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Saunas have also been associated with exercise mimicking. Especially cardiovascular exercise

There is also associative evidence that consistent sauna usage retains muscles even without exercise of those muscles

Although the evidence is limited, some psychologists are using ketogenic diets to treat psychiatric disorders.

It’s a really exciting area of research. I read the papers when they come out. It looks very promising

If you address the underlying metabolic dysfunction, Palmer said, you may take care of its downstream manifestations, too. Metabolic psychiatry, a field named by Sethi in 2016, focuses on addressing the significant underlying metabolic components of mental illness (with several therapies including KMT) instead of simply trying to suppress the effects of that dysfunction — that is, symptoms of mental illness.

I have a recurring problem with ingrown nails but ONLY if they get cut too close. If they grow out everything is fine.

When they get cut too close I’ve found putting something small under the edge of the nail to act as a spacer works. Like a tiny rolled up piece of toilet paper.

You should see a podiatrist for your issue

There can be multiple factors

1. Consistent muscle stress, not enough to cause pain, but enough to encourage growth. Ensure your doing just enough exercise to get to technical failure then stop.

2. Sleep

3. Stress

4. Adequate high quality protein, check the diaas score, but animal protein is best

5. Too much sugar in the diet, which messes with insulin

6. Mixing fat and carbohydrates, which causes inflammation

Basically the body needs to be in balance to build muscles.

Don’t worry about hypertrophy. Use something like grip strength to track your progress, not muscle bulges.

Who would want to know about something they can’t change?

Of course they can reduce risk, but the metabolic model of mental health isn’t mainstream yet, so most people don’t think they can reduce their risk

Hard boiled eggs, super food, very portable, easy to throw in a backpack or lunch box. Available in most convenience stores

Safety razors have really improved my life. I moved to a area where getting any razors is a pain, and they don’t last, that forced me to just buy a safety razor and blades… So easy, lasts forever, high quality every time.

Talk to the butcher and ask if they have any offcuts, or trimmings they were going to throw away. Many butchers throw away fat, and will just give it to you for free. .

Cholesterol is a broad term and doesn’t address the specifics necessary to addr iness overall average health for an individual.

I agree completely, people should not be trying to treat a cholesterol number. They should be optimizing their metabolic health. Cholesterol should be an indicator that further follow-up is required, either arterial imaging, or diet and lifestyle interventions

Then there is the whole “sugar” issue. There are dozens of sugars and we only associate the term with fructose or sucrose. We can technically name all sorts of things as sugars, but if it doesn’t include sucrose and fructose explicitly, then it “isn’t” sugar on the label.

Happily, all of those sugars do get included in the carbohydrate label on packaging. I would say dietary carbohydrates are the biggest culprit in cardiovascular disease, and that’s what people should focus on instead of cholesterol.

https://www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb/saturated-fat#evidence-to-date

Not all experts agree.

• A 2009 meta-analysis of 28 cohort studies and 16 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) concluded “The available evidence from cohort and randomised controlled trials is unsatisfactory and unreliable to make judgment about and substantiate the effects of dietary fat on risk of CHD.”

• A 2010 meta-analysis of 21 cohort studies found no association between saturated fat intake on CHD outcomes.

• A 2014 systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies and randomized controlled trials found that the evidence does not clearly support dietary guidelines that limit intake of saturated fats and replace them with polyunsaturated fats.

• A 2015 meta-analysis of 17 observational studies found that saturated fats had no association with heart disease, all-cause mortality, or any other disease.

• A 2017 meta-analysis of 7 cohort studies found no significant association between saturated fat intake and CHD death.

Plus more at the above well cited reference

Extremely well written! Thank you for putting that together

Eating lots of meat isn’t a problem for cholesterol

There is a group of people, the LMHR (lean mass hyper responders) who do have highly elevated cholesterol on very keto/carnivore diets.

The outstanding question is if cholesterol is actually harmful in of itself - the data I’ve seen indicates that it isn’t harmful.

“They” can also just he normal people who don’t want to be wrong. Doctors are famous for their humility and self reflection.

The cholesterol heart hypothesis was pushed by ancel Keys, who has since been shown to be a dishonest academic, leaving out data, or abandoning research if the results didn’t math the preconceived conclusions. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancel_Keys

In medicine, like many fields, sometimes the old guard has to retire out before change can happen.

I’m also a !carnivore@lemm.ee and I’ve satisfied myself that LDL by itself is not a risk factor I should be concerned with.

it doesn’t have to be a card. it’s up to you, but even if it is…

Going to the ATM to get cash, then spending that cash on a donation box doesn’t create a relationship with the donation box.

https://www.getmonero.org/get-started/faq/#anchor-buy

i could also just donate with crypto and not have the banks, the credit card system involved at all.

Look at how simple the GOS donation page is: https://grapheneos.org/donate

Send money, done.

donate.wikimedia.org as an example, requires a email address, and their policy is

We do not sell or trade your information to anyone. By donating, you agree to share your personal information with the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit organization that hosts Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects, and its service providers pursuant to our donor policy. Wikimedia Foundation and its service providers are located in the United States and in other countries whose privacy laws may not be equivalent to your own. For more information please read our donor policy.

they keep all of the personal info, so yes, it very much starts a relationship with them.

In order to donate with traditional systems, you have to dox yourself

I use monero, and I donate to projects in monero.

I don’t want to start a relationship with those I donate to, I want to drop money in the pot and walk away. I don’t want followup emails, I don’t want to be on a donor list, I don’t want call to action phone calls.

Every other form of transaction starts a permanent relationship. I don’t like that

Those diamonds indicate what chemical hazards are inside the building, for fire and rescue operations.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFPA_704

Most of my adult friends or business acquaintances, I’d just give it to them… if asked in person.

Only once, the second time we will have a discussion about what’s going on.