Michael569

The good thing about his books is that he pushes people towards eating more wholefood diet & recommends a bunch of really good supplements. If you are a typical American or European coming from a standard diet devoid of any nutrition, you feel reborn on his protocol. You'll have more energy and probably be happier which may lead to saying you've "detoxed yourself" where in reality you started feeding your body some real food and are feeling normal for the first time. The ghost, source & the other stuff surrounding his book sells in the eyes of people stuck in lower SD stages who want to believe in that stuff. Most of his advice is pseudoscience and it is mesmerizing how much the guy can get away with. But then, science is self-limiting in every aspect so what do we know...

Wow, that's really impressive. Many hours must have been put into creating it! Love the atmosphere you created especially the wind, gives it an impression of blissful solitude

This could possibly be suggesting that the underlying issue has not been removed. Maybe it would be helpful to work with a herbalist alongside the carnivore to help you include some antibacterial and a gut cleansing protocol. If that is successful, you'll definitely be able to consume more plants.

@Bojan ok dude

Grab a generic academic nutrition book. Something academic, boring, non-flashy that explains basic nutrition, biochemistry etc. Something that objectively reviews evidence. Most commercial books on nutrition are biased as f..

@ShardMare what sort of tests have you had so far?

Damn I would like to have something like that on my morning runs just saw you are an Icelander? Man, I am really envious. I know it gets cold as hell but the country is so beautiful and pristine. Waking up, taking freezing shower and a freezing run sounds like a nice Viking lifestyle

Holly shit, can you see aurora where you live? Oh man that's been my dream since I was a kid! Just read your journal for there first time and it's so inspiring. Do you feel like you've now adjusted to the 5am wakeup? It is fascinating what we can achieve we some good dose of determination & tenacity. Well done!

Look into the symptoms of GERD. Any of those seem related?

doesn't sound like someone who would have gone through years of nutritional training & research It is true that there are many supplements on the market that are not regulated, contain shitty ingredients and metal binders but it is not true that all of them are useless. There is very strong evidence suggesting that taking vitamin D in months where sunshine is insufficient makes a tremendous difference to the general health of the population. Most people are so incredibly deficient in vitamin D that you can't get that back even by sunbathing daily or eating liver. There are cases when supplementing is extremely important. It is not just to have your levels on a certain number but it means your risk of cancer & autoimmunity drops several hundred times. This not a joke, vitamin D deficiency is extremely problematic and unless you live in south Europe or tropic countries you need to supplement throughout the winter.

@Bojan taking your mom of her medicine may kill her. Stop being ignorant and accept that you don't know what you are doing. Research & learn. People are not sharing these tips with you for shits and giggles. You can give yourself end stage kidney failure of you do this wrong. You glomerular filtration will shut and you can die. You are not being a rebel, you are being a fool

It's not about creating a paranoia but since our world has become so toxic it is a sane idea to learn where the worst source are and where your major daily offenders come from. I think for most people switching a bunch of cosmetic products, filtering water and avoiding large fish is very doable. You don't have to read or participate in these conversations if you find the information shared useless.

They mention other sources of contamination as well thou. It seems some wine carriers would have been made of lead often, cosmetics as well medicines. I can imagine a lot of iron smelting in weaponry, armours, jewellery, in shipyards and in housing would expose lots of people. Lot of people & slaves would have also worked in mines, that would be a massive source But yah, a speculation

wow, what a golden nugget. Never heard about this

hey man, as someone who has gone through 5 years of muay-thai training I can tell you that these sessions are very safe and I have never been injured besides few bruises from kicks on legs. There are always idiots and fucktards but you can refuse to spar with them. These sports are beautiful if done from the place of genuine curiosity and of wanting to challenge yourself, learn discipline and learn to move your body in new ways. They are beautiful training for your synaptic connections between your cerebellum & prefrontal cortex. You don't have to spar if don't want to and everybody has to wear mouthguard, shinguard, gloves & bandages. Even at sparring, most people are fairly gentle and rational as long as you don't go 100% If you don't want to spar you can always just sign up for conditioning & power workouts. These are absolutely insane but you will build yourself up to ridiculous stamina and resilience. MMA is slightly different thou and you have a lot of stage-red people interested in these. It can be very brutal and ruthless and if you are looking for something more sensible, kickboxing is probably the best way or muay Thai if you don't mind a bit more aggressivity, knees & elbows. EDIT: in times of corona though, many of these may be off limits but do check with local clubs

Most Britta filters are pretty decent and get rid of heavy metals, pesticides & limescale. Aqua Optima is good as well. If you cannot afford reverse osmosis, get one of the filtration jugs, it is worth every penny. Neither of them may remove fluoride thou so if you are in States, the RO or Distiller would be better options.

Tim Shieff is a nice example of what prolonged fasting can do to you. Going from an inspiring vegan authority and an incredible athlete who competed at American ninja to a skeleton-like looking tragedy of a human being with an utterly destroyed digestive system that he tried to remedy with drinking his and his buddie's piss. His fast not only damaged and destroyed his microbiome but had a significant impact on his mental health, you can see the tragic difference when you listen to his 40 day fasting journey. It pays to be openminded and curious but be wary that there is a reason why the human body has perfected a powerful digestive system that crosses major part of our trunk and is protected by 4 layers of abdominal muscles and bones. It is not there because nature was taking piss. Nature is not stupid but humans tend to think they know better in their search of wanting to be a maverick. That being said, short bursts of 24-72 hour fasting can indeed be very beneficial and rejuvenating.

Have you had your testicles assessed properly for lumps or inflammation?

Here is your motivation

SSRIs are effective for major depressive conditions where people are borderline suicidal and at risk of harming themselves or others. For mild-to-moderate ones the evidence shows that they are not that different to placebo and side-effects are nasty. But if it is like you said that leaving a house is impossible, they may provide help while you work on the underlying issues. I think this is how they should be used, to stabilise you so that you can work on identifying a solution. If you are looking for more natural solution, St.John's Wort has probably the greatest amount of evidence and when compared to most SSRIs & TCYs for mild or moderate depression. SJW is however not effective for major depression. NOTE: You MUST NOT mix SJW (or any other antidepressant herbs) with antidepressant medications, that could create a manic state even be fatal.

The closes I have is Clean Fifteen and Dirty Dozen but this applies to US only I believe

Well based on lots of the previous topic on the forum, the brain is unfortunately where a lot of stuff gets stored including certain heavy metals that can cross the blood-brain barrier. Also you don't know anything about those animals, their feed and the way they were treated. I just can't justify the risk of brain being extremely contaminated for the benefit of getting some extra coq10 & DHA

If it was just a fling, it's probably ok. If there was emotional involvement, they probably deserve to know why you cut yourself off

Our ancestors ate whatever to survive.....whatever ancestors ate is not argument anymore, we have moved on since then.

I guess its better than nothing indeed but what I'd say we need to educate children on making healthy food choices. For example just teaching people to eat more fruits can probably save several tens of thousands of heart attacks a year. Now imagine the impact of children of 8 knowing and being accustomed to eating 8 portions of fruits & veggies a day unlike this madness here in UK.....this in my opinion is more impactful than having to memorise a date when Magna Carta was signed and stuff like that that you can now pull of google in 10 seconds. Ecological care is another one I hope will be added to schools. It might happen at some time but not anytime soon.