The word "placebo" is almost always misused. It doesn't mean you're healed by a sugar pill. It doesn't mean you're healed by hypnosis or animal magnetism. It doesn't mean you're healed by self-suggestion or self-hypnosis. It doesn't mean you're healed. Period. <> Placebo means "I s... Read More

Re: Don't get too white in the morning. Morning sun is nice and warm for a while, and that may have some benefits, too. Getting a strong "it's noon" signal in the morning may not be quite optimal. Good advice! Notice how the shadows are green at sunrise and sunset? That's because red light is pre... Read More

Re: Why so much emphasis on oils in general? Fate? Fortune? Destiny? Karma? I heard Ray Peat mention Yellow Fat Disease several times, and decided to find out what it was in December, 2016. Little did I suspect it would lead to eight e-books and now I'm halfway through a ninth. <> The... Read More

I was asked for some backstory on cod liver oil by a One Radio Network listener. Here's how Oleum Morrhuae was prepared a century ago. <> Azor Thurston (Pharmaceutical and Food Analysis: A Manual of Standard Methods for the Analysis of Oils, Fats and Waxes, and Substances in which They Exis... Read More

According to Matthew Joseph Rodermund, M.D. (1854-1919) ... "All chemical experiments show that the affinity of oxygen for carbon is greater than it is for iron, so that when all these are forced together in the small, minute blood vessels the oxygen loves carbon better than iron and leaves the i... Read More