Daily we are inundated with “public health information”. Repeated phrases ad nauseum . Wash your hands, social distance and wear a mask, Now it’s “light at the end of the tunnel” regarding the COVID vaccine without any honest mention of the many side effects of the vaccination and the fact that since 1986 $4 billionContinue reading “Under the Spell Of COVID “Information””
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Life at Up Up and Away Investment Management International: Chapter 27 Mindfulness: Opiate for the employee?
Chapter 27: Mindfulness as an opiate for the employee? As for the individual, it is my view that mindfulness can be a double-edged sword. I say this because being able to control your mind better enables you to respond to situations instead of reacting to them. Instead of your mind being cluttered with irrelevant thoughtsContinue reading “Life at Up Up and Away Investment Management International: Chapter 27 Mindfulness: Opiate for the employee?”
Life at Up Up and Away: Chapter 26:The mindfulness craze hits largecorp; What exactly is it?
Chapter 26 The mindfulness craze hits largecorp. What exactly is it? As long-term disability claims mount at largecorp well then word is out in the street just how stressful the largecorp is, employee satisfaction shrinks and stress levels skyrocket illustrating the dismal failure of managing by the Senior Management Team. So largecorp has latched onContinue reading “Life at Up Up and Away: Chapter 26:The mindfulness craze hits largecorp; What exactly is it?”
“Psycho Goreman”: Not Quite What you Expect
Director of “Psycho Goreman” Steven Kostanski may think he has it over me as he seemed to be a great horror movie aficionado of horror movies from the 80’s and mid 90’s. As Kostanski says, “As a kid, the relationship between John Connor and the T-800 Terminator in Terminator 2 amazed me, this kid couldContinue reading ““Psycho Goreman”: Not Quite What you Expect”
Life at Up Up and Away Investment Management International: Chapter 25 Megastress Largecorp
Chapter 25 Megastress Largecorp Mental illness is the leading cause of disability claims in Canada. Is this because stress is now more widely recognized or is it because largecorp’s Senior Management Team mismanagement has created an increasingly stressful environment? I’ll vote the latter. In a recent study of the Canadian workplace by the employee benefitsContinue reading “Life at Up Up and Away Investment Management International: Chapter 25 Megastress Largecorp”
Does Sugar Contribute to Gut Inflammation?
Curr Dev Nutr. 2019 Jun; 3(Suppl 1): nzz040.P20-041-19.Published online 2019 Jun 13. doi: 10.1093/cdn/nzz040.P20-041-19PMCID: PMC6575000 Sugar-sweetened Beverage and High Fat Diet Consumption Harmfully Alters Gut Microbiota and Promotes Gut Inflammation (P20-041-19) Woo-Jeong Shon, Min Ho Jung, Eun Young Choi, and Dong-Mi ShinAuthor informationCopyright and License informationDisclaimer Abstract Objectives It is clear that epidemiologic trends document a dramatic increasing incidence of inflammatory bowelContinue reading “Does Sugar Contribute to Gut Inflammation?”
Is there a link between sugar and cognitive impairment?
Clin Interv Aging. 2019; 14: 1331–1342.Published online 2019 Jul 22. doi: 10.2147/CIA.S211534PMCID: PMC6662517PMID: 31413554 Habitual sugar intake and cognitive impairment among multi-ethnic Malaysian older adults CP Chong,1S Shahar,1H Haron,1 and N Che Din2Author informationArticle notesCopyright and License informationDisclaimerCopyright © 2019 Chong et al.This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php andContinue reading “Is there a link between sugar and cognitive impairment?”
Sugar in excess may lead to mental disorders
Fructose and uric acid as drivers of a hyperactive foraging response: A clue to behavioral disorders associated with impulsivity or mania? Author links open overlay panelRichard J.JohnsonaWilliam L.WilsonbSondra T.BlandcMiguel A.LanaspaaaFrom the Division of Renal Diseases, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, United States of AmericabNew England Inpatient Specialists, North Andover, MA 01845,Continue reading “Sugar in excess may lead to mental disorders”
Life at Up Up and Away Investment Management International: Chapter 24 Largecorp’s contract game
Chapter 24 Largecorp’s contract game Accompanying the downsizing and outsourcing largecorp is embracing the concept of contract employment. In many cases I have friends who have been on continually renewed contracts for over a decade. There are several advantages to largecorp in availing itself of this strategy. It’s very easy to terminate a contract employeeContinue reading “Life at Up Up and Away Investment Management International: Chapter 24 Largecorp’s contract game”
Life at Up Up and Away Investment Management International: Chapter 23 Outsourcing and downsizing as largecorp’s biggest products of Misery
Chapter 23 Outsourcing and downsizing as largecorp’s biggest products of misery Not being a business school graduate, I am uncertain where the terms “outsourcing” and “downsizing” originated. They are somewhat neutral but hide a good deal of misery. I can say however that I have lived through both and they continue to be the nastyContinue reading “Life at Up Up and Away Investment Management International: Chapter 23 Outsourcing and downsizing as largecorp’s biggest products of Misery”
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