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Read more: Vitamin B12 in the news
Vitamin B12 in the news
3 comments on Vitamin B12 in the newsI’ve written about my vitamin B12 absorption problem before. The NY Times recently posted a good primer on B12 deficiencies, including those at risk: Natural plant sources are meager at best in B12, and the vitamin is poorly absorbed from them. […C]hronic users of acid-suppressing drugs like Prilosec, Prevacid and Nexium, as well as ulcer medications like Pepcid and Tagamet, are at risk of developing a B12…
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Read more: Semi-Random Update
Semi-Random Update
I am sitting naked on my couch, wrapped in an afghan. “Breakfast” this morning was a banana, 2 butterflake rolls, and a glass of diet Pepsi. My temp job is taking huge amounts of my time. I will likely be working some today, for example. More permanent positions may be added in my group. I have given my grandboss my resume. The last few months I’ve been…
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Read more: Happy Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving
This year I offer a couple funny songs about Thanksgiving: :)
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Read more: Go Away Stalkers
Go Away Stalkers
Online harassers are being discussed again (or maybe it never stopped). I don’t have a solution. I do have a rockin’ dance track for it, though. To quote the artist: “Go Away God Boy” was written in roughly three hours, after a telephone call with my friend the poet Mia Nutick, also known as the Wicked Fairy Apologist. Mia had had the misfortune to attract an online…
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Read more: For All The Parents Out There…
For All The Parents Out There…
Think about how you will react if your child is fat. Over time, if you’re making it clear that you don’t want a fat son or daughter, well, your son or daughter may not be able to stop being fat. But your son or daughter can eventually choose to stop being your son or daughter. Imagine your adult child building a life with people who aren’t nagging…
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Read more: My fat eats cellphones
My fat eats cellphones
I lost my phone. I thought it was next to me on the couch. Or maybe in the couch. The couch doesn’t have separate cushions, but there is an opening in the fabric in the back near the support that my cell loves to dive for and it’s difficult to get out of….. Anyway. I couldn’t find my phone. So the man of the house tried to call my…
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Read more: Rebecca Puhl on Chris Christie & Weight Bias
Rebecca Puhl on Chris Christie & Weight Bias
Rebecca Puhl is the director of research at the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity at Yale. The Rudd Center is pro-weight loss, which can be disconcerting to run across on their website. Nonetheless, they do useful research on weight discrimination and health, not to mention writing articles for CNN on how weight discrimination affects the news coverage of NJ Gov Chris Christie. How common is [weight discrimination]? It may…
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