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  • My doctor said something similar.

    But after years of me being on keto, losing 167lbs, having an “absolutely fantastic health record” and the “healthiest bloodwork” he’s ever seen (his words), plus significant improvement in mood, memory, and mobility, and a significant reduction/elimination of pain and inflammation, he changed his mind.

    He even said that most of the content he had heard or read when saying it was “a bad diet” all those years ago was “completely biased” and “worded very slyly” (also his words). After revisiting those sources, he realized they “weren’t actually describing real keto, just people eating a ton of fat” (which is not what keto is), “and crying about how bad fat is” (again, his words… which made me LOL). Also, mega bonus points for him - he actually checked into the sources and found that most of them were funded by the sugar industry.

    It takes nothing to realize you’re wrong; for some people, it takes a lot to admit it. He had no problem doing so, and even recommends the diet to other patients now.



    1. Meditating (not very good at it, but getting better and it’s seriously helping)
    2. Blocking Reddit on my router, blocking political communities in Lemmy
    3. A consistent, normal sleeping schedule (a bedtime routine is more important than a morning routine, imo)
    4. Yoga every morning to help my body work with me throughout the day
    5. Reading more books
    6. Getting outside more often
    7. Paying closer attention to the thoughts that cross through my mind and stopping them when they’re not helpful - this also helped me realize the underlying anxiety that’s been with me for who knows how many years
    8. Drinking more water

    Edit: Oh I also:

    • Quit drinking alcohol, almost at the 1 year mark
    • Quit smoking weed, almost at 2 months fully sober now

    I did these things one at a time, not everything at once. Mostly just sharing what I did here, but if you plan to do the same - listen to yourself. Start with #7 imo so you get a better idea of what you’re up against. If it feels like too much, take a step back and slow down. You’re not failing when you do this, you’re helping your future self not fail entirely.


  • devAlot@lemmy.worldtoScience Memes@mander.xyzSir David Leafenborough
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    24 days ago

    I copied it via Google Lens and pasted into a file to read.

    YMMV.

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  • Can’t believe I’m about to say this, but hear me out … take a gander at “How to Win Friends and Influence People”.

    For the record, every time someone mentioned this to me, I’d cringe with disgust. I avoided it for most of my life because I viewed the content as a way to manipulate people. And yeah, maybe it kinda is, but at its core, it explains human psychology and the way our brains really work. We’re just kinda selfish, ya know? Most of us need to get before we even think about giving. We’ve got a lot to worry about and too much to focus on sometimes.

    Idk, maybe there are better books out there, better references, etc. But that book helped me with a lot of my social issues, improved relationships with my coworkers, etc. To me, it’s more than just a “Tell them why they want it before even asking them” type of thing, it helped me understand the other person’s point of view better, helped me empathize with their needs before charging through, full speed ahead. Instead of thinking “this is a really good idea, everyone should back me”, I think more about how it would actually benefit others instead of “this is what I want, we should do it”.


  • devAlot@lemmy.worldtome_irl@lemmy.worldme_irl
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    Hey thanks! I gave up Facebook, Twitter, and the like many years ago. I browsed Reddit endlessly until the API fiasco, switched to kbin for a bit, then gave it all up for a few months. Got bored one day and found my kbin link was dead, so I switched to Lemmy and just realized I’ve been getting hooked again - thus experiencing this same vicious circle.

    Time to give it up again and get back to real life, my morning routine has definitely been slacking. Maybe I’ll find a podcast to keep up on the latest while working out.

    E: formatting



  • fetal bovine serum (FBS)… is derived from the blood of calf fetuses after their pregnant mothers are slaughtered by the meat or dairy industry.

    I did not know this… and after reading the wiki, I found it rather disturbing…

    The first stage of the production process for FBS is the harvesting of blood from the bovine fetus after the fetus is removed from the slaughtered cow. The fetus dies from the lack of oxygen by remaining in the protective environment of the uterus for a minimum of 15–20 minutes after the cow is dead