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Drinkable Bio-K+ probiotics are unique in the world of probiotics. The innovative manufacturing makes Bio-K+ both a supplement and a fermented food, containing three strains of probiotic bacteria that you won't find anywhere else. What does this mean for your health? It means that drinkable Bio-K+ probiotics are good for providing health benefits from your mouth to large intestine, working synergistically together from your first sip to improve your microbiota and support any instance of gut dysbiosis.
For Irritable Bowel Syndrome, patients who respond to a probiotic might take that in the long term, Lebwohl says, so as to maintain symptom control. With something like antibiotic-related diarrhea, you'd take it for a defined period of time until symptoms are gone. "This has been studied in children and adults and while study results have varied, meta-analyses suggest that probiotics can be protective in this context," he adds.
Further, there's still a lot we don't know. A recent study published in Cell compared how the microbiome of the gut reconstituted itself after antibiotic treatment with and without probiotic administration. The researchers found that probiotics (which might have improved diarrhea symptoms) led to a significant delay in microbiome reconstitution, if it occurred at all. And — again — this study was with purified strains of bacteria, which is not what you're getting in probiotic-containing food.
High cholesterol and triglyceride levels increase the risk of cardiovascular disease. Getting your cholesterol and triglyceride levels in an optimal range will help protect your heart and blood vessels. Cholesterol management may include lifestyle interventions (diet and exercise) as well as medications to get your total cholesterol, LDL, HDL, and triglycerides in an optimal range.
This is one of the newer areas of probiotic research. Described as the "gut-brain axis," researchers believe that the communication between the gut and the brain affects not just physical but also mental health and behavior. For example, a recent study found that probiotics can reduce anxiety, relieve stress and improve mental outlook. Another study found that the probiotics L. helveticus and Bifidobacterium longum reduced depression, anger, hostility and self-blame and improved problem-solving ability. Another study showed a difference in brain activity between women consuming yogurt and those consuming a placebo. More research needs to be done to confirm the effect of probiotics on mental and emotional health.
Some foods are made by adding bacteria — yogurt, pickles, cottage cheese, kombucha, and sauerkraut are good examples. Those foods work to provide the same probiotic benefits as supplements. However, most foods are so processed and pasteurized that it's unlikely you'll see the same benefits, let alone the right strains, as you would with a supplement. Regardless, it can't hurt to get extra probiotics through your diet.
Probiotics and raw fermented foods and drinks, such as sauerkraut and kefir that contain probiotic-like microbes, are very helpful for digestion. They help to keep your gastrointestinal tract at the proper pH for optimal digestion and help to break down foods. They also regulate the motion of your intestines so that food moves through at the proper pace.
What are the benefits of taking probiotics? Bacteria have a reputation for causing disease, so the idea of tossing down a few billion a day for your health might seem — literally and figuratively — hard to swallow. But a growing body of scientific evidence suggests that you can treat and even prevent some illnesses with foods and supplements containing certain kinds of live bacteria. Northern Europeans consume a lot of these beneficial microorganisms, called probiotics (from pro and biota, meaning "for life"), because of their tradition of eating foods fermented with bacteria, such as yogurt. Probiotic-laced beverages are also big business in Japan.
Probiotics stick around for a while, though for how long isn't precisely clear. You have to keep taking them to continue to reap the benefits. Further, getting a wide variety of strains into your system is beneficial. "Periodically mixing up your probiotic supplement is also a good way to ensure that you get different health-building strains in your health regime," says Dr. Cook.
Most of the high-quality probiotics that are available on the market today share the same annoying pitfall: they need to be refrigerated. If losing your supplements in the abyss of your fridge isn't exactly your idea of a good time, the Garden of Life Dr. Formulated Once Daily Women's Probiotic is just for you! This probiotic comes with a Shelf Stable Potency Promise, meaning there is no need for refrigeration.
L. Casei also made headlines when a study found it beneficial in relieving anxiety. The randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot study found supplementation with 24 billion units of the L. Casei strain Shirota led to a rise in probiotics Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium, as well as a significant decrease in symptoms of anxiety and depression [2].
Immunity and colds/flu.There's a close connection between the bacteria in your colon and the immune system. Several studies, including one in 2012 in the British Journal of Nutrition, have found that certain probiotic strains boost measures of immune response—but whether this translates into any clinical benefits is uncertain. Studies have been inconsistent, for example, as to whether probiotics will actually curb colds and other upper respiratory infections. In 2014 a review in the British Journal of Nutrition, which looked at 20 clinical trials, linked probiotics to shorter duration of colds, but not necessarily reduced incidence or severity. Similarly, a 2015 Cochrane review of 12 clinical trials concluded that certain probiotics may help prevent or shorten such infections, though the quality of the studies was poor.
Then, study participants were divided into one group that consumed a standard probiotic strain available in commercial supplements and a control group that was given a placebo. After two months of treatment, the researchers found that some people were so-called "resisters" who expelled the gut microbiomes in probiotics; others were identified as "persisters" who successfully colonized the generic probiotic strains in their GI tracts.
Selecting a multi-strain probiotic is also consistent with the theory that filling your gut with enough good bacteria outcompetes any bad bacteria for the same space and resources. In your gut, the more diversified the good bacteria, the harder it is for the baddies to gain a foothold. With all this in mind, we only looked at supplements containing multiple strains of bacteria.
Notably, after someone was tagged a "persister" or "resister" clear patterns emerged on how probiotics would impact his or her indigenous microbiome and gut bacteria profile. "Although all of our probiotic-consuming volunteers showed probiotics in their stool, only some of them showed them in their gut, which is where they need to be," Eran Segal said in a statement. "If some people resist and only some people permit them, the benefits of the standard probiotics we all take can't be as universal as we once thought. These results highlight the role of the gut microbiome in driving very specific clinical differences between people."
Have you ever baked bread and had to proof the yeast? Proofing the yeast allows it to become active in the conditions it prefers the most: warm and moist with access to sugar. Baker's and brewer's yeast are both forms of Saccharomyces yeasts, as is Saccharomyces boulardii, but these yeasts are usually helpful to you and noninfectious, except in immunocompromised people or people with yeast allergies.
Walk into any grocery store, and you will likely find more than a few "probiotic" products brimming with so-called beneficial bacteria that are supposed to treat everything from constipation to obesity to depression. In addition to foods traditionally prepared with live bacterial cultures (such as yogurt and other fermented dairy products), consumers can now purchase probiotic capsules and pills, fruit juices, cereals, sausages, cookies, candy, granola bars and pet food. Indeed, the popularity of probiotics has grown so much in recent years that manufacturers have even added the microorganisms to cosmetics and mattresses.
Using probiotics benefits and balances immune function, influences hormone levels, aids in digestion and nutrient absorption, produces some vitamins, and balances blood sugar insulin responses. By preventing and reducing leaky gut and controlling levels of pathogens, probiotics reduce harmful bacterial by-products that can enter the brain and contribute to brain fog.
Probiotics have also been researched for how they support the immune system. Studies suggest that probiotics can improve how the immune system functions such as by decreasing upper respiratory tract infections in adults and reducing the need for antibiotics. Studies in children show that a regular diet including probiotics reduces colds and flu-like symptoms and improves attendance in preschool and day care settings.
Yogurt: It can contain Streptococcus thermophilus, Lactobacillus bulgaricus, L. acidophilus, and Bifidobacterium bifidum. Research has shown links with yogurt to have positive effects on the gut microbiota and is associated with a reduced risk for gastrointestinal disease and improvement of lactose intolerance (especially among children), type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, allergies and respiratory diseases, as well as improved dental and bone health.
Scientists are investigating probiotics, and their combined effects, by trying to classify the probiotic benefits of ingesting specific probiotic strains and understanding their role in the digestive tract. At present, the methodological and ethical limitations of human studies still make it difficult to fully understand the mechanisms of action of probiotics, but some explanations are available. Nevertheless, benefits linked to the consumption of probiotic strains have already been suggested (e.g. helping to support the immune system, help support digestive health), and others are still being investigated.
Culturelle Probiotics, although very basic, is still a great probiotic supplement. The results I got from trying it were positive– I felt pretty good throughout the entire trial period. Although this product only contains one strain of probiotic, the one they chose is a solid one. The cell count is 10 billion, which is a good number for a daily probiotic. Lastly, Culturelle doesn't contain any frequently-irritating ingredients like milk, dairy or gluten. Read the full review here… or click here to go buy it now!
We'll start with the headliner: the BIO-tract peral, which packs the equivalent of 75 billion CFUs into one tiny, filler-free, 5-billion CFUs pearl. The trick is in protecting those 5 billion CFUs over an 8 to 10-hour period, so they bypass your acidic stomach and reach your intestinal tract, alive and well, allowing you to experience the full and multitudinous benefits of plentiful and beneficial gut bacteria.
For women searching for a double-duty probiotic that can ease digestive symptoms while warding off urinary tract infections, look no further than the HyperBiotics PRO-Women Probiotics with Cranberry Extract and D-Mannose. Specifically designed to combat urinary symptoms while maintaining healthy gut bacteria, this formula is ideal for women of all ages that want to improve their urinary health.
In seven people, however, these bacterial levels persisted for more than five months after the treatment ended. "We never expected they would survive more than a few weeks," Walter says. A follow-up analysis determined that these seven people had begun the experiment with lower levels of B. longum in the first place. In other words, their gut ecosystems had a vacancy that the probiotic filled. That is exactly the kind of insight that clinicians need to create and recommend more effective probiotics. If a doctor knows that an individual with severe diarrhea has an undersized population of a particular beneficial microbe, for example, then prescribing the missing strain should increase the chance of a successful treatment.
Although most studies have shown few, if any, negative side effects, it is important to keep in mind that research on probiotics is still in a preliminary phase. There may be some risk for people who have certain health conditions. As with any supplement, it is essential that before you begin to take a probiotic supplement, that you speak with your physician first to help to ensure that you will not be putting your health at risk.
There are two main types of probiotics; the first is the live cultures I describe above, like the strains of Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium. You might have heard some naysaying about this kind of probiotic—the typical argument against them is that the classic form of live cultures is destroyed by the acidic environment in the stomach. To get around this, quality probiotics are made with an acid-resistant capsule so that they don't get immediately broken down. (Which means you don't have to take the probiotics with food, although I normally do. I'll sometimes break the capsule and mix it into a smoothie, or use the powder form. You might lose a bit of potency but it's not significant.)
An imbalance in the gut microbiota is believed to contribute to a number of health problems, particularly gastrointestinal issues, as well as immune dysfunction and infections. The bacterial balance can be disrupted by medical conditions, emotional and physical stress, and, most notably, use of antibiotics, which destroy the good bacteria along with the bad.


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Reflections on Ride #20, Troll Ride
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Wow, what a night! 1,000 riders! So many good thoughts and good times…this really is what it is all about. Major props go to the many, many volunteers that make the rides flow – we will turn this valley into a Bike City yet!
Celebrate Bike to Work Day!
By admin on May 13, 2009
Today (Thursday) is Bike to Work Day, in the midst of the just-as-marvellous Bike to Work Week and Bike to Work Month. Here are some things you can do to celebrate, from the easy to the more involved.

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In this work, we present an in-depth study on a low-dimensional heterostructure comprising monolayer (ML) tungsten disulfide () and 1D plasmonic photonic crystal (PPC). Stable-state photoluminescence (PL) experiments are employed to study the optical properties of films with and without PPC. In addition, angle-resolved reflectance and PL microscopy measurements are used to identify the coupling effects between ML and 1D PPC. Furthermore, by means of femtosecond pump–probe experiments, the relaxation time for the newly proposed heterostructure is extracted to be 0.74 ps and 21.9 ps. Importantly, the underlying mechanism of the relaxation processes is also revealed in the hybrid for the first time, to the best of our knowledge.
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Talar khane Bordbar is the first ecolodge in Gilan province which was established in 2015 under the management of Ms. Bordbar in Maarzdasht village, Rasht. It took one year to build ecolodge and it is made of cob and wood. Since this materials were used for construction, temperature inside the building is always good (warm in winter and mild in summer). It is a 2-strory house and there is a terrace on the second floor. There are a salon, kitchen and two separate bathrooms for the convenience of guests. The building is equipped with CCTV, security alarm and air conditioning system. There is no bed (mattresses on the top of carpets).
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Science is Stranger than Fiction: Death and the Afterlife
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Date: Tuesday, April 16, 2019
Time: Doors open at 6:00pm, Meetup Group at 6:30pm, Event starts at 7:00pm.
Meet inside the theater at 6:30pm to talk with your fellow group members for a bit before the show starts. Look for the Meetup sign.
Location: Alberta Rose Theatre (http://www.albertarosetheatre.com), 3000 NE Alberta Street, Portland, OR
- $15* general admission
- $8 students with ID (minors under 21 with parent/guardian only)
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Humanity's fascination with death and the supernatural has influenced science for centuries. The desire to overcome death and understand the strange and unusual of the human condition has inspired many scientists throughout history, particularly within the fields of anatomy and medicine.
At this Science on Tap, Leslie New, PhD, https://labs.wsu.edu/leslie-new/ assistant professor of statistics at WSU Vancouver, will take us on a tour of some of the weirdest specimens from museum collections in the western world and describe how scientists through the centuries have tried to understand death and the afterlife.
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Your editorial on working as a team neatly cut through the oppositional stances which are struck in relation to the postEgan reforms of the construction industry.
Marco Goldschmied is right, architecture schools must train students to design things first and foremost, and the architect's primary task is to ensure that good and great design wins out over the pragmatics of the construction industry.
But of course, this does not imply that the latter should be ignored in order to gain a design education or to design well;
quite the contrary, it is the understanding and mastery of those pragmatics which will ensure that they do not get in the way of inspirational design.
So too with collaborative working and networking among other designers and specialists in the construction industry; as the AJ's seminar on detailing last week illustrated, many, if not most, of our big name practices see the early involvement of specialists in the evolution of designs as informing and stimulating their work.
Yes, constraints can be inspirational, and Tschumi's work at the AA in the 1980s is one example of a theoretical response to this fact.
Another, outside the architecture field, is the work of the French Oulipo literary movement, where one member, George Perec, wrote novels after setting himself severe constraints which he felt stimulated creativity rather than limited it.
The most famous example of this is A Void, a book which completely avoids the use of the letter 'e' all the way through - even in English translation.
So, yes to the ultimate authority of creative design over any process or pragmatic issues;
but let us, as architects and architecture students, master those processes and issues the better to ensure that the voices of those with narrow agendas are not respected more than ours.
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Well I've just about completed the kit and I'm reasonably pleased despite the shortcomings outlined in my earlier entry.
I tried two new features (for me) on the chassis, CSB suspension and Alan Gibson plunger pickups. The CSB suspension does make life a little more complicated as all hornblocks have to move up and down (not sideways!) and unlike a compensated chassis, the suspension only works when weight, i.e. the body, is applied. I used spring steel wire but even here care is required as the gauge has to be such that it allows deflection, if the wire is too stiff the hornblocks will not move in the vertical plane. One advantage though is that the deflection is minimal. With a compensated chassis the hornblocks move to a far greater extent which can cause problems with the pickups which are at risk of "running off" the tyres.
One point I didn't mention in my earlier entry was the method I use to obtain a working clearance in the hornblocks. I used High Level hornblocks which are already reasonably accurate but will require a little work to obtain a nice sliding fit. Rather than use a file I use fine valve grinding paste on a scrap of nickel silver rubbing the axlebox on it until I get a perfect fit in the hornblock. Of couse it is important to ensure all trace of grinding paste is cleaned away, I use an ethyl alcohol spray obtained from late lamented Maplin's. To ensure I always work on the two sides adjoining the hornblock I scratch "T" (top) on one face of the axlebox.
The photo below shows the chassis after spraying with my usual Halfords Matt Black. The CSB beam, in reality the spring wire, is visible.
The photo also shows the bush for the Alan Gibson plunger pick-ups. I had never used these before so was interested to see how they performed. It is apparent that the 2.5mm hole required can weaken the chassis if the depth is minimal. However it was difficult to see how current collectors could be arranged to bear on the leading wheels.
I sprayed the wheels separately prior to fitting using Maskol to protect the treads and the back upon which the current collectors would bear. Having used the axle jigs to ensure the axleboxe centres were exactly the same as the coupling rods I expected little difficulty in getting the chassis to run freely. Not the case! I spent a long time moving the wheels imperceptibly to get the quartering correct and also enlarged the holes in the coupling rods slightly. There does need to be a little clearance between the coupling rod and the crankpin bush but too much and the chassis will never run freely. I tried the old trick of lining up the spokes but still spent the best part of two or three evenings trying to elinminate the slight binding that was occurring. One problem may have been that the Ultrascale wheels are not as tight on the axles as Gibsons. This makes them a little easier to fit but the downside is that they move too easily. Eventually when I did get the chassis running smoothly I applied a little Superglue to the axle ends to fix them permanently.
Next issue was offering up the chassis to the body. For some reason the 1624 motor was now too long and protruded well into the cab. The Gods weren't smiling on me after all. I obtianed a 1620 from High Level and after some sweating trying to remove the worm from the 1624, managed to fit it to the 1620. The new High Level gearboxes are an improvement on the already excellent earlier ones but from past experience it seems the worms on the new ones are a tighter fit. The plunger pickups were assembled and following my normal practice (if possible) the rear wheel pickups were fitted on top of the chassis, thin phosphor bronze wire soldered to a piece of copper coated paxolin with a small gold plated bead in turn soldered to the end of the wire and bearing on the tread. For the first time I have a GWR tank loco where neither pickups or motor intrude where they shouldn't.
The Alan Gibson plunger pickups worked very well with minimal pressure on the back of the wheels. As they are lightly sprung contact with the back of the tyres is maintained at all time although very thin wire must be used otherwise the operation of the plunger is restricted. I would certainly use them again.
The photo below shows the chassis almost completed but still with the larger motor. The Ultrascale wheels look good, the small hole in the axle ends makes quite a difference.
The outside bearings to the trailing wheel are a separate etching. I fitted these after replacing an ejector pipe I had soldered each side, I found that it fouled the wheels. You will also see that a little touching up is required.
Fitting the completed chassis to the body resulted in further problems as the motor and rear pickups still fouled part of the inner casting of the tank sides even if they didn't protrude into the cab. It wasn't too difficult to remove the offending white metal but what was more of a problem was the clearance between the front driving wheels and the splashers. Whilst manufacturers helpfully provide alteranative frame spacers for EM and P4 the body clearances often become a problem, particularly with white metal kits where of necessity the material has to be thicker. Using a chunky file I managed to remove enough without going through the other side.
Having done all this I tried the chassis and body combination and it worked very well. Unless you have used High Level gearboxes you have no conecption as to how quiet a locomotive will run. The plunger pickups worked impeccably and even my phosphor bronze wire ones at the rear needed no adjusting.
Whilst the body had been substantially completed I decided to replace the etched lamp irons with flattened brass wire soldered not just to the surface of the white metal but I also drilled a hole to fix the wire more permanently. I always feel it is no use having a perfectly detailed model if over time parts drop off. Various scraps of metal were used to make the odd shaped cylinder in front of the right hand cab window and brass wire for the various pipes along the footplate valance. Incidentally if anyone thinks the wire on the valance on the right hand side isn't straight, it's exactly as it was on the prototype, it curved gently near the cab end. I fashioned the various auto fittings on the buffer beam and a brake cylinder to go under the rear buffer beam. These are very prominent on the prototype.
I will be getting the body professionally painted as I feel a decent paint job really lifts a model and it's something way beyond me. Whilst working on the kit it did again make me consder the limitations of 4mm modelling where the smallest parts of a steam locomotive really can't be fashioned with any accuracy. If you want to see what I mean have a look at the 7mm models of 517's on the Lee Marsh models site.
I'm not sure whether my blow by blow account is of interest but I try and detail the way I do things in the hope others might find it useful. If I've learnt by my mistakes so others won't make them in the first place.
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Infused with Carrie Fisher's trademark incisive wit and perfectly poised on the heels of Wishful Drinking 's instant New York Times bestselling success, Untitled takes listeners on another rollicking ride into her crazy life. Told with the same intimate style, brutal honesty, and uproarious wisdom that placed Wishful Drinking on the New York Times bestseller list foInfused with Carrie Fisher's trademark incisive wit and perfectly poised on the heels of Wishful Drinking 's instant New York Times bestselling success, Untitled takes listeners on another rollicking ride into her crazy life. Told with the same intimate style, brutal honesty, and uproarious wisdom that placed Wishful Drinking on the New York Times bestseller list for months, Untitled is the juicy account of Carrie Fisher's life, focusing more on the Star Wars years and dishing about the various Hollywood relationships she's formed since she was chosen to play Princess Leia at only nineteen years old. Fisher delves into the gritty details that made the movie—and herself—such a phenomenal success, admitting "It isn't all sweetness and light sabers." ...
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Shockaholic Reviews
In the second of her short memoirs, Carrie Fisher returns with more anecdotes and funny stories that come from her life. Again, Fisher opens with the disclaimer that she underwent electro-convulsive therapy (ECT), which erased some of her past memories. She explores ECT a little more for the reader, both its origins in pre-WWII Italy and her own experiences with the treatment. ECT remains, as Fisher describes it, as a last-ditch effort to rid the mind of those looming clouds of depression, where psychotherapy has not worked and medication would only increase the ever-present fog. Fisher considers it a 'blast of the cement walls of the brain', which does a marvellous job while leaving some memory loss as a byproduct. Fisher also explored a number of personal struggles that befell her throughout life, especially those she did not discuss in Wishful Drinking. Due to her depression and the traumatic experience of losing a close friend, Fisher turned back to drugs and became unable to properly raise her daughter, Billie. This strained their relationship to the point that Fisher found herself in that horrible cycle of self-medicating to ease the pain of causing her daughter increased angst. Further chapters explore an extremely frank and acerbic exchange with Senator Edward Kennedy in the mid-80s while on a blind date with another member of Congress. The banter proved highly amusing, though Fisher recounts that she was not sure what to make of this man. Fisher also had a close relationship with Michael Jackson and spends much time defending him and offering a personal plea that Jackson was not the pedophile that many made him out to be, while acknowledging his relationship with children was anything but mainstream. I am not entirely convinced, but that is for another review on a entirely separate day. With Elizabeth Taylor as a close friend to Jackson and also one of Fisher's former step-mothers, the memoir does come full circle to discuss Eddie Fisher and the relationship he had with his daughter. Sometime strained and inevitable quite irregular, Carrie Fisher does open up and speak honesty of the man, adding her own degree of heartfelt sentiment. Another interesting piece that offers more stories outside of the famed Star Wars tales, Fisher entertains readers looking for a little humour and insight without the weighty narrative of a substantial memoir or autobiography.While I had little interest in her two novels, veiled memoirs of sorts, I find when Fisher steps out and tells the stories about her own life, they hold more impact for the reader. Less a tell-all than a means to give the reader a better understanding of her life, Fisher uses humour and the bluntness that she was in a drug-addled state for much of these years to recount poignant vignettes that made her the woman she became. Perhaps one to be someone centric and drop names throughout, Fisher does not appear to do this for the sake of fame, but to better explain some of her views on the Hollywood and New York communities. Not hiding behind her famous parents, but also not using them as a crutch to excuse her behaviour, Fisher offers readers a 'behind the curtain' look at the world she lived. Told with honesty and candour, the reader cannot help but appreciate her efforts between laughing at the antics that appear on the printed page.Kudos, Madam Fisher for not trying to candy-coat things for the reader or those with whom you have crossed paths over the years.Love/hate the review? An ever-growing collection of others appears at: http://pecheyponderings.wordpress.com/
I could quote the numerous bon mots that Carrie Fisher so easily lets roll off her uniquely creative, intelligent, and humorous, one hundred and eighty miles an hour mind, but instead, I will leave you with this recording of her father's rendition of If I loved you, from Carousel, a song that represents one of the very few and far between bonding moments between daughter and father, and which plays a role in several of the anecdotes that make up her irreverent memoirs Shockaholic. As usual, Fisher is most effective when discussing personal family relationships and while she had me laughing out loud so many times at the antics of her parents and stepsiblings, the last chapters involving her relationship with her father towards the end of his life had me choked up. So, without further ado, please enjoy:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjEw8...
Carrie Fisher, my dears is fucking hysterical!!!I laughed so many times while reading this, I even read some out loud to my dog.If that ever happens to you, then you know you have a damn good book in your hands. ENJOY IT!!!
You either love Carrie Fisher or you're wrong.That's all. That's the entire review.
3.5 stars.More poignant than Wishful Drinking. Narrated by Carrie Fisher, this provides more information on her decision to undergo electro convulsive therapy, and about her relationship with her father.
This book was good......a fine follow up to WISHFUL DRINKING which made me laugh non-stop. Carrie has a wicked wit in her writing,and her sarcasm over her trials in life. This one didn't make me laugh as often, and at times it made me pensive of memories of my own father, who wasn't always there for me either....in fact, he went out of his way to make things tougher on me,and seemed to relish when I struggled with things in my life....... Carrie made me see that there are some things that I miss concerning my father after his death, that maybe I did need to appreciate him somewhat......Anyway, if you've read WISHFUL DRINKING, you will need to read this one too....just expect to NOT be laughing uproariously with this one, but you will be pleasantly surprised at just how tender Carrie could be in her life, considering what she went through. I do recommend this one. It's a quick short read...I was able to finish it in one evening. Hard to put down.Cheers!
Didn't I just tell you that anything from Fisher is an automatic five? I stick to my guns.
This being another memoir in the rather eclectic life of 'Princess Leia', oops, I of course mean Carrie Francis Fisher...sorry about that but I had too. If Miss Fisher were still with us I am sure she would get a chuckle out of that, of this I have no doubt.Anyway, not quite as riotously funny as 'Wishful Drinking', still it was definitely full of hilarious tales of a life well lived. A life that like everyone else's had its ups and downs, turns and spins sometimes to the point of ridiculousness, yet only unlike ourselves because these stories involved the 'Hollywood elite' for lack of a better description. This compilation showed more of the softer side of the woman. The side which to me really summed up Carrie Fisher, a kind compassionate and caring individual that could definitely hold court with, all on her own when challenged,some of the more 'storied' individuals. The Ted Kennedy thing was a real hoot, yet I shall not spoil that for anyone here. The writing still as sharp and witty, sometimes self-deprecating too, she shines through with the emotions towards her relationships with others such as Elizabeth Taylor, Micheal Jackson, her mother, and most of all her father, which I found very touching being a father myself. A quite pleasant, funny and enjoyable read.
I didn't know that Carrie Fisher wrote novels, so when I saw that this really was who I thought it was, I decided to give her a read. She has a very conversational style of writing and she's not afraid of a few f-bombs. Neither am I, but if that kind of thing bugs you, don't read this.Who else could give us the inside scoop on electro-shock therapy, Elizabeth Taylor, Michael Jackson, and Eddie Fisher? It's a surreal narration and I enjoyed it. She was also honest about her various addictions and mental disorders. I found it refreshing.Also, not to be missed, is Carrie's account of a dinner with Ted Kennedy (in the chapter entitled The Senator). Hollywood royalty faced political royalty and I think she did alright.This book reminded me of Kathy Griffin's memoir. They've both lived honest, raw, profanity laced, unbelievable lives and wrote them down without apology. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
I think I'll stop reading Carrie Fisher's books and just enjoy her as Princess Leia/Sally's best friend (When Harry Met Sally). I'm not sure where her editor was on this book. It was so disjointed and rambling. I guess that's the side-effect from her electro-shock therapy? I'm sure that's what she'd say anyway.
How is she SO GOOD at writing. Honestly. There will be familiar parts if you've read her other memoirs, but there are some really great stories that I hadn't heard or read before. Elizabeth Taylor's pool party. Just read it!
Wow, I've never read anything by Carrie Fisher before. She's extremely funny. (Also intelligent and poignant.) I loved the illustrations and old gossip magazine covers.She jumps around a bit, here. Different chapters talk about shock therapy, Michael Jackson, and her dad. I wish this book was longer.I think I'll find something else of hers to read.
She is witty although intergalactic in a narcissistic manner. I think I read this because she does have some rocking prose.
Trying way too hard. I've always loved Carrie Fisher and thought she was smart and funny. This time around, "the humor" just fell flat. Here, see for yourself:You know when people pass away they leave instructions as to what to do with the remains ? I believe they're referred to as "wills"- but then so is one of those two princes in Great Britain.No, go ahead read it a few times. I'll wait right here. Okay, am I missing something? Not funny,right ? No matter how hard you try to give her the benefit of the doubt, not funny.
I will never tire of reading things that Carrie Fisher writes. Whatever you may think of her life choices, she is completely honest; she doesn't make excuses, simply gives explanations. I truly appreciate her willingness to share her struggles and successes in a very real way.
Another reread. Thanks again, Carrie.
I am a big fan of Star Wars and the feisty and confident Princess Leia Organa but this book is all about Carrie Fisher and her awesome self!I really enjoyed this little memoir. Carrie Fisher is funny, crazy, open-hearted and has a potty mouth, all at the sime time. How can you possible not love her?Carrie Fisher had a rough life and she doesn't hiding behind her finger but she using her memoirs (Wishful Drinking and in this case Shockaholic) for catharsis. P.S= I love how she uses in her cover pictures about her Leia character but in a Carrie Fisher way, if that make sense to you. Highly recommended if you want to read about her real life problems with alcohol, drugs, shock treatments, Hollywood star parents and famous friendships.
Just like a convo with one of my foul mouthed self deprecating friends!
I have to say that I was looking forward to reading these three memoirs by Carrie Fisher as they are given very good reviews and are said to be very funny. I must admit that I was actually disappointed in what I read in this book.The book starts with an honest discussion of her electric shock treatment to treat her mental health issues. To be honest, I knew she had issues connected to drink and drugs through the years but I didn't know that she actually has mental health disorders or how bad things had got for her. She leads into discussion of how she went into a downward spiral after the death of close friend Greg Stevens, She talks frankly about the ECT treatment, what she recalls of how they administer it and the effects afterwards. I was surprised to hear that ECT made her depression better for a period of time, but it did cause her to lose some short term memory and have struggles with her vocabulary. That was interesting and a bit scary.The worst section deals in depth with a date she had with Democratic Senator Chris Dodd while having dinner with Ted Kennedy and his date. The topics at dinner seemed to be all sex related with Kennedy quizzing Carrie on her sexual practices and quite frankly being an obnoxious git as far as I was concerned. Carrie answers all his questions frankly rather than choosing to ignore him which is what he deserved. This whole section was not interesting or amusing to me in any way and I failed to see the point in including it in the book. I didn't care what the answers to these questions were or that she was proving that Kennedy couldn't embarrass her. There was an interesting part where Carrie talks about her dentist being Evan Chandler, father of Jordy, accusers of Michael Jackson. She was disturbed by Evan bragging about how attractive his boy was and how much time he spent with Michael at his ranch. Carrie talks about Michael and makes it very clear that she believed he was innocent of the charges. I did find this small part interesting. The other topic she covers is her contempt for stepfather Harry Karl and she goes into gross detail of all of his revolting habits. She talks briefly about her relationship with Elizabeth Taylor who broke up her parents and how she was reconciled with her father Eddie Fisher. Basically the book just covers a few topics in depth and is not the full memoir I was expecting. There is no cohesion either in subject matter or in establishing a timeline, and massive chunks of her life are not really covered. It jumps about all over the place and is somewhat rambling in nature. I don't really like the way it is presented and the lack of structure. It is certainly frank and honest, but I didn't really find the humour in the material that I was waiting for. It wasn't what I was expecting and I didn't really enjoy it the way I had hoped I would. I completed it because it was short. I have already read the other memoirs.
As the years grows close to the end we found out that Princess Leia had an affair with Han Solo only in real life, so Carrie was was having her wicked ways with Harrison. Good for them I would say.And after watching Rogue One in the cinema my youngest daughter wanted to see the original Star Wars on bluray and while we were watching the news was that Carrie fisher had suffered a heart attack and before we saw all three of them Carrie Fisher had left this life behind and left a huge gap in the world. Which sadly proved to be too much for her mother the fabulous Debbie Reynolds who followed her daughter into the afterlife. Which proved that it was a really poor week if your name is Tod Fisher and you lost mum and Sis.This books starts when Carrie explains the advantages of Elektro shock therapy and how in a sense it replaces her dependency of drugs and helped her with her depressions. A negative by-product of EST would be losing wee bits of her memory and words, which she describes rather wickedly.She then continues to tell about her life with certain characters like Ted Kennedy and Michael Jackson, of whom she is critical but full of praise as well. Perhaps a more balanced account than any I have read in modern media. She tells about death and her role in it, how she redefined her own relationship with her father Eddie Fisher. How she finally found her peace and relationship with an ex-wife of her father, one Elisabeth Taylor. Through all of this book she shows her own vulnerability and wicked sense of humour. She is actually quite a good wordsmith and is more than capable of writing a coherent story that does not fail to amuse, woo and impress you.The world has lost a true star way too early even if Carrie's life was not one to be envious about. But her humility in the face of her stardom has been an eye-opener perhaps for more people than me. I really am going to see "When Harry met Sally"for the umpteen time and a wee bit of 'The blues brothers"because she did shine in it. And at the same time find some more of her writing because this book tasted good enough to want more.Miss Carrie Fisher rest in peace.
SHOCKAHOLIC is Carrie Fisher's second memoir, following WISHFUL DRINKING. Whereas WISHFUL DRINKING was a memoir of Carrie's life from birth to the present, SHOCKAHOLIC touches on various topics in Carrie's life. Although not as entertaining as the first, it's still quite insightful and humorous, featuring Carrie's sharp wit. In SHOCKAHOLIC, Carrie discusses her experiences with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), formerly known as electroshock, to help her deal with her drug addiction and depression, speaking highly of it. In subsequent chapters, she dishes about her date with Senator Chris Dodd, and meeting Ted Kennedy who proceeded to ask her inappropriate questions about sex. She then provides some insight into Michael Jackson, spending Christmas at his house, and even discussing MJ's child molestation case because she knew the players. How random is all that?Carrie winds up the book with a long dedication to her father, Eddie Fisher, who passed away in 2010, two years after WISHFUL DRINKING was published. She has kinder words to say of him this time around. All in all, SHOCKAHOLIC was a great read, and I love Carrie's writing style. I look forward to many more books on her thoughts and observations.
Just as the other two biographical books I read by Carrie Fisher (The Princess Diarist and Wishful Drinking), a very funny look into Carrie's interesting yet sometimes sad life. Stories about her addiction and depression, her start of fame with her role as Princess Leia, a conversational conversation with then senator Ted Kennedy, her relationship with her father and even a monologue in which she defends Micheal Jackson. Some interesting pieces snatched from her interesting life, told by an interesting and hilarious voice; her own.
Carrie Fisher can do no wrong.
I loved it! I laughed so much and it was just so honest. I couldn't stop listening!
Fisher is a great comedy writer--she possesses scathing wit, thoughtfulness for others, and is able to laugh at herself no matter how dire the situation. As a matter of fact, when I read this, I was feeling quite down due to personal reasons and the usual gubbins people go through in life--yet her unusual positivity to make humor out of such depressing experiences she went through really made me realize that life *can* suck in a void, but that doesn't mean you have to succumb to it. As dark and dour as this book can get, Fisher manages to be the shining light in all of it.I also found Fisher to be very smart. Her eloquent vocabulary and sharp wit is not something you can easily replicate. We also won't be able to replicate Carrie Fisher, who was sincerely a great woman. I really liked this book.
Having just watched Wishful Drinking, this seemed a little repetitive, but there's some lovely writing about what it means to sit with someone until their death, and also about her eventual relationship with her father. I also liked the story about becoming friends with Elizabeth Taylor. So probably 3.5 overall.
I didn't realize until at least two-thirds of the way through that the theme of this work is actually father-figures. More accurately, the theme and focus seemed to suddenly swing away from Carrie's drug-abuse and Electroconvulsive (shock) therapy over to the father-figures in her life and, ultimately, her father Eddie Fisher.As with Wishful Drinking, I found this second memoir by Carrie Fisher mildly annoying and something to be gotten through. She likes to preface all her memoirs with lengthy introductions about how she knows she is famous and uber-rich and so really doesn't have a right to complain about the difficulties in her life, blah blah blah. And I get that. Nobody's life is perfect and being famous and rich doesn't buy you happiness. And yet I still find myself wanting to say, just about certain things: Suck it up a little, Carrie. You were not chubby as a young and middle woman, but gorgeous. Boohoo that Star Wars become an instant classic and launched you into unwanted stardom. You made bank; set for life. Get over it. And the Princess Leia hair and the metal bra really don't justify all the whining I'm hearing from you. So dudes like to picture Princess Leia while they masturbate? DEAL WITH IT! Shockaholic was a little better than Wishful Drinking in terms of the writing (many fewer "So..."s and "Anyway..."s), the whining quotient, and Carrie's reading of the book (in the audio version) but, as stated above, not so great in terms of organization and cohesion. Plus, I just don't find her jokes funny.
Having loved the first book I read by Carrie Fisher, Wishful Drinking, I was far from surprised to say that I loved Shockaholic as well. Carrie makes no secret of the crazy life she's lived, growing up as the daughter of Hollywood royalty, and becoming Alderaanian royalty in George Lucas's blockbuster Star Wars films. She doesn't hide the rest of her crazy life either... the drugs, the mental illness, the ECT... The woman loves ECT... The name of the book? It's there for a reason.Drugs and ECT were hard on her memory, and you get the feeling sometimes that she's keeping these things in written form so that she can remember them as much as anyone else. But Fisher, while an accomplished writer in her own right, is also, in many ways, just a woman telling her story. And what a story it is. With the added bonus of listening to the audiobook read by -- you guessed it! -- Carrie Fisher, Shockaholic becomes a meeting over coffee with an old friend to tell you all the crazy shit you missed out on. Some of her stories shocked me to the point of my jaw dropping open, and others literally moved me to tears, but there wasn't any of this conversation with Carrie Fisher that didn't effect me in some way, on some deep emotional level.I certainly recommend this for anyone who's struggled with mental illness or substance abuse, because Carrie does an amazing job of helping us to both look at it honestly, and have a few good laughs at her (and sometimes our own) expense.All in all, an excellent piece of work... if a bit twisty and turny. Give her a break... It's the ECT, don't you know.
I won't write a lot about this, because I am trying to keep these reviews short. I will say, however, that I love Fisher's early fictional work, especially Postcards from the Edge and Surrender the Pink. Recently, however, she's been on a tell-all kick – with this and Wishful Drinking – and although she is entertaining, I am less enamored.Shockaholic covers Fisher's severe mood disorders and her need for what was once called electro-shock therapy. She does so much work trying to convince us that it's not wacky that it ends up feeling wacky. She tries to persuade us with science and logic that it ends up sounding like a crazy Hollywood person sucked in by a strange cure.And yes, there is something about her spending Michael Jackson's last Christmas with him. And she does a little dish on Hollywood, which is fun to read. Plus, she's a very funny, with a razor-sharp ability to turn a phrase. I will say that Wishful Drinking – her accounts of alcohol and drug abuse – has more life in it, because she was able to hone the story on stage. Here, there is less polish and direction. Still, she's a fun, light read, and she is always fascinating.
Parts of me were entertained and annoyed by this book. Carrying on from her earlier memoirs she seems primarily in this small book to be filling in with a few more stories from the past few years. Her now almost regular sessions of ECT therapy to treat chronic depression, her relationship with her step father, her father, Michael Jackson, Elizabeth Taylor and a night out with a Kennedy.A major theme too, seems to be trying to adjust to looking in a mirror and seeing a sixty year old woman, when everybody is looking for the nineteen old Princess Leia. I can understand her pain, getting older in Hollywood must be no kind of fun.It only took me an hour or so to read this book and I left it a little confused. It seemed that maybe it should have been called Ramblholic as it seemed to slip from story to story without any common threads, and I ended up feeling like a guest at a dinner party where someone is hogging the limelight with all their celebrity sighting tales.


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