Jul 2, 2023·edited Jul 2, 2023Liked by Jennifer Depew, R.D.
Thanks Jennifer, some great tips there and an area allopathic medicine completely overlooks. And why not if you can get everyone on magic prescription drugs for the rest of their foreshortened lives?
As for getting the message out there as we need to do, leaving content out but saying the same with less words in a coherent, engaging and understandable form is a challenge and it takes time.
Academic texts can be ordeal and that's not fun for anyone - who has the time now too? I will be working on this, apart from for work intended as a preprint.
A Substack author recommended this, and I will leave it there for brevity 😉
Ok I'm going to pull that creeping charlie back out from the compost...it can't stop creeping in our garden. Have you tried it at all as a pesto, salad, etc?
I have tried it in salads and as a blended dressing in various ways. I really like it actually. The leaves are a little texture-y whole. Tiny hairs on the surface give it a little more mouthfeel than other greens but it is tasty to have a few whole along with the dressing. They turn brown rapidly so better not to use the leaves whole in a pasta salad I found. Looks yucky the next day. I will prep a bowl of leaves to have in the fridge and sprinkle on as needed and they keep better that way. Not soaking them helps.
"“safe” - needs to be really crystal clear. Euthanasia may be “efficient and economical” but is it really “effective” for the patient who might have a goal of improved quality of life for themself rather than simply ending their pain permanently?"
"beautiful blue delphinium." Nice to see that here, I am always trying to remember the name of that beautiful flower! I think I finally got it.
Question about mango peel - isn't mango (and cashew) in the poison ivy family? I got a rash around my mouth one time from scraping the inside of mango peels with my teeth. I generally can pull some amount of poison ivy with my bare hands, I'm not particularly sensitive to it. But I wonder if the urushiol shows up in mango peels?
This is such an informative Substack!
Thanks so much for all the good health data you impart. ❤
Thanks and very welcome!
Thanks Jennifer, some great tips there and an area allopathic medicine completely overlooks. And why not if you can get everyone on magic prescription drugs for the rest of their foreshortened lives?
As for getting the message out there as we need to do, leaving content out but saying the same with less words in a coherent, engaging and understandable form is a challenge and it takes time.
Academic texts can be ordeal and that's not fun for anyone - who has the time now too? I will be working on this, apart from for work intended as a preprint.
A Substack author recommended this, and I will leave it there for brevity 😉
SMART BREVITY: The Power of Saying More with Less
https://www.amazon.com/Smart-Brevity-Power-Saying-More/dp/1523516976
Looks good thanks.
Strunk and White, Elements of Style - the classic "Omit needless words."
- the most powerful three word sentence in English.
Ok I'm going to pull that creeping charlie back out from the compost...it can't stop creeping in our garden. Have you tried it at all as a pesto, salad, etc?
I have tried it in salads and as a blended dressing in various ways. I really like it actually. The leaves are a little texture-y whole. Tiny hairs on the surface give it a little more mouthfeel than other greens but it is tasty to have a few whole along with the dressing. They turn brown rapidly so better not to use the leaves whole in a pasta salad I found. Looks yucky the next day. I will prep a bowl of leaves to have in the fridge and sprinkle on as needed and they keep better that way. Not soaking them helps.
"“safe” - needs to be really crystal clear. Euthanasia may be “efficient and economical” but is it really “effective” for the patient who might have a goal of improved quality of life for themself rather than simply ending their pain permanently?"
GOOD POINT !
"beautiful blue delphinium." Nice to see that here, I am always trying to remember the name of that beautiful flower! I think I finally got it.
Question about mango peel - isn't mango (and cashew) in the poison ivy family? I got a rash around my mouth one time from scraping the inside of mango peels with my teeth. I generally can pull some amount of poison ivy with my bare hands, I'm not particularly sensitive to it. But I wonder if the urushiol shows up in mango peels?
I don't know that answer.
Poison ivy is a topical irritant, a TRP channel activator. Just washing good with soap can help if you get in it.