Sublingual Benadryl in Acute Allergic Reactions

This is the first time I learned something from a Quora Question. I am now going to advise my clients to suggest using sublingual diphenhydramine at home during an acute allergic reaction to their patients. The Question was pure genius.

https://www.quora.com/If-you-are-having-an-allergic-reaction-and-feel-that-your-tongue-might-be-swelling-yes-use-Epipen-and-call-ambulance-etc-would-Benadryl-capsule-or-a-Unisom-Sleepmelt-under-the-tongue-or-liquid-Benadryl-work-quicker/answer/Michael-Mangold-4?ch=10&share=8da9b8db&srid=TCJzj

Boobs

 My Quora Answer to the Question, "Why have breasts been sexualized when they deem no sexual purposes?" I didn't write it, but my first thought was that this isn't a question. Rather it is an opinion.

"The second, about 300,000 years ago, had to do with females being able to choose their mates due to face-to-face sex. Until then, as in the rest of creation, sex was basically rape. The first guy in her from behind during ovulation would usually end up being the biological father of her next kid. Like a glory hole contest for paternity."

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The Best Kale Recipe Ever

1. Sow Kale early. It likes cool temperatures and shade.

2. Raise chickens. Free-range them if possible. Their eggs will contain more nutrients that way.

3. Harvest the kale and wash thoroughly with cold tap water.

4. Feed kale to chickens.

5. Sacrifice, cook, and eat the chickens.

Chew On This (continued)

There is unfinished business here concerning Fletcherism and his lifelong passion to liquify our food before swallowing. Saliva contains several beneficial ingredients that include amylase, lipase, and lysozyme. The first two are enzymes that break down carbohydrates and fats.  Lysozyme, also known as muramidase or N-acetylmuramide glycanhydrolase, is an antimicrobial enzyme produced by animals that forms part of the immune system. Fletcherism is basically a way to facilitate your body's innate wisdom.

So chew your food thoroughly and that includes shakes. You may think that since they are already "liquids" that they don't need such extensive mastication. Think again. They are really suspensions of solids within the liquid. 

I learned about this from my paternal grandmother Nellie by the time I was six. Her advice was a bit different, though. She encouraged us to chew 22 times before the swallow. I suppose that was adequate for some foods but probably not for the majority.

So Eat, Be Strong, & Enjoy!

But You Cannot Cage Her Soul

"Chelsea Vosters, of Wisconsin, spent the first seven years of her life living in a dog cage."

Starting in 2004, Chelsea became my medical patient at Mendota Mental Health Insititute in Madison, WI. You couldn't find a nicer, more friendly youngster than her. She was shy and withdrawn, very cute, and polite, but she was always melancholy. Who wouldn't be? I loved to see her smile and laugh at my corny Dad jokes. One time I got to make her give me the biggest smile I have ever seen on a child.

Cookie was my wife at the time and she made the brilliant suggestion to buy Chelsea a necklace. So we went to the local Marshall Fields and bought one. I have to admit that I have an impeccable taste in lady's jewelry. I gave it to Chelsea the next day and will always cherish the look of surprise and joy.

Always.

Chelsea Vosters

I Am Doing a Countdown Promotion for My First Book, "How to Think Like a Doctor"

 

I am doing a countdown promotion for my first book, How to Think Like a Doctor starting Friday, September 8th, and finishing on Tuesday, September 8th. The book is an entry-level medical text, written especially for new med and nursing students, EMT’s, CNA’s, Paramedics, and everyone who is interested in learning how physicians approach patient care and think logically about their problems. Using a case study from an actual patient who presented to my clinic, I dissect her issues through multiple techniques, including her Chief Complaint, History of Present Illness, Past Medical History, Physical Exam, et cetera, and arrive at a Definitive Diagnosis.

Her Treatment Plan included a combination of behavioral and lifestyle changes and prescriptions. Which worked!

My mantra for all of my books is “Enjoy & Learn,” and I hope you will.

Thank you in advance for buying this revealing book.

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Una Promoción de Cuenta Regresiva Para mi Libro Cómo Pensar Como un Doctor Comenzando el Viernes 4 de Septiembre

Estoy haciendo una promoción de cuenta regresiva para mi primer libro, Cómo Pensar Como un Doctor comenzando el viernes 4 de septiembre y terminando el martes 8 de septiembre Cómo Pensar Como un Doctor  es un texto médico de nivel de entrada, escrito especialmente para nuevos

estudiantes de medicina y enfermería, EMT, CNA, Paramédicos, y todos los que estén interesados en aprender cómo los médicos abordan la atención al paciente y piensan lógicamente sobre sus problemas. Utilizando un estudio de caso de un paciente real que se presentó en mi clínica, analizo sus problemas a

través de múltiples técnicas, incluida su Queja Principal, Antecedentes de Enfermedades Actuales, Antecedentes Médicos Anteriores, Examen Físico,etcétera, y llego a un Diagnóstico Definitivo. Su Plan de Tratamiento incluía una combinación de cambios de comportamiento y estilo de vida, y recetas.

¡Que funcionó!

Mi mantra para todos mis libros es "Disfruta y Aprende" y espero que tú también lo hagas. 

Gracias de antemano por comprar este revelador libro.

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Fletcher Hits the Bullseye

Horace Fletcher (1849-1919) was known as “The Great Masticator'' a dubious title. The foodie earned this appellation because of his practice and advocacy of chewing food until liquified before swallowing. IMHO, this is excellent advice, unlike his promotion of low protein, high carb diets. Oh well.

One surprising, if not gross, interest of his was poop. But believe it or not, these days the Bulletproof people also want us to study Number Two as a means to improve our health. I will blog about that soon.

From Wikipedia: His mastication system became known as "Fletcherism".

Fletcher and his followers recited and followed his instructions religiously, even claiming that liquids, too, had to be chewed in order to be properly mixed with saliva. Fletcher argued that his mastication method will increase the amount of strength a person could have while actually decreasing the amount of food that he consumed. Fletcher promised that "Fletcherizing", as it became known, would turn "a pitiable glutton into an intelligent epicurean”...

...He believed that the only true indication of one’s nutrition was evidenced by excreta (Fletcher 142). Fletcher advocated teaching children to examine their excreta as a means for disease prevention (Fletcher 143). If one was in good health and maintained proper nutrition then their excreta, or digestive "ash", as Fletcher called it, should be entirely "inoffensive". By inoffensive, Fletcher meant that there was no stench and no evidence of bacterial decomposition.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Fletcher?wprov=sfla1