The internet is full of people and companies who make tall claims about therapies. Those who claim the efficacy of magic pills, magic diets, magic touch, magic magnets and magic light. My goal in this article is to briefly review the scientific literature and do an initial sanity check to see if light therapies are legitimate and then to understand under what conditions they are effective and to what degree and under what basic conditions.
Category: Health & Biology
On Orthopedic Injuries: Wrist Ligaments
last three years or so I’ve gone through a ton of injuries. This might be because I’m getting older. Or that I’m taking more athletic risks. Here I want to discuss one such injury and document some of the damage and how it happened so that you, dear reader, can be smarter and learn from my mistakes. Or if you don’t learn, that you can see what these injuries look like and how to deal with them. This will be more of a show and tell and i will discuss my wrist ligament injury and how I localized and addressed it with and without a doctor’s help.
Trusting the Medical System
I find myself in a conundrum. I don’t like going to the doctors. And often, I find myself lacking trust in doctors as well. The reason for this lack of trust, isn’t because doctors are lacking in knowledge or that medicines and treatments aren’t effective. Rather its because a health system has been created that limits their efficacy.
I was Eating a Shockingly Poor Diet. Here’s What I Learned
I realized I was over eating. And decided to count calories for a month and see the results. At the end I’ve got some simple statistics of how my calorie intake changed day to day. Next time around I’ll do something more scientific like measuring my weight and shit.
Sigh … They’re Only Earthworms
Ahhh … university … your halls smell so sweet. Well folks. This story is about one of those strange idiosyncrasies of life. About how people get worked up over little things. My tale begins with a simple desire. The desire to live a sustainable life and explore the multifaceted world of sustainable engineering. And so, […]