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by alecst 2y ago
When I lived in Kampong Speu, Cambodia, they’d burn plastic trash as a means of disposing of it. It was the only time in my life I ever experienced black snow.
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by alecst 2y ago
Thanks, I appreciate that. And by the way, I had the same thought as you. I’ve been doing monthly 5-day fasts just to see what would happen. So far not much to report, but I’ll wait until 6 months have passed to draw conclusions.
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by alecst 2y ago
I had some electrolytes at first but ditched them on the third day. After that it was just plain water. If I had to do it again, I would take potassium and table salt throughout. I did have friends and my girlfriend with me for a lot of it.
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by alecst 2y ago
Yea, I'm in good shape. I commute by bike and was spending most of my free time at the gym.
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by alecst 2y ago
Yea. Many of the comments hurt me to read. I'm trying to remind myself that they come from a place of curiosity and wanting to rule out confounding variables. But they do make a lot of assumptions about me and things I know and/or
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by alecst 2y ago
I'm no stranger to discomfort. I enjoy it. Like, my bed is a piece of plywood with a blanket on it. The increase in energy and clarity of my thinking, the tingly feeling in my body, and the improved sleep quality -- just to give you a
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by alecst 2y ago
I can’t go into too much detail here, but I interrupted a severe depression by fasting for two straight weeks. It’s hard to say why it worked — my friends assume that the microbiome is implicated because of the dietary change. Plausible, bu
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Self-reported experiences on Reddit on using psychedelics to manage opioid abuse(onlinelibrary.wiley.com)
2 points by alecst 2y ago|0 comments
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by alecst 2y ago
You're welcome. I read a lot about fasting and I have a lot of experience with it. It's helped me, personally, heal many things (but not all of them -- it's good to have low expectations.) In any case, it's a mind-expand
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by alecst 2y ago
I'm really sorry to hear that. Since you're asking for moonshots and weird things to try, here's something they can ask their doctor about: > Case reports involving glioblastoma patients using water-only fasting regimens i
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by alecst 2y ago
Love the drawings. Kind of a silly question, but how did you do them?
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by alecst 2y ago
How can someone tell if a newspaper is biased? What’s the test? Is it the eye test — as in, I can tell it when I see it — or something more?
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by alecst 2y ago
I don’t see how someone at ~50/100 odds is predicted to win. That’s just a toss up with a slight statistical edge. Goes for both candidates.
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Systemic proteome adaptions to 7-day complete caloric restriction in humans(nature.com)
7 points by alecst 2y ago|4 comments
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by alecst 2y ago
I guess I'm cool coming out and saying it. Out of curiosity I bought some helminths online and infected myself. I was inspired to do it after reading a book called An Epidemic of Absence. I can't say a whole lot -- positive or neg
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by alecst 2y ago
Is the beta amyloid theory wrong? I read a review paper on this and the science was unclear. I think the point was that all AD patients had a pretty heavy amyloid burden, but not the converse. Feel free to send me some reading.
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by alecst 2y ago
I relate to the persona above you. I have plenty of hobbies, and almost all of them are free or cheap. I don't need a better laptop than what I have, I don't need an expensive bike to enjoy riding around, I don't need better
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by alecst 2y ago
I always hated this because English is not so simple. To my eye, “me and him went to the store” or “him and me went to the store” both sound good to my ear. But “he and I went to the store” sounds slightly weird, and “I and he went to the s
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by alecst 2y ago
Wow. I really appreciate the humility and candor shown by you in response to being corrected. I’m genuinely impressed.
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by alecst 2y ago
I'd like to see that, the studies I've seen show around 1-5% per year.
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by alecst 2y ago
In two books I've read recently ( Conquistador about Hernan Cortes, and Civilized to Death which contrasts the lives of modern humans with ancient ones) the authors mention how fat was often poached from the dead -- animals and peop
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by alecst 2y ago
I’m curious where I can read more about this because I’m just a tad skeptical.
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by alecst 2y ago
I dunno. I heard a story about Ayya Khema that she basically just stayed up all night for a while just committed to learning the jhanas. One of the problems with all the stuff is that it's very hard for us to know what other people hav
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How much sunlight is enough?(sci-hub.ru)
1 points by alecst 2y ago|0 comments
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Microplastic presence in dog and human testis(academic.oup.com)
41 points by alecst 2y ago|24 comments
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by alecst 2y ago
Would be nice if you addressed the article instead of the headline. It’s actually fascinating.
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by alecst 2y ago
I was terrified when you lumped Sapolsky in with those other guys, but if this is the worst you’ve got then I’m breathing out a sigh of relief.
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by alecst 2y ago
Honestly, ouch -- I'm not even the person you replied to and I feel attacked somehow, haha! You basically just said, "That guy's not all that smart, and if you think he is, take a hard look in the mirror!" Maybe you can
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by alecst 2y ago
It’s not the bargain you think it is. These people pay a steep price to make our cheap stuff. They’re surrounded by plastic trash. And just like in the article, because there’s no waste management in these developing parts of the world, th
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by alecst 2y ago
Do we know what these young heart failure patients look like in the typical case? Are they obese? Stressed? A mix?

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