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Oct. 26th, 2011 08:49 pm1. Anyone know anything about DVR setup tops? Mine keeps having troubles taping random programs. I've rebooted it several times. Probably should just call Time Warner.
2. Discovered today that food coloring, particularly black food coloring will cause your poop to turn green. Doesn't even require that much apparently. So be wary of lucky charms, black frosting, red velvet cake, and blue or green gatoraid, also kool-aid. It's not dangerous, just really funky. Apparently something about level of iron intake?
3. Also discovered that chocolate is not addictive. (Well according to psychologists and experts, bloggers still think it is.)
Another factor that may play a role in chocoholism is the tryptophan found in most forms of chocolate. Tryptophan, most famously found in turkey, but also found in egg, beans, rice, pork, and cheese, is known to balance levels of the mood-boosting neurotransmitter serotonin, leading to chocolate's reputation as an antidepressant. Even the relatively low amounts of tryptophan found in chocolate might have some effect on mood, but it has never been shown to be addictive in any way.
While extremely high consumption of chocolate might lead to a partial, mild addiction, chocoholism is most likely a social construct. Many foods contain mildly psychoactive stimulants with the potential to become addictive in massive amounts. However, the mood-elevating effects of chocolate are self-regulating and do not generally lead to physiological addiction except in extreme circumstances.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1343535/chocoholism_is_chocolate_addiction_pg2.html?cat=5
http://psychcentral.com/lib/2006/does-chocolate-addiction-exist/
http://www.chocolate.org/choclove/
http://alcoholism.about.com/cs/basics/l/aa001109a.htm
Very odd thing - my Google at home finds more reliable info or different info than the one at work - don't know why? Firewalls? PC vs. Mac? Mind boggles.
4. I personally think sugar is my problem. Need to stay away from it. Particularly with all the diabetes that runs in my family. Probably should throw out the frosting and cookie dough in the fridge, shouldn't I? And I was doing so well...
5. Off to watch more Fringe S2 - the deal with Fringe? Once they start concentrating on the serial storyline or plot-line A, and dump the case of the week - the show takes off and is actually really good. ( Read more... )
Just finished Brown Betty - the Fringe musical? Which was astonishingly good. Granted I'm sucker for this stuff, but trust me this version worked. ( Read more... )
I swear John Noble is the heart of this series. He's amazing. Although Anna Torv and Joshua Jackson are growing on me.
Okay let's hope my setup works tonight. So far it appears to be. If I could just figure out what is making it all wonky.
2. Discovered today that food coloring, particularly black food coloring will cause your poop to turn green. Doesn't even require that much apparently. So be wary of lucky charms, black frosting, red velvet cake, and blue or green gatoraid, also kool-aid. It's not dangerous, just really funky. Apparently something about level of iron intake?
3. Also discovered that chocolate is not addictive. (Well according to psychologists and experts, bloggers still think it is.)
Another factor that may play a role in chocoholism is the tryptophan found in most forms of chocolate. Tryptophan, most famously found in turkey, but also found in egg, beans, rice, pork, and cheese, is known to balance levels of the mood-boosting neurotransmitter serotonin, leading to chocolate's reputation as an antidepressant. Even the relatively low amounts of tryptophan found in chocolate might have some effect on mood, but it has never been shown to be addictive in any way.
While extremely high consumption of chocolate might lead to a partial, mild addiction, chocoholism is most likely a social construct. Many foods contain mildly psychoactive stimulants with the potential to become addictive in massive amounts. However, the mood-elevating effects of chocolate are self-regulating and do not generally lead to physiological addiction except in extreme circumstances.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1343535/chocoholism_is_chocolate_addiction_pg2.html?cat=5
http://psychcentral.com/lib/2006/does-chocolate-addiction-exist/
http://www.chocolate.org/choclove/
http://alcoholism.about.com/cs/basics/l/aa001109a.htm
Very odd thing - my Google at home finds more reliable info or different info than the one at work - don't know why? Firewalls? PC vs. Mac? Mind boggles.
4. I personally think sugar is my problem. Need to stay away from it. Particularly with all the diabetes that runs in my family. Probably should throw out the frosting and cookie dough in the fridge, shouldn't I? And I was doing so well...
5. Off to watch more Fringe S2 - the deal with Fringe? Once they start concentrating on the serial storyline or plot-line A, and dump the case of the week - the show takes off and is actually really good. ( Read more... )
Just finished Brown Betty - the Fringe musical? Which was astonishingly good. Granted I'm sucker for this stuff, but trust me this version worked. ( Read more... )
I swear John Noble is the heart of this series. He's amazing. Although Anna Torv and Joshua Jackson are growing on me.
Okay let's hope my setup works tonight. So far it appears to be. If I could just figure out what is making it all wonky.