#<- ill include that in the text of this post in a rb too but also i think there shld be just a fandom neutral version of this

[caruliaa]

one of the worst phenomena in fandom is when theres a character that everyone loves so much and thinks is the greatest guy ever who only ever does nice good things and then some other people start to point out examples of that not being true and then their narrative starts being that that character sucks forever so much and is only ever awful and the worst and we cant have any nuance about literally anything ever yayyy yipee !!!

[kiirer]

— basic info

hi i am kiiro!!

any pronouns are ok !! in polish i usually use she/her for myself for convenience (verbs)

i am librafem, cupioromantic & apothisexual

BYF: i might occasionally draw suggestive stuff!! no full-on nsfw though because i am uncomfortable with that myself

DNI: bigots, nsfw blogs, uhh idk who else in general ill just block you if you make me uncomfortable ^_^

— stuff i like

HETALIA!!!!, MY OCS..., yttd, pjsk, dsmp, dunmeshi, evangelion & more that i just consume content of passively. i mostly draw/post hetalia or my ocs but will rb other stuff too

my favourite hetalia characters are lithuania, romano (Melt's influence../lh) and liechtenstein in no particular order. i like most ships and a lot of rarepairs/crackships!

for other interests, those include literature, law (kpk my beloved), botany, flower language, chainmail making and umm yeah!! AND MY FAVOURITE BAND EVER IS RAMMSTEIN I LOVE THEIR MUSIC

— tags (atm)

#🐟 - posts of mine in general!!!

#🐋 - my art!!

#🐬 - ocs!!

#🐠 - wifesband tag

#moots - my mutuals!

#faves 💫 - favourite stuff :]

— about doodle reqs & blinkies below!!

BLINKIES — please tell me whether it should be a gif or png and whether a 150x20px or a stamp! you can send any specific image(s) you'd like attached. for 150x20 ones if you request a specific character and/or image i'll assume a bigger size is needed (since 20 pixels is. like. super tiny!

right now i'm only taking hetalia and pjsk blinkie/stamps requests

i will not do incest, age gap or other ships that make me uncomfortable if you want me to include any headcanons/flags/text or whatever else tell me! for text i need the specific wording. if it's a simple text blinkie you can check out blinkies cafe

ART — feel free to request a doodle! preferably hetalia. if 2 or more characters - specify whether it should be platonic or romantic!

additionally, as mentioned above, i will not do incest, age gap ships and other stuff that makes me uncomfortable

i'm fine with drawing suggestive content but i will not draw nsfw or genitalia

Still working on commissions, but my art trades are open.

[mazzystar24]

instead of getting post exam clarity I get absolutely convinced that every single word I wrote was pure and utter gibberish to the point of my text being an incoherent mess only to be given it back and realize it was completely normal lmao

IDK IF YOU SAW MY RB AFTER IT BUT YEAH SAME LIKE AFTER AN EXAM HERE IS MY LIST OF POSSIBLE THINGS THAT HAPPEN TO ME:

One or more of these each time

The post exam clarity- I’ll realise that I wrote so many things wrong that I would’ve probably gotten right any other day

The name of study that was on the top of my tongue but forgot ends up surging back to the front of my head

FALSE MEMORIES- ill start to be convinced of so many things ranging in level of craziness this includes not writing my name on the exam paper, writing the right answer on the wrong page/wrong question, missing out whole sentences and only saying them in my head, accidentally writing swear words or random shit or intrusive thoughts (yes I mean intrusive not impulsive like I don’t wanna overexpose myself but let’s just say like some of the most outrageous shit you can come up with), basically I’ll have be convinced I have a memory of doing these things even if I know rationally I didn’t do them but because I don’t have my exam paper I can’t check them so I drive myself insane - and like I won’t know anything about the exams or what I wrote, I’ll only get my grades back in august with no other info so ill be insane for the next few months guys❤️🥰

The spiral throughout the day from that wasn’t that bad to oh my god I failed it was torture all about the same test

That was good…too good…everytime I say it’s a good exam I get HUMBLED so it must be a fail

Spirals about the future

Forgets to eat cos I’m so busy revising for the next one or stress eats no inbetween

Taking the rest of the day to watch greys and sleep because it’s a reward - fully knowing I have another right after

[i-maybe-exist]

hey! my names calyx/blake/jasper and im an adult!! i draw, play minecraft, stream, and think too much about my ocs <3

i use shey/ix/zie/it pronouns, as well as a bunch of other neopronouns! i also have a bunch of names listed there too that you can use for me :D

my main interests atm are my ocs, gen loss, monster high, haven smp and bitb, but i might post about other fandoms sporadically

links:

youtube

twitch

twitter

PLEASE don’t reblog my vent posts or anything with the tags “dont rb” or “do not reblog”. also i find it a bit weird if you reblog one of my more personal text posts/liveblog reblog chains with no comment. you can do it i guess?? but i might ask you to take it down

if you ever see a post ive reblogged with a random name in the tags then its probably an oc (feel free to ask about any of them! still trying to organize my toyhouse but ill absolutely still talk about them in the meantime :D)

dni if you’re a proshipper, support/partake in serious rpf, exclusionist of any kind (including terfs and anyone who participates in ace/pan/bi “”discourse””), ship real people, right wing, or all/blue lives matter. dont have time for your shit lmao 

if you still support dream in any way, fuck off. i don’t care what reason you have. (this post summarizes my feelings on him pretty well)

you can still interact with me but I Am Squinting My Eyes At You/probably wont interact back if you watch/support attack on titan or hazbin hotel

also i think it’s really weird if you ship hermitcraft members because youre basically shipping the cc??? theres not much of a character with most of the hc members. feel free to interact if you do but i probably won’t interact back

(exist_maybe banner by @widdendream5, ace/bi blinkies by silasdotgif, vandala blinkie by monster-high-blinkies, i <3 online friends)

[wutheringheightsfilm]

wait :0 whats ur tagging system? like ik u have it but idk what ur tags mean 😭 and for some reason i have to know bc i love tagging systems ........... 😔😔

omg...ok i love to pretend im organized (i kind of am) my tagging system is pretty general!

#x = pics. like photos of anything like aesthetic photos

#places = for cool looking locations! ill tag pics w these when they say like... idk like “Budapest, Hungary” or something

#words = for quotes mostly! like something like this:

#music = for audio posts that r songs!!

#vid = for any posts that have videos

#t = text posts including my own, but all text posts mostly

#vero.txt = my personal text posts!! only ones that ive made

#art = for art!! self explanatory 💕

#nature = for anything nature related like landscapes and flowers!!

#my face = selfies/pics of me!!

#fave = for my favorite posts/things i wanna save

#asks = for ask memes (like question form ones) and for asks i get and answered

#vampires = for anything that gives off a vampiric vibe!! i have the brand url why not use it

#ash 💫 = my tag for u!!

#mutuals = if any of my mutuals post pics or anything of themselves if theyre ok to rb ill tag them w that!!

i also tag triggers for ppl like #flashing gif for those with epilepsy, #body image /, #blood /, and some others

ill also have #ocean a lot because i love the sea

i have the tags #tv and #movies, but if i know the movie/show and if ive seen it, ill tag it with the name

for loona i have tags for each subunit too, loona 1/3 is just #one third, odd eye circle is #summer unit (because of that one loonatv where i think one of them was like summer unit hot unit) and yyxy is #eden girls, a callback to my first url (which was indeed edengirls)!

most of my other tags are things for other groups (like #rv for red velvet, #nct, #dreamcatcher, etc) or members of those groups, but i also have recently #mdzs for the novel and donghua (animated show) mo dao zu shi! its just shorter to have mdzs!!

i think thats about it!!! omg if theres one i forgot you can ask about it!!

[aion-rsa]

A Comprehensive History of George R.R. Martin’s NFL Draft Takes

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Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin loves three things above all else: writing exhaustive descriptions of feasts, killing Starks, and watching NFL football.

When the “A Song of Ice and Fire” creator is not writing the most impactful bit of fantasy storytelling since The Lord of the Rings, he follows his two favorite football teams: the New York Giants and the New York Jets (yes, supporting two teams in the same city is highly unusual and yes, he’s apparently fine with it). 

Martin is fond of expounding upon his fandom in interviews (including this one with ex-NFL defensive end Chris Long) and also documenting his sports pain on his LiveJournal blog, “Not a Blog”. The Westeros story shepherd has been blogging steadily since pretty much the dawn of blogging in 2006. And over the past 15 years, he has marked 235 posts with the “NFL” tag. 

Perhaps it shouldn’t be a surprise that Martin is using a blog the way blogs were intended to be used – providing professional updates with some informal sports observations sprinkled in. But I’ve personally never been able to get over the novelty of one of pop culture’s most important, sagacious figures, jotting down his ill-conceived sports takes just like the rest of us weirdos. I mean, get a load of this (which is baseball-related, not football):

Grown men wishing to bear the child of their favorite professional athlete is the sort of thing usually left to fringe sports talk radio shows or drunk group text chats. And yet, here is the writer of A Feast For Crows’ genius “broken man” monologue just throwing it out there for public consumption. 

It’s like finding out that J.R.R. Tolkien used to submit his sports takes to The Times in the 1940s. “Yes, Stanley Matthews is talented but I fear his training regimen too rigorous for him to maintain the proper energy for the Three Lions to overcome France this year.”

Sadly, we do not have Tolkien’s football takes (apparently rugby was more his speed anyway). Since we do have Martin’s though, it’s worth examining how his many NFL opinions and predictions have held up over the years, particularly his commentary surrounding the NFL Draft.

The NFL Draft, in which NFL teams select college players to augment their rosters, occurs every year near the end of April or beginning of May. Martin, bless him, frequently likes to record his thoughts on the Jets and Giants’ draft during or after the event. Of the 235 NFL posts on NotaBlog, at least 12 of them deal with the draft. 

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This year’s NFL Draft begins on April 29. A GRRM post about it is sure to come soon after (unless The Winds of Winter is taking up too much of his time). Before George offers his thoughts on this year’s selections, let’s take a trip back through memory lane to grade some of his previous years’ takes. 

Bear in mind, that this list of Martin’s draft takes isn’t truly exhaustive. His blog for the 2020 draft, for instance, doesn’t include too many spicy opinions so it’s left out. But should you want the entire list of George R.R. Martin’s sports musings, I know a guy who wasted countless hours compiling all 235 posts.

George R.R. Martin’s NFL Draft Takes

The Post: April 26, 2019 – Day One The Takes: 

The Jets should have selected defensive end Josh Allen over defensive tackle Quinnen Williams

Daniel Jones at 6 was an overdraft from the Giants. They should have chosen Dwayne Haskins

Analysis: It’s probably too early to tell on George’s first prediction though Williams looks to be the slightly better player now. George’s second take, however, is way off. Not because Giants QB Daniel Jones has been particularly great but George’s preferred QB Dwayne Haskins had a disastrous tenure in Washington, getting released midway through his second season. Cumulative Take Score: 0 for 2 (0%)

The Post: April 7, 2018 – Feeling a Draft The Takes:

The Giants should take Saquon Barkley

The Jets should take Baker Mayfield

Analysis: One of George’s most charming sports quirks is an avowed love of running backs. The running back position isn’t as important in the modern NFL as offenses become more pass heavy. The Giants drafting running back Saquon Barkley was very defensible though and hopefully he will recover from the knee injury that wiped out his 2020 season. George was also dead-on in urging the Jets to take Baker Mayfield. Unfortunately for him (but fortunately for yours truly) the Browns took Mayfield with the first overall pick. The Jets took Sam Darnold as a consolation prize and he is already no longer on the team. Cumulative Take Score: 2 for 4 (50%)

The Post: April 29, 2016 – NFL Draft Round One The Takes: 

The Jets did well in taking linebacker Darron Lee over Memphis QB Paxton Lynch

The Giants should have picked pass rusher Shaq Lawson

Running backs Ezekiel Elliott and Derrick Henry will be good.

Analysis: George sniffed out Paxton Lynch’s futility like a Lannister plot. Darron Lee was pretty much a bust but at least he wasn’t Paxton Lynch. The Giants should not have chosen Shaq Lawson – their Eli Apple pick worked out perfectly fine. Here, George once again reveals his great taste in running backs. Though the position may no longer be as important, GRRM is one hell of a RB talent evaluator. Zeke Elliott and Derrick Henry are among the best backs in the league. Cumulative Take Score: 4 for 7 (57%)

The Post: April 27, 2013 – NFL Draft, Day 3 The Takes:

Ryan Nassib is Eli Manning’s successor

Taking Geno Smith will set the Jets back years.

Analysis: Ryan Nassib was not Eli Manning’s successor. Who’s to say if Geno Smith set the Jets back years or if they are just a poorly run organization? Either way, we’ll give that one to George since the team has had only one winning season since picking him. Cumulative Take Score: 5 for 9 (56%)

The Post: April 27, 2012 – NFL Draft, Round One The Takes:

“I am not at all happy with (the Jets) choice of Quinton Couples (sic).”

Cleveland had a good first round.

Ryan Tannehill will be a bust. 

Analysis: George was right to be upset with the Coples pick. Unfortunately, George erred severely in trusting the Cleveland Browns to draft well. He undoubtedly was excited about the Browns drafting one of his beloved running backs, but that running back, Trent Richardson, was out of the league within a few years. George’s Ryan Tannehil prediction looked prescient for the first half of his career. Now – not so much, with the QB turning his career around in Tennessee. Cumulative Take Score: 6 for 12 (50%)

The Post: April 25, 2009 – NFL Draft, Day 1 The Takes:

The Jets and Giants were right to not draft Percy Harvin.

Kenny Britt is the best receiver among himself, Hakeem Nicks, and Brian Robiskie

Analysis: The Harvin concerns were understandable but he had a pretty decent career, all things considered. Hakeem Nicks was better than Kenny Britt. George was surely happy to be wrong though as Nicks is who the Giants drafted. Cumulative Take Score: 6 for 14 (43%)

The Post: April 28, 2007 – NFL Draft, Day One The Takes:

The Jets had a better day than the Giants

Brady Quinn will have a better pro career than JaMarcus Russell

Analysis: George nailed prediction one. The Jets drafted Darrelle Revis, who ended up being one of the best players in franchise history. George also nailed prediction number two but that’s because just about every other player in football history had a better pro career than JaMarcus Russell. Cumulative Take Score: 8 for 16 (50%)

The Post: February 5, 2006 – Super Bowl XL The Takes: 

The Jets should draft D’Brickashaw Ferguson

“So another NFL season is now done, which means that Sunday becomes a work day for me once again. That should please everyone waiting for A DANCE WITH DRAGONS.”

Analysis: George’s first take here was absolutely correct. Ferguson was a Jets stalwart for a decade. Of course, I couldn’t help but share that second, non-football prediction. It turns out the people were not pleased as A Dance With Dragons would not arrive for another five years.  Cumulative Take Score: 9 for 17 (53%)

Bonus George R.R. Martin NFL Takes

And now, a few other George R.R. Martin NFL Takes that have nothing to do with the draft…

The Post: September 1, 2017 – The NFL Is Coming The Take: “I have the feeling that I am going to be starting a lot of blog posts with ‘Life is miserable and full of pain’ this fall, at least where the Jets are concerned.” Analysis: Yup.

The Post: January 15, 2015 Locker Room Shuffle The Take: “(Rex) Ryan’s opening press conference with the Bills was very impressive. He seemed to be the old Rex again, brimming with confidence and swagger, all leavened with a healthy sense of humor. He promised to make the Bills a “bully,” a team that no one will want to play. I believe him.” Analysis: Of all the Jets coaches in Not A Blog history, Rex Ryan might be Martin’s favorite. He believes (pretty accurately) that Ryan did not get a fair shake in New York. But things in Buffalo did not pan out well for Ryan either. He was fired after two seasons and a 15-16 record.

The Post: March 15, 2013 – Free Agency Follies The Take: “Oh, and the Patriots… what a vile thing is Evil Little Bill (Belichick). The way he treated Wes Welker is disgraceful. Man has absolutely no loyalty to anyone. Watch and see, when Tom Brady’s talents start to fade — and they will, it happens to all of them — Evil Little Bill will ship him out as well.” Analysis: I don’t doubt that George was right that Bill Belichick would send Tom Brady packing the moment his talents start to fade. Where George erred, however, is that Tom Brady’s talents are never going to fade. He will never retire or even die. Brady left Belichick and New England in 2020 of his own volition…and promptly won a Super Bowl in Tampa Bay.

Jets or Giants: Which Team Makes GRRM More Miserable?

Indulge me on one last bit of George R.R. Martin NFL nonsense. Occasionally, Martin will begin or end one of his football-related blog posts with the phrase “Life is meaningless and full of pain” (sometimes, he swaps “miserable” for “meaningless”).  

This is a notion that many sports fans should know quite well. Following a professional football team is mostly a never-ending series of woe and disappointment. And since Martin supports two NFL teams, he gets to experience twice the level of disappointment. But which New York football franchise causes George more pain? To find out, I tracked every “Not A Blog” post that contains the phrase “life is meaningless/miserable and full of pain” and figured out which team was making his life miserable. More often than not, it was both teams, but occasionally only one team was the culprit. The finally tally is:

New York Giants = 25 blog posts mentioning “life is meaningless and full of pain.”

New York Jets = 23 blog posts mentioning “life is meaningless and full of pain.”

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This is a fairly surprising result given that the Giants have actually won two Super Bowls in the time since Martin has been blogging. But it turns out that pain cuts deeper than victory. 

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The World Anti-Doping Agency Just Gave Olympic Athletes the Green Light to Use CBD Products

The World Anti-Doping Agency just gave Olympic athletes the green light to use CBD products - or cannabinoids - to manage their pain.

And it only took 2,800 years. More on that in a moment…

The ancient Greek physician Pedanius Dioscorides wrote extensively about CBD and cannabis in his five-volume medical text.

This is huge news for people who depend on their bodies to perform at peak levels day in and day out.

But it's also big news for my patients at the Sears Institute for Anti-Aging Medicine.

You see, living where I do in South Florida, I have a lot of patients of retirement age. And they moved to this area so they could enjoy their days outdoors playing golf and tennis all year round.

But the aches and pains that go along with getting older sometimes keep my patients from doing the things they love.

My patients want natural solutions to treat their pain. And that's what I offer them. But now, I have a new tool in my arsenal that's highly effective, natural and safe - CBD.

You see, my patients know that Big Pharma's painkillers are not a good long-term choice. By now, everyone is aware of the opioid epidemic in our country. But even over-the-counter pain meds are dangerous…

Low-dose aspirin is toxic when taken too often. Regular use increases your risk of bleeding, getting ulcers, developing hearing loss and having liver and kidney failure.1 Even conventional doctors and the FDA have stopped recommending that everyone take a low-dose aspirin daily because they finally get that the risks outweigh any benefit.

Acetaminophen, or Tylenol, is marketed as the world's safest drug. But recent studies found it can increase blood pressure, double your risk of certain cancers, lead to broken bones and cause liver damage.2,3,4,5

NSAIDs increase your risk of heart attack and stroke - within just one week of consistent use. And the more you use, the more your risk goes up.6

Cannabis-based remedies were one of the world's leading medicines for thousands of years.

The two oldest forms of medicine - Ayurveda and Chinese - used CBD oil to treat everything from high blood pressure and cancer to sexual dysfunction and pain. And the ancient Egyptians wrote extensively about it in the world's oldest medical textbook, the Ebers Papyrus.

And as it turns out, the very first Olympians, back in 776 B.C., used CBD oil to treat a variety of illnesses and ailments.

Years later, the ancient Greek physician Pedanius Dioscorides, wrote extensively about it in his medical text De Materia Medica.

In this five-volume pharmacopoeia, he said that “[cannabis] is a plant of much use in this life” and that its uses include… “the treatment of inflammation and [arthritis],” as well as the “twisting of the sinews,” or tendons.7

CBD was also widely used extensively in America until the 1930s. In fact, it made up half of all medicines prescribed and sold.

But then the government got involved and declared this lifesaving drug illegal. Luckily, they've reversed course in recent years. Today, CBD products are legal in some states.

That's a relief for a lot of my patients because CBD is leading a pain-relieving revolution we haven't seen since the invention of aspirin. And today's research backs up what 10,000 years of use has found.

A 2012 study published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine found that CBD significantly suppressed chronic inflammation and pain in animals without causing either tolerance or addiction.8

In a separate study, researchers applied CBD oil to severely arthritic rats for four days. Their research reported a significant drop in inflammation and pain, without side effects.9

A third study followed 2,700 cancer patients in severe pain for six months. After using CBD oil, almost every single study participant reported that their chronic pain was cut in half - with none of the side effects they got from their prescription medications.

If severe pain were all that CBD treated, I'd still recommend it. But this miracle oil has also been proven to treat cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer's and heart disease. Look for more on that in a future letter…

Knock Out Pain with These 3 Herbal Remedies

Take the original aspirin. White willow bark contains salicin, the same compound found in aspirin. It comes from a tree native to Europe and Asia. Hippocrates had his patients chew on white willow bark to reduce inflammation.

Studies show it not only relieves arthritis pain but also increases mobility in the back, knees, hips and other joints. And a study in the American Journal of Medicine found it extremely effective for lower back pain.

I recommend 240 mg per day.

Try the “golden miracle.” That's what I call curcumin. This South Indian spice has 619 health benefits that are supported by nearly 7,000 studies. But curcumin is best known as a powerful anti-inflammatory. In fact, studies show it reduces arthritis joint pain by 60% and joint swelling by 73%. Another clinical trial found it was more effective than prescription strength NSAID.

Look for a supplement that contains piperine. This black pepper extract boosts absorbency by 2,000%.

I recommend 400 mg to 500 mg twice a day.

Use this “NSAID substitute.” That's how researchers at the University of Miami refer to ginger. In their study, they compared a ginger extract to a placebo in 247 patients with osteoarthritis. The ginger reduced pain and stiffness in knee joints by 40% over the placebo.11 And a second study in the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine found that ginger reduce pain in both muscles and joints by as much as 25%.12

Ginger contains 12 different compounds that fight excess inflammation. Some block the enzyme which triggers it. Some lower pain-receptor and nerve-ending sensitivity. Together they work as well as any over-the-counter remedy you can find.

I recommend you take 750 mg of liquid ginger extract a day.

To Your Good Health,

Al Sears, MD, CNS

P.S. I'm currently working on my own CBD product to release in the next couple of months. With my decades of experience searching for natural herbal cures around the world, this seemed like the obvious next step.

The studies and research I've read have been incredible. And I can't wait to share this new powerful no-prescription-required treatment with my patients. Stay tuned!

1. Harvard Health Letter. Weighing the risks and benefits of aspirin therapy. https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/weighing-the-risks-and-benefits-of-aspirin-therapy. November 2017. Accessed on August 17, 2018. 2. Harvard Health Letter. Acetaminophen may boost blood pressure. February 2011. https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/acetaminophen-may-boost-blood-pressure. Accessed May 8, 2018. 3. Walter RB, et al. “Long-term use of acetaminophen, aspirin, and other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and risk of hematologic malignancies: results from the prospective Vitamins and Lifestyle (VITAL) study.” J Clin Oncol. 2011;29(17):2424-2431. 4. Williams LJ, et. al. “Paracetamol (acetaminophen) use, fracture and bone mineral density.” Bone. 2011;48(6):1277-1281. 5. FDA U.S. Food & Drug Administration. Can an aspirin a day help prevent a heart attack? 6. Harvard Health Publishing. FDA strengthens warning that NSAIDs increase heart attack and stroke risk. https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/fda-strengthens-warning-that-nsaids-increase-heart-attack-and-stroke-risk-201507138138. Updated August 22, 2017. Accessed on August 17, 2018. 7. Pedanius Dioscorides. Full Text of De Materia Medica. https://archive.org/stream/de-materia-medica/scribd-download.com_dioscorides-de-materia-medica_djvu.txt. Accessed on August 17, 2018. 8. Xiong W, et al. “Cannabinoids suppress inflammatory and neuropathic pain by targeting α3 glycine receptors.” J Exp Med. 2012;209(6):1121-1134. 9. Hammell DC, et al. “Transdermal cannabidiol reduces inflammation and pain-related behaviours in a rat model of arthritis.” Eur J Pain. 2016; 20(6): 936-948. 10. Chandran B and Goel A. “A randomized, pilot study to assess the efficacy and safety of curcumin in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis.” Phytother Res. 2012;26(11):1719-1725. 11. Altman RD and Marcussen KC. “Effects of a ginger extract on knee pain in patients with osteoarthritis.” Arthritis Rheum. 2001;44(11):2531-2538. 12. Ozgoli G, et al. “Comparison of effects of ginger, mefenamic acid, and ibuprofen on pain in women with primary dysmenorrhea.” J Altern Complement Med. 2009;15(2):129-132.

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The World Anti-Doping Agency Just Gave Olympic Athletes the Green Light to Use CBD Products

The World Anti-Doping Agency just gave Olympic athletes the green light to use CBD products - or cannabinoids - to manage their pain.

And it only took 2,800 years. More on that in a moment…

The ancient Greek physician Pedanius Dioscorides wrote extensively about CBD and cannabis in his five-volume medical text.

This is huge news for people who depend on their bodies to perform at peak levels day in and day out.

But it's also big news for my patients at the Sears Institute for Anti-Aging Medicine.

You see, living where I do in South Florida, I have a lot of patients of retirement age. And they moved to this area so they could enjoy their days outdoors playing golf and tennis all year round.

But the aches and pains that go along with getting older sometimes keep my patients from doing the things they love.

My patients want natural solutions to treat their pain. And that's what I offer them. But now, I have a new tool in my arsenal that's highly effective, natural and safe - CBD.

You see, my patients know that Big Pharma's painkillers are not a good long-term choice. By now, everyone is aware of the opioid epidemic in our country. But even over-the-counter pain meds are dangerous…

Low-dose aspirin is toxic when taken too often. Regular use increases your risk of bleeding, getting ulcers, developing hearing loss and having liver and kidney failure.1 Even conventional doctors and the FDA have stopped recommending that everyone take a low-dose aspirin daily because they finally get that the risks outweigh any benefit.

Acetaminophen, or Tylenol, is marketed as the world's safest drug. But recent studies found it can increase blood pressure, double your risk of certain cancers, lead to broken bones and cause liver damage.2,3,4,5

NSAIDs increase your risk of heart attack and stroke - within just one week of consistent use. And the more you use, the more your risk goes up.6

Cannabis-based remedies were one of the world's leading medicines for thousands of years.

The two oldest forms of medicine - Ayurveda and Chinese - used CBD oil to treat everything from high blood pressure and cancer to sexual dysfunction and pain. And the ancient Egyptians wrote extensively about it in the world's oldest medical textbook, the Ebers Papyrus.

And as it turns out, the very first Olympians, back in 776 B.C., used CBD oil to treat a variety of illnesses and ailments.

Years later, the ancient Greek physician Pedanius Dioscorides, wrote extensively about it in his medical text De Materia Medica.

In this five-volume pharmacopoeia, he said that “[cannabis] is a plant of much use in this life” and that its uses include… “the treatment of inflammation and [arthritis],” as well as the “twisting of the sinews,” or tendons.7

CBD was also widely used extensively in America until the 1930s. In fact, it made up half of all medicines prescribed and sold.

But then the government got involved and declared this lifesaving drug illegal. Luckily, they've reversed course in recent years. Today, CBD products are legal in some states.

That's a relief for a lot of my patients because CBD is leading a pain-relieving revolution we haven't seen since the invention of aspirin. And today's research backs up what 10,000 years of use has found.

A 2012 study published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine found that CBD significantly suppressed chronic inflammation and pain in animals without causing either tolerance or addiction.8

In a separate study, researchers applied CBD oil to severely arthritic rats for four days. Their research reported a significant drop in inflammation and pain, without side effects.9

A third study followed 2,700 cancer patients in severe pain for six months. After using CBD oil, almost every single study participant reported that their chronic pain was cut in half - with none of the side effects they got from their prescription medications.

If severe pain were all that CBD treated, I'd still recommend it. But this miracle oil has also been proven to treat cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer's and heart disease. Look for more on that in a future letter…

Knock Out Pain with These 3 Herbal Remedies

Take the original aspirin. White willow bark contains salicin, the same compound found in aspirin. It comes from a tree native to Europe and Asia. Hippocrates had his patients chew on white willow bark to reduce inflammation.

Studies show it not only relieves arthritis pain but also increases mobility in the back, knees, hips and other joints. And a study in the American Journal of Medicine found it extremely effective for lower back pain.

I recommend 240 mg per day.

Try the “golden miracle.” That's what I call curcumin. This South Indian spice has 619 health benefits that are supported by nearly 7,000 studies. But curcumin is best known as a powerful anti-inflammatory. In fact, studies show it reduces arthritis joint pain by 60% and joint swelling by 73%. Another clinical trial found it was more effective than prescription strength NSAID.

Look for a supplement that contains piperine. This black pepper extract boosts absorbency by 2,000%.

I recommend 400 mg to 500 mg twice a day.

Use this “NSAID substitute.” That's how researchers at the University of Miami refer to ginger. In their study, they compared a ginger extract to a placebo in 247 patients with osteoarthritis. The ginger reduced pain and stiffness in knee joints by 40% over the placebo.11 And a second study in the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine found that ginger reduce pain in both muscles and joints by as much as 25%.12

Ginger contains 12 different compounds that fight excess inflammation. Some block the enzyme which triggers it. Some lower pain-receptor and nerve-ending sensitivity. Together they work as well as any over-the-counter remedy you can find.

I recommend you take 750 mg of liquid ginger extract a day.

To Your Good Health,

Al Sears, MD, CNS

P.S. I'm currently working on my own CBD product to release in the next couple of months. With my decades of experience searching for natural herbal cures around the world, this seemed like the obvious next step.

The studies and research I've read have been incredible. And I can't wait to share this new powerful no-prescription-required treatment with my patients. Stay tuned!

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