Joseph you are an outstanding human being. Many health practitioners and influencers put out wishy washy, watered down content, yet you curate for us the most poignant, impactful health info. It is not hyperbolic to say that you are serving humanity with every newsletter. Keep up the great work!
Absolutely! I have enjoyed your YT channel (both content + production values) for many years but only until very recently did I fully embrace the way of eating that you speak of (meat-based, although I'm not built for OMAD-haha). I am one of the hundreds of thousands (perhaps millions by now!) of accumulating n=1 anecdotes of health optimization on this diet, above and beyond my beloved paleo. I remember Dr. Jeff Bland years ago talking about the legitimacy of crowdsourced n=1 data to supplement or perhaps supplant the RCT, but I can no longer find that speech of his . . . . Anyway, many long-respected former "giants" in the functional medicine space seem to be ignoring the current n=1M trend and are whistling past the elephant in the room, which is not a good look for them. When cornered by Jesse Chapus, Dr. Lustig admitted he's not been against the carnivore diet for a very long time (he's even an in-law to the great Vilhjalmur Stefansson), yet he still pushes fiber ("roughage") as an unconditionally anti-inflammatory food. Dr. Wahls said she'd be stoked to include a carnivore arm on an MS study, but who knows if that will materialize. Bravo to those brave pro-human souls such as yourself putting out truly impactful content.
Honestly, I think the sun-health correlation might be garbage. People who are outdoors more often don't just sit there behind a computer. They are either working there or doing sports. Moving.
It's known, thanks to Thomas Seyfried, that cancer cells require insane amounts of glucose to survive. Moving burns off excess glucose if one eats it. Can you spot the possible cause?
Another possibility is that people who tend to go outside more do some other healthy habits. E.g. farmers might eat more of their produce rather than junk food and by being outside, farmers get more sun.
There's probably more. I'm not saying that sunlight is not healthy. I think it is. But proving it is very hard if even possible.
I’m not too sure about your farmer claim, there are plenty of unhealthy farmers out there eating garbage. Although you do have a point there, I’d like to see a study that compares outdoor construction workers (plenty of them eat garbage as well) to indoor warehouse workers who are burning comparable amounts of calories each day to see if being outside makes a difference.
Hey man, thank you for all you do. I really enjoy your newsletters and I feel I've been getting healthier just by learning about the right kinds of foods, nutrients, and studies you post. One question: in regards to using seed oils, which high-smoke point seed oil would you say is the least harmful to use? I like cooking and want to get better at it, but stay away from the hateful 8 oils you have mentioned. Is peanut oil just as bad? What kind of oils/fats do you use when cooking?
I always found it sickening and depressing how most human societies work indoor all day while the sun is out (particularly bad in norther equator where you get dark, grey, overcast days 9 months or more of the day) and only get out when the benefit from the sun gets minimal to none. Just causing a cascade of poor health down the line.. Yet whenever I ask any adult what they think they just say something akin to: "yeah it's not good but that's just how it is /shrug".
“Previously, my colleagues and I found that when people experience boredom, it poses a threat to their sense of meaning in life.”
The authors of this study are drawing conclusions as to the causation of ‘sense of meaning in life’ which is inconclusive as there is only about a 50% correlation which wouldn’t signify causation even if it was statistically relevant. Furthermore, the correlation to use of porn is so insubstantial to say that a lack of sense of meaningless contributes to porn use is absurd.
Joseph you are an outstanding human being. Many health practitioners and influencers put out wishy washy, watered down content, yet you curate for us the most poignant, impactful health info. It is not hyperbolic to say that you are serving humanity with every newsletter. Keep up the great work!
Thanks so much, Carol!
Absolutely! I have enjoyed your YT channel (both content + production values) for many years but only until very recently did I fully embrace the way of eating that you speak of (meat-based, although I'm not built for OMAD-haha). I am one of the hundreds of thousands (perhaps millions by now!) of accumulating n=1 anecdotes of health optimization on this diet, above and beyond my beloved paleo. I remember Dr. Jeff Bland years ago talking about the legitimacy of crowdsourced n=1 data to supplement or perhaps supplant the RCT, but I can no longer find that speech of his . . . . Anyway, many long-respected former "giants" in the functional medicine space seem to be ignoring the current n=1M trend and are whistling past the elephant in the room, which is not a good look for them. When cornered by Jesse Chapus, Dr. Lustig admitted he's not been against the carnivore diet for a very long time (he's even an in-law to the great Vilhjalmur Stefansson), yet he still pushes fiber ("roughage") as an unconditionally anti-inflammatory food. Dr. Wahls said she'd be stoked to include a carnivore arm on an MS study, but who knows if that will materialize. Bravo to those brave pro-human souls such as yourself putting out truly impactful content.
Does anyone have a tool where you figure out based on UV index how long you should get sun exposure?
I use the D-Minder app. Works well, calculations based on your location, time of year, time of day, weather and what you are wearing.
https://www.gbhealthwatch.com/Did-you-know-Get-VitD-Sun-Exposure.php
Honestly, I think the sun-health correlation might be garbage. People who are outdoors more often don't just sit there behind a computer. They are either working there or doing sports. Moving.
It's known, thanks to Thomas Seyfried, that cancer cells require insane amounts of glucose to survive. Moving burns off excess glucose if one eats it. Can you spot the possible cause?
Another possibility is that people who tend to go outside more do some other healthy habits. E.g. farmers might eat more of their produce rather than junk food and by being outside, farmers get more sun.
There's probably more. I'm not saying that sunlight is not healthy. I think it is. But proving it is very hard if even possible.
I’m not too sure about your farmer claim, there are plenty of unhealthy farmers out there eating garbage. Although you do have a point there, I’d like to see a study that compares outdoor construction workers (plenty of them eat garbage as well) to indoor warehouse workers who are burning comparable amounts of calories each day to see if being outside makes a difference.
I've followed your work for several years now, and decided to take the plunge and support. Thanks for all you've done on YouTube and here.
Hey man, thank you for all you do. I really enjoy your newsletters and I feel I've been getting healthier just by learning about the right kinds of foods, nutrients, and studies you post. One question: in regards to using seed oils, which high-smoke point seed oil would you say is the least harmful to use? I like cooking and want to get better at it, but stay away from the hateful 8 oils you have mentioned. Is peanut oil just as bad? What kind of oils/fats do you use when cooking?
I always found it sickening and depressing how most human societies work indoor all day while the sun is out (particularly bad in norther equator where you get dark, grey, overcast days 9 months or more of the day) and only get out when the benefit from the sun gets minimal to none. Just causing a cascade of poor health down the line.. Yet whenever I ask any adult what they think they just say something akin to: "yeah it's not good but that's just how it is /shrug".
Maddening tbh..
“Previously, my colleagues and I found that when people experience boredom, it poses a threat to their sense of meaning in life.”
The authors of this study are drawing conclusions as to the causation of ‘sense of meaning in life’ which is inconclusive as there is only about a 50% correlation which wouldn’t signify causation even if it was statistically relevant. Furthermore, the correlation to use of porn is so insubstantial to say that a lack of sense of meaningless contributes to porn use is absurd.