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How REAL people put on their Vibram Five Finger KSO "barefoot" shoes71

How REAL people put on their Vibram Five Finger KSO "barefoot" shoes

I purchased the Vibram Five Finger KSO (keep stuff out) model because I really hate getting little bits of gravel in my shoes.  The KSO's are quite effective at keeping most stuff out, but at first it seems that they are constructed in a way to...

7 comments    running barefoot running kso
Soundflower: capture/record streaming audio on Mac86

Soundflower: capture/record streaming audio on Mac

Ever wish your MacBook could just capture audio directly from a streaming source? Wish no more, this article tells you exactly how to do it. Please respect copyrights!!!

8 comments    mp3 record audacity
Barefoot Running on Steriods:  Vibrams69

Barefoot Running on Steriods: Vibrams

Vibram KSO's black As you may know if you read my other hubs, I've recently experimented with barefoot running. In Australia I ran either completely barefooted, or in socks on a grass cricket pitch. In reality, the city parks in the near suburbs...

6 comments    natural toes gravel
Start becoming an herbal geek today66

Start becoming an herbal geek today

Having just come home from an extended stay in Australia, and having had several brushes with the health system down under, including an emergency which required hospitalization, I can say definitively from...

8 comments    natural herbs herb
How to avoid getting jumped on by a dog76

How to avoid getting jumped on by a dog

Hot dorkage explains a little about body language among dogs, and outlines the simple movement you can make to pre-empt, or at the least avoid, the dog jumping on you.

15 comments    dog attention body language
Anaphylaxis up close and personal73

Anaphylaxis up close and personal

I've never been one of those people who has "allergies."  I consider myself very lucky that I don't live in fear of eating nuts, eggs, or seafood, and I don't have to tour all the factories where food is...

5 comments    blood pressure dangerous shock
Barefoot Running: Natural and Healthy or plumb foolish?81

Barefoot Running: Natural and Healthy or plumb foolish?

Running shoes have come a long way in the latest few decades. We've come to believe we need them to compensate for biomechanical flaws. Of course the shoe companies love this. Now we have shoes that look perfectly fine, but the "expert" will prod...

11 comments    shoes running mexico
Grey Water in the Land of Oz70

Grey Water in the Land of Oz

My family has been living in Melbourne, Australia in the state of Victoria for a few weeks.  It's the middle of winter here (July), and Melbourne is a coastal city.  It is about as far south as you can go on...

8 comments    environment drought scarcity
Your LDL cholesterol reading may be 40 points off91

Your LDL cholesterol reading may be 40 points off

This article exposes a shocking and little-known fact about the way cholesterol screening is typically performed in the USA, and how for certain people, the results may be extremely misleading.

19 comments    cholesterol prevention ldl
Don't let them give you Reglan without your consent!75

Don't let them give you Reglan without your consent!

If you have been reading my hubs you know that earlier this year I had a huge polyp removed from the transverse colon. My TMI Tatoo and Piercing hubs describe the experience. I was told my only option was a bowel resection and ASAP because it...

14 comments    depression drugs surgery
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