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I appreciate the warning about ultra processed sources of carbohydrates but complete elimination of rice & potatoes might leave a lot of people even more tired as it would likely create a major caloric gap Not everyone will know how to go around that. Also, in general you would struggle to find solid evidence linking either to any health issues, especially where mental health is concerned or he might not, don't guarantee things you might not be able to deliver. 10 times better is a BIG promise to someone suffering from OCD or Bipolar. what's your evidence for recommending high SFA diet to someone diagnosed with mental health condition. (especially butter which is like the worst quality food for anyone to consume in excess) Are you aware that high saturated fat diet has been linked to worsening of prognosis for a variety of psychological conditions? Will you take responsibility if he takes a dip into severe hypomania as a result of severe glucose deprivation? Look, I'm not going after you personally but you guys need to be more responsible with these sorts of 'all-in-or-all-out; advice. OPs fatigue could be a side effect of psychiatric medication or a hundred of other things and he needs to iron this out with a professional.

@Nivsch i thought it was too much and reconsidered 😄 i got carried away a bit and I don't think it was too practical

Lot of high end perfumes are now being imitated by companies who use essential oil perfumes, I'd go for something like that. In terms of deodorant, probably aiming for aluminium free would be a good idea if you can. Overall a combination of perfume and deodorant is generally enough when going out, no need to go crazy with using too many different things. Some kind of face moisturiser may help your skin look a bit radiant which can be a bonus when going on a date or something like that.

@jacknine119 I see you opening topics all over the forum but never commenting, interacting with replies or in any way acknowledging the answers. Are you genuinely curious about the information you are receiving? Are you at least reading the responses? The best way to learn deeper is to interact with the responses, ask probing questions ....or at least acknowledge the responses in some way, its the least you can do with regards to respecting other people's time and contribution.

My honest opinion is that starting from things like toxins and pollutants is sort of like buying a paint and window frames before digging the foundations when building a house. It is nice and useful but misses a context I've studied nutrition and human biology for 3 years academically and another 2 personally and I'd say the best approach to tackle this is the following: Get yourself an anatomy book and learn how the human body works , this is actually pretty important. This will also answer the question you had here: Actually understand, in depth, what those terms mean and how does it all work together then get yourself a generic nutrition book and learn category by category - macronutrients, micronutrients, phytochemicals, caloric values, nutrition requirements across lifetime, using nutrition to support individual systems in the body like circulation, immunity etc. and finally and this is a bonus, but a book on simple biochemistry and the cell function will help you underand nuances and a bit of the mechanistic structure like enzymes, various chemicals in the body, things like Kreb Cycle, different energetic pathways etc If you can hammer through these 3 your map of knowledge will be better than 99% of the smartasses on the internet and you'll create a bulletproof framework of understanding otherwise the risk is just knowing random stuff that does not fall into any particular structure so that it is easy to sway you away with new arguments. You'll also be more resistant to quackery and nonsense which is hard to get when you are just taking in random content from random videos from Peter Attia or Andrew Hubberman, which are btw brilliant and deep but I think require some prior understanding to really embody. This is the longest and the most drudging path to get there but a one that will bring you a true understanding of the human physiology and how it is being impacted by nutrition and lifestyle. We also have a medical professional on the forum @undeather whose path was probably 4 times longer than mine and whose knowledge exceeds that of all of us here so he would probably be able to share even better advice.

Everything alright with ya @integral ?

If you want to be 100% sure about your iron status, it is a good idea to do the whole panel including total serum iron, ferritin, UIBC, TIBC and transferin . I think Thriva UK have such a test where you can choose either finger prick or venal draw.

@BlessedLion why do you think you need to detox?

Losing 20% of your body mass in two weeks is anything but normal. The appetite loss could be a consequence of something else that you're not addressing. I'm not trying to fearmonger but a human body is not meant to go through such extreme changes so rapidly. People take 6 months to lose 10 kilos. These sorts of metabolic rollercoasters will decimate your musculoskeletal health if you don't do something about it because your body is having to rapidly adapt. Its your body and none of us can tell you what to do but please be careful and work with a professional on a methodological approach

You lost 10 kilos in 2 weeks?? Please start by speaking to your doctor.

Very interesting perspective. My journey is actually the other way around. I see my Life Purpose as one of the largest blocks of the self actualization journey and I don't think I could truly ever embody the higher tiers without satisfying this first for couple of years. Maybe in your case those two could align? You can certainly build your life purpose around the pursuit of spirituality and epistemology and lot of people do that. And maybe not and the journey you're on is perfect for you, only you would know

@Ima Freeman important to look at the units too. There are conversion rates between for example pmol/L and ng/dL. Your fT4 is measured in ng/dL - if you look at ThyroidUK for example, an evidence based organisation you'll see 0.7 - 1.4 as a recommended levels in which you are sitting well. Your fT3 is 2.54 pg/ml - according to the above, looking at the correct unit, it should be 3.1 minimum but that doesn't immediately put you at a clinical stage, it is low but probably not low enough for most endocrinologists to diagnose you with anything. TSH being just above 2 would still be within the range although I agree with you that you would ideally want to be below 2 but 2.12 definitely does not signify hypothyroidism , there is a progression to that condition and there are degrees of hypofunction. Maybes yours is like 10% compared to someone who comes with a result of 6. I respect the opinion of the German expert, just caution advised not to peg yourself into thyroid diagnosis in the absence of more testing. The next tests you should know more about are the thyroid antiboides to see if there is an autoimmune risk - see more on the above link. Couple of other things to think about with thyroid; iron levels - if low, increases risk of hypothyroidism selenium and zinc intake - same as above do you live in a country where salt is commonly iodised? vitamin D levels overall psychological stress, and oxidative stress in the body I hope you finds the answers you're looking for.

Sure thing, when I was a fat kid who was just getting into exercise I probably tried all the fat burners in the local store and not once did the sales assistant as "yo kid, why are you taking all this"..he was glad to get more business. And this is for all the supplement companies who are profiting from all this crap (which is probably 60-80% of supplements on the global market at the moment) that basically does nothing other than create an expensive urine. They'll take your money and if it ever shows up that those supplements were harmful or contaminated or (best case scenario) useless, they'll just quietly raise their arms saying "but FDA didn't ban it" There is very very few "health" companies out there who genuinely care about their consumer's wellbeing.

The problem with fun measurements is that Bryan has a huge amount of people following his content who can't tell a difference between what is objectively studied and what is some made up metric. Like, by default assume that , in general, most people know almost nothing about biology, anatomy, nutrition and biochemistry. Him making claims such as "I now celebrate my bday every 19 months" is not just odd, it is almost unethical because we have no accurate way of predicting lifespan at the moment and the metrics being used such as telomere lengths, antioxidant pools, translation & transcription efficiency are completely volatile and useless in humans outside of in-vivo mice studies who live in controlled laboratory environments. Why aren't we talking about the metrics where we actually have ROBUST HUMAN DATA on all-cause mortality risk reduction such as - Low ApoB levels, avoidance of insulin resistance, avoidance of hypertension, V02 Max, lower body strength, bone-mineral density, grip strength and smoking cessation. Guys will literally take this that Bryan has just extended his lifespan and they will be seeking this out themselves pumping their bodies with chemicals, pharmaceuticals and supplements from China. We have no idea what injecting yourself with follistatin does to your body in the next 5-20 years. What's gonna happen now is, young men all over the world will be flocking to these therapies to have more muscle and become immortal. What if it proves that high levels of follistatin increase the risk of prostate cancer? How is this thinking different from taking anabolic steroids? Once upon a time we used to think that injecting mercury was therapeutic. We also used to attach leeches to people believing they cure blood disease and at one point, nobody believed that the reason Marie Currie and her husband died was extreme uranium irradiation - we didn't have the evidence and a lot of people had to die for us to get it. Now we have a guy setting trends for a whole generation and the scientists are scratching their heads thinking "is this even safe?" My side hassle is a nutritional therapist and even in my limited pool of clients, I already get asked lot of questions about Bryan and once I had a discovery call with a guy who literally wanted to do the whole protocol. This guy had no developed healthy habits, poor nutrition, no exercise, drank alcohol, vaped like a chimney and all he wanted to do was take a cocktail of supplements, peptides and eat broccoli and lentils....he was not interested in any sort of health optimisation advice at all and I had to reject him even tho he wanted to buy my most expensive package this is how far the bullshit has travelled and this is what I'm saying. people will ignore his advice around nutrition, lifestyle, sleep, routines, stress management and all of that and direct their attention to the flashy bits like injecting hormone blockers, taking metformin and 50 supplements per day, half of which are proabbly coming from some CHinese factories. I think Bryan is onto something, he is brave for doing what he does and it might, in some way, help advance the knowledge of medicine but in the absence of more knowledge, it would be prudent to be a bit more responsible with the way he communicates these things to the public....otherwise it all seems like one big sales pitch and a part of his marketing strategy on how to become rich and famous.

@Brent Rothwell thanks for taking time to reply to all of those. I think, there are a few potential ways to look towards. Profesionally, there is often a trade off between passion and income. Meaning some people earn a lot but are not particularly happy with what they do and a lot of people are passionate about what they do and for example run a small business but tend to often struggle because they are not pegged in an existing corporate chain which is what you get when employed at a big company like Mercer or E&Y. So the first question is - which of the skills you already have, you could use. And I would say the combination of previous customer service rep with decent knowledge of Outlook & Excel is the easiest answer. That alone qualifies you for a variety of roles in sales back office, in business administration, marketing coordination, purchasing and of course customer service. You can ofcourse also consider roles where you would need to upskill a little bit like front line sales (if you have the personality), marketing (if you are of a more creative nature), supply chain (can mostly be learned) etc. The second question is - would you rather do something where you have an existing passion? Personal trainer, some sort of aesthetics / visual side of things such as hairdresser, some kind of a personal care specialist, maybe some form of health coaching, pickup coaching etc - the problem with these is that they all require additional training (but not necessarily) but could help you pursue something that already gives you joy. I'd say the quickest way to get to a market is to polish your existing IT skills, mainly in MS Office, create a LinkedIn profile, create a good CV with the help of GPT and get yourself visible to recruitment managers by starting to apply for positions. Maybe ask GPT, given your skillset, to tell you what titles to look for on Linkedin, what keywords and then go and apply, connect with people. Sooner or later, scoring a 40K+ job is more than doable. You just have to take the first step, nobody can do that for you. Than, over time once you accrue a little bit of capital, you can move out, travel and do all the fun stuff but first step is to make some money, at least 10K savings. hope that helps !

You buys need to learn some proper cooking As a part of, for example, Coconut Garam Massala, Tarka Dahl or a Mexican risotto, lentils taste divine. Its all about practice and getting some advice from a decent cookbook.

could you summarise a few things for us? what is your highest attained education degree? what job experience have you had (include everything) can you operate computer to reasonable degree? can you use Outlook and Excel to some degree? what other programs are you comfortable using? what are you good at? Thinks outside of work experience, in life general? Maybe there are some transferable skills you already have and don't know you could market where do you live? what is your minimum accepted annual salary? (if comfortable sharing) what is your current financial situation (please include any debts, bonds, shares, bitcoin, etc) How much money would you be able to spend, per month on additional education (if needed)? if needed, would you be able to relocate to a bigger city with better opportunities? Say within 300 mile radius?

I think those are all looking pretty normal, mid range. I wouldn't say they are low or high, not even borderline off charts. That fatigue is likely coming from elsewhere. @undeather hold me accountable to correct interpretation? I recall when I was having panic attacks, I lose all appetite and almost stopped eating for up to 3 days. Are you still eating at least twice a day?

Could be down to a variety of factors in your lifestyle, diet, habits or health in general. It is really hard to tell without more information. From my experience, the top 3 to blame are usually: diet pattern inconsistent sleep schedule some kind of ongoing condition (iron deficiency , hypothyroidism, lack of other vitamins) But could be none of those and could be all of those + other factors.

@cjoseph90 why not for cooking also?

Are you eating enough calories? I don't know for sure but isn't Bryan making his diet to be slightly hypocaloric for the purpose of longevity? It may happen that a rapid transition to what he does might give you a crash. It takes some time to adjust to a legume heavy plant based diet. Microbiome adaptation is just one of many things that need to happen and that takes months, sometimes a year. I remember when I started experimenting with this transition about 6 years ago, I felt like a zombie. It is easy to underestimate how much you actually need to eat once you start moving away from steaks and a meat heavy diet.

Why don't you just get a Britta? It is not as powerful as RO but nowadays they remove quite a few contaminants. it is better than nothing. Boiling won't remove any contaminants excepts bacteria and parasites and those aren't in our water anymore due to UV eradiation and chloritization, at least not in 1st world countries. I think we are taking the polluted water fearmongering a bit too far on this forum, please don't run into dehydration issues.

Congrats on the new commitment. All the best on your journey 🤞🏻

I hope you'll feel better soon, sounds like you've been through a lot 🙏 As someone who's gone through panic attacks in the past, i can empathize with your suffering, it is not nice but it will pass, give it time. Pace yourself slowly and try to go easy on all forms of stimulation if possible. Can I ask, when you said your thyroid levels were low, do you happen to have the results? (If comfortable sharing).

Still waiting for that episode to be released