Non-sensitive Health Tips

FrankBlunt · Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 2:25 am Post subject: Non-sensitive Health Tips

I didn't see the need to post this in the member only forum, and I figured our guests might also benefit from it.

Since I was young, I've gagged easily while brushing my teeth, especially when brushing my tongue. Co-workers of mine in the past have given me glares as if I killed their hamster and stole the exercise wheel when I mention tongue brushing, but that's their problem, not mine.

Anyway, here's the first tip of what I expect to be many:

Exhale while brushing your tongue and you will most likely prevent yourself from gagging. I've found that I can nearly stick the toothbrush down my throat while exhaling, so I'm pretty sure this will work for others. Few things are worse in one's morning routine than dashing off to work with that acidic taste in your mouth from regurgitation as if you just vomited.

FrankBlunt · Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 5:42 pm Post subject:

I exploit Bev on a daily basis to serve my selfish ends of inspirational reflectivity, and this morning (Afternoon for her in the UK where speech regarding that which was inferred would constitute excessive liberty) she thought of an alternative behavior where the exhalations would deter gagging. That's all, folks!

FrankBlunt · Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 1:59 am Post subject:

This is a tip in a thread of mine that was promptly locked by a UM moderator:

If you have a keratosis (Sun wart) on your nose, neck, scalp, or elsewhere, take the 3 night challenge prior to calling your dermatologist by cutting a piece of duct tape to place over the affected site.

One member suggested apple cider vinegar, and another laughed and asked why not a band-aid. Well, band-aids are designed to breathe, and warts can't survive when they're starved.

Lottie, the moderator, said that liquid nitrogen was the only remedy. Not true. I've had four or five burned off by dermatologists, and I know very well what they look like. Wearing the strip of tape on my face during sleep for 24 hours over a 72 hour period, while asleep, was the best course of treatment I've seen, and cheaper than buying apple cider vinegar, since a lot of us don't have any use for it otherwise.

No scar and no trace... The same can't be said for what Lottie suggested. You're going to be waiting an average of 30 days to see a dermatologist anyway, so if you're not sure what you have on your skin, it's not going to hurt to try the duct tape before getting a professional opinion.

FrankBlunt · Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 7:32 pm Post subject:

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FrankBlunt · Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 2:01 am Post subject:

This isn't a sensitive post in a manner that it affects me or another member personally, but I felt it was best to communicate it publicly.

I learned some time ago that penile cancer, while quite rare, is most common in men who are uncircumcised. This is because of the yeast that is normally on our body becoming too concentrated beneath the folds of the skin. Hygiene is the prevention for that form of cancer.

As for breast cancer, who's to say that a series of yeast accumulations over an extended period of time, are not the root cause of the malignant lumps? Skin is porous, and many of you are probably aware of how acne can lead to inflammation of the lymph nodes in the neck. What happens to the skin impacts the lymphatic system, and that inflammation carries internal consequences if not kept in check.

Bras, much like men's briefs, are traps for moisture, and it's not my opinion that the anti-bacterial soaps that we're encouraged to use are as beneficial as the "experts" would like us to believe. They kill most all bacteria on our skin, including that which promotes good health.

Here is my common sense suggestion for women of all ages in addition to the annual mammograms recommended each year after age 40:

Since soap application involves using water to wash off the residue, while isopropyl (rubbing alcohol) evaporates and does not contribute to moisture, that would seem logical for topical yeast control. There are some alcohol-based lotions out there, but I'd be very mindful of the active and inactive ingredients.
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FrankBlunt · Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 9:19 pm Post subject:

In mid 2006 I had such a severe case of sciatica that I was ready to saw off my left leg. What I ultimately found to be the issue was the way I was sleeping. I've slept on my side most of my life, but the difference was that I'd stopped bicycling within the past few years and lost additional weight.

With the bones of my knees pressed together, that was causing the sciatic nerve distress. I know that this was the problem, because it hasn't been an issue since I began placing a blanket or comforter between my knees. When another member here, who was pregnant at the time, was having trouble with the pillow staying in place, I suggested the blanket/comforter. There's more surface area, and it's less likely to slip out and fall off the bed altogether.

Another suggestion relates to the winter cold season. Labeling it as such perpetuates the climatic association with imaginary illness in all of us artificial humans, but that's the devil in the non-me speaking.

When you blow your nose, do you apply so much force that you honk? Ideally, you shouldn't try clearing both nostrils at once, and exhaling too forcefully can readily spread your sinus congestion/infection into the inner ear. I remember hearing something about backward pressure relating to the eustachian tubes.

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