Author: rippledmind

Eat meat. Not too little. Mostly fat.

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A brief introduction to the how and why of experimenting with a carnivorous diet.

“Our recommendation is simple: eat nothing but meat for 30 days.”
(Note that by meat, we mean animal sourced foods, not necessarily only steak, though that is an option.)

From a post by Amber O’Hearn

Contents

Preamble

In 2013, in response to repeated requests, Zooko and I collaborated on a brief guide to getting started on a ketogenic diet. As the primary author and research lead on the Ketogenic Diet for Health website, I had shied away from giving dietary advice, preferring to share only my interpretations of the scientific literature.

Continue reading “Eat meat. Not too little. Mostly fat.”

Travel Technology Resources

Working on beach

From Too Many Adapters (great Travel blog)

Before You Go  – Consider Your Destination

Where you’re planning to go should help determine the gear you’ll travel with. Start with power — if you’re going somewhere that has different wall sockets to those at home, you’ll need a travel adapter. If the voltage is different, you may need a transformer as well.

If heavy rain is a possibility, waterproof luggage and dry sacks will prevent your gadgets from drowning. Cases and zipped bags help keep dust at bay — buy padded versions if you can, to soak up some of the inevitable bumps and knocks. If crime is an issue, avoid brand name or expensive-looking gear, and keep everything out of sight in a plain backpack or similar when possible. Continue reading “Travel Technology Resources”

We have been lied to… the Dietary Guidelines were bought…

#isupportgary is a platform set up to question the ‘silencing’ of Dr. Gary Fettke, a senior Orthopaedic Surgeon in Tasmania, following his two-and-a-half-year investigation by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) for talking about nutrition.

(EDIT;- Gary has been cleared of all trumped up charges by the National AHPRA medical board. After 4 1/2 years, we couldn’t be more relieved October 3, 2018)

Honestly, if it hadn’t been for the prolonged investigation by AHPRA, and their complete dismissal of the evidence Gary continually brought to light, we may never have considered ‘why’ the science he was presenting on the health benefits of Low Carbohydrate Healthy Fat principles (LCHF) was being so religiously defended.

Continue reading “We have been lied to… the Dietary Guidelines were bought…”

Reversing Insulin Resistance… with Intermittent Fasting

By: COURTNEY SPERLAZZA, MPH
April 10, 2018

Reverse Insulin Resistance with Intermittent Fasting
  • Intermittent fasting is the best insulin resistance diet to help your cells respond to insulin.
  • When your body gets the signal that you’ve eaten, beta cells in your pancreas produce insulin, a hormone that tells your cells to absorb glucose to use as fuel.
  • Your cells respond by receiving the glucose from your bloodstream. This gives you the energy you need, and you don’t pack on body fat. But sometimes, this communication gets thrown off.
  • Insulin resistance is when insulin tells your cells that fuel is coming, but they don’t open up to receive glucose. So, sugar stays in the bloodstream, and after a while your body stores it as fat.
  • Read on to find out how intermittent fasting can fix insulin resistance. Continue reading “Reversing Insulin Resistance… with Intermittent Fasting”

N=1 Zerocarb

Have you heard about this Zerocarb?

A quick overview of Zero Carb…. (Carnivore? diet)

1. FOOD: What do you eat: Anything from the Animal Kingdom (meat, poultry, eggs, cheese)

2. QUANTITY: How much do you eat: as much and as often as you want. No limit. Too little will sabotage your efforts.

3. ADAPTATION: normally takes 30 days, but can last for a couple of months: fatigue, nausea, headaches, cramps, light headedness, heart palpitations, intense thirst. Your body is changing from sugar burning to fat burning. Continue reading “N=1 Zerocarb”

a free library… Archive

The Internet Archive, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Like a paper library, we provide free access to researchers, historians, scholars, the print disabled, and the general public. Our mission is to provide Universal Access to All Knowledge. 

We began in 1996 by archiving the Internet itself, a medium that was just beginning to grow in use. Like newspapers, the content published on the web was ephemeral – but unlike newspapers, no one was saving it. Today we have 20+ years of web history accessible through the Wayback Machine and we work with 450+ library and other partners through our Archive-It program to identify important web pages. Continue reading “a free library… Archive”

It’s not important

A rippled mind.

We think about a lot of things through the day. So many ideas and thoughts enter our minds, cross our paths, come before us and we ponder them, mull over them and make various decisions.

Some thoughts and ideas we don’t really notice. Why? Because we aren’t always mindful of them.  Do you remember the drive to work? The drive home? What did you have for lunch last Saturday? Which side of the mouth do you start brushing your teeth? When was the last time you ate a steak out at restaurant?

Mindfulness is now a topic that takes up much real estate on the internet. There are websites, apps, podcasts, books, courses, classes, institutes, facilities etc all about being more mindful.

What is mindfulness? Being present with ‘things’ now. Mindfulness is paying attention to the present moment, with curiosity, and without judgment. Why now?

Before now they are memories and anything in the future is just planning and can be changed.

Why is it important to be present now?

Ah grasshopper, (reference to an old 1970 buddhist tv series called Kung Fu about to be remade).

The three greatest questions according to the Buddha are

  1. When is the most important time to do the things? NOW.
  2. Who are the most important people? The ones we’re with NOW.
  3. Which things are the most important? The things we’re doing NOW, to help the ones we’re with NOW.

Everything else is NOT important.

When we are mindful NOW… be mindful of where you are, whats happening to you, with you, at work at home, in the street, at Starbucks, wherever you are… Be There… NOW. Be here… NOW.

Everything else… It isn’t important. What should I do about this (fill in blank)?

Should I buy this (blank)? Should we do this (blank)?

Ask yourself (iii) Is it important? No. Probably not. Does it add value NOW?

(iii) It isn’t Important. Really in the big scheme of things… in life… (iii) it isn’t important…

Look at what you THINK is important… then look back at the last line… really? It isn’t important.