That looks really good

This!

Many people’s hormones are out of balance due to a diet with lots of sugar and fructose. It never hurts to cut down and see if things improve

That photo gives me anxiety

It would be nice if they had used a funnel, maybe the cost of the aluminum powder is so low they don’t care if a bit falls into the dustbox?

You can use forks of firefox that dont build in the tracking, such as mullvad browser.

It’s spying with extra steps. As long as nobody collaborates with the company paying them money, it’s perfect.

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.

No talking in the bathroom!

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

They can be if they make the choice, but its a difficult diet to pull off since sugar and carbs are everywhere.

But yes, of the people who are eating only ASF, they are very chill and relaxed, in my experience. Like we don’t hold meetings talking about protesting the green grocers.

Most full fledged carnivores I know, which are very few, are the most mellow and relaxed people I’ve ever met. They genuinely don’t care what other people eat. They would get, rightly, annoyed if someone was causing them hearing damage while they were out doing errands, however.

In my neighborhood a butcher shop is next to a Buddhist temple, and they get along just fine.

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

If you need it, you need it.

I just found ways to replace my old pills with food and lifestyle

I was on 3, but I got rid of them all.

I want to live without any pills!