Consumption habits: Mechanical heart body copy

In association with my earlier post, I have been working on my consumption habits booklet. You can read the entire post here.

Yesterday, I posted an illustration of a mechanical heart that I had just placed some body copy onto. As promised, here’s the heart again, with a more legible version of the body copy.

It reads:

  • 5 unexplained bruises
  • caught the 24 hour flu once
  • 10 mg of supplemental magnesium per day;  350 mg of supplemental magnesium total
  • 10 mg of supplemental iron, per day;  350 mg of supplemental iron total
  • 400 mg of supplemental calcium, per day;  14,000 mg of supplemental  calcium total
  • 10 mg of supplemental pantothenic acid, per day;  350 mg of supplemental  pantothenic acid total
  • 14 mg of supplemental niacinamide, per day;  490 mg of supplemental  niacinamide total
  • 0.4 mg of supplemental folic acid, per day;  14 mg of supplemental  folic acid total
  • 11.25 mcg of supplemental vitamin E, per day;  393,75 mcg of supplemental vitamin E total5 mcg of supplemental vitamin D, per day;  
  • 175 mcg of supplemental vitamin D total
  • 60 mg of supplemental vitamin C, per day;  2,100 mg of supplemental vitamin C total
  • 10 mcg of supplemental vitamin B12, per day;  350 mcg of supplemental vitamin B12 total
  • 2 mg of supplemental vitamin B6, per day;  70 mg of supplemental vitamin B6 total
  • 1.7 mg of supplemental riboflavin, per day;  59.5 mg of supplemental riboflavin total
  • 1.5 mg of supplemental thiamine, per day;  52.5 mg of supplemental thiamine total
  • 150 mcg of supplemental beta-carotene, per day;  5,250 mcg of supplemental beta-carotene total
  • 600 mcg of supplemental vitamin A, per day;  21,000 mcg of supplemental vitamin A total
  • tried really hard to support whole foods, and local markets, but it’s just not possible on a student  budget
  • tested for diabetes for the millionth time (it runs heavily in my family)
  • 4 perscriptions from 2 different doctors
  • blood pressure of 102 over 60
  • not a calorie or a carb counter
  • cursed wornout running shoes, but couldn’t afford new ones
  • should have paid more attention to my sugar intake
  • limited sodium intake
  • wished I had stretched 12 times
  • remembered to stretch 7 times
  • went swimming once
  • got food poisoning once
  • bought a bike
  • went to bed early 7 times
  • ate a lot of olive oilate a lot of olive oil
  • ate 0 broccoli
  • had a blood test
  • checked cancer risks once
  • never checked BMI
  • actually bought UVA & UVB blocking sunglasses
  • 18 naps
  • wore earplugs once
  • ran to yoga three times
  • moisturized with vitamin e 23 times
  • ate so much garlic
  • forgot breakfast 9 times
  • remembered breakfast 26 times
  • stubbed my toe twice
  • slept 115 hours less than recommended
  • ate 36 times
  • replaced 51 meals with coffee
  • skipped 18 meals
  • 8 headaches from wearing old glasses
  • got sick from the smokcers in my class 9 times
  • slept 5 hours and 20 minutes per night
  • slept 37 hours per weekslept 185 hours
  • slept in instead of running 14 times
  • took 5 acetaminophen
  • drank 35 litres of water 
  • drank 70 glasses of water 
  • drank 2 glasses of water a day
  • tried really hard to drink 6 glasses of water a day
  • rubbed runny nose on boyfriend more than klenex
  • had a runny nose 100% of the time
  • actually had a cold once
  • thought I was getting a cold but really was just fine 3 times
  • ran for 112 km
  • went for 21 runs
  • convinced myself corn counts as a vegetable once
  • laid in bed after yoga unable to move 11 times
  • did childs pose 198 times
  • did childs pose 198 times
  • did cobra pose 111 times
  • failed at 7 head stands
  • attempted 7 head stands
  • failed at 5 hand stands
  • attempted 6 hand stands
  • did 56 downward facing dog
  • went to yoga 11 times
  • threw up 3 times
  • ate 117 onions
  • ate 347 bell peppers
  • snowboarded 117,110 vertical feet
  • snowboarded 49 runs
  • snowboarded 5 days
  • met one very nice doctor, one was a jerk
  • 2 trips to the walk-in clinic
  • wished for ib profen 11 times
  • took 27 ib profen
  • did the grouse grind once
  • ate fruit for dessert 24 times
  • one dreaded appointment with the gynecologist
  • indulged in deep fried ice cream once
  • 8 stomach aches
  • forgot to take vitamins 14 times
  • Remembered to take vitamins 21 times
  • made 10 fruit smoothies
  • 12 bruises discovered
  • ate spinach 23 times
  • 3 visits to the orthodontist
  • 6 only kinda greasy meals
  • exercised 24 times
  • 5 bandaids used; 4 on the same cut
  • 5 very greasy meals
  • 4 phone calls from a concerned mother
  • 14 headaches

It’s in the “Health” section of my brochure, and thus is just covered in every health related fact. In theory these would have been taken directly from a diary I kept over 5 weeks … but to be honest … I’m cheating a little and making a lot of them up. Well, not completely fable. I guessed at the pourcentage of times that I think I did them, got out my trusty calculator and multiplied it by 35 days. 

The bigger issue here … will it print?

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