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“Our brain cells process 20% of the oxygen and food our blood contains so conditions that damage the heart and/or disrupt circulation such as high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, and stroke increase our chances of developing dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.”

How nice! It’s like getting free sprinkles on your sundae. Except it’s a shit sundae, and the sprinkles are maggots.

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We grow in our sleep and wake up every morning about 8 millimeters taller than the night before. However, we return to our former height as gravity compresses our cartilage discs back into place throughout the next day. It’s like morning wood for the entire body!

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There has been a big Hoo-Ha for a long time now about Global warming and the effects of the warmer temperatures on our lovely Earth. I personally love Winter and having lived in a place where the seasons were experienced at their fullest and having those seasons suddenly change due to warmer weather it should go without saying that there was hardly a “winter” here in Northern Virginia and I am really disappointed/aggravated. I’m not a hot weather girl and it made me contemplate moving north just so I can be closer to the chill of winter air but then that thought came off as a little extreme seeing as how this is the only warm winter I’ve gone through like this so here’s to hoping that next year there is a break through in how to get Earth and Nature back on track….doubtful though.

Anyway, let’s talk about Cholera. Cholera bacteria lives in warm waters. It causes diarrhea so severe that it can kill someone within a week. With no improved sanitation, the rise in global temperatures will lead to deadly outbreaks. I think after crapping your brains out for a week, death is probably a relief.

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