Mindconnection eNL, 2011-04-03

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Why can these make you stupid?

Because they work by clogging the pores of sweat glands, and they use aluminum compounds to do so. Your skin is porous, not a perfect barrier. Those little aluminum particles get into your bloodstream, and find their way to your brain. Unless you want progressive memory loss or other problems resulting from this poisoning, don't use these compounds.

What is the better way?

There are two reasons people use antiperspirants.

One is to prevent wet spots under the arms. Well, if you're overheated then you are just going to have wet spots or else suffer from overheating.

The other is to prevent bad odors. You can prevent bad odors by eliminating toxins from your diet. These include corn sweeteners, non-organic meats, hydrogenated oils, and generally all processed grains. When you aren't putting this garbage into your body, you smell better (perspiration or not). Your odor improvement will be very noticeable to the average dog or cat, if not to the humans around you.

If this simple brain protection / odor improvement step doesn't quite do the job for you, then also pick up an organic antiperspirant (you won't need a deodorant, because you aren't putting odor-causing garbage into your body). There are several good brands, such as Tom's. These work without damaging your brain.

The next time you notice your CONgressman isn't sweating, you'll understand why the legislation coming out of CONgress is stupid beyond belief.

Caution: A certain terrorist group wants to know about your bartering activities. To prevent giving them an excuse to stick you with taxes, penalties, and interest that you can't possibly pay, consult IRS Publication 525.

Informal bartering between friends (I'll babysit your kids next week if you babysit mine this Friday) doesn't involve much monetary value and is generally "under the radar." Simply trading favors without keeping track of who owes whom is another form of bartering that stays under the radar.

Where the weirdoes get all excited is when you raise bartering to "business level" by using an online swap exchange (e.g., Craigslist) or joining a bartering club. These activities are not, in themselves a problem. It's the level of bartering you do. See their Pub 525 so you know what to report and what not to report.

A big advantage of bartering is it keeps wealth from flowing through the systems run by the banksters. For this reason, inflation (which is created in USD by the Federal Reserve) tends not to exist in bartering systems. If you rack up 20 credits, the managers aren't going to crank out a bunch of counterfeit credits to make your 20 worth only 10 (unlike the Federal Reserve, which inflated away half the value of the US dollar in the ten year period ending 2010).

You may be underpaid for your services out in the "mainstream" economy, but properly compensated in a barter one. Ditto for products you make. So, take a look at organized bartering and see if it makes sense for you.

What about bartering that is not organized? This always makes sense. Trading favors with friends and relatives, even if nobody is keeping score, will no doubt save you money (unless someone is a real freeloader). But the greater value is in the deeper bonds formed by helping one another. And that's something not even the IRS can destroy.

Most people get this one wrong.

Between fashion magazines showing gaunt models and some self-proclaimed fitness experts sporting potbellies, how do you know if you are carrying too much body fat?

Most people get this one wrong, too. The fact is most people carry too much body fat and cannot correctly answer how much too fat they are. That's why, for example, the clothing industry understates the actual size of garments. Men who wear a 34 pant are probably wearing a 35 or 36. But garment makers cater to the denial most people indulge in.

I am not talking about pounds, here. Pounds are irrelevant. And please don't use that idiotic BMI thing. To learn how to correctly answer both questions, see: http://www.supplecity.com/articles/areyoutoofat.htm

Shortly after turning 50.

At www.supplecity.com, you'll find plenty of informative, authoritative articles on maintaining a lean, strong physique. It has nothing to do with long workouts or impossible to maintain diets. In fact:

• The best workouts are short and intense.
• A good diet contains far more flavors and satisfaction than the typical American diet.

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