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About dcarmack

I am an instrument technician at the electric utility servicing the Kansas City Missouri metropolitan area. I am in the IBEW, Local 412. I was trained to be a nuclear power plant operator in the USN and served on submarines. I am a Democrat, even more so than those serving in Congress or the White House.

Debate Cannot Change Reality

Ages ago, before my time, a dedicated scientist named Ancel Keys supposed that the explosion of white middle aged men who were suffering from heart disease and dying of heart attacks were doing so because they ate too much saturated … Continue reading

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Neural Plasticity

There is hope for you. No matter how long you have had the habit it is possible to break out of it. My own addiction to sugar is a case in point. Your habit of thinking the worse of every … Continue reading

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A Chronic Problem

There is a new documentary out of Australia called “That Sugar Film”. In it a healthy young man, that had previously given up processed and sweetened foods decides to only eat ‘healthy’ processed foods for two months. In the show … Continue reading

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Uproar

When your life is in an uproar it is good that you have been eating good for a long while. Having went for months eating very few carbs has given me the cushion I need for the past couple of … Continue reading

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Merchants of Doubt

There have always been men, across all times and regions, that would do anything for money. Men are easily corrupted and you cannot single out a more prevalent occupation, creed or race as more or less corruptible than any other. … Continue reading

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Eye Catching Headlines

As a blogger about weight loss and nutrition I get sent a lot of very interesting news from around the English-speaking world. Yesterday I was shown this article, under this headline: Fat people don’t need ’empowerment’, they just need to … Continue reading

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Birthday Debauchery

de·bauch·er·y dəˈbôCHərē/ noun excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures. Uh. Yes, pretty much describes it. I turned 55 yesterday. Had a great day pretty much all day long–stayed home, watched the grand babies swim, ate good food for breakfast–bacon and eggs. … Continue reading

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Healthy is the Claim

There is almost no more reliable indicator of the overall nutritional value of a food as whether the box or bag it is in contains a bold-text label to some healthy ingredient or lack of a harmful one. If a … Continue reading

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Being the One

First draft…    Being everything to everyone is a twisted form of greed I relieve you of your neediness, while on your gratitude I feed   It starves me of the time for me, for myself I pay little heed … Continue reading

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Addiction as a Positive

I was thinking about mulberries just now. I distinctly remember the first mulberry I ever ate. I was about thirteen, it was the beginning of summer and a group of middle school boys were riding bikes on paths through some … Continue reading

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