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📈 What is the most valuable company in Europe:

Novo Nordisk, the maker of semaglutide which is a drug used to treat diabetes (Ozempic) and obesity (Wegovy), is now the most valuable company in Europe. 

I was curious if they offered dietary recommendations to go with their drug, and it turns out they do...

To support their business plan of keeping everyone obese, they recommend people to avoid foods with "bad" saturated fats from animal sources such as fatty meats and butter.

Instead, they say you should swap these natural fats out for ultra-processed vegetable oils high in polyunsaturated fats (PUFAs) like corn, sunflower, and safflower oil.

🥩 Clash of the headlines:

A friend sent me a New York Post's headline that said just 12% of Americans are eating half of all the beef.

I actually misread the initially text he sent me. I thought he had sent an article about an older study I had read that showed just 12% of American adults are metabolically healthy. (r)

Either way, I'm a proud 12%er 😂

💘 Is all that red meat going to give you a heart attack:

If you're in the 12%, isn't that a lot of cholesterol?

Cholesterol is a vital nutrient. So vital that if you don't eat any, the body is going to produce it, because you can't live without it.

However, research suggest that if you don't help your body by eating cholesterol, you put yourself at a higher risk of adverse health effects.

Will eating a lot of cholesterol cause my blood cholesterol (LDL) to be high?

Interestingly, dietary cholesterol is not closely related to total cholesterol in the blood. Because if you eat more, the body will make less. Eat less, the body makes more. 

Blood cholesterol levels get complicated fast. It's not as simple as HDL being "good" and LDL being "bad."

Here's a deep dive on blood cholesterol levels and the carnivore diet.

📚 How to read all the books you want:

I relate so much to the opening of this video. So many books to read, so little time.

Here's how to actually read all the books you want to.

Tip: Create a 30-minute/day reading habit

• Audiobooks on commutes
• Substitute some social media time with reading time
• Enjoy it! 
   

🧠 What quote I've been thinking about:

The problem is not people being uneducated. The problem is that people are educated just enough to believe what they have been taught, but not educated enough to question what they have been taught.

– Richard Feynman

📊 What's the state of the economy:

This is the podcast I'm tuning into this weekend:

How all-you-can-eat buffets don't lose 💵:

Here's the economics (and tricks) all-you-can-eat buffets use so they don't lose out (but you do).

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.

Kid tells a joke. News anchor falls off his chair. 

I may have shed a tear too. 🤣🤣🤣

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

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