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🦷 Are you flossing with "forever chemicals":
PFAS, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, have recently hit headlines again. This time in response to water supplies having more of these "forever chemicals" than previously thought.
A few years ago, PFAS jumped on my radar as a study raised concerns about PFAS in floss.
PFAS are a group of chemicals linked to numerous health risks and are found in nonstick, heat-resistant, and water repellent products, including our water supply, furniture, carpets, cosmetics, fast food wrappers, and floss.
While the American Dental Association doesn't think you need to worry about it, because these compounds are so pervasive and can bioaccumulate, I think it's smart to limit exposure where you can, including your floss.
In this video I talk about PFAS and floss, whether you need to even floss, and if so, what to use as well as how to limit exposure to PFAS from other sources (like your drinking water!).
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🥛 What has finally ended (kind of):
After 5 weeks of testing, my milk experiments have come to an end (kind of...).
Here's a recap:
- Week 1: 1/2 Gallon ✅
- Week 2: 1 Gallon ✅
- Week 3: 1.5 Gallon ✅
- Week 4: Raw Milk Gallon Challenge ✅
- Week 5: Conventional Milk Tests ✅
This past week, Week 5, I tested conventional milks (pasteurized, homogenized):
- Heavy whipping cream
- Half and half
- Whole milk
- 2% milk
- Whole goat's milk
The surprise was that there were no surprises (besides the taste of the goat's milk, not bad, just different). So boring! I felt just fine with them all.
Does that mean they are actually fine? Not necessarily. Short-term, "acute," tests like this suffer from the potential of false negatives.
For example, just because you eat a donut and feel fine, doesn't mean it's a "safe" food to eat. Poor nutrition can be insidious.
Further, this wasn't a perfectly designed experiment. Those don't exist.
I'm curious what would have happened if I didn't start with the raw milk "onramp" and instead went straight to a gallon challenge of conventional milk? Perhaps the lactose would have given me more trouble.
So, what's next?
I say this experiment "kind of" ended as I will likely do what I frequently do with nutrition experiments, continue to test in and out at various intervals and amounts to see if any correlations arise. But moving forward, I'll be sticking to the raw, whole, A2, local farm milk.
I'll recap this experiment in a video soon, and of course, keep you up to date if ongoing tests go awry!
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🗓️ How to do a quarterly review:
This is my 5th consecutive year of doing weekly, quarterly, and annual reviews.
Last week was the end of Q2, so I was doing my quarterly review, only to remember I did something different this year.
At the beginning of the year, I wrote my quarterly reviews in advance. On January 1st, I projected myself into the future and wrote my Q2 "prediction-review."
So, when I went to do my quarterly review, I already had one written. It provided instant feedback on projections versus reality. Highly recommend.
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🔼 What would you do if there was nothing you HAD to do:
For the last 10 years, this has been a "north star" question for me.
I like to ask myself: If all my basic needs were met, if I weren't constrained by resources, and if all I had was time, what would I do?
This questioning can unlock imagination, the linchpin to self-actualization.
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🧠 What quote I've been thinking about:
"Self-actualization is making something new that you are uniquely suited for, where your interest pulls you, that unlocks new possibilities for all."
– Taylor Pearson
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📊 What's the chart of the week:
This seems unsustainable...
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🏖️ Wanna get away:
It may not surprise you...I've been to exactly 0 of these :)
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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.
Some fruitless endeavors are worthwhile.
Like a carnivore diet.
A Saturday morning roundup on health and wealth, art and science, creativity and innovation, laughs and life by Kevin Stock.
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