Keto and Productivity.......

     As I mentioned in earlier blogs, keto has several side benefits, and one may be controlling ADHD.  I've slowly come to this realization for myself.  Looking back, my ability to focus and the fact that I'm less distracted coincides with the keto diet I've followed for more than a year.  I've had difficulty focusing my entire life.  Not only was I easily distracted, but my thoughts also jumped from one idea to another before I could document my thoughts.  In previous years I managed this by consuming vast amounts of caffeine, beginning with coffee in the morning and switching to diet coke for the remainder of the day.  The caffeine helped manage my wandering thoughts but triggered seizure activity.  According to some recent studies, the keto diet helps control ADHD symptoms.  Foods to avoid for those with ADHD include sugar, refined flour, and other processed foods, and those promoted for managing the condition are those recommended for keto.  I'm thinking about this because of my recent uninterrupted productivity.  I've completed and posted several more of my True Tales, and I'm just about to launch a new series based upon those charged, convicted, and sentenced for their part in the January 6th Insurrection.  These are some tragic stories about mostly uneducated people whose lawyers claimed then President Trump led them to believe that storming the Capital was their patriotic duty.  Most entertained a complete misunderstanding of the legal issues surrounding what they were doing.  Some tried to claim that they only followed the crowd into the Capital, but that's like saying you're speeding because everyone else is.  In short, ignorance of the law is no defense.  However, these people, most of whom barely afforded the trip to D.C., have now lost years of their life along with money and their ability to function in American society as a consequence of felony convictions from which they will never recover.  They are guilty of following an ignorant leader who has manipulated the law and dodged legal systems for decades.  He may eventually face the consequences of his actions.  In the meantime, I feel very sorry for those who believed in him and his deceptions.  It's all regrettable.  So while the stories are sad, producing them is good news.  I've taken on the motto "to write means to remember," and we must remember the insurrection.  Also, Steve and I discovered an Indian buffet on Friday called Tandoori Flame, located in Surry, B.C.  We celebrated because Steve successfully completed his dissertation presentation to his colleagues and peers at Virginia Tech, another major milestone on his way to his Ph.D.  It'll be interesting to see how everything works out because he plans to finish by the end of the semester.  Wish us luck because we're definitely in this together!