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The curtain of capitalism gets pulled away and you see its shriveled hands working the levers while it screams “Look away!”\n \nAt the start of 2024, I was fresh in the working world and trying to find any way possible to generate extra money.\n\nFor whatever reason, three side hustles that became available to me this year involved bodily fluids (mostly blood components). \n\nNot one to pass up an opportunity for a few bucks, I leaned into the body fluid theme and kept them going.\n\nI will use a scoring system based on each side hustle's potential for money, the time needed to profit, and the effort needed for each. \n\n**Plasma Donation**\nMoney: $\nTime: $$\nEffort: $\n\nI wrote about my qualms with plasma donation [here](https://medium.com/illumination/3-ways-to-cash-in-on-blood-784060b0400f). \n\nI started donating plasma while I waited for the local white blood cell donation company to call me back. Thankfully, the first month of plasma donation is the best month as that's when they pay out their big promotion prices. \n\nPlasma donation is a shady business as the payout is location-dependent, the more people willing to donate in an area, the less each person makes. Each location is full of propaganda saying “Donate today to save a life!” when the company pulling out your plasma is generating millions of dollars and paying you $25.\n\nThey take out a rather large amount of fluid from your body so you will feel tired for at least the rest of the day (and they don’t even give you a snack on your way out!). \n\nI stopped donating as soon as I cashed in on the promotional first-month prices and never went back. \n\nIf I really need the money in the future, I’d be hard-pressed to return to this. \n\nBetween the low pay and the needle wounds that build up, there are better ways to make a few bucks. Not to mention the potential for adverse effects that can occur anytime you get blood drawn and returned to you. \n\n**White Blood Cell (WBC) Donating**\nMoney: $$$\nTime: $$\nEffort: $\n\nI feel a lot better about donating white blood cells. \n\nThe compensation is substantially higher, around $100/hour, and after a solid meal, you should feel fine for the rest of the day (and as a big plus, they give you all the snacks you want during and after donating!)\n\nThe facilities for WBC donating are substantially nicer than the plasma donation centers, the staff are nicer, and they have snacks and an iPad for you to watch shows while donating.\n\nI only donated twice at one facility before I had an allergic reaction to something in the donation process. The head nurse dismissed me from donating for my own safety. As annoying as that is for my wallet, I appreciate the preference for safety. \n\nMost white blood cell donation centers also offer two other paid “donations”: a bone marrow harvesting procedure and a superpowered white blood cell donation. \n\nThe bone marrow procedure pays about $100 more than a WBC appointment and is only an hour-long appointment (versus 3-4 hours for white blood cell donation). \n\nThe superpowered white blood cell donation requires taking a medication that tells your bone marrow to pump out more white blood cells than usual. Then you go into the donation center on back-to-back days to donate white blood cells. \n\nI don’t want to have my bone marrow harvested nor do I want to take a drug to push out extra white blood cells. \n\nWith that said, the WBC donation checks are very sweet and I would jump back into a donation pool if I find a different company to sign on with (Fingers crossed I don't have another allergic reaction!)\n\n**Sperm**\nMoney: $\nTime: $\nEffort: $\n\nEvery guy sees those “make money by selling your sperm!” ads and dreams about the great life he can fund by jerking off into a sanitary cup a few times a week. \n\nThe reality is very different. \n\nSperm banks are highly selective on who they accept as donors, and for good reason! Imagine spending a thousand dollars to buy sperm for your picture-perfect family, just to find out that the sperm bank paid some random guy to fill their freezers full of potential children.\nNot a great business model.\n\nI attempted to join several sperm banks and was rejected by two before I realized why I was being rejected. They ask about your family's medical and psychological history to weed out any potential for certain conditions. I guess something in my family history is a red flag for sperm donors! \n\nNot one to be easily deterred, I kept my eyes open for another way to profit off my swimmers (it was the year of the body fluid side hustles you know). When I saw an advertisement for a research company that buys sperm to test at-home fertility kits, my answer had arrived! \n\nI quickly jumped through the hoops to enter their candidate pool and started delivering samples to their corporate deaddrop. \nThey pay $50 in Amazon gift cards per sample,which is great in a world where Amazon sells everything. \n\nAfter starting and stopping a few times, I ultimately stopped this side hustle. \nThe drop location is about an hour away from me via public transit (in the opposite direction of my regular job), and most of the drop-off times available were between 8-9 am. So even though I’d get $50 for little work, with the dollar and time cost of transit included, it came out to less than minimum wage. \n\nThis was a big help to me when I was starting my new job and money was tight. It allowed me to buy things for fun when my paychecks went entirely to surviving. 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      "body": "**TLDR: Eating a small dinner two hours before going to bed will help you sleep deeper, resulting in health benefits.**\n\n“Eat Breakfast like a king, Lunch like a prince, Dinner like a pauper”\n\nhttps://i.postimg.cc/fb7zD7yZ/stephanie-mccabe-U3zasaq-WD-I-unsplash.jpg\n\n Photo by [Juliette F](https://unsplash.com/@julfe?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash) on [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/photos/white-and-green-ceramic-plates-on-brown-wooden-dining-table-fb0_wj2MZk4?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash)  \n\n[Sleep hygiene](https://medium.com/@daoofliving/4-ways-to-better-sleep-761637c00055) is the most important part of insuring deep, restful slumber. Our body craves regularity and will try to form a pattern out of the chaos of our daily lives.\n\nFor example, **our digestive system loves regularity**. So much so that your body will start preparing for food at scheduled meal times by increasing stomach acid and making your ‘mouth water’ (there are loads of enzymes in your saliva!)\n\nThis scheduling system of your body is called the circadian rhythm, I covered it in this article: [https://medium.com/@daoofliving/unlocking-the-science-and-wisdom-of-your-bodys-internal-clock-circadian-rhythms-and-chinese-14e836ee9455](https://medium.com/@daoofliving/unlocking-the-science-and-wisdom-of-your-bodys-internal-clock-circadian-rhythms-and-chinese-14e836ee9455)\n\nKeeping your meals on a schedule is so important that scientists have conducted [multiple studies](https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/proceedings-of-the-nutrition-society/article/meal-irregularity-and-cardiometabolic-consequences-results-from-observational-and-intervention-studies/1969DB83C64B09E221A4B8929B7D8A8C) and have found that eating regular meals for just two weeks:\n\n· Lowers peak insulin\n\n· Lowers total and LDL-cholesterol\n\n(From Proceedings of the Nutrition Society)\n\n**From the perspective of Chinese Medicine, sleep is not restful while digestion is occurring.**\n\nWhen we are digesting, a large amount of our blood and attention is focused on breaking down that food and assimilating it into the body. If we cannot digest and nourish our body, we will have a difficult time living and thriving.\n\nBecause this is such a huge job, we should give it the respect it deserves.\n\n**“When walking, walk. When eating, eat.” – Zen Proverb**\n\nIn our modern busy lives we think that we are operating at peak efficiency when we multitask. We watch tv while we eat or read a book while listening to music. This is not how our bodies work best.\n\n**Try this simple experiment**, next time you eat, resist the urge to scroll on your phone or be entertained by a show or book, just focus on the food, chewing it well. Notice how much fuller you feel much sooner this time!\n\nWhen we split our attention, we cannot fully reap the benefits of either activity, rendering the benefits of both activities useless.\n\n**The same is true for going to bed after digesting dinner!**\n\nInstead of eating right before bed, or falling prey to the dreaded ‘midnight snack,’ give yourself time (about 30 minutes to 2 hours, depending on your metabolism) to digest your (small) dinner so that your body can fully rest.\n\nWhen you go to bed after digesting, your body can restore itself. In Chinese Medicine, sleep is when our Yang (active) descends into Yin (inactive). With digestion done for the day, your Yang can fully descend into deep, rejuvenating sleep.\n\nHaving a clear stretch of time between dinner and breakfast allows the body to make repairs, reduce [inflammation](https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/fasting-benefits#how-to-start), and solidify memories.\n\n**Benefits of getting deep sleep:**\n\n· Improved immune system\n\n· Muscle repair and growth\n\n· Hormone regulation\n\n· Healthy heart\n\n· Memories are moved to long-term storage\n\n· Increased energy\n\nSource: https://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/deep-sleep-deep-clean\n\n**Conclusion:**\n\nEvery system of our body runs on a cycle. Every organ-system has its job and performs their job better when they do not have to work at the same time as another organ.\n\nBy separating digesting and sleeping, we can reap considerable benefits from improved assimilation and deeper sleep.\n\nRemember to eat “Breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper” and to give yourself at least 30 minutes to 2 hours between dinner and bedtime.\n\nThank you for reading, I hope this article is helpful to you.\n\n**Disclaimer**: This article is not intended to provide individual medical advice, please schedule an appointment with a qualified professional before making drastic lifestyle changes.\n\nSupport the author and remind yourself of this article with this fun sticker: [https://www.redbubble.com/i/sticker/How-to-Eat-For-Health-by-TCM-Propaganda/155917009.Z7RJ3](https://www.redbubble.com/i/sticker/How-to-Eat-For-Health-by-TCM-Propaganda/155917009.Z7RJ3)\n\nOriginally posted on [Medium](https://medium.com/p/afcee7d5f6d9)",
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      "body": "Emery: “Hi good morning! What did you have for breakfast today?”\n\nPatient: “I wanted something healthy but light so I had one of those ‘Green Machine’ smoothies and some toast.”\n\nEmery: “I’m sorry, which part of that was healthy?”\n\nPatient: “The Green smoothie! It has all sorts of vitamins in it, and it is fruit and vegetables!”\n\nEmery: “Let’s talk about this a bit more…”\n\n**Juice is garbage.**\n\n**https://i.postimg.cc/D06HdZ6P/zlatko-duric-U4-Qk-DQW84sg-unsplash.jpg**\n\nPhoto by [Zlatko Đurić](https://unsplash.com/@zladuric?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash) on [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/photos/fruits-and-vegetable-in-clear-glass-jar-U4QkDQW84sg?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash)\n\nOne of the most common current “healthy habits” is drinking juice, whether that is the classic OJ, a “juice cleanse,” or smoothies.\n\nJuice is all the addictive, yummy parts of fruit in one convenient glass. You get to jump past the labor of chewing the fruit to get to the sugar, how nice is that!\n\n“But Emery, juice has lots of vitamins in it. That makes it healthy!”\n\nLet us look at some facts and see how healthy it is.\n\nThe American Heart Association, our largest investor in cardiovascular disease research, [recommends](https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/carbohydrates/added-sugar-in-the-diet/#:~:text=The%20AHA%20suggests%20a%20stricter,of%20sugar%29%20for%20most%20men.) no more than 24 grams of sugar per day for most women and 36 grams for most men.\n\nCompare those numbers with an **10oz bottle of apple juice** from the renowned company Welch’s:\n\nCalories: 130\n\n**Total Sugars: 33g**\n\nIncludes 0g added sugars\n\nFiber: 0g\n\nProtein 0g\n\nCalcium 30mg\n\nIron 0.8mg\n\n**Potassium 370mg**\n\n**Vitamin C 90mg**\n\nSource: https://www.welchs.com/juices/100-percent/apple/\n\nAt first you may be thinking “See Emery! There is so much Vitamin C in juice! That makes it healthy” I’m sorry, but nope.\n\nThe vitamin C content in this juice, and in many juices, is added in as Ascorbic Acid. Ascorbic acid is a cheaply manufactured, synthetic version of Vitamin C that is derived from Genetically Modified Corn. There was a long battle to convince the public and the medical world that Ascorbic Acid is synonymous with naturally occurring Vitamin C. That debate is not the purpose of this article.\n\n**My point is that the above juice would contain zero vitamin C unless it was added in artificially in order to make the product seem healthier.**\n\nSo what we are left with is a bottle of sugar that is well above the daily recommended limit for total sugar.\n\nYou might as well throw 2.5 tablespoons of sugar straight into your mouth and save yourself the time it takes to drink the whole bottle of juice!\n\n**Because juice is a very high sugar-containing food, it plays havoc with your blood sugar.**\n\nIn nature, the sugar in fruit is buffered by the fiber of the fruit. By removing the fiber during juicing, you are left with a straight shot of sugar which causes a huge blood sugar spike and crash.\n\nOver time, frequent and ongoing blood sugar spiking can lead to diabetes, with the issues that comes with that: neuropathy, loss of eyesight, heart, and kidney problems.\n\nPut your chompers to work and eat the apple instead!\n\n**Nutrition facts of one medium sized apple:**\n\nCalories: 104\n\n**Sugars: 20.8g**\n\n**Fiber: 4.8g**\n\nCarbohydrates: 27.6g\n\nProtein: 0.5g\n\n**Potassium: 214mg**\n\n**Vitamin C: 9.2mg**\n\n**Vitamin A: 6mcg**\n\nSource: [https://www.verywellfit.com/apples-nutrition-facts-calories-and-their-health-benefits-4117992](https://www.verywellfit.com/apples-nutrition-facts-calories-and-their-health-benefits-4117992)\n\nHere we can see that by eating the whole apple, we can slow that huge blood sugar spike with the 5 grams of fiber that is already built in!\n\nGranted, fruit is still a very sugary food, but if we are going to eat sugar, it is better for us to eat the natural stuff.\n\nThe fiber that comes with fruit feeds the bacteria in our gut microbiome so that our digestion is improved. The microbiome is incredibly complex and yet, incredibly simple.\n\nIf you think of what “microbiome” means (a very small, living environment), we can figure out what it means to us.\n\n**A very small, living environment…like a garden!**\n\nWhat does it take to grow a successful garden?\n\n· You need to know the sunlight, water, and soil requirements of the plants.\n\n· You need to be on the look-out for bugs or weeds that want to take over the garden.\n\n· You need to be consistent with caring for the plants.\n\nAll too often we treat our bodies like a machine, we put in whatever edible thing we can find and hope that it keeps the engine running. When we drink juice instead of eating fruit, we are choosing to feed the sugar hungry bacteria in our gut and ignoring the healthy, vitamin producing bacteria that needs fiber to thrive.\n\nHealth is a moving target that is far easier to catch when we treat our bodies with the same gentle care that we give our plant gardens. 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Possibilities include:\n\n• Vertebra degradation \n\n• Herniated or slipped disk \n\n• Bone spur or abnormal growth \n\n• Injury \n\n([Source](https://www.pennmedicine.org/for-patients-and-visitors/patient-information/conditions-treated-a-to-z/sciatica))\n\nWhat can make sciatica worse/flare up: \n\n• Certain movements that put pressure on the nerve (i.e. bending over) \n\n• Sitting too long\n\n• Weight Gain \n\n• Pregnancy\n\n**A key to alleviating the pain of true sciatica is acupuncture.** Both distal and local acupuncture can alleviate the pain but also help the nerve to become un-pinched. Acupuncture in this situation works by activating pain-relieving endorphins and increasing blood flow to the area.\n\nA big concern with any pinched nerve is the eventual side-effects of nerve damage: neuropathy (nerve death). This is experienced as less sensation in the area, meaning that you could stub your toe and not feel it! This is dangerous as not being aware of your fingers and toes could cause you to get hurt, get an infection, and lose a digit.\n\nThankfully, acupuncture helps with that too! Remember how acupuncture stimulates blood flow to relieve pain? In Chinese Medical theory, our blood contains our consciousness, so wherever blood flows, our awareness goes with it. Blood also warms and activates our limbs. So by receiving acupuncture, people with neuropathy can recover nerve function through the return of blood to the once-forgotten area.\n\n > _Nerd Corner_\n\n > _Check out this _[_study _](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17355547/)_from 2007 where 76% of patients with peripheral neuropathy improved over one year with regular acupuncture treatment, while only 15% of the control group improved. _\n\n > _Or this _[_study _](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7341378/)_from 2020 where patients with chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathy had significant improvement while the control group, that was treated with gabapentin and vitamin B1, showed no improvement._\n\nLow back pain is by far the most common complaint we treat as acupuncturists. There are dozens of points on the hands and feet that all work to alleviate low back pain. Not to mention the herbal prescriptions that can dispel the pain and continue the treatment long after you have left the acupuncture office.\n\nIf you have sciatica pain, I highly recommend looking up your nearest acupuncture clinic, find one that is either covered by your insurance or a [community ](https://pocacoop.com/places/)acupuncture clinic.\n\nBy receiving regular acupuncture, you can roll back the clock on nerve damage and relieve the pain of sciatica!\n\n**Things people call sciatica, but are not actually sciatica.**\n\nOften, people will have muscular imbalances in the glutes and hips from too much sitting and not enough exercise. This can cause strange activations and deactivations of muscles in this area, leading to pain that can radiate down the legs. Since many people are without health insurance, they never check to see if the pain they are experiencing is from a nerve root compression, so they call it sciatica and live with it.\n\n**Muscular imbalances are easy to relieve in the short term, and take a lot of work in the long term.**\n\nIn the short term, an acupuncturist can needle some of the most common pain-relieving points in the glute/hip area to assess where the imbalance is located. At some point the acupuncturist will poke around for “Ahshi points,” which are points that make you say “Ah! Right there!” When these points are needled the muscle releases and resets, resolving the issue. That is until the muscle winds back up.\n\nIn the long term, the patient should, with the guidance of a physical therapist, adjust their lifestyle and exercise in order to rebalance their muscles to avoid future pain. 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