steven franssen
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The Body’s Moral Conscience
Most people get fat by their early 30’s. Obesity is defined as a BMI of 30. For a 5’9″ male, this is 200 lbs. For a 5’4″ female, this is 175 lbs. Most people are overweight and 39.8% of people aged 20-39. This percentage ticks up by 4% for people in middle age (40 to… Continue reading
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Pushing For A Soft Landing
Now and then I seem to have this effect of causing a huge uproar on the “dissident” side of things. Some of the somewhat smarter people involved in these uproars try to explain to me that this is me “not understanding” some grand strategy or even more lazily, that I am “needlessly infighting”. Of course,… Continue reading
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Cortisol Addiction
Cortisol is the primary stress hormone in your body and it increases your blood sugar, curbs bodily functions that are non-essential for fight or flight situations, suppresses digestion, and alters your immune system response. From Mayo Clinic: The long-term activation of the stress response system and the overexposure to cortisol and other stress hormones that… Continue reading