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I'm gonna think about this a little before I argue it....but, I have strong reason to believe he is clinically insane. The rambling speeches, the sheer thoughtlessness of comparing drug addicts to victims of a mad ideology, the scattergun approach to stuff. "Bonkers" is my diagnosis so far....

 

This is simplistic and missing the mark. The issue isn't eating white rice, but rather what a typical diet high in rice is missing.

White rice and sugary beverages are absorbed quickly by the body, but much of your digestion is handled by the bacteria in your digestive system. This bacteria is known as your "micro biome". Your micro biome is important for the overall health of your body and you can't survive without it. A proper diet feeds this micro biome as well as your body. Sugar and meat don't feed this ecosystem (and too much meat creates other issues, such as throwing your bile out of balance by creating too much).

To feed the micro biome, you need fiber. Most Western diets don't meet the suggested minimum in fiber, which leaves the bacteria to feed on the cells of the walls of your digestive system. As the bacteria eats away at the walls, your digestive system becomes porous and food particles may leak into your bloodstream. The body then attacks these particles as invaders, triggering inflammation as an immune response (AKA, leaky gut syndrome). This response can cause all sorts of issues with your body and could be a partial cause of many modern diseases.

Additionally, doctors in the Philippines have an issue with being too quick to prescribe antibiotics. And the mindset of Filipino's doesn't help. At least in the U.S. doctors are aware of problems of bacterial resistance due to over-prescribing antiobiotics. I don't go to hospitals often, but when I got sick as a kid I remember that I would usually get tested for a bacterial infection before receiving a prescription. In the Philippines, I always hear "have you taken your medicine?" when I tell people I'm sick. People can't seem to grasp that antibiotics don't do anything for a viral infection and the kids I watched after never got tested for an infection. And doctors are an authority and high status here, so foreigners should just know their place and shut up.

The problem with antibiotics is that it affects the essential bacteria as well as that which you are trying to get rid of. One prescription of antibiotics can throw off your micro biome for a year, which can lead to weight gain and other problems.

Advice on diet fails because it doesn't take the whole picture into account. You may adjust on advice, but you then miss the core problems. This article is addressing symptoms. For a proper diet, balance is key.

The science around the micro biome is recent. The above is my understanding, which may be off. Take a look at the linked article. There is a lot of great material out there for further reading. If you want to get to the full understanding of dieting, look at the micro biome.

What Your Food Is Really Doing to Your Body

 

Academicians ?? these people must be from the hole in the pointed head Academy, a blind man could tell that it is not the 4 or more wheels vehicles that cause the problem it is the 2 & 3 wheels that f*ck it up for everybody..

 

Garupa tried giving me the special foreigner price. 50k for a crown.
She wrote up a treatment plan for my wife for 20k. We agreed and then the price went to 25k when the wife went back.
I went back to the US and got a crown from my regular dentist for 43k and my wife went to Dr Ong for a lot less.
Ong does good work at a fair price.

 

I'd say if your needing something like candy crush to keep her from annoying and bugging you then you got the wrong gal.

But maybe what we need is an app that gets installed as admin that allows you to remote her phone over wifi/bluetooth that pops up with a big *I need XYZ* that won't go away until you remove it off the screen from your end that way they will be real quick to accomplish whatever it is you want be it cooking food, grabbing you another beer, or even a quickie :p

 

UPDATE on three kittens. They have been such a delight, sadly one died, too young to make it, the other 2 are now our family indoor pets. Playful, making friends with the dogs and litter trained after a few days.