*4+R[0]C[-1]*4" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,2,"#,##0.00",1,1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":815}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">815.00</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-4]*9/(R[0]C[-4]*9+R[0]C[-3]*4+R[0]C[-2]*4)" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,3,"0.00%",1,1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.1656441717791411}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">16.56%</td><td data-sheets-formula="=(0.9*R[0]C[-5]+0.46*R[0]C[-4])/(1*R[0]C[-3]+0.1*R[0]C[-5]+0.58*R[0]C[-4])" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,3,"0.00%",1,1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.4594594594594595}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">45.95%</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Bridgeford Jerkey"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Bridgeford Jerkey</td><td data-sheets-numberformat="[null,2,"#,##0.0",1,1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":3}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">3.0</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":11}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">11</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":6}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">6</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C2*R[0]C[-4]" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,2,"#,##0.00",1,1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":3}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">3.00</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C2*R[0]C[-4]" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,2,"#,##0.00",1,1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":33}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">33.00</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C2*(R[0]C[-4]-R[0]C[-3])" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,2,"#,##0.00",1,1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":18}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">18.00</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-3]*9+R[0]C[-2]*4+R[0]C[-1]*4" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,2,"#,##0.00",1,1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":231}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">231.00</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-4]*9/(R[0]C[-4]*9+R[0]C[-3]*4+R[0]C[-2]*4)" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,3,"0.00%",1,1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.11688311688311688}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">11.69%</td><td data-sheets-formula="=(0.9*R[0]C[-5]+0.46*R[0]C[-4])/(1*R[0]C[-3]+0.1*R[0]C[-5]+0.58*R[0]C[-4])" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,3,"0.00%",1,1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.47756410256410264}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">47.76%</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Honey Roasted Peanuts"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Honey Roasted Peanuts</td><td data-sheets-numberformat="[null,2,"#,##0.0",1,1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":6}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">6.0</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":13}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">13</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":7}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">7</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":7}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">7</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C2*R[0]C[-4]" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,2,"#,##0.00",1,1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":78}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">78.00</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C2*R[0]C[-4]" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,2,"#,##0.00",1,1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":42}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">42.00</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C2*(R[0]C[-4]-R[0]C[-3])" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,2,"#,##0.00",1,1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":42}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">42.00</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-3]*9+R[0]C[-2]*4+R[0]C[-1]*4" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,2,"#,##0.00",1,1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1038}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1,038.00</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-4]*9/(R[0]C[-4]*9+R[0]C[-3]*4+R[0]C[-2]*4)" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,3,"0.00%",1,1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.6763005780346821}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">67.63%</td><td data-sheets-formula="=(0.9*R[0]C[-5]+0.46*R[0]C[-4])/(1*R[0]C[-3]+0.1*R[0]C[-5]+0.58*R[0]C[-4])" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,3,"0.00%",1,1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1.2071197411003238}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">120.71%</td></tr>
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You could probably improve on those nuts by getting a less sweet flavor, but it meets the 60% calories from fat target, and is strongly keytogenic (although not strongly enough for treatment of epilepsy).Denise Skidmorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10977325703685007075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126279812243165595.post-42063861597133309942018-03-30T10:13:00.001-04:002018-03-30T10:13:36.027-04:00KefirI really didn't like kefir the first time I tried it, so I didn't give it another chance until years later I out of the blue got a hankering for it. I generally trust my subconscious to know a few things about micronutrients that my conscious mind doesn't know, so I pay attention to these sorts of things and try to satiate benign cravings, and find substitutes for naughtier cravings. <br />
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Nearly complete review of what we know about kefir:<br />
<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3833126/">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3833126/</a><br />
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Key point:<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times new roman" , "stixgeneral" , serif; font-size: 15.9991px; line-height: 21.9988px;">Historically, kefir has been recommended for the treatment of several clinical conditions such as gastrointestinal problems, hypertension, allergies, and ischemic heart disease (</span><a aria-expanded="false" aria-haspopup="true" class=" bibr popnode" href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3833126/#b11-bjm-44-341" rid="b11-bjm-44-341" role="button" style="background-color: white; color: #642a8f; font-family: 'Times New Roman', stixgeneral, serif; font-size: 15.9991px; line-height: 21.9988px;">Farnworth and Mainville, 2008</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times new roman" , "stixgeneral" , serif; font-size: 15.9991px; line-height: 21.9988px;">; </span><a aria-expanded="false" aria-haspopup="true" class=" bibr popnode" href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3833126/#b38-bjm-44-341" rid="b38-bjm-44-341" role="button" style="background-color: white; color: #642a8f; font-family: 'Times New Roman', stixgeneral, serif; font-size: 15.9991px; line-height: 21.9988px;">Rattray and O’Connel, 2011</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times new roman" , "stixgeneral" , serif; font-size: 15.9991px; line-height: 21.9988px;">). However, the variability inherent in kefir production conditions in different assays makes it difficult to conduct comparisons between reported scientific results (</span><a aria-expanded="false" aria-haspopup="true" class=" bibr popnode" href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3833126/#b10-bjm-44-341" rid="b10-bjm-44-341" role="button" style="background-color: white; color: #642a8f; font-family: 'Times New Roman', stixgeneral, serif; font-size: 15.9991px; line-height: 21.9988px;">Farnworth, 2005</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times new roman" , "stixgeneral" , serif; font-size: 15.9991px; line-height: 21.9988px;">; </span><a aria-expanded="false" aria-haspopup="true" class=" bibr popnode" href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3833126/#b11-bjm-44-341" rid="b11-bjm-44-341" role="button" style="background-color: white; color: #642a8f; font-family: 'Times New Roman', stixgeneral, serif; font-size: 15.9991px; line-height: 21.9988px;">Farnworth and Mainville, 2008</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times new roman" , "stixgeneral" , serif; font-size: 15.9991px; line-height: 21.9988px;">; </span><a aria-expanded="false" aria-haspopup="true" class=" bibr popnode" href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3833126/#b38-bjm-44-341" rid="b38-bjm-44-341" role="button" style="background-color: white; color: #642a8f; font-family: 'Times New Roman', stixgeneral, serif; font-size: 15.9991px; line-height: 21.9988px;">Rattray and O’Connel, 2011</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times new roman" , "stixgeneral" , serif; font-size: 15.9991px; line-height: 21.9988px;">).</span></blockquote>
The above review didn't address the nutritional content of kefir besides B-12. It's rumored to be high in calcium, magnesium and K-2, but as noted above, the variability in production methods makes it hard to guess at the actual nutritional content of a particular culture.<br />
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I've had this craving for kefir again a few times since, and a friend provided me with some grains and talked me into attempting it myself. The results are mixed. My cultured milk was drinkable, but quite tart and needed significant sugar and fruit boost. It also takes dedication to keep the culture going, you can't just not buy milk and stop feeding it this week, if you refrigerate or freeze the culture to prolong time between feedings, you have to plan around warming it and reviving it before you can start a fresh batch. So I've pretty much given up on culturing it myself.<br />
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Every now and then I get a craving, and I go ahead and buy some. I usually get <a href="http://lifewaykefir.com/products/wildberries-and-cream-whole-milk-kefir/">Lifeway Organic Whole Milk Kefir, Wildberries and Cream flavor</a>. I'm not normally a fan of organic, but this product is whole milk, from cows on pasture (organic cows must have some pasture, although they might not be entirely grass fed) and it tastes great. <br />
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This is not a ketogenic food, but approaches the "40/30/30 balance" that some folks on moderate carb diets aspire to:<br />
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Denise Skidmorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10977325703685007075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126279812243165595.post-18127855254320723712018-01-20T02:03:00.001-05:002018-01-20T02:22:14.942-05:00Returning to Full TimeReturning to full time <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/deniseskidmore/">work </a>on Monday. I've got my special <a href="http://my-health-experiment.blogspot.com/2016/08/autonomous-smartdesk-2.html">desk </a>and <a href="http://my-health-experiment.blogspot.com/2016/07/forearm-angle-slouching-and-vertical.html">bench</a> in the garage for now, it's unfortunately supposed to rain my first couple days at work, so I'm not anxious to transport my electrically powered desk in the back of an open truck. The bench though I think I can sneak into the back seat, and won't be damaged much by water if I do have to haul it in the truck.<br />
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I would have rathered continue to work part time, and have more time to take care of myself, but after months of looking, full time is all that is available, and the bills need paying, and the hay in the loft won't last all winter, so I'll take what is available. The work itself sounds very interesting and right in line with my expertise. The commute is not so great, nowhere near my former carpool, I'll have to drive myself to work for the first time in years, and I will rarely get to go to lunch with hubby. But overall it's a good tradeoff I think. I'll have a lot more financial freedom and grow professionally. Worst case, if I can't handle everything, we scale back or even close down the farm. Keeping this property without me working doesn't really seem to be an option. We can get by on hubby's income, but we need mine to cover niceties and emergencies, and some overdue home maintenance.<br />
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I'll need to be more careful about planning my paleolunch, as there's not going to be a grocery store right next door any more. Going out for lunch will mean taking my full hour and working a bit later.Denise Skidmorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10977325703685007075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126279812243165595.post-30364289220589118492018-01-20T01:48:00.002-05:002018-01-20T01:48:36.859-05:00Autonomous SmartDesk 2 ReviewI purchased the <a href="https://www.autonomous.ai/?slug=smartdesk-sit-to-stand-height-adjustable-standing-desk">Autonomous SmartDesk</a> 2. I got the ergonomic cutout top, and the heavier duty (and longer travel) motors. Assembly was fairly straightforward, there were a couple minor machining tolerances issues, but nothing that required extra hammering or drilling to get around. I did run into a problem when I misplaced the manual and the manual available online didn't actually match my desk, so the electronic functions seemed to be broken, but it all worked fine when I got a hold of the correct set of directions. <br />
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I've used it professionally for awhile now. It's noticeable to my co-workers when the motors run, but I get more comments about lording my station over everyone than about making noise. After initial set-up I've not had any problems with the electronics at all. It's sturdy enough that I have no problems putting some weight on the desk when I need extra support or need to reach behind my monitor. <br />
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I use the standing function more some days than others, depending on my health that day. In combination with my bench I have a large array of sitting, standing, and kneeling positions to rotate between depending on my current needs, although the only two settings I've put into the memory are normal sitting and normal standing.<br />
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I do wish I'd made the <a href="http://my-health-experiment.blogspot.com/2016/07/forearm-angle-slouching-and-vertical.html">bench </a>after getting the desk, I could benefit from sitting a bit lower, which the desk would allow. The bench was made for proper arm height relative to my prior desk.<br />
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The attachment of the control panel to the desk may have suffered in it's recent move, but electrically everything still works, once I set it up again I might unscrew the panel and see if it needs a bit of glue or wood putty somewhere.Denise Skidmorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10977325703685007075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126279812243165595.post-61246882893175484352018-01-11T10:59:00.000-05:002018-01-11T10:59:23.630-05:00Status Report, January 2018Long time, no update.<br />
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I'm very slowly gaining strength. I can now balance on one leg for 30 seconds without holding onto the wall.<br />
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I tried an <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLui6Eyny-UzwIo3OBXV_KlsWaxUANvWhh">online yoga class</a> that runs for this month, but the sessions were too long for my current fitness level, and trying too many new exercises in one day was bound to frequently find exercises that tweak my hip. I am trying to use this class showing up in my feed as a trigger to do other exercises.<br />
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I did find this "pelvic reset" exercise that seems useful. The first time I did it there was a significant klunk and improvement. It's not a reliable fix, but it is strength building and doesn't tweak anything, so I'm including it regularly.<br />
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If I rotate that soccer ball a little bit so that my bad leg is lower than the good leg, I can find a weak muscle that doesn't tweak anything to work on. The push/pull part can hurt pretty badly when pushing down on the bad leg, but it doesn't seem to have negative lingering after effects, so we can categorize it as the kind of pain that is chasing out weakness.<br />
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The same trainer had some good insights on exercise for the hypermobile:<br />
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(TL;DW: motor control and massage is good, range of motion and stretching is bad.)<br />
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An important discovery is that I can work on adduction as long as I don't move internal of the neutral position. The isometric work with the soccer ball between the knees is one example. I can also fasten a stretch band to the leg of the bed, side step away, and work on moving the leg from external to neutral position. When I've had a bit of consistent sucess with my current routine, I may try something similar with internal rotation, rotating from an external to neutral position.<br />
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My daily checklist which I've been sloppy about following for awhile now, includes ankle rotations, one leg balancing, and calf raises. Working hard on my ankles gives more general stability to my system, so the hip doesn't have to work as hard. The hip does do some work in balancing during these exercises, but isn't the main focus. Working primarily on the ankles means I'm not likely to tweak the hip with PT. The newer stuff referenced above addresses the hip more directly.<br />
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On the ergonomics front, I'm about to start a new job. I'm a little nervous about going back to full time, but I think I'll be fine if I get my desk and my bench in on day one. I have done plenty of long days on part time work, and even the occasional 40 hour week.<br />
<br />Denise Skidmorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10977325703685007075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126279812243165595.post-66815879545342723452016-11-29T14:13:00.001-05:002016-11-29T14:13:06.845-05:00Hip ImprovementsBeen awhile since I updated on the hip.<br />
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I finally got the red tape cleared and saw a specialist. I had x-rays and an MRI, and no real diagnosis. My x-rays look perfect, except a blur at the top of my hip socket where it hurt which "is probably a bad x-ray". There was a tendinosis finding on the MRI, but I believe that was secondary to the bad PT I was getting while waiting to see the doc. There was a secondary observation of an anomaly with the cartilage in the top of the hip socket (where my pain was), but that the imaging was of the wrong type to make any conclusions. The doc said tendinosis is kinda like bursitis (uh, no reference I can find agrees) and wrote tendinitis on my PT referral (also not the same thing). He completely ignored the observation that wasn't in the "findings" summary.<br />
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I took my PT referral to a new PT, and boy did I get lucky. If you're in my area, I highly recomend Kelly Monsma, DPT of <a href="http://www.villagefit.com/staff_ganandawalworth.htm">Gananda-Walworth Physical Therapy</a>. She did a very careful evaluation of my issues, she thinks independently, she is willing to keep learning, she seems to have a grasp of why my hyper flexibility is a problem and what to do about it. She is willing to re-evaluate and change direction when things are not working for me.<br />
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During my evaluation, the PT pulled on my leg. It felt pretty good, so when I got home I had my husband pull on my leg. He pulled a little harder. There was a pop, and the next day I was walking almost normally. I'm still in PT to rebuild strength and address the secondary issues of my loose joints. I have to have my leg re-pulled about once a week, or every couple days if I'm wearing barn boots. When it needs pulling, I feel kinda compressed, like the feeling of putting on a frame pack laden near your max carry weight...<br />
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The best news is that I'm back to working as much as I want to, and sitting at my desk at home as much as I want to. No more moping on the couch watching TV. (Ok, at least not as a habit.)<br />
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So I'm making progress on hip stability, but it's pretty clear now that my ankles are the most limiting factor in balance right now. My right side ankle control muscles got all cramped up and caused problems with my plantar fascia. I'm currently weaning myself off of crutches in the morning and sports tape backing up my plantar fascia during the day. I do mostly ok once I'm warmed up and moving.<br />
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There are lots of different methods of taping feet for PF support, <a href="http://stage0www.uptodate.com/contents/image?imageKey=PI%2F53721&topicKey=PI%2F698&source=see_link&utdPopup=true">this one</a> works for me:<br />
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I tried an ankle brace that just didn't fit me well. I can't find a night brace sized for my 18" calf. (although some are sized by shoe size and others by calf size?) If this goes on longer I may apply my corset making and shoe making skills to custom fit ankle bracing...</div>
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Barn boots provide some ankle stability but prevent stretching further, so they're a sometimes shoe.</div>
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I've also *gasp* bought another pair of Asic Gels, my old friends that turned on me... I was in so much pain the day I bought them, and the sales guy too busy to help, I only tried 3 pairs and didn't give other brands a fair chance to win my love. I also stuck over the counter PF inserts inside them. They provide a lot of support and the heel rise means I can function before being fully stretched out, but again, this is a sometimes shoe when I need rest more than stretching. I'm still barefooting and wearing moccasins at least half time to keep things as limber as possible.</div>
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Another thing that's been useful is a big fat foam roller. Before putting my full weight on my feet when I get up in the morning, I sit on the edge of the bed and work the foam roller under my feet, stretching the calves by elevating the toes. I still sometimes am in too much of a hurry to get up and just grab crutches, but it's a major improvement in my crutches-free days rate. At work I have a lacrosse ball under my desk. I don't work my feet intensely with it, but I do prop up the ball/pad of my foot to keep things stretched out as much as possible. I'm considering getting rollers for my desks as well...</div>
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Two steps forward, one step back, hopefully I'll at least keep on making net progress...</div>
<br />Denise Skidmorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10977325703685007075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126279812243165595.post-15264632872011793082016-11-07T11:05:00.001-05:002018-03-30T09:56:05.990-04:00Aidells Teriyaki & Pineapple Chicken Meatballs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Usually chicken sausages are lower fat versions of their pork cousins, but these guys pass the all but the strictest high-fat macronutrient tests:<br />
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And quite tasty to boot!<br />
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There are a couple soy products within, but just traditional sauces (soy sauce and miso flavorings). Soy sauce does contain wheat, so this isn't a good food for celiacs, but should be low enough gluten for most gluten sensitive individuals. It is ketogenic, but not strongly enough for the treatment of epilepsy. The meatballs are browned in vegetable oil rather than an animal fat, it's unclear how much of the fat content is vegetable oil, and how much is the fattier parts of the chicken.<br />
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So, not a perfect food, but close to my 600 calories per meal target, tasty, not likely to trigger my carb overload symptoms.Denise Skidmorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10977325703685007075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126279812243165595.post-51611089227520479692016-08-15T23:59:00.000-04:002016-08-15T23:59:02.181-04:00Autonomous SmartDesk 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So, when you're uncomfortable sitting, but tire easily standing, and you have a desk job, what are you to do? Well, I'm going to give a motorized sit-to-stand desk a try. There's a one month lead time on my order, so a review will be a bit in coming.Denise Skidmorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10977325703685007075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126279812243165595.post-53691546082309838272016-07-31T17:53:00.001-04:002016-08-09T21:05:49.547-04:00Forearm angle, slouching, and vertical keyboards<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
First of all today, let's look at some of the stability problems with sitting, take especial note around 6:30 of the arm position comments.</div>
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Now the self-experimentation phase. Sit in lotus, half-lotus, or indian position. Sit up straight, with your arms turned upwards as in meditation. Relax the spine without moving your arms. I feel a bit of tension, like part of the body is hanging off another part, but I don't slouch much. Now sit up straight and turn palms downwards and relax. That tension doesn't occur, and I slouch forwards more significantly. For me there is definately something to this hand posture affecting my shoulder and spine posture.<br />
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But for those of us that are stuck at a desk typing all day, is there anything to be done?<br />
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I've enacted phase I of the better desk sitting plan, my lotus bench:<br />
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The bench is a beast because we started with scrap barn wood, mostly 2x12s for materials, and assembled in rather a hurry. I had a romantic notion that I was going to finish it in one evening and be back at work raring to go the next day. In reality, exhaustion set in, and I stopped before making stupid design decisions in the interest of time. It ended up taking a week, and my hubby finished it for me as I was too out of it by then to participate much, but he set it up while I was sleeping Thursday night and I've been using it since Friday (almost three days). I do still need a big horizontal break at midday, but it is a vast improvement over chair sitting, and I think I can do longer shifts at work if I can stand the drive to/from. (I've been working an average of 2 hours a day last week.)</div>
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I'm now considering phase II, which would better position my arms for a relaxed and upright spine: a vertical keyboard.</div>
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There are a few commercial options for a vertical keyboard:</div>
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The Freestyle2 keyboard with Ascent accessory:</h3>
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I trust the Kinesis brand because I had very good results from their "<a href="https://www.kinesis-ergo.com/shop/advantage-for-pc-mac/">Advantage</a>" keyboard when I was having wrist mobility issues. I think they have a pretty clear understanding of ergonomics. The Ascent allows for multiple keyboard angles, and multiple distances between the boards, for lots of flexibility. The price though is tough. $119 for the keyboard, (with longer cord) $219 for the ascent accessory. But I suppose $338 is not horrendous compared to the competition, and I'd gladly pay the $299 to replace my ancient Advantage if having similar issues again.</div>
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The SafeType:</h3>
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The SafeType has a <a href="http://ergo.human.cornell.edu/pub/hfpresentations/vkhfes99.pdf">Cornell study</a> backing the claims on an early prototype, showing improved wrist posture and possible reduction in injury risk, but they only compared vs a traditional keyboard, and did no long term study, so the study is of limited use in picking an ergonomic keyboard. The rear-view mirrors look like a useful feature, but the angle and distance are fixed, allowing no customization for different shoulder widths and such. Refurbished price $189, new is $289.75 (on sale from $305)</div>
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Yogitype:</div>
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The Yogitype has less hand separation than the other options, but has an adjustable angle, integrated adjustable forearm support, and a unique solution to the "I can't see the keys" problem. On the backside of the board are unlabeled keys, on the front side of the board is a light-up key legend that shows you where the keys are and which you just pressed. The marketing is heavily aimed at people who have never learned to touch type before, which implies that it has a pretty steep learning curve for those of us that can touch type on a traditional keyboard, but this is true of most radically different ergonomic keyboards. It took a considerable adaptation period to adjust to my Advantage board, where I took an online touch type course to re-learn the key positions. There is a note on their website that the arrangement of keys may not be optimal for programming as it is for word processing, which could be problematic for me. USD price, $325.81, which makes it the most pricey of the three options. It comes from europe so shipping may be an issue, and you might want Google Translate installed before proceeding to the "select options" page which is not in English. </div>
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I've not committed to a purchase this time, still mulling it over.</div>
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Denise Skidmorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10977325703685007075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126279812243165595.post-39026122711886580812016-07-23T23:09:00.001-04:002016-07-23T23:10:12.140-04:00Hip roller costerSo, after my recent post about the <a href="http://my-health-experiment.blogspot.com/2016/07/modern-furniture-leads-to-modern-posture.html">Gokhale Method</a>, I added an exercise to my PT routine to try rotating my hips so my tailbone pointed backwards while sitting down. It felt kinda uncomfortable in my bad hip, but good on my back.<br />
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7/19. While in the process of sitting down in my chair at work, something gave in my hip. There was a brief intense pain, and a lasting dull pain. <b>Mobility in that hip went through the roof</b>. I was suddenly able to be much more active than before. The hip rotation in my exercise became the most comfortable resting position rather than an effort. All my regular pain points moved. My leg was straight.<br />
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I considered that I’d need to restart my PT at the beginning before I developed new compensation patterns, but was too busy getting useful things done to get serious about it right away. Did a little bit of my most routine PT. Noticed especially problems with my asian squat, other exercises brought up new tense areas, but still doable.<br />
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I mowed, I cleaned the house, I did laundry, and I didn't have to stop because I was tired. <b>It was glorious.</b><br />
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7/22 After a day of sitting, and a quick demo to a friend of where my new squat problem area was, started to have moderate hip pain. <br />
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7/23 Had already decided to take a day of rest as the new pain areas were getting overloaded with the sudden change, didn’t want to compensate back into the old gait. After sitting for extended lunch with company, started having intense hip pain. Stretching, ibuprofen, and a nap helped, but sitting still uncomfortable, and standing tiring. Following Mobility Wod videos for emergency PT, spending a lot of time horizontal.<br />
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Planning to call a professional PT on Monday. Scoped one out with certifications I like, connected to a gym with more certifications I like, and in-network for my insurance.<br />
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Denise Skidmorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10977325703685007075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126279812243165595.post-16227307336543288402016-07-19T10:18:00.001-04:002016-07-19T10:18:17.726-04:00Don't teach your child to be fatA recent discussion on Facebook brought up several details in common between the childhoods of overweight people that bear mentioning to those trying to raise healthy kids.<br />
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Dinner time should be a family social occasion with food present, and let natural hunger dictate how much food is eaten during that time. If the child can be excused to go play by wolfing down a measured portion, you're rewarding them ignoring hunger signals and cravings and forcing themselves to eat. Schedule at least 20 minutes for dinner. If your child doesn't have the patience to sit as long as the adults, set a time at which they will be excused, not a consumption requirement.<br />
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Don't clean your plate</h3>
If you have to, get a pet chicken or pig so the food isn't "wasted". It is reasonable to ask a child to try a new food, but making them eat all of it isn't going to make them like it, and will teach them to try to eat without tasting. It may be reasonable to reserve their plate in the fridge until they claim hunger two hours later. Don't sweat unfinished food, a hungry child would have eaten it by now.<br />
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Don't leave out large volumes of food</h3>
When leaving out snacks for the kids when they get home from school, leave out measured portions, not large supplies. If the kids have already developed mindless eating habits, it's very easy for them to just munch and munch in front of the TV or game console until you get home. Consider if snacks are even necessary, talk to your child about how they feel after school, and if they are tired, they might try a nap rather than sugar/starch to regain energy.<br />
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Remember childhood pounds never go away</h3>
Fat cells can shrink, but never go away. They're sitting there waiting to re-expand and fight fat loss for the rest of your life. We don't want to be overly obsessed with thinness in growing children, they do need some fat for brain development and calories on board to support those growth spurts, but a trend of putting on excess pounds is not likely to stop without intentional intervention, changing habits and diet. It may be easier to put on pasta every night when the child is old enough to start prepping dinner before you get home from work, but if that doesn't agree with your child's metabolism you may need to find other alternatives or upgrade your child's cooking skills.Denise Skidmorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10977325703685007075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126279812243165595.post-10802202908468432412016-07-13T16:07:00.001-04:002016-07-13T16:07:31.220-04:00Low calorie Avocado?So, I was shopping, and there was a label above the avocados claiming they were a "low calorie food" which I thought was pretty odd, given that avocados are one of the highest fat foods you'll find in the produce section. So looking into it:<br />
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Of course, the tricksy issue is that a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serving_size">RACC/"serving"</a> is pretty ambiguous size.<br />
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An <a href="https://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods/show/2157">avocado</a> has 227 calories in it, 167 calories per 100 grams, but only 50 calories "per serving". So that means you get to eat 1/5 of a medium avocado per sitting to keep it within the official serving size.<br />
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But even with that serving size, 50 > 40, and 167>120 this is not a "low calorie food". Read your labels, but also use your brain!<br />
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That said, <a href="http://www.californiaavocado.com/nutrition">avocados are a pretty good for you food</a>. They got fiber, they got fat, they have all the sorts of micronutrients expected from fruits and veggies. The vegetarians like them, the low omega-6 eaters like them, the glycemic index folk like them, the alkaline diet folk like them, even the guy that thinks we should eat chlorophyll and absorb sunlight recommends them (and the avocado is probably why his followers are still alive.) If you've got something against the avocado, you're in the minority.<br />
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So, have and avocado, but remember the calories count, it's not a free vegetable in your diet plan.Denise Skidmorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10977325703685007075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126279812243165595.post-19221451696264838412016-07-07T16:45:00.000-04:002016-07-07T16:45:22.794-04:00Modern furniture leads to modern posture?I recently stumbled across the Gokhale Method. <br />
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“Most pain can be attributed to how we hold ourselves and how we move. Since we aren't born with a user’s manual, we rely on our culture to guide us.<br />
About a century ago, our culture took a wrong turn.” <br />
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She seems to have some good points about there being evidence that people of modern western culture have a different posture than our ancestors or modern third world cultures. I wonder though, if it is not so much our culture as our furniture.<br />
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Sit on the hardest surface you can find. Start sitting with your spine in an s curve, your shoulders relaxed and slightly forward. Feel the discomfort of the surface, feel most of your weight on two little hip bone points. Now shift to Gokhale’s recommended posture, roll your hips so your tail bone is sticking out behind you, and pull your shoulders straight and your spine tall. Feel the discomfort of the surface under you. Feel how the pressure has been relieved by being distributed over the leg instead of over one little point.<br />
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Modern furniture is made for modern posture, and reinforces modern posture.<br />
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Yet another reason to consider replacing my "ergonomic" office chair with a wooden bench, but I don't think I'll be buying the stretchsit cushion or balancing her special pillow on my head (if I want that kind of exercise, our ancestors taught young ladies to balance books up there.)<br />
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Denise Skidmorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10977325703685007075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126279812243165595.post-79876075527503344132016-06-22T13:02:00.000-04:002016-06-22T13:02:58.542-04:00Ezekiel BreadSome people go nuts for Ezekiel Bread, supposedly a perfect food whose recipe is given in the bible. The recipe is based on <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ezekiel+4:9-17">Ezekiel 4:9</a>. <br />
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Ohh! Multi grain! Ain't it wonderful! The perfect food ordained by God!<br />
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No, not really...<br />
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Let's read the <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ezekiel%204&version=ESV">whole chapter</a>:<br />
Ezekiel 4:1-3, Ezekiel is instructed to construct a model of a siege against Jerusalem.<br />
Ezekiel 4:4-8, Ezekiel is instructed to lay down in one place for over a year without moving, while facing the siege model.<br />
Ezekiel 4:9-11, Ezekiel is given the recipe for the bread that he is to eat during this ordeal, with the amount of food and water to be strictly rationed as would occur during a time of siege. <br />
Ezekiel 4:12-15, The baking instructions for the bread is given, <b><u>to be baked over human dung</u></b>. Ezekiel begs mercy on this point, and is allowed to use cow dung instead. (I've never seen any fans of Ezekiel bread include these instructions.)<br />
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Just in case you can't follow what's going on here, <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ezekiel+4%3A16-17&version=ESV">the chapter sums it up</a> nicely for you:<br />
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So there you go, Ezekiel bread was not for obtaining optimum health of the prophet during his ministry, it was a visible sign of the terrible famine and war that was coming to Jerusalem.<br />
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There are several more modern examples of "War Bread" which is made from whatever starchy scraps you have on hand to stretch the scarce flour. Traditional ingredients include multigrain, legumes, and potatoes. They have more crumb than white or wheat bread as they lack the gluten strands that make wheat bread so airy.<br />
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<a href="http://www.food.com/recipe/war-bread-234185">http://www.food.com/recipe/war-bread-234185</a><br />
<a href="http://www.cooks.com/recipe/ld61c046/war-bread.html">http://www.cooks.com/recipe/ld61c046/war-bread.html</a><br />
<a href="http://thehomefronthousewife.blogspot.com/2011/11/recipe-5-national-loaf.html">http://thehomefronthousewife.blogspot.com/2011/11/recipe-5-national-loaf.html</a><br />
<a href="http://www.cooks.com/recipe/9z73307d/my-grandmothers-war-bread.html">http://www.cooks.com/recipe/9z73307d/my-grandmothers-war-bread.html</a><br />
<a href="http://www.americanfoodroots.com/recipes/war-bread/">http://www.americanfoodroots.com/recipes/war-bread/</a><br />
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Now I don't mean to discourage you from eating multigrain over white bread, or from sprouting your grains, a variety of grains is probably more healthy for you than sticking to white flour. These traditional war bread recipes exist because our ancestors used to have supplies of those other grains around to stretch the white flour with, so if you're not thickening soups with rye berries and eating bowls of oatmeal, a multigrain bread may be a good way to get these alternative grains into your diet. (Assuming you tolerate carbs better than I do.) Just please don't tell me that your multigrain bread is spiritual or a God-ordained perfect food...<br />
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