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Recently, The Huberman Lab did a show devoted to microplastics. The show was good, and I learned some things, but I think he missed some details. The Effects of Microplastics on Your Health & How to...
Read more →In prior posts, I've mentioned my gradual increase in body temperature since I began severely restricting seed oils. I was going off memory, but thanks to the blood donation portal, I now have 13...
Read more →Back in 2010, I posted The Selfish Case For Donating Blood. It was about how I was inspired to donate blood again to reduce iron levels. Years later, my primary motivation shifted to removing...
Read more →There are endless debates on how to lose weight. I'm bored of them because people have lost weight using numerous diets: low-fat, low-carb, vegan, keto, fasting, and even a Twinkie Diet. It is the...
Read more →Readers of this site may already know that one can order numerous blood tests without contacting a doctor in the United States. Often at prices that are lower than the discounted prices offered...
Read more →Back in 2015, I shared the success I had with raising my body temperature. I was able to increase it over the course of about 2 years and I've maintained that increase ever since. > 97.0 –> 97.5 –>...
Read more →In July 2020, I posted how was able to optimize my Lipid Levels in Lipid Levels on 2 (mostly) Pesco-Vegan Meals a Day. You can go to the post for the raw numbers, but the short version is my numbers...
Read more →Today, I made my 40th whole blood donation for the state of Washington. 40 pints works out to 5 gallons! !5 gallons blood If an average-sized male has 12 pints of blood in their body, that means...
Read more →Two weeks ago, I mentioned how eating less meat had reduced my iron levels to 36.0, which is the lowest I've ever had. In order to donate blood in Washington, a man needs a hematocrit level of 39.0....
Read more →As some of you know, I have been following the smartest vegans and seeing what I can learn from them. I would say that I've reduced my animal calorie consumption and increased my plant-based...
Read more →Recently, I got an alarming comment on an older post informing me that potatoes are high in cadmium. As someone who has been preaching the benefits of the Potato Hack for a while, I wanted to dig...
Read more →I'm currently reading Beyond Training by Ben Greenfield and although I don't think I'm the target audience for the book (endurance athletes) or agree with a lot of what he writes, I did land on a gem...
Read more →The plan was to do my 4th Fasting Mimicking Diet from July 3 to July 8 and then donate blood on July 9th. Let me unpack that sentence. A Fasting Mimicking Diet is a 5-day very low protein diet...
Read more →I want to give a hat tip to Chuck, who in the comments of my last post, asked me if my frequent blood donations have had an effect on my cold tolerance. That question rattled me, because I have...
Read more →In 2010, I posted The Selfish Case For Donating Blood. In that post I mention the health benefits one gets from reducing the iron level in your blood. So beginning in December 2010 - a full year...
Read more →I've now donated 2 gallons of blood for Washington. I can add the new pin next to my other blood pins !2 gallons down . !Donate Blood --- Comments Txomin April 11 at 2013 at 5:19 AM Kudos. I wish I...
Read more →Maybe this is a Seattle thing, but everywhere I go I see this obsession with constantly being connected to the Internet. It is getting out of hand. I donate blood every 8 weeks and if you have an...
Read more →Yesterday, I collected my 1 Gallon Donor pin after donating my 8th pint of premium grade B Positive. Now some lucky chap will soon have pig uterus coursing through his veins. Back in my Florida days,...
Read more →I recently listened to a podcast where the guest talked about the medical benefits one gets from donating blood. Men can get iron heavy blood, which is an oxidative stress. By donating blood on a...
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