tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883567827950405204.post1897367102346901509..comments2023-10-24T11:53:12.980-04:00Comments on Meadowsweet & Myrrh: Existential Anemia.Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01738190874181111086noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883567827950405204.post-83563620241330582622010-09-04T00:16:47.548-04:002010-09-04T00:16:47.548-04:00Anemia occurs as a result of too much blood loss f...Anemia occurs as a result of too much blood loss from the body, decreased red blood cell production or when the body has problems producing red blood cells. This can also occur when red blood cells are broken down or are destroyed faster than the body can replace them with new ones.Home Remedieshttp://www.home-remedies.in/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883567827950405204.post-74698841062977699212009-01-02T16:37:00.000-05:002009-01-02T16:37:00.000-05:00Here' the lover of nutrition - I don't kno...Here' the lover of nutrition - <BR/><BR/>I don't know what kind of doc you work with, I share office space with NDs, & they are all about nutritional balance! <BR/><BR/>Years ago I used to be 'anemic' - but had a lot of iron in my diet - & rancid fat (crisco, wessen oil, etc) . . . so *probably* truely Vit E deficient!! I took those 'horse pills' & ate meat daily, liver weekly, was constipated, & h-a-t-e-d those durn pills! NEVER felt they were what I 'should' be doing, . . .<BR/><BR/>When I hit my 20s, was PG, my now fomer hubby was 'into' nutrition, esp. Adele Davis, who had written extensively on nutrition - & sug I take a GOOD Vit E supplement (400 IU alpha Tocopherol) . . . no anemia thru the PG, & an 'easy' birth!! <BR/><BR/>Now (in my 50s) I take a mix that is high in gamma E, which promotes heart health, . . & tocotrinols . . . there was a cool book on Vit E I had from the library that really went into how great it is, & how necessary metabolicly, but low in many diets, esp if anything rancid is consumed! <BR/>I also take Co-Q 10, which recycles vit C & E, so the body gets more milage from those antioxidents. It can turn around congestive heart failure, etc. I get really good brands from my office, at close to cost, an added bonus :)<BR/><BR/>Iron uses vit E in its metabolism, so the iron does great with Vit E (usually, of course there can be exceptions to anything) BUT the Vit E needs to be taken seperatly ~ 8 hours away, for your body to full metabolize the E!! THink of rust & an old wagon in the rain - the iron 'rusts' in the blood, the E is an antioxident that puts a protective coat on.<BR/><BR/>A great herbal for iron absorption is dock - Susun Weed gives great info on that (wise woman site) . . . it's not high in iron itself, but helps the body metabolize the iron in food & etc. <BR/><BR/>With the E, breast fed babies are rarely anemic, without needing iron, tho milk is low in iron, it's (usually) got enough E to help the absorption,. . . .<BR/><BR/>Blessings ;)Nadyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00730124015853971661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883567827950405204.post-57945539058030963672008-12-27T10:57:00.000-05:002008-12-27T10:57:00.000-05:00Self-gratification is the key to happiness. Just l...Self-gratification is the key to happiness. Just looking at blind or disabled people make you feel blessed. Think of something that you already have, and nurture it. Surround yourself with beautiful things, things that make you happy, people that makes you laugh.<BR/><BR/>We each move forward secure on our own earth, not the earth of others. Happiness is something we must create for ourselves. No one else can give it to us.<BR/><BR/>Disclaimer:The comment of this author is only his personal views and will not be liable for any errors, omissions, or delays in this information or any losses, injuries, or damages arising from its display or use. All information is provided on an as-is basis. <BR/><BR/>Just joking - CHEERS!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883567827950405204.post-36003922561523568172008-12-05T07:19:00.000-05:002008-12-05T07:19:00.000-05:00This takes us into the interconnectedness of thing...This takes us into the interconnectedness of things. Each song interacts with other songs. We none of us, as persons, stop at the epidermis. We each have an effect on the world about us, and the world has an effect on us. After a walk in the woods, we carry a memory of the trees with us; and the trees and the forest has a memory of us, even if it only in the pattern of our footsteps through fallen leaves. The same is true with people. Our song is altered by them and we alter their songs.Graeme K Talboyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00147746990011686351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883567827950405204.post-37801829893099767862008-12-04T16:10:00.000-05:002008-12-04T16:10:00.000-05:00I remember having a month-long email correspondenc...I remember having a month-long email correspondence with an old high school friend about just that: what do you mean by 'meaning'? Other than the two interpretations you suggest, it's also possible that "meaning" could be used when trying to evoke something like "fitting into a personally relevant or 'valuable' context"... The example I used with my friend was how people ask "what do the 'cat' mean?" when they talk about a poem about a cat (assuming the animal is, perhaps, a symbol or expression of something), while rarely do they ask what the real-life cat "means."<BR/><BR/>Back to the Druid idea of story-telling and approaching one's life and its world (i.e. the landscape of its existence) as a story or "song" into which things fit in particular ways. In some ways, then, asking about the "meaning of life" is not about reason or purpose, but more about context and harmony--how does it all fit together and what's the "big picture," the story or song that it composes? Thus, the possibility of fitting into different stories/songs in different ways and there being many possible "meanings" to any particular being or place.<BR/><BR/>So maybe I'm trying to ask: I think I understand how I see myself as fitting into the world according to my own story, but what is the story that others make of me? How do I "fit" into the Other and how does the Other see itself as fitting into me (if it does (they do) at all)? Is my story by itself... enough?<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure I'm making sense.Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01738190874181111086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883567827950405204.post-74796696931431263262008-12-04T11:12:00.000-05:002008-12-04T11:12:00.000-05:00All the questions you posed in that last comment w...All the questions you posed in that last comment would be a lot easier to think about if we had a good definition for "meaning". :-)<BR/><BR/>I think I know what "meaning" is in a linguistic context. But what is "meaning" for a life? Or for actions, or opinions, or feelings?<BR/><BR/>Does "finding meaning" mean finding a REASON? Or does it mean finding a PURPOSE? A flower might have various reasons for being there (accident of evolution, planted by a gardener, etc.), but maybe there's no purpose to it... <BR/><BR/>Other than Beauty, which has always been a favorite Purpose of mine. :-)Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16358942133639236705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883567827950405204.post-87606475654626916442008-12-04T09:25:00.000-05:002008-12-04T09:25:00.000-05:00Yes, I am back to my iron-peppered self (in fact, ...Yes, I am back to my iron-peppered self (in fact, I had taken my supplement about half an hour before beginning to write that entry and, placebo effect or not, had already started to feel a bit better by the end of it).<BR/><BR/>I don't have <I>the</I> answer, but I may have an answer, or at least an answer for myself. Which is, of course, that a Meaningful Life is accessible to anyone, regardless of bad luck, circumstance or stupid body chemistry. I think it's Sartre (again) who suggests that it is our own responsibility to craft a life of meaning--"existence precedes essence," I think is the phrase. It's possible to think of it as a lack of iron just kind of clouding my vision, so that if I just "get myself right" (in whatever way that means) the real beauty and meaning of the world shines through once more. But there are times when I'm not wholly satisfied with that explanation.<BR/><BR/>Through my job, I work every day with people who haven't had a good education or a stable family life, who've had a lot of bad luck and difficulty in their lives... but I still find them to be bursting with life and beauty and meaningfulness. The question is, who is creating that meaning? Them, simply by living as best they can, or me by observing and appreciating them? It seems to me that I see something innately good and meaningful in them, but how would I know if this is true? Do they have a sense of having meaningful lives, is that even a question that occurs to them? Does a flower in the field have some inherent meaning, or must I give it meaning by admiring it, or does it perhaps have layers of meaning, some inherent and others created by the Other? Is it possible, then, that I could work to create the meaning of my own life and still, in being "unobserved," lack some other layer or kind of meaning that can only be bestowed by an Other? And might I feel that lack palpably, especially during times of physical weakness or vulnerability?<BR/><BR/>I don't know. Many questions. But asking them is part of the process, and I know for sure that meaning is some kind of process, regardless of its still mysterious particulars.Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01738190874181111086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883567827950405204.post-12380812637410742552008-12-04T07:51:00.000-05:002008-12-04T07:51:00.000-05:00It seems to me that the question you pose here des...It seems to me that the question you pose here deserves an answer. Is it the case that Meaningful Life is only available to those who have enough iron in their blood, or have the right brain chemistry, or -- to extend the question -- get the right kind of early education or parenting, or other lucky breaks in life?<BR/><BR/>Now that you've had your iron pills (I assume you have?), do you have an answer?Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16358942133639236705noreply@blogger.com