Dan Ostermayer

i wish nostr:nprofile1qqsznrd3fwyguj7zyxawr0wy03u8frc57xefd0ju2eqcgfdnjjq55lspp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucm4wfex2mn59en8j6gkstph4 did not have stevia in their potassium magnesium sodium packets. an alternative without stevia is https://sport-drink.com/

probiotics are amazing at restoring damage gut micro biome which helps when you get sick: *42% reduction in antibiotic use. *24% reduction in experiencing at least one respiratory infection. *Shortened duration of symptoms by over a day. to get the same effect with foods, you need to incorporate fermented foods such as yogurt, kimchi, kefir etc... https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD006895.pub4/pdf/full

I find it funny that many times after publishing in a peer reviewed journal I have to go to sci-hub to get access to my own pdf

most small medical practices are sold to large corporate hospitals. the legacy that could be created from building a resilient practice for a community across multiple physician generations with doctors and financial partners has been lost. the cash based medical and health practices that are slowly building steam will help rebuilding this tradition

one of the studies that first made me question the concept of viral "infectiousness" was this 2005 paper. it is assumed that EBV reactivates when the human is stressed, but these are astronauts that test negative for symptoms. They are asymptomatic yet under none physiologic conditions in space produce fragments which we call epstein barr virus. It dawned on me when reading this paper that it could be reactivation of a virus incorporated into our molecular biology or it could be that humans create the dna in times of stress and shed these particles as a purge of internal derangements. https://files.ostermayer.co/pierson2005.pdf

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25585329/ In the United States, government funding accounts for approximately 40%-50% of total biomedical research and development spending. Medical research funding by source: -Federal government (primarily NIH): 40% -Private industry (pharmaceutical and biotech companies): 50% -Foundations, state agencies, and other non-profit organizations: 10% (indirect government funding)

Calcium builds and maintains bone; phosphorus is crucial for energy metabolism. chronically high phosphorus (especially from sodas, processed meats, and some protein additives) can trigger hormonal changes that pull calcium out of bone and into the blood. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/british-journal-of-nutrition/article/high-phosphorus-intakes-acutely-and-negatively-affect-ca-and-bone-metabolism-in-a-dosedependent-manner-in-healthy-young-females/664CF9D559A6CD7B704D55FCA74E01A7 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4253706/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002916523275462 Western diet often has a 20:1 omega-6:omega-3 ratio, hunter-gatherer diets were closer to 4:1.

Zinc supports immunity and testosterone; copper supports collagen, red blood cells, and antioxidant enzymes. Excess zinc can deplete copper and lead to anemia-like symptoms and low white blood cells. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12286130/

plastic cutting boards are gross https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/20/13442?utm_source=chatgpt.com

academic science involves working for free or grant wages and then spending many unpaid hours editing and submitting manuscripts. then when accepted for publications you sign the rights to your work over to a private journal that sells access to your work that was probabaly supported by government funding https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2025-11-28/the-fall-of-a-prolific-science-journal-exposes-the-billion-dollar-profits-of-scientific-publishing.html "The four major scientific publishers — Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley, and Taylor & Francis — earned more than $7 billion in 2024, with profit margins unimaginable in almost any other industry, exceeding 30%, according to a new analysis led by British anthropologist Dan Brockington of the Autonomous University of Barcelona. This collective windfall is explained by the “publish or perish” system — which rewards improbably prolific scientists who produce a study every two days — as well as a shift in the industry’s business model. Previously, readers paid subscription fees to access quality journals. Now, amid the push for open access to science, it is the authors themselves who must pay to have their research published so that others can read it for free. This perverse incentive — whereby both scientists and journals earn more the more they publish, regardless of quality — has fueled a flood of millions of low-quality studies. Elsevier is the publisher that publishes the most studies and earns the most, with a 38% profit margin ($1.5 billion in 2024), according to the analysis by Brockington and his colleagues."

the metabolic theory of cancer is starting to catch on hopefully it because mainstream that the mitochondria is at the heart of cancer development https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10863-025-10059-w https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40815077/ "no tumor has yet been described with a normal content or composition of cardiolipin, the inner mitochondrial membrane-enriched phospholipid essential for the efficiency of OxPhos function" most oncologist still treat cancer as a generic disease (a mutation gone wild)

whenever you want to teach your kids something new, lead by example if you want your kids to learn a new instrument, then you should show them that you can learn one as well

so many people that work in healthcare define health as the absence of disease or if they know that's not quite right, struggle with coming up with a real definition "Health is our ability to do the things we really care about for as long as possible"

i have never met a child that is addicted to tools. cultivate a computing experience with your children where they use computers as tools.

time is only experienced by the events that occur within it.

https://annas-archive.org/search?q=Vilhjalmur+Stefansson Vilhjalmur Stefansson was an explorer and anthropologist in the Arctic before World War I, and spent many years living with the Eskimo, hunting, fishing, eating, and living very similarly to them. He wrote and talked extensively about the carnivore diet, almost 100 years ago.

kids like this cereal brand for snacks https://lovebirdfoods.com/

kids like these crackers and they done have garbage in them https://www.getnufs.com/

100 years ago every "winter", people did caloric restriction, intermittent fasting, and low carb. as your physical exertion declined because it was too cold, you ate less. unless you lived at the equator, and then you continued to work shirtless and eat your normal amount.