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Does anyone know of any websites that independently test products from different brands? for things like heavy metals, toxins, endocrine disruptors, polyphenols, flavanols etc...? It's hard to find brands to trust these days, I was actually looking into buying cocoa flavanols / dark chocolate and wasn't sure which brand to buy from given the heavy metal risk and variations in flavanol content in these products. I found one called https://www.consumerlab.com/ but they only seem to have a yearly subscription.

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A brilliant businessman Daniel Priestley (more brilliant than most "business book" authors, especially those who talk about investing, useless bastards) Anyways, he has a brilliant way of testing business ideas, simply try to sell a service or product without having it in your hands or possessing the necessary skills to perform the service (or even having the money to invest in your product or service), you want to test for interest most importantly, in other words, you're testing for leads. The business world practically runs on leads, a lead is everyone who is a potential customer. How tangible is that? forget about making that website or investing thousands to get something started, first, test your idea for free, and see if there's a market for what you're offering. If you've been running your business for years without success, as much as people might appreciate your hard work It's probably not going to work out. Most businesses that make money long term and survive long term, make money within their first few months or weeks. Including most technology giants we know today. (for these companies It's a little more complicated because they take on a lot of loss and debt, but either way they were making money, profitable or not within a relatively short amount of time, this approach should be applied to a company of any size) If you read Steve Jobs' biography you might remember that him and Woz first made computers for themselves, and then for their friend group / neighbors. This is exactly the same thing! so In all honestly they could've been profitable with their first computer sold if they wanted (I don't remember if they sold it for profit or just gave it away) I recommend watching every interview Daniel's done recently. Starting a business is not for the comfort seeking, stress free people, It's for people who are willing to take on stress and keep 1000 things in check. If you don't feel some sense of uselessness and lack of respect with a standard life or 9-5 this is probably not for you. The corporate ladder is probably a better option in that case. Steve talked about a similar concept back in his days, I'm sure he would agree with this fast-testing method too.

Every time I try to do it, I look at something I'm not as good at or some domain where I feel like I'm lagging behind, I give it a shot and try to accept myself as is, and to some degree I do but a new argument always arises in my mind, something along the lines of "It's a dog-eat-dog world" or "I will be judged by what I'm made of no matter how I feel about myself" or "People don't care about my self-acceptance" or even something like "The fact that I have to accept myself or offer myself pity or support, shows me I'm weak". These are the same thoughts I had in the shower earlier today. I feel like it doesn't matter how much self-acceptance I have for myself, the world is a cruel place and it doesn't care about my self-acceptance, I'm like a Buddhist monk in a war, I'll get shot no matter how I feel about myself. I feel like I've had these feelings under a blanket for a long time, trying to act tough to suppress them. Any thoughts?

When I look back, in the last 5 years, my health has been a rollercoaster, I've been through the highest of highs and lowest of lows, but when I was at those high points of health, basically perfect health in terms of how I felt (energy mostly), high libido, no acne, I felt like my testosterone was at it's highest based on just how much energy I had, even though, and this is just my personal habit, I was consuming a sub-1000 calorie diet of only fruit and nuts, basically a fruitarianism (It's just something that I naturally gravitate to because I hate cooking), this period of my health was characterized by high UVA/UVB/high sun exposure, sure many things were also better back then, but this is something that I did back then, to a high degree, that I also don't do any of now. Now I'm lucky if I get 5 minutes of outdoor sunlight a week, and even though I've been supplementing with 2000 IU of vitamin D3 every day consistently, I feel awful, I've been at my worst health in decades recently, and my acne is at Its peak, I have work-induced insomnia that I just can't get rid of unless I find another job, which sounds easy to people living in first world countries. It's come to a point where my sex drive is gone, and I mean 0. If I could realistically rate it from 0-10 I would give it a 2/10. I'm only 20, with 0 sex drive and my life is a fucking joke at this point. Based on how I used to feel and how I feel now, I can say with certainty that It's never been a dietary issue, which is the thing I've been trying to improve all this time, diet. This is the thing everyone on social media is talking about, with such dogma and certainty. I'm going back to things that made me feel great, which includes high sunlight exposure no matter the time of day. Is there any way I can mitigate my risk of skin cancer while doing this?

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Great How much time would you recommend at solar noon? Also, as someone who doesn't tolerate dairy that well, what would be your alternative to milk? (to meet your caloric needs)

I would be more concerned about sub-1000 calorie diets these vegans are advocating for these days, your test is bound to drop even at 1900 especially if you exercise regularly, that's why Bryan Johnson does TRT. I don't really think a single chemical like Mint can have a meaningful impact on any hormone, to be honest.

Surprised this hasn’t happened sooner at higher volumes I thought ISIS only hated the west though.

1. Pomegranates & Avocados (I eat 7oz a day of each) 2. blueberries I would say raspberries but they're expensive and last a day max and watermelons to honor the kid I used to be, now he's dead.

Products so far: Hamburgers, soda, fries & chocolate https://www.mrbeastburger.com/ https://feastables.com/ MrBeast launched a McDonalds competitor with his altruism

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I like you bro, I hope we can meet IRL one day, and I don't think meat is unhealthy, I just don't believe in the linoleic acid thing, sure I try to keep my omega 6's below or the same as my omega 3's, and sure I agree that those vegetable oils look processed, but to say that something like walnuts or chia is unhealthy because it contains linoleic acid just doesn't make any sense to me. Vegetable oils were introduced with McDonalds burgers and french fries, to say that It's the linoleic acid in these foods that causes our health issues is like saying rat poison is poisonous because of its smell and taste. Maybe I'm wrong.

This is my new Journal, I'll try my best to keep this one cleaner than my prior ones. It will be about the same things: Art & Technology. That's all. My name is Marko, I'm a kid from Europe and as of this day I am 19 years old. As this Journal continues I would like to see myself mature, hopefully more masterful and educated as well.

I'm not an artist, the size, influence, and success of something (like a company) are a lot more appealing to me, for its own sake. It's definitely not a material thing, and that's fine. I'm a lot more excited about the future of technology than anything else.

This squirrel would beat you in a fight pink city man

I’m sure nuts and seeds are healthy but I’m slowly questioning grains and the food pyramid, it could just be propaganda.

It’s probably more effective at that than food if done correctly Once you’ve got diabetes your risk of all other diseases (that are far more likely to kill you) is exponentially higher. another question you should ask yourself is, would you like to stand up from a chair once you’re 70? That requires muscle mass/strength, muscle mass is only built with exercise and good luck building up 20 pounds of muscle at that age.

We had one, it was called nazi Germany. Great times.

Based on customs imports to Croatia / Europe I've looked over, ramen noodles are getting imported like crazy. And It's not one of those versions that comes in a bag It's actually the boxy version, a box made of a plastic interior where you're supposed to pour boiling water in. I can expect microplastics in a food like this, I'm scared of traces of it in everyday vegetables/grains/seeds/meat. Just because It's broccoli doesn't mean its arsenic content is not through the roof.

I think meat is fine not considering the ethical side of things, It’s much more important to keep your diet unprocessed and in energy balance than jumping from meat to plants and vice versa. Obesity will kill you much sooner than any food, whatever your opinion on that food is. Vegetables are probably the healthiest, my stomach has made that clear to me, that being said, you can’t just fill your entire day with vegetables no matter how many you consume, you need calories, you need protein now and you’ll need it even more in 20 years due to sarcopenia. I opted for a high-fat, moderately high-protein, and low-carb diet. Avocados, broccoli, radishes, real olive oil, chia seeds, oatmeal currently pausing eggs and beef. Protein powders are also ok if you can find one that you can actually consume that isn’t filled with shit. Again, vegetables over meat is not a power law of health, but unprocessed over processed is. Saturated fat found in meat will raise ApoB in most/many individuals. Higher ApoB = higher risk of heart disease. So choose lean meats preferably. Meat is not a processed food however, it has nutrients. Low visceral fat, strong grip strength, ideal weight/BMI, and muscle mass can all be ideal with or without it so don't let these YouTube gymbros fool you into thinking that animal-based or carnivore is somehow the only way, It's not. Paul Saldino's cholesterol is sky-high in his own words. The future of humanity is probably plant-based due to ethics. Truvani makes some expensive protein powders with minimal ingredients, I don't really know how they taste though, I wouldn't force myself to eat them. VivoLife, although expensive and higher than average quality, makes some pretty disgusting protein powders IMO, to each their own. Lean poultry seems to have fewer nutrients than red meat but is lower in saturated fat. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bq1R0QuBNfI

Depending on the day I can feel horrible stomach acid, like a burning feeling in my stomach, although my acne is always present it's better or worse on some days. How healthy would it be to limit myself to only 3 foods per day, which are unlikely to cause any issues? and test from there slowly. I think milk definitely causes this burning feeling, however, I'm unsure about eggs, meat, nuts, etc... One food that I think relieves me of this pain is broccoli (this is all speculation based on prior experiences).

Idk, but the only outcomes I’ll accept are either meditating in the jungle or trying to build the next Nintendo and Sony.

As far as I’m concerned, the whole universe explodes once I’m dead anyway.