Don't just get the standard labs that a standard doctor will do for you. They'll skip essential things that you need. They basically ignore metabolic health until you're in full-fledged diabetes. But there's a lot of things that happen before diabetes, and you're far better off addressing it early.

You might want to take a look at a book by Dr. Ken Berry (formerly keto, now big advocate of carnivore, has a lot of youtube videos)

The title is Common Sense Labs: A Practical Guide to Decoding Your Blood Work and Taking Control of Your Health.

Personally I did the blood tests that the company Revero (founded by Dr. Shawn Baker, famous carnivore doctor, also has lots of videos) does.

Everything, according to them, was outstanding EXCEPT my cholesterol, which was high, as it is with most carnivores. But since I don't believe that high cholesterol is bad, I'm fine with that.

Revero is in a funny place with the whole high cholesterol thing. They basically will not tell you to take a statin, but they also don't tell you high cholesterol is fine. They'd probably get hauled up for medical malpractice if they told you that.

But based on the reading I've done, high cholesterol (especially if all your other blood markers are great) is not a problem.

I was probably the same about a low-carb/keto diet, years ago. I don't remember much about when/where I heard about it, but I do remember thinking that avoiding those whole grains was the stupidest thing I'd ever heard.

Then as I got into Bitcoin, and realized that Carnivore was a big thing in the bitcoin world, I became more open.

What's the cheapest way to find out if anyone is doing MeshCore in my area?

This shows software dev jobs growing dramatically, second only after "home health care aid".

It certainly doesn't seem like this is what's happening right now. From what I hear, software jobs are hard to find now.

That's why his stance surprised me a little. I think for people who are more diligent and open-minded in research, more skeptical in general, and younger - it's easier for them to accept this.

But for someone who's achieved a lot in the field of medicine, who was trained decades ago, who prides themselves on being a doctor and doesn't accept that the medical industry has a very mixed history - this kind of info doesn't even make a dent in their worldview.

Still, honestly, I think it's still fairly controversial. Most people still believe that you should strictly limit beef, and if you eat meat at all you should eat low-fat.

Also just about everybody that's over 40, when I mention that I'm carnivore, says something like "how's your cholesterol?"

I did try to go in that direction. But his was basically an argument from authority ("this is what the AMA says, this is what the studies right now say") and I didn't really try to wrangle him down.

People may want to take a look at this post

Carnivore hack: how to buy meat without spending a fortune

And I have another hack now. That is - make sure you check ask at MULTIPLE grocery stores, what day they pull their meat and put it on sale, when it's about to pass the "sell by" date. There's a lot of variation. And then, of course, coordinate grocery shopping to get there on that day.

I just scored a bunch of ground beef at $3.00/lb using this trick. That used to be an okay price, now it's a great price.

But yes, beef has gotten way more expensive, damn it.

Yeah I don't really know what "in hospice" actually means nowadays. I think it used to mean "only palliative care", but I know personally of cases where people were in hospice for MONTHS and did actually continue to get all their medications, etc.

I've heard of unofficial groups at retirement homes who monitor each other, and make sure that the ambulance is NOT called, at a certain point. For instance, if you've decided you don't want to die in a hospital, and you have a stroke after the age of...I don't know, maybe 80 or so, then you want to make sure the ambulance is not called.

And that the person is just allowed to peacefully pass away, without his or her last hours/days/months being spent hooked to tubes in a hospital or nursing home. So, basically calling for hospice help instead of going to the hospital.

The number of people I've seen/heard about who got aggressive medical treatment after a stroke, and then plummeted downhill in terms of physical and mental health - huge. And then lived for another 2 to 6 years, not recognizing anyone, in diapers, etc. Horrible.

My mother has one of those bright pink sheets of paper with ambulance info taped up to her fridge. There's 3 options -

• do everything (all medical care possible, including intubating, etc)
• the middle road
• do very little - comfort care only.

At the very least, towards the end of things, you could (hopefully) just do the last option. Then again, I've also heard nightmare stories of those documents not making it to the hospital with you, and then you get all the treatments you don't want.

After all, what are the incentives for the hospital? If treatments are covered by the government (which they are), their incentives are to treat aggressively.

My first issue with these types of sites is that...if I were to go there (as a Free Agent), I'd do it to work outside the system, and not pay taxes - that's why people would do it, right?

But in order for people to hire me, they'd have to know about me, my history, what I've done before. And if I had to talk about that, I'd be doxxing myself.

What's the solution for that problem?

Wonder where the Canadians are going if they're not going to Florida?

Also - did it get more expensive for Canadians, or are they just pissed at the US?

(EDIT: never mind, I read the article and they're going to different locations in Canada, and also locations such as Europe, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Asia-Pacific.)

And I've also heard stories of people of people who said (before they were incapacitated) that they would NEVER accept medical treatment that would keep them living, but incapacitated - well anyway, they end up changing their mind, and decide to go for whatever medical treatment is recommended by the docs making big bucks off that treatment.

It's interesting to note that most medical doctors accept far less end of life treatments, compared to the average population. Because they realize that living just a few days or weeks longer isn't worth it.

I haven't been there myself, but I've had friends in this situation. Most friends, actually, are currently dealing with one or both parents in serious cognitive or physical decline. Mostly cognitive, it seems like.

Pushing euthanasia - nope.
But with the number of people that absolutely cannot take care of themselves - and the many more that are coming, with boomers getting older - something will have to give. Perhaps it'll be people refusing medical treatment.

Is euthanasia even the right word for this? If she changed her mind, wouldn't you say murder?

Also Cursor, thanks, I'll have to check that out. Looks like it's not available via ppq.ai right now.

Yes, I think that's what an app that I currently use does - ActionDash. It looks like it just pops over the restricted app. But ActionDash works on a strict timer, and I want something more flexible.

I'd like it to force you to "pay" for usage of an addictive app by doing a little arithmetic problem. Thus making it less likely that you'll use the addictive app.

I'm planning on calling it PIM (Please Inconvenience Me) or some variation of that.