Internet Rant of the week and Podcast Cross Promotion: New Orleans has NO basements! This rant is not MY rant alone as the book series became a cable TV show. The show has changed MUCH of the books to bring them to film. Some of this is a necessary evil in that TV and books are NOT the same publication format. Yet many of the changes are melodramatic and strangely contradicting the book plot. Why BUY the rights of a a bestselling book if you are going to mutilate it into an unrecognizable format? So far they have cut the characters Michael Curry and Aaron Lightener completely and they are MAIN characters. Making the Talamasca character of Aaron young destroys the Van Helsing metaphors from the original Dracula book inherent to that character. Then the drama goes wild as they have a nurse go into a basement and get killed. This is NOT in the books! In fact ALL the cemeteries in New Orleans are ABOVE ground because the soil will let NOTHING be constructed underground! The photo I have attached is an above ground cemetery I photographed in New Orleans in 2019. It is a famous tourist fact announced on all tours! Which begs the question why did they put people who know NOTHING about New Orleans in charge of a famously New Orleans based story that was a best seller book? Almost every book podcast I read or heard went wild on that point: New Orleans has NO Basements. They are filming in New Orleans but have much to learn. It is strange like as if they went to Paris and said the Eiffel Tower did NOT exist. I hope they do better next week, but I still like the show and podcast “The AMC Mayfair Witches Podcast” online. They mentioned the uncle character IS played by the Perseus actor from Clash of the Titans, and that alone is worth a listen to the podcast as they do a snake dance that is super funny.
January is the month of the New Year’s Resolutions, and I am still working on my latest ones. It is the great equalizer to us all that Christmas pies and cookies look way too yummy. New Year’s Resolution time is one of the few times you can recommend and trade fitness ideas without too much hassle, and so one last fitness book is up for review.
January is the month of the New Years Resolutions, and I am still working on my latest ones. It is the great equalizer to us all that Christmas pies and cookies look way too yummy. New Years Resolution time is one of the few times you can recommend and trade fitness ideas without too much hassle, and so one last fitness book is up for review.
Apple Cider Vinegar has been research heavily in studies recently from Finland, Japan, and the United States. CNN just printed an article called “5 Benefits of Apple Cider Vinegar and a few duds according to experts” by Sandee LaMotte on August 30, 2021. Dietitian Carol Johnston a professor of nutrition in the College of Health Solutions at Arizona State University did verify the results. She cautions that it is not a “cure all” potion that fixes diabetes. Unfortunately some books have made this wild claim. However for light diets it does help.
“One tool in helping lower blood sugar a 10 point decrease in fasting glucose concentrations” and “They used to spoons of vinegar in a glass of water twice daily.” people had “2 to 4 pound loss in three months over a placebo” showing people lost pounds in the study with vinegar daily use.
The Patricia Bragg book is a fascinating written work on the subject. Her family has made Apple Cider Vinegar since 1912. Her father Paul Bragg heavily toured the United States promoting apple cider vinegar as a health tonic and diet drink for years. The book begins by saying many people including Hippocrates the father of medicine have recommended cider vinegar as a health tonic since 400 B.C. on page 1.
Many books on diet and gym fitness are only a portion about the body, and the rest is really a “self help” book about emotions. Patricia Bragg and her family’s books are big into the fitness and self-help industry worlds. Positive review quotes from Dr. Demartini of “The Secret”, and Mark Hansen of “Chicken Soup for the Soul” book fame, and singer Katie Perry fill the introduction. They say Bragg’s older works were an inspiration to them. Emotions and eating go hand-in-hand greatly as one of the first things we do as babies is get a milk feeding from our parents. Eating is the first bond our subconscious forms with emotion, and this make it a touchy subject.
I had read articles on the Apple Cider Vinegar diet, but I am glad I read the books. I had been doing it wrong. First it must be unfiltered cider with “the mother” bacteria in it intact to work for diets. The Clear stuff from the cheap isles is made with petroleum product, and it is not good for you. This book is by the Bragg family so they say Bragg is the best of course, but bacteria is part of the process. Microwaves can destroy the bacteria so don’t eat it near one that is on. Second you must drink 2 spoons full in the morning AND afternoon. Also Patricia Bragg says raw honey is good to add, and so I added this daily. Patricia Bragg is very obviously a flower child, and has given her presentations heavily in Berkley and Oakland, CA as seen in the book quotes. She heavily recommends going vegetarian frequently. I did not expect her to go on a “Showers, Toxic Chemicals, and Chlorine” rant on page 97, but it was good information. My shower and drinking water pitchers already use filters, but I bought fresh filters after this book. Chlorine keeps water safe in some ways, but long-term is toxic if not filtered out. Public water in many areas is NOT safe, and can cause health issues including weight issues.
Vinegar is tasty, and an FDA approved food. It does NOT make you jittery like many diet pills. If people don’t use this as a health-kick they will use something else even WORSE for you so it has advantages. There is no “quick fix” for fitness. You will need a low calorie diet and movement for it to work. I give this book a good review for fun information and an inspirational tone. It definitely has me consuming 2 spoons in 2 glasses daily from now on as a resolution. I give it five stars, and will recommend it to friends. #BraggAppleCider
This is January the month of New Years Resolutions. I personally am fond of my Fitbit I first started using in 2013. With so much fake information on the market how can you tell the real from the fake? I give the book “The Allie Diet Plan” by Caroline Apovian M.C. (c) 2007 a good review because it is not all celebrities selling crap with charisma. It has many research reports by Universities and doctors. Alli works without stimulants, and so it will not cause headaches. One side issue it does have is to start off you should take it on the weekend, or after work only. If you are female wear an extra panty liner. It will cause stomach upset at first. Afterwards it DOES make you lose 10 pounds without feeling jittery, and so it is good for resolutions.
As with any plan diet is not enough you will need to do fitness activities as well. The author Apovian MD works for the Metabolic Support Service at the Boston University Medical Center. She is also an associate professor of medicine. She verifies many research studies and shows the product is one that works. Then she recommends you wear a pedometer like Fitbit and walk 2 miles or bike 5 miles 4 to 5 days a week on page 47 and 110. Next she says chart what you eat on an app like MyFitnessPal. When “calories in” is less than “calories out” the magic happens. Fitness diagrams start on page 119. On page 133 the book turns into a lowfat diet cookbook with tasty foods made into diet dishes. Eggs and potatoes on page 146. Tuna noodle casserole pg 203, Sesame Fried Tofu pg 187, and Garlic Spaghetti p 256 are the ones I like best.
Fitness is not JUST about looks. Heart health, bone strength, and blood pressure can all suffer if diet and activity suffer. I like the this book author promotes the product, and does not say it is a “magic wand” or quick fix. I have gotten results from the plan in the past, and am re-starting it now. The well formatted research based plan has credibility, and I recommend it for resolutions. New Years is the one time you can talk about fitness without taking too much crap for it, and so I figured I’d mention my favorite tips.
Not only is The Mayfair Witches on AMC cable, but it has a great podcast you can follow on Spotify or Podbean by the same name. The Mayfair Witches is sentimental to me as the story takes place in the same area I went to University in for 4 years and graduated from at Loyola University New Orleans. It brings back so many memories!
Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches is now on at Sunday January 8, 2023. The Anne Rice book “TheWitching Hour” I am rereading is the first book in the series it is based upon. I have a screen shot on my phone of the original time in January it was scheduled for, and the time has now changed.
I am very sentimental about this book as it is set in New Orleans and I got my 4 year University degree at Loyola University in New Orleans.
Top photos of the week of me working projects at Elizabeth Davis School. I may do temp work many places, but teacher work is my most loved job I am still working on weekdays.
I was worried nothing could match the hype on this show, but it turned out great. I was re-reading Harry Potter and re-watching the Addams Family on YouTube when I noticed that the witches in the show could have gone to Hogwarts. This show noticed it too.
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