Actually you can have too much vitamin D. Several polar explorers died after living off too much polar bear - polar bears have very large amounts of vitamin D in their livers as they don’t see much sun - and the explorers died from vitamin D poisoning.
That's a hard "Nope" without a reference. It's possible that you're misremembering.
There is the famous instance where a bunch of Antarctic explorers died because they ate their sled dogs' brains and livers, which caused Vitamin A toxicity. Everyone knows - or should - that polar bear livers have so much Vit A that a single serve can fuck you up since 1gr of polar bear liver contains 180% of the maximum recommended intake.
Hypervitaminosis A is a shit way to die, btw; the skin peels off the bottom of your feet.
I've never heard of deaths from ingesting polar bear that involved anything other than trichinellosis (a real problem if the meat's undercooked) or Hypervitaminosis A (for anyone dumb enough to eat the liver).
I’m sure you’re right. I just remember a story about explorers getting stranded on Spitzbergen over a winter in the 20s and dying of vit d overdose because they lived off polar bears, especially their livers.
This is why I often have just as much trouble with conservative media as with liberal. Yes, it is extremely politically effective to have a set of talking points, phrases, and agreed-upon tropes and stories to choose to cover. Yet I do not consent to merely parroting the lines of the day, turning my gaze in the direction others are pointing, and generating an emotional response (whether real or pantomimed). It’s why I have The Daily Wire and NPR on my podcast feed; it’s easier to see the bias when we disagree with something or someone, but we must challenge our own biases as well. It troubles me that so few people are receptive to being wrong— and thus only listen to reassuringly comforting reflections of their preconceived opinions— but I guess this, along with what happened during covid, is all part of the death of a scientific mind as the ideal.
I tended livestock as a teenager (a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away). When I happened upon the FDA's "You are not a horse" tweet right when it came out, I admit I was completely confused. Everybody knows its common to treat livestock with same meds as humans. Then I realized the FDA was hitting a very soft target--the only "everybody" that knows is from that time long ago and a galaxy far, far away. The vast majority have very weak minds. "These aren't the droids we're looking for."
...the FDA tweet was also a major turning point for me personally. It was in the summer, 2021. It made it impossible for me to continue to believe the Government was working in my best interest, but was now, unmistakably, the enemy. I had already taken the first round of the jab by then; those sorry SOBs fooled me once.
The problem for us conservatives in 'Social Justice' La La Land is that there are now - thanks to 'higher education' - tens of millions of these 'actors'. It's like All the World's a (Virtue-signalling) Stage.....who said that!?
That's a great, succinct way to make the point about drugs being used in animals and people. 👍🏽
I love what Elon said. It's so true! Also, platforms need to be aligned with free speech principles, this is important to push back on tyrannical limitations of free speech. With that said, I think people put more importance in Twitter then it actually warrants. People need to be involved in the city and county governments around them, not on twitter.
Actually you can have too much vitamin D. Several polar explorers died after living off too much polar bear - polar bears have very large amounts of vitamin D in their livers as they don’t see much sun - and the explorers died from vitamin D poisoning.
Indeed. And you can also kill yourself by drinking too much water.
Almost anything used to excess, or inappropriately, could be potentially harmful.
That's a hard "Nope" without a reference. It's possible that you're misremembering.
There is the famous instance where a bunch of Antarctic explorers died because they ate their sled dogs' brains and livers, which caused Vitamin A toxicity. Everyone knows - or should - that polar bear livers have so much Vit A that a single serve can fuck you up since 1gr of polar bear liver contains 180% of the maximum recommended intake.
Hypervitaminosis A is a shit way to die, btw; the skin peels off the bottom of your feet.
I've never heard of deaths from ingesting polar bear that involved anything other than trichinellosis (a real problem if the meat's undercooked) or Hypervitaminosis A (for anyone dumb enough to eat the liver).
I’m sure you’re right. I just remember a story about explorers getting stranded on Spitzbergen over a winter in the 20s and dying of vit d overdose because they lived off polar bears, especially their livers.
This is why I often have just as much trouble with conservative media as with liberal. Yes, it is extremely politically effective to have a set of talking points, phrases, and agreed-upon tropes and stories to choose to cover. Yet I do not consent to merely parroting the lines of the day, turning my gaze in the direction others are pointing, and generating an emotional response (whether real or pantomimed). It’s why I have The Daily Wire and NPR on my podcast feed; it’s easier to see the bias when we disagree with something or someone, but we must challenge our own biases as well. It troubles me that so few people are receptive to being wrong— and thus only listen to reassuringly comforting reflections of their preconceived opinions— but I guess this, along with what happened during covid, is all part of the death of a scientific mind as the ideal.
I tended livestock as a teenager (a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away). When I happened upon the FDA's "You are not a horse" tweet right when it came out, I admit I was completely confused. Everybody knows its common to treat livestock with same meds as humans. Then I realized the FDA was hitting a very soft target--the only "everybody" that knows is from that time long ago and a galaxy far, far away. The vast majority have very weak minds. "These aren't the droids we're looking for."
...the FDA tweet was also a major turning point for me personally. It was in the summer, 2021. It made it impossible for me to continue to believe the Government was working in my best interest, but was now, unmistakably, the enemy. I had already taken the first round of the jab by then; those sorry SOBs fooled me once.
The problem for us conservatives in 'Social Justice' La La Land is that there are now - thanks to 'higher education' - tens of millions of these 'actors'. It's like All the World's a (Virtue-signalling) Stage.....who said that!?
The corona medication Molnupiravir, courtesy of Merck, is also horse medicine.
Go figure.
That's a great, succinct way to make the point about drugs being used in animals and people. 👍🏽
I love what Elon said. It's so true! Also, platforms need to be aligned with free speech principles, this is important to push back on tyrannical limitations of free speech. With that said, I think people put more importance in Twitter then it actually warrants. People need to be involved in the city and county governments around them, not on twitter.