How to Yawn #9 By Atom Bergstrom Atom’s Blog When it comes to health advice, who would you believe, Ray Peat or Gwyneth Paltrow? Usually, I’d go with Dr. Peat, but when it comes to the Science of Yawning, I’d choose Ms. Paltrow. Herb Doctor Andrew Murray was kind enough to…
How to Yawn #8 By Atom Bergstrom Atom’s Blog “When you stop the pain, where does it go?” I asked a miner turned reflexologist in Tucson. “What do you mean, where does it go?” he repeated. “Pain is energy, and energy can’t be destroyed. It has to go someplace, so where does…
How to Yawn #7 By Atom Bergstrom Atom’s Blog A full yawn with tonic extension of the limbs is therapeutic. Besides boosting alertness and consciousness, yawning increases muscle tone (residual muscle tone). For example, perky breasts indicate proper muscle tone in the small muscles surrounding the milk ducts and in the underlying…
How to Yawn #6 By Atom Bergstrom Atom’s Blog According to Adano Ley (Swami Nitty-Gritty) … “Pressure moves electricity and magnetism. But explain your work in terms of electricity and magnetism because no one will pay you for telling them they’re full of hot air.” If you doubt the Swami, check out…
How to Yawn #5 By Atom Bergstrom Atom’s Blog Fred Cicetti (“Here’s Why You Yawn,” Live Science, May 29, 2014) wrote … “Yawns seem to be caused by chemicals in the brain — serotonin, dopamine, glutamic acid and nitric oxide. The more of these compounds activated in the brain, the greater the frequency…
How to Yawn #4 By Atom Bergstrom Atom’s Blog Extended yawning is closely related to Kriya Yoga. Slower breathing correlates with longer life. It also increases the consciousness to ENJOY a longer life, making a longer life longer than its years. <> Paramhansa Yogananda (Autobiography of a Yogi, 1946) wrote … “Many illustrations…
How to Yawn #3 By Atom Bergstrom Atom’s Blog What if yawning is both a sign and a therapy for the following conditions? According to The Breathing Clinic & Wellness Centre … “Can yawning be a sign of disease? “If you experience unexplained, excessive yawning and excessive daytime sleepiness, it is recommended that…
How to Yawn #2 By Atom Bergstrom Atom’s Blog Extending a yawn has therapeutic effects. So does sighing, yawning’s little brother. <> M. Foster, M.D. (A Text Book of Physiology, Sixth Edition, 1895) wrote … “Sighing is a deep and long-drawn inspiration, chiefly through the nose, followed by a somewhat shorter, but…
How to Yawn #1 By Atom Bergstrom Atom’s Blog Who doesn’t know how to yawn? Well, there’s yawning for beginners and there’s yawning for virtuosos. The average yawn for human beings lasts only six seconds. Yogis consider that pathetic. So does a Pomeranian pup named Bella. <> Ashley Geiken (“Pomeranian Breaks Record for…
No Pain, No Financial Gain By Atom Bergstrom Atom’s Blog The U.S. government is pro-opioid and anti-pot and anti-LSD. Why? There’s a lot more cash to be made in opioids and opioid antidotes. Narcan overdose spray is now being stocked by all of Walgreens’ 8,000-plus pharmacies. <> Arielle Pardes (“How the Pharmaceutical Industry…
Conspiracy? Inhuman Anthropology? By Atom Bergstrom Atom’s Blog There’s no such thing as a lipid bilayer membrane. Or a sodium-potassium pump Or a lock-and-key receptor. Or autoimmune diseases. It’s all Fake News concocted by Cultural Archetypes pretending to be Science Necromancy. Grab your wallet and make a break for the door whenever…
Hibernation & Torpidation By Atom Bergstrom Atom’s Blog I’m somewhat north of the cheering section when it comes to Ray Peat’s ideas about sleep and darkness. On the plus side, he does seem to regard carbon dioxide as Nature’s evening substitute for light as an antidote for the stress of darkness. <>…
The Scoop On Poop By Atom Bergstrom Atom’s Blog According to Adano Ley (Swami Nitty-Gritty) … “I can tell you what to eat, but I can’t zip your mouth.” “Regulate breathing in the morning to generate pressure in the body, and move waste out before breakfast.” “The Downward Air is prana in the…
Buried In the Grave For a Month By Atom Bergstrom Atom’s Blog Yogis practice the Khechari Mudra to master the Breathless State. Adano Ley (Swami Nitty-Gritty) said … “When inhalation meets exhalation, brain power increases. Yogis call it samadhi. “The greater the lung power, the greater the brain power. “Brain power is…
Inflamm-Aging & Garb-Aging By Atom Bergstrom Atom’s Blog Re: Does it affect some but not all mammals? It’s hard to find any mention of human incidences. Didn’t you say something once about the Eskimos not eating too much salmon for that reason? What then of other coastal Indians. All they ate was salmon….
The Shaping Of Water By Atom Bergstrom Atom’s Blog Some Sufis know the truth about the ISM-AZAM. It doesn’t refer to the 99 names of God. It’s the “only name of the nameless, which all nature constantly proclaims” … HU HU is the “origin and end of every sound as well as the…
Stirring the Pot With Franklin By Atom Bergstrom Atom’s Blog Benjamin Franklin experimented with vegetarianism as a youth. Walter Isaacson (Benjamin Franklin: An American Life, 2003) wrote … “But Franklin was a reasonable soul, so wedded to being rational that he became adroit at rationalizing. During his voyage from Boston to New York,…
Re: How do dentists get all those great results with fluoride? By Atom Bergstrom Atom’s Blog Because fluoride really works. It has side effects. All medicines do. All food has side effects too; lesser side effects, and the liver usually deals with them. <> Mercury cures several diseases. It has side effects. Doctors found…
Heavy Water For Life Extension? By Atom Bergstrom Atom’s Blog Fiona Macrae (“It’s time to raise a glass (of heavy water) to a longer life,” The Daily Mail, Nov. 27, 2008) wrote … “He [Russian biochemist Mikhail Shchepinov] found that water enriched with deuterium, which is twice as heavy as normal hydrogen, extends…
Cooked Mushrooms, Not Raw By Atom Bergstrom Atom’s Blog According to Adano Ley (Swami Nitty-Gritty) … “Mushroom and baked potato with the skin are a complete protein when dextrinized.” “Eat peanuts, mushrooms, and a dextrinized baked potato to make a complete protein. Add onion for chlorine to clean.” “A ruptured tongue fungates. B-6…