For code, I think Claude is best.

Consider switching to http://ppq.ai. You can Pay Per Query (pay only for what you use), you can also use really cheap models like Deep Seek until you to need the higher quality of Gemini or Claude.

AND you can pay in bitcoin with lightning, for a 5% discount!

I think that's the reason it sounds appealing - it's not just the diet, it's also the community, being outdoors, having a balanced life. Sounds great.

Too bad it appears to mostly be based on pension fraud.

Dang. I hope they just finagled the date of death, and their offspring didn't ... off them.

Humbug, fraud, fad, nonsense - and yet still the average person who's health conscious hasn't heard nothing of that angle. They still believe there's the magical communities of people who live forever mostly because they eat the right plants and strictly limit meat.

Heck, that was me maybe 5 years ago.

Follow the incentives, right?

They specifically said fibre needs?

Singapore authorities have set a 10) goal / target to produce 20% of the citizens’ fibre needs by 2035

That seems a little odd. Because fiber isn't an essential nutrient.

Thanks. I just want to figure out if there's anyone out there before I buy devices.

any way to figure out if, in your area, people are already doing this?

The Okinawans are part of the whole "Blue Zones" myth. The Blue Zones theory states that there are some groups of people that are very long-lived myth because they eat lots of vegetables and little meat (among other traits). The Okinawans are one, certain areas of Costa Rica, Sicily, etc.

I'm planning a post on this. Basically, it was mostly their children hiding the deaths of the parents to keep collecting a pension check. There's lots of info about this fraud, but the mainstream media hasn't published it, because it doesn't fit the whole pro-plant narrative.

The info I have comes from Dr. Ken Berry. He has a video on this very topic. Basically - do you have to eat the very expensive, boutique, grass-fed, grass-finished meats in order to get benefit.

And the answer, he says, is NO, absolutely not. You can eat the cheaper stuff, like hot dogs and bologna, if that's all you can afford, and will still get similar or the same benefits.

Are Bologna & Hot Dogs Safe to Eat? [Cheap Carnivore] 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ucwXstr0M4

I really like Ken Berry. There's a lot of carnivores pushing the really expensive organic meats as superior. Ken Berry is explicitly not doing that, he's telling people that aren't necessarily wealthy how they can eat meat more cheaply.

That's not a blood test, it's a bone density test. It wasn't part of my work up, and right now I'm not particularly concerned about bone density.

Thanks for the zap!

FYI this are the lab tests that were ordered for me by Revero at LabCorp. If you want to do it yourself, there's the Own Your Labs company (https://ownyourlabs.com/, where you can order just what you want.

Ordered Items: CBC With Differential/Platelet; Comp. Metabolic Panel (14); Lipid Panel; Hemoglobin A1c; TSH; Vitamin D,
25-Hydroxy; C-Reactive Protein, Cardiac; Insulin; Venipuncture

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.