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@Andrew John sounds like a decent breakfast already. Store-bought or home-made granola? Smoothies are nice, have you tried making it a smoothie bowl and adding that granola on the top of that? I don't think there is a blueprint for an ideal breakfast, for me personally larger meal (up to 850-900 calories) works best filled with an abundance of fibre, whole grains, nuts, seeds, fruits & berries. I get the most energy and mental clarity from this sort of meal. But many others don't eat breakfast or have high-fat breakfast and it works good for them so you just gotta experiment and see how you feel.

Sounds like a powerful call to your Hero's Journey

there is a big element of where you are born, to what sort of family, what level of intellect do your parents have and what level of education is available to you. For example if you are born to a typical low-life family in some rural region here in Britain, you are pretty much F-ed for life. Your ambitions even if there are any, get stumped on and pissed on by your drunk ass father and your neurotic crazy bi**ch mother, both your parents are ill, obese, have extremely low IQ, addictions and so many neurosis that it would take an army of psychiatrists to name them. I see families like these everywhere I go and it is sad but these kids really have no chance of escaping. The daughters become to mothers tending to their mom's neurotic needs and desires and sons become cast-outs, doing some low paid, shitty jobs exposing them to toxins and further destroying their potential. Over generations, resources have been taken away from them to feed the many feisty mouths of corporate London. At least this is UK, I assume a lot of rural America is like this as well and I see these dynamics in my homecountry in Eastern Europe as well. So it's not always laziness or lack of interest, sometimes it genuinely is being f-ed from birth by growing up in family with no access to resources, being born to mothers exposed to toxins and shitfood with diminished IQ and diminished brain capacity. And this is not some rare exceptions, we are talking millions of people

The limited time span is what makes this experience of living beautiful, precious and miraculous.

Glad to hear that, this is exactly what I get from those as well. Nuts are great, add them in your breakfast every day. I'd say walnuts are top but almonds are also nice

@Superfluo thanks, I'll look into it. Haven't heard of him before

Life is getting somewhat busier but I don't mind. 2 new guys have entrusted their health into my hands which makes me forever more grateful and empowered. I feel I'm getting better with my clinic administration, paperwork, organisation and planning and am able to create protocols in half the time being more organised now. 9-5 slave job is getting somewhat busy as well and this is the bit that I do mind but despite all my resentment to this part of my life, I remain thankful for having the stability of income and the option to keep working remotely. It has been a blessing and it WAS always supposed to be part of my journey despite all the ups and downs and the backstabbing nature of the corporate environment. I don't yet see myself able to leave my 9-5 job this year. Soon but not yet. And that's ok. I've started including primal movement more and more into my routines. I'm now rolling on the grass doing gorilla walks, alligator walks, cobra pushups and walking on my 4 like a maniac forwards and backwards. My favourite routine is to "go crazy" for 12 minutes. I set a time and am just running around rolling, jumping sideways, doing handstands until the timer beeps. It is also a good practice to stop caring what people think as I see a lot of curious glances but it seems more people are too busy to pay any significant attention. Most of my lower back pain from too much sitting has gone with these exercises and it is a nice way to be a bit more silly and childish which I am often missing in my life.

I'd be looking at the carnivore diet as an acute elimination diet, not as a beneficial diet, there are very few (if any) benefits of only eating meat for a prolonged period of time. Do it as you are fixing the gut and once you are able, plants should come back slowly. fermented soy products have many preventative benefits from chronic conditions like prostate cancer but there are no immediate benefits per se in the SIBO protocol. Are you planning to use any antimicrobials?

@Vision soy is allowed on a low FODMAP diet for SIBO (if that is the way you'll take) so both are ok. That being said some people react to soy even to fermented soy like tofu so best to try it and see how it goes. I eat tofu regularly and tempeh occasionally, they ar both great protein and calcium source, easily digestible I don't have experience with this diet but looking it up it looks very very similar to Low-FODMAP with some minor differences. Seems a bit more restrictive. Some legumes are allowed on FODMAP, I'm not convinced they have to be cut 100% unless the person can't tolerate any. The evidence on SIBO shows the most promising results with low FODMAP diet. Noth else has been researched to any significant degree (does not mean other diets don't work) edit: if you are going 100% carnivore then tempeh and tofu are out of the table I assume anyway?

Tea tree oil. The strongest you can get. This stuff is absolutely wonderful for (external) fungal infections. I was struggling with nail fungal infection for years and this stuff helped me clear it out. This is very common in people who spend a lot of time wearing sweaty socks during sports such as football players because those fungal love moist environment. He needs to expose her feet as much as possible, keep them dry and not wear socks at home. The oil should be used up to 5 times a day. If there is fungal overgrowth under nails, that may take fw months to clear, it is recommended to cut his nails as small as possible and then always force the oil behind the nail. But more holistically speaking, this could be sign of weakened immunity, vitamin D deficiency, fungal overgrowth in the gut and other. Ask him if he has anal itching, white-coated tongue and if these things appear elsewhere on the body. You will commonly see spots around the scrotum, armpits and neck. But it may be as simple as doing too much sports and wearing tight shoes for excessive amounts of time

Do you mean 300 grams of carbohydrates per day? Bread and oats are not the only sources, think of fruits, vegetables, whole grain and legumes as well as your carbs. If you make your meals balanced and mostly whole, you'll get all the carbs you need. Of course, carbohydrates are not the only source of calories. 1gram of carbs or 1 gram of protein has 4 calories where 1 gram of fat has 9 so you can also rely partially on fats in food for more calories in the day. DIet is best approached from a more intuitive perspective. The moment you start counting, it becomes a pain in the a.... and can very easily turn into a semi-eating disorder. It is better to observe how particular foods make you feel. If you feel tired during the day it is likely you are not eating enough calories or enough carbs or protein. If you feel fatigued straight after your meals, it is possible that the structure of that meal is not adequate and you need to add more fibre sources. Let your body be the judge. Observe your energy, skin, libido, digestion, mood and brain performance throughout the day. If any of those falter, something needs to change

@Preety_India what's the structure of your meals? Do you eat proper size portions? Do you fast a lot? Got any pictures you'd be willing to share? Vegan diet can totally be nourishing and complete but it has to be planned right.

@machiavelli if you're coming of PPIs, your doctor NEEDS to be aware of it and you need to be careful. The imminent flare-up is pretty much to be expected and the longer you've been on them the more severe it will get. During the initial days you can ask for a prescription of more gentle acid blockers such as H2 blockers or just some over the counter acid blockers (is gaviscon available in India? That could help or something of that sort) these can help with the transition to dropping dependence on PPIs but best way is to find a doctor who is willing to help you navigate this challenge as the last thing you want is unregulated acid reflux. The biggest issues with PPIs is that you pretty much lose your first line of digestion which means increased risk of malabsorbtion, b12 deficiency, iron deficiency and in long term osteopenia. 90% of stomach acid is lost and you become more susceptible to bacterial infections which can then caus e a lot of shitstorm in the proximal duodenum and further. You need to find a good local nutritionist or herbalist to guide you through this process. If you have the money for these services, then go for it. There are always good experts to be found. Your stage blue doctor isn't going to fix you, the poor guy has no idea what to do because he has not received any holistic training. You're in this alone but more holistic guides can always be found just make sure you don;t fall prey to some stage purple crap and snake oil salesmen. Find a certified nutritionist in India who underwent some formal training, look at their website and reviews before calling them. Good luck!!

number one rule of weight loss: cut the big dinners. Dinners are worst time to eat big. Worst insulin sensitivity, slowest metabolic capacity, highest carb to fat conversion, lowest energy expenditure. Eat only a small portion of light meal and go to bed slightly hungry so that you will be looking forward to eating big breakfast Allow yourself to intermittently fast overnight mic drops

I would say the reason for this is just the rapid transformation of lifestyle from a hard-working labour worker to incredibly sedentary (often lazy), fat and eating garbage. Here in UK, 8/10 people in streets are obese or overweight, asthmatic, eat junk, have chronic stress and at least 5 major addictions. These are the main reasons for all the cancers and diabetes. I assume the situation among poor suburban areas in US is even worse. These people make a majority of statistics for cancers and mental disease. Of course there will be some small dose chronic level of toxins but compared to the huge shitload of other lifestyle factors I just can't imagine it being that much of a concern if all the above are fixed. That's not to say you should go and sniff a glue or use the shitties pan but I think the type of coating on the pan is peanuts compared to the other factors that most people haven't even looked at.

they made a new range, maybe you had the old one Charlotte? Their first products were shit and they had a lot of complains. The new range is fairly good. I dunno Leo, we now have a pretty good understanding of the types of things in pans that are toxic. Teflon and perfluorocarbon (PFOAs) being a major concern. Aluminium to a degree as well as iron. There still companies that make products devoid of all these. Not all coating has to be toxic. But I agree that there may be stuff we don't even know about yet....but well so can in stainless steel, Nickel being one of those factors that some research has raised questions about. At the same time I think if people were massively poisoned by cookware , it would have been caught by epidemiology by now since pretty much 90% of households have some sort of teflon stuff in. Not defending any of that stuff just saying maybe there are some good products out there and that its not all black and white....but maybe I'm just kidding myself.

I've got this one So far it is working really well. It should be free from all known toxins including PFOA and PFOS, aluminium etc. Seems similar to the one you posted (the pictures don't quite load for me) I'm really happy with it and seems to be a really good option. Is it 100% toxin free? I don't know but it is more safe than anything else I found and it actually works as well.

Processed grains are giving an issue to a lot of people. The bread today just isn't what it used to be. As a born easter European, the type of bread I used to have as a child is nowhere to be found anymore, at least not here in the West. It has been replaced by this weird 50-ingredient mess. There are better, more whole forms of bread made of gluten-free grains but if it gives you issues, replace it with some of the gluten-free whole grains. Grains are always best eaten as close to their whole form as possible.

This!!!

@darkeconomist you could add elements of calisthenics to it. Maybe take those dumbells to a local calisthenic outdoor gym and combine them with pullups, dips, hanging rows, chin ups etc. You can also try to implement some elements of HIIT training. But for better muscle hypertrophy adding more complex lifts such as benchpress, deadlifts, bent-over rows, squads, lunges and shoulder press are more useful than light weights. 5kilo dumbels are decent for some isolated lifts if you are a beginner but eventually you may find the lack of weight limiting if you want to perform some more complex moves. But again depends on what your goal is. Gym and weights are not necessary if the main goal is more functional strength, for that bodyweight and a pullup bar is all that is needed.

@GGG what do you eat at the moment? breakfast, lunch dinner,. Also, what do you drink besides water?

yeah, pretty much. Drugs are easy to standardise, you have certain amount of milligrams of effective substance per drug and you can produce billion of those pills that will be 100% identical. Herbs cannot be standardised. Depending on how and where they were grown, you can have more or less of the substance and then herbs do not work in isolation, they address a variety of body systems which is what makes them hard to study and basically medicine does not like to use something that cannot be boxed and labelled. Herbs should never be studied same way as drugs by extracting one molecule, such as taking curcumin out of turmeric and feeding it to rats. You need the whole thing and they need to be combined for a more potent effect. Any skilled herbalist will tell you that all research on herbs is pretty much silly because they are just looking at isolated substances. There are many benefits to evidence-based practice but it has many blindspots that it is not acknowledging such as being blind to its own limited view and limited scope of what is "acceptable" and that what is not "scientific" has to be nonsense.

while the carnis do look more bulky on the outside, looks can be deceiving. I'll agree that a poorly managed vegan diet can make people look sickly, the vegans I know who are doing it well are very healthy, super productive and fit. Not all who look strong on the outside are healthy on the inside

Yeah, recently I've been doing that, cutting down on my dinner and sometimes not having it at all end then fasting through night and having proper breakfast at 9 or 10. I definitely notice a large dinner making my sleep worse and then that has a knock-on effect on everything else but otherwise I don't see any real benefits of it. It is more for practical reasons of not disrupting sleep.

definitely! all of them meh, mostly not unless you already fixed everything above. Good for short term boost thou if you need to extra brain time if you ran out of other options (eg. all of the above) then this may be the next step heck yah !! don't have sex to improve brain power ffs have it with the person you love because it is the most intimate connection you can have with them. Masturbation has no impact on brain performance, if anything it just numbs you down. 1 short term boost, risk of long-term chronic fatigue and adrenaline addiction IF is great for boosting BDNF, definitely. Long term fasting will lead to muscle atrophy and with that possibly decline in BDNf and brain power. possibly, works nicely sometimes absolutely! time spent in nature = brain on steroids