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caloriesproper.bsky.social @caloriesproper.bsky.social · 1d

Interested in intermittent fasting or time-restricted feeding?

Make it early time-restricted eating and may experience benefits beyond an energy deficit

Improved sleep quality and everything downstream from that, which is seemingly endless

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caloriesproper.bsky.social @caloriesproper.bsky.social · 6d

1 BTC = $123480 = 100000000 satoshi

$1 = 0.0000081 BTC = 810 satoshi

1 satoshi = $0.0012 = 0.00000001 BTC

caloriesproper.bsky.social @caloriesproper.bsky.social · 22d

Outcome data is used to critique and correct mechanistic data

caloriesproper.bsky.social @caloriesproper.bsky.social · Aug 25

Orforglipron, an Oral Small-Molecule GLP-1 Receptor Agonist, in Early Type 2 Diabetes

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Orforglipron, an Oral Small-Molecule GLP-1 Receptor Agonist, in Early Type 2 Diabetes | NEJM

Orforglipron is a small-molecule, nonpeptide glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist in clinical development for type 2 diabetes and weight management. Additional data on the efficacy and ...

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caloriesproper.bsky.social @caloriesproper.bsky.social · Aug 16

Carbs don't cause insulin resistance, the condition in which a carb bolus would actually cause hyperglycemia

But to reiterate, carbs don't cause insulin resistance

caloriesproper.bsky.social @caloriesproper.bsky.social · Aug 5

Zero pro bodybuilders do a ketogenic diet in the offseason when they're trying to gain muscle while minimizing fat gain

caloriesproper.bsky.social @caloriesproper.bsky.social · Aug 5

Collagen is trending again 👍

Remember: it's *in addition to* your habitual protein intake, not *instead of*

caloriesproper.bsky.social @caloriesproper.bsky.social · Jul 30

Creatine should be classified as a macronutrient

caloriesproper.bsky.social @caloriesproper.bsky.social · Jul 28

If you time it right, you can take 5 grams of creatine every 8 hours

caloriesproper.bsky.social @caloriesproper.bsky.social · Jul 22

"There needs to be a renewed appreciation of the beneficial effect of moderate sensible sunlight for providing all humans with their vitamin D requirement for health" link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

☀️ > vitamin D

Sunlight, UV Radiation, Vitamin D, and Skin Cancer: How Much Sunlight Do We Need?

Vitamin D is the sunshine vitamin for good reason. During exposure to sunlight, the ultraviolet B photons enter the skin and photolyze 7-dehydrocholesterol to previtamin D3 which in turn is isomerized...

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caloriesproper.bsky.social @caloriesproper.bsky.social · Jul 13

Compared to rice, both instant mashed potatoes and baked French fries caused more satiety and less food intake at a follow-up meal pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39182847/

Potatoes Compared with Rice in Meals with either Animal or Plant Protein Reduce Postprandial Glycemia and Increase Satiety in Healthy Adults: A Randomized Crossover Study - PubMed

gov/prs/app/action/SelectProtocol?sid=S000CKIJ&selectaction=Edit&uid=U0000IA4&ts=2&cx=-uf51kf) as NCT05610124. Protocol ID: 43406 (Postprandial Glycemia and Satiety of Meals with Potatoes, with and wi...

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caloriesproper.bsky.social @caloriesproper.bsky.social · Jul 13

Keto arteries O_O

caloriesproper.bsky.social @caloriesproper.bsky.social · Jul 12

The new seed oil goal posts - thresholds & saturation

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New blog post

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caloriesproper.bsky.social @caloriesproper.bsky.social · Jul 11

Blocking mobile internet on smartphones improves sustained attention, mental health, and subjective well-being academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...

Blocking mobile internet on smartphones improves sustained attention, mental health, and subjective well-being

Abstract. Smartphones enable people to access the online world from anywhere at any time. Despite the benefits of this technology, there is growing concern

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caloriesproper.bsky.social @caloriesproper.bsky.social · Jul 11

The Church of Perpetual Ketosis

caloriesproper.bsky.social @caloriesproper.bsky.social · Jul 3

"Avoiding light at night and seeking light during the day may be a simple and effective, non-pharmacological means of broadly improving mental health" www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Day and night light exposure are associated with psychiatric disorders: an objective light study in >85,000 people - Nature Mental Health

Burns et al. explored the association between day and night-time light exposure and the risk for psychiatric disorders using a large sample of adults from the UK Biobank dataset.

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caloriesproper.bsky.social @caloriesproper.bsky.social · Jul 3

How you gonna treat a mood disorder with something that causes circadian arrhythmia?

Celexa suppresses melatonin

If you're on an SSRI for any reason, pay extra attention to light hygiene (morning sunlight, blue blockers at night, sleep mask) link.springer.com/article/10.1...

The SSRI citalopram increases the sensitivity of the human circadian system to light in an acute dose - Psychopharmacology

Rationale Disturbances of the circadian system are common in depression. Though they typically subside when depression is treated with antidepressants, the mechanism by which this occurs is unknown. D...

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caloriesproper.bsky.social @caloriesproper.bsky.social · Jun 27

The Sugar Diet - new blog post www.patreon.com/posts/132483...

The sugar diet | Bill Lagakos

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caloriesproper.bsky.social @caloriesproper.bsky.social · Jun 19

How do you explain people being anti-ketogenic? New blog post www.patreon.com/posts/anti-k...

Anti-ketogenic | Bill Lagakos

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caloriesproper.bsky.social @caloriesproper.bsky.social · Jun 14

New season of The Bear drops in 2 weeks

Every season has ups and downs but generally net good

Will be watching

caloriesproper.bsky.social @caloriesproper.bsky.social · Jun 12

Marinara caper vege dip caloriesproper.substack.com/p/marinara-c...

Marinara caper vege dip

Great for roasted vegetables

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caloriesproper.bsky.social @caloriesproper.bsky.social · Jun 11

On one hand, epi studies show plenty of lean cannabis users; the munchies don't cause obesity (?)

On the other hand, Rimonabant causes weight loss; blocking the munchies reduces food intake

caloriesproper.bsky.social @caloriesproper.bsky.social · Jun 10

CBTi isn't fool-proof but it's better than any drug for improving long-term sleep quality www.uab.edu/news/news-yo...

Better sleep without drugs: How cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia works

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caloriesproper.bsky.social @caloriesproper.bsky.social · Jun 9

The dark side of light: light at night may raise the risk of type 2 diabetes www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

The dark side of light: light at night may raise the risk of type 2 diabetes

Thanks to Thomas Edison (1847–1931), who invented practical incandescent light bulbs in 1879, light at night has become a ubiquitous feature of modern society.1 Light at night, indoors and outdoors, e...

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