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January 25, 2021January 24, 2021Snowbird of Paradise

Mistrust Has Consequences

Every now and then I come across someone online who is mistrustful. They don’t trust the government, or the World Health Organization, or the traditional media, or the Centres for Disease Control, or even fact checkers. I can understand why someone would have their doubts about some of the actions of these institutions, but we […]

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October 29, 2016October 28, 2016Snowbird of Paradise

In Pretty Good Shape For the Shape I’m In

Doctors, please stop using the Body Mass Index. I recently posted a meme on Facebook that said “According to the BMI chart, I’m too short.” I intended it to raise a laugh, and it did. The joke is that we all know there is something wrong with the chart. I’m a short 67-year-old with osteoporosis, […]

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June 27, 2016January 30, 2019Snowbird of Paradise

Who Do You Trust When You Can’t Trust The Experts?

    Is coffee good for you, or bad? How about wine? What is the latest on gluten–does anyone know?  Warm-up exercises are either essential or a waste of time, and homeopathic remedies are either closer to nature or criminally dangerous. It seems as though we have been fed a steady diet of junk science […]

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