If you’re not familiar with the “French Paradox” it is essentially a “paradox” where experts are dumbfounded that French people seem to skirt death relating to heart disease given the amount of saturated fats they consume (Among other things like smoking and consistent drinking (not binge drinking)) I like Saifedean’s take on experts who come across something that flies in the face of their claims, they just write it off as a “paradox”. I’m sure there are a few things going on here, but above all else I’m sure there’s probably just something to be said about how protective against heart disease the consumption of saturated fats are. Many other countries (France, Germany, Japan, Korea, etc.,) are much heavier smokers than The U.S., but they seem to have far less incidences of heart disease as well.

I may have stumbled upon something that cracks this coffee conundrum wide open. As I have previously mentioned the fermentation process of plants makes them edible for humans because the fermentation process “pre-digests” the components of the food (starches, sugars, **plant toxins**, maybe some other stuff) making the the plants more easily digestible for humans. This is the mechanism that makes sourdough bread less glutenous than regular bread. The sourdough culture is eating the gluten. As I was sipping on some kombucha (fermented tea) this morning I was thinking about how there’s less caffeine and less sugar in it because of this fermentation process. (Caffeine is a natural-occurring insecticide that is eaten up by the fermentation process) Then I thought, “I wonder if there’s fermented coffee?” Lo-and-behold, fermented coffee is a thing and it contains 90% less caffeine than a regular cup of coffee making it more easily digestible. Because of this it removes a lot of the bitterness from the flavor as well making the taste more pleasant when consumed black. That said, I liken coffee to one of those bullshit green smoothies, where it’s just a highly potent plant-toxin juice that you couldn’t possibly get a similar dosage from by simply eating the actual vegetable - or coffee beans in this case (Yes, one of the earliest ways coffee was consumed was chewing the beans with animal fat. I think it was the Mesai? or some other African tribe). That said, I imagine that the probiotics are damaged in the actual brewing of the coffee, but the caffeine content is reduced which still makes it more easily digestible and not so bitter. Maybe if you cold brew the beans you can maintain the probiotic benefits? I don’t know I literally just thought of this and spent like 30 minutes looking into it. Be well, my friends! *Scurries off into the night*

Merkle Trees is the perfect place for shade😤 #ThatsJustHowIFeel

It was common for slaves to have worn clothes of linen woven with wool. The people who made their clothes knew exactly what they were doing. Despite these being typically quality soft fabrics that get softer with time, they were described as extremely uncomfortable. #PuraVidaAgain

In our modernity, the type of fabric you wear can be the difference between sickness and health. #PuraVida

Polyester is the seed oil of fabrics. Labels with either of these should illicit a knee-jerk reaction of extreme disgust.

Why do I wear Birkenstocks to the gym? Alexander the Great wasn’t wearing some fuckin’ Hokkas when he was conquering Persia and terraforming the earth. He was between bare feet and wearing the Leonidas 7’s which were presumably some pure leather sandals. #PuraVidaAgain

Easy gut nourishing breakfast: Crack a raw egg into a mug. Scramble it with a fork. Heat up some bone broth to a steaming hot temperature and pour it over the egg. Scramble it again. Add a some cultured raw spring grass butter and some Real Salt. #PuraVida

I wore contacts from Junior Year of High School to Junior Year of Uni. Within that time I remember my eyesight getting slightly worse each year. Then it stopped when I switched back to glasses. I have a theory that you can improve your eyesight naturally and glasses effectively handicap that process. But with contacts the microplastics absorbing directly into my eyeball probably degraded my vision more quickly. #SunGazing #PuraVida

“Alexander wept for there were no more worlds to conquer.” Yesterday, at 158lbs, I did a 100lb Turkish Get-Up. That being said, I beat weightlifting so I’m done now. I’m going to go back to playing video games and eating Flaming Hot Cheetos. Historically speaking, a 100lb Turkish Get-Up was the requirement for BEGINNING your training as an ancient strongman. #PuraVida

Couldn’t tell you where I learned this, but for the past five or so years I add a couple pinches of salt to my coffee grounds before brewing. The addition of salt cuts the acidity. #PuraVidaAgain

Birds in the city will pick up the remains of a smoked cigarette to line their nests because the nicotine keeps the pests away. Don’t let birds be smarter than you, anon! #PuraVida

Also for the non-cigar smoking people: Cigars are made with fermented tobacco. I’m not sure that I’ve made this clear, but personally I think the only vegetables worth eating are the fermented ones because the fermentation process makes the nutrient devoid hard-to-digest food, not that. That being said, I wouldn’t be surprised that a lot of the studies on tobacco are really just done on nicotine in isolation… where the fermentation process may render some of these plant-toxins ineffective🤔

Tobacco has been a major target of the government and so I’m inclined to believe there’s something beneficial about it. The interesting thing about tobacco is that the nicotine is a natural pesticide and antiparistic. So tobacco had been consumed a few different ways instead of smoking, but in any such case the tobacco - even when smoked - has been used medicinally to rid people of the parasites in their body. I’ve heard of some parasites entering through the lungs and somehow getting into the intestinal lining from there. Helmenthic therapy (Consuming a parasite to latch onto your gut wall and draw the proper nutrients directly to the gaps in your gut lining) is interesting from this standpoint.

At least with alcohol I assume most beer that people drink is made from monocrop grains laden with glyphosate, brewed with tap water.

I tend to use the Lindy Principle as an easy litmus test to determine that there’s a place for a certain food, beverage, or activity to benefit ones health. That being said, alcohol and tobacco both have some pretty significant Lindy behind it. I don’t know all the ins-and-outs of these industries, but I’m sure what we are drinking and smoking (in most cases) is some extremely degraded version of what we historically consumed. Additionally - at least in the case of tobacco - this would have been consumed in a ceremonial manner not in the modern abused way that has led to the profanation of the crop. #Lindy

There are only two ways to make a broth from the bones of your enemies. Gradually Then suddenly. But pretty much just gradually because it’s like 18+ hours of low-and-slow cooking.

I am extremely rigid in what I consume. But I’m not perfect. I have been known to drink some Harmless Harvest Coconut Water every now and again…. straight from the plastic bottle👀 **Massive gasp and outrage from the crowd**

I don’t know much about all this esoteric spirituality business, but I do know that the pinecone has been used to symbolize the pineal glad (third-eye) in multiple cultures throughout history. A couple months ago, entirely unrelated, I looked up what the function of a pine cone is because I have some trees in my backyard that produce a ton of them. Apparently they house the seeds for growing a new tree. Even more astounding the pine cones are fire-resistant. So in the event of a forest fire pine trees have developed this mechanism that protects their seeds from the fire, but when the tree burns down they open up and release the seeds into the soil to grow back. I’m wondering now, if there’s any connection between the pineal gland and rebirth/reincarnation🤔 Questions, comments, concerns?

I met someone at a networking event who was trying to shill me his cRyPTo hedge fund. I was clearly uninterested. But out of the kindness of my heart gave him free alpha (Liquidate the fund, buy bitcoin instead). He continued to shill the fund. I turned him into bone broth. #bitcoin #AlsoPuraVida