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🔬 Is this the cause of obesity:
I'm working on the 3rd part of the "Macronutrient Manual" (working title, open to suggestions :)
I've written the carbohydrate and protein sections. But I saved the best for last, fat.
In revisiting my multi-year compendium of hundreds of pages of notes on fat, I returned to Petro Dobromylskyj's work at Hyperlipid. I think he is perhaps the most underrated mind in nutrition today.
I started reading his blog years ago. Post after post, he strung together a hypothesis that fundamentally shifted the way I thought about metabolism. As I was re-reading Petro's work, I came across Brad Marshall on twitter, a fellow student of Petro.
After a few exchanges on twitter, I clicked over to Brad's blog, Fire in a Bottle, and proceeded to read every. single. post. He graciously agreed to chat with me and dissect its 4 main "chapters": ROS, SCD1, Metabolism, and Reductive Stress.
As indicated in this recent paper, obesity has soared from 14% to 42% since 1980. The commonly accepted explanation is over-eating and under-exercising.
However, over the last 20+ years, as obesity continued to soar, calorie consumption has gone down and physical activity has increased.
How is this possible?
Over the course of 2+ hours, we dive into the weeds, and set out to unravel the mysteries of obesity.
TL;DR: I'd (we'd?) argue that by eating the wrong kinds of fat we push our metabolisms into "hibernation mode" where metabolic rates drop as the body shifts towards "storage" over "burning."
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🥛 What I'm doing for the sake of science:
Here's my dairy diary (aka my raw milk experiment):
- Week 1: 1/2 gallon ✅
- Week 2: 1 gallon ✅
- Week 3: 1.5 gallon ✅
- Week 4: Gallon Challenge...
This past week I drank 1.5 gallons of raw milk and felt great. The original plan was to keep adding a half gallon per week but I decided to do something a bit more exciting...
On Wednesday (when I'm at home in case something goes wrong) I'm going to do a Gallon Challenge, 1 gallon of raw milk, nothing else.
I'll document this on Instagram if you want to watch :)
In Week 5, I'll do the experiment I don't want to do. For science's sake. I will test conventional milk to see if I notice a difference.
P.S.
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👕 Why you have just 1 problem:
99 problems? Nope, just 1.
This week a Meat Health Coach took the liberty to re-design and find a higher quality supplier for our tee shirts. The old merch didn't meet her standard for the Meat Health brand.
While this may not sound like a huge deal, it is.
It reminded me of a video that I had watched on how entrepreneurs only have 1 problem.
FYI - this isn't just for entrepreneurs. This unique trait possessed by superstars can be used by anyone to be a superstar and rise the ranks of any organization.
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❓ Would you do it tomorrow:
We are all constrained by 24 hours/day. How do you decide what is allowed in and what gets rejected?
Would I upend whatever I am doing tomorrow so that I can go there and do that?
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🧠 What traits I've been thinking about:
"Frugality (spending money wisely), Focus (attention to detail), Obsession (with the problem they're trying to solve), Love (of their work)...[they are] tenacious, relentlessly resourceful, decisive, tough, calm, creative, and quick-to-act."
– Sam Altman, on traits of successful entrepreneurs
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📉 How to cross the chasm:
It's been ugly in the markets, especially crypto, so I'd like to try and bring some positive perspective.
Technology adoption curves like that of the internet, mobile phones, and social media look like an "S" with an initial period of slow growth, followed by an exponential, before bending towards an asymptote.
Bitcoin is likely following a similar "S-adoption" curve.
The steep exponential move of the "S-curve" tends to happen after crossing the 10% adoption chasm.
Worldwide bitcoin adoption is less than 0.5%. But in the US, it has already crossed the 10% chasm, which makes me wonder if we are closer to the exponential than most expect.
As an exponentially growing network, I'd be surprised if bitcoin doesn't reach 1 billion users this decade.
When there's "blood in the streets" it can help to zoom out and gain perspective.
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🚀 Why don't we all wear jetpacks:
It would surely use less fuel and it'd be pretty cool to fly around like Superman. The technology exists. What's the holdup?
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As always, it's an absolute pleasure and an honor getting to spend some time with you, hope you have a great weekend!
Kevin
P.S.
Did you know "sand" gets its name because it's between the "sea" and the "land" 🤯
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