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ᴅue ᴛo ɪssues wɪᴛʜ mʏ ᴋɪᴅneʏs, anᴅ ᴛʜanᴋs ᴛo wʜoever ɪᴛ was wʜo ᴘosᴛeᴅ ᴛʜaᴛ vɪᴅeo aʙouᴛ ᴋɪᴅneʏ ᴘroʙʟems, ɪ ʜave aᴘᴘʟɪeᴅ severaʟ oꜰ ᴛʜe ɪnsɪɢʜᴛs anᴅ am enᴊoʏɪnɢ cʟear ʙeneꜰɪᴛs ꜰrom ᴛʜɪs:

- eʟɪmɪnaᴛe ꜰrucᴛose - reaᴅ everʏ ʟaʙeʟ anᴅ maᴋe sure noᴛʜɪnɢ conᴛaɪns ʜꜰcs (corn sʏruᴘ) - ꜰrucᴛose causes ɪnꜰʟammaᴛɪon ɪn ᴛʜe ᴋɪᴅneʏs, ᴛʜɪs causes ᴘaɪn - anᴅ ᴛʜere are sᴛɪʟʟ some rare soꜰᴛ ᴅrɪnᴋs ᴛʜaᴛ onʟʏ conᴛaɪn cane suɢar, ᴛʜese are oᴋ, as ɪs esᴘecɪaʟʟʏ ᴅarᴋ/sᴛouᴛ/ʙocᴋ ʙeers. ɪᴛ aᴘᴘears ᴛʜaᴛ sour cʜerrʏ ᴊuɪce, wʜɪcʜ ʜas ʙeen sweeᴛeneᴅ wɪᴛʜ cane suɢar ɪs aʟso oᴋ

- eʟɪmɪnaᴛe ʙʟacᴋ ᴘeᴘᴘer anᴅ maʟᴛoᴅexᴛrɪn conᴛaɪnɪnɢ ꜰooᴅs - ᴘracᴛɪcaʟʟʏ aʟʟ ꜰʟavoreᴅ snacᴋs are now wɪᴛʜ eɪᴛʜer one or ᴛʜe oᴛʜer. ᴛʜese cause ɪnꜰʟammaᴛɪon anᴅ ᴘaɪn ɪn mʏ ᴛeeᴛʜ, esᴘecɪaʟʟʏ a ᴅamaɢeᴅ wɪsᴅom ᴛooᴛʜ, a ꜰew ᴅaʏs ʙacᴋ ɪ ʜaᴅ a reaʟʟʏ ʙaᴅ ɪncɪᴅenᴛ wɪᴛʜ ᴛʜɪs, so, ᴛʜaᴛ's ᴛoᴛaʟʟʏ ouᴛ. ᴘroʙaʙʟʏ maʟᴛoᴅexᴛrɪn ɪs ɪn ᴛʜe same caᴛeɢorʏ as ʜꜰcs

- eʟɪmɪnaᴛe sunꜰʟower anᴅ raᴘeseeᴅ oɪʟ (canoʟa). ᴘreᴛᴛʏ mucʜ aʟʟ ᴘoᴛaᴛo cʜɪᴘs are cooᴋeᴅ usɪnɢ ᴛʜɪs now, anᴅ ᴛʜese (anᴅ mosᴛ oᴛʜer seeᴅ oɪʟs) aʟso ɪncrease ᴋɪᴅneʏ ɪnꜰʟammaᴛɪon. ᴛʜe onʟʏ snacᴋ ᴛʜaᴛ ɪ seem ᴛo ʙe aʙʟe ᴛo ᴛoʟeraᴛe now ɪs ᴘoᴘcorn, anᴅ ᴛʜere ʜaᴘᴘens ᴛo ʙe ᴘoᴘcorn maᴅe usɪnɢ ᴘaʟm oɪʟ, wʜɪcʜ seems ᴛo ʙe a ʟesser ʙaᴅᴅɪe ᴛʜan ᴛʜe oᴛʜer seeᴅ oɪʟs. ᴘoᴘcorn aʟso naᴛuraʟʟʏ conᴛaɪns ʟess oɪʟ ᴛʜan ꜰrɪeᴅ sᴛuꜰꜰ, as ɪᴛ's onʟʏ useᴅ ᴛo ᴛʜɪnʟʏ coaᴛ ᴛʜe ᴘuꜰꜰeᴅ uᴘ corn. ᴛʜe onʟʏ ᴅownsɪᴅe ᴛo ɪᴛ, ɪs ᴛʜaᴛ ɪᴛ's a ʙɪᴛ rouɢʜ anᴅ neeᴅs ᴛo ʙe cʜeweᴅ weʟʟ, ᴘroʙaʙʟʏ ʙesᴛ ᴛo noᴛ eaᴛ ɪᴛ ᴛoo oꜰᴛen

ᴛʜe resuʟᴛ oꜰ ᴛʜɪs ɪs aʟreaᴅʏ sᴛarᴛɪnɢ ᴛo ʙe noᴛɪcaʙʟe. ɪ ʜave ʜaᴅ ǫuɪᴛe ʙaᴅ ʟower ʙacᴋ ᴘaɪn ꜰor ᴛʜe ʟasᴛ ꜰew monᴛʜs, ᴛʜɪs ɪs reᴅucɪnɢ, even wɪᴛʜouᴛ me correcᴛɪnɢ ᴛʜe ʙaʟance oꜰ sᴛrenɢᴛʜ ʙʏ ᴅoɪnɢ aʙᴅomɪnaʟ sᴛrenɢᴛʜ exercɪses. ᴛʜe reᴅucᴛɪon ɪn ɪnꜰʟammaᴛɪon ɪs aʟʟowɪnɢ ᴛʜe aʙs ᴛo ᴅeveʟoᴘ more sᴛrenɢᴛʜ, wʜɪcʜ maʏ aʟso ʙe ɪnvoʟveᴅ.

ᴛʜe oʙvɪous ᴘaɪn ꜰrom ᴛʜe ᴋɪᴅneʏs ɪs aʟso reᴅucɪnɢ. mʏ ᴘee ɪs sᴛɪʟʟ ᴘreᴛᴛʏ ꜰroᴛʜʏ ʙuᴛ ɪ'm aʟso ɪncreasɪnɢ ᴛʜe overaʟʟ ʟeveʟ oꜰ waᴛer ɪnᴛaᴋe, wɪᴛʜ ᴛʜe ʜeʟᴘ oꜰ a ɢɪanᴛ oʟᴅ scʜooʟ enameʟeᴅ sᴛeeʟ coꜰꜰee muɢ. coꜰꜰee ʜas aʙouᴛ 2x as mucʜ waᴛer ɪn ɪᴛ as normaʟ, anᴅ ᴛʜe roseʜɪᴘ/mɪnᴛ ᴛea ɪ am ᴅrɪnᴋɪnɢ now, ɪs more ᴅɪʟuᴛeᴅ, ᴛʜose are ᴛʜere ᴛo reᴅuce sᴛomacʜ sᴘasms anᴅ ɪncrease sɪᴛᴛɪnɢ ᴛɪme ɪn ᴛʜere, wʜɪcʜ ɪs ɪmᴘrovɪnɢ mʏ ᴅɪɢesᴛɪon, anᴅ ᴛʜɪs ᴘʟus 1-2ʟ oꜰ mɪʟᴋ ɪs sʟowɪnɢ ᴅown mʏ ɪnᴛesᴛɪnes, ɪncreasɪnɢ waᴛer aʙsorᴘᴛɪon anᴅ nuᴛrɪenᴛ/ꜰaᴛ aʙsorᴘᴛɪon. ɪᴛ ɪs even, ᴛo ᴛʜe ᴘoɪnᴛ, a ʟɪᴛᴛʟe ᴛoo sʟow, so ɪ am aʟso ɪncreasɪnɢ ᴛʜe amounᴛ oꜰ saᴛuraᴛeᴅ ꜰaᴛ (ʟarᴅ, ɪn ᴛʜɪs case) wʜɪcʜ ʜeʟᴘs smooᴛʜ ᴛʜɪnɢs on ᴛʜe waʏ ouᴛ.

ꜰeeʟɪnɢ mucʜ ʙeᴛᴛer, anᴅ verʏ ɢraᴛeꜰuʟ ᴛo ʜave ʙeen ɢɪven ᴛʜe correcᴛ answer ᴛo ʜow ᴛo reverse ᴛʜɪs ɪssue anᴅ ꜰuʟʟʏ reɢaɪn mʏ ʜeaʟᴛʜ. ɪᴛ was so ʙaᴅ, ᴛʜaᴛ ɪ was weaᴋ, ɢeᴛᴛɪnɢ severe cramᴘs, ꜰreǫuenᴛ ɪncɪᴅenᴛs oꜰ aʟʟerɢɪc/ʙroncʜɪaʟ asᴛʜma, anᴅ ᴛʜe ᴘaɪn ɪn mʏ ʟower ʙacᴋ.

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Comte de Sats Germain 3w ago

Ah, potato chips... That makes sense. I've had issues again recently, but its subsiding - it fits the potato chips, which I binged recently.

ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴍʟᴇᴋᴜ 3w ago

aʜ ʏes, ɪ rememʙer ʏou saɪᴅ ᴛʜaᴛ ʏou ʜaᴅ aʟso concʟuᴅeᴅ ʏou ʜave ᴋɪᴅneʏ ᴅamaɢe ɪssues. ɢʟaᴅ ᴛo ʙe aʙʟe ᴛo ʜeʟᴘ ʏou wɪᴛʜ ᴛʜaᴛ. aʟso ɪ ᴛʜɪnᴋ ᴛʜaᴛ ᴘaʟm oɪʟ ɪs sᴛɪʟʟ ʙaᴅ, so ɪ'm ᴘroʙaʙʟʏ ɢonna ᴊusᴛ ɢɪve uᴘ on ᴛʜem.

● Here's what you need to know for avoiding fructose:

The Good News: Starch = Glucose Only

All starches are polymers of glucose - they contain zero fructose. When digested, starch breaks down entirely into glucose. This applies to:

- Wheat starch

- Potato starch

- Corn starch

- Tapioca (cassava) starch

Free Sugar Content in Whole Foods

|---------|------------|------------|--------------|--------------------------------------------------|

| Corn | ~0.5g/100g | ~0.5g/100g | ~2.1g/100g | Low free sugars |

| Carrot | ~0.6g/100g | ~0.6g/100g | ~3.6g/100g | Higher sugar than others |

Safe Choices for Fructose Avoidance

Best options (very low fructose):

- Plain potato, wheat, tapioca, corn - the starch itself is fructose-free

- Pure glucose/dextrose as a sweetener

Watch out for:

- Sucrose - it's 50% fructose when digested

- High-fructose corn syrup (42-55% fructose)

- Carrots have slightly more free sugars than other starches

- Sweet potatoes - higher sugar content, mostly sucrose

Key Takeaway

Plain starchy foods (potato, wheat, tapioca, corn) are excellent for avoiding fructose since their carbs are almost entirely glucose polymers. The small amounts of free sugars present are mostly sucrose and glucose, with minimal free fructose.

Sources:

- https://www.fao.org/4/w8079e/w8079e0h.htm

- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3791245/

- https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/proceedings-of-the-nutrition-society/article/glucose-fructose-and-sucrose-in-minimally-processed-potato-effect-of-cultivar-tuber-storage-time-and-heat-treatment/85A00ECD100C106A943BB877440F931A

- https://starch.eu/priority/factsheet-on-glucose-fructose-syrups-and-isoglucose/

oʙvɪousʟʏ, ɪ neeᴅ ᴛo eʟɪmɪnaᴛe more ᴛʜɪnɢs. sucrose ɪᴛseʟꜰ ʙreaᴋs ᴅown ɪnᴛo ɢʟucose/ꜰrucᴛose, ᴛʜouɢʜ ɪn ᴛʜɪs ꜰorm ɪᴛ ᴅoes ɢeᴛ aʙsorʙeᴅ mosᴛʟʏ wʜoʟe, ᴛʜaᴛ ꜰrucᴛose ɪs sᴛɪʟʟ ɢonna ʙe a ᴘroʙʟem.

ᴛʜe ᴛʟ;ᴅr ɪs ᴛʜaᴛ no maᴛᴛer wʜaᴛ ᴛʜeʏ are, ᴘroʙaʙʟʏ ʙesᴛ ᴛo mɪnɪmɪse aʟʟ ꜰorms oꜰ carʙs, sɪnce mosᴛ oꜰ ᴛʜem conᴛaɪn sucrose, wʜɪcʜ conᴛaɪns ꜰruucᴛose. mɪʟᴋ ᴅoesn'ᴛ, ɪᴛ ɪs ɢaʟacᴛose/ɢʟucose.

ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴍʟᴇᴋᴜ 3w ago

● Lowest Fructose Fruits

| Fruit | Fructose (g/100g) | Notes |

|--------------|-------------------|---------------------------|

| Lime | ~0.6 | Very low |

| Lemon | ~0.8 | Very low |

| Cranberries | ~0.7 | Also high in antioxidants |

| Rhubarb | ~0.4 | Technically a vegetable |

| Avocado | ~0.1 | Almost none |

| Apricot | ~0.9 | Fresh, not dried |

| Peach | ~1.5 | |

| Nectarine | ~1.4 | |

| Cantaloupe | ~1.9 | |

| Honeydew | ~2.0 | |

| Raspberries | ~2.4 | |

| Strawberries | ~2.4 | |

| Oranges | ~2.4 | |

| Pineapple | ~2.1 | |

| Kiwi | ~2.1 | |

| Papaya | ~2.7 | |

| Grapefruit | ~1.8 | |

Fruits to Avoid (High Fructose)

| Fruit | Fructose (g/100g) |

|------------------|--------------------------|

| Grapes | ~8.1 |

| Pears | ~6.4 |

| Apples | ~5.9 |

| Cherries | ~5.4 |

| Mango | ~4.7 |

| Watermelon | ~3.4 |

| Bananas | ~4.9 |

| All dried fruits | Very high (concentrated) |

Quick Rule

Aim for <3g fructose per serving. Berries, citrus, and stone fruits (peach, apricot, nectarine) are generally your safest choices.

cʜerrɪes anᴅ sᴛone ꜰruɪᴛs ɪn ɢeneraʟ are a ɢooᴅ oᴘᴛɪon, ɪ ᴅɪᴅn'ᴛ ᴋnow ᴛʜɪs ʙuᴛ "ᴅruᴘes" ɪncʟuᴅes sᴛone ꜰruɪᴛs (anᴅ casʜews ʙᴛw). so, ᴛʜɪs ɪs nɪce ᴛo ᴋnow, ᴘeacʜes, ᴘʟums, cʜerrɪes, aᴘrɪcoᴛs, necᴛarɪnes, aʟʟ are amonɢ ᴛʜe ʙeᴛᴛer oᴘᴛɪons, anᴅ ʙananas... noᴛ a ʙɪɢ ꜰan ʙuᴛ ɢooᴅ ᴛo ᴋnow. anᴅ cɪᴛrus are aʟʟ ɢreaᴛ!

Comte de Sats Germain 3w ago

Wow. This is good info. Looks like my favorite fruits are low frustose - cranberries, avocado, and apricots. That makes me wonder if they're my favorite because I feel better afterwards. Idk, never thought about it.

lemon 3w ago

Im on day 7 without caffeine :-) starting to feel human again...

ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴍʟᴇᴋᴜ 3w ago

ɪ'm noᴛ ǫuɪᴛe reaᴅʏ ᴛo ᴅo ᴛʜaᴛ ʏeᴛ. ᴛʜe ᴋɪᴅneʏ ɪssues cause a ʟoᴛ oꜰ sʏmᴘᴛoms, ɪncʟuᴅɪnɢ ᴅɪsruᴘᴛɪnɢ mʏ mooᴅ anᴅ enerɢʏ ʟeveʟs. ʙuᴛ once ɪ am a weeᴋ or more wɪᴛʜouᴛ anʏ oꜰ ᴛʜe more oʙvɪous sɪɢns, ᴛʜe ᴘaɪn, anᴅ ᴛʜe ꜰroᴛʜʏ ᴘee, ɪ'ʟʟ ʙe movɪnɢ ᴛo sᴛoᴘᴘɪnɢ smoᴋɪnɢ, anᴅ ᴛʜen aꜰᴛer ᴛʜaᴛ, sᴛoᴘᴘɪnɢ caꜰꜰeɪne... ᴛʜaᴛ's mʏ ᴘʟan.

ɪ wasn'ᴛ smoᴋɪnɢ ꜰor more ᴛʜan 2 ʏears unᴛɪʟ 6 monᴛʜs aɢo. ɪᴅᴋ ɪꜰ ɪᴛ's onʟʏ ᴛʜe ᴋɪᴅneʏs, as sᴛronɢ sᴛress resᴘonses are ɢeneᴛɪc, mʏ moᴛʜer aʟso, anᴅ ᴛʜɪs ɪmᴘacᴛs mʏ sᴛomacʜ esᴘecɪaʟʟʏ, wʜɪcʜ ɪs "ᴛwɪᴛcʜʏ" anᴅ ꜰor wʜɪcʜ reason mɪnᴛ ᴛea ʜeʟᴘs a ʟoᴛ, same as mɪʟᴋ sʟows ᴅown mʏ ɪnᴛesᴛɪnes, wʜɪcʜ ʜave ᴅamaɢe ꜰrom ɢʟuᴛen anᴅ aʟcoʜoʟ.

ɢoᴛᴛa sᴛɪcᴋ ᴛo ᴛʜe ᴘʟan, as ɪ ᴋnow ɪ can ɢeᴛ ᴛʜere, ɪᴛ wɪʟʟ ʙe a ɢʟorɪous ᴅaʏ wʜen ɪ am no ʟonɢer suꜰꜰerɪnɢ ᴋɪᴅneʏ ᴅamaɢe sʏmᴘᴛoms, or consumɪnɢ nɪcoᴛɪne, caꜰꜰeɪne or aʟcoʜoʟ (ᴛʜe ʟaᴛᴛer, once or ᴛwɪce a weeᴋ aᴛ ~200mʟ voᴅᴋa or eǫuɪvaʟenᴛ ɪs oᴋ ᴛʜouɢʜ).

Comte de Sats Germain 3w ago

I'd prioritize quitting smoking. Its probably doing the most damage. Probably costs a lot, too. You could buy that place you're at faster without the cigs.

ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴍʟᴇᴋᴜ 3w ago

ɪ ᴅecɪᴅeᴅ as mucʜ mʏseʟꜰ. even ᴊusᴛ 8 ʜours asʟeeᴘ anᴅ mʏ ʟunɢs ꜰeeʟ ʙeᴛᴛer.

mʏ ᴛrɪcᴋ ɪs ᴛo resᴘonᴅ ᴛo cravɪnɢs wɪᴛʜ "ɪ'm so ɢʟaᴅ ɪ sᴛoᴘᴘeᴅ smoᴋɪnɢ" anᴅ ɪ ɢuess ᴛʜaᴛ ɢraᴛɪᴛuᴅe ᴋɪʟʟs ɪᴛ.

Comte de Sats Germain 3w ago

What is this? There's an OTS stamp on the top right corner of all notes by you or responding to you, but no one else. And - stamped into Bitcoin? Are we doing ordinals?

ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴍʟᴇᴋᴜ 3w ago

Weird

ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴍʟᴇᴋᴜ 3w ago

Someone else is doing this. No idea why. my time is set accurately.

ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴍʟᴇᴋᴜ 3w ago

ameᴛʜʏsᴛ ʜas an ɪnᴛerꜰace ꜰor ᴅoɪnɢ ᴛʜɪs. ɪᴛ can ʙe anʏone wʜo ᴅɪᴅ ɪᴛ, ʟɪᴛeraʟʟʏ anʏone. ɪ ᴛʜɪnᴋ ʏou ʜave ᴛo ᴘaʏ ᴛo suʙmɪᴛ ᴛʜem ᴛʜo. ɪᴛ's ᴊusᴛ ᴛʜe evenᴛ ɪᴅ, ᴘroʙaʙʟʏ some ɪᴅenᴛɪꜰɪer ʟɪᴋe "nosᴛr" anᴅ ɪᴛ ɢoes ɪnᴛo a ʙʟocᴋ.

ɪᴛ's noᴛ ɪnᴛeresᴛɪnɢ ᴛo me. sʜɪᴛcoɪn ʙusɪness. wʜen ɪ ꜰɪnaʟʟʏ ɢeᴛ ᴛʜrouɢʜ mosᴛ oꜰ mʏ ʙacᴋʟoɢ ɪ ɪnᴛenᴅ ᴛo maᴋe a ᴘre-seɢwɪᴛ ʙɪᴛcoɪn ʜarᴅꜰorᴋ wɪᴛʜ oᴘ_reᴛurn anᴅ oᴛʜer ᴛrasʜ removeᴅ, ᴊusᴛ ꜰor ᴛʜe ʟuʟz

Comte de Sats Germain 3w ago

If its true to bitcoin's ethos, I'll buy some. Maybe. I'm cautious about any potential shitcoinery. But... But but but. We might have slammed the door too hard on shitcoins, as a community. That's the safe place for trying things.

ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴍʟᴇᴋᴜ 3w ago

Most ppl treat them as securities and consider themselves as a software company. This is the wrong model. The right model is hands off the chain and sell expertise.

When I get through my backlog I plan to make a fork of bitcoin. Stripped back and simplified. No data. No segwit, no taproot. No asics either. Bitcoin with the mistakes removed, and nothing added.

I don't even care if nobody uses or mines it. It's just because I know a lot about the subject and it markets that for me.

Comte de Sats Germain 3w ago

No asics? I like the asics... I imagine future heliostat asic satellites and the center of hash moving to roughly where the sun is and the whole inner solar system using bitcoin.

ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴍʟᴇᴋᴜ 3w ago

It uses a hash that requires long division. 25% of CPU dies are dedicated to this. For which reason also it needs a dynamic adjustment as inevitably there will be bonnets dive bombing it. The work i did on parallelcoin had a poorly designed difficulty adjustment with a clamp that led to difficulty getting stuck high even though few were mining.

This is intended to democratize mining. Asics don't allow this. Asics are expensive and CPUs are proportionally powerful as cheap. Being that arm and MIPS processors are more power efficient, a lot of old hardware will be resurrected for this.

It's a whole different, more user friendly mining design.