If you ever had that passing thought that “things couldn’t go any worse than this right now“, my advice to you is: please, stop. Stop that thought right now and switch it to something else, whatever that may be. Think of mockingbirds, ice-cream, the cute guy/girl you saw yesterday, your pet. Anything. Anything but that. Experiences prove, time and again, that every time that thought comes into mind, things will inevitably become worse. You may say, well maybe that’s just my selective recall bias, an anecdotal fallacy, and not truth. Fine. Have it your way, but don’t say I never…
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To many, running a marathon is probably no big deal. But to me, it’s no small feat. My memories of childhood consists more of seeing the doctor for coughs, colds, asthmas (albeit only mild ones) and almost nothing on being active in any sports. The only memories that were sports-related were the many times when I broke my glasses playing basketball. Even then, I wasn’t really playing- all I remembered was everyone fighting over the ball and the next thing I knew I felt it smashed into my face and my glasses either broke into half or went out of…
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You’ve always been told that high salt diet is one of the biggest environmental factors that raise blood pressure and cause hypertension. And then you read an article that has an attractive title on a well-known news site that tells you hey, maybe salt isn’t all that bad, maybe low salt diet can even cause harm!. So after 10 minutes of poring over the article, you’re left in a befuddled state of mind, not knowing what to believe. I don’t blame you. The author of the article started off by claiming that the reason we were told salt is so deadly…