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[Secretary Kennedy @SecKennedy]

In this episode, @BenGreenfield joins me to explore everything from cold plunges, red light therapy, hyperbaric oxygen, peptides, and stem cells to exercise, recovery, and metabolic health. Watch now.

#TheSecretaryKennedyPodcast

[coffee @ketohacking]

@VitallyMelanie What is a herbal hot pot

[anabology @anabology]

This is crazy.

UV light does not cause cancer - seed oils do.

Mice who were fed corn oil got skin cancer from UV light exposure. Those fed saturated fat in its place were COMPLETELY protected from cancer.

Saturated fats + sunlight = health.

[Craig Brockie @CraigBrockie]

My go-to bitter? Apple cider vinegar before meals.

Dandelion greens, chicory, and even a few drops of bitter tincture work too. Your ancestors ate bitter foods daily.

We've taken the bitterness out of everything and replaced it with sweets.

[BONESAW 🕊️ @BonesawMD]

Your highest genius state for deep focus & intellectual flow will be achieved in this way:

- No Coffee. At all.
- No Food. At all. (Minimum 3 days)
- No Music. At all (Not even classical)
- No Opinions from irredeemables and those with low quality thoughts. Their thoughts profane the purity of your intellect.

- No audiobooks, no noise. Wear earplugs.
- No gym; just kettlebells.
- No Alarm clock; sleep and wake up naturally.
- No Sex. Ejaculation diminishes astral flame.
- No Phone; no social media.
- No Movies/TV
- No Conversations, no news, no gossip.

Green tea throughout the day for consistent energy release without crash. You do not need extra supplements or drugs. I have tried them all - this is better. Absolute confidence in your God-given body.

- Study lamp and timer for 99 minute intervals.
- Whiteboard for cognitive maps and thought streams.
- Plain white paper, smooth writing pen (ballpoint German Hauser, black ink)

Few people will ever discipline themselves to do this, and petty excuses will always be made.

Ignore them, it is always cope. The language is mediocrity and gibberish. They will live their entire lives without experiencing genius state.

You can do 12-15+ hour focused days with this within 1 week.

You have no idea what your mind is capable of.

[Orpheus @DiscoOrpheus]

Your spine is a sophisticated antenna designed to conduct kundalini energy throughout your entire nervous system.

Ancient yogis knew how to "tune" this antenna for spiritual awakening and expanded consciousness.

The lost science of kundalini activation:

[coffee @ketohacking]

@JoshRainerGold Pickles ? House made pickles of cauliflower and cabbage are my favs

[coffee @ketohacking]

Pickled

[Josh Rainer @JoshRainerGold]

I fully believe this

[coffee @ketohacking]

@aestheticprimal House music is better than therapy

[FoundMyFitness Clips @fmfclips]

Unfiltered coffee can raise your LDL cholesterol by up to 30 mg/dL within weeks

The culprit: diterpenes (cafestol and kahweol)—oily compounds abundant in French press and espresso methods

No matter your stance on LDL and heart health, coffee shouldn't be the reason your cholesterol jumps 30 points

Your best bet? Choose:

• Filtered coffee (paper filters effectively trap diterpenes, reducing them to negligible levels)
• Instant coffee (industrial processing significantly lowers diterpene content)
• Cold brew (typically lower in diterpenes due to cooler extraction temperatures)

[coffee @ketohacking]

@fire_bottle There are a lot counter examples - is there a confounder somewhere

[_aestheticprimal_ @aestheticprimal]

when you chew a tough gum for facial muscle gains, it's good to take into account the fatigue factor

chew gum excessively and you're flooding your chewing muscles with Calcium ions, the muscles turn tight and they pull the bones of the face back

magnesiummaxx to cope

[Case Bradford @Casebradford]

Core Training is a Gold Key

• Athletic Performance
• Sexual Performance
• Longevity + Vitality

Unlock your Fitness + Performance
with these core strengthening exercises

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[Eric Morgan @GestaltedApe]

"Lifting Will Change Your Life"

The unbearable cringe I would feel in my marrow every time I heard some influencer utter this to try and sell their course

Just the hokiest bullshit I could imagine. The Magic(TM) cure to all life's problems.

- Depressed? Get to the gym
- Break up? Get to the gym
- Unmotivated? Get to the gym
- Fat? Get to the gym (okay that makes sense but ya know)
- Shitty Boss? Get to the gym

I mean...what the fuck?

Look, I had no doubt going to the gym would be good for you. That much was obvious.

But this magical, life cure-all solution to your problems came across as unbearable influencers making hype promises to get you to buy their course or training program.

Or perhaps the kind of thing that guys who made the gym their identity would say, because of course they would! It’s the major, singular source of meaning in their life and they are still pretty happy if everything else sucks because they are good at the gym.

That’s never been me. The gyms not part of my identity. I’m not interested in it being part of my identity.

I’m trying to learn how to build fraternity, escape from W2 life and be location independent, build great territory, and many other things that matter far more than the gym ever will.

I spend an an hour in the gym a week. Yes, I’m intense and focused there. Otherwise, it’s get in, get out, forget about it. Minimum effort and time to look decent and feel healthy.

Yet somehow, in an unexpected way…there ended up being some weird truth to the whole “The Gym is the answer to all your problems”.

In my case, there was a strong feeling of being stuck:

• I had gotten somewhat fat, almost 30% fat. Solid beer gut was coming in.
• I couldn’t enjoy the bike like I did.
• I was disgusted in the mirror.
• I was isolated without good friends around me.
• W2 was boring and a massive source of feeling trapped.

All of that “trapped stress”, the kind of stress (that doesn’t feel like stress) you get from having problems weighing on you that you can’t see answers to or make progress on resulted in me feeling progressively more lethargic.

Flat. Aimless. Disconnected.

Zero motivational energy. Heavy Limbs. A feeling of wanting to melt into the couch. Less joy in everything.

That’s the kind of place that trapped stress puts me in.

Many others guys have articulated the very same feelings to me.

It’s an ugly state. Feeling like this saps any desire I would have to try and make forward progress. Just feel tired and checked out. Irritable and worthless for good measure.

Classic negative feedback loop. It reinforces itself.

Enter the gym.

One key feature of the gym is unlike questions of how to improve a relationship or how to start a business where there are no guarantees of success and everyone’s path is different: the gym has a clear formula:

- 5-12 sets per muscle group per week
- Go to failure or 1 rep away from failure every set
- Dial your technique, focusing on feeling and working the targeted muscle
- Always try to get 1 more rep than last time on each exercise
- Increase your weight when you get out of your target rep range (anywhere from 5-20)
- Sleep
- Eat your 1g/lb of protein

You do that. You make gains.

This is true for every human living on the planet. Yes, you can optimize for slightly better results for you…

but every human who has ever followed this playbook gets much stronger. And they do so FAST. I'm talking about within weeks and months. Not years.

Another unique gym feature is unlike starting a biz, where you can go years without dopamine and success, or a relationship where it can be hard to tell….gym progress is instant, and fast.

It’s literally a video game. The gamification of hard work.

Reps are your XP, the weight on the bar is your level. You gain XP (more reps than last time) each time. You get enough XP, you level up (get to increase weight).

Instant dopamine built in to the process.

As if that isn’t good enough, that progress is light speed at first. Sets the dopamine hook very strongly, making it easy to continue.

AND the progress on the body itself is fast.

In just 4 or 5 weeks you notice you’re looking stronger (and if your diet is good, leaner too). By 3 months, you almost cannot recognize the former you. By 6-9 months, especially with some fat still on you, you start looking strong.

If you didn’t start out truly obese, by one year you’re ripped with a six pack if you got the diet formula down pat.

It's rapid, drastic progress the whole way.

Take a look at those pics.

They were taken just 5 months apart.

I unfortunately don’t have a true “before” pic, but 6 months before that first pic....I was weak and fat. I could bench 125x4, and deadlift 225x5. Zero muscle and 30% fat. John Daly lite.

The impact this made for me is crazy. Just the simple act of making progress in one area was a huge release of dopamine. The energy I had took a drastic increase.

I started to be able to make progress in other areas. Once I started looking GOOD, everything else fell into place.

The respect other guys start giving was an immediate status boost. Peterson wasn’t wrong about lobsters and hierarchy stuff. It regulated everything. I get sick less. I get injured less. The body is more responsive.

Again, huge boost in dopamine. Which means a huge boost in drive. The energy AND the desire to start cutting into the other problems keeps rising.

Every single time I look in the mirror instead of going “ugh. I’m a gross slob” it’s “Holy fuck I look goddamn incredible”. Massive source of pride and feeling good. Again, dopamine.

Notice lots of women checking me out again. Everytime I go out, even if mood is a little low, I catch someone looking at me or get a nod of respect from other guys. Again, instant dopamine boost. Energy up.

Catching the theme?

It's the dopamine, stupid.

That’s the part of the gym I couldn’t grasp.

Bringing back that endless source of dopamine broke the negative feedback loop that had been gaining momentum slowly for years since getting long covid.

It didn’t fix any of my other problems. Not a single direct thing was solved by going to the gym.

On the other hand, it was a complete fix for my problem of not having the motivational energy, drive, or desire to be able to fix the other problems.

With the dopamine in place, I was able to start tackling every single other problem. All the things that were stuck are now moving forward, reinforcing a positive cycle.

More success, more wins, more dopamine, more motivation, repeat.

That’s the true power of the gym now that I’ve experienced it.

It doesn’t fix your problems. I was correct there.

What the gym end up being is the easiest, most powerful, straightforward way to unlock a titanic source of renewable drive and energy you need to start tackling all the things that are weighing you down.

Therin lies the true power of the gym.

If you’re stuck in life. Feeling trapped. Not seeing a way out. And especially lacking the drive and energy you need to do anything about the life you’re currently living…

Seriously, get to the gym.

[Noah Ryan @NoahRyanCo]

Rhodesian summer

[T3Uncoupled @T3Uncoupled]

A 65 year old man suffering from fatigue, cold intolerance, headaches, and impotency is found to have prolactin levels ranging 2-3,000ng/ml. After treatment with bromocriptine, his libido "is that of age 24 when he fathered his only child". He starts spending money on expensive clothing and joins a fitness club. Unable to keep up with his "rejuvenation", his wife asks the doctors to stop the treatment. He categorically refuses. They end up getting divorced, and he remarries to a younger woman shortly thereafter. (1979)

[P.D. Mangan Health & Freedom Maximalist 🇺🇸 @Mangan150]

Men with a low ratio of triglycerides/HDL had a low risk of heart disease even with high LDL

Men with a high ratio had higher risk even with low LDL.

Triglyceride/HDL ratio is related to insulin resistance.

[coffee @ketohacking]

@Mangan150 Love your posts - dosages are interesting - gonna check out https://t.co/8131w6Fg2L for studies and doses