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What is the rate of death by Covid among healthy 18 year old boys?

If they are healthy, the rate of death by Covid is much lower than the rate of death from the Covid shot. Same with serious adverse effects. Not even close...

False, any vaccine used on the public have been tested beyond what is proper and their safety and efficacy proved long before they were approved for use in the public

Then why, when the FDA was considering approving the Covid shot for kids, did the FDA panel member Dr. Eric Rubin say: “we're never going to learn how safe the vaccine is for kids unless we start giving it to them ... and so I think we should vote to approve it.”

So when the FDA approves something, they are not approving it as something safe, but rather approving it to be tested on people to determine its safety...

Even healthy, fit people need recommended vaccines to stay healthy and live well.

At most, they might help some people protect themselves against some pathogens. But the are not essential, they are not needed to stay healthy and live well. The above seems more like a promotional document than an informative article.

For the traditional vaccines that have an inactive component of a virus that induces the cellular body to havean immune responce, then maybe a goid idea.

Indeed, but vaccines generally also include adjuvants to induce a strong response against the inactive component. Unfortunately, these adjuvants might also cause your immune system to respond against other things. For example if you get a vaccine during hayfever season or prior to eating a peanut butter sandwich....

Convincing my healty 18 year old boy to take the vaccine was the worst thing I've ever done

I'm very sorry about your son. I hope he recovers fully.

But don't blame yourself, considering all we heard during the entire pandemic was "safe and effective". Instead, blame those who lied and those who prevented the truth from coming out...

there are robust systems in place to test and monitor the safety and effectiveness of vaccines.

Riiight... The systems in place seem instead to be designed to hide the safety issues. We know from recent hearings, that Pfizer knew of several serious adverse effects, which it kept hidden. Governments and media actively tried to suppress investigation, acknowledgement, and discussion of these serious adverse effects.

There are a dizzying number of tips, hacks and recommendations on how to stay healthy... Some of these tips are helpful and based on good evidence...

But we certainly will never read about them here or on "The Conversation".

I never understood the adding of salt to sports drinks.

In addition to replenishing electrolytes lost by sweating, the salt speeds up the absorption of sugar. That's what I remember from a paper I read over 30 years ago, on which Gatorade was based on. That was also a time when carb loading was still a thing.

Hayashi said Russia's acquisition of North Korean weapons and using them in its invasion of Ukraine is a "clear violation of relevant U.N. Security Council resolutions."

UNSC resolutions? Naah, just US "resolutions" (i.e. orders).

Japan should ignore America's orders; then they would have nothing to worry about from Russia or NK...

Is their race relevant? They were kicked out because they stank, not because of their race. I'm not saying kicking them out was right or wrong, just that it might not have been because of race.

I guess he realized how profitable it would be for him personally if he chose to remain in NATO...

And as soon as you can remove that baby with zero medical impact on the woman, that would be valid position to have. Until then, hosts come before parasites.

Considering some people consider a baby or fetus as a parasite, I'm not surprised they are pro-abortion.

All women must have the right to control their own bodies

The pro-life don't have any issue with what a woman does with her own body. What they oppose is the destruction (murder) of the fetus' body.

did I forget anything?

Yes, a severe shortage of chips for their washing machines...

You forgot that Russia has not managed to clear any of it's objectives

Russia succeeded in its main goal, of weakening the Ukrainian forces. Ukraine hardly has any men left to fight.

has lost half it's black sea fleet

Naah.

and is losing 30,000 soldiers a week

Again, naah. That's just what Zelensky says to legitimize the billions the West keeps giving him.

to Putin's incompetence.

I doubt there is a more competent (and popular) leader anywhere else...

“A silver lining of the pandemic….. ”….

I think the only silver lining that came out of the pandemic is lest trust in government, the media and big pharma, all of which revolve more around profit rather than the interests of the people at large.

Yes, exactly. They certainly have exposed themselves. Now, many more people are taking their health into their own hands rather than blindly obeying the captured health authorities and governments.

I had zero Covid shots (and no flu shots). I had a mild Covid once and no colds since the start of the pandemic...

More untested experiments on the people? 

What untested experiments are you talking about?

Well, you might recall when the FDA voted to approve the COVID shots for kids, one of their "experts" (Eric Rubin?) said “we're never going to learn how safe the vaccine is for kids unless we start giving it to them...and so I think we should vote to approve it.”

So they gave the shot an EUA so that they could test it on kids...

More research is needed to explain why the immune response in the unvaccinated is more robust than in the fully vaccinated.

They'll never allow it.

Very true! Most Western research authorities are, for some reason, not interested in this. So we must rely on researchers in countries that have not yet been completely captured. Some have clearly shown that the natural immunity is broader, more robust, and longer lasting than that conferred by the shots.

Very early on during the pandemic there were studies showing that a considerable percentage of the population already had a certain level of immunity against SARS-CoV2, probably due to past viral infections. So it's not surprising that COVID infections help protect against certain colds.

This could lead to better vaccines; e.g. if they stop using the mRNA-lipid-nanoparticle-based shots and go back to more traditional vaccines, such as inactivated viruses. Or better yet, stop using any vaccines against coronaviruses and instead let our immune system deal with it as it was always meant to. Or even better yet, put an end to the coronavirus gain of function research ...

NASA is a highly regarded organization.

Indeed, they wouldn't fake anything....

Kharkiv, Dnipro, Odessa, Kherson, Mykoliav and Zaphorizia all voted for Zelensky.

Yeah, because his campaign promises included fighting corruption and putting an end to the fighting with Russia. Unfortunately, people believed this actor.

He immediately did the exact opposite of what he promised.

Interestingly israel also signed it, so what do they mean by "territorial integrity"???

What fraction of the world's population do those 78 signatories represent? The 78 "countries" that signed the statement include such powerhouses as: Andorra, Cabo Verde, Comoros, Council of Europe, Cyprus, Estonia, European Commission, European Council, European Parliament, Fiji, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Palau, San Marino, Sao Tomé and Principe, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, and Timor Leste.

But Israel parades itself as "having the most moral army in the world "

I think now we can safely call it the most immoral army in the world...

What is a more credible solution than a two-state one?

A one-state solution; i.e. restoring historic Palestine.

Saladino was not taken very seriously when he was a carnivore

It was enough to become the face of the movement, what you mean is that he is not taken seriously by professionals of nutrition and human health, but at this point that also applies to every proponent of the diet since they don't have the data and studies to actually support that recommendations.

No, he was never taken very seriously by "the movement", and now he is ridiculed by them.

The The Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences completely contradict your personal judgment by not only allowing but actually promoting the article in their page, they (and Harvard University, that is the institution that the author is affiliated) are well recognized institutions of medical science,

If any qualified member of that group had read the article, they certainly would have asked to include something about gluconeogenesis. By the way, the peer-review article I provided a while back showing the great benefits of the carnivore diet was from Harvard, but you did not like that one because you refuse to accept scientific conclusions when they contradict your belief, which is of course something irrational and invalid.

You could not argue any instance of misdirection, manipulation, etc

I already described her not mentioning gluconeogenesis and implying that our brain would run out of glucose if we eat low or no carbs. That is completely false.

If you want another example: it says something about pregnant women following a keto diet resulting in higher incidence of some problems. Well the paper she uses as reference doesn't even mention keto. Most (all?) of her conclusions are baseless.

Saladino was not taken very seriously when he was a carnivore, and less so now. Just because he called himself Carnivore MD, that does not make him an expert.

The article you provided is loaded with "references", but the few that I checked are worthless when it comes to informing us on keto. Again, I stand by the comment that your article "is a great example of misdirection, manipulation and ..."

they are easily available which is why people that actually are informed about the topic do not have to ask for them. https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2023/keto-its-probably-not-right-for-you/

That article was written by a 4th year PhD candidate who clearly has much to learn about nutrition.

For example, the author wrote:

The ketogenic diet aims to induce weight loss by reducing the body’s supply of glucose, which is the primary source of energy for all cells in the body and is derived from consuming carbohydrate-rich foods.

Glucose is the primary source of energy only if you eat a carb-rich diet, but there is no reason why that would be the natural or ideal condition. Also, weight loss is not the only reason why people follow this diet. It has many other benefits.

Instead, the diet encourages the production of an alternative fuel source called ketones from stored fat, hence the name “keto”-genic.

This "alternate" fuel source is likely the natural fuel source we are supposed to consume.

The brain requires a steady supply of glucose, about 120 grams daily, and cannot store glucose. Therefore, when carbohydrate intake is minimal or during fasting, the body initially obtains glucose from liver stores. After 3-4 days, if stored glucose is depleted, the body enters a state called ketosis.

Strange that the article never mentions gluconeogenesis, which is how our body synthesizes all the glucose our brain requires. There is no need for any dietary carb, for our brain or any other part of our body.

It's a very poorly researched article, or as one of the commenters wrote on that site: "This article is a great example of misdirection, manipulation and academia constipation."

Do you think the US should withdraw support for Israel?

They should but they won't. israel is a US military outpost (America's proxy in the Middle East).

Also, the US political elite uses israel to divert US taxes to their own pockets. They give billions to israel every year, and they in turn use those funds to influence the elections in the US.

Problem is that Biden, Trump, and RFKjr are all equally compromised when it comes to israel.

Exactly, the registered temperatures are going up. The temperatures around the sensors being registered are apparently going up.

Yes, good point.

Since the sensors are positioned in a way to accurately represent temperatures in general

How do you know?

It may surprise you but people that collect and analyze data in a scientific and professional way do understand the importance of proper sampling.

Oh, I'm sure they understand it. They also know how to carry out "proper" sampling to get their results published and get future funding.

what do you think about cardio first thing in the morning before breakfast? Any benefit or not really?

I think exercise before breakfast is excellent.

Now, I tend to avoid prolonged cardio (i.e. jogging). Instead I alternate between mild exercise (walking) and HIIT.

My understanding is that although gluconeogenesis kicks in after long fasting, it is also the process that can kick one out of the desired ketotic state when you consume excessive proteins.

Well now I'm really confused by your question. I'm entering into gluconeogenesis while not consuming anything, and it's my liver converting several fats present in the body to glucose.

I asked my initial question because I thought you were implying that gluconeogenesis refers to the burning of triglycerides and was responsible for your low triglycerides. I think it is mainly from the conversion of fats to ketones, not gluconeogenesis.

BTW, I've also had TGs in the 30s for years, without ever fasting for 5 days (just a few 1 day fasts and one 3 day fast).

When I come across people describing gluconeogenesis, it is often described negatively as I wrote above. The gluconeogenesis from long fasting is often at the expense of lean body mass, though in your case since you exercise during the fast, your muscles are probably spared, instead converting TGs (glycerol) to glucose. So in your case, gluconeogenesis is not a bad thing.

BTW, do you have any trouble sleeping with the late OMAD? That's why I quit OMAD, I'm planning to try morning OMAD.

Macron denounces 'pacifists' and 'spirit of defeat' on Ukraine

Yeah, he salutes the warmonger spirit.

So what will you do personally if you meet a Russian who supports Putin?

I would shake their hand...