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Category: General

Guidance on exposures, quarantine, and testing

November 23, 2020 mbmccoll Leave a comment

Prior to the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, I wanted to send out the set of standard guidance that I’ve been…

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Posted in: General Filed under: COVID-19, exposure, testing

Coronavirus Deaths by U.S. State and Country Over Time: Daily Tracker – The New York Times

March 30, 2020 mbmccoll Leave a comment

Testing rates for the virus differ so much that the number of positive results in a given country is not…

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Posted in: General, Medical Filed under: Coronavirus, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2

Omega 3 experiment

March 8, 2020 mbmccoll Leave a comment

As I reported a week or so ago, I’m holding my own N=1 experiment for supplementing with Omega 3 Fatty…

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Posted in: Direct Primary Care, General

The King has called you. Come see His Kingdom.

February 23, 2020 mbmccoll

But first, we need to know who we are. First, learn who you are then learn how to walk it…

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Posted in: General, The Four Pillars Filed under: Ephesians, new identity, the four pillars, the King

Building bombs is a tricky business

February 19, 2020 mbmccoll 2 Comments

My time as a bomb technician. “Constantly making snap decisions about dangerous things is very taxing.”

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Posted in: Direct Primary Care, General, Nutrition, Pillar Primary Care Filed under: bombs, do you need 10 fingers?

Sowing generously

December 23, 2019 mbmccoll Leave a comment

Sowing generously to feed the hungry

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Posted in: Direct Primary Care, General Filed under: Christ, Christmas, Good nutrition, Hungry, Second Harvest, Tree

Are your habits atomic?

December 17, 2019 mbmccoll

One of my favorite new books is Atomic Habits by James Clear. This interview with him helps clarify a very…

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Posted in: General Filed under: Atomic Habits, diet, exercise, James Clear, low carb, weight loss

Mealtime patterns

August 9, 2019 mbmccoll Leave a comment

Posted below are two reports generated from the Freestyle Libre LibreView website. They show the average relative change in my…

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Posted in: General, Nutrition Filed under: better health, CGM, glucose, LCHF, Libre, nutritional ketosis

Nutritional Ketosis and Intermittent Fasting

August 7, 2019 mbmccoll Leave a comment

Over the last week I’ve documented my progress into nutritional ketosis through a ketogenic diet. Yesterday, I added intermittent fasting…

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Posted in: General, Nutrition Filed under: CGM, DPC, fasting, freestyle libre, insulin, keto, ketosis, LCHF, low carb, nutritional ketosis

Nutritional Ketosis, Days 5 & 6

August 6, 2019 mbmccoll Leave a comment

I didn’t get a chance to update the daily posts yesterday as the start of school, high school sports practice,…

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Posted in: General, Nutrition Filed under: CGM, fasting, freestyle libre, insulin, keto, ketosis, LCHF, Libre, low carb, nutritional ketosis

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