A bit OT, but I want to express how amazing it is that the Ticker Community is one of the best sources of cutting edge medicine I've read!

I really appreciate everyone's research and the information they share. The posts about fasting have really opened my eyes to how I can improve my health, and keep healthier.

Yesterday I was looking at a potential job for the electrician I work for (installing Enphase batteries at a home with a nat gas generator and solar) the homeowner became paralyzed from complications of West Nile and wants to insure he is able to have power for all the devices which make his life easier (lifts, power chair,ect)

After we introduced ourselves, we had a little chitchat about life and, due to his disability, health.

We talked inflammation, and fasting and I thought I was living a Ticker. Really nice man, gives me hope.

What makes me angry (there's a list...) is the information we're discussing isn't that new, it just doesn't get much press. Too many people are getting paid to stay dumb about alternatives to pharmaceuticals.

Our society's problem isn't a lack of information. It's too much information and the natural human trait of confirmation bias: we gravitate towards information which reaffirms our beliefs.

Today's Ticker is frightening to contemplate. Human life on earth is as amazing as it is fragile. Debate all you want about our origins; if we keep screwing around with our cells homo sapien sapien is going away. What replaces us (if anything) is an interesting mental flight of fancy, but also not what I want to witness.

Strange days are here.

Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the Ticker since Karl went keto. Because of you, when I die, I'm going to be healthy!

Preferably without an instant manmade tan...

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The problem is most people want to point a finger rather than their thumb when dealing with challenges.