{"id":71,"date":"2018-08-27T07:53:28","date_gmt":"2018-08-27T07:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seventhfloorlanding.com\/?page_id=71"},"modified":"2024-02-29T04:05:06","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T04:05:06","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/seventhfloorlanding.com\/?page_id=71","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-image alignright uagb-block-533466f4 wp-block-uagb-image--layout-default wp-block-uagb-image--effect-static wp-block-uagb-image--align-right\"><figure class=\"wp-block-uagb-image__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/seventhfloorlanding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/pexels-kampus-production-7477750-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"uag-image-2072\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" title=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<section><\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section><span style=\"color: var(--ast-global-color-5); font-family: 'Barlow Semi Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 1.76471rem; font-weight: bold;\">About Me<\/span><\/section>\n<section>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I am a biologist and a computer programmer. I am just turning 60, overweight by 70 pounds (it used to be by 90 pounds), and am managing blood pressure, cholesterol and A1C numbers with medication. [Update: after 6 months on a ketogenic diet, I no longer take meds related to A1C or blood sugar matters; also no longer taking cholesterol meds]<\/p>\n<p>I am an ardent student of health concerns related to my own health. As a scientist, I will always adhere to the fundamentals.<\/p>\n<h3>This Is What Science Is<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>there is a Scientific Method<\/li>\n<li>be skeptical of everything<\/li>\n<li>there is great value in this kind of research<\/li>\n<li>[trying to double-indent this] carefully controlled studies<\/li>\n<li>that are falsifiable,<\/li>\n<li>and peer-reviewed,<\/li>\n<li>whose results have been confirmed by similar research.<\/li>\n<li>Other studies, population studies, and field studies can have value<\/li>\n<li>No competent and honest scientist will ever claim &#8220;the science is settled&#8221; about much of anything past math, dynamics, and the periodic table. Anyone saying such is probably dirty, probably bought and paid for by corporate, government, or partisan players; and might be stupid.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I say all that because in the context of health, nutrition, and medicine,\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And as it turns out, I am not the only one suffering from obesity-related health issues.\u00a0 It is the slow-motion epidemic of the modern world. I have only my BS in Zoology for credentials, but you can decide if I provide any real-world value to you.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Me I am a biologist and a computer programmer. I am just turning 60, overweight by 70 pounds (it used to be by 90 pounds), and am managing blood pressure, cholesterol and A1C numbers with medication. [Update: after 6 months on a ketogenic diet, I no longer take meds related to A1C or blood [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-71","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Paul Fuller","author_link":"https:\/\/seventhfloorlanding.com\/?author=2"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"About Me I am a biologist and a computer programmer. 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