Autism and Me, Part Four: Things Could be Better

We just need a few more tiny fixes for a better world.

Another rant for another time #2: Vegetarians can do just as much harm as omnivores

I do like vegans and vegetarians. They have their reasons for their diet and lifestyle [Note to the right-wingers - veganism is a lifestyle choice; homosexuality is not. Learn the difference] ranging from “my body won’t let me eat meat” to “I think it’s morally wrong to eat anything that had a face”.

That’s fine.

I understand and accept you have your reasons and I am never so crass as to enforce my ethical omnivorous lifestyle choice on you.

It’s the arrogant/militant/squeaky wheel portion of the vegans/vegetarians[veges?] that get to my niblets, and my niblets are tender enough thanks to people taking liberties with the English language.

I have heard a lot of the arguments, of course. I have Vege friends who occasionally try to convince me to quit chewing on muscles.

It’s true that you can get just as much nutrition from plant life as you can from -say- a hunk of dead cow. It also happens to be true that my body just doesn’t like the plant life with iron in it and reacts… spectacularly. I won’t elaborate since lots of you eat while you’re browsing.

I could plausibly go vege if I took iron supplements, and possibly a few other pills. Okay. I choose not to. My reason for not flipping to vege is twofold, here: plant life goes off quickly, and vitamin/mineral supplements are hellishly expensive.

It is not true that going vege is better for the environment.

Humans have already clear-cut vast swathes of forest just to grow enough plant life to compliment the meat they also clear-cut forests in order to raise. Meat can also be fed on the stalks/leaves of plants we also grow to feed us. Now, if we cut meat out of the equation, we would have to clear-cut even more land and critter-environments just to grow the plants to feed the humans not eating meat.

Not to mention the many human-dependant species that would go extinct when their existence is no longer convenient for us. The automobile and the industrial age have relegated hundreds of breeds of horses to the “once was” list, already.

Various boffins are perfecting a means of making meat without having the animal attached. If it gets to the point where it can become a commercially viable then you can bet money that all those cute “real” pigs, cows, etc. will have exactly one generation before they’re on the endangered list.

Humans have a long history of eliminating animals that they no longer find convenient. Sometimes, we eliminate them because we make more money that way. The end result will be the same. Every acre of space will be needed to grow plant-based food.

Of course, we could wake up and realise there’s just too damn many people on the planet, but that’s not likely with various “populate or perish” movements attempting to out-breed the other guy.

So, even if we figure out how to multi-storey crops, we still kind-of need meat. Admittedly, not so damned much meat as we do plough through, but a reasonable some.

And -hey- if you can self-sustain with wall planters and the right balance of seasonal growing, give me hints and tips. I’d love to reduce the cost of healthy vegetables by growing my own. Hell, I’d love to be proven wrong about the whole nutrition thing, too. Just keep in mind that I react violently [and very stinkily] to spinach, silverbeet, brussels sprouts and most cabbages [red cabbage and the pointy ones seem to pass, FYI]. And I’m allergic to bees.

I have a bit less than an acre, almost zero free time, alkaline soil and no spare money.

Do tell me where and how to start. Go on.

I will, as always, share my results.

Essential Trace Element(s)

Doesn’t it sound so scientific? It sounds like it comes with a free Guy/Gal in a Labcoat to explain in big words and complicated sentences why they are essential and how you can sign up for a special blind trial.

But really, today, I’m talking about silver.

Specifically, colloidal silver.

Colloidal silver is water with a tiny bit of silver in it. You can wiki it if you want to. And it can slowly improve your health over a matter of months.

It can help cure and prevent cancer.

This is not bullshit, like all the other “miracle drugs” that appear in great fanfare and vanish quietly into obscurity.

This is real. I have two cancer survivors in my family who have both amazed their doctors by surviving chemo with improving health. One said survivor was even expected to be long gone by now.

All because they take colloidal silver.

I’ve been taking it for a little over two months and I’ve noticed a change in my skin tone, a general lack of need for my asthma meds [I’m not stupid, I still take my Preventers] and less reactions to the things that usually send my health into a tailspin.

It may even be helping me lose weight. Along with portion control, healthy eating habits, chia and moderate exercise… That sorta makes it hard to tell what’s really working.

I know damn well it’s helping me avoid catching lurgi whenever I handle a shopping trolley. I haven’t had a lurgi or near-lurgi incident since I started taking the stuff. When I swept the floor, this Monday, I had neither sneeze nor sniffle nor a single wheeze.

The catch is, it works S-L-O-W-L-Y. You have to be taking it for two months, minimum, before you can notice a change.

I have some eczema on my face. Little rosy patches on my forehead and near my nose that flake and itch. No doctor-prescribed lotion has done a thing. Colloidal silver gel has reduced the area and “ugliness” of the patches. And I’m sure the process would go faster if I remembered to apply it morning and night, every day.

It may even be the reason that the royals are called “blue bloods”, since they spend most of their time eating with silver, drinking tea made in silver, etc. they’d get a natural overdose, which turns human blood blue-ish.

When you tell people, “I’m taking an Essential Trace Element,” you sound wise and scientific and you could even introduce them to the idea of a little silver in their own diet.

When you say, “I’m taking an alternative medicine,” they instantly assume you’re undergoing some hippie bullshit and ignore everything that comes out of your mouth. Even if it’s clearly working.

So look up colloidal silver. I know there’s a billion and one places selling the stuff care of the interwebs. Don’t be scared. Silver is an essential trace element. Everyone needs some in their lives to improve their health.

It’s worked for two cancer survivors. It’s worked for me. It’s worked for everyone who’s tried it, as far as I’m aware. Even my mother, who is scared of the world, is looking in to getting her hands on some. That’s how awesome it is.

Look it up. Try it for a couple of months. See what happens.

And share. Sharing is good.