As usual its been a while since the last post. News is that I have been dealing with tendonitis issues throughout the body. Whether or not the tendonitis is due to actual organ damage or superficial inflammation, I treat it carefully. I am removing bagels as my staple food as there is info floating around about how it can reduce nutrient uptake from in the intestines due to autoimmunity towards the vili tissue. Further, I am changing from regular milk to organic milk having found out that they are required to be grassfed for at least 120 out of the year (better than nothing) and I will start to take fish oil on the regular again. I am also supplementing with epsom salt which is MgSO4 as a magnesium source which is a common deficiency among tendonitis sufferers. Lastly, I am regularly drinking a tea made from the root of Heteropterys aphrodisiaca which is shown to improve tendon strength in endurance trained rats. As far as I can tell it helps but I cannot distinguish if the effects are placebo-derived as the treatments are confounded.

On a different note, learned about the concept of pE which is analogous to pH. If my speculations are correct then the can be electrons solvated in aqueous solution just as with protons. This notion is common in the geological sciences however the 'poise' or reduction potential of water is buffered by inorganic chemical species like Fe2+/Fe3+. The interest comes into play when considering the intracellular environment as a pE buffered solution and whether they are reactive when being solvated by water. If this is true then water can not only have chemical impurites and pH but also pE. One can imagine that drinking 'reduced' water might have an effect on ones health just as drinking acidic water does. Funny thing is that highly-marketed alkaline water has a higher tendency to solvate electrons although I have yet to hear that involved in the sales pitch. To be continued...