Michael569

wow this was a while ago but I'd probably still agree to most of what he says

Most mental health diseases can be cured or at least managed life-long really well but it is often a bit more difficult than regular physiological diseases because of the sheer complexity of human brain in comparison to other organs and tissues. The only ones that are currently irreversible are those where there was a loss of living tissue and death of brain cells like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and similar ones. Ofcourse those where there was alteernation to DNA or inherited mutation are also incurable such as various forms of retardation and inherited diseases. The ones like Schisophrenia or Bipolar can be managed pretty well usually through a combination of lifestyle and mental health therapies. Depression, Anxieties can mostly be cured or managed really well but it is not always easy and can take a while depending on the cause. Lot of common mental conditions are actually caused by poor lifestyle choices, toxicity, heavy meal overload, chronic unmanaged stress and other factors. It is always a good idea to work on investigating the cause with a specialist rather than just accepting the label "incurable". Health is the natural state of the human body.

You don't have to regress to the same stage. Kids need to go through purple and red but if you are at Tier 2, you can make their transition pretty smooth and help them to get to stage Blue, even some healthy orange by the time they enter kindergarten and elementary school. Regressing to stage Red means locking them in wardrobe, denying food, denying love, punishing (e.g. slaping fingers with ruler, hitting them with belt and using other non-creative forms of domestic violence - which is what a lot of unconscious parents still do) and yelling at them. This creates more rebellion and more anger. It builds up resentment, creates an emotional separation and makes it extremely difficult for your child to climb spiral. Red needs to be approached from a place of love and acceptance, you need to show them to way and love them regardless of what behaviour they display. Just because you don't approve of your child's behaviour does not mean it is wrong, it just is. You went through that stage and so will they, there is just no other way. Trying to control child creates neurotics and they will have to spend years in therapy....or in prison.

@Cykaaaa @nistake fair enough!

wouldn't it be better to encourage the other person to talk about themselves instead? People kinda love doing that and it creates a bond between the talkers. But maybe that's just an introvert strategy.

Oh boy you betcha !! Go out there and f**k the world sharing your greatest gifts and talents ! ehm, at the same time it helps to have regular sex to release as well haha

Turn that energy into a form of creative art or a purpose. Share that energy with the world by creating something beautiful or meaningful that will help others be more happy.

Seems like the right step forwards Animal products are not an essential part of human diet but keeping small oily fish sustainably caught, rather than beef and chicken can be quite beneficial especially for your fatty acid profile. Make sure to share your results with us.

i doubt that this is how it works but the pain/anxiety-relieving effects of ingested endocannabinoid are very real indeed

I think you and I have embarked on too much of a different health journey in our search for answers for that to be possible haha I'm Taurus as well (the date of birth on forum profile is random ) so perhaps there is something to it -smiley scratching his beard and thinking -

@Bufo Alvarius I know lot of people on the forum will disagree with this statement but having regular solid breakfast is one of the most significant and important things you can do for your health and skipping breakfast and fasting through is one of the worst things you can do. I think this has been the most effective strategy for all the people I have worked with. If you care, I'll explain why this works in the end, otherwise skip that part. The breakfast should consist of the following: A source of complex carbohydrates (oats, buckwheat, wholegrain bread etc) Source of protein - nuts, seeds, tofu, bit of plant-based protein powder, a boiled egg or two or something of that kind Source of essential fatty acids - nuts, seeds, nut butter etc. At least 15g of fibre 2-3 portions of fruit one if which should be berries Oatmeal or buckwheat meal are perfect for this. Basically you want breakfast to be the largest meal of the day, it needs to be balanced and ideally warm. The protein part is important and although I am not a fan of counting anything, having 15-20g of protein in there keeps it more balance, more satiating and more energising. The complex carbs will deliver lot of B-vitamins and magnesium essential for your mitochondrial energy cycles to work as well as fibre to slow everything down and make sure the breakfast only gives you a gentle spike of insulin unlike a fruit juice that sends your pancreas into hyperdrive which leads to the production of an excessive amount of insulin particles that end up taking away too much of the blood sugar and you end up hypoglycemic, hungry and somewhat irritated. To eat or not to eat? For the majority of people, sleeping for 7-9 hours depletes a decent part of your liver glycogen (stored sugar) because there needs to be a constant stream of glucose in your blood to supply cells and mitochondria with glucose so that it can keep the kreb cycle running and producing ATP (energy). If this starts running out, your body will try to go into ketosis to burn fat and break it into fatty acids and glycerol to use in the energy metabolism. The problem is that if you are not trained well in this it may take couple days to get in proper ketosis and in the meantime, you are in starvation mode losing muscle protein because that is easier to burn but is very dirty and inefficient. This causes your hypothalamus to signal the adrenals to produce adrenaline, noradrenaline and glucocorticoids (mainly cortisol). These stress hormones are the reason people feel great when skipping breakfast. It is not that the food is bad, it is that your stress hormones make you feel more alive. The downside is that on one hand this can wreck your metabolism in the long term, it also taxes your adrenal glands and make create a bit of metabolic inhibition so that the body becomes more likely to store calories one the food becomes available. In research, people who eat irregularly, store more calories than those who do. Breakfast seems to be making the most difference. So ideally you want to keep your blood sugar balanced by having a solid meal in the morning consisting of the above. But hey, none of this has to apply to you and maybe you need different approach but this has worked in my life and couple people I have helped with some chronic conditions. Good luck

Depends on the type of business but I'd say mostly not. You probably don't have to spend thousands of dollars on SEO and add words or tracking your traffic but you have to find a way to attract clients. If you are not going to be on google, people have to come across your services/products in some way unless you are doing charity work or have the ability to piggyback on a supply chain of somebody else who has already created the framework and is happy for you to use it. An example of this is a company called Innocent Drinks in UK got acquired by Coca Cola. CC allowed them to use their gigantic marketing & supply chain and Innocent's revenues skyrocketed however they had to sacrifice some of their values by supporting a global polluter and market monopoliser so there was a tradeoff. Other than that, you can be active on forums, or social network but that in itself is a marketing. Or maybe you can offer free services to people you know and if they are happy they can recommend you to other people they know which would be more of a word-of-mouth marketing but that takes the most time to bounce back to you. Regularly posting on social media is very cheap but time-consuming way as well. It is however quite soul-draining and frustrating especially if you pour a lot of energy and get zero interaction.

Buying the LP course is probably the most rewarding and the most tangible step you can take if you have the money especially if you are not sure what do do and what steps to take.

@Bufo Alvarius what does your typical breakfast look like?

I hate competitive games for the same reason, they make me pretty irritated and I'd always leave pissed and unhappy. Why not play something you'll actually enjoy, accept and that will make you feel good afterwards. Plenty of beautiful and complex games out there that don't rush you and that can even stimulate your creativity, planning, time management skills etc. I don't know if there is any technique of acceptance for being killed by teenagers in MW2 50 times an hour and being called twat and noob.

Matt, St John's Worth might be the right one for you then. Has by far the most research behind it and when put head-to-head against things like Zodac in trials, it produced equal results without the nasty side effects like erectile dysfunction and loss of libido. It is not sedative and does not turn you into vegetable either. A tincture or a dried concentrate would be a good start but follow the dosing on the bottle. The only downside is that these thing need to be taken for a while to start producing the therapeutic effect so give it time and do not stop using it in between. But like I mentioned before, it is a good idea to try to get to the bottom of it. St.John's Wort will make you more grounded and more stable but definitely work with a specialist to help you out of it. Good luck!!

I am finding social media interaction extremely challenging and draining as well mostly because it feels so inauthentic. I know I need to base portion of my marketing on it to be able to attract clients so I can leave my 9-5 but it feels like shitting all over my values so often. None of the posts are low-consciousness garbage so maybe that's why the interaction is so poor. If you find a conscious way to do social media, get interaction and feel happy about it please make a post and tag me

Great idea! Would love to hear an update on this topic from the Leo The White. I am sure he would have so much more to say than Leo the Black . @Leo Gura

Letting Go by Dawid R Hawkins may be helpful. That book has been blowing my mind. thanks @flume for recomms

Great show, I loved they brought a true green/yellow guy in. Seems like Zac had some pretty strong calling from stage Green, hope it wasn't all for the show only though as nothing on his Instagram suggests that there has been any further action.

Green leafy are great but they have tiny bit of fibre. For example a cup of spinach (typical daily portion for most people) only has about 0.7g of fibre. Vegetables are good source, I agree but to get at least 30g per day you have to eat 4-5 cups which most people don't do. And that's just 30g, the absolutely bare minimum. In a health promoting diet you'd want 50+ g per day which is hard to achieve without legumes and wholegrains. My bad, brain CAN use ketones. You are correct. But if only does so in an emergency when there is nothing else. The only time this is advised is if a person is suffering from epilepsy. Turning protein into glucose is one of the dirtiest biochemical processes in the body. It is nutrient heavy and creates a lot of urea, a toxic metabolite as well as creatinine and uric acid from purines (from nucleus of organic cells). All of this puts unnecessary strain on the elimination system especially of people who are already sick. Also your body starts turning protein in glucose only as a last resort. It is basically when your body mass starts to atrophy because you have been in an extremely prolonged period of starvation. This process also reduces bone mass density. We can also turn fat into glucose that's true but it creates starvation and raises stress hormones because the process is cortisol and adrenaline-dependant. One of the reasons why people feel awesome in ketosis is because their adrenaline is through the roof. No direct correlation true because the development of atherosclerosis (hallmark of raised LDL cholesterol) is multifactorial so it is impossible to trace a single element. If you go to pubmed, tick "systemic trials " and "meta analyses" and search out your keywords you'll find hundreds of results on this topic which is why I said that it takes a team of people to review all of this. In a hierarchy of evidence, systemic trials and meta-analyses have the biggest weight Everything else is inferior. https://canberra.libguides.com/c.php?g=599346&p=4149721 so any study quoting randomized trials, case controls and cohort studies is not the best depiction of the real situation. Anyways, I think I'll leave it here because I got too sucked into this debate and it's not serving anyone really. I also allowed my lower self to get triggered. Thanks for being willing to exchange opinions and I appreciate you sharing your insights!! This is a gigantic topic and well worth exploring further.

Carbohydrates have been the essential part of human diet for thousands of years. What you probably mean by "bad carbs" are things like sweets, white bread, white rice and white potatoes. I am going to agree that those are not beneficial for human consumption and they contribute to obesity and diabetes indeed. On the other hand, whole grain low GL sources of carbohydrates are beneficial and extremely health-promoting. They are associated with a reduction of cardiovascular incidence and obesity. These would be foods like legumes, sweet potatoes and wholegrain products that Berg bashes on as well. These contain oligosaccharides such as fibre that basically reduce overall risk of cancer, diebates and heart disease, the deadly triangle of 90% of human deaths in the world. Most people cannot tell the difference between different sources of carbohydrates so they label all of them as "bad" and stop eating them which is ridiculous since glucose is the only possible source of energy for the brain. Even ketones have to be changed to glucose before feeding cerebral cells. Saying that all carbs are bad shows ignorance and lack of systemic understanding (no offence directed to you personally) as this is based on something you were told by a person who does not know what they are talking about. A study? There are hundreds and hundreds of studies looking at the association between cholesterol levels and heart disease. You cannot quote "A study" you have to conduct a systematic overview of everything especially of the meta analyses that include hundreds of thousands of people. I doubt he has ever done that. This would be a task for a team of people which is why there is so much confusion about this topic. Carbohydrates do not cause high LDL in the body. high LDL levels are caused by arterial damage caused by free radicals, AGEs, white sugar (from bad carbs), alcohol, tobacco, toxins and stress. Wholegrain carbs are protective from this. High LDL fats like meat cause LDL particles to hang around the bloodsttream for up to 6 hours which increases the chance of them get turned into either glycated LDL (if colliding with sugar) or oxidised LDL (if colliding with superoxide or peroxynitrite) both extremely harmful. Chargrilled and fried animal products bring extremely high amount of free radicals in the body and these contribute to arterial damage. So no, it is not the LDL that is harmful per see but it is the bigger picture. Humans need to consume both carbs and fats but we should be picking the right sources rather than blindly follow experts who clearly have an agenda.

There is a difference between self-promotion and spreading misinformation. For example, Eric Berg frequently disputes the unhealthy effects of saturated fats. He frequently talks about how LDL cholesterol is a misleading marker of cardiovascular disease and he promotes beefs and meat as a healthy beneficial food. Global death statistics clearly show that things like LDL (regardless of particle size) and blood pressure are directly correlated with heart disease and that correlates with the most deaths in the world. There is a clear and indisputable evidence around this yet people like him think they are the mavericks when they challenge these ideas. A lot of people following Dr Berg will end up doing extremely unhealthy keto diets that include shitload of fried meats and fats with zero fibre, fruit and vegetable. I had a colleague who ate at Mcdonalds every day. He would remove the bread from burgers and eat 5-6 meats patties at a time. He was convincing everybody that his Keto is the best health diet. In time, other guys around the office got influenced and started doing the same. This is the DANGER of people like Berg. He may be promoting the "healthy" keto but most people cannot tell difference and have zero nutrition knowledge so they end up shortening their lifespans. As such, anyone promoting such diet is basically promoting lack of wellness, lack of health and early death. If a supplement or drug was found to do that it would be taken off the market

Eric Berg is a very orange guy in a green coat whose main concern is pretty much his own bank account. He has been called up by medical doctors and PHDs on youtube for spewing nonsense and pseudoscience. If you open his website, it resembles that of Josh Axe or Ben Greenfield with thousands of links, adds, supplements and self-promotion. I am surprised this guy has such a gigantic follow behind him. He sometimes adds studies but they are well-cherry picked. Also what @Tarzan said, the guy calls himself a doctor and deliberately misleads people making them think he is an actual MD or PHD. Most people don't read description so he is unlikely to be disputed. This is not new on youtube but it creates corruption and deliberate misinformation

Ashwagandha is pretty good. Lemon Balm as a tea, or dried extract has been researched a lot for anxiety and insomnia Siberian Ginseng if you also feel worn down Passiflora, Skull Cap and Magnolia are decent St John's Wort for more depressive anxiety. Has the most research behind it CBD mentioned above is also good Note that none of the herbs or oiils "heal" the anxiety, they merely work on different aspects of brain chemistry and it is necessary to get to the bottom of it possibly by working with experienced mental health therapist or CBT specialist. Also, caution if you are on benzies, antidepressants or any other medical drugs that induce sedation and reduce depression/anxiety, it is probably not a good idea to do herbs at that time as they may cause hypomania when taken together.