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I am very confused regarding coffee and caffeine in general. Many people love coffee and praise it for its health benefits like the polyphenols . Dave Asprey even says: "f*ck kale, coffee should be at the top of the pyramid regarding superFoods". From my personal experience i don't like to drink a lot of coffee because it makes me physically dependent on it and i feel it robbs my of my energy levels. I have experimented twice to quite coffee/caffeine in the last year. I quit coffee for 4 months and i was feeling great. Tons of Energy. No problems whatsoever. Then i got back into drinking coffee everyday and it became a habit (unfortunately) for many months. Then the last 10-11 days i quit coffee/caffeine again and i had even more energy than ever before (after few days). Then yesterday i got heavily influenced by Dave Asprey and decided to drink one cup of coffee today. I don't know if i did the right thing. I am afraid of coffee because i like it to much to be honest. I can restrain myself and drink only two cups a day though. Anyways after the 1st cup (50mg of caffeine) i wanted another one but i decided to do the emotional difficult thing and not drink another one. Now i am considering whether i should consume coffee/caffeine for some days of the month for the supposed health benefits that everyone talks about or whether should i ditch it alltogether? Can someone give me some solid advice and information based on research and personal experience? -Thank you!!

@4201 Yes i agree. Many people justify their coffee use (sometimes abuse) because it somewhat helps them be more productive. But what i've found is that this is an illusion. I have more energy when i am caffeine free.

@vladorion Very very good points!!

Lately i haven't been eating bread that much. But when i eat large quantities of bread, i notice that the next day i feel some sort of blockage in my intestinal organs.. It is super weird. Yesterday i ate a lot of white bread (>200g) and then the next day i was feeling quite uncomfortable just below the belly button. It was a feeling of something being stuck there... Even after 16 hours of eating i still felt that blockage sensation. Also i didn't defecate that day. I think the bread is responsible. Why is that happening? Can someone give me an explanation? - Thank you!

Thank you all for the replies so far but.. still i feel like my question hasn't been answered to the extent that i wished for.. I still don't get it why some kids for example make fun of other kids. I've noticed that some other kids never do this. They never made fun of other kids. How is that explained? Even as a kid it wasn't fun for me to ridicule others. I found it disgusting. Which it is.

@King Merk True.

I recently stumbled upon this guy, Paul Saladino. He seems quite a well-spoken and intelligent dude who promotes a carnivore diet as far as i'm concerned. He is very controversial going against many of the preconceived notions we have about nutrition. He goes against many of the things i have been taught by other health experts... I really don't know what to make of his content. I haven't watched many of his videos. And even if i do i am not an expert on nutrition. Personally i am not a fan of carnivore. I prefer fruits and vegetables. But i care mostly about what is true so i am open to new ideas. What is your opinion about him?

@Consilience Yes i agree with what you said. Life is a mixture of immense suffering and joy. There is always that Peace in the background, but sometimes the dream of life can become so unbearable that you just want a way out. I understand that suffering and pain are necessary but sometimes i wish they didn't exist to such a Radical degree. The suffering and pain can become so extreme that it's not even funny. Most people i know haven't truly suffered yet. I thought i had suffered in my life. But nope. The last 8 months i was introduced to a whole new level of suffering that shoock me to my core. I am still in awe of what happened. I never expected that such level of extreme suffering could ever exist. Now thankfully i am back to normal and quite happy most of the time. But still it's like i have been traumatized by what i experienced. I will never be the same now knowing that this ridiculous level of suffering exists. And ofcourse now i have a LOT more compassion for people who suffer from depression, ptsd and etc.

@Shin I think it is appropriate to label life ''it sucks''. Since it is full of misery, injustice, survival struggles etc. Living on this planet is not a walk in the park. Life can become so unbearable at times that it's not even funny. I appreciate how profound life is but also i recognize all the brutal uncomfortable truths that noone wants to look closely. All the evil and devilry that goes on this planet. All the immense suffering that most people face. All the illnesses, pain, emotional & physical torture etc. I don't mind giving negative connotations to things i don't like. I don't like being poor or being in pain. Nobody does.

@Zeroguy Maybe it is awesome to you at this moment. But let's see how you will view life when you get old, suffer from illnesses or other life difficulties.

@Michael569 That's a solid advice!! I think it is also necessary. There are so many different opinions outthere from so many 'experts'. Even if you careful read all the studies you still won't have the whole picture. For example some suggest to avoid dairy alltogether while others say that it's not that bad for you. There is so much debate around health & nutrition and so lil we know.. I try to be open-minded while trusting my intuition also.

@Javfly33 Yeah i tend to agree with you. If i am being honest with myself i can't find any good reason to keep drinking rather than it is a pleasurable drug for me. That's the bottom line i think. It is a drug and people like it very much.

I am currently on day 4 of my water fasting. Yesterday i went to the bathroom and defecated a lil bit which was kinda Surprising to me after 3 days of no food. I hear many people on YouTube talking about sh*t that can stay in your system and prevent your body sometimes from absorbing the minerals it needs. I am thinking to take a laxative while fasting. Is this a good idea??

@Hello from Russia Dave Asprey promotes coffee and claims is very good on fasting also because it has polyphenols and helps feed the good bacteria in your gut.

@BipolarGrowth A mentor in general. If i had to choose i would say a mentor in self-actualization. Someone that will help me stay on the right track.

I have heard countless times how it is very important to have a mentor in your life. Personally i don't have the luck to be surrounded by people who i really aspire to look like.... How can i find a high-quality mentor in my life? What should action should it take?

I hear many non-dual people say that Everything happens for no reason whatsoever. But i don't get this.. If E v e r y t h i n g happens for no reason then how am i sitting here , in this room, typing all this sh*t?? Does the Sun shine for absolute no reason or does it shine so we can have life on this planet we call Earth? Leo has talked about how everything is created with Infinite Intelligence and how many trillions of things need to work together in order have life on this planet. This suggests that there is a reason for the sun's existance for example. My anus for example exists for a very specific reason. Of course i can use it for other purposes as well (lol). But I don't understand what people mean when they say that there is no reason behind anything. This does not make sense to me and it seems absurd.. Reality desires every possible experience. That's the reason behind everything i think.

@Michael569 Thank you for the quality information. Damn there is a LOT of misinformation on the internet....

@Flowerfaeiry Yes i agree on that. Generally i take every advice with a grain of salt nowadays.. I am taking sodium and magnesium despite his recommendations. Why shouldn't i take the laxative though? I believe i can get some more waste out this way..

@The0Self Ok. Thank you. I won't take potassium then probably. I saw a video from a Youtuber Dorian Wilson proposing it in one of his fasting videos.

I am doing a water-fast and i am gonna eat 2-3grams of salt and take potassium and magnesium supplements. I have heard to take potassium chloride. But does it really matter what form of potassium i take? This study seems to suggest that it doesn't really matter: https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1161/01.HYP.0000158264.36590.19 This is the potassium supplement i have. It is potassium gluconate. Can i take this instead of potassium chloride?

Why it's not a good idea??

@Village I don't buy this. First time i took a cold shower after a long time, i had caughs, almost closed throat and other signs of being cold. The next days i continued the cold showers, there was no more closed throat or anything like that. That is a sign of an improved system to me. Not the otherwise.

Is it safe to take cold showers for my brain? I have been taking cold showers on and off for the last 8 months. Recently i pour a lot of cold water to my head for quite long periods of time.

After i've heard about the recent suicide incident from a member of this forum i wonder isn't Mahasamdhi a form of suicide? Leo in your Outrageous Experiment video you've talked about how tempting it was to accept the call for leaving your body. Isn't that a form of suicide like jumping off a bridge?