Thought this was a very comprehensive, all-in-one-place article on thyroid health. Low-carb diets/intermittent fasting can wreck people's metabolism - especially women. They can be doing everything right in regard to diet/exercise/lifestyle changes (like good sleep) and still have insidious weight gain due to a lowered metabolism. That impacts thyroid function... #health #wellness

Mercola.com

How Thyroid Function Impacts Your Metabolic Health

Your thyroid serves as the control center of your metabolism, yet it’s often misunderstood and overlooked in addressing health concerns.

A new era begins for me… - 2022 first personal BTC purchase and immediately put in cold storage (cold card) - 2023 put both of my (tiny) LLCs on a bitcoin treasury - 2024 finally get control of my BTC IRA keys - 2025 hoping to have a bitcoin full node and Alby hub setup in January…not sure I can get it all done by end of 2024 because of travel plans Excited but a tad trepidation. I haven’t setup a server since setting up a business Windows Server probably 23 years ago?? I’ve setup plenty of SQL Server and Oracle instances, and lots of BI deployments, but I’ve always preferred the development work versus operations or implementations. Seriously, I’ve been a tennis pro/health coach/personal trainer for the last almost 7 years. Plan on relying on the @Start9 forums/groups as well as @BTC Sessions videos. And maybe a little cursing…

Just ordered some comprehensive labs from Marek Health...2nd year we've used them. Then went the extra step and ordered @Ken Berry, MD "Common Sense Labs: Blood Labs Demystified". I like what is listed in the Table of Contents and I trust Berry's knowledge. Hoping to see reference ranges for all/most of the labs...then expect to immediately disregard them in favor of the OPTIMUM ranges. I was more relaxed on my carbs in 2024 (mostly through berries and honey...but also occasional potatoes/rice/brussels sprouts). I am interested in seeing how that impacted both my ApoB and fasting glucose. I do tend to disregard my higher fasting glucose numbers because my fasting insulin tends to be excellent. Same goes with not being quite as concerned with higher LDL (and ApoB) when my ratios are excellent. Of course I am getting these labs 1 day before the family has their big Christmas cookie baking day! I tend to pollute myself a bit more between Thanksgiving and Christmas. I still eat well (and sleep/exercise)...but those freakin' cookies come calling to me every night.

I would absolutely support that…maybe take Washington State and Oregon, also. Can I get any bids for California?

I was mostly in the 70s for when I was running around the neighborhood until after dark...drinking from the hose, building bike ramps, having china berry fights (with slingshots), building mud slides on river banks and swinging on rope swings and doing gainers into the river. And my saying - to my contact sport daughters - were "are you bleeding...are you still breathing...you are OK". And yes - I am conservative.

From Breedlove's WIM Weekly

Frustrating - because my wife and I love to share a glass (or two) of bourbon most nights...or occasionally a bottle of red wine. We do so many "good" things in regard to time restricted eating, whole foods (I'm mostly meat/dairy/eggs/berries/honey) vs processed, great sleep and exercise, wonderful relationship. But we like to have a drink to catch up on our day. I've mentioned that I've built our lifestyle and finances to live to 100...but I'd give up 5 years of that for the daily camaraderie we have that may include bourbon while watching the sun go down. I also think cancer comes along several attack vectors, so I definitely do not live in fear of it...but remain thoughtful on reducing risks.

Mercola.com

How Alcohol Increases Your Risk of Cancer

A recent report reveals a significant link between alcohol consumption and an increased risk for six different types of cancer.

Looking for input on setting up to run a node | #asknostr Based upon what I've seen here - and on a few Telegram threads - I want to go with a Start9 Server One. I understand I could build my own and download the software for free. However, I want to support Start9 by purchasing their hardware with the software already installed. I will be using fiat - even though they have bitcoin discounts - because I'm not parting with that much bitcoin right before the bull of all bull markets. It's one thing to buy a book or a beer... I'm running lean right now as snow days have me canceling outdoor tennis lessons, so my questions are around sizing for now....many other questions will come up later as I try to maximize use of this new hardware with possibly running a nostr relay and/or a lightning node...Alby Hub...mail server...password manager...photo storage...laptop backups...etc?? If my main focus is on #Bitcoin Core and running a full node, does the base Server One configuration have plenty of growth potential? If not, what would you suggest upgrading to? Base: 2TB, 16GB RAM = $599 Maxed Out: 4TB, 32GB RAM = $719 Please keep in mind - I was a software guy that moved over to pure data modeling/analytics/visualizations. Hardware and operating systems are NOT my forte. And I've been ONLY a non-tech tennis guy for about 4+ years now. Thanks for the help, folks.

Yes...as for me and my wife, we dropped off paper ballots several days ago.

She already was a criminal for not including her opponent on some ballots when SHE had to run for Colorado Secretary of State. I love Colorado - I hate that I live in a blue state...angers me every time I see an electoral college map. Most of CO is NOT blue...but Denver and Boulder sway the tide with follow-the-narrative democrats like Polis and Griswold. CAN WE PLEASE PUT ALL ELECTION INTERFERENCE CONTRIBUTORS IN PRISON?!? Make an example of them and then get a dream team of smart people on the Trump team to truly annihilate the Deep State. Do it right and we maybe get a good 12 years of common sense stability and prosperity.

I love this guy - and would support him for president soon.

Evil knows no bounds...and by evil, I mean Biden and the Deep State in this case.

Umm - I'm not OK with having my nuts blown off because I wanted privacy...and parallel financial rails! ==== some are arguing that israel somehow managed to get a hold of and compromise these pagers, perhaps at a distributor, perhaps by tradecraft of some sort. it’s possible, but i don’t believe it. i just do not believe the pagers turn over that fast or that it could be so easy or effective or accurately targeted without piles of collateral damage. my wager (and obviously, i’m guessing here and have no special knowledge just a nasty mind and some technical savvy) is that this was more like stuxnet. it’s a software hack that used the code of the pagers to remotely compromise them, take over control at a basic level, and mismanage the battery/thermo processes to make it overheat and explode. and this means that anything with a Li-ion battery and a network connection just became a highly targeted (and targetable) weapon. a laptop is a claymore. it makes most EV’s into WMD’s. a whole new arms race just started and such weapons tech never stays in the hands of governments for long. ====

smart phones as smart munitions?

war just got a bit more personal

==== how do you make people not only willing but desperate to participate in your global registration and monitoring program?” easy peasy: you take away a right they currently enjoy. you then offer to give it back if they do the thing you demand. in effect, you are selling them their own freedom back if “they just comply.” you pile on the guilt of “it’s not about you, it’s about the kids, just accept the ID.” laugh all you want, but look how well it worked with vaccine passports and jabs to travel, work, and go to school. .... do you want trump or kamala or groovy gavin newsom to hold this power? how about dick cheney or justin trudeau or albanese or ursula von der leyen? how about scary poppins or a valerie jarrett appointee? if even one person on this list upsets you then you have to say no to mandatory digital ID to access social or other media. if you approve of a power only if your side gets to exercise it, that’s not principle, it’s desire to wield the whip hand. ====

age assurance as the trojan horse for digital ID

more adventures in trading essential liberty for "a little safety"

The creativity...and that is what it takes to expose the truth.