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Be right back

What an afternoon for a cruise. bound!

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Hello again Boston

Atlantic Ave heading to the ferry to cruise down to Hingham. GORGEOUS day!

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Copper and low carb diets

This entry is part 14 of 25 in the series M. Eades' Blog

Zinc and copper are absorbed through the same ionic channel, and when there is an overabundance of zinc it gets absorbed instead of the copper. […] Certain elements in their ionic form get absorbed through the same channel. As long as these elements present to the channel in a specific ratio, they get through in that same ratio. If, however, there is an overabundance of one, it occupies the channel, preventing the other from getting through and can create an deficiency of the other despite an adequate intake.

~ Michael Eades from, «http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/uncategorized/low-carb-diets-and-copper/»

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Parkour bones

When training Parkour we learn a lot of different movements, jumping, rolling, running, swinging, pushing, pulling and so on. Sometimes we also learn how to fall without getting injured.

This is a skill, really. A skill that consists of awareness, reaction ability and the understanding that you need to keep the momentum, distributing the force through out the body. This is somewhat amazing to look at. And people, who train bail-techniques often, can become extraordinary at falling.

Marcus Grandjean from, PARKOUR BONES

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Why is it so hard to be nice, polite even?

The bulk of the advice can be summed up with “don’t be a dick.” Don’t be late, don’t be rude, don’t place your immediate convenience over the feelings and efforts of the person you’re interacting with.

~ Peter Welch from, Etiquette Lost

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Why peak oil predictions haven’t come true

It seems to me, though, that a third outcome is not only possible, but is what is actually happening.

3. Diminishing returns from oil limits are already beginning to hit, but the impacts and the expected shape of the down slope are quite different from those forecast by most Peak Oilers.

Gail Tverberg from, WSJ Gets it Wrong on “Why Peak Oil Predictions Haven’t Come True”

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Our 24th anniversary

Today is our 24th anniversary! So excited and happy to be able to play outside… what a way to celebrate an anniversary!

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Five simple rules

Five simple rules for happiness:
1. Free your heart from hatred
2. Free your mind from worries
3. Live simply
4. Give more
5. Expect less

~ unknown

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Metabolism and ketosis

This entry is part 13 of 25 in the series M. Eades' Blog

If you read any medical school biochemistry textbook, you’ll find a section devoted to what happens metabolically during starvation. If you read these sections with a knowing eye, you’ll realize that everything discussed as happening during starvation happens during carbohydrate restriction as well. There have been a few papers published recently showing the same thing: the metabolism of carb restriction = the metabolism of starvation. I would maintain, however, based on my study of the Paleolithic diet, that starvation and carb restriction are simply the polar ends of a continuum, and that carb restriction was the norm for most of our existence as upright walking beings on this planet, making the metabolism of what biochemistry textbook authors call starvation the ‘normal’ metabolism.

~ Michael Eades from, «http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/ketones-and-ketosis/metabolism-and-ketosis/»

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