Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Things that are clearly on-topic for this board should be posted as a separate post and not here (except if you are new and still getting the feel of this place)
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evoloving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8ipbkwzyO_8&pp=ygUVRXJpYyBiZXJnIGNoaWxlc3Rlcm9s
I’ve learned a lot from him. He’s been a big inspiration as far as changing my diet, learning about the lies put forth by big food, big pharma, big cancer, etc. I lost 40 pounds and my last lab tests were stellar except for cholesterol. I don’t care. I will not ever take statins. You would have to force me, from what I know about them.
Cholesterol can be high from genetics, stress and other factors but dietary cholesterol doesn’t cause high cholesterol. When you get a fasting blood work test.. the fasting period causes your body to dump cholesterol into your bloodstream. Glucose, as well. Smoking can cause high cholesterol. So can lack of exercise. So there are a lot of variables but from what I’ve learned, the most important thing is to avoid insulin resistance and diabetes. Look at your metabolic profile. Is your A1C optimal? That’s one of the most important factors to look at.
I do intermittent fasting and a ketogenic diet but I would not say I’m super strict about it. I focus on low carbs. Avoiding fructose. Avoiding processed foods. I cut out breads, pasta, starches (i.e. potatoes) fruit juice, desserts and beer to begin with. I eat like a horse and was able to get the weight off I gained after getting out of the military. I’ve learned how to cook, I can eat dairy again, allergies and digestive issues are mostly gone just by following Dr Berg’s suggestions and branching out from there.
It’s BS to think eating Cheerios and oatmeal are going to fix the problems many people have. It’s not so much about cholesterol as it is highly processed food and sugar. Baby steps. I highly recommend this guy. He’s inspiring.