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@Sattva Everything you said is not peaty. Meditation is bad and for losers just like psychedelics; it shrinks your amygdala as well.

Your advice is good for people with bad metabolism who want to have even worse metabolism.

There are few studies on PUFA deficiency in which the rats consume a good amount of food, most studies keep the nutrients below the requirement and the rats degenerate.

I saw a study in which rats developed the symptoms of PUFA deficiency when placed on a fat-free diet ad libitum, the symptoms were cured spontaneously as long as the diet continued ad libitum, and it was even theorized that the rats produced the essential fatty acids. There's another study in which they didn't even develop symptoms even with a high amount of Mead's acid, but the diet was ad libitum from the start.

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Without him talking about the symptoms, we can't be sure. The skin problems of PUFA deficiency seem to be caused by the replacement of linoleic acid(18:2n-6) by oleic acid(18:1n-9). You need a degree of unsaturation to control water permeability, there's a study that rats don't suffer many symptoms of deficiency because they kept the humidity high, it seems to take a while for mead acid(20:3n-9) to take over

WHE = 90% humidty
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Bearing in mind that saturated and hydrogenated fats accelerate the depletion of DHA, I believe that the deficiency of DHA is real and there is no other that can replace its function.

In rats, 0.26% of calories in ALA was enough to maintain the maximum concentration of DHA(in organs such as the brain) in adult rats, 0.4% in young rats(which means it's difficult to become deficient in DHA). I haven't looked to see if it can be translated to humans literally, as a few oysters would do the job.

Tokelauans(max 7g PUFA/day) of the past seemed relatively depleted of omega-6 and were relatively free of the diseases of today, I don't remember reading about any particular problem
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@Crypt-Keeper Interesting. I saw a post on the Charlie Garrett Forum about anti-aromatase decreasing arousal.

Maybe high dose fat solubles were crashing estrogen too low as you do need estrogen to function just in a good balance

I notice an intense rise in estrogen within hours of consuming a seed-oil rich meal. Recently (this is a little TMI) I was on my period, which is usually light and painless. I had a big chicken kebab wrap, I could see it was dripping with pufas. That night I woke up to hot flushes, cramps and I bled through everything. This lasted for days after. So not worth it.

@Mauritio such a simple concept with such radical implications for how we live and what society values

I love getting lots of sun! Definitely a key to health.

Beanetics in Annandale Virginia. They sell on line.

@Tahodama

you still produce semen anyways even if you abstain and don't "reproduce" so the net energy investment into sexual function is more or less consistent most of the time independent of sexual activity levels

hence why if you were to not ejaculate for a week you'd expel a higher volume of semen

as your body keeps the process going independent of your engagement in it

also why the nofap/semen retention claims that the commonly associated symptoms with post-ejaculation are due to sexual energy or semen loss is BS

it's more to do with inflammation from prostaglandin release

many have healed those downsides by Peating and/or anti-gut inflammation diets like carnivore

@dan-dominic why do hee call mee a faat pig again :(( im really sad now

@basednigga2006 dont overdo it, but maybe a few extra cups and see how you do.

@Mauritio - these are the carotenoids in eggs that I was thinking about with regard to the macular.
Lutein and Zeaxanthin and Their Roles in Age-Related Macular Degeneration—Neurodegenerative Disease

I think when Ray was experimenting with low protein, he was eating high carb, lower fat.

That's not to say that's ideal. He's also said up to 50% fat as calories could be ok. Also that around the same percentage for each macro is probably good. As far as I know he hasn't really recomended any fixed macros.

@dan-saintdominic Most of our emotional intuition is processed during sleep. Lack of sleep creates a sort of emotional chaos where you don't really know whether to be happy or sad which is better than total depression.

Also yeah, short-time stress can be good if you are really in a depressed state. Though long term you lose out, the damage caused by the stress is usually greater than the good you derive from having that momentanous energy.

@CO3 Can you really not tell the difference between "don't drink coffee" from the Mormons and commands from the Church like "make an examination of your conscience every night before you sleep and ask for forgiveness" or "Interpret your neighbors actions in the best light that you can for him" or "the worst sin that we can commit in word against our neighbor is to mock and ridicule him".

Thinking about thinking is like, a koan. It makes my brain short circuit.

@dan-saintdominic said in Experiences with One or two Meals per day?:

Its very common for people to report feeling very energetic (at first, at least)

And how do these individuals feel after these temporary effects fade away?

An anecdote that i thought was very interesting was Jon Jones (arguable greatest MMA fighter of all time), along with his brothers Chandler and Arthur Jones (both NFL players) were birthed by a diabetic mother who later died from the illness. Obviously not enough to say there’s a direct correlation but interesting that a diabetic mother gave birth to 3 freak athletes