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@Schizophonia the comments about ancestral diet was spot on tho, sorry i ignored it. I think you are right that with cooked diet richer in animal protein the development of human brain was accelerated to some degree although I'm not sure whether it was just the diet or also needing to build shelter, changes in the environment , new complicated logistics (food storage, material transport etx) migration of populations into new regions , expansion, , having to figure out new ways to live alongside changing climate etc. I don't think we actually know the answer to that yet and whether it was the diet or the settled lifestyle that lead to farming and agriculture. The last book I read on ancient ancestry (Britain BC by Francis Pryor) seems to suggest that hunting gave way to farming after the end of the last ice age as more surface area became available and from that new step of human evolution slowly happened...at least in northern Europe. It was probably different elsewhere. What i really hate are blank statements like "we evolved to eat meat" and "humans are natural carnivores" the ones all over social media. They are missing the fine details and demonstrating ignorance

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@Sugarcoat i know, nothing bad with joking but it brings down the quality of the entire thread. Keep it to WhatsApp maybe? 🙂

Also @Sugarcoat @Schizophonia please can you take this to private chat? You're detailing the conversation

@Schizophonia good response albeit largely generated by AI. It would take too much time for me to research each of your claims in depth as I'm not familiar with this population data. Anyways i was arguing about the macro position of this. If we can't rely on the evidence because it is echo chamber, what do we have to inform public? How do we make public health recommendations?

Assuming that's the case, I honestly see nothing else out there that would be any different. There is very little I see in the low carb or carnivore communities that is separable from fairy tales, group hive mind thinking and almost a stage purple superstition with an appeal to palaeolithic ancestry, (usually disconnected from the actual evidence in anthropology, archaeology and palaeontology because most people don't bother to read books anymore ). All I see is an army of stage orange gym rats marching of a cliff singing "24 eggs and 2 pounds a beef a day makes being a pussy go away" and I'm not sure I buy into that. Maybe if I was 20 again, I would have. But this extends to vegan groups, the vegetarian groups, raw foodies, keto people and all of them pretty much. All of them have their own fairy tales and biases, some more than other. But my point is, presuming we can't trust science and evidence to form our conclusions and have some sense of direction for ourselves and those who depend on us for guidance (parents, kids, spouses) , what else do we have to rely on? I am all for "common sense" and "see how it makes you feel" but then frankly eating Kinder Bueno, Nesquik and McChicken makes me feel pretty darn good in the moment but I have no illusion that they are particularly good for me in the long run. And common sense is a variable that's pretty sneaky and elusive. Genghis Khan thought it was a common sense to try and genocide the poor farmers of of norther & north eastern China (Xin & Song back then) because farm lands were in the way of free pastures favoured by the Mongolian pony. How do we even know most of the things we know? Somebody had to go form an argument that eating junk food isnt great for you? And most of us made a decision to trust into that echo chamber and agree. Maybe a degree of that is necessary to have some form of footing under your feet in a world already pretty complex and tantalising. Because without trusting into some sort of echo chamber, what else do you have? Its like being lost on a raft in the middle of pacific ocean, you can't help but follow the strongest current...in our case the loudest influencer or the one with the most cash to put behind advertising. Not looking for a fight just tossing the ball back to your court

Forget videos and debates. Gotta go back to the basics if you want to build solid foundations. Makes one immune to quackery. See if you can find these in second hand or similar alternatives. Advanced Nutrition and Human Metabolism 8e + MindTap for Advanced Nutrition and Human Metabolism Organic Chemistry Paperback – 20 July 2001 by Jonathan Clayden , Nick Greeves, Stuart Warren, Peter Wothers Ross & Wilson Anatomy and Physiology in Health and Illness Paperback

I kinda agree with @puporing that a lot of these things are just a waste of time , at least the ones we could categorise as "healing objects. "I'm thinking all sorts of red lights, tera guns, crystals, blue light blocking glasses, weird noise emitting devices. I've gone in and out on many of these, thinking they do something and then realising they mostly don't. Most of it seems to me to be a complete junk these days. The only thing I found extremely useful is HEPA filter because I have a huge issue with mould and all British houses have it whether you like it or not. Since I've purchased it, its been a game changer and it fixed what not amount of powders and capsules could. . Other than that there is tons of cool fitness tools and gadgets like weighted vest, med balls, fit bals the abs wheel, TRX, skipping rope etc. but those probably don't qualify under this thread, do they?

I'm similar to you that I'll read a book and something is mentioned that the author just skimmed over and it sparks my curiosity and then 2 hours later I end up in a rabbit hole super deep on that one topic while loosing the main plot. I don't think its a bad thing. If you're naturally curious abut a wide variety of tipics and your memory works better on hooking itself to multiple entry points rather than remembering a single storyline, then maybe you have to do that. At the same time some of it is almost the Reels/Shorts mindset, isn't it? Its almost like the question "why did Hitler kill himself & Eva Braun" begs for a gory picture of the two of them with bulletholes in their heads just before they (or their doppelgangers ) were burned by Wehrmacht soldiers outside of their Berlin bunker to prevent them being hanged of Reichstag by the soldiers of the Red Army. That's the sort of journalist mindset. But you probably want to go deeper and so the question can't be answered without asking: Why did Nazism rise in Germany and what were the consequences that lead to the consolidation of power of Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei and their rise to absolute power. But that question is so incredibly complex to answer that it just opens 50 new rabbit holes for you to explore, all the way from unfair treatment of Germany at the end of WW1 and the Versailles Treaty, to unequal distribution of resources in Europe, the hyperinflation and the annex of German colonies, to the rise in industrialisation of Britain & France, and the shadow of communism rise in the east.....you get the idea. I think its just that your mind is so curious about so many things that it can at the same time become almost overwhelmed by the magnitude of information and just skips to the next topic to get a fresh start. That's how you end up on Washington. Or maybe it just likes to ride those highs: the corpse of hitler, the American Revolutionary War, the deformed casualties of Chernobyl ... but exploring the causes and impact of each is for another lifetime after you realise that each of those topics could take a lifetime to explore. Maybe I'm wrong. My mind is similar and I actively have to restrain it Dunno, tell me if I'm telling nonsense. I still think its brilliant to be curious about many things but its important you don't just become a davourer of flashy bits but take time to explore things in more detail because there is nuances in details and it is knowing the full story and beign able to make connections elsewhere , for example to the political development of today, is where growth happens.

.. okay horrible ! the most terrifying experiences of my life

@Schizophonia haha no worries its a fair question. Not really no. At least not with psychiatric meds. To he honest i have so little experience with medicine from a perspective of a patient that maybe that's a major limitation of mine. Maybe i was lucky to have been born with good genetics. I do have quite bit of experience with anxieties, panic attacks and dissasociation tho, I've had quite a few episodes over my life which I've always managed to get on top of without pharmacology and knowing the risk factors like alcohol and sleep deprivation helps me avoid them now. But I'm not qualified to talk about what it actually feels like to be on meds i guess

There is something to be said for distributing across as many markets as possible, ofcourse within the limits of safety. You don't want to buy bunch of Venezuelan bonds at 80% marginal value just to see them shrink over next 10 years to 10%. At the same time, if you are, for example, German, you don't want to invest only in German or European bond & stocks because your salary and your pension is already tied to the European economy so you would want to explore APAC, US, UK opportunities. But these days, most of the investment funds have a fair distribution among US, UK, Europe and APAC. I've not seen India markets specifically so can't comment on that. don't we all Read the Intelligent Investor, that gave me very good start into understanding the investment world. Actually read it, don't just skim over it. Highlight chapters and then return to them over and over. Its a book to be studied./ Overall, there are no shortcuts. Longitudinal research shows that methodical slow investing over decades where you take advantage of compound interest is the safest and most reliable way for most people to make decent money. This means sending a little bit of money each month and having multiple of such funds to diversify your risk. There are also a variety of pot options where you put money away for a year into a fund or a product and in 12 months you get them back with a compound interest. Your bank might have some of these available. You have to be a bit lucky to catch a nice AER (annual % return). I caught 5.6% last year and invested which brought me some nice revenue few weeks ago. This year it sank to 3.5% so I reinvested that money into something else. You can subscribe to European bank's newsletter (if you live in EU) to stay up to date with the current interest rates and evolution in the EU economy. Hopping from one fund to another, selling and buying couple times a day is only an option if you have extremely deep knowledge of the markets and if you can do this full time. It is incredibly dangerous too. You are competing with traders and banks across the world and it is such a thin ice to walk on. But many have made money this way so it could work. You also have to account for your age, your situation in life , your current wealth and how much of that you can spend etc,. For example spending half your salary each month on speculative investment is potentially a disastrous thing to do where investing methodically 10% of it into 10 different funds with distributed locations and distributed risk leaving them like that for 5-20 years is potentially a brilliant idea. I don't know how old you are but you're potentially committing a financial suicide. Do you not have to pay your rent / bills / food / travel and other expenses? Or if not at the moment, will you not in the future perhaps when you live alone or with a partner? Keeping some cash in reserve is a good idea. A good way to calculate that is, if you lost your job tomorrow and couldn't find another one, could you last 9-12 months at the current expense rate? That's how much cash you should hold. ( amount needed per month) * 12. Maybe multiple the whole thing by 0.9 if you think you could tighten your belt a little bit. You are a candidate for reading the Intelligent Investor indeed You can't if you do speculative investing like that. Committing 80% of your income into investing is almost like trying to be healthy on 2 hours of sleep. It will devastate your mental health because stakes are way too high and if you loose it all, if the market crashes you're left broke. Its basically gambling with your own sanity and self preservation mechanism. That's why you worry. Consider leaning more into slow sustainable investing that doesn't force you to check all the time and react emotionally to each small fluctuation. Ideally you would be checking maybe once a week or even once a month.

I've worked with lots of people taking some form of SSRI/SNRI, MOAI even TCA antidepressants, often combined with antipsychotics, beta blockers, benzos or occasionally even stimulants. What I've gathered so far is literally every single person has a completely different experience. Some tolerate them well but it dulls them a bit and to some they completely overwhelm their system. I don't love psychiatric meds because they can be hard to work around and prevent contraindications with food and supplements, especially when combined. At the same time I'm glad they exist, they save lifes and keep many people "further from the abyss". hope you'll find the answers to the underlining issue eventually

Sorry to hear that. In such case you probably benefit from not using it. Still, doesn't mean others wouldn't. I assume they control for the usage of antidepressants in those studies but I wasn't able to find it specifically being mentioned. Lot of people choose not to take antidepressants due to their side effects or for other reasons. Nothing wrong with taking meds tho if that's what helps you.

^ great post! There is so much more that could be said about coffee. You'll know almost immediately if it is bad for you by experiencing symptoms of rapid heart rate or jitteriness. Its fine for most people and long term benefits are well documented. Whether you get addicted to it to a point that you can't switch on your work laptop nor get yourself to the gym without being caffeinated is a completely different story. Unfortunately some people don't tolerate it well. It usually comes down to genetic mutation on certain hepatic enzymes or there is something else going on. People may have all sorts of inborn snips on key metabolic enzymes making them unable to digest certain food ingredients or particular amino acids such as phenylketonuria or different snips of P450 enzyme family. But that doesn't mean all those foods are automatically bad for everyone else. Knowing the nuances is important before bulk-rejecting entire foods or even food categories , e.g "carbs are bad because I get bloated from bread" or " coffee is bad because it gives me diarrhoea". Prospective evidence shows coffee improves the progression of depression and reduces the odds of suicide in people with mild to moderate depression. Would you take it away from them saying "coffee is bad for you"? ... I'd rather not. Sure, it doesn't solve the underlining issue of their depression but as long as it helps...

did you have to dig up a 5 year old post just to add that?

forgot about this gem !

Are you still predominantly focused on the carnivore diet, @Leo Gura?

There are some high value companies which are heavily stage green, you could look up vacancies on those. Companies like Patagonia, Ocean Bottle, Giff Gaff, Guardian, Finisterre, Tony's Chocolonely etc. You could have a look at the list of B-Corp certified businesses around your country. These are more likely to be engaging in sustainable business practices paying more attention to the longevity of the entire supply chain, the wellfare of the end manufacturer, farmers, avoidance of child labour, recycling practices, chemical spillage etc. https://bcorporation.eu/find-a-b-corp/

Investment is a long-haul game, don't let that clownery scare you and pull out your investment. The evidence shows that most people who invest long term (regardless of economic circumstances) usually earn as a result of compound interest. I think the aggregate yield, based on some studies done in the past on people investing into index funds (DJI, S&P etc) on average, was about 15-21% when investing over 10 years but I'd have to look up the exact details to be sure, it might have been slightly less. Even if you look at the long term trend of most index funds, they grow, despite monthly fluctuations. Speculative withdrawals and investments will most likely cost you because you probably don't have the skills and the knowledge necessary to compete with traders and trading organisations (most of us don't). Reading Benjamin Graham is a good intro into stage Yellow investing, into understanding how the market works and why you can't beat it in the long term.

@Scholar one thing I'd say is definitely test it first before supplementing high dose. Best do the full panel which includes: total iron, ferritin, transferin, TIBC and UIBC. That way you'll get the most holistic picture of transport, storage and acute need. Done alongside full blood count ideally.

Sorry to hear this has been going on for you. I'm sure you've probably tried tons of things but maybe this could help a bit. This is an anonymous case study of someone I worked with. This lady was diagnosed with acute thyroiditis, probably of infectious origin. Not autoimmune, so slightly different to Hashimoto's. She had to go on a 2 months cycle of prenisone which wasn't great but it helped quench the inflammation although there were side effects. I recommended some blood tests to her doctor and after some examination, we found that her iron was critically low. Her vitamin D wasn't great either, and on top of that, she was recently made redundant and went through a lot of stress. Even after that prednisone, she would often feel tingling in her thyroid as if the inflammation was trying to come back. Some things we did was@: replenish her iron with 200mg of iron bisglycinate per day for 3 months, got her vitamin D in the upper 80s (ng/mL), Secondly, we made lots of adjustments to her diet. She increased her antioxidant intake from pomegranates, broccoli, purple cabbage etc. She's been regularly making lentil vegetable soups in an Instapot. She also introduced more fibre and probiotic foods in the diet. She also reduced her consumption of sodium-rich processed food, sugar, saturated fat (especially from high fat dairy) and sweetened drinks. Thirdly, we severely restricted her sodium (temporarily) intake because she lived in a country where salt might have been iodised and sodium in general can be inflammatory in excess. I encouraged her to seek out iodine free salt. In some countries this is not an issue but maybe worth checking. I think her Zinc was also low but we never measured it. She took a 30-day course of Zinc Citrate And finally, she also started to exercise more, especially cardio and aquatic exercise. She found a gym that has a sauna and says it has been helping her. Retrospectively I think her issue was significantly weakened immune system that has trouble mounting up a proper response. She was also quite sedentary so her lympatic system which houses tons of her B-Cells and T-Cells wasn't being moved. Her low iron was probably a major contributor and so was her stress. The antioxidant intake was to help mop up free radical storm around her body caused by the inflammation and help support cellular defences. - as of now, the last I checked with her, her thyroid results were almost normal, with TSH being slightly above 2 but no antibodies detected. Her CRP has calmed down too. She says she hasn't felt that thyroid tingling since August which correlates to the time she started exercising more so maybe that was the last piece of a puzzle. - not sure if its gone or if it'll come back, it might. But those things seemed to have helped. Also, one more thing we added that I think helped was this. It is quite expensive and not sure if you can get it in your country but my client swore this made a difference. https://www.designsforhealth.uk/shop/inf120-pl-inflammatone-120-capsule-554#attr=1740,1011,1267,1332,1704,1918,61 I think we went up to 8 capsules a day in the beginning and than downwards from there. Thats significantly over the recommended intake so I'm not making any recommendation, just saying what we did. We obtained her doctor's approval first. One thing she herself added was drinking 1 litre of tea with ground ginger (about half the size of a thumb), 1 tablespoon of raw honey she bought from a countryside beekeeper in her country and 1/2 lemon. Sometimes she added Cayenne pepper to it, it must have tested gross, but all those things have anti-inflammatory properties, so I was happy to encourage it. So I'd say on the top of everything you're already doing, you could investigate your blood work, ask for a full iron panel test , maybe add vitamin D into the list and see if anything comes up. Look into that salt iodisation too and ensure you're not using one that contains it. Ramping up your antioxidants is likely to be of benefit. And I'm sure you're already physically active but if not, that's of an importance too. If anything else in that report resonates, give it a shot too. With regards to Iodine supplementation, caution is advised as it can exacerbate the inflammation if you supplement during a flareup, but best ask professional guidance on this as it is a very tricky topic. Look up best dietary sources of it if you're concerned. I believe you are vegan, correct? Still, there are options available such as seaweeds. hope that helps.

Landing page - depends on whether you need a personalised link (e.g. Ryanscourse.com) or you're okay with random link (e.g. btt.2689bgeidb.com) The first one will cost you and you'll need to pay either for a website (Wix, Squarespace,) or even use one of the mass mailing services like MailChimp or Mailerlite where you can customise a simple landing page. I'd suggest if you want to come across as a professional (depends on your market tho) having a proper website with a proper email such as info@yourcompanyname.com rather than ryan1998@gmail.com In terms of course, there are options like Udemy which you'll probably have to pay some money for publishing. It's often one off or monthly. The next step is advertising your course but I assume you have social media covered already. So it's really about how far you want to take it. How professional, If you wanna start building a brand or just sell something quick on social... either is an option.

Regular exercise will be important but you've gotta start paying attention to your diet as well otherwise the weight won't move. Just head to the nearest gym, speak to one of the trainers, book a few sessions so they can create a training routine for you then continue on your own. Sign up for at least 6 months. With regards to diet, if you're unsure where to begin, either consider hiring a professional (nutritionists/dietitian) or use AI to help you educate yourself or even create some sort of a meal plan. With time, patience and some commitment, you'll start seeing first results within a month.

@Fountainbleu can you elaborate on what you mean pls?