Tag: health

kuriquinn:

doubletwoseven:

wynterroseskye:

byzantium-glytch:

THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And for the boys, no not wanting it doesn’t make you gay, less of a man, or anything to that effect, you’re allowed to say no too, and when she says “am I just not hot enoughy for you” that is an attempt to guilt you into sex.

Reblogging for IMPORTANT addition.

You are allowed to only sleep with people you like & WHEN you want to. Don’t let anyone else tell you different, ever.

Reblogging for my teen and high school age followers (because I know y’all are out there!)

Also important: the condom is never too small for a person’s junk. You can fit your whole damn arm in a condom. If said junk is that big, that person shouldn’t be having sex with anyone because they would risk injuring them and possibly themselves. Please inform that partner they should seek medical help immediately. People can get tumors on their junk, and there are other diseases that cause abnormal size which a medical professional will be able to help with.

Also also important: dental dams exist for a reason. no, they are not particularly attractive, but they serve their purpose, which is to protect both the giver and receiver of cunnilingus. unless you’re fluid bonded with your partner and have ensured you’re both free from communicable diseases, it’s just as important to be protected when someone goes down on an individual with a vagina as it is to go down on human with a penis. 

Also also also important: If someone says they are allergic to the material of the condom/dental dam or don’t like the way it feels to them, politely decline shenanigans and walk away. Your health is more important than someone else’s momentary pleasure. The fact that this person clearly prioritizes their wants over your needs means you’re better off without them. 

Man Creates Edible Water “Jelly Drops” to Help Dementia Patients Stay Hydrated

seandotpolitics:

London-based student Lewis Hornby is a grandson on a mission. When he noticed that his dementia-afflicted grandmother was having trouble staying hydrated, he came up with Jelly Drops—bite-sized pods of edible water that look just like tasty treats.

Each of these colorful “candies” is made up of mostly water, with gelling agents and electrolytes making up just 10% of their composition. Available in a rainbow of colors and presented in packaging reminiscent of a box of chocolates, Jelly Drops are an easy and engaging way to avoid dehydration—a common problem for those suffering from degenerative neurological diseases.

“It is very easy for people with dementia to become dehydrated,” he explains. “Many no longer feel thirst, don’t know how to quench thirst, or don’t have the dexterity to drink.” With this in mind, Hornby set out to find a solution. In addition to seeking advice from psychologists and doctors, he opted to “experience” life with dementia himself through the use of virtual reality tools and a week in a care home.

Once he was familiar with what dementia patients need, he brainstormed what they want. “From my observations, people with dementia find eating much easier than drinking. Even still, it can be difficult to engage and encourage them to eat. I found the best way to overcome this is to offer them a treat! This format excites people with dementia, they instantly recognize it and know how to interact with it.”

Case in point? Hornby’s own grandmother’s reaction: “When first offered, grandma ate seven Jelly Drops in 10 minutes, the equivalent to a cup full of water—something that would usually take hours and require much more assistance.”

Man Creates Edible Water “Jelly Drops” to Help Dementia Patients Stay Hydrated

Kidney Donation Fund

vylla-art:

Hello tumblr, you are my original social family and I need to ask you to help me do something big and crazy.

In early 2019 I will be donating one of my kidneys to someone in need. I don’t know who it is yet but it doesn’t matter much to me. I just want to do a concrete good in a world that feels especially frustrating right now. Even if it’s just for one person.

What I need from you is a bit of financial help to do it. All medical costs are covered by the hospital but what isn’t is the 4-6 week recovery time in which I won’t be able to work. Being a humble working artist, I could really use all your help to bridge that gap.

Please consider donating or signal boosting where you can. You can find more info on the gofundme page and I’m always open to more questions.

Thank you all in advance.

Kidney Donation Fund

crazy-pages:

bigmouthlass:

fadingthebiscuit:

to-dance-beneath-the-diamond-sky:

naamahdarling:

naamahdarling:

little-limabean:

runtrovert:

Friendly reminder that 1200 calories is the recommended amount for a 5 year old

this hit me.

another fact is that 500 calories isn’t even enough for a new born.

why did I go so long convinced that going over 500 in a day was the end of the world?

Another friendly reminder that the United States used 1,000 calorie diets as torture for political prisoners and justified it using the diet industry.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/17/bush-torture-memos-commer_n_188190.html

In a footnote to a May 10, 2005, memorandum from the Office of Legal Council, the Bush attorney general’s office argued that restricting the caloric intake of terrorist suspects to 1000 calories a day was medically safe because people in the United States were dieting along those lines voluntarily.

“While detainees subject to dietary manipulation are obviously situated differently from individuals who voluntarily engage in commercial weight-loss programs, we note that widely available commercial weight-loss programs in the United States employ diets of 1000 kcal/day for sustain periods of weeks or longer without requiring medical supervision,” read the footnote. “While we do not equate commercial weight loss programs and this interrogation technique, the fact that these calorie levels are used in the weight-loss programs, in our view, is instructive in evaluating the medical safety of the interrogation technique.”

Another another friendly reminder that the Minnesota Starvation Experiment subjected adult men who were VOLUNTEERS to 1,560 calorie diets and the psychological effects were so profound that one volunteer cut three of his own fingers off and could not remember why.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota_Starvation_Experiment

These men were volunteers who knew exactly what they would be going through and when it would end, and who believed they were doing it for a good and moral reason (the research was used to help rehabilitate victims of starvation and famine at the end of WWII).

And these are the things we are expected to engage in FOREVER to stay at a “healthy” weight.

Reading about the Minnesota Starvation experiment was my wake-up call.  It was what kicked me out of my eating disorder.  The guy missing three fingers, whatever his name was, he was the last straw for me.

Scared me so fucking bad I stopped restricting my food that day, and never went back to it.

Just bringin’ this back around like I sometimes do.

Wow. This really hit me hard.

EAT

Fun fact– calorie restriction exacerbates symptoms of pretty much *every* mental illness.

Anorexia has ~16% mortality rate, slightly higher than acted upon suicidal ideation. It’s more lethal than actively trying to kill oneself and this is why.

cricketcat9:

systlin:

houseofthestalkshieldandsepals:

thebibliosphere:

systlin:

kasaron:

systlin:

oshifallen:

systlin:

chubbychoco:

systlin:

Can I just say, from the bottom of my heart, in regards to Dewayne Johnson winning his lawsuit against Monsanto and being awarded $289 million in damages and also lost 11 BILLION in stock value following the jury’s decision and also opened up legal precedent against Monsanto for other people to go after them for damages thanks to exposure to their shit; 

FUCKING GOOD, and also my deepest sympathy to Mr. Johnson, who has terminal cancer thanks to their products, but FUCKING GOOD, FUCK YOU MONSANTO, SUCK A THOUSAND HORSE DICKS IN HELL 

Consider this my open request to society: destroy them. If you have the money and the misfortune of being able to take these fuckers to court, then destroy them.

They’ve got other similar lawsuits still ongoing against them right now that total $5.5 BILLION in damages sought. 

This lawsuit can now be cited by all the others, and I promise it will be. 

And gods, but I hope that it ruins them. 

For those of you who don’t recognize the name “Monsanto” they produce Roundup, which is a herbicide (weed killer) known for killing weeds but not crops.

Roundup, incidentally, is specifically the chemical that Mr. Johnson was exposed to that contributed to his terminal cancer. 

There are about 5,000 more current lawsuits being filed against Monsanto for the same thing. Monsanto claims Roundup is safe, and points to lots of studies done on it…the majority of which, coincidentally, have been conducted by/funded by Monsanto. 

One of the main points in the trial was recently unearthed evidence that shows that Monsanto has been actively suppressing studies that show that Roundup is dangerous for decades now. 

The men who hid this evidence are, in no small way, complicit in the deaths of these innocent people and should be removed root and branch. 

There’s an irony to that. And one we should pursue until they feel the burden of these deaths on their souls and on their daily lives.

Some more info; there’s also evidence that points to Monsanto paying off EPA agents to suppress studies and evidence that show that Roundup is a potent health risk. 

Monsanto is, as it has for decades, claiming that glysophate…the active ingredient in Roundup…is safe. Which, as disclosed at this trial, is a lie, and they’ve been suppressing the evidence for years.  

BUT, in addition, testing has shown that Roundup contains VERY DANGEROUS levels of heavy metals such as arsenic, chromium, cobalt, and lead, in addition to highly toxic petroleum residues, which Monsanto does not disclose on the labels. They were hidden under ‘other additives’ on the label. 

Some of the things arsenic, other heavy metals, and petroleum distillate exposure can cause?

Cancer. Such as that which is killing Mr. Johnson and others. 

The studies conducted by Monsanto to claim Roundup was safe were only conducted on glysophate. They actively suppressed studies that found that glysophate could be a health risk, and did not disclose any information about the other dangerous additives…which have been known to be dangerous for decades.

You can hear parts of the autoimmune disease community shrieking in rageful vindication.

Between this and the study coming out of Finland linking exposure to certain pesticides and herbicides as being linked to early onset MS (among other things) I’m about to flip the God damn table.

I think I need to call my dad (a farmer) and my mum ( plagued with endocrine and autoimmune issues)…

There is a class action lawsuit ongoing. 

Signal boost – please share people need to know this!

systlin:

noriannbraindripshere:

systlin:

noriannbraindripshere:

systlin:

systlin:

systlin:

OH and I get to work with my very least favorite co worker today. 

Lovely. 

I need to go make more tea. 

The driver coming in to pick up the recycling, who knows that we monitor the weather radar 24/7; “Are we going to get any more storms today?”

Me, who sits right next to a monitor dedicated to weather radar, since we watch for lightning strikes in the area, and call work suspensions if any lightning gets close. “There’s a few patchy storms around yet but the bad stuff is all past us.”

Driver; “Oh good. Have a good day.”

Me; “You too.”  

My dickhead co-worker, as soon as the driver walks out; “I didn’t know we were the fucking weather service.”

Me; “…he knows we monitor the radar all day and that I don’t mind him asking, and he was talking to me, not you, and again he knows I don’t mind, so chill.” 

Him; “Muttering”

The weird thing is that this dude USED to be an okay guy with a good sense of humor. 

But about a year ago, he started the keto diet, and he has lost a lot of weight…but he’s been a complete asshole since he started the diet. Just, will snipe at anything and everything anyone says. 

Eat some bread and be happy, dude. 

Oh, so his body is perpetually poisonning itself in a desesperate attempt to produce enough sugars for his brain. That’ll make me cranky too tbf.

I had no idea, but another comment here made me look it up and apparently major changes in mood are a Thing on keto. Like, a LOT of people become assholes when they go on a keto diet. 

I’m no expert on the long-term effects of keto diets but…like…that can’t be a good sign. 

Eat some bread. If anyone makes fun of you for being chubby, fuck ‘em. 

I cannot second this hard enough. For everyone following me who may not know that: the human brain cannot use any other form of energy that glucose and ketone bodies. If it doesn’t have any available your liver will make them, producing toxic by-products and working less efficiently to purge the usual riff-raff made on a daily basis by your metabolism.
Eat carbs. Fuck this fatphobic society.

I…did not know this. Holy fuck. 

Carbs are not your enemy, people.

deadcatwithaflamethrower:

tardislemur:

mostlyhydratrash:

ravenamore:

prettysicksupply:

ravenamore:

prettysicksupply:

eds-stripes:

“Have you tried Pilates?”

“Do you eat salmon, they say it’s good for the bones?”

“Have you tried pumpkin seeds?”

“You should go out more”

Oh we are SO over all this bull from “well-meaning” people who can’t help but offer suggestions as soon as they find out your disabled or ill.  So, we made a shirt (and some other things) that are a perfect counter!

[img description: a white male-presenting person in dark gray jeans and a dark teal short sleeve tee shirt.  The shirt has a checklist split into 2 parts vertically.  The top half reads, “Yes, I’ve Considered: Essential Oils, Accupuncture, Superfoods, Cleanses, Yoga” and each line has a box with a corresponding checkmark in it.  The bottom half reads, “Have You Considered: Shutting Up, Minding Your Own Business,” with similar boxes that are NOT checked.”

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To our most popular design from our Teespring, we’ve now added more styles, more items, and more sizes by shifting our store over to Storenvy!  Head over to our BRAND NEW STORE HERE to check out all of our Consideration products and so many more snarky designs, perfect for countering all kinds of ableism!

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All proceeds go to support our non-profit venture: PrettySickSupply.com where we focus on bringing fabulous gear to folks with chronic conditions!

God, someone at my son’s school, ON OUR FIRST MEETING, hearing I have fibromyalgia, IMMEDIATELY said “Have you tried paleo?”

I said I was allergic to fad diets, and that I didn’t care for unsolicited medical advice.

“Well, I know when I cleaned my diet up, a lot of my health problems went away, so I thought -”

No, no you didn’t think. You ASSUMED:

-fibro is my own fault

-my diet is shitty

-it worked for your medical problems, it’ll work for my completely different ones

JFC, when I made it clear I didn’t want to hear it, don’t fucking double down. APOLOGIZE.

UUUUGH I especially HATE the diet suggestions.  Like, thank you for reminding me that I have food issues too, reallly appreciate it.

Also, we have a few designs related to this nonsense:

and: 

being two fo my personal favorites!

Well, I know what I’m asking for comes my birthday!

Last time I had a flare of my mystery arthritis, no fewer than six people asked me if I had tried cutting out gluten. No. No I haven’t, because I do not have Celiac Disease.

@deadcatwithaflamethrower @thebibliosphere these shirts seem up your alley.

Funnily enough, my chronic condition is one that isshould be effected by my diet, except logic doesn’t seem to be applying the past couple years…

I love this fucking store.