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🦷 How radioactive are your teeth:

I'm working on a book. The thesis is that your teeth hold the key to unlocking the history and mysteries of The Human Diet (update coming soon!). 

I saw an interesting example this week. The radioactivity in your teeth can indicate milk consumption. Nuclear fallout from Cold War bomb testing can be seen in teeth.

Food, throughout history, has left its mark on teeth. The book will decode the language revealing what your teeth say you should eat.

🌾 What grains tell you:

For 96% of Homo sapiens' history, we were hunter-gatherers.

In the last 4% of our history, we settled down and started to farm.

Cereal grains became staples.

You can see this shift in our ancestors' bones and teeth.
Their stature shrank and teeth rotted.

"Healthy grains" make up the majority of calories eaten throughout the world. They are cheap.

That is until you get the dental bill.

😴 Which route to choose:

If you can't decide, choose the fun route.

Caveat: sometimes the fun route is the hardest choice to make.

💡Do you believe it:

That slither is the visible light spectrum. We only see a fraction of reality.

🧠 What quote I've been thinking about:

"One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful."

– Sigmund Freud

📉 Why it's dumping:

After the historic US Bitcoin Strategic Reserve announcement, the price dumped. It's odd. The global race to acquire a piece of the 21 million bitcoin pie is on. For years, a top concern was governments banning it, now they are supporting, holding, and (likely) acquiring it. So what's up with the price action?

I think there's two things going on here.

First, the Executive Order says, "the Secretaries of Treasury and Commerce are authorized to develop budget-neutral strategies for acquiring additional bitcoin." It didn't outright say they were going to buy a million coins per the Lummis Bill. Some people were disappointed and saw this as a "sell the news" event.

Second, and perhaps more significantly, is the uncertainty in the current US economic policy creating recession fears. From tariffs to fiscal cuts, it appears the administration is focused on Main Street over Wall Street with the goal to get interest rates down. 

But, I think there's light at the end of the tunnel as the tightening in liquidity appears to be reversing. 

As I continue to say, this looks a lot like 2017, where we had a similar correction with a new Trump administration. During that time the strong dollar and higher rates reversed, and bitcoin rallied hard.

🌡️ Why you fight over the temperature:

Last week I asked if you were a thermometer or a thermostat.

This week is the science behind the thermostat arguments.

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.

I worked on taxes this week, which made me (slightly) grateful to live in Missouri. Here's the US states with the lowest and highest tax rates.

Dr. Kevin Stock
Meat Health, LLC

NED LLC (The Snore Solution)
 

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