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- Comment on rules of the pirate code 2 days ago:
Yar, the only way to make new friends is to talk to strangers, Matey!
- Comment on You hungry? 3 days ago:
@wookieshaman , comment if you please.
- Comment on You hungry? 3 days ago:
Hmm, yeah, what does it mean? Also, don't give yourself a tummy ache with green mulberries, based on some possibly spurious quotation from some ancient website entry. Ripe mulberries are so much better than that.
- Comment on Beer is for GIRLS 3 days ago:
No clue, not really sure it's the case that beer is being singled out. The original post was about beer. We could talk about the other phytoestrogens, and/or other estrogenic chemicals.
- Comment on Beer is for GIRLS 3 days ago:
Right, so all of this indicates that phytoestrogens indeed do have effects on mice and human estrogen related physiology. The effects can be a little puzzling, though. As I understand it, there are two types of estrogen receptors, Alpha and Beta. And there are many phytoestrogens as well as estrogenic chemicals that we are exposed to, with the one's in beer binding to Estrogen Receptor Alpha, which signals breast cells and breast cancer cells to proliferate. The binding affinity of the phytoestrogens is weaker than that of the endogenous estrogen. None the less when a given phytoestrogen is bound to a given receptor it gives a slightly weaker estrogen-like signal, and simultaneously prevents the binding of the endogenous estrogen (can't fit two keys into a single lock at the same time), which has a stronger affinty, and thus stronger effect when it is bound to the receptor. So in an individual with lots of estrogen, the phytoestrogen may lower the estrogenic signal, and in someone with less estrogen it may augment the estrogenic signal in the body. Does that make sense? Do you have questions?
- Comment on rules of the pirate code 3 days ago:
Arr, pirates must know all manner o' knots, as to knot (har har!) know them would be lubberly, and is not to be countenanced.
- Comment on rules of the pirate code 3 days ago:
Nay, Matey! We've got to count the loot, and distribute it equitably, yar! So all pirates must know a wee bit 'o arithmetic, harr!
- Comment on You hungry? 3 days ago:
Unripe mulberries are halucinogenous? https://www.erowid.org/herbs/mulberry/mulberry_info2.shtml
tl;dr - "White Mulberry - All parts of white mulberry, except for the ripe fruit, contain a milky sap (latex) that is toxic to humans. Although humans may consume ripe mulberry fruit, ingestion of unripe fruit can result in stomach upset, stimulation of the nervous system and hallucinations."Umm, not so fond of psychedelic states as to consume latex sap. I'll pass, thanks.
- Comment on Aldo Leopold was right. 3 days ago:
ALDO!
- Comment on Beer is for GIRLS 3 days ago:
Flavonoids as Phytoestrogenic Components of Hops and Beer
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7570471/The Effects of the Hops Phytoestrogen in Beer on Breast Cancer Risk
https://nutritionfacts.org/blog/the-effects-of-the-hops-phytoestrogen-in-beer-on-breast-cancer-risk/
tl/dr - beer because of the ethanol, and 8-PN from hops, which is a selective estrogen receptor alpha promoter is proliferative on breast cells thus increasing breast cancer risk. And at the same time lowers risk for osteoporosis.Tho' some sources (https://www.greenskybio.com/hops_extract/37420.html) say 8-PN exists at extremely low concentrations in beer as it is served.
- Comment on How to get greasy spots out of wooden cutting board properly? 3 days ago:
My experience is different. Dries in a day, or less. Shrug. I'll keep using walnut, works just fine for my kitchen ware. I've used tung and linseed oil for furniture.
- Comment on How to get greasy spots out of wooden cutting board properly? 4 days ago:
Have you any actual data, you know, like a study of depth of penetration of your petroleum based product compared with other wood finishes?
- Comment on How to get greasy spots out of wooden cutting board properly? 4 days ago:
And as an actual woodworker, what does your knowledge base have to say about walnut oil?
- Comment on How to get greasy spots out of wooden cutting board properly? 6 days ago:
Can you cite any research, not sponsored by the petroleum industry, that relates to this opinion? Walnut oil is a food product, is made from walnuts, doesn't go rancid, and works quite well for maintenance of cutting boards and other wooden kitchen ware.
- Comment on How to get greasy spots out of wooden cutting board properly? 6 days ago:
lol, good luck. also please no petroleum products on wooden kitchenware. smh
- Comment on How to get greasy spots out of wooden cutting board properly? 6 days ago:
Plastic harbors bacteria. Every cut makes a tiny groove for the wee folks to inhabit. These folks started researching wood v. plastic back in the 90s: https://cms.johnboos.com/assets/wood-vs-plastic-cutting-boards.pdf
- Comment on How to get greasy spots out of wooden cutting board properly? 6 days ago:
Ack! No petroleum products on my cutting boards! I've used walnut oil for years, as I was told it's the only food grade oil that dries, and doesn't go rancid. I have a lot of cutting boards, wooden utensils, bowls, a few "plates" or "plowls". And I live in a dry climate, so they get oiled up about once a year. I just did the bowls, and wow do they look great!
- Comment on Humans rank between meerkats and beavers in monogamy ‘league table’, but sheep are sluts. 6 days ago:
So you're saying normal humans are incredibly rare. Yep.
- Comment on I know its hard to digest. 6 days ago:
Just like magma, and lava. Yep.
- Comment on Radiating 1 week ago:
"You look absolutely radiant, my dearest Marie", said Pierre. "As do you, my dearest Pierre", said Marie. :-( Glad they did it, sad they suffered for it. Radiation can be Hot Stuff.
- Comment on A Merry Wednesday 2 weeks ago:
A Merry Wednesday to All!!
- Comment on Praise them 2 weeks ago:
I HAVE to wait till after work.
- Comment on baked beans 2 weeks ago:
With corn!
- Comment on [FTFY] 2 weeks ago:
Corn and Beans, Corn and Beans
There ain't nuthin' in between. - Comment on Choose wisely 3 weeks ago:
Corn and beans, Corn and Beans
We eat nothing else, it seems. - Comment on This is why we can't have nice things 3 weeks ago:
Ok, bean-van is ok. For now.
- Comment on Mora! 3 weeks ago:
When 'a you swim in the sea,
And an Eel bites your knee,
That's a Moray. - Comment on I'm always worried that I am not Exercising enough. So I've started noticing everyday things I do that are also exercise. 3 weeks ago:
It depends, could be a lunge.
- Comment on Having a rough morning. I'm still pondering the question about beavers, and my kid asks me THIS 3 weeks ago:
For stem cells.
- Comment on Meanwhile Ball 3 weeks ago: