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buckthundazon Soybean oil affects hypothalamus, causes genetic changes in mice: study (2020)

If you cook your own food, it is easy to avoid. Simply don't buy them. Use tallow, ghee, butter, coconut oilt.

Note that this simple method of making what you eat will mitigate exposure to endocrine disrupting plastics too.

buckthundazon Beyond Meat signs global supply deals with McDonald’s, KFC and Pizza Hut

Studies on human nutrition are extremely limited. If you'd like to see a case reports about keto eating putting Diabetes Type 2 in remission see below:

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fendo.2019.0034...

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1325029/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7342268/

buckthundazon Beyond Meat signs global supply deals with McDonald’s, KFC and Pizza Hut

https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/78/4/734/4690022?login...

https://www.healthline.com/health/diabetes/carnivore-diet-fo...

buckthundazon Passivhaus Detailing and Design

FYI this is called a "solar chimney"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_chimney

buckthundazon Routine glucose monitoring may be unnecessary for people with Type 2 diabetes

>Beef spikes insulin just as much as rice does.

Citation?

buckthundazon Estimates that mineral levels in vegetables have dropped by up to 90% since 1914

Wait until everyone learns about bioavailability of nutrients with respect to type of food -- ie. Animal-based nutrition is more bioavailable than plant-based nutrients. [1]

[1] - https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/78/3/633S/4690005#1098...

buckthundazon The grandmaster diet: How to lose weight while barely moving

These two resources should be very information for you:

https://www.dietdoctor.com/dr-ted-naiman-carb-vs-fat-metabol... http://www.burnfatnotsugar.com/IF.pdf

buckthundazon Eat less meat: UN climate change report calls for change to human diet

> I'm not the one who wrote the UN report on climate change that recommends reducing meat consumption. Maybe take it up with the UN instead.

Appeal to authority.

> There are plenty of valid reasons to restrict what people are allowed to eat.

Name one. Sounds very tyrannical to me.

buckthundazon Eat less meat: UN climate change report calls for change to human diet

Same here. People should experiment for themselves. Give a 30-Day meat-based diet a try.

http://meatheals.com/ https://justmeat.co/

buckthundazon The Beginning of the End of the Beef Industry?

Plants use chemicals as defense. For instance, take caffeine which is a neurotoxin.

buckthundazon The Beginning of the End of the Beef Industry?

As do I! Long live beef!!!

buckthundazon The Beginning of the End of the Beef Industry?

Are you sure you understand your source?

Is a real burger more processed than a Beyond Burger, what I call a 'Pea-Protein Patty'?

buckthundazon The Beginning of the End of the Beef Industry?

The root problem is hyperinsulinemia. [1] The cholesterol narrative is far, far off from being correct.

[1] - https://www.dietdoctor.com/triglycerides-and-heart-disease

buckthundazon If You're Poor in America, You Can Be Both Overweight and Hungry

Much of this is due to protein dilution through the course of time, from hunter & gatherers to agricultural societies to industrial and post-industrial societies. [1]

[1] 'How the Body Uses Protein vs Energy' by Dr. Ted Naiman, MD. link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLh78As-MOs

buckthundazon Urban trees 'live fast, die young' compared to those in rural forests

Look at the structural difference between systems of Nature and systems of Civilization.

buckthundazon Urban trees 'live fast, die young' compared to those in rural forests

Okay. Look at it structurally: is it Organic or Inorganic?

buckthundazon Urban trees 'live fast, die young' compared to those in rural forests

I am not anti-civilization. I am presenting an objective framework. There is: organic ( Nature ) and inorganic ( Civilization )

Not sure how your comment relates...

buckthundazon Urban trees 'live fast, die young' compared to those in rural forests

Civilization is an affront to nature -- it's amazing how few of us understand this.

buckthundazon After the Bust, Are Bitcoins More Like Tulip Mania or the Internet?

How do you send a piece of your gold to someone in another part of the world?

https://hacked.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/gold-commodity...

buckthundazon Burger King is introducing a vegetarian patty from the start-up Impossible Foods

These are simply highly-processed patties.

  Here’s the full ingredient list for the new recipe:
  Water, Soy Protein Concentrate, Coconut Oil, Sunflower 
  Oil, Natural Flavors, 2% or less of: Potato Protein, 
  Methylcellulose, Yeast Extract, Cultured Dextrose, Food 
  Starch Modified, Soy Leghemoglobin, Salt, Soy Protein 
  Isolate, Mixed Tocopherols (Vitamin E), Zinc Gluconate, 
  Thiamine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B1), Sodium Ascorbate 
  (Vitamin C), Niacin, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin 
  B6), Riboflavin (Vitamin B2), Vitamin B12. Contains: 
  Soy [0]

The vegetarian aspect is coincidence.

Bernays-level marketing though.

[0] - https://impossiblefoods.com/newrecipe/

buckthundazon JPM Coin Is the Wildest Big Bank Idea in Many Years

Is it? Citi had started one in July 2015 [0]

[0] https://blockmanity.com/news/citicoin-in-the-dump-as-citi-gr...

buckthundazon Is fasting safe? A review of adverse events during water-only fasting (2018)

If you eat what our ancestors ate, then you don't need to brush your teeth.[1]

[1] https://www.westonaprice.org/health-topics/dentistry/the-inv...

buckthundazon Is fasting safe? A review of adverse events during water-only fasting (2018)

Yes, it is.

The better question: is it safe to eat/snack/graze chronically? Type 2 Diabetes seems to indicate it is not.

buckthundazon Frie Otto – Modeling with Soap Films (c. 1961) [video]

Yes, have a look at this study for visuals: https://wewanttolearn.wordpress.com/2012/11/14/plateaus-laws...

buckthundazon C.S. Lewis on the Reading of Old Books

This is great, thank you so much!

buckthundazon C.S. Lewis on the Reading of Old Books

Many thanks!

buckthundazon C.S. Lewis on the Reading of Old Books

Do you have a recommendation for best geometry textbook?

buckthundazon How Exercise Might “Clean” the Alzheimer's Brain

Am I wrong to be frustrated with the way this is phrased. I think something to the effect of, "Lack of exercise pollutes brain and promotes degeneration." is more informative of the finding.

Similar to "Time in nature heals you"...

buckthundazon What makes Paris look like Paris? (2012)

Well, it isn't called the French curve without reason.

buckthundazon The Diabetes Cure That Most Insurance Companies Won't Pay For

Imagine consuming less sugar and less carbohydrates, and food at more infrequent intervals...