Today is a James Brown kind of day \u2013 I feel good! (But I didn\u2019t\nknow <\/i>that\u00a0I would.)<\/p>\n\n\n
For a couple of years – maybe since we returned to Indiana from Haiti – I have been losing energy. It’s been a slow decline and I worried this might just be what the middle 50s feel like.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
But I hoped <\/i>it was some curable medical issue.<\/p>\n\n\n
It was getting so bad I went to a doctor about it. But all the blood tests were within normal ranges (thank God) for all things measured … with one exception: Vitamin D.<\/p>\n\n\n
So I started taking some Vitamin D and noticed a slight\nimprovement in my energy levels. But it was so small I couldn’t even be sure it wasn’t just my imagination.<\/p>\n\n\n
Now it just so happens that Caleb had been suffering from similar symptoms for quite a while \u2013 fatigue, napping, brain fog, lack of energy and motivation. He has tried everything \u2013\nclean eating, testing, and a slew of dietary supplements.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
Recently he got a supplement that made a distinct\ndifference in his energy level: shilajit. I had never heard of it before.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
(The\ncomputer autocorrect program doesn\u2019t recognize shilajit as a real word, so I guess it’s not too well known.)\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
I got my own Shilajit on Caleb\u2019s recommendation\nyesterday and started immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n
And wow.<\/p>\n\n\n
Unless I am experiencing a mere placebo effect, this stuff is miraculous. I guess I should moderate my enthusiasm until I am certain.<\/p>\n\n\n
In the meantime, I should probably do a bit of research and figure out what this is that I am swallowing.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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