Posts made by Insomniac

@Serotoninskeptic said in Is it safe to eat raw coconut meat, ground dehydrated or a coconut butter?:

@Insomniac I remember seeing a post on RPF about Vedda communities in the South Eastern jungles of Sri Lanka who ate a coconut based diet and thrived with little to no heart disease.

Thank you. I've not heard of the Vedda.

There have been Polynesians that have eaten a huge percentage of there calories as coconut but I have no idea how they prepared it. I don't think they ate oil but I'm not sure.

@Serotoninskeptic said in Halle Berry says she slowed aging with a 30+ year keto diet. Picture at age 58:

@Insomniac Yes, ray peat

I heard he had plastic surgery :).

But seriously men tend to age a little better. Any women?

Is there anyone on the planet that has ever looked better at 58? Please post a name or photo.

She went keto after being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes ate age 22. I know it's not a keto forum and I'm not trying to be provocative but the picture speaks for itself.

@Serotoninskeptic @TexugoDoMel Thanks both. That's exactly what I wanted to hear.

I was eating about 1300cal of dehydrated coconut and no problems but I didn't do it very long.

@LetTheRedeemed said in Isoleucine restriction in mice increases metabolic rate and lifespan:

interesting.

googled this:
"Isoleucine and valine inhibited the absorption of leucine, and leucine inhibited the absorption of isoleucine and valine."
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1265085/#:~:text=Isoleucine and valine inhibited the,of the interfering amino acid.

That's a really good find.

@Serotoninskeptic Thanks for posting. It's a shame sci-hub doesn't have the paper yet.

I really like coconut butter or making a course grind of shredded coconut. I tried finding how natives from where it has historically grown prepare it but it's been slow going. I like the idea of eating the the whole fruit but every post is about the oil.

Do you think it's ok to eat raw and in large amounts? Any coconut based fruitarians out there?

@Serotoninskeptic Thanks but there's no need. If I have any anxiety about the purity then I won't keep with it.

Selegiline might be a good substitute

@jwayne Completely true. Ideally everyone tries a good diet and regular exercise before looking to chemicals and supplements but it's extremely hard to change lifelong habits.

Often it's ozempic or a diabetic coma even though people can see what's coming.

unfortunately I don't see anyone selling phenylpropylaminopentane

Time to redefine normal body temperature?

New data suggest it may be time for a change.

https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/time-to-redefine-normal-body-temperature-2020031319173

"During the nearly 160 years covered by the analysis, the average oral temperature gradually fell by more than one degree. As a result, the new normal seems closer to 97.5˚ F."

https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2023/09/body-temperature.html

“Most people, including many doctors, still think that everyone’s normal temperature is 98.6 F. In fact what’s normal depends on the person and the situation, and it’s rarely as high as 98.6 F,” said Julie Parsonnet, MD, professor of medicine and of epidemiology and population health as well as the George DeForest Barnett Professor in Medicine. She is the senior author of the study that was published Sept. 5 in JAMA Internal Medicine.

@dt I also remember he said people were getting side effects that could only be explained by impurities.

But if your gaining weight and not eating any more than it should be water weight and come off pretty quick. I always cross my fingers and hope weight gain is mostly water so not so bad.

Maybe this is a dumb question but how can it cause weight gain? Is it causing water retention or driving up appetite?

I read so many posts of people saying it caused them to gain weight but I don't understand the mechanism.