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That thing looks scary as f ? For me what works best is a syringe with an adjustment that reduces the water pressure and then just kinda squirting water in and flooding the wax out gently

It's probably better but we don't have enough data yet because these things haven't been around for as long so epidemiology hasn't caught yet. With vapes it is important to get good quality clean fillers and not some rubbish from china. If you can inhale some natural essential oils that's preferable. Also consider how much time you spend per session. The potential issue with vapes is that cigarettes are limited by their size 2-4 mins per smoke where a lot of people will vape up to 45 mins per session simply because there is no physical end. So I would time the vape session to the max time it would usually take you to smoke cigarette and then put a hard stop to it. Still, it is a good progress towards stopping altogether, good job @Someone here Btw the issue with cigarettes isn't nicotine per se. In fact, nicotine as a herb has some therapeutic effects. It is the combustion, the chemicals used to hold the thing together, ammonia, hydrogen cyanide, cadmium contamination, tar formation and all the other hydrocarbons that deplete antioxidants and cause oxidative havoc in the respiratory system and also cause microdamage to the systemic vasculature. All the mucous and coughing that smokers experience is just body's attempt to heal the damage this causes. It may even be worth trying some sort of nicotine tincture or figuring a way to get just nicotine naturally in small doses without having to burn anything and gradually wean that off if you wanna take a more Gabor Matte sort of approach to it.

He may just want to get into your panties. It would eventually reopen old wounds because most people have hard-wired patterns they follow in particular social situations and relationships and eventually it would get exactly where it left off. Of course practice forgiveness and accept his apology but I would reconsider letting him in your life again. People rarely undergo dramatic changes of character and behaviour within a short term like that. But there also exists a possibility that he is genuinely sorry and seeking attunement... use your best judgement but be careful with who you let back in your life especially if they hurt you before Also be aware that fuckboys are brilliant mental manipulators so filter everything he says through a healthy level of scepticism. my surprise he said sorry and he felt bad. He said that was the last thing he wanted -to see me broken and he doesn't like hurting people just because he leads this "specific lifestyle". sounds like a huge red flag btw

12:15 damn, I'd love to try lifting in that sort of environment

Hsv is only infectious during breakup. If you knew how many ppl carry the virus you'd never kiss a woman. Keep your body healthy and your immune system strong and it won't flare up. All the best!

Paradoxically one of the best way is support of your natural immunity by exposing yourself to bacteria more not less. Doesn't mean kissing random strangers but embracing healthy ways to come in contact with bacteria in the nature, animals, unwashed produce etc. and sterilising less. Sterile society is what is causing decline of the number of ancient species in our guts we have housed for tens of thousands of years and probably rise of autoimmune reactions abd susceptibility of inflections with colony depletions and rise of pathogenic and opportunistic species. Erica Sonnenburg has a beautiful lecture on this topic on YouTube how sterilisation and avoidance is causing lots of issues

I don't know if that's true. While I didn't find human studies there are a few lab animal studies out there, look. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5464538/ - 4-week mice study Collectively, our data evidence that Ace-K consumption can lead to adverse effects in the gut microbiome of mice. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4615743/ - Mice recipients of saccharin-associated microbiomes developed glucose intolerance and their microbiomes reflected many of the changes observed in the donors, as compared to those receiving microbiomes of control mice. And of course in-vivo (lab animals) studies are at the very lowest in the hierarchy of evidence, I totally grant that and without human outcome data we can just speculate but boldly dismiss the evidence available (due to the absence of more robust studies) shows a lot of arrogance, especially by a PhD. If you listen to people like the Sonnenburgs (top-level microbiome researchers) and Chris Gardner (an actual clinical nutrition researcher) you'll quickly understand why creating studies that monitor microbiome outcomes is just ridiculously difficult to due because there is a gazilion of potential correlates in there. I think Norton is way out of his league being so dismissive here. This is how science starts. In the absence of human data, petri dish studies and in-vivo studies is the best we have. Every human data has at some point been initiated by a bunch of petri dish studies, the science takes time to catch up. One can only dismiss petri dish studies if they have been superseded by human outcome data or at least animal outcome data. On the topic of artificial sweeteners and microbiota, they haven't so I wouldn't be as dismissive straight away. Maybe he is right but maybe he isn't.

Hmm yes and no. Yes that it will meet your nutritional needs because even pop tarts are now enriched with nutrients to support global deficiencies. And remember that whenever we say "avoid deficiency" means you hit just above the bare minimum to prevent a disease such as scurvy or beriberi. It is not a level at one will thrive. No, in a sense that this sort of eating won't be ideal for preventing something like early-onset cardiovascular disease for which 7/10 people will die. IIFYM is bro-nutrition driven by bodybuilders and stage orange bro-science of people who don't know how to interpret nutritional epidemiology and who do not really understand the consequences of dietary choices of one's health. Calories in calories out is not the most complete interpretation of the literature. There was a video in which Layne was interpreting his blood lipid results and his total cholesterol and LDL-C were just fucking through the roof! with levels you would see in men much older than him and he completely dismissed that. Vegan gains actually addressed that bit in his video really well by looking at the LDL-C and atherosclerosis development chart https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3GtMScnqHQ The point of nutritional epidemiology is to assess potential health outcomes of different eating patterns and saying "it does not matter as long as you don't overeat" is a huge disservice to the public especially when it clearly shows on test that it is not working. Norton is approaching nutriiton from the standpoint of total caloric intake. The theory usually is that " as long as you are not overeating you won't get sick" and to a large point that is true because things like diabetes for example (Type 2 I mean) are basically energy status disease caused by long term overeating over the body's fat storage tolerance. But we lave loads of data on switching people's diet from saturated fats and beef and that sort of stuff (that he would consider ok) and seeing dramatic improvements in health (within the remit of their caloric needs) so I don't think as a hard-nosed PhD scientist he is being totally correct there. I have seen a lot of criticism for this on Norton's head. He is a denier of many things that are gradually being established in nutrition such as that consumption of PUFAs over saturated fats is actually healthy for humans. This particular video is on sweeteners for which I haven't done in-depth review but from hearing about others who have, they do not appear to be damaging although there is emerging literature in animals that they may be harming microbiome so that's something to keep in mind for future. So far we have no human data on that topic.

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Take an oral zinc test and check of you're not deficient. Extreme zinc deficiency (covid depletes zinc like crazy and most people are already deficient most of the time). The tests consists of holding a particular liquid in your mouth and testing the taste. It can usually be bought online or in pharmacies. If deficient take 25-50mg of zinc citrate for 2 months. After dinner before sleep. It may not be the cause but it may also help

Most of this sounds like lack of passion and lack of purpose in life. You cant change how the world treats you but you can choose how you respond to it. A lot of what you mentioned is learned helplessness that stems from thinking one is completely powerless which is not true at all. UIf you live in a relatively developed country you always have a choice how you respond. If you don't want to be controlled, work on identifying your passion and start digging your way out....it is the only way. A lot of anxiety and depression I see these day, especially in teenagers is actually lack of being challenged, especially mental challenge in life. Life becomes too easy and once there is a little bit of tension, instant anxiety kicks in because the body has not been allowed to develop coping mechanisms.

without food before bedtime, yes. This is because many minerals have a binding affinity for zinc receptors and it is easy for there to be interference with absorption.

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That vitamin C dose is fairly high and gastrointestinal disturbances can occur even at smaller doses. The zinc is high enough as well to cause issues in some people, it's not uncommon. Although it is more common to get zinc induced nausea if taken on empty stomach in the morning. Magnesium is just above recommended daily dose. Citrate is usually well tolerated although with 600mg you may be going slightly overboard and that can cause some osmotic changes in the gut. Overall this seems like quite a radical supplemental protocol but still within ranges of what's safe short term. I'd probably take a step back and ease into it. Also I'd eat everything except zonc with food and zinc before bedtime (as you were)

That's probably correct. However, on a deeper level, it has not been persuasively demonstrated that urinary output (how much arsenic people pee out after eating one or the other) in people eating one or the other differs significantly. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5502079/ Quote: "Another study used NHANES data to examine the association between brown and polished white rice intake separately and urinary arsenic (both t-As and i-As) concentrations in adults (Wu et al., 2015). Both white and brown rice consumption were associated with higher urinary t-As. However, urinary t-As excluding arsenobetaine did not differ between participants who primarily consume white versus brown rice. Mean urinary concentrations of the sum of arsenic metabolites excluding arsenobetaine were 11.5 μg/L among participants who ate <1 cup/day white rice, 13.1 μg/L among those who ate ≥1 cup/day white rice, and 7.9 μg/L among non-rice eaters. For brown rice eaters, the mean urinary i-As concentrations were 10.9 μg/L among those who ate <1 cup/day brown rice only and 13.1 μg/L for those who ate ≥1 cup/day brown rice. " My take on this would be that: it probably depends on where the white & brown rice is sourced from (exposure seems to differ based on geographical location of growth) It may be that while white rice has less arsenic, the high fiber content of brown rice is important factor in how much is absorbed vs hug much is excreted. And then nobody easts just the rice, we eat other foods with it that may influence tissue absorption of arsenic individual differences (genetic and otherwise) in arsenic detoxification and elimination may be important as well it also depends on the volume of rice consumed per period of time. Higehr portions consumed regularly may cause larger buildup over time, for example if someone consumes 1/2 cup daily vs if someone consumes 1 cup twice a week. it also depends on how we cook it, there is some clear data on this that the more we cook the rice and especially if we rinse it once or twice the more of the arsenic is removed In summary, I think the topic is probably more complicated than just saying rice A is bad and rice B is good. There are a large number of variables in play. If you can, link me any data that shows the significantly higher urinary output of arsenic after brown rice consumption vs white rice consumption if you have any.

I used Roaccutane about 15 years ago for 6 months. It worked and it cleared out my acne forever. It was hardcore, I was getting rashes, dry mouth and because the meds affect cellular turnover cycle and are pretty fucking rough on the liver so liver enzymes need to be tested regularly for signs of damage. With the information I have today I'd probably try to tinker with my lifestyle and diet first. Back then my parents did not have this info so Roaccutane was the best solution. I'm still hoping I won't be diagnosed with something as a late-onset side effect of that Accutane treatment in my 60s. As a growing male in your primal anabolic years, you are naturally susceptible to developing acne because your body is flooded with growth promoters and androgens. This is not a problem but sometimes the balanced can get tipped over by our lifestyle and this is when the effects of those growth promoters go beyond physical growth and start affecting other tissues not associated with physical growth (e.g. shoe pattern hair loss, acne etc) If you wanna try a more natural approach first, these may help: Get rid of most of added sugar in your diet (crackers, chocolates, candy, icecream, soda, sweet drinks etc) Get rid of refined grains (this means flour products such as white toast, donuts and pastries) Get rid of white pasta and white rice too Play around with dairy, some people get affected by it. Rather than consuming cheese and that sort of stuff I would minimise my dairy consumption to either kefirs and high probiotic yoghurts or just eliminate it completely. Definitely avoid eating butter, ghee and any sort of processed cheap dairy Hydrate well Read on Mediterranean diet and try to make the bulk of your diet kinda tilted towards that high amount of whole foods, fruits, vegetables, legumes, wholegrains, nuts and seeds you can also add some fatty fish unless you avoid animal food for ethical reasons Exercise at east 3 times a week and you could consider adding some mild sauna and some time spent with direct sunshine exposure Seek out ways to manage your stress In forms of supplements: you could try short try testing for vitamin A and vitamin D and if either is low, supplement. Both are important regulators of the cellular turnover cycle. If you don't get alot of sunshine, 2000 IU of vitamin D is safe long term dose howeve rif your levels come as below 30ng/mL you may need to go in 5,000s for a few months. With vitamin A I would only supplement short term and only small doses. With this one i would even consult doctor before supplementing. These points may not be enough to eradicate it but it should bring about significant improvement over 2-3 months. Give it a try and see how it goes. If all else fails, consider doing the medical treatment. You gotta weight out the side effects of Accutane vs taking no treatment and ending up with scar tissue on your face due to prolonged epidermal & dermal inflammation. This has to be a personal choice. Btw from the pic, your acne isn't nearly as bad as mine was. Maybe you can get this under control without meds. I would definitely try it first. Hope that helps. Good luck, you got this ! Take Care!

Why not just book a session with an ophthalmologist? None of us here are experts and this is a very delicate topic so I wouldn't mess around with to much internet advice. Go see a specialist and have them look at your eyes and inside of the eyes, they have a pain-free ways to do that with those drops that somehow make your pupils more transparent and they can look inside really easily (I have no idea what it is called or how it works but it is totally pain-free, I had that done years ago once) This is by far the easiest and the most reliable way to tell what's going on.

A guy I used to work with told me that Alan Carr's book on how to stop smoking was incredibly helpful for his smoking cessation. Might be worth a read.

good luck

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Some people get impacted by blue light more than others. This is very individual. Maybe you don't get impacted as much. I definitely do so what I described above is observation based on subjective (biased) experience. If that doesnt work with you just ignore that comment completely

I was chcking it out on Amazon, might give it a shot at some point yeah, I don't know about this either. Some of those things even say "kills 99.99 bacteria"

@Kshantivadin well of course but not in the sense that anyone would deliberately sabotage their health, it may be lack of knowledge or just health not being one of the highest values or priorities in life. People with poor health may probably be likely to engage in all sorts of behviors that wouldn't be considered healthy tho such as smoking, alcohol, high sugar consumption etc so yeah. But the neglect is usually not deliberate, it is a side effect of other things having higher priority which is totally understandable

the one issue I would see with this challenge (and pretty much any workout challenges out there) is that they favour the top of the fitness pack generally. So for example let's say a random person Lucy is in her prime fitness, works out 5 days a week and for her doiung the challenge is equivalent to a routine warm up. A second person, Jessica is just starting, is not in the best shape, has a few extra pounds and is generally a gym newbie. Now if the two stand next to each other doing the challenge at the same time, Jessica will feel like crap, she will lose her self-confidence and feel hummiliated. Lucy won't even break a sweat. Now if you strapped heart rate monitors on them, you'd see that where Lucy is going at 90-100 beats per minute on leisure pace burning 5 calories per minute, Jessica is firing on all cylinders going 180 beats per minute burning 25 calories per minute and her body is going through massive metabolic adaptation. On high altitude overview, it would seem that Lucy is doing great and Jessica's fitness sucks but in reality, Jessica is working 10 times harder to the point of nausea. For Jessica this is much more challenging because her muscles aren't as adapted, her heart isn't as efficient and she does not have the same vo2 capacity as Lucy has built up over years of training. This is where the whole notion of targeted goals vs individual performance comes in and which I believe is a huge default of all sports. Something like nice sports watch or Aura ring can help you calibrate your performance much better than being able to do or not do a challenge on internet But that's just my opinion you gotta have fun sometimes that's for sure :D. I've been trying to complete "bring sally up" pushup challenge for years but have never got beyond 3-minute mark even tho I know I am giving it my absolute best anyways soz for blasting your journal signing out

this is awesome! Once that mind shift (and also brain shift) happens, it is actually hard to stop working out because you'll get withdrawal symptoms but these are good withdrawal symptoms so embrace the additive nature of exercise Yeah, agreed. Especially if you live in Northern America or Europe This is an interesting question actually! I have never looked into the literature on how does incline impact metabolic deployment of different energy sources but it will definitely have an impact. The higher the incline the harder you will have to work but also the quicker you will tire. COmbined incline with high intensity will probably burn through your sugar stores too quickly and tire you out much much quicker because now you have to deploy large muscles of glutes and hamstrings that are maybe not deployed as much during regular walking. I would probably not go over 5-10% at a very moderate rate. You want to go at a pace where you could still have a conversation with relative ease (for prolonged fat burning benefits at least) If the aim if cardiovascular fitness & efficiency, however, I would switch to moderate to high intensity and shorter bursts of multiple rounds switching between high intensity and low intensity. Or select one of the pre-made programs for peak heart rate. Most of the machines have some element of variability for you to choose. Give it time. Maybe the techniques are not yet automated by the brain so the energy consumption isn't as efficient yet. It takes some practice to master the breath-during-reps technique properly. This is actually something where I would consider hiring a PT to help you because correct breathing will also help you achieve better performance. Also, worth mentioning that you actually want to be struggling with a bit of oxygen challenge because it generally means you are working hard and that's a common side effect especially during high intensity training. Yeah, agreed with this. You don't want to be driving those stress mechanisms chronically. Acute elevation of stress hormones (e.g. during exercise) is beneficial but long term stress is not too good. PCOS will generally benefit from weight lifting as it opens up cells for glucose (through a sort of backdoor mechanism) and the hallmark of PCOS is insulin resistance (or a mild degree of it). The restoring of good levels of HbA1C & reduction of oxidative stress is an topmost priority in PCOS treatment and coincidentally one of the best ways to improve A1C is weight training (and diet - mainly based around whole foods, high fibre and good intake of essential fatty acids- sort of Mediterranean style if you wish ) Also one thing that can make significant difference is myo-inositol + folic acid supplementation for 2-3 months. There is actually a pretty darn robut evidence out there that shows it really works potentially as effectively as some drugs used for PCOS and normalising the levels of LH, FSH and prolactin in many women. Chiro-inositol could be tiny bit more effective however it may cost twice as much so not sure if it would be worth the cost.