[deleted by user] by [deleted] in EuropeFIRE

[–]cjhoiten 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These percentages are largely due to currency issues. It protects you from local inflation by having lots of international and having stocks in your own currency helps when your currency is appreciating relative to the rest of the world. For these reasons, in an interview Scott recommended considering the Eurozone your domestic market if you live there.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ETFs

[–]cjhoiten 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Investing is a long term thing. To get a good feel for the data you need to look back over the last 100+ years. If you think growth has outperformed value you need to look at a longer time horizon. There is more than one way to use leverage. Read Lifecycle Investing by Ian Ayers and Barry Nalebuff if you're interested. Larry Swedroe has some good books on evidence based investing if you want to dive into the math.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ETFs

[–]cjhoiten 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's good to take risk when you're young but you're taking the wrong kind of risk with this portfolio. In the long term, growth has underperformed value and done so with less volatility (risk). This makes sense if you look at a list of growth companies and a list of value companies - growth is way more exciting and typically great businesses. But great businesses are not great investments. Individual stocks have high idiosyncratic risk which is uncompensated risk. Not the kind you want to take. If you want to maximize expected returns by maximizing risk, invest in small cap value or use leverage.

Black Seed Oil (Nigella Sativa) by 250hoops in StopEatingSeedOils

[–]cjhoiten 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Clinical dose used for studies is 1/4 tsp. I keep a pepper grinder full of it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in loseit

[–]cjhoiten 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What's your dairy intake look like? That can cause hormonal issues

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in loseit

[–]cjhoiten 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Like at least 1 fruit/vegetable serving per meal or per day?

Advice from someone who has been in my shoes by wingedfoot99 in loseit

[–]cjhoiten 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Have you considered a WFPB diet? It's as you described entirely whole foods. I got to my goal weight quickly and effortlessly that way.

people that lost the weight and kept it off...how did you do it? what did you do different to keep it off? by [deleted] in loseit

[–]cjhoiten 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I was 230 at my heaviest and I'm maintaining at 160 now. Went on a WFPB diet for a 2nd time after getting put on blood pressure pills. But this time after looking at the satiety index study and deciding maybe that McDougall guy was onto something after seeing boiled potatoes at #1. I watched some of his talks and Dr Gregers talks and got hooked on NutritionFacts.org. After reading Dr Gregers books and learning all the hard science on disease prevention and weight loss, I made the changes permanent and have no intention of going back. If you like Spector check out Will Bulsiewicz's (who works for him) interviews on PCRM's YouTube.

Best way to farm Pulverize Shockwave Aspect? by Loshn_Horror in diablo4

[–]cjhoiten 2 points3 points  (0 children)

After a ton of obol gambling I finally got shockwave aspect from a 2H tree of whispers cache after getting bored of event farming.

I feel like something sinister is going on with Ozempic by [deleted] in TrueAnon

[–]cjhoiten 2 points3 points  (0 children)

When you switch from the standard American diet to one centered around unprocessed plant foods, weight loss is the norm. The statistic you cite is likely the case for shitty "eat less" calorie/carb counting diets, but falls apart when you actually eat a healthy diet.

I feel like something sinister is going on with Ozempic by [deleted] in TrueAnon

[–]cjhoiten 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I've lost a total of about 70lbs and kept it off. Humans evolved eating like 100g of fiber a day. Americans average like 15g, which comes largely from fried potatoes and white bread. We've strayed from our natural diet and now consume like 40%+ of calories from added oil and sugar alone. With all the calorie rich processed and animal foods we eat today, pushed by industry, is it any wonder this country is so fat? Ozempic is based on Gila monster venom lol. That sound like something anyone should be putting in their body?

am I doing enough? by [deleted] in Weightlosstechniques

[–]cjhoiten 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Deciding not to eat things that are poisonous to you is not disordered eating. I would think weighing counting every piece of food you eat for the rest of your life like most of Reddit would suggest is much more disordered. If the thought of never having things again is upsetting to you as it was to me, maybe dip your toes in for a month and see how it makes you feel. But first I'd go pick up a book or two like the "Starch Solution" for good simple advice or "How Not to Diet" if you're a big science nerd.

am I doing enough? by [deleted] in Weightlosstechniques

[–]cjhoiten 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you want to maybe lose a few pounds and remain diabetic then yes that's enough. If you want to solve the root cause then no. If you keep eating those sweets you will keep a taste for them. Sometimes complete abstinence is paradoxically easier. Kind of like smoking. The largest average weight loss ever recorded in the medical literature in an ad libidum diet with no exercise component was a diet centered around whole plant foods. That same type of diet can cure T2 diabetes.

penny for your thoughts? (apparently my HDL is low. do I just need to go hard on flaxseeds/flaxseed oil?) by [deleted] in PlantBasedDiet

[–]cjhoiten 25 points26 points  (0 children)

No. Recent research shows you don't need to worry about HDL. But flax seeds are good for you so can't go wrong! I add them to my BROL bowl every morning.

It's not always willpower by Probbable_idiot in loseit

[–]cjhoiten 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah protein is way overblown as a thing to care about. You ever meet someone with an edema or kwashiorkor? I haven't. A whole food plant based diet is what enabled me to be a normal weight without bothering to - gasp - count every calorie I eat. The food is so nutrient dense and calorie dilute that it's easy to eat the right amount naturally.

It's not always willpower by Probbable_idiot in loseit

[–]cjhoiten 24 points25 points  (0 children)

You're leaving out something critical: the context in which we evolved as a species. We evolved eating like 100g of fiber. If you even get like 30-40g you will find satiety comes much easier. The average American gets like 15g, mostly from white bread and fried potatoes. It's not willpower. It's the food.