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"content": "Toxic Matcha Will Not Help With Cognitive Decline, Only Animal Foods Will<br /><br />Today we return to Examine.com and one of their summaries of yet another totally braindead and unnecessary study, and I will explain why with some simple and established facts from biochemistry, physiology and biology. In short, if you have any understanding of the human body and the properties of plant compounds, you would never waste time or money on conducting such as retarded study as this.<br /><br />What was studied?<br />“The effect of matcha (a powder made from green tea leaves) on cognitive function in older adults with cognitive decline.”<br /><br />I guess the “researchers” used matcha because it contains theanine and caffeine, two compounds that are associated with increased focus and alertness due to their toxicity, triggering a fight-or-flight response while stimulating the central nervous system. However, the latter, the toxicity, is something most of “researchers” and “scientists” do not understand, as they have never looked into biochemistry, nor the effects on the human body, as documented in biology and physiology. And repeated exposure to such toxins can have very severe health implications. Read more in the summaries from real research below.<br /><br />Now, these effects are very temporary as the body breaks down and discards all these toxic compounds. So, they have absolutely no effect on brain health, much more the opposite.<br /><br />And while matcha is claimed to contain a lot of minerals and vitamins, they are plant-based, which means that they are inorganic and in the wrong chemical form to be used by humans. In short, the small amounts of what is available that we might be able to absorb in our digestive tract has to be converted, a process that yields even less in return, and what is left behind is extremely toxic and will do cellular damage. So, even if you could get 10 or even 20 % of some of the nutrients in matcha, the toxic load would outweigh any benefits.<br /><br />But with that being said, the dose of matcha is usually about 2 grams or so, which means that even if you could absorb some of the nutrients from it, in only 2 grams you would not even get 0.01% of what you actually need. So, we can discard the “nutrient” argument completely. All that is left is the extremely toxic and CNS-disrupting caffeine and theanine -- and the misunderstood antioxidant (defense chemical) catechin, which we will get to shortly. <br /><br />And we also know that brain health is mostly dependent on getting enough animal fats, as in saturated fats and cholesterol, which the brain is mostly made of. Also, animal-based omega-3’s are important, and so is minimizing the toxic load, especially that of fluoride, aluminum and other compounds that can actually damage the brain.<br /><br />So, using matcha, a powder from highly toxic green tea leaves in an attempt to “heal” the brain and improve cognitive function, is utterly futile, it’s retarded -- and it shows the sad state of “science” in today’s backwards world.<br /><br />“The primary outcomes were cognitive function, assessed using the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), and the ability to perform activities of daily living without assistance (e.g., cooking, bathing, and getting dressed). A secondary outcome was subjective sleep quality, assessed using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI).”<br /><br />These daily activities are not solely cognitive based, as many of them are linked to decreased physical function and mobility issues, from for example conditions such as arthritis, stroke, heart disease, lung disease, and sensory impairments.<br />Still, to achieve an improvement in daily activities, they would need to actually heal, as in getting plenty of bioavailable animal-based nutrition and doing some light physical therapy/work.<br /><br />And even if the researchers picked elderly who were deemed to have these difficulties due to cognitive decline “only”, the same still holds true. They need proper nutrition and some physical stimulus, not a toxic plant-based cocktail of caffeine, theanine, defense chemicals, antinutrients and heavy metals.<br /><br />Who was studied?<br />“99 older adults with cognitive decline (ages 60–85; 56 women, 43 men).<br />Of the participants, 64 had subjective cognitive decline and 35 had mild cognitive impairment. None of the participants had dementia.”<br /><br />Keyword being “subjective.”<br />And having cognitive decline and mild cognitive impairment at the young age of only 60 to 85 is really alarming. Their lifestyles and diet must be total crap. Poor deceived souls.<br />And that is a real reason to help them with their diets, giving them plenty of animal food, and not poisoning them with pulverized leaves.<br /><br />How was it studied?<br />“A 12-month randomized controlled trial was conducted in which the participants supplemented with 2 grams of matcha or a placebo daily.<br />The matcha and placebo were taken in the form of identically colored capsules. The matcha capsules provided approximately 171 mg of catechin (including 105 mg of epigallocatechin gallate), 48 mg of theanine, and 66 mg of caffeine.”<br /><br />Catechins are poorly absorbed in the human digestive system as it’s useless, with an estimated bioavailability ranging from 1-10%. That means that 90-99% of it will pose a toxic threat before being eliminated through the urine, feces and bile.<br />Also, the majority of the catechin was in the form of epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG,) which has an estimated bioavailability ranging from 0.1% to 2% of the ingested dose.<br />So, using the average score for bioavailability, they got about (171-105 = 66 x .05) 3,3 mg of catechins and about (105 x .01) 1 mg of EGCG. And that also means that they had (66-3,3) 62,7 mg of catechin and (105-1) 104 mg of EGCG, or a total of 166,7 unusable catechins circulating their bodies doing harm out of the 171 mg ingested. Read that again, 166,7 out of 171 mg simply sat around doing damage until excreted by the body, leaving only 4,3 mg of the 171 mg being absorbed and used. That is total insanity. Imagine the toxic load of 166,7 mg compared to the tiny benefits the 4,3 mg could possibly do.<br /><br />And I say possibly, because catechins are a class of polyphenolic compounds, specifically flavonoids, which are very sinister and deadly defense chemicals. They have zero benefits to human health, and their only purpose is to hurt, maim, and kill anyone trying to consume the plant. And that is why the bioconversion of catechins is so extremely low as the only thing it can be used for is to assist in autophagy and killing cells. However, our body breaks down non-functional cells during autophagy, while these foreign substances simply break down any cell it comes in contact with, be it damaged or fully healthy.<br /><br />And of course, theanine increases and prolongs the effects of caffeine, as both toxins need to be neutralized. That is not a good thing, although retarded people might think it is as you get a longer buzz from the caffeine with less.<br />Again, you need to think of the total toxic load and how the body desperately tries to neutralize and expel it. It’s an enormous stress on the body, and again, the toxins will damage tissues as long as they are active.<br /><br />What were the results?<br />“Supplemental matcha had no clear effect on cognitive function or the ability to perform activities of daily living.”<br /><br />Of course not. It’s a toxic powder from a leaf. It will provoke the body into alertness as it has to deal with toxins that attach to our adrenal glands and other tissues, upregulating the production of neurotransmitters such as norepinephrine, acetylcholine, and dopamine.<br />That is an instant and temporary effect, and none of this will do anything for the brain or your cognition outside of this short time frame. <br /><br />So, again, forget about idiotic and expensive supplements, drugs, herbs, remedies, or whatnot. None of them supports the body, only species-appropriate nutrition does. The body is self-healing as long as we provide what it needs, as in nutrients and required sleep.<br />If you want to read more about brain health and how to deal with cognitive decline, check all my articles on cholesterol, and those on Alzheimer’s and Parkinson's in particular.<br /> <br />",
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"content": "Toxic Matcha Will Not Help With Cognitive Decline, Only Animal Foods Will\n\nToday we return to Examine.com and one of their summaries of yet another totally braindead and unnecessary study, and I will explain why with some simple and established facts from biochemistry, physiology and biology. In short, if you have any understanding of the human body and the properties of plant compounds, you would never waste time or money on conducting such as retarded study as this.\n\nWhat was studied?\n“The effect of matcha (a powder made from green tea leaves) on cognitive function in older adults with cognitive decline.”\n\nI guess the “researchers” used matcha because it contains theanine and caffeine, two compounds that are associated with increased focus and alertness due to their toxicity, triggering a fight-or-flight response while stimulating the central nervous system. However, the latter, the toxicity, is something most of “researchers” and “scientists” do not understand, as they have never looked into biochemistry, nor the effects on the human body, as documented in biology and physiology. And repeated exposure to such toxins can have very severe health implications. Read more in the summaries from real research below.\n\nNow, these effects are very temporary as the body breaks down and discards all these toxic compounds. So, they have absolutely no effect on brain health, much more the opposite.\n\nAnd while matcha is claimed to contain a lot of minerals and vitamins, they are plant-based, which means that they are inorganic and in the wrong chemical form to be used by humans. In short, the small amounts of what is available that we might be able to absorb in our digestive tract has to be converted, a process that yields even less in return, and what is left behind is extremely toxic and will do cellular damage. So, even if you could get 10 or even 20 % of some of the nutrients in matcha, the toxic load would outweigh any benefits.\n\nBut with that being said, the dose of matcha is usually about 2 grams or so, which means that even if you could absorb some of the nutrients from it, in only 2 grams you would not even get 0.01% of what you actually need. So, we can discard the “nutrient” argument completely. All that is left is the extremely toxic and CNS-disrupting caffeine and theanine -- and the misunderstood antioxidant (defense chemical) catechin, which we will get to shortly. \n\nAnd we also know that brain health is mostly dependent on getting enough animal fats, as in saturated fats and cholesterol, which the brain is mostly made of. Also, animal-based omega-3’s are important, and so is minimizing the toxic load, especially that of fluoride, aluminum and other compounds that can actually damage the brain.\n\nSo, using matcha, a powder from highly toxic green tea leaves in an attempt to “heal” the brain and improve cognitive function, is utterly futile, it’s retarded -- and it shows the sad state of “science” in today’s backwards world.\n\n“The primary outcomes were cognitive function, assessed using the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), and the ability to perform activities of daily living without assistance (e.g., cooking, bathing, and getting dressed). A secondary outcome was subjective sleep quality, assessed using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI).”\n\nThese daily activities are not solely cognitive based, as many of them are linked to decreased physical function and mobility issues, from for example conditions such as arthritis, stroke, heart disease, lung disease, and sensory impairments.\nStill, to achieve an improvement in daily activities, they would need to actually heal, as in getting plenty of bioavailable animal-based nutrition and doing some light physical therapy/work.\n\nAnd even if the researchers picked elderly who were deemed to have these difficulties due to cognitive decline “only”, the same still holds true. They need proper nutrition and some physical stimulus, not a toxic plant-based cocktail of caffeine, theanine, defense chemicals, antinutrients and heavy metals.\n\nWho was studied?\n“99 older adults with cognitive decline (ages 60–85; 56 women, 43 men).\nOf the participants, 64 had subjective cognitive decline and 35 had mild cognitive impairment. None of the participants had dementia.”\n\nKeyword being “subjective.”\nAnd having cognitive decline and mild cognitive impairment at the young age of only 60 to 85 is really alarming. Their lifestyles and diet must be total crap. Poor deceived souls.\nAnd that is a real reason to help them with their diets, giving them plenty of animal food, and not poisoning them with pulverized leaves.\n\nHow was it studied?\n“A 12-month randomized controlled trial was conducted in which the participants supplemented with 2 grams of matcha or a placebo daily.\nThe matcha and placebo were taken in the form of identically colored capsules. The matcha capsules provided approximately 171 mg of catechin (including 105 mg of epigallocatechin gallate), 48 mg of theanine, and 66 mg of caffeine.”\n\nCatechins are poorly absorbed in the human digestive system as it’s useless, with an estimated bioavailability ranging from 1-10%. That means that 90-99% of it will pose a toxic threat before being eliminated through the urine, feces and bile.\nAlso, the majority of the catechin was in the form of epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG,) which has an estimated bioavailability ranging from 0.1% to 2% of the ingested dose.\nSo, using the average score for bioavailability, they got about (171-105 = 66 x .05) 3,3 mg of catechins and about (105 x .01) 1 mg of EGCG. And that also means that they had (66-3,3) 62,7 mg of catechin and (105-1) 104 mg of EGCG, or a total of 166,7 unusable catechins circulating their bodies doing harm out of the 171 mg ingested. Read that again, 166,7 out of 171 mg simply sat around doing damage until excreted by the body, leaving only 4,3 mg of the 171 mg being absorbed and used. That is total insanity. Imagine the toxic load of 166,7 mg compared to the tiny benefits the 4,3 mg could possibly do.\n\nAnd I say possibly, because catechins are a class of polyphenolic compounds, specifically flavonoids, which are very sinister and deadly defense chemicals. They have zero benefits to human health, and their only purpose is to hurt, maim, and kill anyone trying to consume the plant. And that is why the bioconversion of catechins is so extremely low as the only thing it can be used for is to assist in autophagy and killing cells. 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"content": "The Sattvic Diet -- A Deadly Modern Vegan Construct With No Historical Basis<br /><br />Today we return to the wannabe-fitness online publication Iron Magazine and their gullible and totally clueless writer Matt Weik as he continues his journey of total ignorance in the fantasy land of retarded diets. And as always, I’ll try my best to be nice although I’m wading through a muddy lake of shit. Or at least, somewhat nice. Nah, I will tell it like it is, as I always do. No silly filters.<br /><br />So, let’s see what this twat published for his poor readers this time.<br /><br />“There are so many different diets out there that it’s hard to keep up. The latest one being talked about is the Sattvic Diet.”<br /><br />You do not need to keep up, as there is only one species-appropriate “diet” for humans, the foods that we are constructed to consume, as in animal-based foods. Anything else, anything from the plant kingdom is inherently toxic and damaging to us.<br /><br />“The Sattvic diet is a way of eating prescribed in the Ayurvedic practice of the Hindu religion, which originated 5000 years ago. Those who utilize the sattvic diet consume fresh produce and nuts, which immensely benefit their health. Sattvic foods increase energy, calmness, and mental clarity.”<br /><br />Fresh produce? Do you even know what plant-based foods existed 5000 years ago, what they looked like and what a bitter foul-tasting fibrous mess they were, Matt? Of course not, you’ve never looked into biology. Ignorant little twat.<br /><br />“In essence, the Sattvic diet entails the consumption of nutritious and tasty vegetarian foods.”<br /><br />There’s no such thing as a tasty vegetarian food, and absolutely not nutritious. Are you that retarded Matt? Although cultivation and “genetically” modifications, such as cross-breeding, have improved the taste of plant foods due to increased amounts of starches, as in sugars, almost all of them did not even exist in nature 150 years ago. Pretty much every single vegetable and fruit available today are man-made. And the few that actually existed in nature, like carrots and some tubers, were extremely different, as in much smaller in size, much more stringy with higher fiber content and utterly bitter to the taste, indicating that they are toxic to humans.<br />In fact only a few hundred years ago, there were very few plants and fruits available in nature that you could actually eat. Making it impossible to build a whole diet on them. Again, basic biology and simple logic thinking.<br /><br />And as you should know, plants are chemically different to humans. We cannot extract nutrition from plants as we can do from any animal-based food. Most of the little actual nutrition that are present in plants are bound to fiber and antinutrients, and the tiny amount we might be able to absorb during digestion is still in the wrong chemical form, as in inorganic, and needs to be converted by the body, a process that only yields 10 to 80 % in return, while the remaining inorganic compounds are seen as foreign objects and are extremely toxic, causing great harm to our tissues. And let’s not forget the defense chemicals, antinutrients and heavy metals found in every single plant that do direct damage to our cells, organs, and hormones.<br /><br />All this is simple and established within biology, physiology and biochemistry. And by understanding these simple principles, we know that anything plant-based is damaging to our health and does not provide enough nutrition for us to sustain our health. Thus, anything “positive” described by the retards consuming such garbage is either the result of acute poisoning, as in a fight-or-flight response, from shutting down healing processes due to an heavily increased toxic load, from starvation and autophagy as the body eats itself to get nutrients, or from complete lies, as in propaganda. Guess where the Sattvic Diet fits in?<br /><br />“In this article, we will dive deeper into the unique benefits of the Sattvic diet and help you better understand if this is something you may want to try or not.”<br /><br />As it’s plant-based, there are no benefits unless you actually want to kill yourself. And anyone with an IQ above 70 would know better than to try it.<br /><br />Foods You Can Eat on the Sattvic Diet<br /><br />“Fruits and Vegetables: You can consume common fruits like apples, bananas, oranges, mangoes, papaya, and melons. You can also consume broccoli, zucchini, cauliflower, and green leafy vegetables like lettuce and arugula.”<br /><br />There you go Matt, you debunked the fake commercialized made-up Sattvic Diet without even knowing it, because you’re an uneducated fool.<br />None of these foods you just mentioned existed 5000 years ago, not even 500 years ago. Most of them didn’t even exist 150 years ago. Yet this practice is 5000 years old they claim? <br />Well, it is obvious that the Sattvic Diet is a scam, a modern construct, a part of the dumbing-down and enslavement plant-based agenda.<br /><br />“Grains and Legumes: The Sattvic diet allows the consumption of brown rice, quinoa, millet, oats, and lentils.”<br /><br />Grains are simply the seed of grass that has been cultivated and domesticated out of necessity throughout history to help against starvation as population increased rapidly. It’s one of the worst foods imaginable -- zero nutrition, extremely damaging, and simply only provides toxic carbohydrates, as in sugar. As I explained in my article “Nuts (Seeds) Are Extremely Toxic And Useless,” seeds are the most toxic part of any plant.<br />It’s something that should never be consumed, especially not oats, quinoa, millet or lentils.<br />And brown rice, again a grass, and full of heavy metals and damaging fiber.<br /><br />“Nuts and Seeds: Almonds, cashews, nuts and pistachios, pumpkin seeds, flax seeds, and chia seeds.”<br /><br />As I just mentioned, and has proven in numerous articles, seeds, such as nuts, are the most toxic part of any plant. Simply suggesting that someone should consume a seed or a nut should be criminal. Also, many of these seeds little Matt mentioned are modern inventions from cross breeding and cultivation, again debunking the legitimacy of this retarded Sattvic Diet.<br /><br />“Honey: The Sattvic diet discourages and prohibits sugar or artificial sweeteners. Hence, honey plays a significant role in the sweetness of the Sattvic diet. Alongside honey, one can consume moderate amounts of maple syrup and sugarcane juice.”<br /><br />Honey is extremely hard to come by in nature and being high in fructose, it’s a real liver killer. And modern processed maple syrup is nothing like the practice of boiling down maple sap which some indigenous people began doing 300 to 500 years ago. And sugarcane was first domesticated in tropical India and Southeast Asia and the toxic liquid we call sugarcane juice is nothing like what they extracted a thousand years ago, and absolutely not in the same quantities. Back then, it was a sweet treat consumed on special occasions a few times a year. Heck, sugarcane juice was often refined into sugar, and it was so rare that it was used as a form of currency. Very few consumed it, as it was valuable and only a treat for very special occasions. If this retarded Sattvic diet is indeed built upon history, they should know this and caution strict moderation of these highly sugary and toxic concoctions. <br />So, telling people to incorporate honey, maple syrup and sugarcane juice into their diets on top of grains is like giving them a ticket to the front row of “here comes diabetes.”<br /><br />“Herbs and Spices: Cumin, turmeric, coriander, ginger, cardamom, black pepper, and basil are the usual suspects in this category.”<br /><br />These are extremely poisonous compounds. I’ve covered them in-depth, and you should severely limit them or better yet, eliminate them from your diet. All you might need is some sea salt. If you need a lot of herbs and spices to make your food palatable, that really says something about the food...<br />Read more in my articles “Herbs Will Reduce/Stop The Healing Process — And More About Inflammation,” “All Herbal Supplements (And Remedies) Are Extremely Toxic,” and “Turmeric (Curcumin) and Black Pepper (Piperine) Linked to Liver Damage,” <br /><br />“Oil and Ghee: Oil and ghee are used in moderation, apart from sesame and coconut oil.”<br /><br />Ghee might be the only healthy thing in this atrocious construct of a vegan diet. Ghee is simply clarified butter made from cow or water buffalo milk. By removing the water content, you get a butter with about 99.5% fat, and being animal fats, it's very healthy and easily digested and used by the body. Also, it will contain a lot of fat-soluble vitamins, something completely lacking in plant foods. So, by simply adding ghee, they might be able to sustain themselves a lot longer than strict retarded vegans before becoming rotting zombie corpses.<br /><br />Seed/vegetable oils on the other hand are extremely toxic to humans. Not only do they go rancid the moment they get exposed to light, oxygen, or heat, but the unsaturated fats are in the wrong chemical form as they come from plants -- and you know the drill, they have to be converted, which is a problem as most of it is already rancid when consumed. Hence, very little can actually be used by the body and most of it will cause extreme damage to your blood vessels and organs.<br />I covered this in my articles “Vegetable Oils – most toxic food additive?,” and “Linoleic Acid, Good or Bad? It Depends On The Source — And Why All Seed/Vegetable Oils Are Extremely Toxic.”<br /><br />What Are the Health Benefits of the Sattvic Diet?<br /><br />Absolutely none! And there’s no real reason for listing all of Matt’s extremely retarded bullet points, as I have debunked them all, over, and over again in my previous articles using biochemistry, physiology, biology, 30+ years of experience in this field, and common sense.<br /><br />Matt mentioned the immune system, something that does not even exist. Read more in my article “Autoimmune Diseases And The Immune System Does Not Exist.”<br /><br />Matt also mentioned reduced inflammation, which is extremely bad and shows how toxic the diet is. As you likely know, inflammation is the observable result of a healing process and these processes take time and are very dependent on available nutrients and other processes making necessary compounds for transportation, healing and neutralization of toxins. If inflammation goes down shortly after doing something, it’s a guaranteed indication that you are lacking in nutrition and resources while the toxic load has increased and your body is spread thin, trying to neutralize this new onslaught of toxins and thus reducing other processes, such as healing (inflammation) to keep up. This is why not a single “remedy” or “drug” or “medication” works that give somewhat instant results. It’s simply acute poisoning. I’ve covered this in depth in many articles.<br /><br />Actually, if you do something good, as in increasing bioavailable nutrients through animal-based foods, your symptoms and the inflammation/healing response will temporarily get worse. First by the impaired nutrient absorption and inadequate enzyme production, which will stress the body, and then as the body catches up and can utilize the increase in nutrients, the body can finally do what it is supposed to do, as in heal and repair, which is a process that causes symptoms to begin with. And then, after a while as the healing progresses, it will slowly get better again. I explained all this in my article, “I Transitioned to Carnivore and Got Worse – Understanding Healing and Detox.” It’s common sense.<br /><br />Then Matt fell for the detoxification hoax and claimed that a retarded plant-based diet detoxifies the body. It cannot do any such thing. Detoxification is an 24/7 ongoing natural process that accelerates whenever you’re in a fasted state, as for example during late-night sleep. And to detoxify, you need a somewhat proper nutritional status, or the detoxification will be severely hampered. So, anyone experiencing “detoxification symptoms” when switching to a low-IQ vegan diet previously came from a diet that actually gave them some nutrition, as in some animal foods, so they had some stored nutrients available. And when switching to the plant-based crap, their toxic load increased significantly due to all the defense chemicals, antinutrients, heavy metals, and pesticides found in plants, and that is what they began to detoxify -- the shit they started eating, not the accumulated toxins from previous mishaps. Again, extremely simple to figure out.<br />And those who do not start detoxifying and simply notice improvements in their symptoms when switching diet, as in reduced inflammation, they are already malnourished, and can’t even detoxify the new onslaught of toxins, as explained in the previous bullet point.<br /><br />So, again we have a made-up diet within the realm of the evil vegan depopulation agenda, served to gullible and dumbed down people, like Matt Weik, as something mystical and shrouded in Hindu history. All marketing bullshit of course, as proven in this article. Yet, a lot of people will fall for it and shorten their lives considerably, not to mention the impact on their life quality, energy levels, and mental capacity. It will all plummet, making them into easily controlled slaves, into NPCs.<br /><br />",
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"content": "The Sattvic Diet -- A Deadly Modern Vegan Construct With No Historical Basis\n\nToday we return to the wannabe-fitness online publication Iron Magazine and their gullible and totally clueless writer Matt Weik as he continues his journey of total ignorance in the fantasy land of retarded diets. And as always, I’ll try my best to be nice although I’m wading through a muddy lake of shit. Or at least, somewhat nice. Nah, I will tell it like it is, as I always do. No silly filters.\n\nSo, let’s see what this twat published for his poor readers this time.\n\n“There are so many different diets out there that it’s hard to keep up. The latest one being talked about is the Sattvic Diet.”\n\nYou do not need to keep up, as there is only one species-appropriate “diet” for humans, the foods that we are constructed to consume, as in animal-based foods. Anything else, anything from the plant kingdom is inherently toxic and damaging to us.\n\n“The Sattvic diet is a way of eating prescribed in the Ayurvedic practice of the Hindu religion, which originated 5000 years ago. Those who utilize the sattvic diet consume fresh produce and nuts, which immensely benefit their health. Sattvic foods increase energy, calmness, and mental clarity.”\n\nFresh produce? Do you even know what plant-based foods existed 5000 years ago, what they looked like and what a bitter foul-tasting fibrous mess they were, Matt? Of course not, you’ve never looked into biology. Ignorant little twat.\n\n“In essence, the Sattvic diet entails the consumption of nutritious and tasty vegetarian foods.”\n\nThere’s no such thing as a tasty vegetarian food, and absolutely not nutritious. Are you that retarded Matt? Although cultivation and “genetically” modifications, such as cross-breeding, have improved the taste of plant foods due to increased amounts of starches, as in sugars, almost all of them did not even exist in nature 150 years ago. Pretty much every single vegetable and fruit available today are man-made. And the few that actually existed in nature, like carrots and some tubers, were extremely different, as in much smaller in size, much more stringy with higher fiber content and utterly bitter to the taste, indicating that they are toxic to humans.\nIn fact only a few hundred years ago, there were very few plants and fruits available in nature that you could actually eat. Making it impossible to build a whole diet on them. Again, basic biology and simple logic thinking.\n\nAnd as you should know, plants are chemically different to humans. We cannot extract nutrition from plants as we can do from any animal-based food. Most of the little actual nutrition that are present in plants are bound to fiber and antinutrients, and the tiny amount we might be able to absorb during digestion is still in the wrong chemical form, as in inorganic, and needs to be converted by the body, a process that only yields 10 to 80 % in return, while the remaining inorganic compounds are seen as foreign objects and are extremely toxic, causing great harm to our tissues. And let’s not forget the defense chemicals, antinutrients and heavy metals found in every single plant that do direct damage to our cells, organs, and hormones.\n\nAll this is simple and established within biology, physiology and biochemistry. And by understanding these simple principles, we know that anything plant-based is damaging to our health and does not provide enough nutrition for us to sustain our health. Thus, anything “positive” described by the retards consuming such garbage is either the result of acute poisoning, as in a fight-or-flight response, from shutting down healing processes due to an heavily increased toxic load, from starvation and autophagy as the body eats itself to get nutrients, or from complete lies, as in propaganda. Guess where the Sattvic Diet fits in?\n\n“In this article, we will dive deeper into the unique benefits of the Sattvic diet and help you better understand if this is something you may want to try or not.”\n\nAs it’s plant-based, there are no benefits unless you actually want to kill yourself. And anyone with an IQ above 70 would know better than to try it.\n\nFoods You Can Eat on the Sattvic Diet\n\n“Fruits and Vegetables: You can consume common fruits like apples, bananas, oranges, mangoes, papaya, and melons. You can also consume broccoli, zucchini, cauliflower, and green leafy vegetables like lettuce and arugula.”\n\nThere you go Matt, you debunked the fake commercialized made-up Sattvic Diet without even knowing it, because you’re an uneducated fool.\nNone of these foods you just mentioned existed 5000 years ago, not even 500 years ago. Most of them didn’t even exist 150 years ago. Yet this practice is 5000 years old they claim? \nWell, it is obvious that the Sattvic Diet is a scam, a modern construct, a part of the dumbing-down and enslavement plant-based agenda.\n\n“Grains and Legumes: The Sattvic diet allows the consumption of brown rice, quinoa, millet, oats, and lentils.”\n\nGrains are simply the seed of grass that has been cultivated and domesticated out of necessity throughout history to help against starvation as population increased rapidly. It’s one of the worst foods imaginable -- zero nutrition, extremely damaging, and simply only provides toxic carbohydrates, as in sugar. As I explained in my article “Nuts (Seeds) Are Extremely Toxic And Useless,” seeds are the most toxic part of any plant.\nIt’s something that should never be consumed, especially not oats, quinoa, millet or lentils.\nAnd brown rice, again a grass, and full of heavy metals and damaging fiber.\n\n“Nuts and Seeds: Almonds, cashews, nuts and pistachios, pumpkin seeds, flax seeds, and chia seeds.”\n\nAs I just mentioned, and has proven in numerous articles, seeds, such as nuts, are the most toxic part of any plant. Simply suggesting that someone should consume a seed or a nut should be criminal. Also, many of these seeds little Matt mentioned are modern inventions from cross breeding and cultivation, again debunking the legitimacy of this retarded Sattvic Diet.\n\n“Honey: The Sattvic diet discourages and prohibits sugar or artificial sweeteners. Hence, honey plays a significant role in the sweetness of the Sattvic diet. Alongside honey, one can consume moderate amounts of maple syrup and sugarcane juice.”\n\nHoney is extremely hard to come by in nature and being high in fructose, it’s a real liver killer. And modern processed maple syrup is nothing like the practice of boiling down maple sap which some indigenous people began doing 300 to 500 years ago. And sugarcane was first domesticated in tropical India and Southeast Asia and the toxic liquid we call sugarcane juice is nothing like what they extracted a thousand years ago, and absolutely not in the same quantities. Back then, it was a sweet treat consumed on special occasions a few times a year. Heck, sugarcane juice was often refined into sugar, and it was so rare that it was used as a form of currency. Very few consumed it, as it was valuable and only a treat for very special occasions. If this retarded Sattvic diet is indeed built upon history, they should know this and caution strict moderation of these highly sugary and toxic concoctions. \nSo, telling people to incorporate honey, maple syrup and sugarcane juice into their diets on top of grains is like giving them a ticket to the front row of “here comes diabetes.”\n\n“Herbs and Spices: Cumin, turmeric, coriander, ginger, cardamom, black pepper, and basil are the usual suspects in this category.”\n\nThese are extremely poisonous compounds. I’ve covered them in-depth, and you should severely limit them or better yet, eliminate them from your diet. All you might need is some sea salt. If you need a lot of herbs and spices to make your food palatable, that really says something about the food...\nRead more in my articles “Herbs Will Reduce/Stop The Healing Process — And More About Inflammation,” “All Herbal Supplements (And Remedies) Are Extremely Toxic,” and “Turmeric (Curcumin) and Black Pepper (Piperine) Linked to Liver Damage,” \n\n“Oil and Ghee: Oil and ghee are used in moderation, apart from sesame and coconut oil.”\n\nGhee might be the only healthy thing in this atrocious construct of a vegan diet. Ghee is simply clarified butter made from cow or water buffalo milk. By removing the water content, you get a butter with about 99.5% fat, and being animal fats, it's very healthy and easily digested and used by the body. Also, it will contain a lot of fat-soluble vitamins, something completely lacking in plant foods. So, by simply adding ghee, they might be able to sustain themselves a lot longer than strict retarded vegans before becoming rotting zombie corpses.\n\nSeed/vegetable oils on the other hand are extremely toxic to humans. Not only do they go rancid the moment they get exposed to light, oxygen, or heat, but the unsaturated fats are in the wrong chemical form as they come from plants -- and you know the drill, they have to be converted, which is a problem as most of it is already rancid when consumed. Hence, very little can actually be used by the body and most of it will cause extreme damage to your blood vessels and organs.\nI covered this in my articles “Vegetable Oils – most toxic food additive?,” and “Linoleic Acid, Good or Bad? It Depends On The Source — And Why All Seed/Vegetable Oils Are Extremely Toxic.”\n\nWhat Are the Health Benefits of the Sattvic Diet?\n\nAbsolutely none! And there’s no real reason for listing all of Matt’s extremely retarded bullet points, as I have debunked them all, over, and over again in my previous articles using biochemistry, physiology, biology, 30+ years of experience in this field, and common sense.\n\nMatt mentioned the immune system, something that does not even exist. Read more in my article “Autoimmune Diseases And The Immune System Does Not Exist.”\n\nMatt also mentioned reduced inflammation, which is extremely bad and shows how toxic the diet is. As you likely know, inflammation is the observable result of a healing process and these processes take time and are very dependent on available nutrients and other processes making necessary compounds for transportation, healing and neutralization of toxins. If inflammation goes down shortly after doing something, it’s a guaranteed indication that you are lacking in nutrition and resources while the toxic load has increased and your body is spread thin, trying to neutralize this new onslaught of toxins and thus reducing other processes, such as healing (inflammation) to keep up. This is why not a single “remedy” or “drug” or “medication” works that give somewhat instant results. It’s simply acute poisoning. I’ve covered this in depth in many articles.\n\nActually, if you do something good, as in increasing bioavailable nutrients through animal-based foods, your symptoms and the inflammation/healing response will temporarily get worse. First by the impaired nutrient absorption and inadequate enzyme production, which will stress the body, and then as the body catches up and can utilize the increase in nutrients, the body can finally do what it is supposed to do, as in heal and repair, which is a process that causes symptoms to begin with. And then, after a while as the healing progresses, it will slowly get better again. I explained all this in my article, “I Transitioned to Carnivore and Got Worse – Understanding Healing and Detox.” It’s common sense.\n\nThen Matt fell for the detoxification hoax and claimed that a retarded plant-based diet detoxifies the body. It cannot do any such thing. Detoxification is an 24/7 ongoing natural process that accelerates whenever you’re in a fasted state, as for example during late-night sleep. And to detoxify, you need a somewhat proper nutritional status, or the detoxification will be severely hampered. So, anyone experiencing “detoxification symptoms” when switching to a low-IQ vegan diet previously came from a diet that actually gave them some nutrition, as in some animal foods, so they had some stored nutrients available. And when switching to the plant-based crap, their toxic load increased significantly due to all the defense chemicals, antinutrients, heavy metals, and pesticides found in plants, and that is what they began to detoxify -- the shit they started eating, not the accumulated toxins from previous mishaps. Again, extremely simple to figure out.\nAnd those who do not start detoxifying and simply notice improvements in their symptoms when switching diet, as in reduced inflammation, they are already malnourished, and can’t even detoxify the new onslaught of toxins, as explained in the previous bullet point.\n\nSo, again we have a made-up diet within the realm of the evil vegan depopulation agenda, served to gullible and dumbed down people, like Matt Weik, as something mystical and shrouded in Hindu history. All marketing bullshit of course, as proven in this article. Yet, a lot of people will fall for it and shorten their lives considerably, not to mention the impact on their life quality, energy levels, and mental capacity. It will all plummet, making them into easily controlled slaves, into NPCs.\n\n",
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"content": "Forcing The Body to Use More Energy By Increased Detoxification Is Not A Good Idea<br /><br />Today we return to T-Nation and their clueless and protein-obsessed writer Chris Shugart, a guy I’ve had to correct more times than I care to remember.<br />This time he’s once again raving about the alleged metabolic/thermogenic effects of protein, which in reality are almost negligible. We already know that protein is used for several processes in the body, processes that require energy -- so about 20 to 30 % of the energy content in protein is used up during digestion, processing, and to cover for all these processes it is involved in. In contrast, consuming toxic carbohydrates use 5 to 10% of its energy content to be digested and to normalize blood glucose levels. So, let’s see what Chris has found and made a mess of this time.<br /><br />“If I were given a million-dollar advance to write a diet book, I could sum it up in one sentence:<br />Eat about a gram of protein per pound of body weight.”<br /><br />Yeah, that’s because you Chris have no clue about how the human body works, as you obviously never have looked at a paper within physiology, biology, microbiology, or biochemistry.<br /><br />Here’s a better summary in one single sentence, “Eat according to your carnivorous species and utilize days of fasting for fat loss.” That is the single best approach there is, period.<br /><br />“The big question is, \"Why does that work?\" You might think it has something to do with satiety or protein's greater thermic effect. You wouldn't be wrong, but there's more to the protein story. A fascinating study gives us another chapter.”<br /><br />Nope. Satiety from protein is temporary, what governs hunger and cravings is your nutritional status, whether you have nutrient deficiencies or not. The thermic effect is abysmal in the greater scheme as it levels off once you have consumed what the body needs for its processes and building/repair. Any excess protein will either be stored as glycogen or excreted. So, if you get enough protein, adding more will do nothing for your metabolism or energy expenditure. And I highly doubt that the study you’re going to present to us is “fascinating,” not unless you also find a dirty latrine or a pile of dog shit “fascinating.”<br /> <br />The Study: Locked in a Room for 32 Hours<br /><br />“Researchers recruited 43 healthy men and women and locked them in a weird room for 32 hours… twice.”<br /><br />Weird, you say. Also, it would be nice to get a definition of “healthy.” Did they follow our natural species-appropriate diet of solely animal-based foods? I highly doubt it, and if not, they were not healthy by real-world definitions.<br /><br />“The room is called a whole-body calorimetry unit. This chamber is like a big machine that measures energy expenditure. This, along with some other sci-fi gadgets and tests, allowed the researchers to see the difference between calorie intake and expenditure (energy balance). They also looked at fat balance: dietary fat consumed, and dietary fat burned for energy.”<br /><br />Well, considering that they use “calories” as a measuring unit, a definition that comes from burning food stuff and noticing an increase in temperature of a container of water, it’s extremely flawed from the start. Remember, our body does not work like a calorimeter, we absorb nutrients that are used in chemical processes, not nutrients that immediately are burned to create heat to warm the water inside of us. Ridiculous.<br />But, let’s play along and see what they think they discovered.<br /><br />“Group 1: Normal Protein Control Diet – This group got three meals and two snacks on the first day, slept in the weird calorie room, and had breakfast on the second day. All of these were pretty standard whole-food meals. They consumed about 2100 calories, with 83 grams coming from protein.”<br /><br />Looking at the actual study, this group was fed a typical North American diet consisting of “standard food items” amounting to an extremely unhealthy 55% carbohydrates, 30% fat, and only 15% protein. As the authors did not mention what food they consumed other than “standard food items,” we have to conclude that most of the foods were plant-based and processed, as in the unhealthiest crap you can consume. Extremely retarded approach. So, let's see what the second group got...<br /><br />“Group 2: High Protein Diet – This group also consumed 2100 calories divided over several meals, but their diets contained 211 grams of protein. That sounds good, but their \"meals\" consisted of soy protein powder and olive oil blended into low-fat milk. Gross!”<br /><br />This group's macronutrient ratios changed to 35% carbohydrates, 40% protein, and 25% fat. They reduced the carbs by 20% and the fat by 5% and replaced that with extremely toxic soy protein, which is a very low quality protein source. They also added “low-fat milk” which is pasteurized and homogenized rubbish, equivalent to water -- a watery substance that they fortify with extremely toxic artificial vitamins and minerals. And of course, olive oil is both rancid and contains very harmful unsaturated fats, not suitable for human consumption.<br />The weird thing is that the authors changed the entire food selection for this group, and I quote, “the HP-TDR diet consisted of a soy-protein nutritional supplement mixed with olive oil and low-fat milk (1% fat) for the main meals and with olive oil and apple juice for the snacks, per label instructions.”<br /><br />This is actually worse than group 1. Toxic soy mixed with toxic olive oil for three meals, and then more toxic olive oil and a liver-killer sugary juice for two meals?! Crazy, just crazy!<br /><br />And this shows the complete lack of understanding of human nutrition, of physiology, biology, and biochemistry. They do not understand the difference between organic and bioavailable nutrients found only in animal-based foods or that of inorganic and non-bioavailable nutrients as found in plants. Nor do they understand the toxic load from converting a small fraction of these inorganic nutrients to something the body might be able to use, or the hundreds of other toxins present in plant-derived foods.<br />With these two diets, only those who got a little bit of animal-based foods will actually get any usable nutrition, which totally excludes the high protein group (HP-TDR.) <br />So, the most important part in how their bodies would react comes down to the toxic load, how “healthy” they actually are, as in how well they can detoxify, followed by their ability to actually get some usable nutrients from the extremely toxic slave garbage they were fed. <br /><br />The extremely lacking knowledge and understanding of human physiology and nutrition is embarrassing.<br /><br />“Now, 2100 calories was the participants' maintenance intakes, which shouldn't cause weight gain or loss. Both groups walked on a treadmill for 40 minutes and then just sat around. A few weeks later, they switched groups and did it again (a crossover design study). And remember, they consumed the same number of daily calories in both groups. Only protein intake differed.”<br /><br />Again, “calories” are irreverent, only nutrients count. And I doubt that all 43 participants, both men and women, had a perfect “2100 calorie maintenance.” Still, it doesn't matter much. And to be clear, they were in that room following the retarded protocol for 32 hours. That was it. Then a few weeks later, they repeated the same experiment but switched the groups around.<br /><br />And no, Chris, you dimwit, it was not “only protein” that differed, as their diets were completely different. All important nutrients differed in quantities, and that is crucial to understand.<br /><br />In fact, here’s a simple and dumbed-down nutrient content profile provided by the authors of the study.<br /><br />As you can see, control group 1 (CON) got 295 grams of carbohydrates, of which 92 grams were considered as “sugars.” Meanwhile the “high protein group” (HP-TDR) got 186 grams of carbohydrates, of which almost all were sugars, as in 179 grams, and that was due to the apple juice, so most of that was extremely toxic fructose, really taxing their livers.<br />Also CON got a bit more healthy saturated fat with 17 grams compared to 12 grams in HP-TDR. However, CON also got a healthy 107 mg of life-sustaining cholesterol, while HP-TDR only got a measly vegan-like 38 mg. Remember, saturated fats, and especially cholesterol are needed for all cellular repair and healing within the body, and if not sufficient from the diet, our body will try to manufacture enough cholesterol on its own -- a costly process.<br /><br />So, the high-protein group (HP-TDR) got tons of toxic soy protein and olive oil, a buckload of toxic fructose, and way too little cholesterol and saturated fats, really stressing the hell out of the body.<br /><br />What Happened?<br /><br />“The high-protein eaters burned around 80 calories per day more compared to the average-protein eaters – 4% more calories.”<br /><br />That is very little, and only a tiny bit of that was from the thermogenic effect of protein, whatever they could actually break down and absorb from the toxic soy. However, the majority of that energy increase was from the extreme toxic load, especially on the liver from the fructose -- and also forcing the body to produce cholesterol as the diet was extremely deficient.<br />Also, the 4% energy difference is irrelevant, as following such an retarded diet as the HP-TDR group was consuming would lead to severe health problems and nutrient deficiencies really quickly, rendering it totally useless. So, forget about the 80 calories or the 4% as this setup was totally different from simply adding more protein to your current diet -- even more so if you already consume more protein than the CON group’s measly 83 grams a day.<br /><br />A real study would have used a strict carnivorous diet and simply had more meat, and leaner cuts from the same animal, and perhaps a few more eggs for the HP-TDR group while reducing some of the fats. <br />Or, they would have used a strict carnivore diet where they removed some fatty meat from the HP-TDR group and added in some isolated and/or hydrolyzed protein powder (88-92%) to see if any metabolic differences would occur outside of the thermic effect.<br />But even then, by reducing the fatty cuts of meat, or other fat sources, such as egg yolks, you would reduce some essential nutrients for the HP-TDR group, so you would have to be above “maintenance” (energy and nutrient intake) and make sure that both groups got more essential nutrients than the body could use.<br /><br />“The high-protein eaters even burned 17 more calories while sleeping than the normal-protein eaters.”<br /><br />Likely due to the liver detoxing that fructose and the body struggling to produce sufficient amounts of cholesterol. Remember, most of our detoxing happens when we are in a fasted state, and these poor fools in this study got five meals a day, so they were only in a fasted state in the later part of their sleep.<br /><br />“On the second day of the diet, both groups had breakfast, either a modest-protein whole-food meal or a high-protein shake. The researchers measured energy expenditure during their remaining six hours in the whole-body calorimetry unit. The normal-protein eaters burned 75 calories. The high-protein eaters burned 100 calories.”<br /><br />Yes, it’s not that the protein they managed to absorb from the soy turned up their metabolism, although there was a thermic effect and a possible increase in protein turnover, it’s more likely that the toxic load and the cumbersome breakdown and conversion of the inorganic proteins required quite a lot of energy, not to mention the toxic load on the organs. So, how much was actually the result of real pure protein metabolism? Likely not much at all, and from these figures we will never know, as the researchers were so frikkin’ stupid in their design of the study. Instead, it is much more likely that most of that spent energy was from breaking down the food, converting the little the body could absorb, and especially from detoxing and expelling all the rest, including all plant toxins.<br /><br />“Regarding the fat balance data, the high-protein diet lead to a negative fat balance (they oxidized more dietary fat). The normal-protein diet lead to a neutral fat balance.”<br /><br />Of course, the CON group got more carbohydrates, and especially starches that flooded the blood with glucose, storing most of the dietary fat instead of using it as energy. The HP-TDR group got less carbohydrates, and most of it was fructose that must be metabolized in the liver, where some of it could be stored (if liver glycogen is depleted,) resulting in less blood glucose, and their bodies could use more of the available fatty acids as energy. Simple.<br /><br />“Based on the 24-hour respiratory exchange ratio, the high-protein eaters burned more body fat all day long.”<br /><br />Yes, the HP-TDR group consumed less carbohydrates, which meant less blood glucose that could shut down the use of fatty acids, as glucose metabolism is prioritized as it is extremely toxic and damages our soft tissues. So, the less carbohydrates you consume, the more the body can rely on its natural energy source, as in using fatty acids, whether they come from food or from your body fat. So, this has nothing to do with protein and its function, it has to do with the change of macronutrient ratios, as in lowering carbohydrates.<br /><br />“When the researchers ran the energy balance math, the high-protein group showed a slightly negative energy balance (-18 calories). The normal-protein group showed a moderately positive energy balance (+92 calories). So that's a 110-calorie difference between the two groups.”<br /><br />Again, the CON group consumed way too much carbohydrates, effectively shutting down the use of fatty acids as energy. And a slightly negative energy balance in the HP-TDR group could be from energy maintenance miscalculation, the added toxic load and energy metabolism from overloaded organs, or all of it.<br /><br />“Bill Campbell, Ph.D., makes this important note: \"What's essentially happening here is that you're getting a calorie-deficit-like effect without actually reducing your calories. It's occurring by manipulating daily protein intake.\"<br /><br />Bill Campbell is a complete uneducated moron. Please stop quoting him and embarrassing yourselves.<br />Again, the results from this study are totally irrelevant as they did not account for changes of other nutrients nor the very important toxic load and the impact on our organs and detoxification mechanisms.<br /><br />How to Use This Info<br /><br />“Eat a high-protein diet if you're not already doing it. Remember, the study participants above were normal-weight folks who bumped their protein up to 211 grams a day.”<br /><br />No, they did not bump their protein to 211 grams a day, as it was solely from soy protein. In soy products, you might be able to absorb 70 to 80% in the small intestine. And of those 70-80%, only 50 to 60 % can be converted into usable amino acids. In a refined isolated protein powder where most of the fiber has been removed and perhaps a small amount of antinutrients has been destroyed, the absorption might rise to 90%, however, the conversion rate into usable amino-acids is still in the 60% range.<br /><br />So, at best, they did absorb about (211 x 0.9) 190 grams, yielding in (190 x 0.6) 117 grams of “usable” protein. 117 grams is a long way from 211 grams. And a perfect example why you should not consume plant-derived slave sludge.<br /><br />“Also, I'd love to see this study repeated with a better-quality protein source for the high-protein group. I mean, it's like they chose the least-good protein (soy) they possibly could. They must've been on a tight budget because soy is generic dog food protein.”<br /><br />Yes, this was the only sensible thing you said in this whole article, Chris -- except that I would never feed my dogs anything plant-based such as soy, as that is animal abuse. Yet, you use this abysmal study as material for an article where you try to sell your own protein powder. Shameful!<br /><br />To conclude, this study was a complete waste of time as protein metabolism and a possible impact on energy metabolism was concerned. The diet setup was an utter mess, as they did not understand such simple concepts as bioavailability, bioconversion, the toxic load, nor how the body expel inorganic compounds and toxins, including detoxification -- all essential processes that require a lot of nutrients and energy.<br /><br />With that in mind, their results were most likely an energy increase from these processes, much more so than the metabolic increase of a higher protein load. Still, we do know that protein has a thermogenic effect, but this study shed no light on how much it is, or what difference it can make.<br /><br />Also, these silly things do not matter. What matters is that you follow our natural species-appropriate diet, which is the only way to get all essential nutrients in a fully bioavailable format, while minimizing the toxic load.<br />",
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"content": "Forcing The Body to Use More Energy By Increased Detoxification Is Not A Good Idea\n\nToday we return to T-Nation and their clueless and protein-obsessed writer Chris Shugart, a guy I’ve had to correct more times than I care to remember.\nThis time he’s once again raving about the alleged metabolic/thermogenic effects of protein, which in reality are almost negligible. We already know that protein is used for several processes in the body, processes that require energy -- so about 20 to 30 % of the energy content in protein is used up during digestion, processing, and to cover for all these processes it is involved in. In contrast, consuming toxic carbohydrates use 5 to 10% of its energy content to be digested and to normalize blood glucose levels. So, let’s see what Chris has found and made a mess of this time.\n\n“If I were given a million-dollar advance to write a diet book, I could sum it up in one sentence:\nEat about a gram of protein per pound of body weight.”\n\nYeah, that’s because you Chris have no clue about how the human body works, as you obviously never have looked at a paper within physiology, biology, microbiology, or biochemistry.\n\nHere’s a better summary in one single sentence, “Eat according to your carnivorous species and utilize days of fasting for fat loss.” That is the single best approach there is, period.\n\n“The big question is, \"Why does that work?\" You might think it has something to do with satiety or protein's greater thermic effect. You wouldn't be wrong, but there's more to the protein story. A fascinating study gives us another chapter.”\n\nNope. Satiety from protein is temporary, what governs hunger and cravings is your nutritional status, whether you have nutrient deficiencies or not. The thermic effect is abysmal in the greater scheme as it levels off once you have consumed what the body needs for its processes and building/repair. Any excess protein will either be stored as glycogen or excreted. So, if you get enough protein, adding more will do nothing for your metabolism or energy expenditure. And I highly doubt that the study you’re going to present to us is “fascinating,” not unless you also find a dirty latrine or a pile of dog shit “fascinating.”\n \nThe Study: Locked in a Room for 32 Hours\n\n“Researchers recruited 43 healthy men and women and locked them in a weird room for 32 hours… twice.”\n\nWeird, you say. Also, it would be nice to get a definition of “healthy.” Did they follow our natural species-appropriate diet of solely animal-based foods? I highly doubt it, and if not, they were not healthy by real-world definitions.\n\n“The room is called a whole-body calorimetry unit. This chamber is like a big machine that measures energy expenditure. This, along with some other sci-fi gadgets and tests, allowed the researchers to see the difference between calorie intake and expenditure (energy balance). They also looked at fat balance: dietary fat consumed, and dietary fat burned for energy.”\n\nWell, considering that they use “calories” as a measuring unit, a definition that comes from burning food stuff and noticing an increase in temperature of a container of water, it’s extremely flawed from the start. Remember, our body does not work like a calorimeter, we absorb nutrients that are used in chemical processes, not nutrients that immediately are burned to create heat to warm the water inside of us. Ridiculous.\nBut, let’s play along and see what they think they discovered.\n\n“Group 1: Normal Protein Control Diet – This group got three meals and two snacks on the first day, slept in the weird calorie room, and had breakfast on the second day. All of these were pretty standard whole-food meals. They consumed about 2100 calories, with 83 grams coming from protein.”\n\nLooking at the actual study, this group was fed a typical North American diet consisting of “standard food items” amounting to an extremely unhealthy 55% carbohydrates, 30% fat, and only 15% protein. As the authors did not mention what food they consumed other than “standard food items,” we have to conclude that most of the foods were plant-based and processed, as in the unhealthiest crap you can consume. Extremely retarded approach. So, let's see what the second group got...\n\n“Group 2: High Protein Diet – This group also consumed 2100 calories divided over several meals, but their diets contained 211 grams of protein. That sounds good, but their \"meals\" consisted of soy protein powder and olive oil blended into low-fat milk. Gross!”\n\nThis group's macronutrient ratios changed to 35% carbohydrates, 40% protein, and 25% fat. They reduced the carbs by 20% and the fat by 5% and replaced that with extremely toxic soy protein, which is a very low quality protein source. They also added “low-fat milk” which is pasteurized and homogenized rubbish, equivalent to water -- a watery substance that they fortify with extremely toxic artificial vitamins and minerals. And of course, olive oil is both rancid and contains very harmful unsaturated fats, not suitable for human consumption.\nThe weird thing is that the authors changed the entire food selection for this group, and I quote, “the HP-TDR diet consisted of a soy-protein nutritional supplement mixed with olive oil and low-fat milk (1% fat) for the main meals and with olive oil and apple juice for the snacks, per label instructions.”\n\nThis is actually worse than group 1. Toxic soy mixed with toxic olive oil for three meals, and then more toxic olive oil and a liver-killer sugary juice for two meals?! Crazy, just crazy!\n\nAnd this shows the complete lack of understanding of human nutrition, of physiology, biology, and biochemistry. They do not understand the difference between organic and bioavailable nutrients found only in animal-based foods or that of inorganic and non-bioavailable nutrients as found in plants. Nor do they understand the toxic load from converting a small fraction of these inorganic nutrients to something the body might be able to use, or the hundreds of other toxins present in plant-derived foods.\nWith these two diets, only those who got a little bit of animal-based foods will actually get any usable nutrition, which totally excludes the high protein group (HP-TDR.) \nSo, the most important part in how their bodies would react comes down to the toxic load, how “healthy” they actually are, as in how well they can detoxify, followed by their ability to actually get some usable nutrients from the extremely toxic slave garbage they were fed. \n\nThe extremely lacking knowledge and understanding of human physiology and nutrition is embarrassing.\n\n“Now, 2100 calories was the participants' maintenance intakes, which shouldn't cause weight gain or loss. Both groups walked on a treadmill for 40 minutes and then just sat around. A few weeks later, they switched groups and did it again (a crossover design study). And remember, they consumed the same number of daily calories in both groups. Only protein intake differed.”\n\nAgain, “calories” are irreverent, only nutrients count. And I doubt that all 43 participants, both men and women, had a perfect “2100 calorie maintenance.” Still, it doesn't matter much. And to be clear, they were in that room following the retarded protocol for 32 hours. That was it. Then a few weeks later, they repeated the same experiment but switched the groups around.\n\nAnd no, Chris, you dimwit, it was not “only protein” that differed, as their diets were completely different. All important nutrients differed in quantities, and that is crucial to understand.\n\nIn fact, here’s a simple and dumbed-down nutrient content profile provided by the authors of the study.\n\nAs you can see, control group 1 (CON) got 295 grams of carbohydrates, of which 92 grams were considered as “sugars.” Meanwhile the “high protein group” (HP-TDR) got 186 grams of carbohydrates, of which almost all were sugars, as in 179 grams, and that was due to the apple juice, so most of that was extremely toxic fructose, really taxing their livers.\nAlso CON got a bit more healthy saturated fat with 17 grams compared to 12 grams in HP-TDR. However, CON also got a healthy 107 mg of life-sustaining cholesterol, while HP-TDR only got a measly vegan-like 38 mg. Remember, saturated fats, and especially cholesterol are needed for all cellular repair and healing within the body, and if not sufficient from the diet, our body will try to manufacture enough cholesterol on its own -- a costly process.\n\nSo, the high-protein group (HP-TDR) got tons of toxic soy protein and olive oil, a buckload of toxic fructose, and way too little cholesterol and saturated fats, really stressing the hell out of the body.\n\nWhat Happened?\n\n“The high-protein eaters burned around 80 calories per day more compared to the average-protein eaters – 4% more calories.”\n\nThat is very little, and only a tiny bit of that was from the thermogenic effect of protein, whatever they could actually break down and absorb from the toxic soy. However, the majority of that energy increase was from the extreme toxic load, especially on the liver from the fructose -- and also forcing the body to produce cholesterol as the diet was extremely deficient.\nAlso, the 4% energy difference is irrelevant, as following such an retarded diet as the HP-TDR group was consuming would lead to severe health problems and nutrient deficiencies really quickly, rendering it totally useless. So, forget about the 80 calories or the 4% as this setup was totally different from simply adding more protein to your current diet -- even more so if you already consume more protein than the CON group’s measly 83 grams a day.\n\nA real study would have used a strict carnivorous diet and simply had more meat, and leaner cuts from the same animal, and perhaps a few more eggs for the HP-TDR group while reducing some of the fats. \nOr, they would have used a strict carnivore diet where they removed some fatty meat from the HP-TDR group and added in some isolated and/or hydrolyzed protein powder (88-92%) to see if any metabolic differences would occur outside of the thermic effect.\nBut even then, by reducing the fatty cuts of meat, or other fat sources, such as egg yolks, you would reduce some essential nutrients for the HP-TDR group, so you would have to be above “maintenance” (energy and nutrient intake) and make sure that both groups got more essential nutrients than the body could use.\n\n“The high-protein eaters even burned 17 more calories while sleeping than the normal-protein eaters.”\n\nLikely due to the liver detoxing that fructose and the body struggling to produce sufficient amounts of cholesterol. Remember, most of our detoxing happens when we are in a fasted state, and these poor fools in this study got five meals a day, so they were only in a fasted state in the later part of their sleep.\n\n“On the second day of the diet, both groups had breakfast, either a modest-protein whole-food meal or a high-protein shake. The researchers measured energy expenditure during their remaining six hours in the whole-body calorimetry unit. The normal-protein eaters burned 75 calories. The high-protein eaters burned 100 calories.”\n\nYes, it’s not that the protein they managed to absorb from the soy turned up their metabolism, although there was a thermic effect and a possible increase in protein turnover, it’s more likely that the toxic load and the cumbersome breakdown and conversion of the inorganic proteins required quite a lot of energy, not to mention the toxic load on the organs. So, how much was actually the result of real pure protein metabolism? Likely not much at all, and from these figures we will never know, as the researchers were so frikkin’ stupid in their design of the study. Instead, it is much more likely that most of that spent energy was from breaking down the food, converting the little the body could absorb, and especially from detoxing and expelling all the rest, including all plant toxins.\n\n“Regarding the fat balance data, the high-protein diet lead to a negative fat balance (they oxidized more dietary fat). The normal-protein diet lead to a neutral fat balance.”\n\nOf course, the CON group got more carbohydrates, and especially starches that flooded the blood with glucose, storing most of the dietary fat instead of using it as energy. The HP-TDR group got less carbohydrates, and most of it was fructose that must be metabolized in the liver, where some of it could be stored (if liver glycogen is depleted,) resulting in less blood glucose, and their bodies could use more of the available fatty acids as energy. Simple.\n\n“Based on the 24-hour respiratory exchange ratio, the high-protein eaters burned more body fat all day long.”\n\nYes, the HP-TDR group consumed less carbohydrates, which meant less blood glucose that could shut down the use of fatty acids, as glucose metabolism is prioritized as it is extremely toxic and damages our soft tissues. So, the less carbohydrates you consume, the more the body can rely on its natural energy source, as in using fatty acids, whether they come from food or from your body fat. So, this has nothing to do with protein and its function, it has to do with the change of macronutrient ratios, as in lowering carbohydrates.\n\n“When the researchers ran the energy balance math, the high-protein group showed a slightly negative energy balance (-18 calories). The normal-protein group showed a moderately positive energy balance (+92 calories). So that's a 110-calorie difference between the two groups.”\n\nAgain, the CON group consumed way too much carbohydrates, effectively shutting down the use of fatty acids as energy. And a slightly negative energy balance in the HP-TDR group could be from energy maintenance miscalculation, the added toxic load and energy metabolism from overloaded organs, or all of it.\n\n“Bill Campbell, Ph.D., makes this important note: \"What's essentially happening here is that you're getting a calorie-deficit-like effect without actually reducing your calories. It's occurring by manipulating daily protein intake.\"\n\nBill Campbell is a complete uneducated moron. Please stop quoting him and embarrassing yourselves.\nAgain, the results from this study are totally irrelevant as they did not account for changes of other nutrients nor the very important toxic load and the impact on our organs and detoxification mechanisms.\n\nHow to Use This Info\n\n“Eat a high-protein diet if you're not already doing it. Remember, the study participants above were normal-weight folks who bumped their protein up to 211 grams a day.”\n\nNo, they did not bump their protein to 211 grams a day, as it was solely from soy protein. In soy products, you might be able to absorb 70 to 80% in the small intestine. And of those 70-80%, only 50 to 60 % can be converted into usable amino acids. In a refined isolated protein powder where most of the fiber has been removed and perhaps a small amount of antinutrients has been destroyed, the absorption might rise to 90%, however, the conversion rate into usable amino-acids is still in the 60% range.\n\nSo, at best, they did absorb about (211 x 0.9) 190 grams, yielding in (190 x 0.6) 117 grams of “usable” protein. 117 grams is a long way from 211 grams. And a perfect example why you should not consume plant-derived slave sludge.\n\n“Also, I'd love to see this study repeated with a better-quality protein source for the high-protein group. I mean, it's like they chose the least-good protein (soy) they possibly could. They must've been on a tight budget because soy is generic dog food protein.”\n\nYes, this was the only sensible thing you said in this whole article, Chris -- except that I would never feed my dogs anything plant-based such as soy, as that is animal abuse. Yet, you use this abysmal study as material for an article where you try to sell your own protein powder. Shameful!\n\nTo conclude, this study was a complete waste of time as protein metabolism and a possible impact on energy metabolism was concerned. The diet setup was an utter mess, as they did not understand such simple concepts as bioavailability, bioconversion, the toxic load, nor how the body expel inorganic compounds and toxins, including detoxification -- all essential processes that require a lot of nutrients and energy.\n\nWith that in mind, their results were most likely an energy increase from these processes, much more so than the metabolic increase of a higher protein load. Still, we do know that protein has a thermogenic effect, but this study shed no light on how much it is, or what difference it can make.\n\nAlso, these silly things do not matter. What matters is that you follow our natural species-appropriate diet, which is the only way to get all essential nutrients in a fully bioavailable format, while minimizing the toxic load.\n",
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Thus, a lot of the damaging effects of fluoride will be left out and possibly addressed in future articles -- or you could simply search yourself within the literature and documented research of biochemistry and biology.<br /><br />“Fluoride is a mineral in your bones and teeth, and it’s found in the air, water, soil, and plants.”<br /><br />Fluoride, as a single natural occurring element, is indeed found in bones and teeth. And I hope that you are not going to compare it to other man-made and manufactured chemical forms of fluoride, as that would be extremely deceitful and complete misinformation.<br /><br />“You’re most likely to hear about it from dental and public health professionals, as it’s commonly used in dentistry to help prevent cavities and strengthen the outer layer of teeth known as the enamel.”<br /><br />No, there you go lying again, and right out of the gate as usual. The ‘fluoride’ used in this retarded and highly damaging capacity is not the natural occurring mineral fluoride, it is either sodium fluoride (NaF,) stannous fluoride (SnF2,) silica-based fluoride (SiO2-F2,) ammonium fluoride (NH4F) or sodium fluorosilicate, (Na2SiF6.) These forms of fluoride are antimicrobial toxins that kill bacteria in acidic environments, which can have very severe health consequences.<br />Also, any of these chemically altered fluorides does not strengthen the enamel of the teeth, that is another misconception and outright lie, and we will get to those facts as Healthline continues with their sinister Rockefeller-inspired depopulation propaganda.<br /><br />“Since the 1940s, fluoride has been added in small amounts to public water supplies throughout the United States and other countries through a process called water fluoridation.<br />Despite claims to the contrary, there is no evidence that the small amounts of fluoride used in water supplies are unsafe and a risk to public health.”<br /><br />Small amounts? That depends on your understanding of physiology and biochemistry. Well, we’ll get to that later. Let’s just say that these “small” amounts of about 1 mg/L can do a lot of damage, especially as fluoride accumulates in our bodies.<br />There are several recent studies showing that, although these chemical versions of fluoride mostly kill bacteria in acidic environments, it can also kill some of the bacteria in your gut microbiome, including Faecalibacterium and Lactobacillus, upsetting the balance and reducing your ability to digest protein, fat, minerals and other essential compounds while reducing the production of enzymes like amylase, lipase, and protease. Also, by destroying the gut microbiome and causing nutrient deficiencies and disrupting other processes, it can increase the risk for mental health disorders.<br /><br />Also, many studies have shown that fluoride can alter cellular metabolism, disrupt calcium homeostasis, and induce oxidative stress, leading to cytotoxic and neurotoxic effects, which after prolonged exposure can lead to impaired cognitive function, memory loss, learning difficulties, and decreased IQ. In other words, another perfect poison to keep the slave population weak, docile, dumbed-down and obedient, just like plant-based and processed foods. And we will get to that connection in a bit, and some of you might already have figured it out (as there is only one useless macronutrient that can cause an acidic environment in the mouth and around the teeth.)<br /><br />What is fluoride used for?<br /><br />“For human health, fluoride is mainly used to improve dental health.<br />According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 72.3% of the country’s population in 2022 received fluoride in their community water supply.<br /><br />You may also find fluoride in many over-the-counter (OTC) products, including:<br /><br />toothpaste<br />mouth rinses<br />supplements”<br /><br />That is total insanity. And they justify this because it seems to help with dental health. And we will come to how this is, and how backwards everything about fluoride is (just as everything else the medical community and the government promotes.)<br /><br />“Fluoride also has some non-dental uses. It’s used:<br /><br />in medical imaging scans, such as PET scans<br />as a cleaning agent<br />in pesticides<br />to make Teflon, steel, and aluminum products”<br /><br />Bam! Right in your face. But most dumbed-down sleeping sheeple will not even give these bullet points a second thought. Fluoride is used as a cleaning agent and in pesticides because it dissolves and kills stuff! Sodium fluoride, as used in dental products, is also a very well-known insecticide. So, in short, it’s a potent poison, a potent killer.<br /><br />What are the benefits of fluoride?<br /><br />If you mean man-made fluoride as found in dental products and added to drinking water, then absolutely nothing. It will only do harm.<br /><br />“The American Dental Association describes fluoride in community water as the single most effective policy to prevent tooth decay. Research from 2023 shows that community water fluoridation has resulted in a more than 25% reduction in tooth decay for both children and adults.”<br /><br />Yes, fluoride can actually help in preventing tooth decay in unhealthy people who follow an unnatural diet high in starches, as in carbohydrates, as in sugars. And we will get to that in a second.<br />However, fluoride is also a very potent toxin and it will do great harm if ingested or even absorbed through the mouth when using it on your teeth.<br />So, it’s a very evil and criminal act to recommend it, and especially to add it to a water supply. The people mandating that should be on death row for crimes against humanity.<br /><br />“In general, fluoride is beneficial for teeth because it helps to:<br /><br />rebuild (remineralize) weakened tooth enamel<br />slow down the loss of minerals from tooth enamel<br />reverse early signs of tooth decay<br />prevent the growth of harmful oral bacteria”<br /><br />No, it does not rebuild your tooth enamel. That is another outright lie! And I guess it’s time to explain what these toxic forms of fluoride actually do once it enters your mouth.<br /><br />As I mentioned earlier, and as Healthline actually wrote, fluoride “prevents” specific oral bacteria by killing it. However, as always, they do not explain what this bacteria is, what it does, or why it is even there in the first place, or why it is unnatural. And this is the whole deception, the bits and pieces that are crucial to understand, especially to shatter their deception.<br /><br />We humans are obligate hyper carnivores. We are only meant to consume animal-derived foods, as in the “protein” and “fat” of animals and their produce, as in eggs. These are undebatable and undeniable facts. And that also means that protein and fat are harmless to our teeth. When following our natural human carnivorous diet, you do not even need to brush your teeth, as there is nothing that can damage them.<br /><br />However, starches, as in carbohydrates, as in sugars, are a totally different story. Carbohydrates, as in sugars, stick to your teeth and attract a specific strain of bacteria which lives on sugars. However, this strain of bacteria produces acidic waste as it breaks down the sugars on your teeth, and this waste damages your enamel. And this is where these chemical antimicrobial versions of fluoride comes into the picture, as they kill bacteria in acidic environments -- an acidic environment that you created yourself by being fooled by the industries and government agencies to consume carbohydrates, something that is toxic and totally useless for humans, as we produce our own glucose through gluconeogenesis.<br /><br />So, to summarize, as Big Pharma, the medical field, and the food industry hijacked “nutrition science” in the 1800’s and began programming the population to consume more cheap plant-based crap and processed food, increasing their carbohydrate consumption, tooth decay began to skyrocket. And as a deceitful solution, they added another poison to the mix, a poison that looked like it could help, while it actually was a Trojan horse and once inside you, could do incredible damage that was perfectly aligned with their agenda to control the population and keep it from resisting or even care.<br /><br />Considering anything plant-based and processed, which more than 95% of the population consumes daily, the use of drugs, stimulants and medicines, the use of vaccines, environmental pollution, and the use of fluoride and similar poisons, the average sleeping sheeple did not stand a chance. They are so incredibly malnourished while being overfed, so extremely toxic, and so unimaginably dumbed-down that they do not question anything and simply obey while being fully dependent on drugs, medications, stimulants, and quick dopamine fixes from playing with their smartphones to just get through the day. The ultimate definition of a slave.<br /><br />How much fluoride is safe?<br /><br />“The Department of Health and Human Services recommends 0.7 milligrams of fluoride to each liter of water, which is about 3 drops of water in a 55-gallon barrel.<br /><br />That’s been the recommended level since 2015. For the five decades before that, the upper range was 1.2 parts per milligram (ppm).<br /><br />The World Health Organization has set a safe limit of 1.5 ppm for fluoride in drinking water.”<br /><br />Nice work on confusing people with mg and ppm. While they are often used interchangeably, it solely depends on the density and solvability of the compound. mg/L is a unit of mass concentration, which represents the mass of a substance in milligrams dissolved in one liter of solution, while ppm is a unit of concentration that represents the number of parts of a substance in a million parts of the solution. In the United States, fluorosilicic acid (H2SiF6) is the most commonly used additive for water fluoridation, derived as a by-product of phosphate fertilizer manufacturing process. Other sources used are typically sodium fluorosilicate and sodium fluoride. The CDC states that fluoride is added to public water supplies at an average concentration of about 1 part per million (1 ppm) or 1 milligram per liter (mg/L.)<br /><br />So, the World Hell Organization, the evil scumbags contributing to the decline of health across our world, has set a “safe limit” of 1.5 ppm or 1.5 mg per liter of water. And as a note, The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has set a maximum contaminant level (MCL) standard of 4.0 mg/L for fluoride in public water systems. That is totally insane.<br /><br />Now, what is crucial to understand with any chemical compound, such as fluoride, that is inorganic and not a natural part of our cells and tissues, is that our body will try to expel it as it is recognized as a foreign compound. Depending on your nutritional status and overall health, this process can be very slow and there will inevitably be a build-up of the compound both in the bloodstream and in various tissues -- causing an increasing toxic load on the body.<br />The worse your diet is, as in the more plant-based and processed food you consume, the worse your detoxification and healing is, and the quicker toxins such as fluoride will accumulate.<br /><br />In other words, there are no safe levels for fluoride, or any toxic compound, as it will accumulate in the body, especially during repeated exposure, as in having it in your drinking water and/or using products daily that contain fluoride such as toothpastes, mouthwashes, or drugs such as antidepressants and statins.<br /><br />Looking back at some of the documented effects of the toxicity of fluoride, the studies mentioning impaired cognitive function, decreased attention, memory and IQ, mentions concentration between 0.7 mg/L and 2 mg/L doing immediate damage with an average at about 1.5 mg/L for lowered IQ (the World Hell Organization’s recommendation.)<br /><br />However, these are short-time studies in children, so they do not really account for the accumulation and build-up of toxic fluoride in the body that can be seen in an older population. In other words, the concentration is pretty much irrelevant if your body cannot immediately detoxify the compound, as it will slowly accumulate in the body. What really matters is repeated exposure over time.<br /><br />Of course, Healthline continues and mentions possible health risks from fluoride, such as dental fluorosis and skeletal fluorosis, which they claim are due to consuming very high levels of fluoride, as in several times the safe recommendation. Again, complete deception as they do not mention a word about prolonged exposure and accumulation (or that most registered cases are the result of drinking fluoridated water.)<br /><br />Then Healthline touched on what they labeled mockingly as “other health claims,” as in lowered IQ in children, arthritis, and kidney disease. This they say is from “older and questionable” research. Again, lying right in our faces. These facts about fluoride have been established for a very long time in biology and biochemistry, as it is labeled as a toxin which has been studied closely. And for recent studies, well...<br /><br />For starters, a 2014 review concluded that fluoride exposure has been linked to impaired cognitive function, including decreased attention and memory (Grandjean & Landrigan, 2014. A 2017 study found that prenatal fluoride exposure was associated with reduced IQ in children (Bashash et al., 2017.) A 2020 Peer Review of NTP Monograph concluded that fluoride exposure at levels above 1.5 mg/L was associated with lower IQs in children (NASEM, 2020). A 2020 Developmental Fluoride Neurotoxicity Review summarized the evidence on fluoride’s neurotoxic effects on cognition and mental health. The review highlighted the association between chronic fluoride exposure and decreased intelligence, memory deficits, learning difficulties, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD.) A 2024 study found that drinking water with fluoride levels above 1.5 mg/L was associated with lower IQs in children (US government report, 2024.) And so on, and on, and on.<br /><br />And again, none of these studies or observations accounts for accumulation from prolonged and repeated exposure beyond the age of children. So, what do you think happens to adults who have been exposed to fluoride daily for 20, 30 or more years?<br />If they consume a lot of animal-derived foods and are properly nourished and in good health, they might be able to detox most of it. But the rest of the population? Those who mostly consume plant-based and processed crap? Those who are overfed but malnourished and walking toxic garbage bins? <br />Well, let’s just say that fluoride, as many other toxic compounds contribute to what we see daily, as in the sleeping walking zombies, as in NPCs...<br /><br />The Takeaway<br /><br />So, to summarize, fluoride as used in any capacity is not the same thing as the natural occurring element fluoride as found in bones and teeth. The chemical versions of fluoride added to various products and even drinking water are extremely toxic compounds. Fluoride will interfere with your gut microbiome, it will eventually accumulate in your body, increasing its toxic load and cause a lot of damage to tissues, especially the brain, contributing to decreased intelligence and cognition, memory deficits, and learning difficulties. It may also contribute to kidney damage and skeletal fluorosis, as in stiffness and joint pain as the chemical fluoride can bind to bones, altering the accretion and resorption of bone tissue and thus weakening the bones.<br /><br />It is evident that fluoride, just like many other toxic compounds used in various industries, the plant-based agenda, processed foods, medicines, drugs, vaccines, and much more are part of the population control agenda, as in greatly reducing the lifespan of the population, keeping them weak, docile, compliant, and dependent.<br /><br />So, it’s not a coincidence that fluoride is used in many medications, supplements, “health” products including dental care products, and so on. It’s by design, to make sure that as many people as possible are under a heavy daily toxic load.<br /><br />And as always, the only way to stay healthy and live as long as possible is to adopt our natural human diet of animal-based foods, to use a water filtration system or distiller, and to never use any commercial beauty- or hygiene products, as well as never touching any drugs, medications, or supplements.<br /><br />Spread the knowledge, and make sure that everyone you know stops using products with fluoride and signs petitions against fluoridated water.<br /><br />",
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"content": "The Dark Truths About Fluoride\n\nHealthline, the atrocious website who also operates Medical News Today and is owned by Red Ventures are focused on spreading misinformation and the backwards-thinking perverted medical “science” to keep you as unhealthy and “disease” ridden as possible. In other words, their mission is to keep you as a life-long weak, obedient, dumbed-down, and low-energy slave and customer to Big Pharma and the government.\n\nAs part of that mission, they recently posted an article on chemically manufactured fluoride, a very potent toxin/poison that kills most bacteria in acidic environments. Let’s see what they got wrong, or lied about, this time.\nAnd please note that this will be a very condensed post/review, mostly based on the article published by Healthline. I cannot cover everything about fluoride in one article and keep it readable and interesting (it would be like a small book.) Thus, a lot of the damaging effects of fluoride will be left out and possibly addressed in future articles -- or you could simply search yourself within the literature and documented research of biochemistry and biology.\n\n“Fluoride is a mineral in your bones and teeth, and it’s found in the air, water, soil, and plants.”\n\nFluoride, as a single natural occurring element, is indeed found in bones and teeth. And I hope that you are not going to compare it to other man-made and manufactured chemical forms of fluoride, as that would be extremely deceitful and complete misinformation.\n\n“You’re most likely to hear about it from dental and public health professionals, as it’s commonly used in dentistry to help prevent cavities and strengthen the outer layer of teeth known as the enamel.”\n\nNo, there you go lying again, and right out of the gate as usual. The ‘fluoride’ used in this retarded and highly damaging capacity is not the natural occurring mineral fluoride, it is either sodium fluoride (NaF,) stannous fluoride (SnF2,) silica-based fluoride (SiO2-F2,) ammonium fluoride (NH4F) or sodium fluorosilicate, (Na2SiF6.) These forms of fluoride are antimicrobial toxins that kill bacteria in acidic environments, which can have very severe health consequences.\nAlso, any of these chemically altered fluorides does not strengthen the enamel of the teeth, that is another misconception and outright lie, and we will get to those facts as Healthline continues with their sinister Rockefeller-inspired depopulation propaganda.\n\n“Since the 1940s, fluoride has been added in small amounts to public water supplies throughout the United States and other countries through a process called water fluoridation.\nDespite claims to the contrary, there is no evidence that the small amounts of fluoride used in water supplies are unsafe and a risk to public health.”\n\nSmall amounts? That depends on your understanding of physiology and biochemistry. Well, we’ll get to that later. Let’s just say that these “small” amounts of about 1 mg/L can do a lot of damage, especially as fluoride accumulates in our bodies.\nThere are several recent studies showing that, although these chemical versions of fluoride mostly kill bacteria in acidic environments, it can also kill some of the bacteria in your gut microbiome, including Faecalibacterium and Lactobacillus, upsetting the balance and reducing your ability to digest protein, fat, minerals and other essential compounds while reducing the production of enzymes like amylase, lipase, and protease. Also, by destroying the gut microbiome and causing nutrient deficiencies and disrupting other processes, it can increase the risk for mental health disorders.\n\nAlso, many studies have shown that fluoride can alter cellular metabolism, disrupt calcium homeostasis, and induce oxidative stress, leading to cytotoxic and neurotoxic effects, which after prolonged exposure can lead to impaired cognitive function, memory loss, learning difficulties, and decreased IQ. In other words, another perfect poison to keep the slave population weak, docile, dumbed-down and obedient, just like plant-based and processed foods. And we will get to that connection in a bit, and some of you might already have figured it out (as there is only one useless macronutrient that can cause an acidic environment in the mouth and around the teeth.)\n\nWhat is fluoride used for?\n\n“For human health, fluoride is mainly used to improve dental health.\nAccording to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 72.3% of the country’s population in 2022 received fluoride in their community water supply.\n\nYou may also find fluoride in many over-the-counter (OTC) products, including:\n\ntoothpaste\nmouth rinses\nsupplements”\n\nThat is total insanity. And they justify this because it seems to help with dental health. And we will come to how this is, and how backwards everything about fluoride is (just as everything else the medical community and the government promotes.)\n\n“Fluoride also has some non-dental uses. It’s used:\n\nin medical imaging scans, such as PET scans\nas a cleaning agent\nin pesticides\nto make Teflon, steel, and aluminum products”\n\nBam! Right in your face. But most dumbed-down sleeping sheeple will not even give these bullet points a second thought. Fluoride is used as a cleaning agent and in pesticides because it dissolves and kills stuff! Sodium fluoride, as used in dental products, is also a very well-known insecticide. So, in short, it’s a potent poison, a potent killer.\n\nWhat are the benefits of fluoride?\n\nIf you mean man-made fluoride as found in dental products and added to drinking water, then absolutely nothing. It will only do harm.\n\n“The American Dental Association describes fluoride in community water as the single most effective policy to prevent tooth decay. Research from 2023 shows that community water fluoridation has resulted in a more than 25% reduction in tooth decay for both children and adults.”\n\nYes, fluoride can actually help in preventing tooth decay in unhealthy people who follow an unnatural diet high in starches, as in carbohydrates, as in sugars. And we will get to that in a second.\nHowever, fluoride is also a very potent toxin and it will do great harm if ingested or even absorbed through the mouth when using it on your teeth.\nSo, it’s a very evil and criminal act to recommend it, and especially to add it to a water supply. The people mandating that should be on death row for crimes against humanity.\n\n“In general, fluoride is beneficial for teeth because it helps to:\n\nrebuild (remineralize) weakened tooth enamel\nslow down the loss of minerals from tooth enamel\nreverse early signs of tooth decay\nprevent the growth of harmful oral bacteria”\n\nNo, it does not rebuild your tooth enamel. That is another outright lie! And I guess it’s time to explain what these toxic forms of fluoride actually do once it enters your mouth.\n\nAs I mentioned earlier, and as Healthline actually wrote, fluoride “prevents” specific oral bacteria by killing it. However, as always, they do not explain what this bacteria is, what it does, or why it is even there in the first place, or why it is unnatural. And this is the whole deception, the bits and pieces that are crucial to understand, especially to shatter their deception.\n\nWe humans are obligate hyper carnivores. We are only meant to consume animal-derived foods, as in the “protein” and “fat” of animals and their produce, as in eggs. These are undebatable and undeniable facts. And that also means that protein and fat are harmless to our teeth. When following our natural human carnivorous diet, you do not even need to brush your teeth, as there is nothing that can damage them.\n\nHowever, starches, as in carbohydrates, as in sugars, are a totally different story. Carbohydrates, as in sugars, stick to your teeth and attract a specific strain of bacteria which lives on sugars. However, this strain of bacteria produces acidic waste as it breaks down the sugars on your teeth, and this waste damages your enamel. And this is where these chemical antimicrobial versions of fluoride comes into the picture, as they kill bacteria in acidic environments -- an acidic environment that you created yourself by being fooled by the industries and government agencies to consume carbohydrates, something that is toxic and totally useless for humans, as we produce our own glucose through gluconeogenesis.\n\nSo, to summarize, as Big Pharma, the medical field, and the food industry hijacked “nutrition science” in the 1800’s and began programming the population to consume more cheap plant-based crap and processed food, increasing their carbohydrate consumption, tooth decay began to skyrocket. And as a deceitful solution, they added another poison to the mix, a poison that looked like it could help, while it actually was a Trojan horse and once inside you, could do incredible damage that was perfectly aligned with their agenda to control the population and keep it from resisting or even care.\n\nConsidering anything plant-based and processed, which more than 95% of the population consumes daily, the use of drugs, stimulants and medicines, the use of vaccines, environmental pollution, and the use of fluoride and similar poisons, the average sleeping sheeple did not stand a chance. They are so incredibly malnourished while being overfed, so extremely toxic, and so unimaginably dumbed-down that they do not question anything and simply obey while being fully dependent on drugs, medications, stimulants, and quick dopamine fixes from playing with their smartphones to just get through the day. The ultimate definition of a slave.\n\nHow much fluoride is safe?\n\n“The Department of Health and Human Services recommends 0.7 milligrams of fluoride to each liter of water, which is about 3 drops of water in a 55-gallon barrel.\n\nThat’s been the recommended level since 2015. For the five decades before that, the upper range was 1.2 parts per milligram (ppm).\n\nThe World Health Organization has set a safe limit of 1.5 ppm for fluoride in drinking water.”\n\nNice work on confusing people with mg and ppm. While they are often used interchangeably, it solely depends on the density and solvability of the compound. mg/L is a unit of mass concentration, which represents the mass of a substance in milligrams dissolved in one liter of solution, while ppm is a unit of concentration that represents the number of parts of a substance in a million parts of the solution. In the United States, fluorosilicic acid (H2SiF6) is the most commonly used additive for water fluoridation, derived as a by-product of phosphate fertilizer manufacturing process. Other sources used are typically sodium fluorosilicate and sodium fluoride. The CDC states that fluoride is added to public water supplies at an average concentration of about 1 part per million (1 ppm) or 1 milligram per liter (mg/L.)\n\nSo, the World Hell Organization, the evil scumbags contributing to the decline of health across our world, has set a “safe limit” of 1.5 ppm or 1.5 mg per liter of water. And as a note, The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has set a maximum contaminant level (MCL) standard of 4.0 mg/L for fluoride in public water systems. That is totally insane.\n\nNow, what is crucial to understand with any chemical compound, such as fluoride, that is inorganic and not a natural part of our cells and tissues, is that our body will try to expel it as it is recognized as a foreign compound. Depending on your nutritional status and overall health, this process can be very slow and there will inevitably be a build-up of the compound both in the bloodstream and in various tissues -- causing an increasing toxic load on the body.\nThe worse your diet is, as in the more plant-based and processed food you consume, the worse your detoxification and healing is, and the quicker toxins such as fluoride will accumulate.\n\nIn other words, there are no safe levels for fluoride, or any toxic compound, as it will accumulate in the body, especially during repeated exposure, as in having it in your drinking water and/or using products daily that contain fluoride such as toothpastes, mouthwashes, or drugs such as antidepressants and statins.\n\nLooking back at some of the documented effects of the toxicity of fluoride, the studies mentioning impaired cognitive function, decreased attention, memory and IQ, mentions concentration between 0.7 mg/L and 2 mg/L doing immediate damage with an average at about 1.5 mg/L for lowered IQ (the World Hell Organization’s recommendation.)\n\nHowever, these are short-time studies in children, so they do not really account for the accumulation and build-up of toxic fluoride in the body that can be seen in an older population. In other words, the concentration is pretty much irrelevant if your body cannot immediately detoxify the compound, as it will slowly accumulate in the body. What really matters is repeated exposure over time.\n\nOf course, Healthline continues and mentions possible health risks from fluoride, such as dental fluorosis and skeletal fluorosis, which they claim are due to consuming very high levels of fluoride, as in several times the safe recommendation. Again, complete deception as they do not mention a word about prolonged exposure and accumulation (or that most registered cases are the result of drinking fluoridated water.)\n\nThen Healthline touched on what they labeled mockingly as “other health claims,” as in lowered IQ in children, arthritis, and kidney disease. This they say is from “older and questionable” research. Again, lying right in our faces. These facts about fluoride have been established for a very long time in biology and biochemistry, as it is labeled as a toxin which has been studied closely. And for recent studies, well...\n\nFor starters, a 2014 review concluded that fluoride exposure has been linked to impaired cognitive function, including decreased attention and memory (Grandjean & Landrigan, 2014. A 2017 study found that prenatal fluoride exposure was associated with reduced IQ in children (Bashash et al., 2017.) A 2020 Peer Review of NTP Monograph concluded that fluoride exposure at levels above 1.5 mg/L was associated with lower IQs in children (NASEM, 2020). A 2020 Developmental Fluoride Neurotoxicity Review summarized the evidence on fluoride’s neurotoxic effects on cognition and mental health. The review highlighted the association between chronic fluoride exposure and decreased intelligence, memory deficits, learning difficulties, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD.) A 2024 study found that drinking water with fluoride levels above 1.5 mg/L was associated with lower IQs in children (US government report, 2024.) And so on, and on, and on.\n\nAnd again, none of these studies or observations accounts for accumulation from prolonged and repeated exposure beyond the age of children. So, what do you think happens to adults who have been exposed to fluoride daily for 20, 30 or more years?\nIf they consume a lot of animal-derived foods and are properly nourished and in good health, they might be able to detox most of it. But the rest of the population? Those who mostly consume plant-based and processed crap? Those who are overfed but malnourished and walking toxic garbage bins? \nWell, let’s just say that fluoride, as many other toxic compounds contribute to what we see daily, as in the sleeping walking zombies, as in NPCs...\n\nThe Takeaway\n\nSo, to summarize, fluoride as used in any capacity is not the same thing as the natural occurring element fluoride as found in bones and teeth. The chemical versions of fluoride added to various products and even drinking water are extremely toxic compounds. Fluoride will interfere with your gut microbiome, it will eventually accumulate in your body, increasing its toxic load and cause a lot of damage to tissues, especially the brain, contributing to decreased intelligence and cognition, memory deficits, and learning difficulties. It may also contribute to kidney damage and skeletal fluorosis, as in stiffness and joint pain as the chemical fluoride can bind to bones, altering the accretion and resorption of bone tissue and thus weakening the bones.\n\nIt is evident that fluoride, just like many other toxic compounds used in various industries, the plant-based agenda, processed foods, medicines, drugs, vaccines, and much more are part of the population control agenda, as in greatly reducing the lifespan of the population, keeping them weak, docile, compliant, and dependent.\n\nSo, it’s not a coincidence that fluoride is used in many medications, supplements, “health” products including dental care products, and so on. It’s by design, to make sure that as many people as possible are under a heavy daily toxic load.\n\nAnd as always, the only way to stay healthy and live as long as possible is to adopt our natural human diet of animal-based foods, to use a water filtration system or distiller, and to never use any commercial beauty- or hygiene products, as well as never touching any drugs, medications, or supplements.\n\nSpread the knowledge, and make sure that everyone you know stops using products with fluoride and signs petitions against fluoridated water.\n\n",
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"content": "Keratin Supplementation And Skin, Hair, And Nail Health<br /><br />Today we’ll take a quick look at a summary by Examine.com on a study that examined the effects of supplementing with keratin hydrolysate and its possible effects on skin, hair, and nail health.<br />Before we continue, for those unfamiliar with keratin, it’s a type of fibrous structural protein found in the epithelial cells of the outermost layers of the skin, as well as in hair, nails, horns, hooves, wool, feathers, and the scales of vertebrates. Keratin is composed of long chains of amino acids, which assemble into bundles to form intermediate filaments. These filaments are tough and provide mechanical strength and rigidity to hair, nails, and skin, allowing them to maintain their shape and withstand external stress.<br /><br />Now, let’s see what they found.<br /><br />Quick Summary<br />“In this randomized controlled trial, supplementation with a keratin hydrolysate derived from poultry feathers improved parameters related to skin, hair, and nail health in women who exhibited signs of skin, hair, and nail aging.”<br /><br />Well, since keratin is a vital structural part of these tissues, if your diet is lacking in the building blocks of keratin, adding some by supplementation, if you can metabolize and use it, should help a little with tissue repair, healing and maintenance. However, these tissues such as skin, hair, and nails are composed of a lot of different compounds and the processes for healing are also dependable on certain nutrients and compounds, and if you are deficient in any of those, the results of only taking a “keratin” supplement will be very modest or nonexistent. This is simple logic.<br /><br />So, to summarize, all animals including humans synthesize keratin as needed, provided we have all the building blocks available, as in the amino acids, key nutrients and other chemical compounds needed for the building process. If we lack any of these, as in following a plant-heavy diet, this process will be hampered and your skin, hair, and nails will degrade (as we can see in all vegans.)<br />In other words, we can either get keratin directly from consuming animals and especially their skin and organs. However, keratin cannot be directly used as new keratin in the body. So it needs to be broken down by fermentation or enzymatic digestion in the gut, providing the amino acids that the body then can use to synthesize its own keratin. Or, as keratin is simply a structural protein composed of amino acids, we can simply make sure that we get plenty of amino acids from consuming animal protein and making sure we get all other essential nutrients, and our body will have no problem making all the keratin it needs.<br /><br />What was studied?<br />“The effect of supplementation with Kera-Diet (a keratin hydrolysate derived from poultry feathers that provides at least 83.5% of free-form amino acids) on parameters related to skin, hair, and nail health. <br />The primary outcome (which was used to calculate the required sample size) was wrinkle depth at the \"crow’s feet\" area around the outer corners of the eyes.<br />The secondary outcomes included other facial skin health parameters (including skin roughness, skin firmness, skin elasticity, skin gloss, deep skin moisturization, skin thickness, and skin fiber network) and hair and nail health parameters (including hair gloss, nail gloss, and nail hardness).”<br /><br />Some of these measurements are a bit diffuse and easy to falsify or simply misinterpret. But let’s go with it.<br /><br />Who was studied?<br />“90 women (ages 35–65) with skin phototypes of I–IV (very fair to light brown skin) with crow's feet wrinkles, mild to moderate skin sagging, damaged/brittle hair, and brittle nails.”<br /><br />If you have any of these problems at the incredibly young age of 35, or even before your 60’s, your diet and lifestyle is extreme shit, to put it politely. Thus, the building blocks of keratin would probably help a little if you can metabolize and use it. With that said, vital nutrients and compounds for skin health include keratin, selenium, vitamin D (from animal food or sun exposure,) animal fats (as in saturated fats, cholesterol, and omega-3,) calcium, collagen, and vitamin C (from animal foods.)<br />For hair, keratin, collagen, silicon, calcium, copper, zinc, and animal fats play vital roles. And for nails, keratin, biotin, vitamin B12, folate, iron, magnesium, silicon, zinc, and animal fats are vital.<br />And please note that all of these nutrients and compounds are only bioavailable through animal-based foods, you cannot get them from artificial chemically derived supplements, nor can you get them from anything plant-based as the bioconversion is abysmal (and any plant-based food will flood you with toxins.)<br /><br />Now, as this keratin hydrolysate is derived from animal parts, it will at least be bioavailable, unless damaged in the manufacturing process. However, is it actually similar to the amino structure of keratin as it is found in animal tissues?<br />Of course not. The feathers are put in an alkaline solution that breaks down the keratin structure and then the solution is hydrolyzed with a proteolytic enzyme to break it down into peptides and amino acids. So, a keratin hydrolysate is simply amino acids with a similar profile to the amino acid structure of hair keratin. It’s simply a “protein powder” with an amino acid profile similar to that of keratin.<br /><br />In other words, if you’re “protein deficient” it might help, and as the amino acid ratio is similar to that of keratin, your body might be inclined to use some of it to actually build keratin instead of wasting some of the amino acids on other processes. <br />Still, you would get a much better result by simply consuming enough protein and then perhaps focus on some foods that actually contain a lot of the key amino acids used to synthesize keratin such as eggs, beef liver, any kind of meat, fish, milk and yogurt.<br /><br />How was it studied?<br />“A 90-day randomized controlled trial was conducted in which the participants were assigned to take 1 of 3 treatments daily:<br /><br />500 milligrams (mg) of Kera-Diet<br />1,000 mg of Kera-Diet<br />A placebo<br /><br />All of the participants were supplied with the same base cream, which they were asked to apply twice a day (in the morning and evening) in place of their usual face cream.”<br /><br />Okay then.<br /><br />What were the results?<br />“At the end of the trial, wrinkle depth decreased (improved) in the 500 mg Kera-Diet group (−9.4%) and 1,000 mg Kera-Diet group (−12%) compared to the placebo group (+2.4%). All of the other skin, hair, and nail parameters (other than skin fiber network ones) improved in the two Kera-Diet groups compared to the placebo group.<br /><br />The researchers did not compare the effectiveness of the two different doses of Kera-Diet.”<br /><br />Those improvements are not that great. They would have done much better if they switched to our natural human diet of animal-based foods, as that would have remedied any and all nutrient deficiencies, as well as provided all the nutrients and also the key amino acids for the production of keratin for the skin, hair, and nails so they can start healing and improving.<br /><br />So, while keratin hydrolysate might not be a total scam, it’s certainly an extremely expensive and just as limited protein (amino acid) powder. Simple dietary changes would produce better results.<br /><br />Anything else I need to know?<br />“The trial was funded by BCF Life Sciences, the manufacturer of Kera-Diet.”<br /><br />Of course it was. And thus you cannot really trust the results, as they might have been a bit exaggerated, especially concerning all the mechanics and nutrients needed for tissue regeneration.<br /><br />And to end this little review, all I can say is that I have witnessed hundreds of ex-vegans as well as other people improving their skin, hair, and nail health by unimaginable amounts from switching to an animal-based or preferably a carnivore diet. Actually, all their health problems improved and eventually went away. Your body is incredible at repairing and restoring health as long as you stop poisoning it with plant-based and processed crap and actually give it real bioavailable nutrients. And that is why every single human that is on a carnivore diet looks a lot younger than his or her age, while all vegans look more than twice their actual age.<br /><br />So, forget about supplements. Stop wasting your money (and potentially poison yourself as most supplements are artificial and extremely toxic,) and fix your diet instead!<br />",
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"content": "Keratin Supplementation And Skin, Hair, And Nail Health\n\nToday we’ll take a quick look at a summary by Examine.com on a study that examined the effects of supplementing with keratin hydrolysate and its possible effects on skin, hair, and nail health.\nBefore we continue, for those unfamiliar with keratin, it’s a type of fibrous structural protein found in the epithelial cells of the outermost layers of the skin, as well as in hair, nails, horns, hooves, wool, feathers, and the scales of vertebrates. Keratin is composed of long chains of amino acids, which assemble into bundles to form intermediate filaments. These filaments are tough and provide mechanical strength and rigidity to hair, nails, and skin, allowing them to maintain their shape and withstand external stress.\n\nNow, let’s see what they found.\n\nQuick Summary\n“In this randomized controlled trial, supplementation with a keratin hydrolysate derived from poultry feathers improved parameters related to skin, hair, and nail health in women who exhibited signs of skin, hair, and nail aging.”\n\nWell, since keratin is a vital structural part of these tissues, if your diet is lacking in the building blocks of keratin, adding some by supplementation, if you can metabolize and use it, should help a little with tissue repair, healing and maintenance. However, these tissues such as skin, hair, and nails are composed of a lot of different compounds and the processes for healing are also dependable on certain nutrients and compounds, and if you are deficient in any of those, the results of only taking a “keratin” supplement will be very modest or nonexistent. This is simple logic.\n\nSo, to summarize, all animals including humans synthesize keratin as needed, provided we have all the building blocks available, as in the amino acids, key nutrients and other chemical compounds needed for the building process. If we lack any of these, as in following a plant-heavy diet, this process will be hampered and your skin, hair, and nails will degrade (as we can see in all vegans.)\nIn other words, we can either get keratin directly from consuming animals and especially their skin and organs. However, keratin cannot be directly used as new keratin in the body. So it needs to be broken down by fermentation or enzymatic digestion in the gut, providing the amino acids that the body then can use to synthesize its own keratin. Or, as keratin is simply a structural protein composed of amino acids, we can simply make sure that we get plenty of amino acids from consuming animal protein and making sure we get all other essential nutrients, and our body will have no problem making all the keratin it needs.\n\nWhat was studied?\n“The effect of supplementation with Kera-Diet (a keratin hydrolysate derived from poultry feathers that provides at least 83.5% of free-form amino acids) on parameters related to skin, hair, and nail health. \nThe primary outcome (which was used to calculate the required sample size) was wrinkle depth at the \"crow’s feet\" area around the outer corners of the eyes.\nThe secondary outcomes included other facial skin health parameters (including skin roughness, skin firmness, skin elasticity, skin gloss, deep skin moisturization, skin thickness, and skin fiber network) and hair and nail health parameters (including hair gloss, nail gloss, and nail hardness).”\n\nSome of these measurements are a bit diffuse and easy to falsify or simply misinterpret. But let’s go with it.\n\nWho was studied?\n“90 women (ages 35–65) with skin phototypes of I–IV (very fair to light brown skin) with crow's feet wrinkles, mild to moderate skin sagging, damaged/brittle hair, and brittle nails.”\n\nIf you have any of these problems at the incredibly young age of 35, or even before your 60’s, your diet and lifestyle is extreme shit, to put it politely. Thus, the building blocks of keratin would probably help a little if you can metabolize and use it. With that said, vital nutrients and compounds for skin health include keratin, selenium, vitamin D (from animal food or sun exposure,) animal fats (as in saturated fats, cholesterol, and omega-3,) calcium, collagen, and vitamin C (from animal foods.)\nFor hair, keratin, collagen, silicon, calcium, copper, zinc, and animal fats play vital roles. And for nails, keratin, biotin, vitamin B12, folate, iron, magnesium, silicon, zinc, and animal fats are vital.\nAnd please note that all of these nutrients and compounds are only bioavailable through animal-based foods, you cannot get them from artificial chemically derived supplements, nor can you get them from anything plant-based as the bioconversion is abysmal (and any plant-based food will flood you with toxins.)\n\nNow, as this keratin hydrolysate is derived from animal parts, it will at least be bioavailable, unless damaged in the manufacturing process. However, is it actually similar to the amino structure of keratin as it is found in animal tissues?\nOf course not. The feathers are put in an alkaline solution that breaks down the keratin structure and then the solution is hydrolyzed with a proteolytic enzyme to break it down into peptides and amino acids. So, a keratin hydrolysate is simply amino acids with a similar profile to the amino acid structure of hair keratin. It’s simply a “protein powder” with an amino acid profile similar to that of keratin.\n\nIn other words, if you’re “protein deficient” it might help, and as the amino acid ratio is similar to that of keratin, your body might be inclined to use some of it to actually build keratin instead of wasting some of the amino acids on other processes. \nStill, you would get a much better result by simply consuming enough protein and then perhaps focus on some foods that actually contain a lot of the key amino acids used to synthesize keratin such as eggs, beef liver, any kind of meat, fish, milk and yogurt.\n\nHow was it studied?\n“A 90-day randomized controlled trial was conducted in which the participants were assigned to take 1 of 3 treatments daily:\n\n500 milligrams (mg) of Kera-Diet\n1,000 mg of Kera-Diet\nA placebo\n\nAll of the participants were supplied with the same base cream, which they were asked to apply twice a day (in the morning and evening) in place of their usual face cream.”\n\nOkay then.\n\nWhat were the results?\n“At the end of the trial, wrinkle depth decreased (improved) in the 500 mg Kera-Diet group (−9.4%) and 1,000 mg Kera-Diet group (−12%) compared to the placebo group (+2.4%). All of the other skin, hair, and nail parameters (other than skin fiber network ones) improved in the two Kera-Diet groups compared to the placebo group.\n\nThe researchers did not compare the effectiveness of the two different doses of Kera-Diet.”\n\nThose improvements are not that great. They would have done much better if they switched to our natural human diet of animal-based foods, as that would have remedied any and all nutrient deficiencies, as well as provided all the nutrients and also the key amino acids for the production of keratin for the skin, hair, and nails so they can start healing and improving.\n\nSo, while keratin hydrolysate might not be a total scam, it’s certainly an extremely expensive and just as limited protein (amino acid) powder. Simple dietary changes would produce better results.\n\nAnything else I need to know?\n“The trial was funded by BCF Life Sciences, the manufacturer of Kera-Diet.”\n\nOf course it was. And thus you cannot really trust the results, as they might have been a bit exaggerated, especially concerning all the mechanics and nutrients needed for tissue regeneration.\n\nAnd to end this little review, all I can say is that I have witnessed hundreds of ex-vegans as well as other people improving their skin, hair, and nail health by unimaginable amounts from switching to an animal-based or preferably a carnivore diet. Actually, all their health problems improved and eventually went away. Your body is incredible at repairing and restoring health as long as you stop poisoning it with plant-based and processed crap and actually give it real bioavailable nutrients. And that is why every single human that is on a carnivore diet looks a lot younger than his or her age, while all vegans look more than twice their actual age.\n\nSo, forget about supplements. Stop wasting your money (and potentially poison yourself as most supplements are artificial and extremely toxic,) and fix your diet instead!\n",
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"content": "Don’t Waste Your Money: R-lipoic Acid (ALA/RLA) Supplements<br /><br />Today we return to Anabolic Minds and a recent article they published on the subject of R-lipoic acid (RLA) and weight management, as in fat loss.<br />We know that naturally occurring and bioavailable RLA and its bioactive form dihydrolipoic acid (DHLA) have important antioxidant properties, assist in detoxification and cellular repair, and also plays a role in energy production, as in the conversion of glucose into energy through aerobic metabolism. So, let’s see what they have to say.<br /><br />“Among the myriad of supplements on the market, R-lipoic acid (RLA) has emerged as a promising aid in weight management. This naturally occurring compound plays a critical role in energy metabolism and offers a range of health benefits, including antioxidant support, improved insulin sensitivity, and potential weight loss effects.”<br /><br />Well, you cannot use the words “naturally occurring” and “supplements” within the same context. While RLA is found in its organic form in organ meats and meat, and in its inorganic precursor form in plants, anything made into a supplement is a chemical shitstorm of processing some cheap and toxic waste trying to make something that resembles the actual compound.<br /><br />As for supplemental RLA, it is chemically synthesized from octanoic acid (C8:0) and cysteine. Octanoic acid, also known as caprylic acid, can be produced by oxidizing n-octanol, a fatty alcohol, or by fermentation of coconut oil or palm kernel oil, followed by fractional distillation. <br />And cysteine, an laboratory made artificial amino acid is made from Candida antarctica lipase B -- a carboxyl ester hydrolase enzyme extracted from the fungus Candida antarctica.<br /><br />Most of the world’s supply of RLA is manufactured in China, with smaller amounts produced in Italy, Germany, and Japan. It’s also difficult to find the exact process being used, as in describing the series of chemical reactions that result in the production of RLA.<br /><br />So, do you really think they can perfectly mimic RLA as found in living tissue with this idiotic chemical process? Of course not. At best, they get something the body can break down and convert into a small fraction of organic RLA that can actually be used by our cells where it’s converted into bioactive DHLA. The rest of that artificial RLA will be perceived as a foreign toxic substance and it will do a lot of cellular damage until our body can filter it out and excrete it through our urine.<br /><br />What is R-Lipoic Acid?<br /><br />“R-lipoic acid is the naturally occurring form of alpha-lipoic acid (ALA), a compound that functions as a coenzyme in the mitochondria—the energy powerhouses of cells. While ALA exists in two forms, R-lipoic acid (the biologically active isomer) and S-lipoic acid (a synthetic byproduct), RLA is the more potent and effective form in terms of physiological benefits.”<br /><br />Actually, S-lipoic acid (SLA) does not exist at all in any animal or human cells. It’s a man-made mirror image (enantiomer) of R-lipoic acid (RLA.) And ALA supplements are usually a mixture (50/50) of R-lipoic acid and S-lipoic acid and comes with a very low bioavailability of only 30%, which means that 70% is not used by the body and has to be neutralized and discharged (all while it is causing cellular damage.)<br /><br />So, the only thing we need to focus on is bioavailable R-lipoic acid (RLA) that can be used by the body and turned into its bioactive form, as in dihydrolipoic acid (DHLA.)<br />Of course, bioavailable RLA is only found in animal-derived foods, especially organ meats and any kind of meat (muscle cells) as that is where we and any animal store and use most of the RLA and DHLA we get from our food. Very logical and simple to understand.<br /><br />“ALA is both water- and fat-soluble, enabling it to work throughout the body, including in the brain and peripheral tissues. Its primary roles include:<br /><br />Antioxidant action: Neutralizing free radicals to reduce oxidative stress.<br />Energy production: Facilitating the conversion of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats into usable energy.<br />Blood sugar regulation: Enhancing glucose uptake into cells.”<br /><br />Well, RLA is a naturally occurring compound and you should get more than enough if you consume animal-based foods regularly, as you should, as humans are obligate hyper carnivores and only meant to consume animal foods. That also means that ALA, or RLA, does not “enhance” anything, as it’s a natural part of that process. Once you get what the body needs, the rest will have no further impact on that process as it’s already running as efficiently as it should. So, any excess of the needed compounds will either be stored for later use, or discharged from the body.<br />However, a deficiency of RLA, as in following a more plant-based diet and/or a diet of processed foods will hamper these processes, so in that scenario, adding RLA will seem to “enhance” these processes, when in reality it just brings them back to their original functioning state. Again, very logical and simple to understand.<br /><br />It should also be mentioned that RLA is transported to cells along with sodium, biotin (B7,) and pantothenic acid (B5.) So, those on a plant-heavy diet will have even more trouble utilizing RLA, as they usually are deficient in all B-vitamins (only bioavailable from animal-foods.)<br /><br />R-Lipoic Acid and Weight Loss: The Mechanisms<br /><br />“1. Enhances Insulin Sensitivity<br />One of the key ways R-lipoic acid aids in weight loss is by improving insulin sensitivity. Insulin resistance, a condition where cells fail to respond adequately to insulin, is a major contributor to weight gain and difficulty losing weight.<br />Research shows that R-lipoic acid can stimulate glucose transporter proteins (GLUT-4), enabling better glucose utilization in muscle cells rather than fat cells.”<br /><br />I have several articles on the misconceptions of glucose and insulin. With that said, this is only relevant for people who consume a lot of carbohydrates and very little animal-derived foods -- and thus have unnaturally high levels of blood glucose from the carbs and a R-lipoic acid deficiency as explained earlier. <br />However, as “insulin resistance” is simply a defense mechanism of damaged cells, as they no longer can use and store glucose due to the damage it has done, you are simply forcing the rest of the functioning cells to take on even more glucose, which accelerates the damage done to these cells. So, what you actually are doing by adding in RLA while still consuming carbohydrates is accelerating the development of what we call diabetes; as in a scenario where most cells no longer are able to use and store glucose and blood glucose becomes chronically elevated.<br />As always, that is not the fault of RLA, it’s the fault of the person consuming carbohydrates, something that is contraindicated to the human diet, as we as humans produce our own glucose as needed. Consuming food with carbohydrates that turns into glucose shuts down this process and overloads the body with glucose, which is extremely damaging to all soft tissues -- which is why we produce it ourselves and the glucose concentration is closely monitored and regulated by our bodies.<br /><br />“2. Boosts Metabolic Rate<br />RLA supports mitochondrial function, which is crucial for maintaining a healthy metabolic rate. Efficient energy production means your body can burn calories more effectively, even at rest. Improved mitochondrial function also reduces fatigue, encouraging more physical activity—a key factor in weight loss.”<br /><br />Again, RLA does not “boost” anything. It might help restore natural function if previously deficient as it’s a vital part of mitochondrial function, assisting in detoxification, protection, and repair, simply keeping the cell going. So, again, it’s important to get enough to keep these natural processes going, as in getting plenty of animal-based foods.<br /><br />“3. Acts as a Potent Antioxidant<br />Oxidative stress has been linked to obesity and metabolic dysfunction. By neutralizing free radicals, R-lipoic acid reduces inflammation and oxidative damage, creating a healthier metabolic environment conducive to weight loss. Additionally, its antioxidant properties protect the mitochondria from damage, ensuring sustained energy production.”<br /><br />Oxidative stress (cellular damage) is mainly the result of free radicals/toxins that are byproducts of glucose metabolism from consuming carbohydrates, as well as the breakdown of inorganic unsaturated fats from plants, and from other toxins, such as defense chemicals, antinutrients, heavy metals, and pesticides mostly found in plant-based and processed food.<br /><br />Oxidative stress has nothing to do with obesity, as obesity is a result of overconsuming carbohydrates, seed/vegetable oils and experiencing a high toxic load. Oxidative stress is simply the damage from these very dumb dietary choices and lifestyle -- so, therefore, it’s very evident and noticeable in obese people. However, oxidative stress, the cellular damage, will indeed lead to metabolic dysfunction as cells will no longer function properly, especially in your organs -- and again, that is a result of your poor dietary choices.<br /><br />And also, R-lipoic acid is one of many nutrients and chemical elements that are part of your body’s detoxification, or “antioxidant” capability. So, if you are deficient, you will take more damage. But again, you cannot boost your “defense” by going over your natural need for a nutrient or compound.<br /><br />“4. Reduces Fat Storage and Promotes Fat Burning<br />Animal studies have shown that R-lipoic acid can influence enzymes involved in fat metabolism. Specifically, it helps to reduce the activity of lipogenic enzymes (responsible for fat storage) and increase the activity of lipolytic enzymes (responsible for fat breakdown). This dual action supports a leaner body composition.”<br /><br />That’s a nice theory with some obvious holes in it. While this is true, simply decreasing the ability to store fatty acids as body fat while mobilizing more fatty acids to be released for a limited time will only saturate the blood with fatty acids, and unless you actually use them as energy, they will only sit around in your blood until they are slowly stored as body fat again. In a healthy animal or human who is normally running on a fat-dominant metabolism while being in a healthy state of ketosis, this might make them eat less food, as fatty acids, as in energy, are more available in the blood (signaling the brain that energy is available.) However, in someone used to a carbohydrate/glucose-dominant metabolism, they will not recognize the available fatty acids, nor use them efficiently as energy. And since this article and the theoretical use of R-lipoic acid is geared toward people wanting to lose fat weight, their metabolism is already f**ked-up and glucose-dominant, so the effect will be close to zero.<br />The only miniscule effect they might notice is if they take R-lipoic acid on an empty stomach in the morning and then do low-intensity physical work to try and use some of the fatty acids as energy without tapping into all the stored glycogen.<br />However, that is unnecessary torture and simply fixing their diet, as in removing all the plant-based crap, would easily yield ten times the results.<br /> <br />“5. Suppresses Appetite<br />Another promising benefit of R-lipoic acid is its potential to suppress appetite. By influencing hypothalamic pathways that regulate hunger, RLA may help control food intake. A reduction in calorie consumption, combined with the metabolic benefits of RLA, can accelerate weight loss results.”<br /><br />I explained this above. It will only work if your body is used to running on fatty acids for energy. Otherwise the effect will be negligible.<br /><br />After this, Anabolic Minds cites some studies showing some small differences in “weight loss,” which again is not really relevant, as all they do is fixing one of many potential deficiencies, while increasing the toxic load in the body from the RLA that is not converted and used by the body. Simply switching to an animal-based diet and utilizing a few days of fasting would have produced ten times the results, and better health to boost.<br /><br />Then they proceeded to give some instructions on how to use RLA as a supplement, which I do not recommend due to the toxicity and the fact that you are ignoring the real problem. Instead, you should fix that problem, your diet!<br /><br />So, to summarize, adding any kind of nutrient or compound will not magically put your body into some kind of super overdrive, as in this case, melting body fat off your body. Your body will only use what it currently needs for its processes and upholding homeostasis, as in keeping you alive. Any additional quantities of a nutrient or other compound will either be stored for later use if possible, or it will be broken down and discharged. However, only natural bioavailable nutrients and compounds as found in animal-based foods can be discharged without any harm or toxicity, as they are in the same natural form as stored in our cells. Any other inorganic version of the same nutrients or compounds that need conversion will be toxic and do cellular damage until neutralized and expelled. And if your body is compromised, this process might be very hampered and a lot of these non-converted substances will bind to tissues and do even greater damage.<br /><br />So, you should always remedy a lacking diet and nutrient deficiencies by increasing or solely switching to animal-based foods. In a few scenarios some supplements might work where the conversion rate is higher, but they will still present a toxic load and should therefore only be used for a short time. Personally, I would recommend some organ meats and egg yolks almost daily for a few weeks, as these superfoods are saturated with all essential nutrients in fully bioavailable form. This will guarantee that your body soaks up the nutrients it needs, as in being deficient in, and those you are sufficient in will simply be eliminated without any toxicity at all.<br /><br />",
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"content": "Don’t Waste Your Money: R-lipoic Acid (ALA/RLA) Supplements\n\nToday we return to Anabolic Minds and a recent article they published on the subject of R-lipoic acid (RLA) and weight management, as in fat loss.\nWe know that naturally occurring and bioavailable RLA and its bioactive form dihydrolipoic acid (DHLA) have important antioxidant properties, assist in detoxification and cellular repair, and also plays a role in energy production, as in the conversion of glucose into energy through aerobic metabolism. So, let’s see what they have to say.\n\n“Among the myriad of supplements on the market, R-lipoic acid (RLA) has emerged as a promising aid in weight management. This naturally occurring compound plays a critical role in energy metabolism and offers a range of health benefits, including antioxidant support, improved insulin sensitivity, and potential weight loss effects.”\n\nWell, you cannot use the words “naturally occurring” and “supplements” within the same context. While RLA is found in its organic form in organ meats and meat, and in its inorganic precursor form in plants, anything made into a supplement is a chemical shitstorm of processing some cheap and toxic waste trying to make something that resembles the actual compound.\n\nAs for supplemental RLA, it is chemically synthesized from octanoic acid (C8:0) and cysteine. Octanoic acid, also known as caprylic acid, can be produced by oxidizing n-octanol, a fatty alcohol, or by fermentation of coconut oil or palm kernel oil, followed by fractional distillation. \nAnd cysteine, an laboratory made artificial amino acid is made from Candida antarctica lipase B -- a carboxyl ester hydrolase enzyme extracted from the fungus Candida antarctica.\n\nMost of the world’s supply of RLA is manufactured in China, with smaller amounts produced in Italy, Germany, and Japan. It’s also difficult to find the exact process being used, as in describing the series of chemical reactions that result in the production of RLA.\n\nSo, do you really think they can perfectly mimic RLA as found in living tissue with this idiotic chemical process? Of course not. At best, they get something the body can break down and convert into a small fraction of organic RLA that can actually be used by our cells where it’s converted into bioactive DHLA. The rest of that artificial RLA will be perceived as a foreign toxic substance and it will do a lot of cellular damage until our body can filter it out and excrete it through our urine.\n\nWhat is R-Lipoic Acid?\n\n“R-lipoic acid is the naturally occurring form of alpha-lipoic acid (ALA), a compound that functions as a coenzyme in the mitochondria—the energy powerhouses of cells. While ALA exists in two forms, R-lipoic acid (the biologically active isomer) and S-lipoic acid (a synthetic byproduct), RLA is the more potent and effective form in terms of physiological benefits.”\n\nActually, S-lipoic acid (SLA) does not exist at all in any animal or human cells. It’s a man-made mirror image (enantiomer) of R-lipoic acid (RLA.) And ALA supplements are usually a mixture (50/50) of R-lipoic acid and S-lipoic acid and comes with a very low bioavailability of only 30%, which means that 70% is not used by the body and has to be neutralized and discharged (all while it is causing cellular damage.)\n\nSo, the only thing we need to focus on is bioavailable R-lipoic acid (RLA) that can be used by the body and turned into its bioactive form, as in dihydrolipoic acid (DHLA.)\nOf course, bioavailable RLA is only found in animal-derived foods, especially organ meats and any kind of meat (muscle cells) as that is where we and any animal store and use most of the RLA and DHLA we get from our food. Very logical and simple to understand.\n\n“ALA is both water- and fat-soluble, enabling it to work throughout the body, including in the brain and peripheral tissues. Its primary roles include:\n\nAntioxidant action: Neutralizing free radicals to reduce oxidative stress.\nEnergy production: Facilitating the conversion of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats into usable energy.\nBlood sugar regulation: Enhancing glucose uptake into cells.”\n\nWell, RLA is a naturally occurring compound and you should get more than enough if you consume animal-based foods regularly, as you should, as humans are obligate hyper carnivores and only meant to consume animal foods. That also means that ALA, or RLA, does not “enhance” anything, as it’s a natural part of that process. Once you get what the body needs, the rest will have no further impact on that process as it’s already running as efficiently as it should. So, any excess of the needed compounds will either be stored for later use, or discharged from the body.\nHowever, a deficiency of RLA, as in following a more plant-based diet and/or a diet of processed foods will hamper these processes, so in that scenario, adding RLA will seem to “enhance” these processes, when in reality it just brings them back to their original functioning state. Again, very logical and simple to understand.\n\nIt should also be mentioned that RLA is transported to cells along with sodium, biotin (B7,) and pantothenic acid (B5.) So, those on a plant-heavy diet will have even more trouble utilizing RLA, as they usually are deficient in all B-vitamins (only bioavailable from animal-foods.)\n\nR-Lipoic Acid and Weight Loss: The Mechanisms\n\n“1. Enhances Insulin Sensitivity\nOne of the key ways R-lipoic acid aids in weight loss is by improving insulin sensitivity. Insulin resistance, a condition where cells fail to respond adequately to insulin, is a major contributor to weight gain and difficulty losing weight.\nResearch shows that R-lipoic acid can stimulate glucose transporter proteins (GLUT-4), enabling better glucose utilization in muscle cells rather than fat cells.”\n\nI have several articles on the misconceptions of glucose and insulin. With that said, this is only relevant for people who consume a lot of carbohydrates and very little animal-derived foods -- and thus have unnaturally high levels of blood glucose from the carbs and a R-lipoic acid deficiency as explained earlier. \nHowever, as “insulin resistance” is simply a defense mechanism of damaged cells, as they no longer can use and store glucose due to the damage it has done, you are simply forcing the rest of the functioning cells to take on even more glucose, which accelerates the damage done to these cells. So, what you actually are doing by adding in RLA while still consuming carbohydrates is accelerating the development of what we call diabetes; as in a scenario where most cells no longer are able to use and store glucose and blood glucose becomes chronically elevated.\nAs always, that is not the fault of RLA, it’s the fault of the person consuming carbohydrates, something that is contraindicated to the human diet, as we as humans produce our own glucose as needed. Consuming food with carbohydrates that turns into glucose shuts down this process and overloads the body with glucose, which is extremely damaging to all soft tissues -- which is why we produce it ourselves and the glucose concentration is closely monitored and regulated by our bodies.\n\n“2. Boosts Metabolic Rate\nRLA supports mitochondrial function, which is crucial for maintaining a healthy metabolic rate. Efficient energy production means your body can burn calories more effectively, even at rest. Improved mitochondrial function also reduces fatigue, encouraging more physical activity—a key factor in weight loss.”\n\nAgain, RLA does not “boost” anything. It might help restore natural function if previously deficient as it’s a vital part of mitochondrial function, assisting in detoxification, protection, and repair, simply keeping the cell going. So, again, it’s important to get enough to keep these natural processes going, as in getting plenty of animal-based foods.\n\n“3. Acts as a Potent Antioxidant\nOxidative stress has been linked to obesity and metabolic dysfunction. By neutralizing free radicals, R-lipoic acid reduces inflammation and oxidative damage, creating a healthier metabolic environment conducive to weight loss. Additionally, its antioxidant properties protect the mitochondria from damage, ensuring sustained energy production.”\n\nOxidative stress (cellular damage) is mainly the result of free radicals/toxins that are byproducts of glucose metabolism from consuming carbohydrates, as well as the breakdown of inorganic unsaturated fats from plants, and from other toxins, such as defense chemicals, antinutrients, heavy metals, and pesticides mostly found in plant-based and processed food.\n\nOxidative stress has nothing to do with obesity, as obesity is a result of overconsuming carbohydrates, seed/vegetable oils and experiencing a high toxic load. Oxidative stress is simply the damage from these very dumb dietary choices and lifestyle -- so, therefore, it’s very evident and noticeable in obese people. However, oxidative stress, the cellular damage, will indeed lead to metabolic dysfunction as cells will no longer function properly, especially in your organs -- and again, that is a result of your poor dietary choices.\n\nAnd also, R-lipoic acid is one of many nutrients and chemical elements that are part of your body’s detoxification, or “antioxidant” capability. So, if you are deficient, you will take more damage. But again, you cannot boost your “defense” by going over your natural need for a nutrient or compound.\n\n“4. Reduces Fat Storage and Promotes Fat Burning\nAnimal studies have shown that R-lipoic acid can influence enzymes involved in fat metabolism. Specifically, it helps to reduce the activity of lipogenic enzymes (responsible for fat storage) and increase the activity of lipolytic enzymes (responsible for fat breakdown). This dual action supports a leaner body composition.”\n\nThat’s a nice theory with some obvious holes in it. While this is true, simply decreasing the ability to store fatty acids as body fat while mobilizing more fatty acids to be released for a limited time will only saturate the blood with fatty acids, and unless you actually use them as energy, they will only sit around in your blood until they are slowly stored as body fat again. In a healthy animal or human who is normally running on a fat-dominant metabolism while being in a healthy state of ketosis, this might make them eat less food, as fatty acids, as in energy, are more available in the blood (signaling the brain that energy is available.) However, in someone used to a carbohydrate/glucose-dominant metabolism, they will not recognize the available fatty acids, nor use them efficiently as energy. And since this article and the theoretical use of R-lipoic acid is geared toward people wanting to lose fat weight, their metabolism is already f**ked-up and glucose-dominant, so the effect will be close to zero.\nThe only miniscule effect they might notice is if they take R-lipoic acid on an empty stomach in the morning and then do low-intensity physical work to try and use some of the fatty acids as energy without tapping into all the stored glycogen.\nHowever, that is unnecessary torture and simply fixing their diet, as in removing all the plant-based crap, would easily yield ten times the results.\n \n“5. Suppresses Appetite\nAnother promising benefit of R-lipoic acid is its potential to suppress appetite. By influencing hypothalamic pathways that regulate hunger, RLA may help control food intake. A reduction in calorie consumption, combined with the metabolic benefits of RLA, can accelerate weight loss results.”\n\nI explained this above. It will only work if your body is used to running on fatty acids for energy. Otherwise the effect will be negligible.\n\nAfter this, Anabolic Minds cites some studies showing some small differences in “weight loss,” which again is not really relevant, as all they do is fixing one of many potential deficiencies, while increasing the toxic load in the body from the RLA that is not converted and used by the body. Simply switching to an animal-based diet and utilizing a few days of fasting would have produced ten times the results, and better health to boost.\n\nThen they proceeded to give some instructions on how to use RLA as a supplement, which I do not recommend due to the toxicity and the fact that you are ignoring the real problem. Instead, you should fix that problem, your diet!\n\nSo, to summarize, adding any kind of nutrient or compound will not magically put your body into some kind of super overdrive, as in this case, melting body fat off your body. Your body will only use what it currently needs for its processes and upholding homeostasis, as in keeping you alive. Any additional quantities of a nutrient or other compound will either be stored for later use if possible, or it will be broken down and discharged. However, only natural bioavailable nutrients and compounds as found in animal-based foods can be discharged without any harm or toxicity, as they are in the same natural form as stored in our cells. Any other inorganic version of the same nutrients or compounds that need conversion will be toxic and do cellular damage until neutralized and expelled. And if your body is compromised, this process might be very hampered and a lot of these non-converted substances will bind to tissues and do even greater damage.\n\nSo, you should always remedy a lacking diet and nutrient deficiencies by increasing or solely switching to animal-based foods. In a few scenarios some supplements might work where the conversion rate is higher, but they will still present a toxic load and should therefore only be used for a short time. Personally, I would recommend some organ meats and egg yolks almost daily for a few weeks, as these superfoods are saturated with all essential nutrients in fully bioavailable form. This will guarantee that your body soaks up the nutrients it needs, as in being deficient in, and those you are sufficient in will simply be eliminated without any toxicity at all.\n\n",
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"content": "Forget Toxic Supplements -- You Can Only Get Vitamin B12 From Animal Foods<br /><br />The supplement pushers at T-Nation are back with another ignorant and potentially dangerous advertisement article -- this time “tackling” the problem of vitamin B12 deficiency among clueless and dumbed down plant-based morons.<br />Before we get ahead of ourselves and laugh our asses off from reading their “recommendations,” let’s start from the beginning and see what else they got wrong.<br /><br />“When researchers studied over 160,000 vegans and vegetarians, they discovered an alarming trend: their mental health was not good. They were twice as likely to take medication for mental illness, three times as likely to consider suicide, and had higher rates of depression, anxiety, mood swings, and mental fatigue.”<br /><br />What did they expect? I’ve worked with close to a hundred ex-vegans helping them back to become healthy humans once again by adopting our natural human diet of animal-based foods -- and I've heard and witnessed all the horror stories about brain fog, mental decline, mental illness, obsessive disorders, anxiety, depression, apathy, and so on, and on, and on -- and I’ve also witnessed all the extreme bodily damage these deadly and evil diets do.<br /><br />As I said, this should not come as a surprise, as we know through biology, physiology, and especially biochemistry that all compounds in plants are not chemically compatible with how we store nutrients in our bodies. We are obligate hyper carnivores and lack the digestive system and the enzymes to get enough “nutrition” from plants -- and especially to deal with the thousands of toxins. I covered this in-depth in yesterday’s article that really made waves on social media. If you missed it, read it now before carrying on.<br /><br />So, if you cannot get enough nutrition, you develop nutrient deficiencies which severely hamper most functions and processes within the body. As a result, your body starts to consume itself to keep up with all essential functions. Also, as for the brain, it requires a lot of animal (saturated) fats, and especially cholesterol, to function. Something that is non-existent in these retarded plant-based slave diets. So, again, no surprise that mental decline and other mental disorders are some of the first signs of malnutrition in vegans.<br /><br />“But why? Most evidence points to dietary deficiencies in iron, omega-3s, and especially vitamin B12. According to studies, 73% of vegans have a deficiency or insufficiency of B12 because it's naturally found in animal products. Among non-vegans, 15% of US adults have low levels, and it's closer to 30% in older adults.”<br /><br />Yes, this is because these nutrients do not even exist in plants, so they rapidly decline and hardly become noticeable on blood tests. Now, other vitamins and minerals do exist in plants, but only as “precursors,” as they are not in the correct chemical form, they are all inorganic and non-bioavailable to humans. They need to be converted to an organic bioactive form by our bodies, a process that is extremely limited. And that means that these inorganic “nutrients” will saturate your blood and show up on a blood test, but it does not tell us anything about how much that your body managed to convert to a usable bioactive form. Also, what did not get converted is extremely toxic and will do a lot of damage to blood cells and tissues. I’ve covered this as well in many articles. And as a note, if your blood levels are high in a nutrient after supplementation or consuming a lot of a specific plant edible, it simply indicates that none of that nutrient is actually absorbed and used by the body. It simply sits around in the blood doing damage until finally broken down and discharged.<br />And that means that vegans and vegetarians are actually deficient in pretty much every single nutrient, as a blood test is totally irrelevant. It tells you nothing of how much is converted and used by the body. Only frequent tissue samples would tell the real story. However, that is not needed as we can clearly see the result of retarded veganism by simply looking at a vegan, as they all look like rotting zombie corpses and are completely mentally ill and erratic. That is what real starvation does to you, what multiple nutrient deficiencies will cause if left unchecked.<br /><br />What Does B12 Do Anyway?<br /><br />“B12 plays a crucial role in producing red blood cells. Deficiency leads to megaloblastic anemia, characterized by fatigue and weakness.<br />It's essential for DNA production, which is necessary for cell division and renewal.<br />It maintains the myelin sheath, the protective covering around nerves, supporting brain health and reducing the risk of neurological issues.<br />B12 supports the metabolism of fats and proteins and plays a role in energy production by helping convert carbs into glucose.”<br /><br />Yes, vitamin B12 is involved in the citric acid cycle, also known as the Krebs cycle or tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle, which is a metabolic pathway that plays a crucial role in the production of energy in cells. It’s needed for the breakdown of carbohydrates if you’re stupid enough to consume them, but the citric cycle also involves fats and protein. And just as important, if not more so, the citric cycle is involved in the synthesis of amino acids and the life-giving cholesterol. So, lacking B12 will interfere with any kind of muscle building efforts and with your energy production, making you tired and sluggish, and likely mentally challenged, just like a vegan zombie.<br /><br />What are the Signs of Low B12?<br /><br />“The Mental Stuff: Mood changes, depression, anxiety, cognitive decline, low motivation or apathy, brain fog and inability to focus, emotional flatness, irritability, and even paranoia.”<br /><br />Yes, that sounds like your typical plant-based indoctrinated zombie.<br /><br />“How the heck does B12 affect all those things? In part by synthesizing serotonin and dopamine, crucial for regulating mood and emotional balance. B12 also helps break down homocysteine, an amino acid that can increase the risk of mood disturbances and cognitive impairment when it's too high.”<br /><br />Yes, and you also need to take into account that anyone who has a vitamin B12 deficiency also has other nutrient deficiencies and they especially lack animal fats and cholesterol, the two most important nutrients for brain health -- as I covered many, many times.<br /><br />“The Physical Stuff: Fatigue and weakness, tingling/numbness in the extremities, and (weirdly) tongue inflammation.”<br /><br />Yes, as with most nutrient deficiencies we have fatigue, lethargy, muscle weakness, numbness, tingling, shortness of breath/breathlessness, heart palpitations, mouth ulcers, eczema, hair loss, vitiligo (light skin patches,) hyperpigmentation (darker skin spots,) and anemia.<br /><br />How Much B12 Do I Need?<br /><br />“On paper, not that much. The recommended daily intake is about 2.4 mcg. However, people with digestive problems have a hard time absorbing it.”<br /><br />Again, all these recommendations are pulled out of a bunch of corporate agenda-driven asses representing the food industry and big pharma. Seriously though, the baseline for nutrient recommendations are based on average levels seen in people that do not show any symptoms of deficiencies. However, as most people consume some of the wrong chemical inorganic form of most nutrients, very little of them actually gets converted and used by the body. Most of them remain in their inorganic form and just sit around in your blood, giving a very skewed blood measurement, which is what these morons base their recommendations on when reviewing \"scientific research.\"<br /><br />So, the real uncensored truth is that no one knows exactly how much we need of any micronutrient. But with that said, we also know that anyone who has some meat in their diet on a daily basis never shows any signs of nutrient deficiencies, so going animal-based or carnivore is the absolute best way to guarantee a fully nourished body and also peak health and longevity. If you consume animal foods daily, you have absolutely nothing to worry about. It’s that simple, and again, very logical and it should be common sense.<br /><br />“Certain common drugs also interfere with absorption or utilization, including drugs that reduce stomach acid (Prilosec, Nexium, Prevacid), H2 receptor antagonists (Zantac, Pepcid), metformin, oral contraceptives, antibiotics, nitrous oxide (which inactivates B12), certain cholesterol-lowering drugs, and more. Alcohol also depletes B12, which is why many take it as a hangover helper.”<br /><br />You should never take any kind of drugs or medications. The only time it might be warranted is if you have screwed up your physiology so badly that going through the day is unbearable and you can’t even prepare or get some animal-based foods down. Then, use them sparingly while focusing on eliminating your toxic load and nourishing your body with animal foods, and then slowly get yourself off the drugs, preferable while doing some fasting.<br />If you need help, you know where to reach me.<br /><br />What Foods Contain B12?<br /><br />“Liver (75 mcg) and clams (84 mcg) contain the most. You're certainly covered there. But luckily, less divisive foods also have it:<br /><br />Beef: 1.5 mcg per 3-ounce serving<br />Fish: Tuna has 2.5 mcg per 3-ounce serving. Salmon and trout have about double that.<br />Milk and Yogurt: About 1.2 mcg per cup<br />Cheese: 0.9 mcg per ounce<br />Eggs: About 0.6 mcg per large egg”<br /><br />Organ meats are superfoods, they are nature’s own “supplement boxes.” While fatty red meat contains all the nutrients you need to thrive, I do recommend having some organ meats every month to really make sure you are maximally nourished.<br />Personally, I have about 500 grams or more of fatty beef with 6 to 8 eggs every day, year round. The rest varies, but that’s my base. As for organs, I start on a big veal liver every 3 to 4 weeks and consume it in 7 to 10 days or so. Of course, all raw, but that is my personal preference as it’s much easier digested and more nourishing for you than anything cooked, and I’ve also been doing this for almost 7 years now. Most people who are new to an animal-based or carnivore diet start out with cooked food and move towards cooking as little as possible.<br /><br />Why Do Supplements Contain So Much B12?<br /><br />Perhaps because people think it’s real B12 and the acute poisoning from the fake artificial and highly toxic supplemental B12 gives them a fight-or-flight response, as in an “energy boost” and thus feeling more alert and focused. Combine that with all the other fake and toxic versions of vitamins and other chemicals that, for example, are in an energy drink, and you can imagine the buzz they get from such severe acute poisoning. It’s a chemical shitstorm of poisons. Also, since B12 is not even available in plants, they fortify foods with the toxic stuff to compensate, as in artificial fake B12.<br /><br />“Anecdotally, people say B12 gives them energy, focus, and alertness. Supplemental B12 certainly does that if you're correcting a deficiency. Studies on mega-doses are limited, but people report cognitive-enhancing effects.”<br /><br />No, you dimwits. Very little of that artificial B12 will be converted to actual active methylcobalamin or adenosylcobalamin with the correct chemical bonds that the body can use.<br />Also, you do not “correct” a nutrient deficiency in minutes after taking something. It takes days or even weeks to fix a deficiency, as the nutrients need to be broken down, absorbed, used and stored until the stores are filled. A somewhat immediate energy boost after taking something is thus from an acute response by the body, as in taking something that is toxic and interferes with your central nervous system or other processes.. That is also common sense and very well documented in biology, physiology, and biochemistry.<br />You guys at T-Nation are so clueless it's embarrassing.<br /><br />“B12 does play a role in how most people perceive \"energy.\" B12 is involved in converting food (particularly carbs) into glucose, which your body uses for energy. So, while B12 itself doesn't \"give you energy,\" it does support metabolic processes that sustain energy production. B12's effect on nerve cell health also supports mental clarity.”<br /><br />We covered this at the beginning of the article review.<br /><br />“Energy drinks often contain enormous amounts of B12. For people with digestive issues or for those taking drugs that interfere with B12, these mega-dosages ensure they're getting enough. Plus, since B12 is water-soluble, any excess is excreted rather than stored in the body, so it's virtually impossible to \"overdose.\"<br /><br />No, it’s not impossible to overdose, as the artificial B12 is not chemically compatible with our physiology. It still needs to be converted, even if they claim that the artificial and supplemental B12 looks like bioavailable methylcobalamin, it’s still derived from inorganic compounds and simply a chemical shitstorm that the body has to deal with.<br /><br />This means that the more artificial B12 you consume, the more of the non-converted B12 will accumulate in the blood and has to be discharged by the body as it’s very toxic and does a lot of damage. So, “overdosing” is simply an issue depending on interpretation, as any amount of artificial B12 will cause damage. The question is, where do you draw the line? And do not forget everything else most people consume that also contributes to the toxic load. Singling out one component is impossible, it’s the total toxic load that is the issue.<br /><br />What Form of Supplemental B12 is Best?<br /><br />None “supplemental” form at all. There is only one source. The natural organic, bioactive, and fully bioavailable form that is identical to how we store it in our tissues, and that form is only found in animal foods. No exceptions.<br /><br />“Methylcobalamin is the naturally occurring, active form of B12. It's the most bioavailable. Other forms, like cyanocobalamin, are artificial and must be converted into methylcobalamin in the body. Cyanocobalamin can also cause some people to develop rashes or acne. So, stick to methylcobalamin.”<br /><br />Yes, the two bioactive forms of vitamin B 12 are methylcobalamin found in the cytosol of cytoplasm and adenosylcobalamin within the cell’s mitochondria.<br />However, any form of artificial and supplemental “methylcobalamin” is still not the same as the bioactive form of methylcobalamin found in our cells, or in the cells of an animal.<br /><br />“Sublingual methylcobalamin works very well. If you're an energy drink fan, Spike Energy Drink and Colorado Crush, contain 1000 mcg of methylcobalamin B12.”<br /><br />Are you guys at T-Nation seriously recommending toxic and harmful energy drinks as a source of vitamin B12? As in a source of fake, toxic and harmful vitamin B12? I’m almost at loss for words.<br />Well, not really. You are complete morons!<br /><br />Never touch any kind of vitamin- or mineral supplements! And stay away from all plant-based and processed foods, especially those that are “fortified” with said toxic artificial micronutrients.<br /><br />And it should go without saying that if you have one or several nutrient deficiencies, you should really take a sober look at your nutritional approach, as in your current diet, and not reach after a quick-fix, such as a supplement (which does not work anyway.)<br />A diet that is deficient or even lacking in nutrients is not a diet, it’s unnatural, it’s insane!<br /><br />With that being said, and to summarize, if you consume meat on a daily basis, or better yet, you actually care about your health and longevity and are fully carnivore, then you never have to worry about a single micronutrient or any kind of deficiency. It’s impossible to develop any kind of deficiency or toxicity when your diet is animal-based. You can only develop nutrient deficiencies by consuming too much toxic plant-based and/or processed foods.<br />",
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"content": "Forget Toxic Supplements -- You Can Only Get Vitamin B12 From Animal Foods\n\nThe supplement pushers at T-Nation are back with another ignorant and potentially dangerous advertisement article -- this time “tackling” the problem of vitamin B12 deficiency among clueless and dumbed down plant-based morons.\nBefore we get ahead of ourselves and laugh our asses off from reading their “recommendations,” let’s start from the beginning and see what else they got wrong.\n\n“When researchers studied over 160,000 vegans and vegetarians, they discovered an alarming trend: their mental health was not good. They were twice as likely to take medication for mental illness, three times as likely to consider suicide, and had higher rates of depression, anxiety, mood swings, and mental fatigue.”\n\nWhat did they expect? I’ve worked with close to a hundred ex-vegans helping them back to become healthy humans once again by adopting our natural human diet of animal-based foods -- and I've heard and witnessed all the horror stories about brain fog, mental decline, mental illness, obsessive disorders, anxiety, depression, apathy, and so on, and on, and on -- and I’ve also witnessed all the extreme bodily damage these deadly and evil diets do.\n\nAs I said, this should not come as a surprise, as we know through biology, physiology, and especially biochemistry that all compounds in plants are not chemically compatible with how we store nutrients in our bodies. We are obligate hyper carnivores and lack the digestive system and the enzymes to get enough “nutrition” from plants -- and especially to deal with the thousands of toxins. I covered this in-depth in yesterday’s article that really made waves on social media. If you missed it, read it now before carrying on.\n\nSo, if you cannot get enough nutrition, you develop nutrient deficiencies which severely hamper most functions and processes within the body. As a result, your body starts to consume itself to keep up with all essential functions. Also, as for the brain, it requires a lot of animal (saturated) fats, and especially cholesterol, to function. Something that is non-existent in these retarded plant-based slave diets. So, again, no surprise that mental decline and other mental disorders are some of the first signs of malnutrition in vegans.\n\n“But why? Most evidence points to dietary deficiencies in iron, omega-3s, and especially vitamin B12. According to studies, 73% of vegans have a deficiency or insufficiency of B12 because it's naturally found in animal products. Among non-vegans, 15% of US adults have low levels, and it's closer to 30% in older adults.”\n\nYes, this is because these nutrients do not even exist in plants, so they rapidly decline and hardly become noticeable on blood tests. Now, other vitamins and minerals do exist in plants, but only as “precursors,” as they are not in the correct chemical form, they are all inorganic and non-bioavailable to humans. They need to be converted to an organic bioactive form by our bodies, a process that is extremely limited. And that means that these inorganic “nutrients” will saturate your blood and show up on a blood test, but it does not tell us anything about how much that your body managed to convert to a usable bioactive form. Also, what did not get converted is extremely toxic and will do a lot of damage to blood cells and tissues. I’ve covered this as well in many articles. And as a note, if your blood levels are high in a nutrient after supplementation or consuming a lot of a specific plant edible, it simply indicates that none of that nutrient is actually absorbed and used by the body. It simply sits around in the blood doing damage until finally broken down and discharged.\nAnd that means that vegans and vegetarians are actually deficient in pretty much every single nutrient, as a blood test is totally irrelevant. It tells you nothing of how much is converted and used by the body. Only frequent tissue samples would tell the real story. However, that is not needed as we can clearly see the result of retarded veganism by simply looking at a vegan, as they all look like rotting zombie corpses and are completely mentally ill and erratic. That is what real starvation does to you, what multiple nutrient deficiencies will cause if left unchecked.\n\nWhat Does B12 Do Anyway?\n\n“B12 plays a crucial role in producing red blood cells. Deficiency leads to megaloblastic anemia, characterized by fatigue and weakness.\nIt's essential for DNA production, which is necessary for cell division and renewal.\nIt maintains the myelin sheath, the protective covering around nerves, supporting brain health and reducing the risk of neurological issues.\nB12 supports the metabolism of fats and proteins and plays a role in energy production by helping convert carbs into glucose.”\n\nYes, vitamin B12 is involved in the citric acid cycle, also known as the Krebs cycle or tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle, which is a metabolic pathway that plays a crucial role in the production of energy in cells. It’s needed for the breakdown of carbohydrates if you’re stupid enough to consume them, but the citric cycle also involves fats and protein. And just as important, if not more so, the citric cycle is involved in the synthesis of amino acids and the life-giving cholesterol. So, lacking B12 will interfere with any kind of muscle building efforts and with your energy production, making you tired and sluggish, and likely mentally challenged, just like a vegan zombie.\n\nWhat are the Signs of Low B12?\n\n“The Mental Stuff: Mood changes, depression, anxiety, cognitive decline, low motivation or apathy, brain fog and inability to focus, emotional flatness, irritability, and even paranoia.”\n\nYes, that sounds like your typical plant-based indoctrinated zombie.\n\n“How the heck does B12 affect all those things? In part by synthesizing serotonin and dopamine, crucial for regulating mood and emotional balance. B12 also helps break down homocysteine, an amino acid that can increase the risk of mood disturbances and cognitive impairment when it's too high.”\n\nYes, and you also need to take into account that anyone who has a vitamin B12 deficiency also has other nutrient deficiencies and they especially lack animal fats and cholesterol, the two most important nutrients for brain health -- as I covered many, many times.\n\n“The Physical Stuff: Fatigue and weakness, tingling/numbness in the extremities, and (weirdly) tongue inflammation.”\n\nYes, as with most nutrient deficiencies we have fatigue, lethargy, muscle weakness, numbness, tingling, shortness of breath/breathlessness, heart palpitations, mouth ulcers, eczema, hair loss, vitiligo (light skin patches,) hyperpigmentation (darker skin spots,) and anemia.\n\nHow Much B12 Do I Need?\n\n“On paper, not that much. The recommended daily intake is about 2.4 mcg. However, people with digestive problems have a hard time absorbing it.”\n\nAgain, all these recommendations are pulled out of a bunch of corporate agenda-driven asses representing the food industry and big pharma. Seriously though, the baseline for nutrient recommendations are based on average levels seen in people that do not show any symptoms of deficiencies. However, as most people consume some of the wrong chemical inorganic form of most nutrients, very little of them actually gets converted and used by the body. Most of them remain in their inorganic form and just sit around in your blood, giving a very skewed blood measurement, which is what these morons base their recommendations on when reviewing \"scientific research.\"\n\nSo, the real uncensored truth is that no one knows exactly how much we need of any micronutrient. But with that said, we also know that anyone who has some meat in their diet on a daily basis never shows any signs of nutrient deficiencies, so going animal-based or carnivore is the absolute best way to guarantee a fully nourished body and also peak health and longevity. If you consume animal foods daily, you have absolutely nothing to worry about. It’s that simple, and again, very logical and it should be common sense.\n\n“Certain common drugs also interfere with absorption or utilization, including drugs that reduce stomach acid (Prilosec, Nexium, Prevacid), H2 receptor antagonists (Zantac, Pepcid), metformin, oral contraceptives, antibiotics, nitrous oxide (which inactivates B12), certain cholesterol-lowering drugs, and more. Alcohol also depletes B12, which is why many take it as a hangover helper.”\n\nYou should never take any kind of drugs or medications. The only time it might be warranted is if you have screwed up your physiology so badly that going through the day is unbearable and you can’t even prepare or get some animal-based foods down. Then, use them sparingly while focusing on eliminating your toxic load and nourishing your body with animal foods, and then slowly get yourself off the drugs, preferable while doing some fasting.\nIf you need help, you know where to reach me.\n\nWhat Foods Contain B12?\n\n“Liver (75 mcg) and clams (84 mcg) contain the most. You're certainly covered there. But luckily, less divisive foods also have it:\n\nBeef: 1.5 mcg per 3-ounce serving\nFish: Tuna has 2.5 mcg per 3-ounce serving. Salmon and trout have about double that.\nMilk and Yogurt: About 1.2 mcg per cup\nCheese: 0.9 mcg per ounce\nEggs: About 0.6 mcg per large egg”\n\nOrgan meats are superfoods, they are nature’s own “supplement boxes.” While fatty red meat contains all the nutrients you need to thrive, I do recommend having some organ meats every month to really make sure you are maximally nourished.\nPersonally, I have about 500 grams or more of fatty beef with 6 to 8 eggs every day, year round. The rest varies, but that’s my base. As for organs, I start on a big veal liver every 3 to 4 weeks and consume it in 7 to 10 days or so. Of course, all raw, but that is my personal preference as it’s much easier digested and more nourishing for you than anything cooked, and I’ve also been doing this for almost 7 years now. Most people who are new to an animal-based or carnivore diet start out with cooked food and move towards cooking as little as possible.\n\nWhy Do Supplements Contain So Much B12?\n\nPerhaps because people think it’s real B12 and the acute poisoning from the fake artificial and highly toxic supplemental B12 gives them a fight-or-flight response, as in an “energy boost” and thus feeling more alert and focused. Combine that with all the other fake and toxic versions of vitamins and other chemicals that, for example, are in an energy drink, and you can imagine the buzz they get from such severe acute poisoning. It’s a chemical shitstorm of poisons. Also, since B12 is not even available in plants, they fortify foods with the toxic stuff to compensate, as in artificial fake B12.\n\n“Anecdotally, people say B12 gives them energy, focus, and alertness. Supplemental B12 certainly does that if you're correcting a deficiency. Studies on mega-doses are limited, but people report cognitive-enhancing effects.”\n\nNo, you dimwits. Very little of that artificial B12 will be converted to actual active methylcobalamin or adenosylcobalamin with the correct chemical bonds that the body can use.\nAlso, you do not “correct” a nutrient deficiency in minutes after taking something. It takes days or even weeks to fix a deficiency, as the nutrients need to be broken down, absorbed, used and stored until the stores are filled. A somewhat immediate energy boost after taking something is thus from an acute response by the body, as in taking something that is toxic and interferes with your central nervous system or other processes.. That is also common sense and very well documented in biology, physiology, and biochemistry.\nYou guys at T-Nation are so clueless it's embarrassing.\n\n“B12 does play a role in how most people perceive \"energy.\" B12 is involved in converting food (particularly carbs) into glucose, which your body uses for energy. So, while B12 itself doesn't \"give you energy,\" it does support metabolic processes that sustain energy production. B12's effect on nerve cell health also supports mental clarity.”\n\nWe covered this at the beginning of the article review.\n\n“Energy drinks often contain enormous amounts of B12. For people with digestive issues or for those taking drugs that interfere with B12, these mega-dosages ensure they're getting enough. Plus, since B12 is water-soluble, any excess is excreted rather than stored in the body, so it's virtually impossible to \"overdose.\"\n\nNo, it’s not impossible to overdose, as the artificial B12 is not chemically compatible with our physiology. It still needs to be converted, even if they claim that the artificial and supplemental B12 looks like bioavailable methylcobalamin, it’s still derived from inorganic compounds and simply a chemical shitstorm that the body has to deal with.\n\nThis means that the more artificial B12 you consume, the more of the non-converted B12 will accumulate in the blood and has to be discharged by the body as it’s very toxic and does a lot of damage. So, “overdosing” is simply an issue depending on interpretation, as any amount of artificial B12 will cause damage. The question is, where do you draw the line? And do not forget everything else most people consume that also contributes to the toxic load. Singling out one component is impossible, it’s the total toxic load that is the issue.\n\nWhat Form of Supplemental B12 is Best?\n\nNone “supplemental” form at all. There is only one source. The natural organic, bioactive, and fully bioavailable form that is identical to how we store it in our tissues, and that form is only found in animal foods. No exceptions.\n\n“Methylcobalamin is the naturally occurring, active form of B12. It's the most bioavailable. Other forms, like cyanocobalamin, are artificial and must be converted into methylcobalamin in the body. Cyanocobalamin can also cause some people to develop rashes or acne. So, stick to methylcobalamin.”\n\nYes, the two bioactive forms of vitamin B 12 are methylcobalamin found in the cytosol of cytoplasm and adenosylcobalamin within the cell’s mitochondria.\nHowever, any form of artificial and supplemental “methylcobalamin” is still not the same as the bioactive form of methylcobalamin found in our cells, or in the cells of an animal.\n\n“Sublingual methylcobalamin works very well. If you're an energy drink fan, Spike Energy Drink and Colorado Crush, contain 1000 mcg of methylcobalamin B12.”\n\nAre you guys at T-Nation seriously recommending toxic and harmful energy drinks as a source of vitamin B12? As in a source of fake, toxic and harmful vitamin B12? I’m almost at loss for words.\nWell, not really. You are complete morons!\n\nNever touch any kind of vitamin- or mineral supplements! And stay away from all plant-based and processed foods, especially those that are “fortified” with said toxic artificial micronutrients.\n\nAnd it should go without saying that if you have one or several nutrient deficiencies, you should really take a sober look at your nutritional approach, as in your current diet, and not reach after a quick-fix, such as a supplement (which does not work anyway.)\nA diet that is deficient or even lacking in nutrients is not a diet, it’s unnatural, it’s insane!\n\nWith that being said, and to summarize, if you consume meat on a daily basis, or better yet, you actually care about your health and longevity and are fully carnivore, then you never have to worry about a single micronutrient or any kind of deficiency. It’s impossible to develop any kind of deficiency or toxicity when your diet is animal-based. You can only develop nutrient deficiencies by consuming too much toxic plant-based and/or processed foods.\n",
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"content": "Plant Toxins, Accumulated Toxicity, Tissue Damage, And a Decreased Lifespan<br /><br />After this Saturday’s article on the toxicity of nuts (seeds) my social media was flooded by comments and questions. While the majority of comments were positive, as my friends and followers are awake and of higher intelligence than the average sleeping sheeple, some comments were from people who never really commented before -- most likely people who never looked at biology, physiology or biochemistry and simply believe in mainstream backwards “nutrition” and “medical science.”<br /><br />Most of the typical NPC comments are always parroting what they heard in the media or from other people (as I hear the same lines repeated daily,) such as “this or that person consumes a lot of nuts and veggies and is healthy,” or “well, I must be a walking toxic waste bin then, uhu hu hu,” or the most unscientific comment ever, “all people are different, some can’t digest meat.”<br /><br />Healthy you say, compared to what and whom? To the regular dumbed-down couch potato? Are you aware that we as humans are supposed to be able to live for 120 to 150 years if following our species-appropriate carnivorous diet and minimizing toxic exposure? <br /><br />As for being a toxic waste bin, yes, most people are, and that is why they get health problems at such an early age as only 30, 40, or 50 -- and why most people die between the ages of 70 and 90, a far cry from 150. Heck, even children today have health problems such and obesity, diabetes, and hundreds of made-up mental issues, all the result of toxicity and nutrient deficiencies.<br /><br />And no, people are not physiologically different from each other. We are a species, just like any other animal, and we all have the same physical structure, the same organs, and the same digestive system. And it’s widely recognized in the fields of real science that humans are obligate hyper carnivores. If someone has trouble consuming or even digesting meat, it is because they have totally fucked-up their stomach and digestive system by consuming non-species appropriate and toxic foods and are thus in desperate need of healing. And the only way to heal is by getting actual nutrients from animal foods. So, start small and build up. Simple. Logical. Common sense.<br /><br />Now, I’ll try to keep this short and as straightforward and uncomplicated as possible. This article will be a summary with a lot of links for further reading, as I’ve covered pretty much all of this in previous articles. Still, I will insert snippets from real and established research and science within the fields of biology, physiology, and biochemistry.<br />Note: all screenshots are taken from AI-generated search summaries and quotations only focusing on acknowledged research and established facts and consensuses from literature within the fields of biology, physiology, and biochemistry.<br /><br />Plant toxins: defense chemicals, antinutrients, heavy metals, pesticides<br /><br />Because some dimwits in the past have deemed a part of a plant edible does not mean that we should consume it. All “edible” plants, including fruits and vegetables, contain anywhere from 20 to 200 defense chemicals that serve as their protection against anyone wanting to harm or eat the plant. And across all “edible” plants, thousands of defense chemicals have been identified, and more are discovered every year.<br />These defense chemicals, also called “antioxidants,” \"phytonutrients\", \"polyphenols\" or “phenols,” can mimic hormones and offset your testosterone to estrogen balance, some can contribute to sterilization, and some can interfere with any kind of cell and damage or even kill them.<br /><br />All “edible” plants, including fruits and vegetables, and especially seeds, as in nuts, also contain antinutrients, which simply are chemicals that bind to nutrients and enzymes, especially minerals and proteins, making them virtually useless to anyone consuming the plant. The real task of antinutrients is simply to bind up nutrients that the plant can chemically use to grow, hence the fact that there are more antinutrients in seeds which will turn into a new plant.<br />However, in the human body, antinutrients will act similar to defense chemicals or any other toxin, and can bind to tissues where they do great damage -- especially in the colon causing leaky gut and similar conditions. <br />There are thousands of variants of antinutrients across all plants. For example, there are over 500 variations of lectin that have been isolated and identified.<br /><br />All “edible” plants, including fruits and vegetables, are “genetically modified” and full of pesticide residues. Not one single edible plant that you can find today either existed in nature at all, or is totally different from its origin. This means that all “edible” plant foods today have a higher concentration of carbohydrates, as in sugar, to taste a bit better. They also have a lot more defense chemicals and especially antinutrients due to bad planting practices and the use of chemically produced fertilizers. They also contain much less “nutrition” than any wild plant found in nature -- and keep in mind that we as humans can’t hardly absorb any of these “nutrients” anyway, which we will come to next.<br /><br />Plant “nutrients” are not chemically compatible<br /><br />Every single nutrient found in a plant is chemically different (inorganic) to its equivalent nutrients found in living tissue, as in our bodies (organic.) Not one single compound or “nutrient” in a plant is bioavailable for a human in its original form. This is common sense, as plants are organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae and capable of producing their own “food” through photosynthesis while humans belong to the kingdom Animalia and are obligate hyper carnivores that need to consume organic material to uphold life. Plants have a cell wall made of cellulose and other carbohydrates while humans have a cell wall composed of proteins and lipids, as in animal-based saturated fats and cholesterol. By consuming what we are made of, as in animal fat and animal protein, we guarantee that we get everything we need.<br /><br />This also means that given the chemical and toxic nature of plant compounds, it is not possible for them to provide any health benefits to humans! This is crucial to understand!<br /><br />While humans can extract a small amount of nutrients from plants, that small amount needs to be chemically converted into something we can use. This process is very inefficient, only yielding 5% up to 80% depending on the nutrient. The big problem is that the remaining amounts of these compounds that can’t be converted are very toxic and can attach themselves to tissues causing damage.<br /><br />And of course, we also have fiber that is extremely damaging to our intestines and carbohydrates that has to be turned into glucose, disrupting our natural production of glucose from gluconeogenesis. And every time blood glucose rises above natural safe levels from consuming carbohydrates, all soft tissues will take damage until the body has neutralized that glucose and blood glucose has returned to normal. That damage will accumulate!<br /><br />And to add insult to injury, we also have the toxic and always rancid plant-based unsaturated fats. Keep in mind that humans have zero need of these unsaturated fats. We only need saturated fats, cholesterol, and a little amount of animal-based unsaturated fats (the omega fatty acids.) And as with all plant-based “nutrients” the unsaturated fats are no different, they also come in an incompatible chemical form and need to be converted by our bodies, which yields a lot of toxic residues -- and again, most of plant-based unsaturated fats are rancid anyway and can’t be used for anything, only causing cellular damage. Never consume any poly- or mono-unsaturated fats from plants, and that includes olive oil, avocado oil (extremely rancid,) flax-seed oil, and every single plant/seed/vegetable oil there is.<br /><br />Accumulated damage from all toxic sources<br /><br />So, to summarize in all simplicity, we have defense chemicals, antinutrients, pesticides, heavy metals, damaging fiber, toxic carbohydrates, toxic plant-based unsaturated fats and all the unconverted non-bioavailable nutrients (plant-based “vitamins,” “minerals,” “unsaturated fats,” “proteins,” and other compounds.) And the only thing that really varies between different plants is the amount of fiber, carbohydrates, and unsaturated fats.<br /><br />Still, one single plant will do a lot of damage, and the more you add to your plate, the more toxins and accumulated damage. That is also simple common sense.<br /><br />So, how come some people seem to “tolerate” these toxic edibles, at least in moderation? Why are some people seemingly “healthier” while others are obese and struggling? That should also be common sense. But I’ll break it down for you.<br /><br />What influences detoxification capabilities and tissue repair?<br /><br />When you consume a plant-based food and are exposed to all its toxins, as in defense chemicals, antinutrients, heavy metals, and pesticides, your body will do the best it can to neutralize and expel these toxins as quickly as possible. While they are still present within the bloodstream, they will do damage to red- and white blood cells, platelets, enzymes, proteins, and other essential compounds.<br /><br />And if your body can’t neutralize and break them down, using phase I and II metabolism pathways before they reach a tissue that they can bind to, they will accumulate in that tissue causing local damage. Usually, our bodies detect this and will try to detoxify and repair that tissue. If you are very healthy and fully nourished, as in consuming a lot of animal-based foods, this is not a problem and the body can neutralize and expel the toxins and also repair the damage. However, if you continue to consume the same toxic food, the same toxins will accumulate at the same tissues all over again -- meaning that you will go through regular detoxification and healing processes manifesting themselves with the same symptoms, which most people will think is a cold or some muscle/body pain, or similar.<br /><br />Note: if you consume carbohydrates with a meal, your body will prioritize blood glucose control before dealing with any other threat, as elevated blood glucose causes the most damage and can even be fatal. That means that while blood glucose is being handled, toxins are free to do damage until blood glucose is stabilized and your body can divert its focus to neutralization and detoxification. However, if you snack or eat every third hour or so, any detoxification and repair process will be more or less shut off the whole day, which means a lot of accumulated toxins and damage!<br /><br />It should be no surprise that these processes are taxing on the body and everytime it has to repair toxic-induced damage, there is the chance of developing scar tissue or that not all damaged cells were removed and replaced and you end up with compromised tissue. This will accelerate your aging. So, even if you are fully healthy and can detoxify and heal, every unnecessary exposure to toxins, such as from plant-based foods, will tax your body and slowly reduce your lifespan.<br /><br />Now, at least 90% of all people are not that healthy, as most people do not consume near enough animal-based foods to keep themselves nourished. The less actual bioavailable nutrients you have for disposal, the less effective your detoxification process and healing process will be. This means that if you have nutrient deficiencies, like most people, your body will not only be struggling with neutralizing toxins as they enter your body through the food you consume, but also in reducing and eliminating any toxic buildup in tissues -- and that is what is causing a chronic detoxification and healing response, as in “chronic inflammation.” Your body can’t really keep up with the toxic accumulation, but it will try its best with the limited resources it has.<br /><br />And this is why some people “seem” healthy and “seem” to be doing okay on a “balanced” diet of both animal-foods, starches, and vegetables. They simply get just enough nutrients from the animal foods to keep up with their detoxification and healing compared to those who have more plant-based and processed crap in their diet. Of course, environmental toxins count as well, as in using idiotic hygiene- and beauty products, detergents, softeners, plastics, creams, sun blockers, and whatnot. <br />With that said, simply keeping up and doing better than the majority is still not healthy, as there will be a lot of damage that accelerates their aging. Thus, they are not healthy by a long shot compared to a human that follows his or her species-appropriate, species-specific diet, as in being fully carnivore. This is also simple logic, as animal foods are the only source of bioavailable essential nutrients, the only way to keep us nourished -- and animal foods are also the only source of nourishment that is free of toxins. So, if you follow our natural human carnivore diet, the only toxins your body have to deal with are environmental toxins, and considering that your body is now operating at peak efficiency, that is no real threat and easily detoxified.<br /><br />And with that, my “little” summary comes to an end. Please note that this was a very simplified and watered-down summary, so make sure to read the links and the recommended articles below if you’re not familiar with the truth and the real sciences that has been hidden by the establishment who instead pushes their inverted and evil “nutritional science” and “medical science.” The modern invented pseudo-sciences that parrot biology, physiology, and biochemistry, but turn it all backwards so they can make tons of money on useless drugs and treatments while keeping the lifespan of the population as short as possible as we cost money once we retire. Keeping us weak, docile, dumbed-down and sickly most of our life and making sure we die short after we retire is the easiest way to govern a society -- a population full of sleeping zombies dependent on their toxic food, toxic drugs, and deadly treatments.<br />",
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"content": "Plant Toxins, Accumulated Toxicity, Tissue Damage, And a Decreased Lifespan\n\nAfter this Saturday’s article on the toxicity of nuts (seeds) my social media was flooded by comments and questions. While the majority of comments were positive, as my friends and followers are awake and of higher intelligence than the average sleeping sheeple, some comments were from people who never really commented before -- most likely people who never looked at biology, physiology or biochemistry and simply believe in mainstream backwards “nutrition” and “medical science.”\n\nMost of the typical NPC comments are always parroting what they heard in the media or from other people (as I hear the same lines repeated daily,) such as “this or that person consumes a lot of nuts and veggies and is healthy,” or “well, I must be a walking toxic waste bin then, uhu hu hu,” or the most unscientific comment ever, “all people are different, some can’t digest meat.”\n\nHealthy you say, compared to what and whom? To the regular dumbed-down couch potato? Are you aware that we as humans are supposed to be able to live for 120 to 150 years if following our species-appropriate carnivorous diet and minimizing toxic exposure? \n\nAs for being a toxic waste bin, yes, most people are, and that is why they get health problems at such an early age as only 30, 40, or 50 -- and why most people die between the ages of 70 and 90, a far cry from 150. Heck, even children today have health problems such and obesity, diabetes, and hundreds of made-up mental issues, all the result of toxicity and nutrient deficiencies.\n\nAnd no, people are not physiologically different from each other. We are a species, just like any other animal, and we all have the same physical structure, the same organs, and the same digestive system. And it’s widely recognized in the fields of real science that humans are obligate hyper carnivores. If someone has trouble consuming or even digesting meat, it is because they have totally fucked-up their stomach and digestive system by consuming non-species appropriate and toxic foods and are thus in desperate need of healing. And the only way to heal is by getting actual nutrients from animal foods. So, start small and build up. Simple. Logical. Common sense.\n\nNow, I’ll try to keep this short and as straightforward and uncomplicated as possible. This article will be a summary with a lot of links for further reading, as I’ve covered pretty much all of this in previous articles. Still, I will insert snippets from real and established research and science within the fields of biology, physiology, and biochemistry.\nNote: all screenshots are taken from AI-generated search summaries and quotations only focusing on acknowledged research and established facts and consensuses from literature within the fields of biology, physiology, and biochemistry.\n\nPlant toxins: defense chemicals, antinutrients, heavy metals, pesticides\n\nBecause some dimwits in the past have deemed a part of a plant edible does not mean that we should consume it. All “edible” plants, including fruits and vegetables, contain anywhere from 20 to 200 defense chemicals that serve as their protection against anyone wanting to harm or eat the plant. And across all “edible” plants, thousands of defense chemicals have been identified, and more are discovered every year.\nThese defense chemicals, also called “antioxidants,” \"phytonutrients\", \"polyphenols\" or “phenols,” can mimic hormones and offset your testosterone to estrogen balance, some can contribute to sterilization, and some can interfere with any kind of cell and damage or even kill them.\n\nAll “edible” plants, including fruits and vegetables, and especially seeds, as in nuts, also contain antinutrients, which simply are chemicals that bind to nutrients and enzymes, especially minerals and proteins, making them virtually useless to anyone consuming the plant. The real task of antinutrients is simply to bind up nutrients that the plant can chemically use to grow, hence the fact that there are more antinutrients in seeds which will turn into a new plant.\nHowever, in the human body, antinutrients will act similar to defense chemicals or any other toxin, and can bind to tissues where they do great damage -- especially in the colon causing leaky gut and similar conditions. \nThere are thousands of variants of antinutrients across all plants. For example, there are over 500 variations of lectin that have been isolated and identified.\n\nAll “edible” plants, including fruits and vegetables, are “genetically modified” and full of pesticide residues. Not one single edible plant that you can find today either existed in nature at all, or is totally different from its origin. This means that all “edible” plant foods today have a higher concentration of carbohydrates, as in sugar, to taste a bit better. They also have a lot more defense chemicals and especially antinutrients due to bad planting practices and the use of chemically produced fertilizers. They also contain much less “nutrition” than any wild plant found in nature -- and keep in mind that we as humans can’t hardly absorb any of these “nutrients” anyway, which we will come to next.\n\nPlant “nutrients” are not chemically compatible\n\nEvery single nutrient found in a plant is chemically different (inorganic) to its equivalent nutrients found in living tissue, as in our bodies (organic.) Not one single compound or “nutrient” in a plant is bioavailable for a human in its original form. This is common sense, as plants are organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae and capable of producing their own “food” through photosynthesis while humans belong to the kingdom Animalia and are obligate hyper carnivores that need to consume organic material to uphold life. Plants have a cell wall made of cellulose and other carbohydrates while humans have a cell wall composed of proteins and lipids, as in animal-based saturated fats and cholesterol. By consuming what we are made of, as in animal fat and animal protein, we guarantee that we get everything we need.\n\nThis also means that given the chemical and toxic nature of plant compounds, it is not possible for them to provide any health benefits to humans! This is crucial to understand!\n\nWhile humans can extract a small amount of nutrients from plants, that small amount needs to be chemically converted into something we can use. This process is very inefficient, only yielding 5% up to 80% depending on the nutrient. The big problem is that the remaining amounts of these compounds that can’t be converted are very toxic and can attach themselves to tissues causing damage.\n\nAnd of course, we also have fiber that is extremely damaging to our intestines and carbohydrates that has to be turned into glucose, disrupting our natural production of glucose from gluconeogenesis. And every time blood glucose rises above natural safe levels from consuming carbohydrates, all soft tissues will take damage until the body has neutralized that glucose and blood glucose has returned to normal. That damage will accumulate!\n\nAnd to add insult to injury, we also have the toxic and always rancid plant-based unsaturated fats. Keep in mind that humans have zero need of these unsaturated fats. We only need saturated fats, cholesterol, and a little amount of animal-based unsaturated fats (the omega fatty acids.) And as with all plant-based “nutrients” the unsaturated fats are no different, they also come in an incompatible chemical form and need to be converted by our bodies, which yields a lot of toxic residues -- and again, most of plant-based unsaturated fats are rancid anyway and can’t be used for anything, only causing cellular damage. Never consume any poly- or mono-unsaturated fats from plants, and that includes olive oil, avocado oil (extremely rancid,) flax-seed oil, and every single plant/seed/vegetable oil there is.\n\nAccumulated damage from all toxic sources\n\nSo, to summarize in all simplicity, we have defense chemicals, antinutrients, pesticides, heavy metals, damaging fiber, toxic carbohydrates, toxic plant-based unsaturated fats and all the unconverted non-bioavailable nutrients (plant-based “vitamins,” “minerals,” “unsaturated fats,” “proteins,” and other compounds.) And the only thing that really varies between different plants is the amount of fiber, carbohydrates, and unsaturated fats.\n\nStill, one single plant will do a lot of damage, and the more you add to your plate, the more toxins and accumulated damage. That is also simple common sense.\n\nSo, how come some people seem to “tolerate” these toxic edibles, at least in moderation? Why are some people seemingly “healthier” while others are obese and struggling? That should also be common sense. But I’ll break it down for you.\n\nWhat influences detoxification capabilities and tissue repair?\n\nWhen you consume a plant-based food and are exposed to all its toxins, as in defense chemicals, antinutrients, heavy metals, and pesticides, your body will do the best it can to neutralize and expel these toxins as quickly as possible. While they are still present within the bloodstream, they will do damage to red- and white blood cells, platelets, enzymes, proteins, and other essential compounds.\n\nAnd if your body can’t neutralize and break them down, using phase I and II metabolism pathways before they reach a tissue that they can bind to, they will accumulate in that tissue causing local damage. Usually, our bodies detect this and will try to detoxify and repair that tissue. If you are very healthy and fully nourished, as in consuming a lot of animal-based foods, this is not a problem and the body can neutralize and expel the toxins and also repair the damage. However, if you continue to consume the same toxic food, the same toxins will accumulate at the same tissues all over again -- meaning that you will go through regular detoxification and healing processes manifesting themselves with the same symptoms, which most people will think is a cold or some muscle/body pain, or similar.\n\nNote: if you consume carbohydrates with a meal, your body will prioritize blood glucose control before dealing with any other threat, as elevated blood glucose causes the most damage and can even be fatal. That means that while blood glucose is being handled, toxins are free to do damage until blood glucose is stabilized and your body can divert its focus to neutralization and detoxification. However, if you snack or eat every third hour or so, any detoxification and repair process will be more or less shut off the whole day, which means a lot of accumulated toxins and damage!\n\nIt should be no surprise that these processes are taxing on the body and everytime it has to repair toxic-induced damage, there is the chance of developing scar tissue or that not all damaged cells were removed and replaced and you end up with compromised tissue. This will accelerate your aging. So, even if you are fully healthy and can detoxify and heal, every unnecessary exposure to toxins, such as from plant-based foods, will tax your body and slowly reduce your lifespan.\n\nNow, at least 90% of all people are not that healthy, as most people do not consume near enough animal-based foods to keep themselves nourished. The less actual bioavailable nutrients you have for disposal, the less effective your detoxification process and healing process will be. This means that if you have nutrient deficiencies, like most people, your body will not only be struggling with neutralizing toxins as they enter your body through the food you consume, but also in reducing and eliminating any toxic buildup in tissues -- and that is what is causing a chronic detoxification and healing response, as in “chronic inflammation.” Your body can’t really keep up with the toxic accumulation, but it will try its best with the limited resources it has.\n\nAnd this is why some people “seem” healthy and “seem” to be doing okay on a “balanced” diet of both animal-foods, starches, and vegetables. They simply get just enough nutrients from the animal foods to keep up with their detoxification and healing compared to those who have more plant-based and processed crap in their diet. Of course, environmental toxins count as well, as in using idiotic hygiene- and beauty products, detergents, softeners, plastics, creams, sun blockers, and whatnot. \nWith that said, simply keeping up and doing better than the majority is still not healthy, as there will be a lot of damage that accelerates their aging. Thus, they are not healthy by a long shot compared to a human that follows his or her species-appropriate, species-specific diet, as in being fully carnivore. This is also simple logic, as animal foods are the only source of bioavailable essential nutrients, the only way to keep us nourished -- and animal foods are also the only source of nourishment that is free of toxins. So, if you follow our natural human carnivore diet, the only toxins your body have to deal with are environmental toxins, and considering that your body is now operating at peak efficiency, that is no real threat and easily detoxified.\n\nAnd with that, my “little” summary comes to an end. Please note that this was a very simplified and watered-down summary, so make sure to read the links and the recommended articles below if you’re not familiar with the truth and the real sciences that has been hidden by the establishment who instead pushes their inverted and evil “nutritional science” and “medical science.” The modern invented pseudo-sciences that parrot biology, physiology, and biochemistry, but turn it all backwards so they can make tons of money on useless drugs and treatments while keeping the lifespan of the population as short as possible as we cost money once we retire. Keeping us weak, docile, dumbed-down and sickly most of our life and making sure we die short after we retire is the easiest way to govern a society -- a population full of sleeping zombies dependent on their toxic food, toxic drugs, and deadly treatments.\n",
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"content": "Nuts (Seeds) Are Extremely Toxic And Useless<br /><br />As I’m a bit short on time, we return to Examine.com for today's “shorter” article and their summary of yet another stupid and unnecessary nutritional meta-analysis. And to be clear, a meta-analysis is a statistical method of combining and synthesizing the results of multiple independent studies addressing a “common research question.”<br />So, what was this common question, this fascinating puzzle they had to solve this time? Well, this bunch of monkeys went through a bunch of studies to find out what effect nuts had on dieting. Yes, nuts -- as in a hard shell with a seed inside. You know, a seed, which is among the most toxic parts of any plant, as in something that should never be consumed by any human ever.<br /><br />If you’ve finished laughing, let’s see what they found according to Examine’s neat little summary. And while it might be short, I’ll do my best to present some useful information, and hopefully you’ll learn something new along the way.<br /><br />What was studied?<br /><br />“The effect of adding nuts to a hypocaloric diet on the following outcomes:<br /><br />Anthropometrics: weight loss, BMI, waist circumference, and hip circumference<br />Body composition: body fat, fat-free mass, and lean mass<br />Biomarkers of glycemic control: fasting glucose and insulin<br />Blood lipids: total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, and triglycerides”<br /><br />Before we continue, let’s explain a few things as not everyone is well-versed in “science jargon.”<br /><br />A “hypocaloric diet” is a very stupid and inefficient approach to “weight-loss” where they reduce the believed energy intake from foods, as in imaginary calories (heat units.) They do so by reducing the amount of food and by focusing on the most nutrient-depleted and toxic foods in existence (they believe the opposite, as they are brainwashed, gullible and possible retarded,) such as vegetables, grains, and fruits, and also by only consuming the least nutritious cuts of meat, as in lean meat, usually white meat as in chicken and fish.<br /><br />Anthropometry is the study of the physical properties of the human body, primarily dimensional descriptors of body size and shape. In this case, measurements and a visual representation of the test subjects’ obesity.<br />Body composition on the other hand is looking “inside” the body, as in the proportion of fat, muscle, bone, water, and other tissues that make up an individual’s physical body. It is often expressed as a percentage of total body weight, with the goal of achieving a healthy balance between fat mass and lean body mass.<br />And a biomarker is believed to be a measurable indicator of some biological state or condition, often measured and evaluated using blood, urine, or soft tissues. Only tissue samples will give a somewhat reliable result as blood and urine concentrations and levels vary all the time according to our biological processes and the breakdown of compounds.<br /><br />Anthropometry and body composition might be of interest for those wanting to lose body fat, and adding nuts will do absolutely nothing in that regard. Actually, considering their toxicity and the very damaging plant-based oils (fats,) it will hinder fat loss in the long run.<br /><br />Fasting glucose and insulin should be perfectly managed in a healthy human running on their natural fat metabolism while being in ketosis. And by adding nuts, whether you have a normal fasting glucose or not, will have zero results. But again, considering their toxicity, they will cause damage and in the long run, it could impact fasting glucose as damaged cells will struggle to use glucose or store it.<br /><br />And as for blood lipids, adding nuts is detrimental as the unsaturated and rancid fats are not chemically compatible with human physiology and they need to be transformed in the body, which is a resource dependent process that yields a lot of toxic residues. Not to mention the damage the rancidity does to tissues. However, this will not show on any lipid panel -- only that you have more fatty acids in the blood, as your body can not metabolize all of the unsaturated fats, which the “researchers” will believe is good as the subjects should release fatty acids from fat tissue to be used as energy.<br /><br />With that said, the backward-thinking modern sciences have reversed everything about cholesterol, LDL and HDL, so whatever they say, it’s invalid and totally retarded. I’ve covered the real truth of cholesterol, LDL and HDL many times, fully backed by real science documented within biology, physiology, and biochemistry. Please read my articles “Cholesterol, LDL and HDL 101: They Got It All Backwards,” “Totally Wrong Again About Inflammation and Cholesterol (the Healing Process),” “Hormone Replacement Therapy For Women — The Importance of Fats, Lp(A), LDL, And HDL Explained,” “More on Cholesterol: Natural Animal-Based Foods Can Never Be Unhealthy,” and “Statins Will Kill! Older Adults Should Consume More Saturated Fats and Cholesterol,” for more actual and real information.<br /><br />Who was studied?<br /><br />“A total of 821 men and women (average ages of 27–58) with overweight/obesity.”<br /><br />Ok, carry on.<br /><br />How was it studied?<br />“A meta-analysis of 10 randomized controlled trials was performed. Four trials were conducted in the United States, and 3 trials each were conducted in Iran and Brazil.<br />The vast majority of trials compared a hypocaloric diet + nuts to a nut-free hypocaloric diet. The types of nuts used were almonds, peanuts, walnuts, pistachios, and mixed nuts. In the trials that reported the absolute daily supplemental intake of nuts, this ranged from 39 grams to 84 grams. The intervention duration ranged from 4 to 24 weeks.”<br /><br />The fact that the vast majority of trials compared a “hypocaloric diet + nuts” to a “nut-free hypocaloric diet” is alarming. Who the hell comes up with such a retarded idea, and multiple times? The people conducting these “studies” failed miserably and should immediately resign, dress up as the monkeys they are, and go working as a mascot for some obscure brand or organization. They might be able to pull that off.<br /><br />On average, mixed nuts contain about 79% fat, 15% carbohydrates, and 13% protein. As it’s plant-based, the protein is incomplete and also bound to the fiber content and to the starches, so you might be able to get half of that, as in 7%. Some of the extremely toxic carbs are also bound up in the fiber, which most people do not even know about. The more fiber, the less of the carbohydrates are absorbed. Instead, they follow the fiber to the large intestine where they ferment and produce gasses and do damage to the intestine walls.<br />However, that is outside the scope of this article. While the nutrient profile of nuts, considering what we actually can absorb and use, is abysmal at best, the biggest problem is the toxicity from the unsaturated fats and its defense chemicals and antinutrients.<br /><br />A big serving of 39 grams will flood your body with 31 grams of very toxic plant-based fats and a lot of other toxins. And chewing down 84 grams a day will amass a frightening 66 grams of toxic fats. That’s a lot of toxic damage.<br /><br />What were the results?<br />“No differences between a hypocaloric diet + nuts and a nut-free hypocaloric diet were observed for any of the outcomes.”<br /><br />No surprise there. However, consuming nuts or any plant-based food will contribute to the toxic load of the body, and nuts, just like any kind of seed, are among the most toxic “edible” things you can find in nature. If anyone ever recommends that you should add nuts or any other seed to your diet, please distance yourself from that person, as he or she is either ignorant and retarded, or simply extremely evil. Actually, this goes for any kind of plant-based or processed food.<br /><br />While the meta-analysis was a complete waste of time, hopefully you, the reader, learned something new about all the toxic damage plant-based foods and plant-based unsaturated fats will do to you, and why you should avoid them at all cost.<br />",
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"content": "Nuts (Seeds) Are Extremely Toxic And Useless\n\nAs I’m a bit short on time, we return to Examine.com for today's “shorter” article and their summary of yet another stupid and unnecessary nutritional meta-analysis. And to be clear, a meta-analysis is a statistical method of combining and synthesizing the results of multiple independent studies addressing a “common research question.”\nSo, what was this common question, this fascinating puzzle they had to solve this time? Well, this bunch of monkeys went through a bunch of studies to find out what effect nuts had on dieting. Yes, nuts -- as in a hard shell with a seed inside. You know, a seed, which is among the most toxic parts of any plant, as in something that should never be consumed by any human ever.\n\nIf you’ve finished laughing, let’s see what they found according to Examine’s neat little summary. And while it might be short, I’ll do my best to present some useful information, and hopefully you’ll learn something new along the way.\n\nWhat was studied?\n\n“The effect of adding nuts to a hypocaloric diet on the following outcomes:\n\nAnthropometrics: weight loss, BMI, waist circumference, and hip circumference\nBody composition: body fat, fat-free mass, and lean mass\nBiomarkers of glycemic control: fasting glucose and insulin\nBlood lipids: total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, and triglycerides”\n\nBefore we continue, let’s explain a few things as not everyone is well-versed in “science jargon.”\n\nA “hypocaloric diet” is a very stupid and inefficient approach to “weight-loss” where they reduce the believed energy intake from foods, as in imaginary calories (heat units.) They do so by reducing the amount of food and by focusing on the most nutrient-depleted and toxic foods in existence (they believe the opposite, as they are brainwashed, gullible and possible retarded,) such as vegetables, grains, and fruits, and also by only consuming the least nutritious cuts of meat, as in lean meat, usually white meat as in chicken and fish.\n\nAnthropometry is the study of the physical properties of the human body, primarily dimensional descriptors of body size and shape. In this case, measurements and a visual representation of the test subjects’ obesity.\nBody composition on the other hand is looking “inside” the body, as in the proportion of fat, muscle, bone, water, and other tissues that make up an individual’s physical body. It is often expressed as a percentage of total body weight, with the goal of achieving a healthy balance between fat mass and lean body mass.\nAnd a biomarker is believed to be a measurable indicator of some biological state or condition, often measured and evaluated using blood, urine, or soft tissues. Only tissue samples will give a somewhat reliable result as blood and urine concentrations and levels vary all the time according to our biological processes and the breakdown of compounds.\n\nAnthropometry and body composition might be of interest for those wanting to lose body fat, and adding nuts will do absolutely nothing in that regard. Actually, considering their toxicity and the very damaging plant-based oils (fats,) it will hinder fat loss in the long run.\n\nFasting glucose and insulin should be perfectly managed in a healthy human running on their natural fat metabolism while being in ketosis. And by adding nuts, whether you have a normal fasting glucose or not, will have zero results. But again, considering their toxicity, they will cause damage and in the long run, it could impact fasting glucose as damaged cells will struggle to use glucose or store it.\n\nAnd as for blood lipids, adding nuts is detrimental as the unsaturated and rancid fats are not chemically compatible with human physiology and they need to be transformed in the body, which is a resource dependent process that yields a lot of toxic residues. Not to mention the damage the rancidity does to tissues. However, this will not show on any lipid panel -- only that you have more fatty acids in the blood, as your body can not metabolize all of the unsaturated fats, which the “researchers” will believe is good as the subjects should release fatty acids from fat tissue to be used as energy.\n\nWith that said, the backward-thinking modern sciences have reversed everything about cholesterol, LDL and HDL, so whatever they say, it’s invalid and totally retarded. I’ve covered the real truth of cholesterol, LDL and HDL many times, fully backed by real science documented within biology, physiology, and biochemistry. Please read my articles “Cholesterol, LDL and HDL 101: They Got It All Backwards,” “Totally Wrong Again About Inflammation and Cholesterol (the Healing Process),” “Hormone Replacement Therapy For Women — The Importance of Fats, Lp(A), LDL, And HDL Explained,” “More on Cholesterol: Natural Animal-Based Foods Can Never Be Unhealthy,” and “Statins Will Kill! Older Adults Should Consume More Saturated Fats and Cholesterol,” for more actual and real information.\n\nWho was studied?\n\n“A total of 821 men and women (average ages of 27–58) with overweight/obesity.”\n\nOk, carry on.\n\nHow was it studied?\n“A meta-analysis of 10 randomized controlled trials was performed. Four trials were conducted in the United States, and 3 trials each were conducted in Iran and Brazil.\nThe vast majority of trials compared a hypocaloric diet + nuts to a nut-free hypocaloric diet. The types of nuts used were almonds, peanuts, walnuts, pistachios, and mixed nuts. In the trials that reported the absolute daily supplemental intake of nuts, this ranged from 39 grams to 84 grams. The intervention duration ranged from 4 to 24 weeks.”\n\nThe fact that the vast majority of trials compared a “hypocaloric diet + nuts” to a “nut-free hypocaloric diet” is alarming. Who the hell comes up with such a retarded idea, and multiple times? The people conducting these “studies” failed miserably and should immediately resign, dress up as the monkeys they are, and go working as a mascot for some obscure brand or organization. They might be able to pull that off.\n\nOn average, mixed nuts contain about 79% fat, 15% carbohydrates, and 13% protein. As it’s plant-based, the protein is incomplete and also bound to the fiber content and to the starches, so you might be able to get half of that, as in 7%. Some of the extremely toxic carbs are also bound up in the fiber, which most people do not even know about. The more fiber, the less of the carbohydrates are absorbed. Instead, they follow the fiber to the large intestine where they ferment and produce gasses and do damage to the intestine walls.\nHowever, that is outside the scope of this article. While the nutrient profile of nuts, considering what we actually can absorb and use, is abysmal at best, the biggest problem is the toxicity from the unsaturated fats and its defense chemicals and antinutrients.\n\nA big serving of 39 grams will flood your body with 31 grams of very toxic plant-based fats and a lot of other toxins. And chewing down 84 grams a day will amass a frightening 66 grams of toxic fats. That’s a lot of toxic damage.\n\nWhat were the results?\n“No differences between a hypocaloric diet + nuts and a nut-free hypocaloric diet were observed for any of the outcomes.”\n\nNo surprise there. However, consuming nuts or any plant-based food will contribute to the toxic load of the body, and nuts, just like any kind of seed, are among the most toxic “edible” things you can find in nature. If anyone ever recommends that you should add nuts or any other seed to your diet, please distance yourself from that person, as he or she is either ignorant and retarded, or simply extremely evil. Actually, this goes for any kind of plant-based or processed food.\n\nWhile the meta-analysis was a complete waste of time, hopefully you, the reader, learned something new about all the toxic damage plant-based foods and plant-based unsaturated fats will do to you, and why you should avoid them at all cost.\n",
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"content": "The World’s Easiest Fat Loss Strategy Is The Carnivore Diet With Scheduled Fasting<br /><br />A few days ago, the fitness- and bodybuilding wannabe writer Chris Shugart of T-Nation posted an article on what he deemed the “world’s easiest diet strategy.” Well, that’s quite a statement from someone I’ve had to correct hundreds of times while doing my article reviews.<br />Let’s see what he has come up with, and I’ll add my thoughts as an actual coach with 25+ years of real-world experience with hundreds of competing athletes at the highest level as well as hundreds of regular gym goers and severely overweight people who could hardly spell “protein,“ much less “exercise.”<br /><br />“Protein is the enemy of love handles, belly fat, and even full-blown obesity. It's the jet fuel for building muscle, the driver of healthy metabolisms, and the nemesis of aging poorly. Protein, in short, makes you feel good and look better naked.”<br /><br />While protein is important, you should actually be focusing on all essential nutrients, be it vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and especially saturated fat and cholesterol. And you should also keep toxicity in mind, as toxic accumulation will stress the body, cause tissue damage, and interfere with a lot of its processes.<br /><br />“Call it protein-based or protein-first eating. Better yet, call it metabolic eating because a high-protein plan speeds up and lays the foundation for long-term positive outcomes.”<br /><br />No, it does no such thing. All you need is to cover your protein needs. You can eat all the extra protein you want, but if you have other nutrient deficiencies, you will not get the results you should be getting, and even worse, neglecting other essential nutrients will do great harm to your body and sooner or later you will crash and burn. And remember, there are no bioavailable nutrients in plants, only toxins. You can only get essential and bioavailable nutrients from animal foods!<br /><br />“It's not really a diet; it's a practice that becomes an ingrained habit. It's something you don't have to think about anymore, like brushing your teeth. A protein-centric diet trends your body in the right direction: less fat, more muscle, more strength. And science backs it all up.”<br /><br />Extra protein will only help if combined with any kind of short and intense exercise, providing your nutritional status is good, as in you are getting enough animal-based foods to prevent any nutrient deficiencies.<br />Also, that extra protein should mainly come from real bioavailable sources which chemical structures are close to our own cell structure and are rich in key amino acids, such as red meat and eggs. And as a bonus, these sources also provide all other nutrients that we need, as in vitamins, minerals, and animal fats.<br /><br />The Power of Protein<br /> <br />“I've written thousands of words on protein science over the years, but let's review some of the most fascinating bits.”<br /><br />Yes, we know. I’ve probably reviewed more than 10 of your articles on protein, and I had to correct you several times in each and one of them -- as you focus on the completely wrong things, and you obviously subscribe to bro-science and the backwards lying medical science and have no clue about the real sciences of biology, physiology or biochemistry. <br /><br />“In multiple studies, when two groups of people eat the same number of calories to lose weight, the group that consumes more protein as part of their calorie allotment loses more body fat and retains more muscle. While both groups lose weight, the protein-centric eaters finish their diets with better body composition and healthier metabolisms.”<br /><br />Yes, if the diet is the same for two groups except for the protein, the group with a higher protein intake will probably do better when it comes to fat loss and body composition, especially if the extra protein comes from actual real nutritious sources such as meat, eggs, and fish -- as they will actually get more real bioavailable nutrients, as in vitamins, minerals, and animal fats. It’s not the protein in itself that does all the “magic.” The “magic” comes from getting actual nutrients that these starving bodies really need.<br />So with that said, simply pushing for more protein is dangerous, as it does not reflect the importance of all essential nutrients. Also, many will simply use a protein powder, which only contains protein and some traces of minerals. That is a far cry from the complete and extreme nutrient density of meat, organ meats and eggs, and simply using a protein powder could lead to nutrient deficiencies if the rest of the diet is bad, as in containing too much plant-based and/or processed foods and not enough animal foods.<br /><br />“And this is huge: protein is the most satiating macronutrient – it keeps you full, especially if you're getting the right type. Why do people fail diets? Because they're hungry! Protein is the hunger killer, making dietary compliance much easier. As a bonus, protein also has a high TEF or thermic effect – your body expends more calories processing it than fats or carbs.”<br /><br />No, Shugart. You stupid little twat. I’ve covered this many times, even when correcting you in the past. Protein will only temporarily block hunger. It’s a band-aid. And by using it, you neglect to actually deal with the real problem, which can cause you a lot of harm down the road.<br />Again, hunger and cravings are signals from the body that you need to eat because you are nutrient deficient, as in malnourished! Your diet is lacking in essential nutrients! And considering that most people today have been deceived to consume toxic and nutritionally deprived vegetables and other retarded plant-based foods while chewing down fake artificial supplements, they all have various degrees of nutrient deficiencies. And going on a diet, as in reducing your food intake, will accelerate the depletion of nutrients, really manifesting these nutrient deficiencies, hence the signals from the body to get you to eat more to remedy the problem. So, simply taking some protein to curb these signals are both stupid and dangerous.<br /><br />This is why we who are fully carnivore, or follow an high animal-based diet, never get hungry and never get cravings, not even if we go on a 7, 9, or 11-day fast totally without food -- because our nutritional stores are full, we are fully nourished and we can withstand starvation and even being without food for long periods of time.<br />However, someone coming from a lacking diet and trying to do a fast will get hungry within the first or second day.<br /><br />“The list of benefits goes on and on, so just remember this: protein is the master autoregulation agent. Eat enough of it and just about everything else falls into place, from calorie management and craving control to making better food choices.”<br /><br />No, it’s not. Among the macronutrients, once you cover your protein needs, saturated fats and cholesterol are way more important, as these are your energy sources and the building blocks for all cells and hormones! And hormones are key if you want to change your body’s appearance. Getting enough cholesterol is the most important thing once you have covered your protein needs, which is about 1,6 to 1,8 grams of protein per kilogram of lean body weight.<br />So, if you’re a flabby 100 kg dude with an ideal body weight of 70 kg that you want to reach, as in somewhat visual abs and a body fat percentage of 12%, your lean body mass would be around 62 kg. So, your minimum protein need is about 100 (62x1,6) to 112 (62x1,8) grams of protein. That’s less than 500 grams of red meat a day. Actually, you could cover that with 250 grams of meat and 7 eggs a day. That’s nothing and extremely easy to do. However, I do recommend around 2,2 grams of protein per kilogram of lean body weight if you are very active and/or if you lift weights. So, that’s 136 grams of protein a day for that dude with about 62 kg of lean body mass. And that is covered by 600 grams of red meat, or 400 grams of meat and 6 eggs.<br /><br />The Metabolic Eating Plan<br /><br />“Eat roughly a gram of protein per pound of body weight from whole-food sources and protein powder. (Don't sweat it if you're 10-15 grams off in either direction.) That's a one-sentence diet that works just about every time. If you're very overweight, choose a realistic, healthy goal weight and eat that many grams of protein per day. Don't worry about counting calories and other macros; just keep a casual eye on protein grams.”<br /><br />Well, a gram of protein per pound of body weight is the same as 2,2 grams of protein per kilogram of bodyweight, as in what I just recommended above for active people. However, I go by lean body weight, as fat tissue isn’t a metabolic tissue and has no requirement for protein. At least, that is how we do it within physiology, biology, and as bodybuilding/body transformation coaches. You know, Shugart, it’s quite a big difference for a 250-pound man with 30% body fat who wants to get to 220 pounds to try and consume 220 grams of protein a day when he actually only needs 175 grams a day.<br /><br />However, there’s no need for a protein powder unless you're a sissy-eater. And natural bodybuilders will never get that big, as in achieving so much lean body mass that eating becomes difficult and they need a powder to cover their needs. Only enhanced lifters, as in those using anabolic steroids might benefit from some additional protein powders, but that is mainly because their protein synthesis is through the roof 24/7, and they need at least 4 to 5 grams of protein per kilogram of bodyweight to take advantage of the drugs and build unnatural amounts of muscle mass (that is required to move into the pro-ranks.) In other words, they need to double their protein intake, at least. And that can be troublesome if relying only on whole foods, especially if they’re stupid and are consuming carbohydrates and fiber that blow up their stomachs and destroy their intestines causing a chronic healing/inflammation response, giving them that pregnant look (which can get even worse by the use of insulin and GH.)<br />Still, most of the protein should always come from red meat, followed by eggs, as these are the real superfoods, especially for body composition and building muscle mass. Nothing beats fatty beef for building or maintaining muscle mass.<br /><br />“Use MD Protein to make it all easier. It contains only the most expensive and effective forms of thermogenic micellar casein and whey isolate. It contains no added fillers, and the flavor beats anything on the market. Along with regular foods, consume 4 scoops of MD per day. That's 440 calories and 88 grams of protein.”<br /><br />88 grams of protein from a powder? That’s more than half of what most people will need in a day. That’s crazy, even for people training hard at the gym. And keep in mind that most protein powders only deliver about 76 to 82 grams of protein per 100 grams and those with whey- and/or casein also come with some natural milk sugars. The more isolated, more expensive powders, might deliver 86 to 92 grams of protein per 100 grams, which is extremely pure as there will always be a few grams of moisture. <br />Now the MD-crap that Shugart recommends, which allegedly is made from whey isolate (which should be 84 to 90 % pure,) and a filtered milk protein containing “micellar casein” only yields 22 grams of protein per 30 gram serving and a whopping 4 grams of carbs, which comes to a laughable protein content of only 73%! That is only 72,6 grams of protein and a staggering 13,2 grams of carbohydrates per 100 grams! Not to mention all the useless and toxic fillers such as flavorings, sunflower oil (!), dextrin (!), soy lecithin, cellulose gum (!), and sucralose. That is utter crap. You should be ashamed for selling something as impure and useless as that pile of dogshit!<br /><br />“Whether you're using MD Protein or regular protein foods, consume 30-44 grams of protein for breakfast. Studies show that a high-protein breakfast helps control your appetite for the rest of the day and reduces nighttime overeating.”<br /><br />Do not use MD-crap for God’s sake. The message should be that you should always have a “breakfast,” as in getting some meat and perhaps some eggs and butter. Considering that you should always go to sleep on an empty stomach and in a fasted state, as in having your last meal 3 to 6 hours before bedtime, you need to get your first meal in as soon as possible after waking up. And for regular people, 2 meals a day might suffice, while those wanting to gain weight and build muscle might need 3 to 4 meals a day.<br />And as for a “high-protein” breakfast helping control appetite for the rest of the day, it’s not as much the protein but the other nutrients that are only available in protein rich foods such as meat and eggs, as well as the life-essential saturated fats and cholesterol. Using a protein powder for this will not work, it will only give a few hours of feeling satiated -- and that is why the sneaky and lying Shugart recommends an extreme 4 separate servings of this protein powder a day(!).<br /><br />“What about the rest of your diet? You'll naturally reduce hunger with the supplemental protein intake, but be sure to \"fill in\" however many grams of protein remain with chicken, eggs, beef, turkey, fish, etc. Choose smart carb sources like rice, potatoes, and oats, and throw in whatever vegetables or berries you prefer. Stick to healthy fat sources like avocado, fish oil, raw nuts, and olive oil.”<br /><br />Chicken is one of the worst foods from the animal kingdom. Pretty low in nutrients. Only the drumsticks with the skin on are somewhat good. Turkey is even worse. But beef and eggs are superfoods.<br />And a “smart carb source?” What the f**k is that? All carbohydrates turn into extremely toxic glucose in our bodies, saturating the blood and damaging soft tissues while the body desperately tries to decrease the levels by pumping out insulin. I covered this hundreds of times.<br />We humans are obligate carnivores, we produce our own glucose through gluconeogenesis in the exact amounts that we need for any possible scenario. Adding in extra glucose from external sources such as carbohydrates are extremely detrimental to our health and tissues.<br /><br />However, the imbecile does not stop there with his damaging and retarded recommendations, he actually refers to the extremely toxic unsaturated fats from plant-based sources as “healthy.” Seriously Shugart, how stupid are you?<br />Humans have zero need of unsaturated fats from plants -- because they differ in the configuration of the double bonds from unsaturated fats stored in our and other animals tissues. Therefore, they are not compatible and need to be converted, which causes a lot of oxidation damage. However, what is even worse is that plant-based fatty acids oxidize the moment they are exposed to light and/or oxygen and your body cannot recognize them. We only need saturated fats and the tiny amount of unsaturated fats found in animal food. This has been established in biology and physiology for over a hundred years.<br /><br />As Shugart’s awful article and even worse advice came to an end at that closure, let’s conclude that you should not follow any of this extreme nonsense. Instead, let me provide you with the best and healthiest approach to fat loss.<br /><br />How to actually lose body fat efficiently while improving your health!<br /><br />There is nothing better than fasting to protect your muscle mass and to simultaneously lose body fat, as fat is exclusively used as fuel when you fully abstain from eating. And this is crucial, you may only drink pure water or simply dry fast. Nothing else that can interfere with digestion and slow down fat mobilization or interfere with the protective hormones that are released in a fully fasted state.<br />So, to continue, your “diet” should be fully carnivore or at least an animal based ketogenic diet, as in mostly animal foods and absolutely no carbs. You should eat as you normally do with these foods five days a week. It does not matter if you go a bit above your “maintenance,” as the goal is to nourish the body. Focus on meat from ruminants, such as beef or lamb. And, preferably, get some organ meats every week.<br />Then, pick two separate days when you do a full day of fasting, preferably starting in the afternoon the day before the day of fasting, so you get about 36 hours of fasting twice a week.<br />This will use up more body fat as fuel than any other regular diet, and by eating normally five days a week, especially focusing on nutrient dense foods, you will be fully nourished and your body will work and function at its highest level.<br />And, as a bonus, the days of fasting will accelerate detoxification and any healing- and repair processes taking place in your body, including autophagy, the breakdown of useless and damaged cells, actually making you healthier and reducing your biological age while comfortably losing body fat! It’s the best of all worlds when taking health and longevity into consideration, put into one simple strategy.<br />You can read more about it in my articles “Fat Loss Made Simple – Forget About Calories and Cardio,” and “Starting a Fat Loss Plan is Not Really That Complicated.”<br /><br />If you need more help or a detailed plan tailored just for you, please visit my coaching pages and check my services.<br />",
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"content": "The World’s Easiest Fat Loss Strategy Is The Carnivore Diet With Scheduled Fasting\n\nA few days ago, the fitness- and bodybuilding wannabe writer Chris Shugart of T-Nation posted an article on what he deemed the “world’s easiest diet strategy.” Well, that’s quite a statement from someone I’ve had to correct hundreds of times while doing my article reviews.\nLet’s see what he has come up with, and I’ll add my thoughts as an actual coach with 25+ years of real-world experience with hundreds of competing athletes at the highest level as well as hundreds of regular gym goers and severely overweight people who could hardly spell “protein,“ much less “exercise.”\n\n“Protein is the enemy of love handles, belly fat, and even full-blown obesity. It's the jet fuel for building muscle, the driver of healthy metabolisms, and the nemesis of aging poorly. Protein, in short, makes you feel good and look better naked.”\n\nWhile protein is important, you should actually be focusing on all essential nutrients, be it vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and especially saturated fat and cholesterol. And you should also keep toxicity in mind, as toxic accumulation will stress the body, cause tissue damage, and interfere with a lot of its processes.\n\n“Call it protein-based or protein-first eating. Better yet, call it metabolic eating because a high-protein plan speeds up and lays the foundation for long-term positive outcomes.”\n\nNo, it does no such thing. All you need is to cover your protein needs. You can eat all the extra protein you want, but if you have other nutrient deficiencies, you will not get the results you should be getting, and even worse, neglecting other essential nutrients will do great harm to your body and sooner or later you will crash and burn. And remember, there are no bioavailable nutrients in plants, only toxins. You can only get essential and bioavailable nutrients from animal foods!\n\n“It's not really a diet; it's a practice that becomes an ingrained habit. It's something you don't have to think about anymore, like brushing your teeth. A protein-centric diet trends your body in the right direction: less fat, more muscle, more strength. And science backs it all up.”\n\nExtra protein will only help if combined with any kind of short and intense exercise, providing your nutritional status is good, as in you are getting enough animal-based foods to prevent any nutrient deficiencies.\nAlso, that extra protein should mainly come from real bioavailable sources which chemical structures are close to our own cell structure and are rich in key amino acids, such as red meat and eggs. And as a bonus, these sources also provide all other nutrients that we need, as in vitamins, minerals, and animal fats.\n\nThe Power of Protein\n \n“I've written thousands of words on protein science over the years, but let's review some of the most fascinating bits.”\n\nYes, we know. I’ve probably reviewed more than 10 of your articles on protein, and I had to correct you several times in each and one of them -- as you focus on the completely wrong things, and you obviously subscribe to bro-science and the backwards lying medical science and have no clue about the real sciences of biology, physiology or biochemistry. \n\n“In multiple studies, when two groups of people eat the same number of calories to lose weight, the group that consumes more protein as part of their calorie allotment loses more body fat and retains more muscle. While both groups lose weight, the protein-centric eaters finish their diets with better body composition and healthier metabolisms.”\n\nYes, if the diet is the same for two groups except for the protein, the group with a higher protein intake will probably do better when it comes to fat loss and body composition, especially if the extra protein comes from actual real nutritious sources such as meat, eggs, and fish -- as they will actually get more real bioavailable nutrients, as in vitamins, minerals, and animal fats. It’s not the protein in itself that does all the “magic.” The “magic” comes from getting actual nutrients that these starving bodies really need.\nSo with that said, simply pushing for more protein is dangerous, as it does not reflect the importance of all essential nutrients. Also, many will simply use a protein powder, which only contains protein and some traces of minerals. That is a far cry from the complete and extreme nutrient density of meat, organ meats and eggs, and simply using a protein powder could lead to nutrient deficiencies if the rest of the diet is bad, as in containing too much plant-based and/or processed foods and not enough animal foods.\n\n“And this is huge: protein is the most satiating macronutrient – it keeps you full, especially if you're getting the right type. Why do people fail diets? Because they're hungry! Protein is the hunger killer, making dietary compliance much easier. As a bonus, protein also has a high TEF or thermic effect – your body expends more calories processing it than fats or carbs.”\n\nNo, Shugart. You stupid little twat. I’ve covered this many times, even when correcting you in the past. Protein will only temporarily block hunger. It’s a band-aid. And by using it, you neglect to actually deal with the real problem, which can cause you a lot of harm down the road.\nAgain, hunger and cravings are signals from the body that you need to eat because you are nutrient deficient, as in malnourished! Your diet is lacking in essential nutrients! And considering that most people today have been deceived to consume toxic and nutritionally deprived vegetables and other retarded plant-based foods while chewing down fake artificial supplements, they all have various degrees of nutrient deficiencies. And going on a diet, as in reducing your food intake, will accelerate the depletion of nutrients, really manifesting these nutrient deficiencies, hence the signals from the body to get you to eat more to remedy the problem. So, simply taking some protein to curb these signals are both stupid and dangerous.\n\nThis is why we who are fully carnivore, or follow an high animal-based diet, never get hungry and never get cravings, not even if we go on a 7, 9, or 11-day fast totally without food -- because our nutritional stores are full, we are fully nourished and we can withstand starvation and even being without food for long periods of time.\nHowever, someone coming from a lacking diet and trying to do a fast will get hungry within the first or second day.\n\n“The list of benefits goes on and on, so just remember this: protein is the master autoregulation agent. Eat enough of it and just about everything else falls into place, from calorie management and craving control to making better food choices.”\n\nNo, it’s not. Among the macronutrients, once you cover your protein needs, saturated fats and cholesterol are way more important, as these are your energy sources and the building blocks for all cells and hormones! And hormones are key if you want to change your body’s appearance. Getting enough cholesterol is the most important thing once you have covered your protein needs, which is about 1,6 to 1,8 grams of protein per kilogram of lean body weight.\nSo, if you’re a flabby 100 kg dude with an ideal body weight of 70 kg that you want to reach, as in somewhat visual abs and a body fat percentage of 12%, your lean body mass would be around 62 kg. So, your minimum protein need is about 100 (62x1,6) to 112 (62x1,8) grams of protein. That’s less than 500 grams of red meat a day. Actually, you could cover that with 250 grams of meat and 7 eggs a day. That’s nothing and extremely easy to do. However, I do recommend around 2,2 grams of protein per kilogram of lean body weight if you are very active and/or if you lift weights. So, that’s 136 grams of protein a day for that dude with about 62 kg of lean body mass. And that is covered by 600 grams of red meat, or 400 grams of meat and 6 eggs.\n\nThe Metabolic Eating Plan\n\n“Eat roughly a gram of protein per pound of body weight from whole-food sources and protein powder. (Don't sweat it if you're 10-15 grams off in either direction.) That's a one-sentence diet that works just about every time. If you're very overweight, choose a realistic, healthy goal weight and eat that many grams of protein per day. Don't worry about counting calories and other macros; just keep a casual eye on protein grams.”\n\nWell, a gram of protein per pound of body weight is the same as 2,2 grams of protein per kilogram of bodyweight, as in what I just recommended above for active people. However, I go by lean body weight, as fat tissue isn’t a metabolic tissue and has no requirement for protein. At least, that is how we do it within physiology, biology, and as bodybuilding/body transformation coaches. You know, Shugart, it’s quite a big difference for a 250-pound man with 30% body fat who wants to get to 220 pounds to try and consume 220 grams of protein a day when he actually only needs 175 grams a day.\n\nHowever, there’s no need for a protein powder unless you're a sissy-eater. And natural bodybuilders will never get that big, as in achieving so much lean body mass that eating becomes difficult and they need a powder to cover their needs. Only enhanced lifters, as in those using anabolic steroids might benefit from some additional protein powders, but that is mainly because their protein synthesis is through the roof 24/7, and they need at least 4 to 5 grams of protein per kilogram of bodyweight to take advantage of the drugs and build unnatural amounts of muscle mass (that is required to move into the pro-ranks.) In other words, they need to double their protein intake, at least. And that can be troublesome if relying only on whole foods, especially if they’re stupid and are consuming carbohydrates and fiber that blow up their stomachs and destroy their intestines causing a chronic healing/inflammation response, giving them that pregnant look (which can get even worse by the use of insulin and GH.)\nStill, most of the protein should always come from red meat, followed by eggs, as these are the real superfoods, especially for body composition and building muscle mass. Nothing beats fatty beef for building or maintaining muscle mass.\n\n“Use MD Protein to make it all easier. It contains only the most expensive and effective forms of thermogenic micellar casein and whey isolate. It contains no added fillers, and the flavor beats anything on the market. Along with regular foods, consume 4 scoops of MD per day. That's 440 calories and 88 grams of protein.”\n\n88 grams of protein from a powder? That’s more than half of what most people will need in a day. That’s crazy, even for people training hard at the gym. And keep in mind that most protein powders only deliver about 76 to 82 grams of protein per 100 grams and those with whey- and/or casein also come with some natural milk sugars. The more isolated, more expensive powders, might deliver 86 to 92 grams of protein per 100 grams, which is extremely pure as there will always be a few grams of moisture. \nNow the MD-crap that Shugart recommends, which allegedly is made from whey isolate (which should be 84 to 90 % pure,) and a filtered milk protein containing “micellar casein” only yields 22 grams of protein per 30 gram serving and a whopping 4 grams of carbs, which comes to a laughable protein content of only 73%! That is only 72,6 grams of protein and a staggering 13,2 grams of carbohydrates per 100 grams! Not to mention all the useless and toxic fillers such as flavorings, sunflower oil (!), dextrin (!), soy lecithin, cellulose gum (!), and sucralose. That is utter crap. You should be ashamed for selling something as impure and useless as that pile of dogshit!\n\n“Whether you're using MD Protein or regular protein foods, consume 30-44 grams of protein for breakfast. Studies show that a high-protein breakfast helps control your appetite for the rest of the day and reduces nighttime overeating.”\n\nDo not use MD-crap for God’s sake. The message should be that you should always have a “breakfast,” as in getting some meat and perhaps some eggs and butter. Considering that you should always go to sleep on an empty stomach and in a fasted state, as in having your last meal 3 to 6 hours before bedtime, you need to get your first meal in as soon as possible after waking up. And for regular people, 2 meals a day might suffice, while those wanting to gain weight and build muscle might need 3 to 4 meals a day.\nAnd as for a “high-protein” breakfast helping control appetite for the rest of the day, it’s not as much the protein but the other nutrients that are only available in protein rich foods such as meat and eggs, as well as the life-essential saturated fats and cholesterol. Using a protein powder for this will not work, it will only give a few hours of feeling satiated -- and that is why the sneaky and lying Shugart recommends an extreme 4 separate servings of this protein powder a day(!).\n\n“What about the rest of your diet? You'll naturally reduce hunger with the supplemental protein intake, but be sure to \"fill in\" however many grams of protein remain with chicken, eggs, beef, turkey, fish, etc. Choose smart carb sources like rice, potatoes, and oats, and throw in whatever vegetables or berries you prefer. Stick to healthy fat sources like avocado, fish oil, raw nuts, and olive oil.”\n\nChicken is one of the worst foods from the animal kingdom. Pretty low in nutrients. Only the drumsticks with the skin on are somewhat good. Turkey is even worse. But beef and eggs are superfoods.\nAnd a “smart carb source?” What the f**k is that? All carbohydrates turn into extremely toxic glucose in our bodies, saturating the blood and damaging soft tissues while the body desperately tries to decrease the levels by pumping out insulin. I covered this hundreds of times.\nWe humans are obligate carnivores, we produce our own glucose through gluconeogenesis in the exact amounts that we need for any possible scenario. Adding in extra glucose from external sources such as carbohydrates are extremely detrimental to our health and tissues.\n\nHowever, the imbecile does not stop there with his damaging and retarded recommendations, he actually refers to the extremely toxic unsaturated fats from plant-based sources as “healthy.” Seriously Shugart, how stupid are you?\nHumans have zero need of unsaturated fats from plants -- because they differ in the configuration of the double bonds from unsaturated fats stored in our and other animals tissues. Therefore, they are not compatible and need to be converted, which causes a lot of oxidation damage. However, what is even worse is that plant-based fatty acids oxidize the moment they are exposed to light and/or oxygen and your body cannot recognize them. We only need saturated fats and the tiny amount of unsaturated fats found in animal food. This has been established in biology and physiology for over a hundred years.\n\nAs Shugart’s awful article and even worse advice came to an end at that closure, let’s conclude that you should not follow any of this extreme nonsense. Instead, let me provide you with the best and healthiest approach to fat loss.\n\nHow to actually lose body fat efficiently while improving your health!\n\nThere is nothing better than fasting to protect your muscle mass and to simultaneously lose body fat, as fat is exclusively used as fuel when you fully abstain from eating. And this is crucial, you may only drink pure water or simply dry fast. Nothing else that can interfere with digestion and slow down fat mobilization or interfere with the protective hormones that are released in a fully fasted state.\nSo, to continue, your “diet” should be fully carnivore or at least an animal based ketogenic diet, as in mostly animal foods and absolutely no carbs. You should eat as you normally do with these foods five days a week. It does not matter if you go a bit above your “maintenance,” as the goal is to nourish the body. Focus on meat from ruminants, such as beef or lamb. And, preferably, get some organ meats every week.\nThen, pick two separate days when you do a full day of fasting, preferably starting in the afternoon the day before the day of fasting, so you get about 36 hours of fasting twice a week.\nThis will use up more body fat as fuel than any other regular diet, and by eating normally five days a week, especially focusing on nutrient dense foods, you will be fully nourished and your body will work and function at its highest level.\nAnd, as a bonus, the days of fasting will accelerate detoxification and any healing- and repair processes taking place in your body, including autophagy, the breakdown of useless and damaged cells, actually making you healthier and reducing your biological age while comfortably losing body fat! It’s the best of all worlds when taking health and longevity into consideration, put into one simple strategy.\nYou can read more about it in my articles “Fat Loss Made Simple – Forget About Calories and Cardio,” and “Starting a Fat Loss Plan is Not Really That Complicated.”\n\nIf you need more help or a detailed plan tailored just for you, please visit my coaching pages and check my services.\n",
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"content": "Melatonin = Better Quality Sleep = Maximizing Natural Growth Hormone Release = Better Recovery From Injuries<br /><br />Yes, that was a mouthful for a headline, but it should hopefully grab the attention of anyone in need of better recovery, especially after an injury or a surgical procedure. Also, it kind of summarizes this article. But before we get ahead of ourselves, let’s look at a study that the website Examine recently summarized for us. And as usual, the researchers, nor the crew at Examine, understands the mechanics behind the findings, and that is where yours truly will fill in the blanks with my 30+ years of experience within these fields.<br /> <br />Quick Summary<br /><br />“In this randomized controlled trial, melatonin had favorable effects on some outcomes during shoulder surgery recovery, but the strength of evidence was limited.”<br /><br />Yes, of course it was. Melatonin is a “sleep-inducing” hormone primarily synthesized and secreted in the pineal gland of the brain. The production increases during the evening and peaks around midnight, as we are supposed to go to sleep around 9 p.m. and absolutely no later than 10:00 p.m.<br />However, melatonin production can be disturbed by blue light, as in the light from screens; be it a TV, a tablet, a smartphone, or a computer screen. Also, to get the best sleep quality and recovery, you need to be in a fasted state when you go to sleep. That means that your last meal has to be at least 3 to 6 hours before you go to bed (depending on its size and composition.) If you eat closer to your sleep than that, or if you snack on something during the evening, your first half and most important part of your sleep will be compromised.<br /><br />So, depending on the test subjects and their lifestyle, results will of course vary unless everyone would get strict sleeping hygiene rules such as no blue light after 7:00 p.m. and no eating after 5:00 p.m. (which would be ideal for most people.)<br /><br />What was studied?<br />“The effects of melatonin on sleep quality and shoulder function after arthroscopic rotator cuff surgery.<br />The primary outcome was sleep quality, assessed using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI).<br />Shoulder limitations and pain were assessed using the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons Standardized Shoulder Assessment Form (ASES). The Single Assessment Numeric Evaluation (SANE), which prompts the participants to rate their current level of function as a percentage of normal, was also completed.”<br /><br />Yes, sleep quality is crucial for healing, detoxification, and thus for recovery. And the most crucial part of sleep is the hours between 10.00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m., as this is when our natural growth hormone levels peak (but only if you are asleep and in a fasted state!) <br /><br />While melatonin will make you sleep “deeper” and better, any of the interference that I mentioned earlier, as in eating late or being exposed to blue light, will still decrease sleep quality, even when taking melatonin as a supplement.<br />Remember, eating something that requires digestion interferes with both sleep and growth hormone secretion, and especially if you consume some carbohydrates that elevates blood glucose above natural levels and your body has to produce and release a lot of insulin (as insulin suppresses the release of growth hormone.)<br /><br />Thus, if you take high doses of melatonin before sleep and are in a fasted state, and you have blocked all blue light the hours before sleeping, you will get some really good quality sleep, especially during the first crucial hours. And yes, that means that your natural release of growth hormone will be optimal, as in much higher than what you ever experienced before. And growth hormone is crucial for the healing process, as in recovering from injuries or surgery.<br /><br />With that said, if you take melatonin but have had a large meal close to your bedtime while being exposed to blue light until you hit the pillow, the extra melatonin will not have such a great impact, and due to the digestion taking place, growth hormone release will mostly be blocked anyway -- especially if you consume toxic carbohydrates, as the insulin release blocks growth hormone. And that’s why “the strength of evidence was limited” according to the researchers, as they did not take the diet and blue light habits of the participants into consideration.<br /><br />Who was studied?<br />“80 adults (average age of 61; 57 men and 23 women; average BMI of 29) in the United States who were undergoing arthroscopic rotator cuff surgery.”<br /><br />Such high BMI tells me that they have very bad eating and lifestyle habits. So, likely, most of them snack during the evening/night.<br /><br />How was it studied?<br />“During this 6-week randomized controlled trial, all of the participants received standard sleep hygiene instructions (getting at least 6 hours of sleep per night and avoiding caffeine or naps in the evening). The intervention group additionally received 5 mg melatonin tablets, to be taken 1 hour before bed for 6 weeks.<br />Assessments were conducted at baseline, 2 weeks, and 6 weeks (end of intervention), with follow-up assessments at 3 months, 4 months, and 6 months after surgery.”<br /><br />Yeah, simply avoiding naps and caffeine is not enough, as we have established. Late meals and blue light are more important factors considering sleep quality and especially growth hormone release. And 6 hours of sleep is ok if it’s quality sleep. I would still opt for 7 hours though.<br />Also, 5 mg of melatonin is a very small dose. For really great results on the quality of sleep, you need between 30 to 50 mg. Some “experts” even advocate 200 mg, but that’s probably because they eat close to going to sleep, and taking so much could interfere with digestion and it could also be toxic if not cycled. Even on lower dosages, you should only use melatonin when needed, and not every single day for weeks or months. If recovering from an injury or surgery, take it five days a week until healed.<br /><br />What were the results?<br />“Although sleep quality was better in the melatonin group at 6 weeks, the difference between groups (1.38 points) was not clinically meaningful.[1] In addition, a statistically significant trend (p-value = 0.055) towards better sleep quality was observed prior to surgery in the melatonin group (a difference of 1.11 points between groups). It’s also worth noting that function ratings at 6 weeks (end of supplementation) favored the control group.”<br /><br />Again, 5 mg of supplemental melatonin is a very low dose and will only have a small impact on sleep quality. And again, I bet that the majority of the participants had a late meal or snack and also exposed themselves to blue light through watching TV or using a smartphone or tablet. And as the results are presented as an average value between all participants, those who did this lowered the average.<br /><br />“The participants in the melatonin group reported less shoulder limitations and pain (higher ASES scores) at the 4 and 6 month follow-up assessments, compared to the participants in the control group.<br />The melatonin group reported better function (higher SANE ratings) at 6 months, with ratings of 89% in the melatonin group and 78% in the control group.”<br /><br />Again, we would have seen a more clear difference between the melatonin group and the control group if both groups had received diet and sleep hygiene instructions. That is simply pure basic biology and physiology.<br /><br />Anything else I need to know?<br />“Some caution is appropriate when interpreting these findings due to the lack of a placebo intervention.<br />This Study Summary was published on November 14, 2024.”<br /><br />True. However, we know through biology, physiology, and especially biochemistry how melatonin works. We also understand sleep cycles and we know that the release of growth hormone peaks at around 22:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m., provided that you are asleep during these critical hours. And we know that growth hormone is crucial to tissue repair and maintenance, as in healing and recovering from an injury or surgery.<br /><br />So, logic dictates that by optimizing your sleep hygiene, as in making sure you sleep in a fasted state and fall asleep before 22:00 p.m. will maximize your natural abilities to recover. And by using melatonin, we can push this a bit further. And if you don’t care about gray areas, you could throw in a growth hormone secretagogue such as Ibutamoren (MK-677,) which stimulates your natural production of growth hormone ranging from 40% to 97% above baseline levels. In other words, it will not decrease or shut down your natural production like taking hormones would -- it simply stimulates the pituitary gland to produce more GH than it naturally would. One oral dose (10 to 25 mg) can strengthen the pulsations of GH release from the pituitary gland for up to 24 hours, with the strongest effect lasting 6 to 8 hours, which makes it ideal to take in the evening just before going to bed, as it starts to work within 30 to 40 minutes.<br />And as a note, Ibutamoren should also be cycled, 5 days on, 2 days off for maximum benefits -- or the body will adapt by reducing its sensitivity and thus stimulus to the pituitary gland.<br /><br />As for nutrition, an animal-based diet high in red meat is crucial for tissue healing and recovery. It’s the big secret to muscle gains among bodybuilders for a reason, as it has the same nutrient profile as our own cells with all the key amino acids in the right amounts and balance.<br /><br />And that was it for this review. If you need more help with injuries or post-surgery recovery, I’m available for consultations.<br />",
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"content": "Melatonin = Better Quality Sleep = Maximizing Natural Growth Hormone Release = Better Recovery From Injuries\n\nYes, that was a mouthful for a headline, but it should hopefully grab the attention of anyone in need of better recovery, especially after an injury or a surgical procedure. Also, it kind of summarizes this article. But before we get ahead of ourselves, let’s look at a study that the website Examine recently summarized for us. And as usual, the researchers, nor the crew at Examine, understands the mechanics behind the findings, and that is where yours truly will fill in the blanks with my 30+ years of experience within these fields.\n \nQuick Summary\n\n“In this randomized controlled trial, melatonin had favorable effects on some outcomes during shoulder surgery recovery, but the strength of evidence was limited.”\n\nYes, of course it was. Melatonin is a “sleep-inducing” hormone primarily synthesized and secreted in the pineal gland of the brain. The production increases during the evening and peaks around midnight, as we are supposed to go to sleep around 9 p.m. and absolutely no later than 10:00 p.m.\nHowever, melatonin production can be disturbed by blue light, as in the light from screens; be it a TV, a tablet, a smartphone, or a computer screen. Also, to get the best sleep quality and recovery, you need to be in a fasted state when you go to sleep. That means that your last meal has to be at least 3 to 6 hours before you go to bed (depending on its size and composition.) If you eat closer to your sleep than that, or if you snack on something during the evening, your first half and most important part of your sleep will be compromised.\n\nSo, depending on the test subjects and their lifestyle, results will of course vary unless everyone would get strict sleeping hygiene rules such as no blue light after 7:00 p.m. and no eating after 5:00 p.m. (which would be ideal for most people.)\n\nWhat was studied?\n“The effects of melatonin on sleep quality and shoulder function after arthroscopic rotator cuff surgery.\nThe primary outcome was sleep quality, assessed using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI).\nShoulder limitations and pain were assessed using the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons Standardized Shoulder Assessment Form (ASES). The Single Assessment Numeric Evaluation (SANE), which prompts the participants to rate their current level of function as a percentage of normal, was also completed.”\n\nYes, sleep quality is crucial for healing, detoxification, and thus for recovery. And the most crucial part of sleep is the hours between 10.00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m., as this is when our natural growth hormone levels peak (but only if you are asleep and in a fasted state!) \n\nWhile melatonin will make you sleep “deeper” and better, any of the interference that I mentioned earlier, as in eating late or being exposed to blue light, will still decrease sleep quality, even when taking melatonin as a supplement.\nRemember, eating something that requires digestion interferes with both sleep and growth hormone secretion, and especially if you consume some carbohydrates that elevates blood glucose above natural levels and your body has to produce and release a lot of insulin (as insulin suppresses the release of growth hormone.)\n\nThus, if you take high doses of melatonin before sleep and are in a fasted state, and you have blocked all blue light the hours before sleeping, you will get some really good quality sleep, especially during the first crucial hours. And yes, that means that your natural release of growth hormone will be optimal, as in much higher than what you ever experienced before. And growth hormone is crucial for the healing process, as in recovering from injuries or surgery.\n\nWith that said, if you take melatonin but have had a large meal close to your bedtime while being exposed to blue light until you hit the pillow, the extra melatonin will not have such a great impact, and due to the digestion taking place, growth hormone release will mostly be blocked anyway -- especially if you consume toxic carbohydrates, as the insulin release blocks growth hormone. And that’s why “the strength of evidence was limited” according to the researchers, as they did not take the diet and blue light habits of the participants into consideration.\n\nWho was studied?\n“80 adults (average age of 61; 57 men and 23 women; average BMI of 29) in the United States who were undergoing arthroscopic rotator cuff surgery.”\n\nSuch high BMI tells me that they have very bad eating and lifestyle habits. So, likely, most of them snack during the evening/night.\n\nHow was it studied?\n“During this 6-week randomized controlled trial, all of the participants received standard sleep hygiene instructions (getting at least 6 hours of sleep per night and avoiding caffeine or naps in the evening). The intervention group additionally received 5 mg melatonin tablets, to be taken 1 hour before bed for 6 weeks.\nAssessments were conducted at baseline, 2 weeks, and 6 weeks (end of intervention), with follow-up assessments at 3 months, 4 months, and 6 months after surgery.”\n\nYeah, simply avoiding naps and caffeine is not enough, as we have established. Late meals and blue light are more important factors considering sleep quality and especially growth hormone release. And 6 hours of sleep is ok if it’s quality sleep. I would still opt for 7 hours though.\nAlso, 5 mg of melatonin is a very small dose. For really great results on the quality of sleep, you need between 30 to 50 mg. Some “experts” even advocate 200 mg, but that’s probably because they eat close to going to sleep, and taking so much could interfere with digestion and it could also be toxic if not cycled. Even on lower dosages, you should only use melatonin when needed, and not every single day for weeks or months. If recovering from an injury or surgery, take it five days a week until healed.\n\nWhat were the results?\n“Although sleep quality was better in the melatonin group at 6 weeks, the difference between groups (1.38 points) was not clinically meaningful.[1] In addition, a statistically significant trend (p-value = 0.055) towards better sleep quality was observed prior to surgery in the melatonin group (a difference of 1.11 points between groups). It’s also worth noting that function ratings at 6 weeks (end of supplementation) favored the control group.”\n\nAgain, 5 mg of supplemental melatonin is a very low dose and will only have a small impact on sleep quality. And again, I bet that the majority of the participants had a late meal or snack and also exposed themselves to blue light through watching TV or using a smartphone or tablet. And as the results are presented as an average value between all participants, those who did this lowered the average.\n\n“The participants in the melatonin group reported less shoulder limitations and pain (higher ASES scores) at the 4 and 6 month follow-up assessments, compared to the participants in the control group.\nThe melatonin group reported better function (higher SANE ratings) at 6 months, with ratings of 89% in the melatonin group and 78% in the control group.”\n\nAgain, we would have seen a more clear difference between the melatonin group and the control group if both groups had received diet and sleep hygiene instructions. That is simply pure basic biology and physiology.\n\nAnything else I need to know?\n“Some caution is appropriate when interpreting these findings due to the lack of a placebo intervention.\nThis Study Summary was published on November 14, 2024.”\n\nTrue. However, we know through biology, physiology, and especially biochemistry how melatonin works. We also understand sleep cycles and we know that the release of growth hormone peaks at around 22:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m., provided that you are asleep during these critical hours. And we know that growth hormone is crucial to tissue repair and maintenance, as in healing and recovering from an injury or surgery.\n\nSo, logic dictates that by optimizing your sleep hygiene, as in making sure you sleep in a fasted state and fall asleep before 22:00 p.m. will maximize your natural abilities to recover. And by using melatonin, we can push this a bit further. And if you don’t care about gray areas, you could throw in a growth hormone secretagogue such as Ibutamoren (MK-677,) which stimulates your natural production of growth hormone ranging from 40% to 97% above baseline levels. In other words, it will not decrease or shut down your natural production like taking hormones would -- it simply stimulates the pituitary gland to produce more GH than it naturally would. One oral dose (10 to 25 mg) can strengthen the pulsations of GH release from the pituitary gland for up to 24 hours, with the strongest effect lasting 6 to 8 hours, which makes it ideal to take in the evening just before going to bed, as it starts to work within 30 to 40 minutes.\nAnd as a note, Ibutamoren should also be cycled, 5 days on, 2 days off for maximum benefits -- or the body will adapt by reducing its sensitivity and thus stimulus to the pituitary gland.\n\nAs for nutrition, an animal-based diet high in red meat is crucial for tissue healing and recovery. It’s the big secret to muscle gains among bodybuilders for a reason, as it has the same nutrient profile as our own cells with all the key amino acids in the right amounts and balance.\n\nAnd that was it for this review. If you need more help with injuries or post-surgery recovery, I’m available for consultations.\n",
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"content": "Smokeless Chewing Tobacco And Areca Nut Are Extremely Toxic<br /><br />Today we’ll look at a recent article published by Medscape Medical News concerning smokeless tobacco and areca nut products and the link to oral cancer. This should be a no-brainer, as smokeless tobacco, also known as chewing tobacco, oral tobacco, or spit tobacco, (called “snus” in Sweden,) is a type of tobacco product that is not burned or smoked, instead, it is placed in the mouth, where the user chews or sucks on it, releasing extreme amounts of plant toxins, nicotine and other chemicals into the saliva. And areca nut, also known as betel nut, is the seed (the most toxic part of any plant) of the Areca catechu palm tree. It is commonly chewed in combination with other substances, such as betel leaves, calcium hydroxide (slaked lime), and spices, to create a traditional stimulant from the extreme toxic load that triggers a fight-or-flight response.<br />So, chewing these extreme toxic compounds, having them in your mouth for hours -- what could possibly go wrong? How about oral cancer for starters?<br />Let’s get it on.<br /><br />“Globally, nearly one in three cases of oral cancer can be attributed to use of smokeless tobacco and areca nut products, according to a new study from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a part of the World Health Organization (WHO).”<br /><br />For once, the evil globalist WHO might be correct, although it’s used as a cover for the real culprits in our society (our diet.) Any plant found in nature is extremely toxic for humans, and chewing on them is thus simply a very retarded act considering the extreme toxic load you will release into both your saliva, which you swallow (willingly or to a small degree involuntary if you're a spitter,) and to all the tissues in the mouth.<br /><br />“Smokeless tobacco and areca nut products are available to consumers in many different forms across the world, but consuming smokeless tobacco and areca nut is linked to multiple diseases, including oral cancer, Harriet Rumgay, PhD, a scientist in the Cancer Surveillance Branch at IARC and first author of the study in Lancet Oncology, said in a news release.”<br /><br />If you are healthy, as in consuming a lot, or mostly animal-based foods, you will be able to break down and detoxify most of these toxins, and you might be able to get away with only minor damage to your oral cavity and organs during a lifetime of chewing. However, as people get unhealthier and unhealthier every decade from consuming plant-based garbage and processed food, which overloads their detoxification abilities and contributes to nutrient deficiencies that slows down or even shut down the detoxification processes, such concentrated toxic loads as from smokeless tobacco or chewing areca nuts will cause a tremendous amount of damage -- and when the body can’t keep up with detoxification, it alters the cells to better withstand the toxic milieu, hence the development of “cancer,” as in tumors.<br /><br />So, yes, unfortunately we will continue to see “cancer” rates increasing from all kinds of toxic crap they try to focus on in the media while hiding the biggest elephant in the room, that of the multi-billion food industry pushing the dirt cheap plant-based and processed foods.<br /><br />If you’re unfamiliar with the truth about cancer, please read my articles “My Take on Cancer, Prevention, and Healing,” “Cancer is a Natural Survival Mechanism (Early-Stage Cancer Detection),” “Cancer Explained (Again) And Breast Implants And Cancer,” “More On Cancer: Lying Statistics, Breast Cancer, Early-Onset Cancer, And Alcohol,” and “Everything Wrong With Breast Cancer Treatment.”<br /><br />“According to the new report, in 2022, an estimated 120,200 of the 389,800 (30.8%) global cases of oral cancer were attributable to these products.<br />More than three quarters (77%) of attributable cases were among men and about one quarter (23%) among women.<br />The vast majority (96%) of all oral cancer cases caused by smokeless tobacco and areca nut use occurred in low- and middle-income countries.”<br /><br />Yes, and these numbers will continue to increase as people are deceived into consuming plant-based and processed foods and expose themselves to toxins all day, year round. Of course, simply using these products are retarded, as in doing extreme self-harm, but people are heavily conditioned and never think of asking the most obvious question of all, “what is in this product and what will it do to my body?”<br /><br />“Regions with the highest burden of oral cancers from these products were South Central Asia — with 105,500 of 120,200 cases (nearly 88%), including 83,400 in India, 9700 in Bangladesh, 8900 in Pakistan, and 1300 in Sri Lanka — followed by Southeastern Asia with a total of 3900 cases (1600 in Myanmar, 990 in Indonesia, and 785 in Thailand) and East Asia with 3300 cases (3200 in China).”<br /><br />Indeed, these regions have a tradition of chewing toxic things, and their diet through poverty and suppression has become more plant-based over the last couple of hundred years, making them extremely unhealthy and poor at detoxing and healing their bodies.<br /><br />Limitations and Action Points<br /><br />“The authors noted a limitation of the analysis is not accounting for the potential synergistic effects of combined use of smokeless tobacco or areca nut products with other risk factors for oral cancer, such as smoking tobacco or drinking alcohol.”<br /><br />Well, in the real world that is kind of irrelevant anyway, as they’re all toxic and contribute to the toxic load. The more toxic products you expose yourself to, the more damage you will do to your body. That is simple logic. The only difference is the types of toxins within these products and what tissues they might bind to.<br />For example, alcohol is a very potent poison and puts the body into emergency mode, shutting down everything that is going on and puts everything into breaking down and expel the toxic alcohol to limit the damage to your digestive tract and your organs. This means that if you also smoke or chew tobacco while drinking, the damage from the tobacco products will be greater, as all resources to detoxify and break down toxins are focused on the alcohol.<br />So, while alcohol can cause damage to the digestive system and organs, contributing to “cancer,” it does not really damage the oral cavity, instead it increases the overall total damage done to the body from anything else you expose yourself to while being intoxicated.<br /><br />As for smokeless tobacco, there are many toxic compounds that has been identified, including tobacco-specific nitrosamines, polonium-210, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, several metals, hydrogen cyanide, benzene, ethylbenzene, phenols, and styrene. Also, there are still many harmful compounds that have not been identified or studied, just as with defense chemicals in any plant-based food. More and more are being discovered every year.<br />(I’ll add snippets from acknowledged literature within biology and biochemistry below with further information.)<br /><br />As for areca nut products, they contain toxins such as arecoline, nitrosamines, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, tannins, mycotoxins, phytotoxins, calcium hydroxide, and a lot of unidentified alkaloids, nitrosamines, and other bioactive compounds. Of course, as you chew them and if you swallow the saliva, you will also get exposed to a lot of antinutrients and other defense chemicals.<br /><br />“The researchers explained that combined consumption of smokeless tobacco or areca nut, smoked tobacco, and alcohol has a “multiplicative effect” on oral cancer risk, with reported odds ratios increasing from 2.7 for smokeless tobacco only, 7.0 for smoked tobacco only, and 1.6 for alcohol only to 16.2 for all three exposures (vs no use).”<br /><br />Yes, this is common sense. If multiple things do damage and you stack them on top of each other, the damage output will increase accordingly.<br /><br />“Despite encouraging trends in control of tobacco smoking in many regions of the world over the past two decades, progress in reducing the prevalence of smokeless tobacco consumption has stalled in many countries that are major consumers, the authors said.”<br /><br />Yes, people feel like shit from their bad diet lacking in nutritious animal foods while being trapped in the hamster wheel of society, so turning to something that gives them a buzz, a false sense of energy and relief is simply human nature. Also, it has become a cultural thing in many countries and is therefore accepted -- and when that happens, people do not even question what it is, how it works, or what potential damage it can do. And even if they do know the potential damage, they ignore it, following the herd mentality and “it won’t happen to me” fallacy.<br /><br />Now, the “cool thing” with returning to our natural carnivore diet is that you will feel amazing, as a completely new human with limitless energy, and once you have experienced how phenomenal our bodies truly are, you do not want to damage it. And as you now feel better than ever before, even when you took stimulants and drugs in the past, you have no need for them and you also understand the damage they do. So, once you become a carnivore, you’ll start to kick every bad habit. I see it over and over again among clients and other carnivores. You simply get a whole new and sober outlook on life, and how precious it is.<br /><br />“Compounding the problem, areca nut does not fall within the WHO framework of tobacco control and there are very few areca nut control policies worldwide.”<br /><br />Areca nut chewing is not as common in the west as smoking or chewing tobacco, thus the “industrialized” part of the world rarely sees it (which includes the medical field, research and studies.) As for smokeless tobacco, it’s estimated that over 300 million people worldwide consume it, as in chewing on the toxic plant leaves. However, areca nut chewing is actually practiced by a lot more people than smokeless tobacco is, and the practice is most prevalent in South and Southeast Asia, East Africa, and the Western Pacific -- amounting to about 600 million people using it.<br /><br />“Smokeless tobacco control must be “prioritized” and a framework on areca nut control should be developed with guidelines to incorporate areca nut prevention into cancer control programs, the authors concluded.”<br /><br />Sure, even if it won’t really help as people are both addicted and culturally influenced/programmed to use these toxic compounds. What really should be exposed are today’s modern food industry, that of extremely toxic and nutritionally deprived plant-based and processed foods. That is where health starts; by removing these offenders and adding as much animal foods as possible. Because without proper species-specific nutrition, your body is extremely vulnerable and almost incapable of detoxing, hence the alarming increases in all kinds of “diseases” all over the world.<br />While reducing toxic exposure such as smokeless tobacco and/or areca nut chewing will help in limiting the damage done to your body, changing your diet to what you are constructed and meant to consume, as in animal-based foods, is totally life changing and the only way to optimal health.<br /><br />And with that, their article came to an end. I don't really have much more to add as it should be obvious that you should limit your exposure to damaging toxins, which include these products.<br /><br />",
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"content": "Smokeless Chewing Tobacco And Areca Nut Are Extremely Toxic\n\nToday we’ll look at a recent article published by Medscape Medical News concerning smokeless tobacco and areca nut products and the link to oral cancer. This should be a no-brainer, as smokeless tobacco, also known as chewing tobacco, oral tobacco, or spit tobacco, (called “snus” in Sweden,) is a type of tobacco product that is not burned or smoked, instead, it is placed in the mouth, where the user chews or sucks on it, releasing extreme amounts of plant toxins, nicotine and other chemicals into the saliva. And areca nut, also known as betel nut, is the seed (the most toxic part of any plant) of the Areca catechu palm tree. It is commonly chewed in combination with other substances, such as betel leaves, calcium hydroxide (slaked lime), and spices, to create a traditional stimulant from the extreme toxic load that triggers a fight-or-flight response.\nSo, chewing these extreme toxic compounds, having them in your mouth for hours -- what could possibly go wrong? How about oral cancer for starters?\nLet’s get it on.\n\n“Globally, nearly one in three cases of oral cancer can be attributed to use of smokeless tobacco and areca nut products, according to a new study from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a part of the World Health Organization (WHO).”\n\nFor once, the evil globalist WHO might be correct, although it’s used as a cover for the real culprits in our society (our diet.) Any plant found in nature is extremely toxic for humans, and chewing on them is thus simply a very retarded act considering the extreme toxic load you will release into both your saliva, which you swallow (willingly or to a small degree involuntary if you're a spitter,) and to all the tissues in the mouth.\n\n“Smokeless tobacco and areca nut products are available to consumers in many different forms across the world, but consuming smokeless tobacco and areca nut is linked to multiple diseases, including oral cancer, Harriet Rumgay, PhD, a scientist in the Cancer Surveillance Branch at IARC and first author of the study in Lancet Oncology, said in a news release.”\n\nIf you are healthy, as in consuming a lot, or mostly animal-based foods, you will be able to break down and detoxify most of these toxins, and you might be able to get away with only minor damage to your oral cavity and organs during a lifetime of chewing. However, as people get unhealthier and unhealthier every decade from consuming plant-based garbage and processed food, which overloads their detoxification abilities and contributes to nutrient deficiencies that slows down or even shut down the detoxification processes, such concentrated toxic loads as from smokeless tobacco or chewing areca nuts will cause a tremendous amount of damage -- and when the body can’t keep up with detoxification, it alters the cells to better withstand the toxic milieu, hence the development of “cancer,” as in tumors.\n\nSo, yes, unfortunately we will continue to see “cancer” rates increasing from all kinds of toxic crap they try to focus on in the media while hiding the biggest elephant in the room, that of the multi-billion food industry pushing the dirt cheap plant-based and processed foods.\n\nIf you’re unfamiliar with the truth about cancer, please read my articles “My Take on Cancer, Prevention, and Healing,” “Cancer is a Natural Survival Mechanism (Early-Stage Cancer Detection),” “Cancer Explained (Again) And Breast Implants And Cancer,” “More On Cancer: Lying Statistics, Breast Cancer, Early-Onset Cancer, And Alcohol,” and “Everything Wrong With Breast Cancer Treatment.”\n\n“According to the new report, in 2022, an estimated 120,200 of the 389,800 (30.8%) global cases of oral cancer were attributable to these products.\nMore than three quarters (77%) of attributable cases were among men and about one quarter (23%) among women.\nThe vast majority (96%) of all oral cancer cases caused by smokeless tobacco and areca nut use occurred in low- and middle-income countries.”\n\nYes, and these numbers will continue to increase as people are deceived into consuming plant-based and processed foods and expose themselves to toxins all day, year round. Of course, simply using these products are retarded, as in doing extreme self-harm, but people are heavily conditioned and never think of asking the most obvious question of all, “what is in this product and what will it do to my body?”\n\n“Regions with the highest burden of oral cancers from these products were South Central Asia — with 105,500 of 120,200 cases (nearly 88%), including 83,400 in India, 9700 in Bangladesh, 8900 in Pakistan, and 1300 in Sri Lanka — followed by Southeastern Asia with a total of 3900 cases (1600 in Myanmar, 990 in Indonesia, and 785 in Thailand) and East Asia with 3300 cases (3200 in China).”\n\nIndeed, these regions have a tradition of chewing toxic things, and their diet through poverty and suppression has become more plant-based over the last couple of hundred years, making them extremely unhealthy and poor at detoxing and healing their bodies.\n\nLimitations and Action Points\n\n“The authors noted a limitation of the analysis is not accounting for the potential synergistic effects of combined use of smokeless tobacco or areca nut products with other risk factors for oral cancer, such as smoking tobacco or drinking alcohol.”\n\nWell, in the real world that is kind of irrelevant anyway, as they’re all toxic and contribute to the toxic load. The more toxic products you expose yourself to, the more damage you will do to your body. That is simple logic. The only difference is the types of toxins within these products and what tissues they might bind to.\nFor example, alcohol is a very potent poison and puts the body into emergency mode, shutting down everything that is going on and puts everything into breaking down and expel the toxic alcohol to limit the damage to your digestive tract and your organs. This means that if you also smoke or chew tobacco while drinking, the damage from the tobacco products will be greater, as all resources to detoxify and break down toxins are focused on the alcohol.\nSo, while alcohol can cause damage to the digestive system and organs, contributing to “cancer,” it does not really damage the oral cavity, instead it increases the overall total damage done to the body from anything else you expose yourself to while being intoxicated.\n\nAs for smokeless tobacco, there are many toxic compounds that has been identified, including tobacco-specific nitrosamines, polonium-210, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, several metals, hydrogen cyanide, benzene, ethylbenzene, phenols, and styrene. Also, there are still many harmful compounds that have not been identified or studied, just as with defense chemicals in any plant-based food. More and more are being discovered every year.\n(I’ll add snippets from acknowledged literature within biology and biochemistry below with further information.)\n\nAs for areca nut products, they contain toxins such as arecoline, nitrosamines, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, tannins, mycotoxins, phytotoxins, calcium hydroxide, and a lot of unidentified alkaloids, nitrosamines, and other bioactive compounds. Of course, as you chew them and if you swallow the saliva, you will also get exposed to a lot of antinutrients and other defense chemicals.\n\n“The researchers explained that combined consumption of smokeless tobacco or areca nut, smoked tobacco, and alcohol has a “multiplicative effect” on oral cancer risk, with reported odds ratios increasing from 2.7 for smokeless tobacco only, 7.0 for smoked tobacco only, and 1.6 for alcohol only to 16.2 for all three exposures (vs no use).”\n\nYes, this is common sense. If multiple things do damage and you stack them on top of each other, the damage output will increase accordingly.\n\n“Despite encouraging trends in control of tobacco smoking in many regions of the world over the past two decades, progress in reducing the prevalence of smokeless tobacco consumption has stalled in many countries that are major consumers, the authors said.”\n\nYes, people feel like shit from their bad diet lacking in nutritious animal foods while being trapped in the hamster wheel of society, so turning to something that gives them a buzz, a false sense of energy and relief is simply human nature. Also, it has become a cultural thing in many countries and is therefore accepted -- and when that happens, people do not even question what it is, how it works, or what potential damage it can do. And even if they do know the potential damage, they ignore it, following the herd mentality and “it won’t happen to me” fallacy.\n\nNow, the “cool thing” with returning to our natural carnivore diet is that you will feel amazing, as a completely new human with limitless energy, and once you have experienced how phenomenal our bodies truly are, you do not want to damage it. And as you now feel better than ever before, even when you took stimulants and drugs in the past, you have no need for them and you also understand the damage they do. So, once you become a carnivore, you’ll start to kick every bad habit. I see it over and over again among clients and other carnivores. You simply get a whole new and sober outlook on life, and how precious it is.\n\n“Compounding the problem, areca nut does not fall within the WHO framework of tobacco control and there are very few areca nut control policies worldwide.”\n\nAreca nut chewing is not as common in the west as smoking or chewing tobacco, thus the “industrialized” part of the world rarely sees it (which includes the medical field, research and studies.) As for smokeless tobacco, it’s estimated that over 300 million people worldwide consume it, as in chewing on the toxic plant leaves. However, areca nut chewing is actually practiced by a lot more people than smokeless tobacco is, and the practice is most prevalent in South and Southeast Asia, East Africa, and the Western Pacific -- amounting to about 600 million people using it.\n\n“Smokeless tobacco control must be “prioritized” and a framework on areca nut control should be developed with guidelines to incorporate areca nut prevention into cancer control programs, the authors concluded.”\n\nSure, even if it won’t really help as people are both addicted and culturally influenced/programmed to use these toxic compounds. What really should be exposed are today’s modern food industry, that of extremely toxic and nutritionally deprived plant-based and processed foods. That is where health starts; by removing these offenders and adding as much animal foods as possible. Because without proper species-specific nutrition, your body is extremely vulnerable and almost incapable of detoxing, hence the alarming increases in all kinds of “diseases” all over the world.\nWhile reducing toxic exposure such as smokeless tobacco and/or areca nut chewing will help in limiting the damage done to your body, changing your diet to what you are constructed and meant to consume, as in animal-based foods, is totally life changing and the only way to optimal health.\n\nAnd with that, their article came to an end. I don't really have much more to add as it should be obvious that you should limit your exposure to damaging toxins, which include these products.\n\n",
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"content": "What You Need To Know About Vitamin K<br /><br />The pharmaceutical shills at Healthline are at it again, publishing their usual nonsensical backwards-thinking rubbish. This time they praise the importance of vitamin K and recommend extremely toxic food sources without mentioning anything about bioavailability and the different chemical forms, as in non-active inorganic (plants) and the active organic forms (animals,) nor how these forms present themselves within the body, and how our body handles them.<br />They are either outright lying to their audience, or they are completely ignorant of human biology and biochemistry. Either Way, it’s pathetic and vile. So, let’s get it on.<br /><br />“You can get dietary vitamin K from vegetables, including leafy greens, and from animal sources, including some dairy products and types of meat.”<br /><br />Yes, but they’re completely different. Plants only contain phylloquinone (vitamin K1) which is an inorganic source that is chemically different to how we as mammals store and use vitamin K1.<br />Animal foods contain small amounts of the pretty useless vitamin K1, but it is in its correct active organic and bioavailable form, and thus fully usable from the get go. Animal-based foods also contain the much more important vitamin K2, which is not even present in plants.<br />It should also be noted that since vitamin K1 is rarely needed by our bodies, it only has a half-life of 1-2 hours, while the important vitamin K2, which also can substitute for K1, has a half-life of 3-7 days.<br />And with that, we could actually conclude the article. But let’s see where these shills are going.<br /><br />“Vitamin K is an important nutrient that plays a vital role in blood clotting and bone and heart health.<br />While vitamin K deficiency is rare, suboptimal intake may impair your health over time. Inadequate intake may impair blood clotting, weaken your bones, and increase your risk of heart disease.”<br /><br />Yes, that is the current understanding. And yes, in that case, a deficiency would impact these roles of vitamin K within the human body.<br /><br />“For this reason, you should make sure to obtain plenty of this vitamin from your diet. Getting the Daily Value (DV) of 120 mcg should prevent insufficiency in most people.”<br /><br />Well, for males it’s 120 mcg, and for females it’s 90 mcg. However, these numbers are theoretical and derived from the average population -- a population that consumes mostly plant-based garbage and processed foods. These foods contain the wrong inorganic form of vitamin K, which means that only a small fraction of these 120 mcg or 90 mcg will actually be absorbed and converted into its active form and used by tissues. And since the DV recommendations are based on blood tests and theoretical conclusions by alleged “experts,” the vitamin K measured in the blood does not differentiate between inorganic and organic forms, it only measures the total concentration. And thus, it only shows the average intake of vitamin K from food in what is believed to be “healthy people” used as a reference for their recommendations. This means that the actual DV is likely lower, as most of what was measured will never be used by the body.<br />And this also means that if you are intelligent and mostly consume animal-based foods, which have the correct bioavailable and active form, the recommended DV will even lower, as more than 90% is absorbed.<br /><br />This explains why vitamin K and other vitamins as well, are found in lower concentrations in animal foods than in plant foods. Because we do not need more than what is present in the animal foods, as that is what the animal stores and uses to maintain perfect health. And again, all vitamins and other nutrients found in animal foods are already fully bioavailable and in its active form, and thus easily digested and used by our bodies.<br />And as I’ve mentioned many times, you can never eat to much of a single nutrient or vitamin if it’s in it’s active organic form, as the body actually can recognize it and will only use and store what it can and need, the rest will be expelled from the body (which is not the case with inorganic compounds from plants that will bind to tissues and cause damage.)<br />All this is simple logic, especially if you understand a little about biology and biochemistry. Alas, none within the backwards-thinking and corrupted medical field do. They’re all brainwashed low-IQ puppets.<br /><br />Which foods contain vitamin K?<br /><br />“Vitamin K is a group of compounds divided into two groups — K1 (phylloquinone) and K2 (menaquinone).”<br /><br />Yes, I already mentioned this.<br /><br />“Vitamin K1, the most common form, is mainly found in plant foods. The best sources of vitamin K1 (phylloquinone) are dark, leafy green vegetables. In fact, the prefix “phyllo” in this vitamin’s name refers to leaves.”<br /><br />While it might be the most common due to all the variations of toxic plant foods, you forgot to mention that it’s also the most useless form, as it’s inorganic and also sparingly used by the body in its active form. Vitamin K1 is almost useless, and that is why animal-based foods contain so little of it, because it’s not needed. If it was important, more of it would be present in tissues and organs, but it’s not. Again, simple logic. And you failed.<br /><br />“K2, on the other hand, is only found in animal foods and fermented plant foods, such as natto. However, exact data about the exact amounts of K2 in foods is currently limited.”<br /><br />Yes, in animal-based foods. As for fermented plants, it’s still the wrong inorganic chemical form, and it has to be converted within the body, a process that yields very low results and leaves a lot of toxic residues. I’ve covered this in many articles.<br /><br />With that said, it is true that the data on K2 content in animal foods is limited, as they know it’s the important vitamin K, and they want to keep you weak and reduce your lifespan, so they push for the plant-based agenda and for vitamin K1, the useless vitamin.<br /><br />And after this, Healthline lists 20 foods that are supposedly high in vitamin K, of which 18 were plants, as in the mostly useless and non-bioavailable vitamin K1. The only two animal foods they included were chicken thigh and chicken breast, which are not that high in vitamin K1, not compared to fatty red meat or especially organ meats such as liver, or even dairy, which has a lot of vitamin K (especially cottage cheese and full fat fermented cheeses and yogurt.) <br />If people go by Healthline’s retarded list, they will severely poison themselves from all the plant toxins. Such a bunch of pathetic low-lives.<br /><br />Then they made a list of 5 foods with vitamin K2, where they put pepperoni sausage at the top, a processed food that does not even count as an animal-based food, as the processing makes it toxic from added sugar, food starch, onion powder, nutmeg, ginger, sodium tripolyphosphate, sodium erythorbate and other extremely toxic food additives. Frickin’ morons!<br />They did however mention ground beef and chicken liver. I would say any fatty red meat, liver, and any dairy products that are as unprocessed as possible.<br /><br />After that they covered 5 toxic berries and 5 extremely toxic legumes. There’s simply no stop to their insanity. It almost made my eyes bleed. And with that said, their next statement literally made my eyes bleed.<br /><br />“The richest sources of vitamin K1 are dark, leafy green vegetables. For example, just 1/2 cup (59 grams) of cooked kale provides 205% of the DV.”<br /><br />Are you truly that retarded? Kale is the most toxic and damaging plant of all leafy greens. It has frikkin’ killed sheep who were fed that deadly crap! And any “nutrients” in leafy greens are extremely poorly absorbed in the small intestine of humans!<br />So again, it will not provide any fantasy figures of 205% of the DV you frikkin retards. How can you be so ignorant of simple biology and biochemistry?<br /><br />First, most “nutrients” in plants are bound to antinutrients, cellulose and fiber, so what’s on the label (found in a test tube) will not be what your body may be able to absorb. At best, 10 to 15% of vitamin K1 can be extracted from a leafy green in the small intestine. That’s abysmal! <br />Also, as the nutrient, in this case vitamin K1, is inorganic, as in the wrong chemical form, it has to be broken down and converted, if possible, into something the body can actually use. And while your body may be able to convert anywhere from 10 to 40% or thereabouts of a vitamin to something bioavailable, the remaining inorganic nutrients has to be discarded through detoxification processes and a lot of it will actually attach to tissues, and being a foreign inorganic compound, it will be very toxic causing tissue damage. I’ve explained this in many other articles.<br /><br />So, let’s say that a toxic serving of useless kale provides 246 mcg of inorganic vitamin K1, then 15%, which is about 37 mcg can make its way to the liver to be reduced and then it will bind with proteins and be activated by specific enzymes. Once it goes through the several steps of conversion, at best, 20% or so of these 37 mcg might be activated. So, of the 246 mcg in toxic kale we get about 7.5 mcg of active vitamin K (but probably less.) And guess what, 7.5 mcg is 6.25% of the DV. That’s quite a cry from the fantasy numbers of 205% dreamed up by the shills at Healthline. And also, it's vitamin K1 and no K2 at all. Again, learn some basic biology and biochemistry, you incompetent fools!<br /><br />And again, all plant foods are extremely toxic as they contain antinutrients, defense chemicals, and pesticides. Also, every single inorganic compound that cannot be converted to its active form will be treated as foreign bodies, as toxins by the body, and they will cause damage until your body can neutralize and expel them. And the unhealthier that you are, especially if you have nutrient deficiencies, as most people today, this process is severely hampered, resulting in much more prolonged damage. So, to conclude, never consume anything plant-based as plants damage your body on multiple fronts -- including antinutrients, defense chemicals, pesticide residues, fiber, carbohydrates, cellulose, and non-converted inorganic “nutrients.” <br /><br />And as a note, the absorption rate within the small intestine of vitamin K supplements is about 80%, much higher than from plants. However, the same problem of conversion remains as both vitamin K1 and vitamin K2 supplements are produced from inorganic inactive forms of vitamin K. And whatever the body cannot convert will present itself as toxic and cause damage. Also, you can never be sure that the inorganic vitamin K1 in supplements are intact as the manufacturing process is extremely harsh, using solvents, enzymatic hydrolysis, fermentation, crystallization, chromatography, centrifugation, freeze-drying or spray-drying. Likely, most of it will not be recognized and converted, rendering it almost as useless as plants as a source, but even more toxic as more inorganic and unusable vitamin K will hit the bloodstream. <br />So, the only solution is to get plenty of animal-based foods -- the only source of fully organic and bioavailable vitamin K, and also the only source that has zero toxins!<br /><br />“To get the most out of this vitamin in kale and other plant foods, consider eating them with butter or oil. That’s because vitamin K is fat-soluble and may be better absorbed when combined with fat.”<br /><br />Irrelevant, as you should never consume anything plant-based due to the extreme toxicity.<br />And guess what, all animal-based foods come with some of the only fat we as humans need, as in saturated fat -- and always in perfect ratios in perfect synergy with its vitamin content.<br />This is easy to understand, as everything needed to sustain tissue health and promote life is stored in these tissues, and thus in perfect balance.<br /><br />“Evidence suggests that the metabolism and functions of vitamin K1 and K2 are slightly different, though this isn’t fully understood. While dietary guidelines don’t currently distinguish between the two, it’s probably a good idea to include both types in your diet.”<br /><br />The only thing we need to do is to look at tissues and they contain a lot more vitamin K2 than K1, which tells us what’s more important. And again, vitamin K2 can cover for any vitamin K1 discrepancies. Also, the half-life of K1 is only 1-2 hours, while K2 is 3-7 days. That also tells us that vitamin K1 is only needed for minor processes that are not as common, while vitamin K2 is needed most of the time.<br /><br />The bottom line<br /><br />“Vitamin K can be found in numerous plant and animal foods. Although deficiencies are rare, it’s important to ensure that you’re getting enough of this essential vitamin through your diet.”<br /><br />Yes, as in consuming a lot more animal-based foods, otherwise all these kinds of deficiencies will only become more and more common. Never ever consume plant-based crap or processed food! Also, most people do not go to a doctor with mild symptoms and have a lot of tests run, such as a prothrombin/thrombin test -- not until they end up with a severe blood clot, and then it’s not diagnosed as a “vitamin K deficiency,” but as a blood clot or as cardiovascular disease. So, again, do not trust their statistics, especially not since they want you weak, unhealthy, and dependent on their backwards and damaging “care.”<br /><br />“Dark leafy greens are especially rich in this vitamin, with numerous types providing well over 100% of the DV in a single serving. Certain types of liver are good sources as well.”<br /><br />No, you retarded ignorant fools. I already debunked this using simple biochemistry. A serving of the most toxic “edible” in the world, as in kale, which supposedly contains the most vitamin K1 of all leafy greens, will only yield 6.25% of the DV of actual active bioavailable vitamin K at best, if you’re healthy and can convert the vitamin, which means that most other leafy greens will not even reach a tiny 5% of the DV. And again, that is vitamin K1, and we know that it is vitamin K2 that is of most importance, as it’s readily found in our tissues, while vitamin K1 is not. And considering the extreme toxicity of plants, that is a futile and idiotic attempt to get vitamin K -- even if you focus on fermented toxic soy-ridden crap as natto. In other words, Healthline’s article was utter and complete rubbish and their recommendations will severely hurt people, reducing their lifespan. Oh, you vile pieces of shit!<br /><br />And that was it for Healthline’s atrocious article on vitamin K. Hopefully I made up for it with some real-world facts backed by real science and common sense. As always, if you follow something close to our natural human and carnivore diet, you will never have to worry about deficiencies, nor toxicity. Everything you need is available in meat in perfect ratios and with perfect food synergy. Throw in some organ meats every month and you’ll be golden. Personally, I only eat raw fatty meat and 5 to 8 eggs daily with some extra butter or ghee, year round, and with some veal liver every other week -- and that’s what I’ve done since February 2018 to heal every health problem I had, including cancer, severe asthma, severe allergies, mild eczema, damaged lungs, damaged heart, and ulcerative colitis, and reach peak health at age 50.<br />",
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"content": "What You Need To Know About Vitamin K\n\nThe pharmaceutical shills at Healthline are at it again, publishing their usual nonsensical backwards-thinking rubbish. This time they praise the importance of vitamin K and recommend extremely toxic food sources without mentioning anything about bioavailability and the different chemical forms, as in non-active inorganic (plants) and the active organic forms (animals,) nor how these forms present themselves within the body, and how our body handles them.\nThey are either outright lying to their audience, or they are completely ignorant of human biology and biochemistry. Either Way, it’s pathetic and vile. So, let’s get it on.\n\n“You can get dietary vitamin K from vegetables, including leafy greens, and from animal sources, including some dairy products and types of meat.”\n\nYes, but they’re completely different. Plants only contain phylloquinone (vitamin K1) which is an inorganic source that is chemically different to how we as mammals store and use vitamin K1.\nAnimal foods contain small amounts of the pretty useless vitamin K1, but it is in its correct active organic and bioavailable form, and thus fully usable from the get go. Animal-based foods also contain the much more important vitamin K2, which is not even present in plants.\nIt should also be noted that since vitamin K1 is rarely needed by our bodies, it only has a half-life of 1-2 hours, while the important vitamin K2, which also can substitute for K1, has a half-life of 3-7 days.\nAnd with that, we could actually conclude the article. But let’s see where these shills are going.\n\n“Vitamin K is an important nutrient that plays a vital role in blood clotting and bone and heart health.\nWhile vitamin K deficiency is rare, suboptimal intake may impair your health over time. Inadequate intake may impair blood clotting, weaken your bones, and increase your risk of heart disease.”\n\nYes, that is the current understanding. And yes, in that case, a deficiency would impact these roles of vitamin K within the human body.\n\n“For this reason, you should make sure to obtain plenty of this vitamin from your diet. Getting the Daily Value (DV) of 120 mcg should prevent insufficiency in most people.”\n\nWell, for males it’s 120 mcg, and for females it’s 90 mcg. However, these numbers are theoretical and derived from the average population -- a population that consumes mostly plant-based garbage and processed foods. These foods contain the wrong inorganic form of vitamin K, which means that only a small fraction of these 120 mcg or 90 mcg will actually be absorbed and converted into its active form and used by tissues. And since the DV recommendations are based on blood tests and theoretical conclusions by alleged “experts,” the vitamin K measured in the blood does not differentiate between inorganic and organic forms, it only measures the total concentration. And thus, it only shows the average intake of vitamin K from food in what is believed to be “healthy people” used as a reference for their recommendations. This means that the actual DV is likely lower, as most of what was measured will never be used by the body.\nAnd this also means that if you are intelligent and mostly consume animal-based foods, which have the correct bioavailable and active form, the recommended DV will even lower, as more than 90% is absorbed.\n\nThis explains why vitamin K and other vitamins as well, are found in lower concentrations in animal foods than in plant foods. Because we do not need more than what is present in the animal foods, as that is what the animal stores and uses to maintain perfect health. And again, all vitamins and other nutrients found in animal foods are already fully bioavailable and in its active form, and thus easily digested and used by our bodies.\nAnd as I’ve mentioned many times, you can never eat to much of a single nutrient or vitamin if it’s in it’s active organic form, as the body actually can recognize it and will only use and store what it can and need, the rest will be expelled from the body (which is not the case with inorganic compounds from plants that will bind to tissues and cause damage.)\nAll this is simple logic, especially if you understand a little about biology and biochemistry. Alas, none within the backwards-thinking and corrupted medical field do. They’re all brainwashed low-IQ puppets.\n\nWhich foods contain vitamin K?\n\n“Vitamin K is a group of compounds divided into two groups — K1 (phylloquinone) and K2 (menaquinone).”\n\nYes, I already mentioned this.\n\n“Vitamin K1, the most common form, is mainly found in plant foods. The best sources of vitamin K1 (phylloquinone) are dark, leafy green vegetables. In fact, the prefix “phyllo” in this vitamin’s name refers to leaves.”\n\nWhile it might be the most common due to all the variations of toxic plant foods, you forgot to mention that it’s also the most useless form, as it’s inorganic and also sparingly used by the body in its active form. Vitamin K1 is almost useless, and that is why animal-based foods contain so little of it, because it’s not needed. If it was important, more of it would be present in tissues and organs, but it’s not. Again, simple logic. And you failed.\n\n“K2, on the other hand, is only found in animal foods and fermented plant foods, such as natto. However, exact data about the exact amounts of K2 in foods is currently limited.”\n\nYes, in animal-based foods. As for fermented plants, it’s still the wrong inorganic chemical form, and it has to be converted within the body, a process that yields very low results and leaves a lot of toxic residues. I’ve covered this in many articles.\n\nWith that said, it is true that the data on K2 content in animal foods is limited, as they know it’s the important vitamin K, and they want to keep you weak and reduce your lifespan, so they push for the plant-based agenda and for vitamin K1, the useless vitamin.\n\nAnd after this, Healthline lists 20 foods that are supposedly high in vitamin K, of which 18 were plants, as in the mostly useless and non-bioavailable vitamin K1. The only two animal foods they included were chicken thigh and chicken breast, which are not that high in vitamin K1, not compared to fatty red meat or especially organ meats such as liver, or even dairy, which has a lot of vitamin K (especially cottage cheese and full fat fermented cheeses and yogurt.) \nIf people go by Healthline’s retarded list, they will severely poison themselves from all the plant toxins. Such a bunch of pathetic low-lives.\n\nThen they made a list of 5 foods with vitamin K2, where they put pepperoni sausage at the top, a processed food that does not even count as an animal-based food, as the processing makes it toxic from added sugar, food starch, onion powder, nutmeg, ginger, sodium tripolyphosphate, sodium erythorbate and other extremely toxic food additives. Frickin’ morons!\nThey did however mention ground beef and chicken liver. I would say any fatty red meat, liver, and any dairy products that are as unprocessed as possible.\n\nAfter that they covered 5 toxic berries and 5 extremely toxic legumes. There’s simply no stop to their insanity. It almost made my eyes bleed. And with that said, their next statement literally made my eyes bleed.\n\n“The richest sources of vitamin K1 are dark, leafy green vegetables. For example, just 1/2 cup (59 grams) of cooked kale provides 205% of the DV.”\n\nAre you truly that retarded? Kale is the most toxic and damaging plant of all leafy greens. It has frikkin’ killed sheep who were fed that deadly crap! And any “nutrients” in leafy greens are extremely poorly absorbed in the small intestine of humans!\nSo again, it will not provide any fantasy figures of 205% of the DV you frikkin retards. How can you be so ignorant of simple biology and biochemistry?\n\nFirst, most “nutrients” in plants are bound to antinutrients, cellulose and fiber, so what’s on the label (found in a test tube) will not be what your body may be able to absorb. At best, 10 to 15% of vitamin K1 can be extracted from a leafy green in the small intestine. That’s abysmal! \nAlso, as the nutrient, in this case vitamin K1, is inorganic, as in the wrong chemical form, it has to be broken down and converted, if possible, into something the body can actually use. And while your body may be able to convert anywhere from 10 to 40% or thereabouts of a vitamin to something bioavailable, the remaining inorganic nutrients has to be discarded through detoxification processes and a lot of it will actually attach to tissues, and being a foreign inorganic compound, it will be very toxic causing tissue damage. I’ve explained this in many other articles.\n\nSo, let’s say that a toxic serving of useless kale provides 246 mcg of inorganic vitamin K1, then 15%, which is about 37 mcg can make its way to the liver to be reduced and then it will bind with proteins and be activated by specific enzymes. Once it goes through the several steps of conversion, at best, 20% or so of these 37 mcg might be activated. So, of the 246 mcg in toxic kale we get about 7.5 mcg of active vitamin K (but probably less.) And guess what, 7.5 mcg is 6.25% of the DV. That’s quite a cry from the fantasy numbers of 205% dreamed up by the shills at Healthline. And also, it's vitamin K1 and no K2 at all. Again, learn some basic biology and biochemistry, you incompetent fools!\n\nAnd again, all plant foods are extremely toxic as they contain antinutrients, defense chemicals, and pesticides. Also, every single inorganic compound that cannot be converted to its active form will be treated as foreign bodies, as toxins by the body, and they will cause damage until your body can neutralize and expel them. And the unhealthier that you are, especially if you have nutrient deficiencies, as most people today, this process is severely hampered, resulting in much more prolonged damage. So, to conclude, never consume anything plant-based as plants damage your body on multiple fronts -- including antinutrients, defense chemicals, pesticide residues, fiber, carbohydrates, cellulose, and non-converted inorganic “nutrients.” \n\nAnd as a note, the absorption rate within the small intestine of vitamin K supplements is about 80%, much higher than from plants. However, the same problem of conversion remains as both vitamin K1 and vitamin K2 supplements are produced from inorganic inactive forms of vitamin K. And whatever the body cannot convert will present itself as toxic and cause damage. Also, you can never be sure that the inorganic vitamin K1 in supplements are intact as the manufacturing process is extremely harsh, using solvents, enzymatic hydrolysis, fermentation, crystallization, chromatography, centrifugation, freeze-drying or spray-drying. Likely, most of it will not be recognized and converted, rendering it almost as useless as plants as a source, but even more toxic as more inorganic and unusable vitamin K will hit the bloodstream. \nSo, the only solution is to get plenty of animal-based foods -- the only source of fully organic and bioavailable vitamin K, and also the only source that has zero toxins!\n\n“To get the most out of this vitamin in kale and other plant foods, consider eating them with butter or oil. That’s because vitamin K is fat-soluble and may be better absorbed when combined with fat.”\n\nIrrelevant, as you should never consume anything plant-based due to the extreme toxicity.\nAnd guess what, all animal-based foods come with some of the only fat we as humans need, as in saturated fat -- and always in perfect ratios in perfect synergy with its vitamin content.\nThis is easy to understand, as everything needed to sustain tissue health and promote life is stored in these tissues, and thus in perfect balance.\n\n“Evidence suggests that the metabolism and functions of vitamin K1 and K2 are slightly different, though this isn’t fully understood. While dietary guidelines don’t currently distinguish between the two, it’s probably a good idea to include both types in your diet.”\n\nThe only thing we need to do is to look at tissues and they contain a lot more vitamin K2 than K1, which tells us what’s more important. And again, vitamin K2 can cover for any vitamin K1 discrepancies. Also, the half-life of K1 is only 1-2 hours, while K2 is 3-7 days. That also tells us that vitamin K1 is only needed for minor processes that are not as common, while vitamin K2 is needed most of the time.\n\nThe bottom line\n\n“Vitamin K can be found in numerous plant and animal foods. Although deficiencies are rare, it’s important to ensure that you’re getting enough of this essential vitamin through your diet.”\n\nYes, as in consuming a lot more animal-based foods, otherwise all these kinds of deficiencies will only become more and more common. Never ever consume plant-based crap or processed food! Also, most people do not go to a doctor with mild symptoms and have a lot of tests run, such as a prothrombin/thrombin test -- not until they end up with a severe blood clot, and then it’s not diagnosed as a “vitamin K deficiency,” but as a blood clot or as cardiovascular disease. So, again, do not trust their statistics, especially not since they want you weak, unhealthy, and dependent on their backwards and damaging “care.”\n\n“Dark leafy greens are especially rich in this vitamin, with numerous types providing well over 100% of the DV in a single serving. Certain types of liver are good sources as well.”\n\nNo, you retarded ignorant fools. I already debunked this using simple biochemistry. A serving of the most toxic “edible” in the world, as in kale, which supposedly contains the most vitamin K1 of all leafy greens, will only yield 6.25% of the DV of actual active bioavailable vitamin K at best, if you’re healthy and can convert the vitamin, which means that most other leafy greens will not even reach a tiny 5% of the DV. And again, that is vitamin K1, and we know that it is vitamin K2 that is of most importance, as it’s readily found in our tissues, while vitamin K1 is not. And considering the extreme toxicity of plants, that is a futile and idiotic attempt to get vitamin K -- even if you focus on fermented toxic soy-ridden crap as natto. In other words, Healthline’s article was utter and complete rubbish and their recommendations will severely hurt people, reducing their lifespan. Oh, you vile pieces of shit!\n\nAnd that was it for Healthline’s atrocious article on vitamin K. Hopefully I made up for it with some real-world facts backed by real science and common sense. As always, if you follow something close to our natural human and carnivore diet, you will never have to worry about deficiencies, nor toxicity. Everything you need is available in meat in perfect ratios and with perfect food synergy. Throw in some organ meats every month and you’ll be golden. Personally, I only eat raw fatty meat and 5 to 8 eggs daily with some extra butter or ghee, year round, and with some veal liver every other week -- and that’s what I’ve done since February 2018 to heal every health problem I had, including cancer, severe asthma, severe allergies, mild eczema, damaged lungs, damaged heart, and ulcerative colitis, and reach peak health at age 50.\n",
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