Thanks - glad you got value out of it. If you just follow the common sense "10 Laws of the Primal Blueprint" overall health will improve noticeably unless you were already paleo/carnivore/etc. Actually - just take out grains and seed oils (including the seed oils in virtually all processed foods in the grocery aisles...vs the whole foods on the outskirts) and watch the improvement.

Stick to olive oil, avocado oil, coconut oil, butter, ghee, lard, tallow, etc.

I literally eat slivers of butter while I'm cooking.

What got me started 5 years ago was me offering a dessert to my oldest adult daughter and she said "we can't, we are doing keto".

I said "what the hell is keto".

That lead me to read Keto Reset Diet by Mark Sisson. Which lead me to Primal Endurance...then Primal Blueprint. After reading that, I became a Primal Health Coach. What they said made so much sense, and I'd suggest skipping straight to Primal Blueprint.

Of course, then I started the firehose on a lot of the thought leaders in the space: Mark Sisson, Jason Fung, Robb Wolf, Ken Berry...Paul Saladino was an up-and-comer - really in your face about carnivore like Shawn Baker - and I appreciated the greater detail he provided in his podcasts. He and Baker got me interested in going full carnivore.

Baker has remained a carnivore, but Saladino has moved to more "Animal Based". I'm anti-FB, but I do still use Instagram to follow some of these folks...and share health and wellness as well as tennis content. Saladino has some nice video shorts on Instagram where he packs a lot of knowledge or dispels myths. He's worth the follow over there (or at least search his content). He also wrote the Carnivore Code.

- Keto is pretty strict about ketosis...will keep you to 20-30g of carbs/day.

- Paleo is pretty much whole foods that your paleo ancestors would eat...so no grains or anything farmed...but meat, seeds, nuts, berries, etc.

- Primal is a more relaxed Paleo in my opinion

- Carnivore...from the strictest standpoint...is meat and salt! I also think it is the BEST elimination diet. Go carnivore for 2-4 weeks, then slowly introduce 1-2 foods and judge how you feel/sleep/triggers for inflammation or auto-immune issues. Rinse...repeat.

I'm usually in the 16 hr range...sometimes 18. Mostly carnivore with focus on meat, dairy, berries, honey, and some nuts and chocolate. Will occasionally do vegetables but they just aren't necessary. Hard NO on grains, sugar and seed oils.

Oh yeah, today it's no effort at all! It has become something as natural for me as breathing. I feel zero hunger before 3PM, and I exercise with moderate to high intensity every other day with zero weakness or lightheadedness.

Oh it was very hard at the beginning. Even just 14 hours was truly hard to reach. I felt weak and my stomach 'burned' a bit. Took some years for my body to adapt. I understand it's easier for some people, harder for others.

And I wanna say thanks for the zap! I appreciate it a lot! ❤️ oh and when I started I could berely go through 14 hours of fasting, it took me years to manage a 20 hour fast and even more years to reach my first 3-day-long fast.

Sure. You could say I average at 18 hours fasting/6hours eating. I wake up around 7AM and my eating window is from 3PM to 9PM.

I do it every single day for at least 14 hours. Some days 16, 18, or 20 hours. Once every other month I do a classic water fast for 3 to 4 days, thats 72 to 96 hours of fasting.

I’m a fan, just not good at skipping breakfast 3 days in a roll 😅

I do it every single day for at least 14 hours. Some days 16, 18, or 20 hours. Once every other month I do a classic water fast for 3 to 4 days, thats 72 to 96 hours of fasting.

bad.

eat when you are hungry

do not eat when you are not hungry

eat only real food directly from the source

do not eat any processed food

I have been doing it for more than a decade and my blood sugar and cholesterol are always at healthy levels even though I eat a lot of sweets and junk food. Also, my BMI never goes above 25. I love it!

But you don’t do intermittent fasting for just a day right?

Longer than a day = fasting, not intermittent fasting

Hyperinflation is not that complicated it is a direct result of money printing. So having a fixed supply that no corrupt leader can change fixes that issue.

Also, I used to collect vintage guitars. Occasionally someone would post a high value guitar for way less and I always messaged them explaining how this worth more and to repost it in line with market value.

Yes, exactly.

I like to negotiate for a fair price sometimes. But I always am polite and just say I think it's a bit high and give some comps and then say what my offer might be. 95% of the time people are reasonable and it's cool.

It's the low ballers who just show up and message you "Will you take (60-70% less than asking)?"

No. New price for you is 20% more now.