https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrkF8rWFvQU

@Mossy, direct from the store. It was a difference maker when I ate them cooked, yes—I’m currently experimenting with a raw diet. I experienced occasional bloating with non-heirloom eggs, but never with the heirloom eggs, however, I question if it has more to do with the hens’ diet. In the pictures below, the two eggs and two egg yolks at the top are heirloom and the egg and egg yolk at the bottom are non-heirloom. The pictures don’t do the color justice. The chocolate colored egg’s yolk is almost red, the blue egg’s yolk is just slightly lighter and the yolk from the non-heirloom is a tangerine orange. To get such dark yolks, the hens’ feed likely contains natural colorants like marigolds but setting color aside, the flavor is also more pronounced. The heirloom is just better to me all-around.

@secondkelping said in Did Peat every comment on anxiety-associated behaviors like nail-biting, hair-pulling, pacing, tongue-chewing, etc.?:

Just wanted to know if Ray ever mentioned these behaviors in any way. I have made good progress in not biting my nails or chewing my tongue these days (yes, I do all the things in the question) not the others though (still doing a lot of pacing and pulling out my hair unfortunately). But I wanted to know if there was a link between metabolism and these behaviors. I have improved my metabolism a lot but I still struggle with these things and need some ideas on how to completely stop these behaviors for good.

Any ideas would help a lot?

All these behaviors slowly started in early adolescence due to high stress from social situations in my life at that time. My weight-gain started at the same time as well. I've really improved my metabolism, but I don't know what to do to really move forward on conquering these behaviors for good as I've been improving my health...

I remember Ray saying that a potassium deficiency can make one startle easily but overall, he usually mentioned low thyroid function as the main cause and my anxiety, and hypoglycemia that induced it, vanished when I started supplementing thyroid so maybe as you continue to improve your metabolism, the last of your anxious habits will vanish? The first time I can remember having anxiety was when I first started school and the boys bullied me. I began biting my nails, but I soon replaced the habit with a less destructive one. I kept a silky ribbon in my pocket that I rubbed. No one could see it and it calmed me. My uncle, who also has anxiety, rubs the silk lining in the pockets of his coats so it apparently is a thing. lol

@Wamoti, below is the brand I have. It’s the one many of the old Ray Peat Forum members were using back in 2015 when we were experimenting with FOS. I’m not sure if they still carry it, but I got it from the pharmacy at Walmart:

@the_black_jew, right, not all of them have one. Ys with one can be located via their website:

https://www.ymca.org/find-your-y?distance=175&type=branch&facilities[]=75

About 16 years ago when my spine collapsed and I was relearning how to walk, I joined the Y down the street from me to use their pool as part of my rehabilitation and they had a climbing gym that they had recently built. I’m not sure if they still do this but at the time, the Y gave a discount on membership fees for those who were disabled and low income.

@gg12, have you explored what it is exactly that you fear most about dying?

I’ve witnessed a lot of death, some in tragic ways, have felt passings even when not physically with the dying, felt the fear that they were experiencing, the loss of breath, i.e., the breath of life, the release of all anxiety and pain until there was nothing left but an indescribable peace, received confirmation that they are still very much “alive” and well, and have cheated death a few times myself, and I can say with surety that I’m far less afraid of dying than I am of not having lived, like really lived. It helps that I receive confirmation from those no longer embodied that we continue to exist outside of these human meat suits we wear for a brief time, but my belief still requires some faith in this current world. A book you might find helpful in easing your fear of death is Dying to Be Me by Anita Moorjani. She had a near death experience and miraculous recovery from end stage cancer. And to answer your last question, I was raised Catholic but I’m spiritual, not religious.

@pondfountain, my pleasure. In my experience, diet is quite individual, but the majority of people I’ve communicated with do best long-term on a diet abundant in all three macros. For me, a mix of all three macros from lighter, easy to digest foods pre and post workout help with not only my performance but also my recovery and overall health so fruit, eggs, shellfish (scallops and crab), bean curd, young coconut and coconut fat make up the bulk of my diet. Again, it’s quite individual but contrary to the current diet boogeyman—combining carbs and fat—I’m very healthy and lean.

@winters said in peating mental state vs environment:

Peating represents youth, playfulness, and pleasure… as successful peaters will know, your mindset shifts as your metabolic state is affected. Is it a good idea if the current situation is not ideal? As in you cannot properly enjoy yourself for whatever reason (work, rejection, etc.) Or should it be reserved for leisure and relaxation?

Having resiliency/mental fortitude and joy that comes from within, not from external sources, which can be so fleeting and makes us a slave to circumstance, is ideal, in my opinion and experience. Like so many people, I’ve experienced a lot of tragedy in my life that would have killed me had I not had within me this inextinguishable joy, the kind of joy where I can sit in an empty room and not want to be anywhere but there in that moment, I’m so happy for life and my existence.

For toning without too much cardio, I like barre work (ballet), rock climbing and swimming. I’ve also been contemplating doing martial arts. If you live in the US, the YMCA has a climbing gym and pools that can be utilized regardless of weather conditions.

Merry Christmas!

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