Re: The value of shopping local

Definitely good points to consider, and, yes, sometimes I do have
trouble sleeping well in the winter.
I am aware of that vitamin, its importance and how to get it (Shitake
mushroom and salmon omelete, anyone?) but will admit that I generally
rely on getting it with sun exposure or through natural sources, which
of course can be very difficult during the winter...
Ok, I'll look into vitamin supplements then.

Posted by ++ on November 25, 2007, 7:58 pm

Michael Bulatovich wrote:

>>BTW, as per your "suggestion", yesterday, I decided to have a can sardines

>>for some vitamin D... I don't feel any different... When's it supposed to

>>kick in?

>According to the below, you'd have to eat at least two and a half cups of

>them to hit the now often recommended 1000 units.

>http://www.health.state.ny.us/diseases/conditions/osteoporosis/vitd.htm

>I'm taking 2000 units a day. With me the main (and first) effect is to

>regularize the circadian clock, and I feel the effects within a day or two.

>Do you sleep well in the winter?

>Without it, I start to fall asleep earlier and earlier, and waking earlier

>and earlier, which means I eventually start living like a vampire. Very bad

>for the brain. Mood changes have followed the sleep cycle getting messed up

>in the past. Now that's all history.

hmm, I'm uppping my dose. Any side effects?

Posted by Michael Bulatovich on November 26, 2007, 9:56 am

> Michael Bulatovich wrote:

>>>BTW, as per your "suggestion", yesterday, I decided to have a can

>>>sardines for some vitamin D... I don't feel any different... When's it

>>>supposed to kick in?

>>>

>>According to the below, you'd have to eat at least two and a half cups of

>>them to hit the now often recommended 1000 units.

>>http://www.health.state.ny.us/diseases/conditions/osteoporosis/vitd.htm

>>I'm taking 2000 units a day. With me the main (and first) effect is to

>>regularize the circadian clock, and I feel the effects within a day or

>>two. Do you sleep well in the winter?

>>Without it, I start to fall asleep earlier and earlier, and waking earlier

>>and earlier, which means I eventually start living like a vampire. Very

>>bad for the brain. Mood changes have followed the sleep cycle getting

>>messed up in the past. Now that's all history.

> hmm, I'm uppping my dose. Any side effects?

Not that I know of. You should be aware that I'm a pretty *big* specimen,
and that factors into my self-treatment. The other half of my regimen is to
walk the dog for half an hour or so in the morning to take in some of that
high-intensity blue light. These two are my ailerons.

Posted by Kris Krieger on November 21, 2007, 12:18 pm

>>> "Kris Krieger"> wrote

>>>> I

>>>> agree with Pat that Education is a natural right, and that this

>>>> rightr is being denied students.

>>>

>>> How is that education to be provided?

>>>

>> That is thesis material - one could write hundreds of pages about it.

>> Any method, however, woudl requir that poeple agree that (1)

>> education will be provided to all children, and (2) critical thinking

>> skills are as important

>> as basics like reading comprehension, also arithmetical skills so

>> that people can create and balance budgets for themselves.

>> Yes, taxes would probably be involved,

> <shred>

> You can stop right there.

> TH