Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33152338

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Jarrow and Thorne Research are reliable brands. But, Thorne Research tends to be way overpriced in my opinion. As you know, you never ever buy supplements off of Amazon or places that are not well heard of.

Jarrow: https://www.iherb.com/pr/jarrow-formulas-broccomax-120-delay...

Thorne Research: https://www.iherb.com/pr/thorne-research-crucera-sgs-60-caps...

I get the co-ultramicronized palmitoylethalinomide + Luteolin from http://epitech.it, but you have to use a package forwarding service to mail to US (they don’t ship to US, even though it is Italy based and 100% legal)

The rest I get from https://iHerb.com

As I said, I am not interested at all in nootropics or peptides. It is basically all antioxidants/natural neuroregenerative compound/omega fatty acids.

I have more than a few neurological issues. I have 3 medication induced movement disorders. I also have 2 rare immune mediated neurological diseases affecting my peripheral nervous system.

Anyways, the stuff I take is to ensure adequate nutrients for my brain. But the primary goal is for neuroregeneration over the long term.

But generally, these tips are the way to go: https://www.ted.com/talks/sandrine_thuret_you_can_grow_new_b...

Anyways, I personally take:

1. nano encapsulated punicic acid (called Granagard), which crosses the blood brain barrier effectively (search "nano-pso" on Google Scholar)

2. sulforaphane/sulphoraphane (spelling depends on where you are located)

3. co-ultramicronized palmitoylethanolamide + luteolin

4. ubiquinol

5. methylated b vitamins (~50% of the population has a MTHFR variant that generally requires you to need methylated B vitamins, versus regular B vitamins)

6. high doses of gamma linolenic acid (I use evening primrose oil and Jarrow brand is trusted)

7. algae omega 3

The thing is that even if the missile defense system works 100% successfully for a nuke approaching the United States, the electromagnetic pulse above is enough to disable all electronic devices in the US. Like the trajectory of the plume covers the vast majority of the US, no matter what direction the nuke comes from.

You’re right about the American hospital, generally and for now. They have better resources, equipment, and are cleaner, among many other things. You have more rights in an American hospital (no bribe expected).

But, a country like the United States could learn from a country like Croatia and make the best out of its resources. The US could spend the same on healthcare without taking away resources from the general American populace (minus oligarchs) and allow people to be so much more healthier.

Honestly, the quality of care is not OK at all in the US. Just check out r/medicine and r/nursing. We are in for a whole lot of really terrible stuff.

Seriously, if someone in your immediate family gets sick and needs to be hospitalized, stay with them 24/7, even if it means sleeping on the floor. Nurses say they will do the same thing for their family members.

Anyways, I ended up spending 9 weeks in the hospital this summer. It started at a trauma hospital, where I stayed for 18 days. The first 90 hours (3.5 days) they did not even give me any long acting insulin, even though my body does not produce any insulin and I can not metabolize without long acting basal insulin. (I was never on an insulin drip either, and I was never on a high dependency unit where the insulin drip could occur.) My family had to beg and plead with them to give me basic diabetes care, including the long-acting insulin. (I was too, the whole entire time.)

The first week my blood sugars averaged overall around 400 mg/dL (22 mmol/L), and chief trauma resident and trauma fellow were explaining to trauma residents outside of my room when someone with type 1 diabetes is at risk of diabetic ketoacidosis. Such a basic matter.

Anyways the rest of the story is for another time.

The above article is describing amenable medical errors. I don’t want to make assumptions about how your sister’s death would be classified.

However, I am so sorry for your loss, which is a tragedy. We need to do better, as this should not be happening.

Anyways, I have never been pregnant, but if you saw what happened to me medically this summer, you would be doing everything you could to be leaving the US. Anyways, I am a dual citizen. My other nationality is Croatian, but I don’t plan on living there.

Even Croatia, you know which went through a horrific war 30 years ago, has a better life expectancy than the US now. But even before the pandemic, they were very close to convergence with the US life expectancy. And Croatia only spends $1,100 on healthcare per citizen per year!!!

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33052307

Points: 223

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Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33049455

Points: 3

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He consumes way way way more than the average citizen.

I don’t even know why people listen to him.

Shouldn’t we be listening to actual climate scientists in the US government? And not some software CEO who has conflicts of interest? Why are we even platforming this dude and giving him any legitimacy?

He apparently has 6 total houses.

See: https://www.velvetropes.com/backstage/bill-gates-house

Anyways, Gates is always preaching about “policy” (The Gates Foundation is about power and getting governments to fund their objectives, ultimately) but never actually sets a good individual example of how to live, like normal citizens.

I mean, it is not coincidental that he is preaching about global warming right after the Nord Stream pipeline was blown, which released an unprecedented amount of methane in to the atmosphere.

But, stuff like this should make Facebook employees angry. Zuckerberg is not a person to envy.

Read this: https://www.velvetropes.com/backstage/mark-zuckerberg-house

Also, a few years ago Zuckerberg spent like $27 million for his own personal security in a 365 day period, which is obviously obscene.

Clearly he is a paranoid dude and certainly he keeps to himself.

But, he is a hardcore oligarch, that’s for sure.

brew is a really nice package installer that works with both MacOS and Linux.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33009259

Points: 48

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Clearly it is the youth (< 30 years old) in America who get hurt the most from this.

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