Best way to cook Salmon for me is in the microwave with coconut oil

 https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/healthiest-way-to-cook-fish#TOC_TITLE_HDR_3

This is an confusing article about cooking fish, starts off lumping microwaving as being as bad as frying. But when they get to their section on microwaving change their tune to it being as good as other forms of cooking that don't involve high heat such as frying, grilling, etc. that involve smoke.

This 2004 abstract (the article's 24th source https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15072585/) actually recommends microwaving fish to avoid the mutagenic and carcinogenic heterocyclic amines (HCAs) impact of smoke from cooking fish over open flames, frying, broiling, and baking.

"Usage of microwave ovens for cooking ... which have been found to suppress the occurrence of HCA-induced breast cancers, should be encouraged."

This abstract (source 45 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23572621/) puts microwaving on par with "cooking" as better than canning of frying, but doesn't define what it means by "cooking" other that it doesn't include microwaving, frying or canning. :P

This abstract (found as a link in the 50th source https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/13129298/ shows microwaving is also better than frying.

"Some studies have shown that baking fish causes less loss of omega-3 fatty acids than both frying and microwaving (39, 46, 47)." none of the 3 sources mention cited to back up this statement mention microwaving.

"Microwaving

Microwave ovens cook food using waves of energy. [all cooking involves use of waves of energy, microwaves are just one form, she's obviously stuck in a bias against them.]

These waves [all waves] interact with some of the molecules in food, causing them to vibrate, which heats the food.

This way of cooking may be controversial, since some people believe that cooking with a microwave can reduce the nutrients in food (53).

However, microwaving is a fast and relatively low-temperature cooking method.

Because of this, it can actually preserve some nutrients better than some other cooking methods. In fact, many studies have found that microwaving fish can help prevent the loss of its healthy omega-3 fatty acids (45, 48, 54).

Additionally, the lower temperatures mean that harmful compounds like PAHs and HAs are less likely to form, compared to other cooking methods, like frying."

This translated Russian abstract (https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=http://voprosy-pitaniya.ru/en/jarticles_diet/385.html%3FSSr%3D4501343e9523ffffffff27c__07e40b09172d36-72ca&prev=search&pto=aue) states: "Microwaves exposure on fat and fatty foods during less than 3 minutes at average power 500 watts is minimal. Nutritional value of dishes cooked using microwave ovens and using traditional cooking methods are comparable."

The article is constantly mentioning olive oil as the "healthy" oil [holding onto a bias against saturated fats? In truth the whole article seems to be anti-fat in general, even though it's touting the benefits of Omega-3s, a fat. For someone supposed to value evidence-based nutrition, she seems a bit out of touch regarding fats], but their link to "heat-stable healthy oils" (https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/healthy-cooking-oils#TOC_TITLE_HDR_3) proclaims Coconut oil as "The Winner." Heat-stable means produces less smoke, which means less carcinogens.

So me cooking my salmon filets with 2-3 Tbsp of virgin oil coconut oil covered in the microwave (microwave frying) for 3 minutes is optimal, both the fish and the oil are high in omega-3. And I consume the left over oil with the fish by breaking up the fish and mixing in other ingredients that soak it up, eating from the bowl I cooked it in. 😁 I also don't raise the filets like the packaging suggests as I don't want to wash any nutrients away. If you use water to cook (poach, steam, boil) your salmon (or any food) you lose nutrients unless you capture and consume the water/steam used, even baking loses nutrients as dry heat evaporates the moisture and nutrients away.

Oh, I was thinking about going to bed around 7-8pm (thinking I'd get up around 3am and do laundry, now maybe I'll just stay up to do that? As tempting as that might be, I think I need the sleep beforehand for the swelling reduction aspect, right now the feet are swollen and would be painful to walk on. which means I should get to bed soon.), but got caught up in researching this article/topic as I'm planning to move my diet away from smoked and processed (which all seem to be "smoked" and high sodium) meats and towards a salmon/egg based keto diet with high-fat, low-carb, high-fiber (HFLCHF) veggie sources like raw unsalted macadamia nuts & pecans, avocados, cocoa butter (white chocolate), dark chocolate cocoa powder (for its anti-oxidative properties and to satisfy my chocolate addiction-which is probably more a sugar addiction), coconut oil and other coconut products (mana (mash), milk, cream, flour), flax seed, hemp hearts, kale, asparagus, etc. Also looking into vegan cheeses and getting away from dairy to satisfy the cheese cravings, appears to involve using nutritional yeast for a cheese flavor, we'll see, ordered some to experiment with. And vegan wraps to make vegan HFLCHF "cheesy rollups" with, I'm especially curious what a dark cocoa flavored wrap cheesy rollup might taste like like as I think cheese and chocolate make a good flavor combination and might make for a good snack to chase my evening pills with. 🤔

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The Four Horsemen of Salvation

I think I nailed the main theme of each of their campaigns pretty well. :D

I think both Bernie and Warren should maintain their seats in the Senate, we can't afford to risk losing either to the GOP. And they should put their full support behind a Tulsi/Yang ticket. I think Tulsi has a better chance of trouncing Trump in the debates than Yang IMHO. In tandem, the DNC really needs to pull out all the stops to take control of the Senate and destroy Moscow Mitch's control there.

Happy Phi Week! :D

Phi Week starts on the Solar Golden Ratio date where the proportion of numbers of days left in the solar year to the number of days that have passed is equal to the proportion of the days passed to the total number of days in a Solar year. The Solar year starts on the Winter Solstice (December 21st) which makes the Solar Golden Ratio date August 3rd.

Phi Week Ends on the Julian Golden Ratio date, as the Julian year starts on January 1st and the Golden ratio date is August 14th (day 226 of the year).

Unsophisticated Golden Rationalist like to use the Pi Day convention of just using numbers to mark their day (March 14 or 3.14) by denoting June 18th (6/18? How does that work again?) as their Phi Day. More dedicated Phiologist actually divide the year up into the Golden Ratio (365 x .618 = 225.57 days, which rounded up to 226 days. 226 x .618 = 139.67 or 140 so 226+140 = 366 days, the length of a Leap Year).

Phi Week falls squarely within the sign of Leo, which is ruled by our wonderful golden orb, the Sun, without which none of us would be here. Phi day is August 8th or 8/8 which represents the dual infinite proportion of the Golden Ratio (.618:1:1.618), as Phi week is 12 days long (August 3rd through August 14th), we just split the difference between the Solar and Julian Golden Ratio dates to arrive at 8/8.

May 20th is the 140th day of the year, but we already have a major holiday that time of year, there are no major holidays in August, so Phi Day fills this void.

Moscow Mitch: American Traitor

He denies all American's right to free speech by keeping our senators from debating
and voting on bills on the Senate floor. Debates which are aired on C-SPAN channels
for all Americans to hear the pros and cons of a bill. He is a much bigger threat to
America than the president. He needs to be removed from office. Impeach him first.

Endurance

If you can take it for a second you can take it for a minute.
If you can take it for a minute you can take it for a hour.
If you can take it for a hour you can take it for a day.
If you can take it for a day you can take it for a week.
If you can take it for a week you can take it for a month.
If you can take it for a month you can take it for a year.
If you can take it for a year you can take it for a decade.
If you can take it for a decade you can take it for a lifetime.
This is the meaning of endurance.

This is my mantra for dealing with having multiple myeloma.
I am not fighting it, I am enduring it, I am living with it.

Most people like him for his claws, but it is the philosophy of Wolverine I related to and why I named myself after him.

On being one with nature & not letting other's opinions define your self-worth:

"I said huntin', honeybunch -- I said nothin' about killin'. It takes no skill t' kill.
What takes skill is sneakin' up close enough to a skittish doe t' touch her..."

"I could care less...You've all been misjudgin' me since the day I joined this turkey outfit."
X-Men #109 (November 1977)

On work ethics, not just on the job, but in everything you do:

“I’m the best there is at what I do. But what I do isn’t very nice.”
Wolverine #1 (June 1982)

On religion and faith:

"I believe in nothin' -- never have, never will.
What matters is what I can see, hear, smell, taste, touch --
-- tangible things, physical things. Reality. The rest is imagination."
Uncanny X-Men #165 (November 1982)

Of course these words were written by Chris Claremont.

Less than 7 years later I legally changed my name on my 25th birthday in 1989.

What gave me the nerve to redefine myself was listening to a set of tapes: Personal Power by Anthony Robbins. The tapes never motivated me to be rich or famous or even successful on any level beyond being fearless at being my own unique independent individual self.

'nuff said