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Carbohydrate Ranting

 I tend to get ticked off by anyone touting the Mediterranean diet. I suspect there is more to it. I hear anecdotal evidence about carbs not affecting people in Italy, yet dietary wise nothing appears that different. They use durum wheat like we grow in America. I would guess that people visit during the summer and are hit with a lot of light.  The same with Africa where they slowly cook carbs with a lot of sunlight exposure over several hours. The traditional way to cook seems to be the 3 rock inefficient stove without a lid. The low carb crowd touts a study that shows only 25% of the people can cope with a high carb diet which I can't find. It seems immigrants do worse here, so I don't think genetics contribute much. end of rant https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Global-distribution-of-the-clear-sky-UV-index-at-local-solar-noon-on-June-3-2005-derived_fig4_3203923 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9735855/
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Sjogren's/B-Cell Stuff

I seem to notice darkness allows the accumulation of bad antibodies, so I put white sheets over the head and foot of my bed. I have put 12 volt automotive screw on strobes both in the attic and crawl space.  Also hung white reflectors in the middle of most walls. That seems to help along with air blasting every hard black surface.  I suspect metal particles in the air as causing problems. The black cheap magnet strips didn't do anything. Eventually, I found neodymium magnets hanging from the HVAC registers to be effective with a curtain of tape around them.  Plastic Reflectors(Sound Dampener): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C4L2MQC5 5000K White Strobe: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07L855LMP 550lb Magnet: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07RFRH2MV
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Sacroiliac Joint Cushions

 I've been in agony for a very long time. They finally did a fluoroscopy guided steroid injection which barely scratched the surface, but the numbing compound definitely worked temporarily.  Now I have the area, I've been working on making it happy. Most effort seems to be dampening vertical vibrations, but I can literally feel the house shake in the XY axis. I need it disconnected, some telescopes float on oil like the Sofia. I thought the slack in a turntables would be enough or the sliding mechanism in car seats, but I found something better. I have polypropylene house wrap, from the orange apron, for light blocking experiments. So I stacks 3+ sheets inside an $5 Ikea seat cushion and it hit the spot. I've also stacked them under the feed of my bed too. The layers cannot be connected, so you can't just fold it. 
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Sjogren's/B-Cell Stuff - Cleaning

 I've pretty much proved to myself that manufacturing dust cause issues. It appears they are good for a day or so, but once they oxidize things get painful like screws or plastic. So pretty much everything that isn't washed, like clothes or dishes,needs to dusted. Compressed air cans work fine, but a power duster like XPower duster off Ebay for $40 works great. My biggest source for bad reflected light appears to have been the kitchen pantry and the electric duster took care of that quite nicely. 
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More Sjogens/B-Cell Stuff - Identifying Problem Areas

Figured out how to find what needs to be cleaned with a microfiber cloth. Turns out holding a prism over an item really intensifies the discomfort.   Prism: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07DRB7842?psc=1
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Blocking Bad Light Sources(Sjogren's?)

 I always noticed that I feel better under a tree, but never could figure out why. Appears that a minimum 0.5 mm natural plant fiber blocks bad light. The fiber can be anything from cardboard to cotton. Two t-shirts are that thick which explains my improvement during the winter with thick clothes. Also 20 oz canvas is 1.00 mm and I'm exploring using it for blocking hot spots in the house. 
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Bad Light Sources(Sjogren's?)

 After many years, it appears that metal transfer reflects an unbearable light. Anything hard that contacts metal rubs off microscopic metal particles that oxidize after a day and reflect the "bad" light. Over the last year I've been using a microfiber cloth to slowly wipe down everything like hard plastic pet carriers, laundry buckets, tools, fasteners, bed frames and even metal show curtain rings. Problem is that you can't see it, so you easily lose track until the directional pressure headaches manifest. 
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