Author: Thad
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Social Skeptic #3 – Detox Your Lungs With Juice

Turmeric and Ginger Juice Removes Toxins From Lungs Here’s another ‘winner’ from the bowels of Facebook’s growing detox, cleanse, juicing crowd. This amazing drink supposedly cleanses and detoxes the lungs of smokers. Over 1500 Facebookers liked this post and 3000 people shared it. I can’t imagine what the actual view count is, but,…
Wilderness First Responder Course in Costa Rica

I often find myself in odd situations far from medical care, and thought it might be a good idea to improve my readiness. I did a little research and found the Wilderness First Responder (WFR) certification. It’s a course in medical training, leadership, and critical thinking in low resource situations.…
Social Skeptic #2 – Magnesium Deficiency Causes Everything

Magnesium Deficiency – The Cause of ALL of Your Health Problems Want to get your post shared on Facebook? One method is to promote a health related fear in your feed reader’s mind, then propose a simple solution backed by scientific sounding rhetoric. This way the apathetic reader need not even research. The…
Social Skeptic 1# – Junk Health Claims on Facebook

Pseudoscience is piling up on social media Have you ever heard these lines in the break-room or at the dinner table? “They say……if you eat ________, it’ll increase your energy”, “They say it’ll boost your immune system.” “They say it’s 10,000 time more powerful that chemotherapy.” “They say big pharma…
Horrific Attack From Wolvershine Lion Reaper Beetle

Oh…….the humanity! Eso es horrible! Horrible Attack From Wolvershine Lion Reaper Beetle from Survival Gardener on Vimeo. I posted this on our Facebook page on April 1st. It got quite a response…..and some worry and prayers. Whoops! No, for real this time On a serious note, the Wolvershine Lion Reaper Beetle…