“And if you are in doubt that there is a light in your brain, I will give you a karate chop right across the nose to prove it to you.”

“When you see the light, the Qi is moving in the meridians.”

TUNA-CACTUS SALAD

2 cans tuna
1/2 cup nopalitos cactus (it comes fresh in the produce section or in jars)
1/2 cup watercress
1 cup gluten-free rice spirals (cook then add)
1 carrot (grated)
1/2 beet (grated)
1/2 onion (finely chopped)
2 garlic cloves
ginger (grated)
turmeric (grated)
pinch salt
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon mayonnaise
1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
1 teaspoon capers

The watercress, carrot, beet, onion, garlic, ginger, and turmeric were raw.

This recipe varied depending on what was in my refrigerator and what leftovers were available.

“Much earlier in life, nearly everyone gets some degree of amyloidosis of the aorta, the main blood vessel leading out of the heart. Two different proteins are involved, one of which builds up in the innermost layer of the aorta in an astounding 97 percent of people over the age of fifty, while the other accumulates deeper into the middle of the vessel wall in about a third of these cases. This amyloidosis is not currently recognized as a cause of specific pathology or death, but again it seems like this is only a matter of stepping over a fatal threshold that we don’t reach in a normal lifespan today because we die of other things first.”

It’s doubtful if the first is helpful or healthful, and the second can be toxic if used regularly.