Fem myror är fler än fyra elefanter.

No use trying to make sense of this entry. It is just things that make me feel good.

Baklängesmarschen: Walking backwards although nobody knows why I do it.

Smiling at people on the other side of the planet.

Attacking the Honolulu Marathon course, esp., the finish all by myself.

An apple and a chocolate shake after a long run.

Liking people I don't know, just as much as, the ones I do.

Saying "terima kasih" and "sama-sama" even though people don't understand.

Searching for that special song. The last one on the demo.


http://www.euforidesign.se/demo/

Marie Serneholt is on SVT

Marie Serneholt is on Swedish and Portugese TV. She is beautiful, talanted and intelligent, but it is often difficult to tell that from her albums and videos.
http://svtplay.se/t/112158/sveriges_nationaldag

Molly Sandén & Ola Svensson

Click here for Brothers on TV4

Talang 2009

I occasionaly watch Talang 2009 on TV4. The URL of TV4 is http://tv4play.se/. The clip I really like is Rebecka Karlsson.

Fun Signing

I don't know how people can stand all the boring videos about sign language. Signing should be fun or why do it. Here are the fun ones:

An adorable baby...

Adorable kids (trying to ignore the ice cream truck)

Schlager signing...

One for the old folks...

Here is the slow motion version for those who forgot to take their vitamins and can no longer keep up with the kids.

Let's not forget to have a go at Russian signing.

FDA Outlaws Food

It is thought that treatment with benfotiamine leads to increased intracellular thiamine diphosphate levels, a cofactor of transketolase. This enzyme directs advanced glycation and lipoxidation end products (AGE's, ALE's) substrates to the pentose phosphate pathway, thus reducing tissue AGEs. In humans, pyridoxamine protects against methylglyoxal. However, in the United States, the FDA ruled in January 2009 that pyridoxamine must be regulated as a pharmaceutical drug because it is the active ingredient in Pyridorin, a drug designed to prevent the progression of diabetic nephropathy.

In response to a citizen petition filed on behalf of a pharmaceutical company, FDA has determined that products containing pyridoxamine (a form of vitamin B6) are not dietary supplements within the meaning of FDC Act § 201(ff) and “may not be marketed as such.” Although pyridoxamine is a dietary ingredient within the meaning of § 201(ff)(1), FDA determined that pyridoxamine is excluded under § 201(ff)(3) because: (1) pyridoxamine is authorized for investigation as a new drug for which substantial clinical investigations have been conducted and their existence made public; and (2) there is no “independent, verifiable evidence” of prior marketing of pyridoxamine as a food or dietary supplement. Among the conclusions reached by FDA:
• an “article authorized for investigation as a new drug” includes not only the active ingredient (i.e., pyridoxamine hydrochloride), but also the active moiety (i.e., pyridoxamine);
• consistent with the position taken by FDA in Pharmanex v. Shalala, 2001 WL 741419, the “mere presence” of a substance in the food supply, even at high levels in foods, does not alone constitute marketing within the meaning of § 201(ff)(3)(B);
• affidavits, without more, are insufficient to support a claim of prior marketing.

I don't know about yours, but my vitamin supply of pyridoxamine will run out in another 3 months. If that is the way the FDA feels about things, it seems like they should all become vegetarians to eliminate pyridoxamine from their diet and be within the spirit of their ruling. Maybe I should have put a list of all the supplements and food I consume so the FDA would know that food is normal food and not drugs. Lawyers are so silly!

Healthy Supplements

There are very few supplements by themselves. For the majority of supplements, they need to be consumed in conjunction with a nutritionally balanced meal. This includes most of the vitamins and minerals people take. It usually says in the instructions that the supplements are to be consumed with a meal or with food and water. People ignore this at their own peril. For example, taking a large dose of niacin alone may be harmful by using up the available methyl groups and preventing normal methylation, but be really helpful when taken with healthy meal to lower cholesterol, etc. Likewise, chromium when taken alone can damage DNA and generate free radicals, but when take with a balanced healthy meal can have healthful benefits as is evidenced by the lowering of hemoglobin A1c levels, etc. Even vitamin C which is usually thought of as an antioxidant produced oxidative byproducts which are one of the chief causes of damage to the cornea. In short, most supplements must be taken in conjunction with a nutritional balanced, healthy meal in order to provide the desired effects.

Perfection

Sometimes perfection is not enough. what could be more perfect than Jessica Andersson's famous performances?




Somehow, I miss the open air and the atmosphere of this one:

Maybe it is more healing:

For me, fame is a more step by step process like it was for Linda:

Swedish TV

http://svtplay.se/alfabetisk