Counterintuitive Spring 2023

                        Vitamins Are Deadly

Millions of Americans take various multivitamins everyday unaware of the risks. Not only are vitamins scientifically proven to commonly do more harm than good, including small but essentially harmless side effects such as stomach ache, and fever among other things. Multivitamins have no positive effects on preventing cancer and in some cases may cause disease or cancer. That’s saying something because multivitamins are obviously supposed to be helping.

Doing more harm than good is what’s used to describe vitamins and I believe that’s an understatement. Calcium, for example, is one of the most common supplements taken daily. Calcium in the right doses can be good for your body and it helps build strong bones. But Dr. Young from the center for integrative medicine did a specific study on calcium and the results are disturbing.“More and more studies are showing increased risks for heart attack and stroke among men and women taking calcium 1,000 to 1,200 milligrams (mg) per day as directed,” says Dr. Young. Heart attacks and strokes are among the leading causes of death among Americans and a simple multivitamin may be helping cause them.

Another way multivitamins can be harmful is when people continue to take synthetic versions rather than the natural version. This commonly happens with vitamin D.Vitamin D strengthens the immune system and boosts immunity which can be very helpful. Although when you take too much or take the synthetic version it actually causes muscle pain, mood disorders, abdominal pain and kidney stones. It may also increase risk for heart attack and stroke. So here we are, back to having heart attack and strokes from multivitamins. “Most reports of toxicity involve patients taking synthetic vitamin D2, so we prescribe natural vitamin D3,” says Dr. Young. Although the natural version of vitamin D may not be as harmful as calcium, the synthetic version can be just as harmful.

Making sure you body receives the right vitamins and nutrients is key to a healthy body and life. That doesn’t mean taking vitamin tablets daily is the option. Receiving these nutrients through a healthy diet is a much better option. Using fruits, vegetables, and whole foods is the way to positively gain all the nutrients your body needs. If everyone does their research on how harmful these vitamins can be, America would save a lot of money.

With American professors being three times more liberal than normal and 72% of college professors are liberal; it is evident that more professors will persuade liberalism which leads to how college professors are indoctrinating students. As a whole, that leaves professorates leaning far more to the left. With this being said, this affects our generation leaving colleges being a biased place.

Teachers are supposed to have an unbiased view in the class. They are not supposed to share their beliefs. But many of times we see it still happening. If more teachers are liberals, there will be more liberal talk throughout the school and in the classrooms leaving students unable to preach their beliefs. If a professor believes in certain things and a student doesn’t it could cause problems in the classroom ultimately leaving the student to fail, fear being failed or unadequately challenged which often leaves many of them unprepared for the real world.

“Kids Need To Be Taught Reality.” The Common Constitutionalist. N.p., 28 Aug. 2015. Web. 5 Nov. 2015.

Kurtz, Howard. “College Faculties A Most Liberal Lot, Study Finds.” Washington Post. N.p., 29 Mar. 2005. Web. 5 Nov. 2015.

Mooney, Chirs. “Yes, Liberals Rule The Ivory Tower- But Why?” Mother Jones. N.p., 20 Apr. 2013. Web. 5 Nov. 2015.

Causal Chain

Contrary to many beliefs, Madame C.J. Walker was not the inventor of the relaxer and perm. Relaxer, aka creamy crack was stirred up and concocted by an African American man named Garret A. Morgan, a child of forms slaves in Paris, Kentucky way back in 1877. This invention of his was made to be used to manage African americans hair take the regular curls they were use to and relax it (making the hair straight). Many African american women now felt as though it was improper to not fit the European standard and wearing your hair in its natural state was disrespectful.

The invention of relaxer had many African american women walking around feeling all high, and mighty. You could feel as though they felt as though they were caucasian because they had straight hair and no nappy curls. Many women were and are still wearing their hair with relaxer in it. This has caused a division in the community of African American women. Some women still like wearing their hair natural and others like to wear it non-natural. It is crazy how the creation  of a hair product can divide such a great race of human beings apart. This division is a serious debating topic in present times.

A movement has derived from this division. Names have been given to both sides of the divided race. The Naturalists which are the African american women who choose to wear their hair in its natural state and please themselves before they want to please society. Then there is the Non-Naturalist whom are the African american women that are choosing to fit the European standard look by using relaxer in their hair so that they can be apart of society and not be looked at different. Now the non-naturalists have low self acceptance because they rather wear a hairstyle to look like someone else than to wear their natural hair and accept how they look and be themselves. The Natural vs. Non- Natural Hair moment is an on going topic and will continue to be a movement because I see no end to this debate.

( The invention of relaxer caused the division in the african american women community which caused a movement to start later on down the line) ( Causal Chain: X caused Y which caused Z)

Works Cited

https://www.sisterswithbeauty.com/2012/02/history-of-the-relaxer/

http://www.curlcentric.com/i-hate-the-natural-hair-movement/

It is true that fear can lead to a lot of mental and then physical adverse conditions, but that is only after experiencing too much of it too consistently over too long of a period of time. Experiencing fear, or more preferably horror or thrill (safe fear) actually is very good for you. One could argue “but how can it be good for you if too much can hurt you?” and simply, I request upon whoever reads this, try to think of a single thing where it is impossible to have “too much” of it. Hell, even drinking too much water will kill you…

Fear has a lot of immediate benefits such as pleasure, euphoria, entertainment and relief but when you feel afraid that can have a lot of long term health benefits that could make for  a better life. Fear first of all, is what keeps you alive, without understanding fear, without being familiar with it and having your senses honed, nothing would hold you back from crossing a busy intersection, or telling your boss to go fuck himself.

Another example, among many, is fear is what is needed to build confidence. Lemme ask you (yeah you) how do you build confidence? You are out on the town and you see that person from work or class you find attractive at a bar. You are afraid they will see you, you are afraid you wont know what to say or how to act or how to approach them, and you are in unfamiliar territory on top of it. People who are in the delusion that fear should be suppressed and avoid and not exercised will sit in their seat and try their best to ignore it or they would even go so far as to leave; but hopefully, not you. Instead you (regardless of your sex/gender) pick up your balls and go make a move, you take the risk. When you pull it off (because why wouldn’t you you are beautiful and charming and… whatever else you have going for you) you conquered the fear and are no longer a victim to it, and hell, it could also have been you made the move out of the fear of them getting away without you trying and then you knew you would regret it later. That fear fueled you to make your move and because you took a risk, and succeeded, you are now a more confident person. This example went on too long. Point is, because of fear, you take risks, you live and you learn how to better equip yourself for life’s challenges. A confident person is someone who has taken risks and either failed or succeeded but know that they have the tools to take on whatever lies ahead because of it. So get off your ass and get out there an take some risks, and remember to thank, Fear.

Work Cited

Why fear is good for you