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Journals / Re: Magnetic's Journal
« on: August 12, 2011, 09:26:48 pm »
My mouth is usually quite dry in the morning, which I have been interpreting as thirst. It returns throughout the day, and I drink water to slake my thirst. But I am wondering if my diet is deficient in salt. I have some Himalayan Sea Salt, I think I will begin taking a teaspoon (6g) a day. Salt deficiency can lead to hypothyroidism: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothyroidism#Signs_and_symptoms. Some of the symptoms could be confused with symptoms of early ketosis, and I do not want to confuse the two. My diet has been very low in salt for over 2 weeks now, with the exception of the oysters and scallops that I ate at the beginning of the current experiment. Also, my body does not know what I am drinking, it only knows to tell my body to drink. In the paleolithic world my thirst would have been quenched not by tap water, but by water from rivers, lakes, springs, dew on leaves, etc. So I would have been consuming mineral-rich water, not sterile, fluoridated and chlorinated water.

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Journals / Re: Magnetic's Journal
« on: August 12, 2011, 09:07:41 pm »
I just had a BM, and it was pretty much identical to the last one, no pain or anything. I was surprised because they were spaced out 5 days and 4 days, for the last two. The last one was 2 days ago. I guess the fat I am eating is doing what it is supposed to do.

This article on natural defecation is interesting: http://www.gutsense.org/gutsense/constipation.html. From the article:

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There is only one reliable way to prevent the drying up of stools and ensuing costivity — move your bowels after each major meal, because the act of eating ALWAYS initiates the sequence of events that stimulate defecation. These successive unconscious events are called, respectively, the gastrocolic reflex, peristaltic mass movement, and the defecation urge. That’s how our gut is wired by nature to move the bowels.

Unfortunately for most Westerners, once the potty training begins, the parents and teachers work really hard to unwire this miracle of nature. That’s so that you can finally leave the house without a diaper and sit through a class without interrupting it. It’s possible because the final stage of defecation doesn’t take place until you consciously permit it by relaxing your external anal sphincter.

Wikipedia, on the gastrocolic reflex:

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The gastrocolic reflex or gastrocolic response is one of a number of physiological reflexes controlling the motility, or peristalsis, of the gastrointestinal tract. It involves an increase in motility of the colon in response to stretch in the stomach and byproducts of digestion in the small intestine. Thus, this reflex is responsible for the urge to defecate following a meal. The small intestine also shows a similar motility response. The gastrocolic reflex helps make room for more food.

I have found that I am always having bowel movements in the morning, and I eat late and go to sleep soon after eating, so the two are close together, since most of the time separating eating and having a bowel movement is sleep, a time when my body "shuts down."

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Journals / Re: Magnetic's Journal
« on: August 12, 2011, 08:47:04 pm »
Yesterday's meal was a bit lighter. I ate late as I did not get hungry until late, around 10pm. This is obviously due to the very large amount of fat I ate the day before (7 ounces). My meal yesterday night was: 1 lb. of ground beef, 3 oz. liver and 4 oz. marrow.

The macronutrients are: 112g protein, 156g fat, 3.3g carbohydrate. 1865 calories.
KR=2.29

I have had none of the "fake headaches" mentioned above since August 7, which is now 5 days. I have experienced slight muscle soreness at times, but nothing extreme, at least I do not think it is as bad as described by others. If our bodies can maintain some of the changes from past periods of fasting or eating very low carb, such as increased metabolic flexibility from the production of mitochondria and other cellular adaptations to metabolism with less dietary glucose, then I am finding the switch to becoming keto-adapted easier in part because of past periods of eating very low carb.

According to research cited in this article at Gnolls.org,http://www.gnolls.org/1984/the-science-behind-the-low-carb-flu-and-how-to-regain-your-metabolic-flexibility/, exercise is important for regaining metabolic flexibility. It is a very interesting article, as are all of the articles on the site.

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His "rant" sounded more nationalist than racist to me.

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Welcoming Committee / Re: Tried Paleo for one month...
« on: August 11, 2011, 09:57:31 am »
heh heh..might want to leave out the blood for the first timers..no one really is consuming much of that stuff here anyway

Only because I have to go to the damn slaughterhouse myself to get it.

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Journals / Re: Magnetic's Journal
« on: August 11, 2011, 09:50:50 am »
Tonight I ate 1 lb. of raw grass-fed beef, 5 oz. of raw grass-fed liver, and 7 oz. of raw beef marrow.

The macronutrients are: 129g protein, 229g fat, 5.4g carbohydrate. 2610 calories.
KR=2.57

This is more calories than I have been eating, due to extra fat. I might not even be hungry tomorrow evening, unless I do extra work.

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Journals / Re: Magnetic's Journal
« on: August 11, 2011, 07:56:32 am »
http://www.ketotic.org/2011/05/total-ketogenic-ratio-tkr.html has some interesting equations that give an estimate of the level of ketosis based on macronutrient intake. My KR has been between 2.6 and 2.7 for most days over the past 2 weeks. If I roughly halved my protein and increased my fat intake to make up for the difference in calories, KR would just exceed 4. This is what I came up with playing with the numbers in a spreadsheet.

http://www.iom.edu/Global/News%20Announcements/~/media/C5CD2DD7840544979A549EC47E56A02B.ashx gives USDA suggested macronutrient intakes. For me, a male aged 32, the recommendation is 130g carbohydrates, 20-35g of fat and 56g of protein. From the low-end for fat to the high end, the "recommended" KR for me is then: 0.26 < KR < 0.34.

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I have not had good experiences with any fruits/carb sources, I have to keep loading up all day. But I am probably more sensitive than most people.

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Journals / Re: Magnetic's Journal
« on: August 11, 2011, 06:48:15 am »
I had a bowel movement this morning.

I should add that it was maybe 5 inches long, type 3/4 on the BSS.

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I believe in human biological diversity. It explains what people are too afraid to admit it.

Egalitarianism As A Revolt Against Nature by Murray Rothbard sums up the view rather well:http://mises.org/resources/3147/Egalitarianism-as-a-Revolt-Against-Nature-and-Other-Essays

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Rioting is a symptom of a problem (oppressive government). But I wouldn't expect the government to solve the problem by becoming less oppressive. The response by those in power will be to pin the blame elsewhere: the failure of feminism, multiculturalism, trade with other countries, etc. By "cracking down" on rioting and the scapegoats for the problem, the government will become even more oppressive, only making the problem worse. If nationalistic solutions are sought out, we will have more military conflicts, unfortunately. I think this is coming, especially when you see that civil unrest seems to be spreading. The United States is approaching the boiling point.

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Why not?  If all the peaceful residents in those areas had owned guns, most of the would-be robbers/looters would have been too terrified of doing anything, the few who did loot would get shot dead, thus reducing crime admirably. Of course, one has to implement rules so that one is deprived of a gun-licence as soon as one commits some criminal offence, no matter how minor etc., but that's all that's needed.

I would count being shot and killed as being "deprived."

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I do not want to be told to look for an alternative, told don't do this, this is risky, etc.

On helminthic worm therapy(expensive [$1,000+]and as i've read the different parasites last from a few weeks/months-years/a long time)

The hookworms topic prior to this didn't shed much light.

How can one infect themselves with hookworms, specifically in the US without seeking the help of a helminthic therapy program. Ie infecting yourself walking barefoot, consuming animal intestine, etc. What are ways one can infect themselves for free with hookwork?

Furthermore, are there a list of locations in the US of areas high in hookworm infestation?

Build a "latrine" in your backyard, get a bunch of people to use it, and walk around in the muck.

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General Discussion / Re: cholesterol woes
« on: August 10, 2011, 08:24:58 pm »
Thanks guys: YS: would you eat most of these organs raw(kidneys exempted perhaps)? How do you obtain them. Brains are obviously a difficulty as per gov.control and all.
Good sources of fats though. What about suet? Isn't this a fat that would be advisable to consume(ie. high on the list, perhaps higher than the others).
Would you not render fat at all, but just eat it as is? How would you prepare it(blend it, etc.) to make it more palatable or easily digested?

No preparation is necessary, except for thawing. Bone marrow is also a good source of fat. Fat requires less energy to digest than protein or carbohydrate, so as long as your body is producing the necessary enzymes, digestion should be easy.

Also, there is a thread on fat digestability here:http://www.rawpaleodietforum.com/carnivorous-zero-carb-approach/fat-digestibility/.

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Off Topic / Re: Fiat currency
« on: August 10, 2011, 08:05:23 pm »
Money is a solution to a problem. How to trade with other people.

Every solution has it's inherent flaws/downside. You cannot / will not control every other person into doing things in the way that you consider is right. You can pass laws, but then the laws will have flaws so you have to pass more laws to cover the flaws in the last round of laws, which of course have more flaws.

Why do you think laws are necessary? Is it the passage of laws that prevents crime?

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Journals / Re: Magnetic's Journal
« on: August 10, 2011, 07:54:48 pm »
Yesterday my energy and mood were good (or should I say, sufficiently high?). I experienced some stressful situations recently and I seem to be handling stress better, as observed by others. In the past, stressful situations would often be a catalyst for bouts of depression.

I ate lots of marrow fat yesterday, 6 oz., along with 1lb. ground beef and 3 oz. liver. That's approximately 2300 calories, 115g protein, 203g fat and 3.3g carbohydrates. This is more fat than I have eaten before in one sitting. I shouldn't be hungry until my meal tonight, around 8-9pm.

I had a bowel movement this morning. I was expecting one soon, based on my last one occurring 5 days after the previous one. Today's bowel movement occurred 4 days after the previous one.

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Journals / Re: Magnetic's Journal
« on: August 09, 2011, 06:30:14 pm »
The extra heart I ate 2 days ago did not sustain me yesterday like the eggs I ate 3 days ago. I was hungry beginning at 4pm. Heart is very lean (68% protein, 32% fat) and has little fat, whereas eggs have a good amount of fat (35% protein, 63% fat and 2% carbs). And 3 eggs have more calories than 3 oz. of beef heart. Of course I could eat extra protein for calories, but (1) I prefer fat (2) fat is more easily digested than protein and (3) I am already consuming more than 100g of protein a day, which should be enough.

I ate late yesterday because I forgot to thaw out my organ meat in advance. My meal was eaten around 10pm instead of between 6pm and 8pm. I ate extra beef marrow, 4.5 oz. instead of 3 oz. Other than that I ate a pound of ground beef and 3 oz. of liver. This is a little low calorie-wise. I might bring eggs to work today in case I get hungry.

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General Discussion / Re: The FDA again this is FUCKING FASCISM
« on: August 09, 2011, 06:33:22 am »
It's ironic that the FDA is wasting time and money cracking down on Amish farmers and people growing gardens in their yards while the global economy plummets and gov't debt is massive. We may need farms and gardens now more than ever.

They aren't a business so why should they be interested in serving customers? The waste of time and money sums up all government activity.

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Journals / Re: Magnetic's Journal
« on: August 08, 2011, 08:22:12 pm »
Yesterday I did not have a "headache", I had loads of energy, my mood was great. I did not get hungry until about 7pm, and my meal times have been between 6pm and 8pm, so it seems like the extra eggs I ate the day before helped stave off hunger until meal time. I had a good meal last night, lots of marrow, heart and ground beef. I did not get to measure it because I was away from home. But I ate more heart than usual, about a double serving (6 oz. instead of 3 oz.). I should be satisfied all day today. No bowel movements since the last one. I slept on a futon instead of the floor (my usual "bed"). I did not sleep as well on the futon, but maybe I will get used to it.

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Journals / Re: Magnetic's Journal
« on: August 08, 2011, 08:15:03 pm »
  Hehe very rarey, but I do hunt for some good information here occasionally =]. 

  I decided to hop on to check ur journal.  Love reading dietary journals.

It's boring but it's something. I hope to get more gadgets in the future so that I can post more information, pictures, etc. Also, some blood work, testing for nutrients and all of that would make things more interesting.

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Welcoming Committee / Re: My Story
« on: August 08, 2011, 03:11:27 am »
Are you still doing ZC or RZC? How is it going?

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Journals / Re: Magnetic's Journal
« on: August 08, 2011, 03:05:34 am »
  Hey chump =P

Well hello, I thought you might lurk here.  ;)

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Journals / Re: Magnetic's Journal
« on: August 07, 2011, 07:49:06 am »
So my estimates of the amount of marrow in my marrow bones was incorrect. I was told by the vendor that they were about 1/3 marrow, which might be correct by volume. By weight, the number is much different. I got my scale recently, though, so now my food can be weighed.

I ate:

3 oz. of marrow which was all of the marrow in 17 oz. of beef leg marrow bones
16 oz. of 78/22 high fat ground beef
3 oz. of beef heart

According to NutritionData, this is 1950 calories, broken down as 80% fat and 20% protein. It includes 93g of protein and 172g of fat, with 0.1g of carbohydrates. It is only 88% of the calculated necessary calories for my body, so I may need to increase my food intake. I do notice that hunger begins to creep in a few hours before my meal. I just calculated that 3 raw eggs brings me up to 98% of caloric requirements, so I am going to eat 3 eggs now and see if hunger is kept at bay a little longer tomorrow.

EDIT: I am using the NutritionData information for suet because there is no entry for marrow. I may make a customized entry for marrow, if I can get good data to use. Fitday has elk marrow, which might work for this. Ounce per ounce, raw marrow has a little more fat and calories, and more protein than suet according to Fitday.

EDIT: With the eggs added, I am at:
2165 calories (98% of DV)
78% fat, 22% protein cals
112g protein
187g fat
1.3g carbohydrate

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Journals / Re: Magnetic's Journal
« on: August 07, 2011, 06:57:47 am »
I had another one of those "fake headaches" today. It was notable only because it lasted a little longer, about 1.5 hours. But it went away without developing into anything seriously painful. My guess is that my brain exhausts my liver's store of glucose, then becomes glucose-starved and that is when I begin to feel a "headache." Eventually, my body gets the glucose by breaking down fat or from the protein in last night's meal (through gluconeogenesis). The glucose is fed to my brain and the "headache" goes away.

I am not sure if that is what is happening, it is really just a guess.

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Journals / Re: eveheart's Journal
« on: August 07, 2011, 06:53:45 am »
He had a nice chunk of achilles tendon today, and some marrow bones. He sells me marrow bones for $1.39/pound, compared with $3.99/pound at WF. That's why I love my butcher! It took me a few months of going to every little market in the area before I found this one. The meat department gets its meat whole and cuts everything up each morning, or to order. The market is located in a very nice neighborhood, which is why I am getting such good customer service.

I am jealous, I gave up trying to find a good butcher around here. Maybe I gave up too soon?

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