Post your Diets, Lifehacks, Biohacks, Keys to Operating at a High Level

[Guest disparaissant]

i eat a lot of pan-asian vegetarian cuisine

sometimes take a multivitamin

quit smoking mostly

exercise occasionally

walk a lot

and i take my meds

that's about the best i'm gonna do for a while.

[chenGOD]

I've started to build furniture out of materials salvaged from work sites. for instance I'm turning an old marble slab from a fireplace into a tv stand.

[zkom]

Beer.

[keltoi]

I've started to build furniture out of materials salvaged from work sites. for instance I'm turning an old marble slab from a fireplace into a tv stand.

 

dunno how this fits in here, but i like the sound of this. pics when you're done?

[BOCfan]

I'd echo chimera slot mom's comments about getting your life on track; that can only be a good thing. However, I'd also echo his comment about a ketogenic diet and coming off of it. A true paleo diet is extremely difficult to achieve, no matter what proponents of it may say. Unless you're growing your food and slaughtering your own animals, nearly every food, no matter how healthy, will have been 'processed' to some degree.

 

A few points I'd nitpick (and I'm assuming the assertions on the second line of these quotes is your own - correct me if I'm wrong):

 

 

 

You need to exercise to gain muscle and get trim.

-if you are eating the right things you will gain muscle and lose fat without exercise.

 

I'd say it's pretty damn difficult to gain muscle mass without exercise. Whilst manipulating your macro-nutrient intake will definitely have an effect on overall body composition in relation to fat storage and the lean mass that you carry, I would hedge a bet that any muscle mass increase you may be noticing might be down to that fact that you are stripping away the fat on your body and you're noticing existing musculature more (or maybe you've increased your activity output since changing your ways and have put on muscle mass as a result). If it were that easy to acquire lean mass through diet alone, you wouldn't have people pounding it with weights as they do.

 

 

You need to limit your calories. (especially to lose weight)

-if you are eating the right things you can literally eat as much as you want and still lose weight.

 

If by 'right things' you mean lots of vegetables and fruit, then I suppose you are correct to a degree. Though micro-nutrient dense, fruit and veg aren't exactly brimming with calories. You'd have to absolutely stuff yourself full of them each day to hit a calorie number for maintaining a stable body weight for your height. I know there are other factors at play, but thermodynamics play a big part here. If you are in a calorie surplus, that more energy into the system and so fat gain will occur. If you're at a deficit, fat loss will occur.

 

*this paragraph ties in with the quote above this one*

The more muscle mass that you have, the higher your resting metabolic rate is, so that means that you will burn more energy at rest, and this in turn helps keep weight down. Muscles respond to resistance, and you cannot induce any significant degree of hypertrophy through the consumption of food alone: the two go hand-in-hand. Exercise in itself is a good thing, anyway. I'm not talking killing yourself with it, but even just walking lots, as it has numerous health benefits besides just weight control (though one could argue that weight control in itself is an excellent way of keeping the lid on developing a number of chronic conditions).

 

 

On the whole, however, I do think you should approach this 'bulletproof' thing with a degree of scepticism and caution. The aims are laudable enough, and if you feel it's making a difference to your life then don't listen to me. However, whilst there are a number of practices in modern food processing that do merit concern, filtering your food intake so drastically by how it is produced may prove to be costly and risk turning eating into a chore, or at the worst, orthorexia.

[soundwave]

So, recently I have had a sort of revelation concerning the way we live and the way we are expected to operate. It is blatantly obvious that we are living at odds with our environment. Most people recognize this to some extent, but a lot of people don't have solutions that work. I know this, because I struggled for a long time only to be beaten down by what felt like a never ending cycle of failure. Not because I wasn't trying hard enough, or because I wasn't being disciplined. It was because I was misinformed. We are all misinformed to some degree or another. Why? The simple answer is that research is flawed, and we get fed lies due to private interests. (simple answer ) We used to be at the mercy of this information before the internet, but thankfully honest research and the free flow of information is liberating us all. I'm strictly speaking in a nutritional and environmental context as far as this topic is concerned. So, overarching political philosophies are not really meant for this thread. I definitely think that they are related, but I believe they are part of a different conversation.

 

I made this thread, because I've been doing stuff that really works for me, and it excites me. So, I decided to share what is working for me, and also many others. I welcome everyone to share information, and also share contradictory information as well. I'm not an expert on anything, and I don't pretend to be. I've literally only been doing this for a few months. A lot of this will be anecdotal based on reviewing some minor research. I know there are some actual educated folk in here as well, and I bet they have some good insights.

 

So, yeah you've been lied to. Some of the simple things that people misinformed about:

 

Salt is bad for you and will give you high blood pressure.

- Your body needs salt and you will die without it. the high blood pressure mania is based on research led by big pharma.

 

Red meat is bad for you and will give you cholesterol and heart attacks.

- Conventionally raised red meat is bad for you and will kill you

 

Fat is bad for you and will give you cholesterol and heart attacks.

-fat is good for you and aids your body in high level functioning and energy. Fat from bad sources is bad for you.

 

You need to limit your calories. (especially to lose weight)

-if you are eating the right things you can literally eat as much as you want and still lose weight.

 

You need to exercise to gain muscle and get trim.

-if you are eating the right things you will gain muscle and lose fat without exercise.

 

Things you've might have dealt with that you thought there wasn't any solution to. Eventually, conditioned to believe this is just life:

 

I can't do anything about my allergies.

My body type won't allow me to be leaner.

I never have enough energy.

I can't get any smarter.

I can't focus.

I'm depressed.

I need to medicate to deal with my anxiety.

I'm always hungry.

 

Ok, so what I've suffered from:

 

Allergies(a long time)

Constant sinus infections (5+ years)

Headaches(a long time)

Intense joint pain/inflammation(5 years)

Store too much fat regardless of exercise( entire life)

fatigue/no energy/constant hunger(entire life)

poor sleep/not feeling rested(entire life)

bad focus (diagnosed with ADHD)/ brainfog(entire life only recently to manifest itself at a much higher intensity)

trouble getting lean and building muscle(entire life)

Depression(as a product of overall inability to operate)

Anxiety(entire life/worsening recently)

 

I have in about 2 months cured myself of most of these problems using diet and supplementation, and all of them are at least improving.

 

I was going to go through each of these issues individually, but it would make this post far too long. So, I'm going to summarize.

 

I eat a high fat diet with almost zero processed foods. The diet is meant to increase your ability to detoxify, increase muscles, reduce fat and inflammation, and avoid mycotoxins. I think Uniret said it is termed Ketogenic.

 

It is illustrated here. It updates all the time so this is probably out of date.

 

http://www.bulletproofexec.com/the-complete-illustrated-one-page-bulletproof-diet/

 

I don't follow it 100% but I do most of it.

 

I drink butter coffee with MCT oil everyday. Try it. It is F'ing amazing. The long and short of it is that you should avoid almost all coffee. Be very strict about what kind of coffee you drink. Most coffee is poorly made and manufactured and you are literally just dosing yourself with toxins. The butter and MCT oil just give loads of fat which is great for energy and brain function, and allow you not to have to eat all the time. Sometimes I don't eat until the evening, because I don't need to.

 

I eat only organic grassfed grass finished meat. I eat mostly beef, pork, and eggs. The eggs I eat are not 100% bulletproof either because they are expensive as hell.

 

Conventionally raised meat is bad for you. For a number of reasons. You shouldn't eat it. You can eat as much properly raised meat as you want. It isn't hurting you. It is actually really good for you. DON't burn your meat and if you do burn it add an antioxidant to it beforehand to avoid the release of carcinogens.

 

I drink Himalayan salt added to water in the morning when I wake up. Supposedly, it helps your body from having to convert the potassium it makes when you are trying to sleep into sodium for you in the morning when you wake-up. Basically, making it so your body doesn't have to do that work, and your adrenal system ends up having more resources to provide you with energy for the rest of the day. That is a super laymen summary, but the idea is there.

 

I basically only eat meat and veggies, rice, and quinoa. Spices aren't necessarily bulletproof because most of them are poorly manufactured/prone to mold and fungus, but I love spices.

 

I eat at least 70% pure cocao chocolate. I prefer 85%. Sometimes a bar a day, but usually about half a bar.

 

 

I supplement. I would supplement more, but it is expensive.

 

I take:

 

a multivitamin (because I'm lazy. Multivitamins are shitty and you would be better off taking individual supplements)

krill oil (better than fish oil)

a probiotic

vitamin E

activated charcoal (removes toxins from your body. when someone OD's they give them charcoal at the hospital)

B-vitamins

Chlorella

 

For focus (this is meant to simulate the effects of the brain drug provigil/modafinil that many high level execs take):

Artichoke extract

Forskolin extract

 

You can also take for focus:

 

Bacopa & Huperzine A

 

at night I take:

 

magnesium

potassium

5htp/L-tryptophan

melatonin (needs to be regulated or it is risky)

L-ornithine

 

My sleep is very good and I don't have problems falling asleep like I have my entire life.

 

 

Things I've noticed:

 

Burning fat and building muscle without exercise or any changes in physical activity. An overall reduction in body fat.

More rested, better sleep. better regulated sleep patterns.

Way more energy/sustained energy

No allergies/sinus problems(used to take allergy medicine everyday/had to use eyedrops multiple times a day/constant sinus infections)

Joint pain is gone (my joint pain was literally so bad that it would wake me up at night or I couldn't sit through a movie without being in 8/10 levels of pain)

better focus/easier to think/not at a loss for words, etc.

Not depressed because I can operate at a high level

anxiety is improving

 

Oh, also I've gone from being 145 lbs (underweight) at age 18 to being 195 lbs (overweight) at age 24 to now being at a healthy 170 lbs or so. I don't exercise consistently and I spend most of my days in front of a pc. My bodyfat percentage is really low now and I've always struggled to get it that way thinking that it was just my natural body type. You would be amazed how much you think is fat is just inflammation.

 

There is a lot of other stuff I know about that I would like to try and other things that I can explain or defend if anyone shows an interest.

 

I would also like to hear anything anyone else does that works for them. I know Uniret does a lot of the things I'm doing, and I really enjoy talking about it and learning from other people.

 

I would also like to add that you shouldn't discount how much your anxiety and depression are related to your overall health, inflammation, and toxins in your body.

 

you spend more money on supplements than I do on illegal drugs!

[soundwave]

keys to operating on my level...

 

getting up late every morning

BMX

vegetarian diet (quorn, Linda Macs, tomatoe pasta/ curry based meals, spinich)

Holland & Barret multi minerals and seven seas vegan supplements

10 cups of herbal tea a day

an apple & orange every day

regular sex/porn

 

 

operating on an even higher level (on a good weekend)

 

high quality amphetamine + the latest synthetic hallucinogen +weed + ketamine + whatever else I can shove up my nose (no mkat or MDMA for me any more) , no food or water only beer/cider (my stomach will initially auto irrigate over the first several hours but once seized up I go into festival mode indefinitely) sustained over various musical events over 48hr+ followed by some valium for a good 18hr kip on Sunday before work on Monday

[BOCfan]

Yeah, I'd also say you're overdoing it on the supplements. Remember that supplements are just that: supplements. If you're eating a good diet you should be getting all the macros and micros that your body needs (and I'm not sure if this bulletproof diet provides all of this if you're restricting things).

 

Supplements can be good if used wisely, but also keep in mind that over-supplementation of the wrong things can lead to toxic build-up of substances (certain vitamins for example) in the body over an extended period of time.

[Adieu]

Yeah, I'd also say you're overdoing it on the supplements. Remember that supplements are just that: supplements. If you're eating a good diet you should be getting all the macros and micros that your body needs (and I'm not sure if this bulletproof diet provides all of this if you're restricting things).

 

Supplements can be good if used wisely, but also keep in mind that over-supplementation of the wrong things can lead to toxic build-up of substances (certain vitamins for example) in the body over an extended period of time.

 

I'm going to do a more thorough reply later, but I'm just curious. What is your background, profession, etc. as far this this field is concerned?

[RichieBees]

any new biohacks guys

[Adieu]

any new biohacks guys

 

I mean I could list a lot more shit, but in the interest of not looking like a self-involved tool I'm abstaining. I'm trying to let the conversation evolve organically.

[BOCfan]

 

 

Yeah, I'd also say you're overdoing it on the supplements. Remember that supplements are just that: supplements. If you're eating a good diet you should be getting all the macros and micros that your body needs (and I'm not sure if this bulletproof diet provides all of this if you're restricting things).

 

Supplements can be good if used wisely, but also keep in mind that over-supplementation of the wrong things can lead to toxic build-up of substances (certain vitamins for example) in the body over an extended period of time.

I'm going to do a more thorough reply later, but I'm just curious. What is your background, profession, etc. as far this this field is concerned?

I'm currently studying human biology at university level (and I've also got a general interest in nutrition through my weightlifting).

 

I won't pretend to be a world authority on nutrition, but I'll gladly try and reply to any questions or points of contention that you may have.

[Guest fiznuthian]

Diet: Meat, vegetables, fruit, tubers, and high quality dairy. Right now i'm eating almost entirely eggs, high-quality fermented dairy, lots of fruit and vegetables, with the occasional meat or potato dish. I ask some questions before purchasing a food:
- Was it grown on a farm?

- It it in whole form or produced with minimal processing (fermented food, butters, coconut oil, quality dark chocolates, canned veg, etc)?

For the most part I don't eat anything else, and this diet keeps me quite healthy in many ways. I've been experimenting with making my own toasted tortilla chips using soaked and sprouted whole grain tortilla. Soaking and sprouting is a traditional way of preparing grains/legumes and as I suspected grains prepared this way digest much easier.. Lately i've been on a green smoothie kick only to find I enjoy grinding down lots of nutrient dense fruit/veggie into an easily digestible slosh.

Similar to you Adieu, I have my own feelings regarding fatty acids and sugars. I've grown fond of fructose and saturated fat, disregard sugar substitutes, and avoid fats with high ratios of omega 6 fatty acid. This fatty acid is present in large quantity in i'd wager 90% of store-bought processed foods. I read through some reviews published that contradict the popular opinion that sugar is inherently harmful at all except in the context of hyper caloric conditions. The reason anyone overeats at all is because they're consuming engineered foods that overstimulate the brain's reward circuits, many of which are lacking in nutrient density anyway. Neural reward pathways affect the regulation of appetite.

 

There's very few supplements I still use.. I consume varieties of mushroom exacts occasionally, stock up on D, K2, and A (retinol) arbitrarily sometimes, maybe even the odd fish oil but even those I dose sporadically. My diet is extremely nutrient dense so I trust it.

[joshuatxuk]

joshua, that food blog you posted a while back is awesome, we use it around here now too. thanks for that. =] here it is for anyone else who might be interested: http://www.budgetbytes.com

 

oh that's great! yeah I noticed they re-vamped the site and URL

 

I have to admit, I've been working overtime and picked up Wendy's yesterday. That said, we made homemade frozen burritos so I've been set for breakfast for the rest of the week.

[Guest RadarJammer]

 

throwing different shit into this thing

like spinach, greek yogurt, sunflower seeds etc

 

lush smoothies every day

[YO303]

Money is an issue, right now i'm saving to buy a new blender and a new bike (i need the bike to get around so the blender will have to wait).

 

I was doing pretty well a few months ago but i've completely fallen off the wagon :(

 

Bulletproof coffee was great as a amphetamine replacement but it gave me a bad stomach ache for the whole day and i couldn't handle it.

 

I have a huge list of to do's i hope this thread will give me new ideas to add to my list.

[mat]

Money is an issue, right now i'm saving to buy a new blender and a new bike (i need the bike to get around so the blender will have to wait).

 

Bulletproof coffee was great as a amphetamine replacement but it gave me a bad stomach ache for the whole day and i couldn't handle it.

I'm not sure how much is too much for you, but I have a $30 blender that is glass, multi-speed, and works better than a $100+ blender I've used recently.

 

The Bulletproof coffee has the same stomach ache effect on my girlfriend, but I have no problem with it at all. It's the MCT oil that does it for her.

[Adieu]

 

Money is an issue, right now i'm saving to buy a new blender and a new bike (i need the bike to get around so the blender will have to wait).

 

Bulletproof coffee was great as a amphetamine replacement but it gave me a bad stomach ache for the whole day and i couldn't handle it.

I'm not sure how much is too much for you, but I have a $30 blender that is glass, multi-speed, and works better than a $100+ blender I've used recently.

 

The Bulletproof coffee has the same stomach ache effect on my girlfriend, but I have no problem with it at all. It's the MCT oil that does it for her.

 

 

 

I used the bulletproof coffee and MCT oil today, because my roommate purchased it. I did have a little bit of stomach pain today, so maybe it is the Bulletproof MCT oil. I've never had any issues using a generic MCT oil.

[mat]

The first thing I do every morning is drink 2 Tbls of Apple Cider Vinegar and 1 tsp of sea salt. This clears any cobwebs of sleep and also clears any blockage of sinuses. Then I drink Bulletproof coffee with grass-fed unsalted butter and MCT oil, then eat four eggs and at least 2 strips of bacon. This sets me up for a great morning mood and energy wise. It can be time consuming, but it is always worth it to me to start my day off right.

 

I follow the Bulletproof diet as well. I mainly eat grass-fed beef, vegetables, eggs, bacon, grass-fed butter (LOADS OF BUTTER!). My go to snack is an avocado with a little salt or a mixed greens salad with avocado oil, lime, and salt as dressing.

 

I control my diet for my mind more than my body, but what's good for the mind is also good for the body (funny how that works!). I think clearer and am in a MUCH better mood when I eat on diet. Gluten and dairy in particular bog me down physically and emotionally. When I eat off diet I feel it and I love that I am in tune with my body on this diet so much than I can tell when something small is off inside me.

 

I take alot of supplements (E, A, D3, C, K2 (MK-7), Krill Oil, Selenium, Choline & Inositol, Bacopa, Huperzine-A, L-Ornithine, Potassium Citrate, Magnesium, and occasionally Tryptophan) but I can tell a difference in my energy, sleep, body fat, skin condition, etc. if I don't take them. I'm sure I'm going overkill with these, but I would rather have too much than too little.

 

I take Alpha-Brain when I need to focus and get alot of brain work done.

 

I do kettlebell swings with a 50 lb kettlebell everyday, and some pushups usually. I did alot of yoga for a time but that has tapered off lately.

 

I get a ton of sleep, but I am trying to train myself to be happy on 6 hours. The problem with this is looking at the clock at 7 or 8 am and realizing I don't have to get up and sleeping another hour if I want. My bed is too comfortable.

 

I use a grounding/earthing mat and walk my dog everyday in barefeet to connect with the earth. Some people say the lack of this contact with the earth is the biggest problem with our current modernized society and could cure tons of ailments.

 

I take hot/cold showers where I turn the water very hot, then very cold, then very hot, then finish very cold. Studies have been done that show the effectiveness of cold showers and ice baths to improve mood and the immune system.

[Guest RadarJammer]

 

I take alot of supplements (E, A, D3, C, K2 (MK-7), Krill Oil, Selenium, Choline & Inositol, Bacopa, Huperzine-A, L-Ornithine, Potassium Citrate, Magnesium, and occasionally Tryptophan) but I can tell a difference in my energy, sleep, body fat, skin condition, etc. if I don't take them. I'm sure I'm going overkill with these, but I would rather have too much than too little.

 

until 20 years from now when you are riddled with tumors and doctors can't figure out why. just thinking about all the chinese chemical plants, lies, bad batches, corner cutting and bad research that goes into a suppliment store gives me the shivers

 

you are a subtle experiment

[rixxx]

 

 

Yeah, I'd also say you're overdoing it on the supplements. Remember that supplements are just that: supplements. If you're eating a good diet you should be getting all the macros and micros that your body needs (and I'm not sure if this bulletproof diet provides all of this if you're restricting things).

 

Supplements can be good if used wisely, but also keep in mind that over-supplementation of the wrong things can lead to toxic build-up of substances (certain vitamins for example) in the body over an extended period of time.

I'm going to do a more thorough reply later, but I'm just curious. What is your background, profession, etc. as far this this field is concerned?

I'm currently studying human biology at university level (and I've also got a general interest in nutrition through my weightlifting).

 

I won't pretend to be a world authority on nutrition, but I'll gladly try and reply to any questions or points of contention that you may have.

 

 

 

Yeah you're ok to have 'too much water soluble' vitamins (if your body doesnt need them you'll piss them away!) but be careful of taking too much fat soluble vitamins (A,D,E,K) these are stored in the liver anyway so you have a fair supply, they are 'harder' for your body to rid of.

 

Basically, everything in moderation- If you are eating a good amount of food and veg (a variety of colours means different nutrients) and you are not training for an actual athletic event or putting your body through excessive amounts of stress etc, you don't really need so many supplements.

 

I'm currently using half a sachet of 'ultralife max' this is way more bio available than your average pill supplement (Tocopherols (vit E complex) are well known for their absorption rate being reduced when fixed with acetate in comparison to having it from a 'natural source) I'm only taking this as I'm helping my body with pregnancy I don't have one everyday.

 

It's not a lie that if you have too much salt in your diet you have high blood pressure, salt is of course vital however, try not to add too much to your diet it is in many foods naturally. It's important to get the right amount of electrolytes (Potassium, sodium, calcium, magnesium being the main ones) coconut milk, bananas, different nuts are really good sources.

 

Red meat is fine, however having too much can give you bowel issues (cancer etc), make sure you eat enough fibre. Eat wholegrains etc etc.

[rixxx]

Also, having activated charcoal could just absorb all the nutrients that you are suppling yourself. Charcoal isn't going to know which is a toxin and which is a vitamin. Charcoal is only really used to settle upset stomach or to absorb gases in the intestines (maybe for radiography). I wouldn't have it everyday, our bodies are amazing at getting rid of toxins (well we've survived this long without having to detox!) so let your body do the work of detoxing and focus on supporting the areas that detox. Make sure you have plenty of water that helps to move things out of the body.

[Plarkreluke Banloboh]

As far as more general life-hacking, I can't recommend this book (and reading about the subject of neuro-plasticity) enough:



"Barbara Arrowsmith-Young was born with severe learning disabilities that caused teachers to label her slow, stubborn—or worse. As a child, she read and wrote everything backward, struggled to process concepts in language, continually got lost, and was physically uncoordinated. She could make no sense of an analogue clock. But by relying on her formidable memory and iron will, she made her way to graduate school, where she chanced upon research that inspired her to invent cognitive exercises to "fix" her own brain. The Woman Who Changed Her Brain interweaves her personal tale with riveting case histories from her more than thirty years of working with both children and adults."

The thing that amazed me was that it demonstrates how learning difficulties are just about interchangeable with character flaws, just that learning difficulties are more severe. There may be a chapter that nails your weaknesses to a tee and you can begin to understand which parts of the brain are overcompensating and which areas needs to be worked out.

[Adieu]

I'd echo chimera slot mom's comments about getting your life on track; that can only be a good thing. However, I'd also echo his comment about a ketogenic diet and coming off of it. A true paleo diet is extremely difficult to achieve, no matter what proponents of it may say. Unless you're growing your food and slaughtering your own animals, nearly every food, no matter how healthy, will have been 'processed' to some degree.

 

A few points I'd nitpick (and I'm assuming the assertions on the second line of these quotes is your own - correct me if I'm wrong):

 

 

 

You need to exercise to gain muscle and get trim.

-if you are eating the right things you will gain muscle and lose fat without exercise.

 

I'd say it's pretty damn difficult to gain muscle mass without exercise. Whilst manipulating your macro-nutrient intake will definitely have an effect on overall body composition in relation to fat storage and the lean mass that you carry, I would hedge a bet that any muscle mass increase you may be noticing might be down to that fact that you are stripping away the fat on your body and you're noticing existing musculature more (or maybe you've increased your activity output since changing your ways and have put on muscle mass as a result). If it were that easy to acquire lean mass through diet alone, you wouldn't have people pounding it with weights as they do.

 

 

 

You need to limit your calories. (especially to lose weight)

-if you are eating the right things you can literally eat as much as you want and still lose weight.

 

If by 'right things' you mean lots of vegetables and fruit, then I suppose you are correct to a degree. Though micro-nutrient dense, fruit and veg aren't exactly brimming with calories. You'd have to absolutely stuff yourself full of them each day to hit a calorie number for maintaining a stable body weight for your height. I know there are other factors at play, but thermodynamics play a big part here. If you are in a calorie surplus, that more energy into the system and so fat gain will occur. If you're at a deficit, fat loss will occur.

 

*this paragraph ties in with the quote above this one*

The more muscle mass that you have, the higher your resting metabolic rate is, so that means that you will burn more energy at rest, and this in turn helps keep weight down. Muscles respond to resistance, and you cannot induce any significant degree of hypertrophy through the consumption of food alone: the two go hand-in-hand. Exercise in itself is a good thing, anyway. I'm not talking killing yourself with it, but even just walking lots, as it has numerous health benefits besides just weight control (though one could argue that weight control in itself is an excellent way of keeping the lid on developing a number of chronic conditions).

 

 

On the whole, however, I do think you should approach this 'bulletproof' thing with a degree of scepticism and caution. The aims are laudable enough, and if you feel it's making a difference to your life then don't listen to me. However, whilst there are a number of practices in modern food processing that do merit concern, filtering your food intake so drastically by how it is produced may prove to be costly and risk turning eating into a chore, or at the worst, orthorexia.

 

 

I'm not necessarily talking about a large amount of muscle here. Maybe just what your normal body composition would be under ideal conditions. I think that once the body is adequately supplied with nutrients normal activity coupled with diet would show an overall gain in muscle.

 

As far as calories are concerned. Dave Asprey claims to consume 4000+ calories a day, and I could see how this would be accurate when you have increased your muscle mass. If you are ketosis, and most your calories are coming from fat, protein, and veggies I believe you could eat just about as much as you could fit into your body, and not gain fat. Not to mention the thermogenic efffect of drinking badass coffee everyday.

 

I totally promote exercise, and I plan on getting back into the groove here shortly. As far as the diet is concerned. I don't think many of the claims are outrageous. The sleep thing may be little unreasonable/impossible for most people. Everything else is at least based on some amounts of research that I can agree with on a basic level.

[Adieu]

Diet: Meat, vegetables, fruit, tubers, and high quality dairy. Right now i'm eating almost entirely eggs, high-quality fermented dairy, lots of fruit and vegetables, with the occasional meat or potato dish. I ask some questions before purchasing a food:

- Was it grown on a farm?

- It it in whole form or produced with minimal processing (fermented food, butters, coconut oil, quality dark chocolates, canned veg, etc)?

 

For the most part I don't eat anything else, and this diet keeps me quite healthy in many ways. I've been experimenting with making my own toasted tortilla chips using soaked and sprouted whole grain tortilla. Soaking and sprouting is a traditional way of preparing grains/legumes and as I suspected grains prepared this way digest much easier.. Lately i've been on a green smoothie kick only to find I enjoy grinding down lots of nutrient dense fruit/veggie into an easily digestible slosh.

 

Similar to you Adieu, I have my own feelings regarding fatty acids and sugars. I've grown fond of fructose and saturated fat, disregard sugar substitutes, and avoid fats with high ratios of omega 6 fatty acid. This fatty acid is present in large quantity in i'd wager 90% of store-bought processed foods. I read through some reviews published that contradict the popular opinion that sugar is inherently harmful at all except in the context of hyper caloric conditions. The reason anyone overeats at all is because they're consuming engineered foods that overstimulate the brain's reward circuits, many of which are lacking in nutrient density anyway. Neural reward pathways affect the regulation of appetite.

 

There's very few supplements I still use.. I consume varieties of mushroom exacts occasionally, stock up on D, K2, and A (retinol) arbitrarily sometimes, maybe even the odd fish oil but even those I dose sporadically. My diet is extremely nutrient dense so I trust it.

 

I like that you are making your own stuff. I am really excited about the idea of having a greenhouse, and being a lot more self-sustaining, not to mention the satisfaction of getting to eat something I grew seems amazing.