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Fully agree, he's posted a further 65 links in this thread in separate posts since your above timely protest.
Worse still he keeps posting long runs of the links into other threads as well, spoiling the threads for everyone else, doing it yesterday in another thread with a run of 20 link posts, thus burying other's posts of real interest.
I'd have thought that he might have noticed that nobody is responding, showing that his link posting is of no interest so giving him the hint to stop.
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It's the first time I've dipped into this thread but I see what you mean.
Rather than diet, I think it may be a heart failure from reading my next energy bill that gets me. Or a nuclear explosion when the Ukraine situation gets warmed up.
Wait until all the price increases are in, then the eyes will water!
I'm getting mixed messages at the moment. Pensions up 3.1%, but income tax also up due the the personal allowances not keeping pace.
But my electricity is way up long before the promised savage April increase. This time last year I was paying 15.71 pence per unit. Now after several increases it's at 21.55 pence, already up over 37%, long before April.
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‘Bot holiday’: Covid disinformation down as social media pivot to Ukraine
The usual deluge of invective prompted by coronavirus and vaccine issues is absent – Russia’s invasion may be a factor
www.theguardian.com
How Covid lockdowns triggered record rainfall in China
Scientists identify impact of sudden cleaning of skies and drop in greenhouse emissions in 2020
www.theguardian.com
Coronavirus infects male genital tract
Multiple tissues of the male genital tract can be infected with SARS-CoV-2, reports a new study. The study, in SARS-CoV-2 infected animals, revealed the prostate, vasculature of testicles, penis and testicles were all infected with the virus.
‘Out of oxygen’: Hong Kong medical staff share distressing Covid-19 scenes
Supply of oxygen cylinders has been affected by large case numbers, with medical workers forced to check each cylinder to avoid patients needing resuscitation.
www.scmp.com
Scientists warn next COVID variant may not evolve from humans
Researchers are wondering whether it might infiltrate even more species than it is known to and then move back to humans again, potentially bringing new and dangerous COVID variants
www.livemint.com
COVID-19 May Be Linked to Spontaneous Psychosis. Researchers Are Trying to Figure Out Why
Research is early but intriguing
Covid-19 news: Moderna’s omicron booster has promising immune response
A regular round-up of the latest coronavirus news, plus insight, features and interviews from New Scientist about the covid-19 pandemic
www.newscientist.com
One-stop shot – scientists work on a ‘universal’ coronavirus vaccine
Researchers are hopeful that a variant-proof vaccine is within their grasp - to protect us from this pandemic and to prevent the next one
www.standard.co.uk
How the Coronavirus Steals the Sense of Smell
The virus does not infect nerve cells that detect odors, researchers have found. Instead, it attacks nearby supporting cells.
Coronavirus: Popular painkiller could weaken vaccine immune response
FEVER and body aches are among the most common side effects of COVID-19 vaccines. These are mostly mild and short-lived symptoms that should last no longer than two days. People might be tempted to treat these flu-like side effects with over-the-counter painkillers such as paracetamol. A new...
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Good man!
I've made my own natto in the past as well. I find it a bit hit and miss. You need to leave it long enough for the bacteria to multiply, but no so long that the beans start to go a bit off!
Its an art I've obviously not mastered well enough :-(
I've made it with (the traditional) soy beans, but I have heard that chickpeas work as well - I'll have to give it a go. I like chickpeas
Whether or not it helps directly with Covid is perhaps a moot point. Natto is really, really good for you. Its not just the fermented/probiotic aspect, its the fact that its incredibly high in vitamin K2 MK-7 (like - super, incredibly high!!).
Does making natto with chickpeas have the same K2 content ?? I don't know on that one.
You may have inspired me to defrost a cube of natto to make a starter and I'll give the chickpea version a go later this weekend!
Heart problems can be detected in your voice, study finds
An artificially intelligent algorithm can pick up small speech differences in order to monitor heart health
...which reminds me to go out for another slow jog and make another batch of Natto, for that slimy vitamin K2 goodness - this batch was made with slightly sprouted chickpeas. That all important gooey slimy stuff is more visible at the bottom of the jar. I forgot to set the yoghurt maker timer to 24 hours, initially fermented for 12 hours instead but was able to change the program in time.
They're mostly younger and thinner:
www.latimes.com
...which reminds me - I must lose this final stone of excess weight, in order to get to slightly beyond the middle of the green zone of the NHS's BMI calculator... but it's proving very stubborn and hard to rid myself of. I think my body has adjusted to the intermittent fasting regime and reduced my metabolic rate, which means I'll have to eat fewer calories in my one daily meal 5 days out of 7 (I have weekends off). Still, I feel much better than I did over two and a half stones ago: more energy, less chest pain, much lower blood pressure, and I am no longer considered pre-diabetic. That my Doctor has ceased trying to push statins at me, is reassuring.
Up to 65% of Africans have been infected with the coronavirus, far more than thought
The World Health Organization said that up to 65% of people in Africa have been infected with the coronavirus.
www.latimes.com
...which reminds me - I must lose this final stone of excess weight, in order to get to slightly beyond the middle of the green zone of the NHS's BMI calculator... but it's proving very stubborn and hard to rid myself of. I think my body has adjusted to the intermittent fasting regime and reduced my metabolic rate, which means I'll have to eat fewer calories in my one daily meal 5 days out of 7 (I have weekends off). Still, I feel much better than I did over two and a half stones ago: more energy, less chest pain, much lower blood pressure, and I am no longer considered pre-diabetic. That my Doctor has ceased trying to push statins at me, is reassuring.
It will be interesting to see what the posted profits of the energy companies are next year.
It'll be £1 less profit for someone, because after submitting my meter readings and taking a spin last night, I received this message:
Congratulations Guerney! You've won £1.00 on the Octopus Energy wheel of fortune.
We've already credited this jackpot to your account. Submit your readings next month to spin again. You never know, you might just kick off a winning streak!
...but not the £512 jackpot that I wanted
Congratulations Guerney! You've won £1.00 on the Octopus Energy wheel of fortune.
We've already credited this jackpot to your account. Submit your readings next month to spin again. You never know, you might just kick off a winning streak!
...but not the £512 jackpot that I wanted
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Has anyone had shingles PHN? , I'm 73, it started 3 weeks ago and it's a nightmare.
Thing is ,I'm fit, so haven't been to the doctors for some years thus I was unaware
that for the over 70 s there is a free jab. I WOULD URGE people to get this jab,
post herpetic neuralgia is painfull. I've lost over a stone doing nothing and of course miss Ebikeing.
Thing is ,I'm fit, so haven't been to the doctors for some years thus I was unaware
that for the over 70 s there is a free jab. I WOULD URGE people to get this jab,
post herpetic neuralgia is painfull. I've lost over a stone doing nothing and of course miss Ebikeing.
The forum member 'Oyster' recently mentioned that he'd had shingles. The discussion may have been over on the 'brexit' thread.
In other various articles I've read recently, a number of medical researchers/doctors have also commented on much higher than normal incidences of autoimmune based conditions (such as shingles) surfacing in the last year.
Here's the link to Oyster's first post about it.
There is a discussion about it following on the next pages.
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Is that a recommendation or observation? Oodles of both are available, just not for the same money as a couple of years ago - I've still got some beans from my last spree: chickpeas, black, masses of lentils an other legumes, lots of TVP which doesn't actually have a use-by date because it doesn't go off if kept air-sealed and dry...
On the other hand, 4,514 isn't a huge number:
"It brings the agency's total, based on deaths registered since the start of the pandemic, to 4,514"
...about one in 15,507 out of 70,000,000 of the UK population (so far).
"It brings the agency's total, based on deaths registered since the start of the pandemic, to 4,514"
Covid-19: Nisra records 20 coronavirus-linked deaths
The agency's total number of deaths registered since the start of the pandemic is 4,514.
www.bbc.co.uk
...about one in 15,507 out of 70,000,000 of the UK population (so far).
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Well, isn't this good news... but I prefer whisky and Guinnesses
www.foodnavigator-asia.com
Alcohol and COVID-19: Good news for red wine drinkers, but blow for beer boozers?
People who consume red wine between one to more than five glasses a week had a 10 to 17% lower risk in contracting COVID-19, but beer drinkers had a heightened risk, according to a recent study.
www.foodnavigator-asia.com
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