Justin

“As we’ve also seen, many people with normal blood pressure, prehypertension, and hypertension may even get a rise in their blood pressure if they restrict their salt intake.18 This is because when salt intake is severely limited, the body begins to activate rescue systems that avidly try to retain more salt and water from the diet. These rescue operations include the renin-angiotensin aldosterone system (well known for increasing blood pressure) and the sympathetic nervous system (well known for increasing heart rate).19 Clearly, this is the opposite of what you want to happen!”
― James DiNicolantonio, The Salt Fix: Why the Experts Got It All Wrong--and How Eating More Might Save Your Life

“For those of you who have had to wait a year for this book I provide a brief note to Book 1, Prince of Fools, so that your memories may be refreshed and I can avoid the exquisite pain of having to have characters tell each other things they already know for your benefit.”
― Mark Lawrence, The Liar's Key

“I choose not to believe in any gods as an act of charity,” Marcus said. “Charity toward whom?” “Toward the gods. Seems rude to think they couldn’t make a world better than this,”
― Daniel Abraham, The Dragon's Path

“It says something about the ugliness of September 11, 1777, that this boy woke up a Lutheran and went to bed a Quaker.”
― Sarah Vowell, Lafayette in the Somewhat United States