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YT just took down Trump's NC speech a few minutes before he was finished.
Has anyone tried the search engine Luxxle.com? Playing a little tonight and I am pleased so far with the results I'm pulling up.
Trump bringing Weiner's laptop to the forefront during speech in Georgia.
"Wonder what Jack Smith's real name was?"
Yesterday I had to go get bloodwork for hypokalemia aka low potassium. I took a 99mg potassium pill from last Friday until this Friday to raise the level. I think I should have only taken 6 days instead of what the pharmacist told me as I was very dizzy headed and nauseous all day yesterday. I couldn't get in touch with my doctor last week as she wasn't in and I only listened to my phone message about needing some potassium and so I had to ask the pharmacist. Anyway, just a warning to those that potassium can cause severe problems when you take too much and it will also stop your heart if you take them everyday for a long period of time. I'm sure this bloodwork will say either the right level or too much. The next time my doctor should give me instructions over the phone before taking days off. Just a warning friends. Even simple supplements can kill or cause harm when not taken correctly.
This is an informative video on POTASSIUM by Dr. Berg...99mg. of potassium is not a very high dose at all...there are a lot of things associated with low K2 and the balance of electrolytes in the body (which..there are underlying causes of hypokalemia)...so you should read as much as you can about it so that when your doctor gives you your bloodwork results you have an understanding of the issues...I hope you get your body in balance...it really does suck to not feel well...hope you get well soon...
https://youtu.be/1hXpb3T96PU
Dr. Berg was a great warrior during 2020 hysteria, put out lots of good info on big pharma and gov't corruption.
Very informative video, thanks.
Thank you friend. I have been on high blood pressure medication with the water pill for about 5 years now. I have 'never' had this problem. I did start off with a blood pressure pill called Mepropatol or something like that where it doesn't cause you to urinate all the time. But it seems instead of me (peeing) out what was unneeded, it put fluid around my heart so I have to take a water pill with Losartan. But finding the fluid caused by the medication was a Godsend as they found out I have a very fast heartrate which I now have to take a medication called Verapamil for. So it worked out. Funny how a person doesn't know these things until they are much older because I didn't go to the doctor like I should have.
I took my husband off Verapamil because it interacts with so many other drugs and I wanted him to be able to take Ivermectin if he got covid. I think you may have been on metoprolol...I took that very short term years ago because my heart was skipping beats...got off of that pretty quickly and you have to be careful to slowly decrease...but all is well now...
I am 72 and only take vitamins, herbs, supplements and use many alternative remedies. I suffer from some of the same things as you but I always use alternative things to deal with issues...the more you read...the more you learn and knowledge is power...my doctor is OK with whatever I do because he respects my knowledge of alternative healthcare and respects my choices...
Dr. Berg has many great videos and he is one of the most intelligent men I know....I would just encourage you to read to the best of your ability about any drugs you take and their side effects and also any conditions you have and conventional and alternative treatments (if you want to be off drugs)...it is certainly a journey but it is very rewarding to be in charge of your own healthcare...especially as you get older...God bless you and yours...
Bless you my friend. I am 63 and not only me but my husband is suffering leg cramps. I told him what I saw on your video and not just the potassium and or salads etc, but that they have an electrolyte powder that can be used for his so called, 'Charley Horses.' Then he asked, "Well wouldn't a Gatorade do just as well?" So he may have hit upon something. God bless.
Don't forget when you have symptoms of something you want to look at the overall context of what else your body is telling you...especially as it pertains to any vitamin/mineral deficiencies...I would not take Gatorade because of the sugar even though it contains electrolytes and I wouldn't take sugar free because I do not like chemical sweeteners...health and nutrition are very complex and sometimes doing something like starting off taking a good multi vitamin/mineral works wonders. Adding D/K, magnesium and C is also very smart. I find that supplementing with some of the most important vitamins/minerals has corrected some of the disease states I have experienced. I also very much suggest NAC which I have taken since I had covid....a great amino acid with LOTS of great benefits...
Thank you. I will tell him not to drink Gatorade and for him to go get the electrolyte powder the video doctor said works well.
Wow, good to know. Hope you’re doing alright now.
Yes, no dizziness. Thank you friend.
It is 48 here this morning, we are getting much needed rain, NE has been in a drought for the past couple of years, today feels like a normal northern vermont late spring, June is typically rainy, just not this chilly. Gardeners curse, we need the rain but we also have a short growing season and want to be out in the garden. Planting lots of medicinal herbs this year, Hyssop, Yarrow, Skullcap, Valerian,Cannabis, and, I admit I am a plantaholic and my life could become unmanageable, I wanted lots of Lavender, a long row of it, so the individual plants would be pricey, I bought a flat of Lavender plugs, Munstead, because it can over winter.72 of them cost as much as 20 larger plants. Luckily many of my peers (old lady gardeners) have come forth to barter with me . I will probably plant about 50 of them. I have this romantic idea of having an enormous amount, get bees, and make Lavender Honey. There is a market for stuff like that. Trying to get my son into thinking about an apiary. Our little plot of Eden is buzzing and alive, despite the clouds and rain, the smoke from Quebec has moved on to points south and east.
I found an interesting YT channel called White House on the hill. This family raises bees. I’m not sure if you mean just attracting bees or actually having hives but I’ve learned a lot about the process on this channel, among other things family farm related. It’s my dream to have one. Good luck, your plans seem amazing.
One of the bee videos https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iuLCkMgUeEs&pp=ygUXd2hpdGUgaG91c2Ugb24gdGhlIGhpbGw%3D
Thank you! For now, we are attracting, use no pesticides at all. I would like to have the hives, but it's my son who would be building them and maintaining them, trying to steer him in that direction.
Not a warm day, but not too cold a day either. It's winter where I live.
The sad thing is, although it gets miserable cold, it never snows here. It just gets wet cold. If we got snow, at least you can rug up or have fun outside.
Ah, the sacrifices we make for family.....
If I was living this far north, without snow it would be so dreary. Despite the cold, deep snow insulates and protects. But it's almost summer here, and I do not want to think about snow, for now. We have 9 months of winter and 3 months of poor sledding, as the oldtimers used to say. Actually, it is 3 months of good growing season, 1 month of glorious autumn, 1 month of harvesting, 1 month of "stick season" 4 months of snow, 2 months of mud.
Was bitterly cold where I am this last week. Went outside to feed my cows and horses a little earlier and the winds a bit chilly ,definite beanie weather. Looks like we have some rain coming too. Stay warm fren.
Why is there no mention of Trump’s J6 leadership? Are they saving it for when this B.S. indictment falls through?