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Here's your Saturday 7 roundup!

🦷 What would happen in this zero-carb study:

47% of US adults have periodontal disease.

It's a chronic infection that eats away at the bone that holds your teeth in.

It's strongly associated with diabetes, obesity, heart disease, cancers, autoimmune, respiratory, and neurologic diseases.

We've known for over half a century that a "no-carbohydrate diet prevents practically completely the initiation of periodontal lesions in the soft tissues" of mice. (Shaw and Griffiths, 1961)

Ok, but what about human trials?

The stringent restriction of carbohydrates—which animal models suggest is necessary to prevent periodontal disease—was reported to be “completely impractical.” (Gaengler et al., 1986)

Since we deemed a zero-carb diet impossible, we don't know to what extent the beneficial impact of a no-carbohydrate diet shown in animals can be extrapolated to humans.

I wonder what these trials would show...🤔

🥩 What do you recommend:

Last week I mentioned the rebrand / updates to the former "Academy" now "Ultimate 90-Day Carnivore Challenge."

I got a number of messages asking if I recommend the 90-Day Challenge if they've already been carnivore for awhile.

If you're like Norman, already successfully doing carnivore, I wouldn't necessarily recommend doing the Challenge unless:

• You are having some issues and need to pinpoint them
• Need some accountability from a coach
• Want access to all the bonuses like the deep dive into macros and micros, plant toxicities, and the RB12 Workout Program (if this is you, just let me know, and I'll get you a discounted rate)

Besides the 90-Day Challenge, we have one other Meat Health Program called the Carnivore Fat Loss Solution.

While many people will naturally lose weight and improve their body composition doing the 90-Day Carnivore Challenge, some people need more advanced strategies to hit their body composition goals. 

So we have a 90-day fat loss program for people who:

• Are doing / have done carnivore and either stalled or gained weight and need additional help hitting their fat loss goals
• Haven't done carnivore nor necessarily interested in doing 100% meat only, but fat loss is their top priority

If you're carnivore curious AND want to lose weight, my recommendation is to do the Ultimate 90-Day Carnivore Challenge 1st and if you need additional fat loss help after that (many/most won't) then jump into the Carnivore Fat Loss Solution.

If you're thriving and don't need to lose any fat, well I don't have anything for you besides 👋 (that's a high five :)

🧵 Are you using Threads:

Facebook released their new product, Threads, which is a Twitter clone.

It set the record for the fasted platform to get to 100M users. 

 I tested twitter with a similar post after Elon took over, and it was my most shared tweet ever. The Threads test...not so much.

And after the initial hype, we're already seeing threads unravel.

The lost interest is mirrored in the falling daily users and time spent on the app, down 50%. 

I for one am not sad by this. Another platform to post to is the last thing I need 😂

💡How to improve your performance:

If you look at marathon races, you see the most common finishing times at 3h, 3h 30m, and 4h. Why? 

These are the most common goals people set for themselves.

The simple act of setting a specific goal has a huge impact on performance.

Bonus

One way to further amplify your output is to work in an anti-procrastination coffee shop that doesn't let you leave until you finish your stated goal! 

I so wish there was one of of these I could write this newsletter in.
 

🧠 What quote I've been thinking about:

There is no elevator to success. 
You have to take the stairs.

– Zig Ziglar 

📊 Up or down:

Inflation, and resultantly interest rates, has dominated economic headlines for well over a year.

This podcast with Lyn Alden ties together learnings from the past to explain today and predict tomorrow. 

📷 When the sky explodes:

After waiting hours, the clouds parted, and it seemed like the sky exploded. 

A stunning shot of an aurora over an Icelandic waterfall. 

As always, it's an absolute pleasure and honor getting to spend some time with you, hope you have a great weekend!

Kevin

P.S.

Don't tickle me. 

😂😂😂

Dr. Kevin Stock
Founder, CEO
Meat Health, LLC | NED LLC
(314) 207-3216 (feel free to text me!)

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