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For those who may not know who Randy Pausch is, he’s the university professor who was told he had only 6 months to live, as such, he decided to give one last lecture to his students. If you had only one last lecture to give, what would you speak about? This is great advice from somebody who has lived a very good life and some of these words may help you achieve your goals in the future.

Lecture’s Key Points

Aptly titled, his lecture is about achieving your dreams and allowing others to achieve theirs, here are the key points from his lecture:

• he grew up always being happy in his childhood, always dreaming about what could be, he was a child of the 60’s while people where landing on the moon when he was young
• dream specific dreams, they help to establish focus and make things happen
• get the fundamentals down otherwise the fancy stuff doesn’t work
• when people stop pointing out to you the things you are doing wrong, it means they have given up on you
• critics that carve you up are actually expressing their love for you
• experience is what you get when you didn’t get what you wanted
• learning that is done indirectly is the most valuable type as they tend to stick with you through life and aren’t as easily forgotten
• you don’t have to be the smartest, most talented nor physically gifted person to succeed in life and lead others
• it’s cool to meet your boyhood idol but even better when they come to visit you because you have done something special
• brick walls are there not to keep you out but to provide a challenge to keep others out (how badly do you really want to achieve this goal?)
• it’s easy to sound smart when you study a subject intensely and ask others for advice
• wait long enough and people will surprise you
• it’s important to realize when you are in a pissing match and even more importantly to get out of it as quickly as possible
• there is a good way and a bad way to say “I don’t know”
• giving people a bar to strive for only does them a disservice, tell people they can always do better then they will, DO BETTER. People will always better themselves at a far faster pace then if you give them specific criteria to be met
• if you are going to be a pioneer in anything, you will get arrows in your back and experience many headaches but it will be all worth it when you look back
• find somebody better then you to give a project you hold dear
• self-reflection is the best give you can give anybody
• parents and mentors are vitally important to achieving a successful life
• being humble is a very difficult habit to build and maintain
• respect authority while questioning it
• never loose your childhood wonder, it’s what keeps your mind young and energy boundless
• it’s fun to do the impossible
• loyalty is a two way street
• actions speak louder then words
• never give up on achieving your goals
• you cannot get “there” alone, earnest people are worth more then any salesman could ever hope to be
• apologize when you screw up and focus on other people
• brick walls show us our dedication
• don’t bail out, the best gold is at the bottom of barrels of crap
• when you do the right thing, good things will come out of it
• get a feedback loop and LISTEN to it
• show gratitude
• don’t complain, just work harder
• be good at something that makes you valuable
• be prepared, luck is where preparation meets opportunity
• if you lead your life the right way, karma will make your dreams become reality

If you wish to watch this for yourself, here is the video of the entire lecture thanks to Google.

After the lecture

As some of you may know, this lecture became an international hit in 2007 after it was given. He appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show to discuss his situation and the lecture, spent a day with the Pittsburgh Steelers to accomplish his goal to play for the NFL and even better, Disney through it’s subsidiary, purchased the rights to his story for millions of dollars, providing his family with financial security long after he is gone. I think the only way to explain this is the last summary I wrote about his lecture, if you lead your life the right way, karma will make your dreams become reality.

The Bottom Line

Dreams are as important as breathing (hint hint).

PS: I wish everybody a very happy and prosperous 2008!

More information about:

• Randy Pausch himself at Carnegie Mellon
• Transcript of this lecture
• Alice Programming Project
• Entertainment Technology Center
• Randy Pausch on Wikipedia

The founder of GoDaddy has had tremendous success online as a domain registrar, he risked everything he earned from the sale of his company Parsons Technology, turning his 64 million dollar buyout to what will soon be a billion dollar company. Without further ado, here is his top 10 keys (suggestions) for success in 2008.

10: Never listen to advertising experts

The reason for GoDaddy’s success is doing everything that it was told not to do by agencies, the more people say you shouldn’t do something, the more you should do it. People generally fear change, they don’t want to make waves so becoming an agent of change is the only way to get any type of attention no matter your field.

9: Surround yourself with beautiful, intelligent and successful women

Half of the world’s population is female yet if you attend enough board meetings, you will quickly realize that these statistics don’t hold true in the executive world (sadly). I would easily argue that women are our smarter half and a company without at least 50% of the top management that isn’t one is missing out on huge opportunities.

8: Take care of your employees and give to charity

Employees leave a company because of stress but if you provide a good working environment that is fun, challenging and rewarding, even at lower pay then a competitor, they will stay with you. Charity is also always a great thing, once you can afford to do so.

7: It’s never too late to get a motorcycle but always wear your safety gear

I got my motorcycle license a few years back, the freedom that you experience driving on the road is tremendous, cars are so boxed that I got to the point where I actually hated being inside of one. Driving a motorcycle gives you instant feedback about the environment, the flexibility to move on a dime and just pure pleasure of the open road… something lost in cars and trucks.

6: Earn a Ph.D. in International Relations so you can become the head of ICANN

A degree is only worth as much as you do with it, ICANN is just about the most useless organization out there, they are experts at conducting meetings in exotic locations that produce absolutely nothing. Each time somebody registers a domain, they send a few cents to these guys who wine and dine on our efforts and provide anything but leadership or vision for the online industry.

5: Figure out what “Brad” does in GoDaddy

An inside joke but if you have an employee or somebody who really serves no value to your company, no matter your affiliation, time to let them go unless you can afford to do otherwise. Same goes with software and hardware, if it doesn’t have a use, then there is no purpose in supporting it any longer.

4: Figure out what “Yahoo” actually does

Yahoo use to be known as a search engine, now it’s morphed into a huge conglomerate but unlike General Electric, they are experts at buying up overpriced companies then shutting them down. They lack a vision, purpose and to be quite frank, are headed for the same fate as AOL… oblivion.

3: Let the devil within you come out every once in a while

Living life on the straight and narrow is nice but it’s good to get out of your shell or comfort zone every once in a while. When was the last time you did something crazy? If you can’t remember, time to do it again.

2: Never, ever, buy a Zune

Hmmm… let me see, Microsoft is an expert at creating loss leaders, they have the Xbox franchise which looses money hand over fist, more software packages then I can count which do little but offer pale imitations of other software products and are sitting on a huge pile of cash. Microsoft has their operating system (XP) that is their backbone and Office, otherwise, everything else has been a dismal failure… why? Well, they got too much money and I think they fear loosing it, so instead of making waves inside of new industries, they are stuck taking cautious approaches towards everything… which leads to mediocrity. If you aren’t in an industry to shake it up, don’t go into it… the Zune (so far) is no different. Let me put this another way, if you own stock in Microsoft, how much has it grown over the past few years compared to a company that does take chances such as Google?

1: Be Godaddy’est in everything you do

The definition of Godaddy’est is simply the ability to live on the fine edge between decency and absurdity. It’s a fine line between being labeled a mad man vs a crazy man, if you live your life on that edge, sometimes you get burned but more often then not, you will progress faster. Take chances, take risks and more importantly, enjoy the trip while it lasts.

The Bottom Line

Follow your gut, more often then not, it will prove right.

Buzvia: GoDaddy,  GoDaddy Radio, Bob Parsons Personal Site, ZipitLive: GoDaddy Reseller

There are two types of lies in this world, those you tell yourself and those you tell others… smokers seem to be experts in both! Caring about their health while smoking is one of the biggest.

Drug addicts are all the same

So far, I have talked to smokers from Canada, United States, Australia, Malaysia, Japan and Korea over an extended period of time and the excuses are all the same. They seem to relish describing how “addicted” or “hardcore” they are. I was talking to one addict yesterday and they where quite proud to say their breath smelled like that of an ash tray… interesting, another from Australia told me exactly the same thing while I was in that country! Here are some fantastically delusional lies you can expect to hear from a smoker (feel free to add more):

I can quit anytime

If this where true, they could quit right now but just try to get enough guts and throw their pack away in front of them… they will run like a squirrel right into the bin to get them. I know… I have done this several times with the same results.

I don’t smoke that much

Sadly, the effects of smoking both primary and second (onto non-smokers) is cumulative. You won’t die right away from emphysema or COD but I wouldn’t want to be a lung in a smokers body after a few decades of continual self-poisoning.

I feel fine

Next time a drug addict tells you that they feel fine, ask them to join you for a hike up a sizable hill… their tune will change guaranteed. The reason they feel fine is because they are use to living in a marginalized body, not because they are actually “fine”.

It helps me keep my shape (slim)

There are two ways to keep your body in shape, one is to exercise and the other is to under-feed it. Sure, smoking is keeping you slim, but guess what, you can accomplish far more by working out and quitting smoking then otherwise. What you are doing is actually starving your body, making it waste resources trying to clean the crap out of the air you take in instead of improving or optimizing it.

My father/mother/uncle smoked till they where 90 years old!

George Burns also smoked a cigar until he hit 100 years old, sure, there are some people out there with wonder genetics but odds are, you don’t have them. Imagine if George Burns never smoked, he might still be alive today! Regardless of how you cut it, smoking WILL reduce not only your lifespan but the quality of the live you live dramatically with time.

Smokers Facing Death

I had a grandfather who I wish everyday never smoked because he died a painful death over several years, his body was fine but his lungs where shot from a live addicted to cigarettes. Now, this week, I got news that one of my uncles, one who saw what my grandfather went through his final years, has been diagnosed with lunch cancer caused by smoking. My grandfather openly admitted that if he ever got a lung transplant that the first thing he would to is smoke and oddly, my uncle, even while at hospital surrounded by smokers slowly fading away, still had the conscience to go… you guessed it right… smoke in hiding! Each and every smokers has to face up to the fact that one day, guaranteed, they will face their maker far sooner then anticipated due to a slow, selfish, purposeful self-poisoning of the very body they inhabit.

Unfunny Joke

Here is an unfunny joke I seem to repeat to myself just about every time I see somebody smoking. What is the difference between a smoker and a junkie? One uses a legal substance. Sad isn’t it… mentally, a junkie is in the same place as a smoker.

How do I treat smokers?

I take my health very seriously, to the point that if I find out a friend smokes, they are no longer somebody I associate myself with. I would honestly prefer to be alone the rest of my life then to spend it with somebody hell bent on destroying their health. There is no sugar coating things, smokers have a death wish but are too much of a coward to get it over with, instead, they drag the emotions of those around them into the hole they inhabit. My only exception to this “banish them from my sight” rule is family but then I try to spend my time outdoors with them as much as possible, limiting exposure to second-hand smoke. Would I ever hire somebody who smoked? Nope, politically correct or not, why the hell would I want to invest my time and resources into somebody who doesn’t give a damn about themselves?

Spiders on Drugs

To some, alright, many out there, this may seem kinda harsh but I live my life by many simple rules, at the top of my list is that if you don’t care about yourself, then I don’t care about you. I do have a very well developed sense of humor so here is something to lighten up the mood on a serious topic. The effect of drugs on spiders! If you can’t laugh at even the worst of things, then the thoughts that follow them have no way out of your head.

The Bottom Line

Reversing a denial is the first step towards a successful life.

If you take religion out of the equation, evolution is a rather simple and logical method of explaining life on earth.

What is evolution?

Quite simply, evolution is the process by which new species come into being while for others their entire demise. Think of it this way, let’s say I had 3 arms and it made me not only more attractive to woman around the world but it also allowed me double my lifespan… this mean the genetic information that allowed me to grow a third arm will be passed on to thousands of children who would then pass on this trait to thousands more of their children (and so on). Within a few generational cycles, one person (me) with a genetic abnormality would literally have produced the equivalent of a small city with this specific trait. Put another way, I had more sexual success passing on my trait then those poor two armed fellows, as a result, “more” of me was passed on to future generations… making me an evolutionary success story (and very happy in the process).

Is evolution fast or slow?

There is some debate about this, in the example above, I grew a third arm in one shot and was able to pass this trait rather fast geologically speaking where things occur over millions of years. Some evolutionary characteristics happen fast while others, like dolphins loosing their hind legs (yes, they are still there under their skin) over an extended period of time. Regardless of speed, it’s happening right now within all of us.

Why does evolution happen?

Before you think evolution happens for a reason, it really doesn’t, that same roll of the dice that gave me the third arm could have just as likely given me no head! You see, evolution is completely random. Sometimes people are born with fantastic gifts but never have children while others are born with genetic defects and go on to produce too many offspring. Evolution has no rhyme or reason, it just is. There is no superior mind figuring out the endless calculations and ratio dynamics.

Proof of evolution

Although there is proof of evolution all around us, to all those who aren’t sure, here is proof beyond a reasonable doubt!

The Bottom Line

Watch out… evolution may strike at any time!

Buzvia: http://crunchgear.com/2007/10/05/riverdance-monkey-style/

I find it rather humorous that most people have no problem eating pigs, birds, cows, lobsters and just about every other animal on this planet including our closest cousins out in Africa but damn those cat eaters!

Chinese know how to eat

If you ever ate at a traditional Chinese restaurant, no, not those Westernized ones, a real authentic Chinese restaurant where the waiter doesn’t speak a word of English and you can see the cook out in the back smoking between preparing meals. Notice the menu (you will need an interpreter), just about every part of an animal is available, from the stomach of a cow to the head of a fish. The Chinese culture is incredibly resourceful and open minded regarding food preparation, even with their vegetables, there is incredible variety compared to what is available in Western restaurants. Menus that go into the hundreds of available dishes are common place where in Western restaurants, you are lucky to have a choice among 20 types of dishes. Chinese cooking is also incredibly fresh, vegetables are bought at the market that day or the day before, the fish is swimming in the tank up until the second after you order it and that tea has been made from whole leaves upon your arrival.

Cats, Dogs and Spiders

Haven eating at more then my fair share of authentic Chinese restaurants, the fact that you can eat cats, dogs and even spiders (deep fried mind you) really isn’t a surprise to me. In South America they love their deep fried insects and I am sure when I was in Malaysia that I ate some things that if I knew what I was eating, it would have induced instant bulimia once the meal was over.

Why are Cats and Dogs off limits?

I don’t understand why people are offended that some cultures have different interpretations of what is acceptable to eat and try to impose these values on other cultures. In the Congo, they love their bush meat while in Russia they love their caviar. In the United States, they love processed meat products while in Korea, freshly cut squid and dog are celebratory dishes. Eating a cat? Evil. Eating a dog? Evil. I would far prefer to eat a fresh cat then a processed hot dog if I had the choice. Other then our emotional attachment to dogs and cats in our culture, there is nothing wrong with eating our feline nor canine friends. We are animals just like these animals, and in a survival situation, roasted “mans best friend” with onions would be first up on the menu.

Pets vs Food

I think this uproar over eating cats is simply a lot about nothing, really. George Clooney had a pet pot-bellied pig which he loved and I am sure to him, eating bacon in the morning with eggs probably makes him nauseous, same thing with cat and dog lovers. This doesn’t mean there is something wrong with eating these animals (and insects), their nutritional values are certainly healthier then the commercially processed junk we buy in the supermarkets. The deeper question to ask is where are all these self-professed “animal lovers” when a cow, fish, bird, pig or any other animal is slaughtered for human consumption? You cannot have it both ways and expect to be taken seriously.

The Bottom Line

One persons pet is another persons food.

Reference
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=3361506

Maybe a few thousand years ago the fact that somebody got to a certain age meant something but these days, the odds are, you can sit on your ass, doing little with your life to achieve these milestones. As such, what value do birthdays really have?

My own views about my birthday

I celebrated my 31st birthday a few months ago, to be frank, my own birthday had no real value to me. To me, a birthday marks a milestone of achieving one more year on Earth 6ft above ground. I use my birth date every year to review what I did during the previous year and make modifications based on a few days of reflection. This year, I was camping on a remote beach, maybe next year at the top of a mountain, who knows.

What happened to our Species?

I see the rampant over-glorification of birthdays all over the place, from million dollar mega parties for sweet sixteens (????) to people hitting the bar to get as piss drunk as possible in celebration. I just do not get it, I know somebodies birthday is today and I am questioning myself as to how to not take away from their perceived excitement yet still be true to myself. I don’t force my views on anybody else but I don’t hide my views neither.

In my case, if I was living out in the jungle (or Savannah) for 31 years, I would be a grandfather by now with more then my fair share of bruises and broken bones from daily hunting excursions. I would have vivid stories to tell of when I spent an entire day with elephant crap all over my body after being told by my brother Click-Clack that it was mud. I would be able to point to my legs with gashes a few inches long and say how a bear almost ripped off my leg but I stabbed him in the heart right on time or how a horny bat wouldn’t leave me alone while out hunting one day. THERE WOULD BE STORIES TO TELL! I would have beaten the odds that would be stacked against me from the very day of my birth. I would be lucky to see the age of 40 years old! I would be considered an upcoming elder who has managed to help the tribe achieve some important milestones such as an infant mortality rate of only 20% in the first 5 years of life, providing meat for my 20+ kids and be so sun baked that I would physically look like I was 60 years old. Wow… 31 is HUGE, too bad I missed out due to me living in this modernized mono-culture we call civilized life. Of course, I could have also been one of those unlucky 20% of kids and never seen the age of five, life goes both ways.

Life is too easy

I was reading an article on CNN in which antidepressants, medication used by people to treat depression, are the most prescribed drug category in the United States. What is even more depression (pun intended) is these rates are skyrocketing. Why? I believe our modern life has gotten far too easy and predictable to the point that people are unable to cope with change or worse, unable to cope with the life they have lead to this point. They need their medication simply to get through another day!

Going back to birthdays, imagine being showered with gifts for doing something that unless you where very unlucky in life or just plane dumb, was a given. Am I the only one who thinks this is a rather empty celebration?

Alternatives: Celebrate Achievements, Not Birthdays

Yes, that’s right, if you graduate university, that is an achievement, by all means, have a small celebration. Your great uncle reached the age of 90 years old and is hoping around town chasing girls half his age… yes, that deserves a pint of beer at the local bar. One of your nephews businesses have achieved a million dollars in sales… again, party time. Do you see what I am coming at? We should get rid of this whole birthday celebration stuff and instead celebrate real achievements in our modern society. Birthdays are meaningless while achievements, big and small, are something really worth celebrating. These will be remembered and a highlight of a life when we are all on our death beds taking in our last breath.

To me, the things I look back upon so far in my short life are about both the great successes and tremendous failures I have achieved so far, each with their lessons. I can honestly look back and say, so far, I have a very good track record of LIVING MY LIFE. Birthdays, well, I cannot remember any gifts I received but I do remember the people.

Exceptions

Of course, people who have had very difficult lives deserve great birthdays, especially those who are unfortunate to suffer from medical or mental conditions. It can help lighten the mood and put their lives back in focus.

The Bottom Line

This is worth repeating, celebrate achievements, not birthdays.

Reference
http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/07/09/antidepressants/index.html

To men, farting is a source of pride, something to be shared and cherished while for women, it’s still a social taboo but regardless of where you come from, we all do it, consciously or unconsciously.

Why do we fart?

If we didn’t fart, our bodies would blow up like a balloon from all the gas (internal and external) that enters our gut. There are millions of chemical reactions happening within you RIGHT NOW by all the cells that make you, well, YOU. All this activity produces gas which your bloodstream takes away from cells and dumps in the most convenient location, be it your lungs or intestines. Another area of gas production is in the intestines themselves, we have billions of bacteria living their entire lives (albeit short) throughout your digestive system. Like anything else in this world that works, gas is produced which your body tries to find the most efficient manner of expelling. You may also be swallowing minute amounts of air which make it down and out as well. The average person farts up to 14 times a day and the longer you hold it in, the more it builds up, hence bigger farts!

Why do farts smell so bad?

This mostly depends on both the type of bacteria in your digestive system and what you ate earlier as different chemical reactions produce different gases. The chemical compounds you are smelling either by your choice or somebody elses are mostly sulfur and nitrogen based. This is why volcanoes smell so bad if you ever get the chance to visit one or happen to be downwind. The reason some farts do not smell is because there isn’t much of these compounds in the fart relative to the oxygen and carbon dioxide expelled.

Is it possible to never fart?

Actually, we fart throughout our life, your body is like an engine and your anus is the tailpipe. Even after we die, we still fart and sometimes our guts even explode since there is no longer a mechanism to expel the gases (known as peristalsis or intestinal contractions) . You may be dead but the bacteria inside of you aren’t… they go into overtime! By the way, women fart just as much as men, they just don’t relish the experience as much.

Why do certain foods make produce more farts?

Gas production is related to the amount of material that you digest but cannot process, this leads to the bacteria inside of you feasting like a Christmas Diner with the resultant fermentation leading to mega farts! For instance, beans have 3 types of sugars that the body cannot process (raffinose, stachiose and verbascose), hence, their ability to exert extra gas relative to other foods.

How can farts be prevented?

As you read earlier, we all fart throughout our lives (and afterlives), as a result, they cannot be prevented. Sure, you may be able to hold one in while your conscious but at the cost of a relationship when you fall asleep.

Why do farts follow you?

Farts do seem to follow you don’t they, well, the reason is air pressure and your clothing. For air pressure demonstrations, the Japanese have a great video which you should watch (click on movie below) while for clothing, they absorb the fart, hence the smell gets slowly released.

The Bottom Line

Nothing wrong with farting, but this view may not be shared by those around you.

Reference
http://www.heptune.com/farts.html
Buzzvia: Lifeleak http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a88_1182467920

Now for something a little off the wall, here are two videos showing what is apparently people with super magnetic powers!

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Now the truth

Yes, it’s too good to be true, anybody can do this… Read this article: http://randi.org/jr/082704gluton.html#7

The Bottom Line

Medical miracles usually have a scientific explanation that are anything but miraculous.

References
buzzvia gizmodo http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2007/06/magnetic_father_son.html

Listen guys, from one guy to another, that 9 month pregnant look that you think is a testament to your incredible ability to follow a see-food diet (aka: eat all the food you can see) isn’t attractive. Maybe your girlfriend or wife says it doesn’t bother her but honestly, deep down… when you look like you are about to give birth, and your a male, it’s really gross! It DOES bother you, you just won’t admit it!

You know you’re a pregnant man when…

… you have trouble putting your shoes on because you can’t bend down to put them on.

… you pull out a hair and piss in your pants because you can’t locate your pride and joy on time.

… your better half asks you to please leave the lights closed before bed to keep her in the mood.

… you can’t remember the last time you where able to look down and see your toes in the shower.

… you feel fresh air coming up your t-shirt.

… your better half gets jealous that your breasts are larger then hers!

… your belt seems to keep getting smaller each time you put it on but your underwear mysteriously never change size!

Why you want to give birth!

So, how did you end up with a beer belly in the first place? Who cares, the point is that if you keep going on the path that got you to that girth so far, you will have a delivery… straight to the morgue! All that belly fat is a time bomb, scientific study after scientific study have proven that the most dangerous fat to have for both men and women is that belly fat. It’s incredibly unhealthy to maintain that gut of yours that you parade with joy with all your guy buddies but really, it isn’t anything to have any pride in. Your heart is working overtime pushing blood through those slowly clogging arteries and veins of yours. Your internal organs, including your kidney may start to develop fat deposits. Basically, the bigger and longer you maintain that pregnant look, the faster you will be delivered straight to the hospital and if you are unlucky, off you go to the morgue. Heart attack, stroke and diabetes are on the desert menu my friend… which do you wish to order first?

There is NO excuse!

Women have an excuse to get out of shape, they go through seismic hormonal changes on a monthly basis and when they are pregnant, well, it’s like rebuilding the Eiffel tower with your eyes closed… lots of changes happen. Us guys are extremely lucky, we don’t know what PMS is, our bodies produce about the same amount of testosterone (although on a sliding scale as we age) month to month. We don’t get the joys of complete body modification to create life and better yet, don’t ever have to deal with the hassle of a (.). Us guys really have it made and definitely got the better end of the deal!

How to give birth

Well, unlike a woman, you cannot simply give birth and in a few weeks loose your belly fat. I still think we got the better deal as we can focus throughout our lives, without interruptions, on improving our bodies to not only improve our own self-esteem but actually make our better halves want to make love with the lights on for a change.

The first step for any guy is to cut ALL junk food out, if you don’t know what an ingredient is on something you eat, throw it out.

Second is… get this… go to the gym and please get a personal trainer if your new to working out and a medical checkup. Not only do you get to see some great (younger) eye candy which will help motivate you but because of your testosterone, you will replace that flab with muscle double time.

Third is… again, an easy one… get your physical activity up. This is where having a partner involved can make getting cardio 2-3x a day an enjoyable experience (read between the lines). Your better half wants to help you loose weight, get them involved! Also, start going on one hour walks with your dog after super or if you don’t have one, don’t worry, you can walk alone without fear.

Results… results… results

You may be asking yourself, how long before I start to see my body return to its athletic beginnings? Well, that depends on how long you let it go. If you follow the above three steps you will start to notice changes after about 4-5 weeks, don’t worry, that time will fly! You should notice a dramatic change after about two months… this is how long it takes your body to rebuild itself into the leaner, sexier and more desirable man you are inside but for some reason, hid behind all this fat!

The Bottom Line

You where born a man, so don’t let your body become that of a woman!

I try to stay relatively main-stream with the issues I write but a few weeks ago I got wind of something that I simply had a hard time believing. I thought somebody was joking - they where not. It seems an increasing number of people are becoming “urinophiles”, believing that drinking your own urine (outside of a survival situation) can cure everything from foot fungus to cancer. If that was not surprising enough, this has been in practice around the world in different cultures for thousands of years.

What is urine?

Urine is made up mostly of water (95%) with the rest mostly being nitrogenous waste products from our kidneys. Essentially, what the body doesn’t need, absorb nor want is excreted in our urine. Urine is not a toxic or harmful substance but that doesn’t mean it’s healthy either.

Why drink your own urine?

The advocates of Urine Therapy (UT, amaroli) proclaim that there are thousands of highly beneficial substances within urine that are wasted if not re-consumed. In this aspect, they are correct. Urine does indeed contain creatine, vitamins, minerals, hormones etc. - if you ate or drank it - some of it is in your urine. If you read enough of their materials, they do make a pretty convincing case. They are able to point to valid scientific studies, thousands of years of use and many other facts. Nobody has ever died from urine consumption and to advocates; it is the closest thing we will ever get to a miracle product. Urine also has anti-bacterial, antiseptic, anti-viral, antibiotic and anti-fungal properties.

Why not drink your own urine?

First off, unless I am in a survival situation where water is scarce, if my body gets rid of something - it does so for a purpose beyond my reasoning, and I stand behind it. If my body is able to keep me alive and healthy, it knows what it is doing in my book. Unlike many other beliefs, advocates are correct in most of what they proclaim but the problem they encounter is two fold.

Sum Total

The pro-camp says urine is a cure-all but negates to take into account the wildly small concentrations of any one substance present in urine. Although there isn’t any negative camp that I could find, I would tend to argue that if something has such a small concentration (good or bad), then what possible benefit could it give to the body above and beyond what a healthy diet can provide? I find the entire approach of “urinophiles” equivalent to trying to get drunk from one drop of alcohol.

The Bottom Line

I don’t see an overwhelming argument for urine “supplementation” nor against it - so why bother unless you are in a survival situation where it may save your life.