An influential figure in the health space whose work is *just* starting to pick up traction in the 21st century is Dr. Ray Peat... If you have heard of him, I'd be shocked. Ray Peat held a Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Oregon, and published numerous papers and discussions on aging, hormones, women's health and nutrition. Similar to Paul Saladino, he focused on an animal-based diet but instead got most of his calories through carbs (mostly simple carbs). People often describe his diet as simply 'weird,' because the food combos don't make sense until you dig below the surface. For example, one food he praised was his famous carrot salad. He ate this salad everyday until his death in Nov. 2022 and says "doing that every day kept my intestine healthy for 20 years." The carrot salad comprises of a few simple ingredients: 1. Raw carrots, sliced lengthwise (MUST be raw, I'll get into that below) 2. Distilled white vinegar OR filtered apple cider vinegar (creates inhospitable environment for bad bacteria) 3. Extra virgin olive oil or coconut oil (antimicrobial properties) 4. Salt (taste and antimicrobial properties) This superfood salad's star is raw carrots. Peat argues that the carrot, since it's a "root vegetable growing underground have to resist mold and bacteria attacks, and that material has the same disinfectant effect in the intestine." This is why the carrot must be raw and not cooked. When you cook the carrot, you lose all the beneficial bacteria that's living on and inside the carrot. He explains this is why carrots can last so much longer in the fridge when compared to a raw leafy greens that wilt in a day or two like lettuce. I have recently been adding raw carrots to my snacks throughout the day, and will send updates here as I see progress. Though, the salad seems hard to palate 😅 Would you eat his salad everyday?

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I want to help each one of you guys out with your different goals, whatever that may be. To do so, do you want to see...

As requested by @Amit Sood, see the spreadsheet below. I made a columns for different budgets, so you can choose a lane for how you spend at the store. These are just basic things that came to mind, let me know if you want to see anything else here an I'll update it. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pDY6gdZh2S5RHa4FEevdOhXskmIDroJU9iWqvG2WBps/edit?usp=sharing

To be honest, since I have come back from my vacation to Italy I have slipped a bit in terms of screen time. For my day job, I have needed to download TikTok and Instagram again for marketing stuff and so it sits on my phone now. Most of the time I have the self-discipline to not open it, but I slip up here and there. I tell myself "just a few minutes, I'll just check what my girlfriend has sent me." Those few minutes quickly get derailed and I feel like a need to physically pull my face away from my screen. This morning, I got back to my normal schedule of leaving my phone in the other room while I make breakfast. It was absolutely amazing. For about an hour in the morning, I was completely unbothered as I got ready for work, cooked and ate my breakfast. I don't think I had any groundbreaking realizations, but I reflected on my dream and the weekend ahead of me. It was a great reminder on how addicting your phone can be, as well as how peaceful it is to be off of it.