Welcome to the platform, Melissa! Always great to see people that already have established social media followings joining our community, very exciting to watch it grow.
You had a couple of items in your favorite things (nootripcs and epigenetics) that I am unfamiliar with, great to see new topics ready to add to the blockchain, as well as adding more creators in the health/fitness topics. What position did you play in soccer?
Hi there and thank you for the welcome! I have been experimenting with nootropics since 2011 and it's surely one of the topics I would love to share. I had some really great experiences and with others it gave me anxiety and... I got a wee-bit moody! :) Epigenetics is about changing our lifestyles and habits to alter our gene expressions. Just because we may have been 'born with it' does not mean it will express itself! I am diving in a bit deeper and exploring my raw data on 23 and Me to get into the nitty gritty of my own DNA to determine exactly how what I do and what I don't do effects my health. I was mostly sweeper and point back in the day in soccer but now that I'm much better conditioned than in high school (SO HAPPY I can say that! haha!) I'm typically a forward or mid-fielder! :)
Epigenetics sounds like an interesting facet of biology indeed. I went ahead and looked into nootropics and as a cognitive rehabilitation clinician, I would really be interested to hear more from someone who uses these and some personal data...my geriatric folks are constantly the target of the marketing for these supplements and I would like to be better informed in the event that a patient is interested in learning more.
Sounds like you played every position but mine, goalkeeper!
Haha! The first few years that I played I was goalkeeper! I was so out of shape and didn’t know how to play so my 8 year old self ‘got stuck’ in the goal. I learned a lot then and loved the position- definitely needs more respect than it’s normally given from my perspective!
Yes, I grew up as a fat kid and it seems to be common for the big kid to be in the position with the least running. I do have great reflexes and hand-eye coordination and continued to play goalie in other sports too but which came first, goal keeping or the skills? Suppose it's one of life's mysteries ;)