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     This is the oxygen concentrator I bought

I get headaches fairly mainly due to having allergies.  In the past I have heard about the immediate effects of concentrated oxygen on headaches and want to try it as a remedy.  This is where I will keep notes on my research.

1. First step is to just try some oxygen when I have a headache: http://www.o2zonearomatherapy.com/contact.php
2. If #1 is promising I’ll try to get an oxygen concentrator:   http://www.specialtymedicalsupply.com/cart.php
3. I will study the effects of the oxygen on attention span while programming.
4. Effect on sleep

 Reference material

How an oxygen concentrator works  -  uses zeolite and is nonhazardous. Produces about 90% oxygen.

Craigslist

http://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/hsh/876190997.html 

http://phoenix.craigslist.org/wvl/for/875365989.html

http://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/for/874193892.html   –unit details: http://www.home-med-equip.com/oxygen-concentrator/irc5xl.html

http://phoenix.craigslist.org/nph/for/868705124.html

http://phoenix.craigslist.org/nph/for/867368896.html

http://phoenix.craigslist.org/nph/for/866187230.html

http://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/hsh/847280406.html  — bought this one

 Results

• Definitely gets rid of headaches
• helped with neck stiffness caused by tension headache
• resting heart rate = 42. Normally without concentrated oxygen 50 is my resting rate.

The most effective coding regime I have found is to program in the starting in the morning up through about 1pm in the afternoon.  After that I drink 1/2 cup of red wine and start drinking water to thin my blood in preparation for a 3 mile run.

I have done memory tests before and during the run.  I find myself better able to remember obscure memories of the far past after exercise.

One of the reasons for this may be the brain, just like muscles, works harder during strenuous exercise and is fueled by lactate, rather than glucose.   You can read more about the brain using lactate in this article.

I just went to a dermatologist for a small area on my face I suspected to be a pre-cancer.  He mentioned that people experience more sun damage on the left due to that sides proximity to the drivers side door window and the resultant increased exposure to the sun.   So maybe you even need to where sunblock when you drive your car.

I run everyday lately because I wanted to lose some weight and lower my blood pressure.  The easiest way to keep blood pressure down and make the run more easy is to drink 1/3 of a cup of red wine before my jog. Here is the sequence:

• drink 1/3 cup of wine to thin blood and dialate capillairys about 45 minutes before running
• Continuously drink water during the subsequent 45 minutes. This also thins blood. 
• Run 2.5 miles
• do the run in the mid to late afternoon.  I do not wait till evening or I will have trouble sleeping
• The wine will help you your muscles be more loose from the beginning. Warm up time shortened.
• If you want to goose things up a bit you can start your day drinking water then 1/2 cup of coffee - only a little as coffee drys you out pretty badly - green tea is better.

Now you may think this is just another dumb health tip but its not.  There is something in the red wine that makes you lose fat much MUCH more effectively.  I have tried loosing weight running 6 miles without the wine and lose very little and very slowly.  Whereas when I use the wine its much easier.

I am 47 years old and was seeing 130 / 80 blood pressure with resting heart rate of 60 beats per minute before starting running again.  This is not a good set of numbers for me.  After 2 months of wine and training its 120 / 53 with 47 beats per minute.

The last time I did this was when I was 38.  I was combining it with lifting weights and it was highly effective.  The photo below is from 1999 when I was 38.   I do not know what is in red wine that makes it so effective in increasing health and fitness but whatever it is it works for me.   I wish I would have known about this from day 1 of life as I believe it probably extends life just as some scientific reports are finding.  It may be as little as helping people just stay fit. 

Red wine definitely slightly supresses my appetite. 

Beef from the south of South America is great.  I can tell you after eating this its very hard to stomach even the idea of eating beef in Phoenix,Az.

Some things I’ve noticed….my finger nails are much more thick and smooth now that I am eating this quality protein on a regular basis.  The cuticles are not nearly as irritated as when I am in the USA. 

The pieces on the right look alot like tuna because there is not much fat in this beef.  Its easy to sense from various physiological clues that this beef is by far more healthy to eat.   As a side issue you should see the hair of the women here.  Part of the hair issue is genetics and part is the quality proteins easily available.  The above pictured 1/2 pound of beef cost about 3 USD.  Needless to say I do not go longer than 2 days without a dose.

I love the USA but there are some obvious problems with the food there.  Agribusiness is trying to squeeze every last dollar out of their products.  Quality is quite obviously far down the ranking list of important issues.  Its more important than just about any other "environmental" issue.  But people are so in a daze because of their irritated lifestyles that their enfeebled minds grasp on to the hoax that is global warming. 

Here me now believe me later:  Breathing clean air and eating quality proteins leads to sleeping like a baby at night.  Sleeping like a baby at night leads to a very sharp and crisp mind.