Two hacks. Add fiber and vegetable powder to oatmeal to reduce the insulin spike. Add steel cut oats to the mix to moderate insulin spike.
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Not Hangry
I’m almost never really hungry.
Have been doing intermittent fasting now for 4 years, and for every day, I do a 19 or 20 hour fast. That means that for at least 7 to 8 hours every day (every hour past 12 hours from your last meal), my body is producing ketones for energy. It means that I’ve become “fat adapted” or “metabolically flexible”, where my body uses BOTH glucose and body fat (ketones) as a fuel source for the cells, and the longer the fast, the more this shifts toward ketones, not glucose.
But it also means that because the body can feast on body fat (ketones) at any time, there is very little hunger, as the body has a nearly inexhaustible source of food from one’s body fat if you are fat adapted, which most Americans are not because they eat too frequently (never get past 12 hours), and so the body loses this mechanism to utilize body fat instead of glucose.
This versus the person who is not fat adapted and whose body is accustomed to use only glucose for all the cells. That person is at risk of feeling real hunger any time their glycogen stores are depleted, and the glycogen stores in the liver and muscles don’t contain that much glucose, so the person can actually feel real hunger many times in a single day.
People who criticize intermittent fasting with the idea that it will induce constant hunger and ultimately binge eating don’t understand the role the ketones play in moderating appetite for those practicing intermittent fasting.
Sprouting
Proud of myself. With the help of 2 Youtube videos, I’ve successfully sprouted buckwheat groats.
Now the potential is leaving me almost breathless — quinoa, soy beans, beans in general, seeds galore, whatever.
I have my sprouting jars from Amazon with the special lids, and I’m ready to explore these new horizons in nutrition. Just need a little help from Youtube.
Currencies
People think it quaint Atlantic-coast Indians used shells for money, but we use merely paper and ink.
Student Loan Forgiveness
Loan forgiveness sets a terrible example. Implies that you can borrow money but don’t have to repay it. A better approach might be to allow early repayment that reduces the outstanding debt with a percentage increase in the debt retired, e.g., you repay $500 a month and this reduces your outstanding debt instead by $750 — an incentive to repay the debt early and get out from underneath faster.
Shoelaces
Humans have been to the moon and back, but are unable to create a shoelace that stays tied.
US and Russia
No good reason why Russia couldn’t be an ally of the US, except for the virulent Cold War, anti-Russia mentality of the State Department.
The stupid foreign policy of the US government is turning Russia into a mortal enemy — the one country in the world with a nuclear threat that could destroy our country. Is that wise?
Which?
Which of the seven dwarfs are you?
Mistakes
Amazing how many mistakes one makes in a single day. Most people just ignore minor mistakes and move on, but if you register and keep track of all of them, they add up big time. Of course, there are those people who are much more meticulous and deliberate in their actions, and so make far fewer mistakes, but I think this is a tiny minority. Most of us makes dozens, perhaps even hundreds, of mistakes every day. I think therefore that humanity is actually very mistake prone — perhaps much more mistake prone then is commonly realized.
Surprise
They say old age is the biggest surprise.
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