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I find your candidness very refreshing. Most people wouldn't be so open and honest about such a personal matter.

We may be a cantankerous lot here ( well some of us fit that mode), but for the most part we have others best interests at heart.

I know about finding that moment when you realize you need to start taking care of your body as well as most people take care of their car.

My/Our concern is that your descriptions/beliefs may be doing you more harm than good in the long run?
If you've excepted the fact/idea that you "might" have Asperger's syndrome, then you know that you should listen to others/experts before you get into something without looking at all the ramifications of what your doing.

I believe Moderation is the key to most everything in life, especially if your have the type of personality that makes that a challenge.

Intense exercise releases endorphins that are every bit a powerful as the pleasure drugs like cocaine/opium.
There's a reason that they call it " runners high". That feeling of well being after working out is a great one and can be highly addictive, in a good way IF your not abusing yourself long term.
Keep working out, eat "healthy", don't obsess on the little things and keep everything in moderation.
Good luck in your quest for a healthier lifestyle and paddling future.

Kerry wrote on Apr 10^th, 2012 at 7:27pm:

Pollan sometimes goes a bit overboard, but yeah, generally he is on the right track.

Even better than "Omnivore's Dilemma" (IMO) is the next book he wrote, "In Defense Of Food". Among other things, he takes aim at the the poor quality of almost all nutrition research - it's impossible to do good science in this field because it's impossible to control all the important variables. Quoting Gladys Block (Berkeley prof and guru in the field) "I don't believe anything I read in nutritional epidemiology anymore. I'm so skeptical at this point." So you shouldn't believe anything you read linking diet and health, much less things linking a meaningless "organic" label to long-term health effects.

I know the discussion has moved away from mercury, but David Lindley fans might enjoy this version of "Mercury Blues". The video is awful and the sound isn't very good, but it's the best I could find with the "extra" verse:
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David Lindley is great live, I've seen him a few times over the past few years.

CBC Concerts on Demand has a full concert by Lindley and Manx available for on-demand downloading - no video, but the sound is good, and it's the whole concert (including Mercury Blues).