tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post3493564835162072930..comments2024-03-29T04:10:55.032-07:00Comments on Hawaiian libertarian: Red Pill Reality Dispelling Blue Pill Delusions: Red MeatKeoni Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00842553742723239151noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-88767510512605313162010-08-29T21:14:29.006-07:002010-08-29T21:14:29.006-07:00I usually agree with you H.L. , but in this case I...I usually agree with you H.L. , but in this case I think you've made an attribution error.<br /><br />It's not so much what's in the meat ( excepting hormones and anti-biotics ) , it's the way it's cooked. Heavy free radical damage agents and carcinogenic compounds can be found it meat incorrectly prepared.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-27671086127379611682010-08-29T16:17:26.713-07:002010-08-29T16:17:26.713-07:00I don't feel guilty about anything I eat nowad...I don't feel guilty about anything I eat nowadays, since I've taken up a regular swimming workout. Call it the Michael Phelps diet ;)<br /><br />I wonder just how much of the pains which are supposed to come with eating heavy food are really psychosomatic.Xamuelhttp://www.xamuel.com/red-pills-and-blue-pills/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-31748263731509950512010-08-29T09:11:56.432-07:002010-08-29T09:11:56.432-07:00So, why not mix the iodized salt with the sea salt...So, why not mix the iodized salt with the sea salt in a big bowl, and get the iodine and the minerals all at once? Just asking.<br /><br />Or, buy iodine disinfecting pills and mix it with sea salt?<br /><br />I tell my friends and neighbors here in rural Mexico if they want to be healthy, talk to the doctors; ask lots of questions; understand and memorize everything they say, then do the exact opposite! And, I am not joking, which is really funny when you learn my best friend here is a doctor.<br /><br />When I started the Atkins Diet, he told me, "Not possible. Can't work! Eating fat makes you fat!" <br /><br />I told him, "Atkins had 60,000 patients, and 95% of them had dramatically improved health all the way around."<br /><br />He insisted it couldn't work. He dug out his old med school nutrition book. Every day, the marker would move a bit. When he finished, he didn't say one word, not one.<br /><br />A month or so ago, I was there when a 58 year old cousin who was sitting at the kitchen table had a chest pain. I learned he not only had a chest pain, but also on both sides of his neck and both arms.<br /><br />He first claimed to have it only once a week or so, but later when his wife wasn't there he admitted he had it 3 or 4 times a day. Three or four unstable angina attacks a day? He is alive only because God wants to torture him some more.<br /><br />I said, "Hey, man, you need to get on my diet!" He agreed. He had his last angina attack three days later. He, like me, is a slow loser, but in that month or so he is down 4.4 pounds, and it is obvious his veins and arteries are cleaning out.<br /><br />Not only was he scared, but so was his wife. She isn't in that bad of shape, but she asked him to get her calcium pills so she can cut back on tortillas. She also works hard to give him low carb foods. He does take 2 tortillas a day, and 1/4 cup of frijoles.<br /><br />By the way, if you take 2400 mg of calcium a day, you probably won't have osteoporosis. The Mexican women here, who get that amount from tortillas, DO NOT GET OSTEOPOROSIS.<br /><br />With the recommended daily requirement of 1000 mg a day, you do not get enough. I gotta' ask, do the makers of horribly expensive Fosamax know that? Um, yeah, a stupid question, right?<br /><br />Anonymous age 68Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-76215014291904775262010-08-29T00:54:21.999-07:002010-08-29T00:54:21.999-07:00Mmm, so far so good. I've already lost 10 lbs ...Mmm, so far so good. I've already lost 10 lbs and that was mostly just avoiding carbs. Good call on teh Sea Salt, my brother apparently has high blood pressure, so I took the liberty of changing all my family's NaCl to Sea Salt (Morton's brand, apparently from Spain). I just want to know, though, I live in a non-coastal state so seafood is consumed rarely. Do I still need to keep some of the old iodized salt to avoid thyroid problems, you think?<br /><br />Also, when my father makes chicken soup (with noodles), should I just pick out the noodles and be good to go, or avoid (eat far less of) it all together?<br /><br />Thanks!Amateur Strategisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17117180958923946810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-79302445128943791612010-08-28T23:14:26.451-07:002010-08-28T23:14:26.451-07:00@plowboy not exactly true. HFCS and sugar are diff...@plowboy not exactly true. HFCS and sugar are different in that sucrose is a disaccharide that needs the enzyme sucrase to get cleaved and absorbed in the gut. HFCS instead comes mainly as a mix of monosaccharides that are taken up faster, changing the impact. There's also another point of difference but I haven't read much about it yet. The fructose in HFCS is produced by a catalitic reaction from the glucose in the corn-starch giving a racemic mix (meaning a mix of left and right turning molecules), fructose synthetised from a biological process are all of the same kind. There is some discussion that the wrong turned fructose is much more toxic than the other one. This said I agree that the changing HFCS with sugar would not make that big a difference as there are certainly other dietary (seed oils, trans-fats, wheat) and life style (stress, no cooking, TV) patterns that contribute to the obesity/illness epidemic in the western world.gallier2https://www.blogger.com/profile/04285836062429366578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-7073911737334761962010-08-28T21:01:05.632-07:002010-08-28T21:01:05.632-07:00Great points here until going off the tracks with ...Great points here until going off the tracks with the HFCS comments. HFCS and sugar are essentially identical. If HFCS was banned tomorrow and dietary habits stayed the same with sugar in its place, absolutely nothing would change in regards to human health. There may be some differences in flavor, but chemically and metabolically sugar is sugar is sugar, regardless of the plant it's refined from. It's a shame to eviscerate the scare tactics against one agricultural product while buying into another.plowboynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-17277469048693962432010-08-27T13:22:10.763-07:002010-08-27T13:22:10.763-07:00Just another little anecdote:
I eat a pretty hig...Just another little anecdote: <br /><br />I eat a pretty high fat diet, and have done so for many, many years. I usually eat about 100g of fat a day as a minimum, usually it's higher (yes, I track calories and macros). I've also eaten at least 4 whole large eggs everyday for many, many years (sometimes I'll eat 8 a day). Going by convention my arteries should be clogged and I should be ready for a heart attack. I got a blood test done earlier this year. My results were absolutely outstanding.<br /><br />Mind you I don't eat like this and sit on my ass all day. My diet coupled with a non retarded training regimen will make you man.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-40690283865032650432010-08-27T07:39:36.664-07:002010-08-27T07:39:36.664-07:00@Anonymous
Don't hang everything on your T-le...@Anonymous<br /><br />Don't hang everything on your T-level. You may have low T, and low T may be the cause of your ill feeling but there could be any number of causes.<br /><br />You can order lab tests without a prescription from many places. I have used http://www.directlabs.com and found their service to be good.<br /><br />There are many things that could cause a loss of mojo e.g., thyroid problems, adrenal (cortisol et al) problems. I am not sure that testosterone is a magic cure all. Indeed I suspect its benefits are more anabolic (muscle and bone building) than mental (aggression and confidence).<br /><br />Other things:<br />Vitamin D: Allow yourself time in the sun without sun cream. <br />You can check the length of time needed in the sun for your location at: http://nadir.nilu.no/~olaeng/fastrt/VitD-ez_quartMED.htmlDefault Userhttp://defaultuserblog.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-33748620440394327812010-08-27T02:17:48.485-07:002010-08-27T02:17:48.485-07:00HL,
I'd love it if you could do a nutritiona...HL, <br /><br />I'd love it if you could do a nutritional post that specifically addresses how a man can raise his testosterone levels. Before and during puberty I went through my left wing, hippy progressive stage and became a vegan. Not only did I not partake in red meat, but I consumed a huge amount of soy on a daily basis. I reject this stupid mistake. <br /><br />Either that diet has severely damaged my general level of virility or I am genetically weak and effeminate. I don’t know what my testosterone levels are but I suspect their rather low. Either way I wish to do everything I can to become physically more masculine and potent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-87656767735385355622010-08-25T16:44:12.621-07:002010-08-25T16:44:12.621-07:00Good Calories, Bad Calories reports some of the ar...<em>Good Calories, Bad Calories</em> reports some of the arguments and statements made regarding meat and saturated fat.<br /><br />What struck me was that even back then (Ancel Keys' time – 1950s) the arguments focused on what we might call morality. Even then criticism of meat and saturated fats was part of a criticism of the "American way of life" and capitalism, etc.<br /><br />Just like the environmentalism, the anti fat campaign is a semi-religious attack on capitalism.<br />[I understand that many rent seeking "capitalists" have a hand in it too.]<br /><br />Notes:<br />I think it was <em>Good Calories, Bad Calories</em>. I have read a few such books recently.Default Userhttp://defaultuserblog.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-5357070511833505762010-08-25T11:55:15.732-07:002010-08-25T11:55:15.732-07:00If one were to eat 100% "whole" foods th...If one were to eat 100% "whole" foods then it should be near impossible to maintain a bodyfat over 12-15% (for guys).<br /><br />I still occasionally eat bagels/bread, cereal, and white rice (typically only after workouts), but have maintained, effortlessly, the ~50 lb weight loss I achieved since eating primarily whole unprocessed foods.Evannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-19092196837035557932010-08-25T02:57:45.699-07:002010-08-25T02:57:45.699-07:00We should not forget who peddles the food pyramid ...We should not forget who peddles the food pyramid which is binding for all federal institution and a real reason why the US (and the rest of the world) is fattening.<br /><br />http://www.mypyramid.gov/<br /><br />As you can see on that website, it's not the AHA which would be theorically the right institution but the USDA. No wonder then that the pyramid is optimized to advance Big Agro and not public health.<br />This said, even if AHA was making that pyramid, it would not be that different, because then it would be designed to push Big Pharma not public health either. The same corporations are big agri and big pharma anyway (Monsanto).gallier2https://www.blogger.com/profile/04285836062429366578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-88357673724774963862010-08-25T02:05:48.574-07:002010-08-25T02:05:48.574-07:00I love red meat! Grass fed ground beef is usually...I love red meat! Grass fed ground beef is usually cheaper per pound than grain-fed steak, I usually eat at least a pound a day. <br /><br />This last weekend I rendered beef fat for the first time. I didn't spring for the grass-fed this time because I was mostly just trying out a small batch, but it turned out great. I cooked up a batch of freedom fries with it, then covered it in sea salt. My kids ate so many I had to cook up a whole new pan, on top of them eating their full meal already!Dennisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-13800919678920774602010-08-24T23:39:46.334-07:002010-08-24T23:39:46.334-07:00I eat mostly cream, butter, eggs, beef, and a smal...I eat mostly cream, butter, eggs, beef, and a small amounts of veggies for flavor. 0 sugar, 0 starch, 0 wheat. I feel great all day.<br /><br />Seeing the ridiculous advice the USDA, AHA, ADA, etc, give with regards to diet ought to be enough to convince anyone to start looking for red pills everywhere.SilkStinghttp://silksting@gmail.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-15283499415766776992010-08-24T20:24:03.964-07:002010-08-24T20:24:03.964-07:00Hah! I just had a grass fed T-Bone steak sauteed i...Hah! I just had a grass fed T-Bone steak sauteed in butter, with onions and mushrooms, as well as a strip of bacon and some scrambled eggs for breakfast.<br /><br />No sluggish, stuffed, bloated feeling either. In fact, I feel positively enervated today.<br /><br />I wish I could afford to eat those kind of breakfasts more often.Keoni Galthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00842553742723239151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-79859931553019293402010-08-24T20:10:44.815-07:002010-08-24T20:10:44.815-07:00Here's an anecdote: Recently I cooked grass-fe...Here's an anecdote: Recently I cooked grass-fed ribeyes, spinach, and sauteed onions (in real butter) for dinner. Ate a huge meal. Ate the fat off the ribeyes as they were exceptionally good ribeyes and the fat melted in my mouth. Finished this huge meal and didn't feel sluggish, stuffed, or any of the other adjectives one ascribes to the feeling one gets after a huge carb heavy meal.Ulysseshttp://hiddenleaves.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com