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New Blood Work Provided by WellnessFX

By Anthony Dream Johnson in Nutrition

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After sucking down butter and whole eggs for a great deal of my adult life, I posted some basic blood work in early 2012, with some additional commentary/insight here from a Reddit user.

Last week I discovered that WellnessFX would test my blood for free. No credit card required, no bs. It appeared that Tim Ferriss and Dave Asprey had something to do with the organization, and coupled with a LabCorp facility ~60 seconds from my house — literally within walking distance — I figured why not retest?

It was a no brainer, and damn, was there a quick turn around time. From watching blood get sucked out of my arm to seeing the results up, live, on WellnessFx, took less than 36 hours — on the weekend.

I was stunned at how fast the turn around was. (Disclaimer : I have no idea if that is normal for…

An Introduction to Intermittent Fasting

By Anthony Dream Johnson in Nutrition

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Jolly’s been the T21C photographer at all US conventions since 2010 , so you have him to thank for all of the awesome photography work he does at each event. More than that, you can thank him for this awesome presentation on intermittent fasting.

As I mentioned in the intro, it was not planned. In fact, I’m not even sure who suggested it at this point. Jolly speaking was simply something organic that came about during dinner conversation in Austin at some point. While I had no idea how great of a speaker Jolly was going to be, the decision was easy to make.

Easy to make because Jolly is a walking encyclopedia on just about anything he has a passion/intense interest for. IF is just one subject of many.

So, kudos and thanks to Jolly for all the work he does at T21C. Speaking and photography alike are top of the charts.

Oh and as you may have noticed, Jolly…

DXA Scan Results

By Anthony Dream Johnson in Exercise, Nutrition

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I saw that Keith posted his DXA scan results last year, and after getting some blood work done, the DXA scan was next on my list, when time permitted.

Well after the Melbourne 21 Convention, I found some time, and managed to grab a scan before leaving town. The results are posted below (click to open a high res version).

If you are unfamiliar with what a DXA scan is, see this post by Keith on BreakingMuscle.com.

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The short version : like Keith, and to the delight of my girlfriend, I got a little extra “junk in the trunk”. Speaking of my trunk, according to our results, my trunk is actually…

Blood Work Commentary : “… his lipids are brilliant”

By Anthony Dream Johnson in Nutrition

Earlier this year I got my first blood test done. The results were interesting to see because I eat a tremendously high amount of saturated fat and cholesterol, and have for over 4 years now.

Below is some commentary from a user on Reddit (I don’t know him).

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In my lay opinion his lipids are brilliant.

  • Total: 256
  • HDL: 78
  • LDL: 164
  • Trigs: 72
  • VLDL: 14

The first thing to note is that both the LDL and the VLDL are calculated, not measured. The numbers for LDL are too close to the Friedewald formula to have been measured:

LDL = Total – HDL – Trigs/5 = 256 – 78 – 14.4 = 163.6

VLDL, when not measured is calculated as trigs/5 = 14.4

So the LDL is not necessarily high, just calculated high. There are several papers indicating that can be inaccurate when HDL is high and trigs are low. This is one: The impact of low serum triglyceride on LDL-cholesterol estimation. Using a calculator based on their information reduces that…

Preserving Personal Freedom by Staying Out of the Belly of the Beast

By Anthony Dream Johnson in Exercise, Nutrition, The 21 Convention

 

This is it, Doug McGuff’s full 2012 talk from The 21 Convention in Austin Texas.

Even when the content is a duplicate, I like using TDL as a personal spin on things. So I’ll do that for this video release here.

First, I chose to release Doug’s speech first above all, because I believe it was the best presentation given this year. I came to this conclusion based on two factors : A) the content is controversial in nature, if not outright abrasive, because it addresses fundamentals very directly; B) Doug’s ability to communicate an idea continues to be, frankly, off the charts.

This is a unique combination because Doug’s style of presentation is not unnecessarily abrasive, anywhere, in spite of the content itself being highly inflammatory [the majority of what Doug discusses in this video are not matters related to consciousness, but to existence, to physical, non-optional reality].

Now, this doesn’t say…