Favorite Health Book: The Paleo Cure
Favorite Health Book: The Paleo Cure The Paleo Cure by Chris Kresser is my new favorite health book. I’ve been studying it all through 2014, and now into 2015 (the time of this review is January 2015). This is saying a lot, since another health book I’ve reviewed here on Jaquo.com called The Blood Sugar Solution, by Dr. Mark Hyman, helped me lose over 50 lbs and drastically overhaul my health. Ever since I overcame multiple problems...
Essential Guide to Outdoor First Aid & Medical Emergencies
Essential Guide to Outdoor First Aid & Medical Emergencies Medicine for the Outdoors is one of a few books that I own that I view as essential. I use it at home, and not just when I’m, say, hiking or camping in the wilderness. There is a ton of incredibly important information in this book for just about every medical emergency you could possibly think of. Do you know what to do if someone is choking? Not breathing? Unconscious?...
The Science of Hitting: Book by Baseball Great Ted Williams
The Science of Hitting: Book by Baseball Great Ted Williams. Just how great of a hitter was Ted Williams? He’s the only hitter that anyone could try to argue was as good or better than Babe Ruth.Ted Williams had an amazing career interrupted by some service for the USA as a soldier during World War II and the Korean War. Despite these significant interruptions, his career totals in many hitting categories are astounding. One of his...
Wildlife of Australia: An Animal Lover’s Delight
Wildlife of Australia: An Animal Lover’s Delight Animals are a favorite subject of mine, more technically known as the science of zoology. And of the many books I’ve looked through, and several that I own about animals, Wildlife of Australia is definitely one of the very best. The book is very comprehensive, and clearly identifies which animals are native to Australia, and have been there for tens of thousands or even millions of...
Twenty Safety Tips for Outdoor Exploration
As someone who has loved exploring wilderness areas all my life, mostly in California, here are my safety tips. Also below are some links to articles I’ve created about how to deal with specific plants and animals that are potentially harmful. Twenty safety tips: Know how to identify and avoid harmful plants and animals in the area you are exploring. Wear sturdy boots that cover ankles, and long pants. This greatly helps...
The Blood Sugar Solution: The Book That Really Taught Me How to Be Healthy
The Blood Sugar Solution: The Book That Really Taught Me How to Be Healthy I used to have one of the worst diets ever. I’d typically drink fruit juices with almost no real juice, or sodas, with plenty of high fructose corn syrup. I almost never drank actual water. I’d mainly eat white bread, the fluffy soft kind. I’d eat candy all the time, ice cream for meals, or meals of goldfish crackers and chocolate mint cookies, and I loved fast...
Earth’s Amazing Meteorite Impact Craters
Why so few craters on Earth compared with the moon? It’s well-known that the surface of the moon is covered with many thousands of impact craters. However, Earth appears to not have nearly as many. The reason for this is that the Earth’s weather and tectonic forces make most craters eventually disappear. Also, Earth’s surface is 71% water, and so many meteors, asteroids, or comets that have hit the Earth, have splashed into the...
UFOs: Book Details Well-Documented and Totally Unexplained Phenomena
UFOs: Book Details Well-Documented and Totally Unexplained Phenomena. Truth is scarier than fiction, and there are UFO stories that can’t easily be dismissed. Like most people, I was always skeptical about supposed UFO sightings, thinking they’re likely weather balloons, experimental military aircraft, or something that could be explained away. That changed with this book. My interest in UFOs began when my dad told me about a few...
Into Thin Air: An Account of a Mount Everest Climbing Expedition Disaster
Into Thin Air: An Account of a Mount Everest Climbing Expedition Disaster This book is the true story, written by a man who was there, of an expedition seeking to climb up to the summit of Mount Everest, the world’s highest point of elevation above sea level. This mighty mountain has a peak so high that most climbers need to wear oxygen masks, and the climb is so dangerous that one person dies for every seventeen who reach the summit....