Showing posts with label medical-terminology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label medical-terminology. Show all posts

3/11/2008

The Tofu-Estrogen connection, or - Do Fish go on the Pill?


A Vegetarian Body Builder complains that his libido is down. He says that "naturally," once he started body building, he turned to a wide array of soy and tofu products. Our Medical Terminology teacher, Dr. Borgna, is a toxicity, environmental effects and nutrition expert. As we were studying the Latin origin of the word Androgynous, he went into the effects unfermented Tofu has on your libido! Turns out tofu constitutes of a lot of estrogen. In fact, Japanese women used to serve their husbands unfermented tofu if they were too horny, in order to suppress their libido!


Yesterday it was reported on national news that our drinking water has all kinds of yucky stuff in it, namely chemicals and sex hormones, anti depressants and more. In the 1990's, British fly fishers who kept meticulous notes of the fish they caught, started noticing all fish caught downstream from big cities were female. After taking male fish swimming upstream and placing them in a cage downstream, it didn't take them too long to become hermaphrodites! Upon testing the sewage water, it became clear its estrogenic effect was responsible for this transformation. The estrogen was then traced back to... you guessed it - the birth control pill! Yes, after going through millions of womens' digestive systems, one would think it would be harmless. However, the estrogen was "brought back to life" chemically by the bacteria in the sewage water.
Now go eat your fish and tofu!

2/04/2008

The Pope's hat




Ever wonder where the strange shape of the Pope's hat came from? Apparently in old times it was shaped more like a cone, or a conch, just like Merlin the wizard's hat with the pointy top. I'm sure the Catholic Church won't approve of this info though; there is no way they'll admit they might have pagan roots or share any history with what has today become the property of Disney, or JK Rowling.

And why the pointy top? To form a receiving end for energy and knowledge from guiding powers. That makes sense if we consider that the seventh chakra, which connects us with our higher powers is located at the top of the head.

Now comes the wilder part: the Pope's hat, or Mitre, then transformed into a rounder shape, with two lapels falling on each side. This is the shape of a uterus: when removed from a body of an animal for example, the two Fallopian tubes drop to each side. And so, the Mitre signifies that the Pope is the son of heaven, birthed from its uterus. Hell, he is wearing the uterus on his head as evidence!
Why, you ask, has this subject come up for discussion? All because of the Mitral valve of the heart, between the left atrium and ventricle, shaped somewhat like the Pope's hat with two ends. The things you learn in Medical Terminology class. Seriously.

1/23/2008

The Dangers of Soy Products

Being lactose-intolerant, soy products have been my personal savior for a long time. Or so I thought. Our world is so crazy however, that just when you thought you were choosing the healthy option, turns out a lot of it is marketing-based, genetically modified (GMO) or just plainly, bad for you. In short, you're sold on "pseudo science," to quote one of my teachers.
Most of my teachers are health nuts, and go on tangents about the food industry, environmental farming etc.
My Medical Terminology teacher handed out this article: Soy Alert. If you use soy products regularly, you must read it. Especially alarming is the part about Infant Formula!