Nope. Zero booze. Cut it out when I first went full bore keto due to the sugar. Had been a dyed in the grape wino and missed it. Stared to reintroduce organic wines and high grade whiskies since the sugar is distilled out. All good for a while. Then started to get hung the fuck over from a glass or two. Punishment was not befitting of the crime. Put my science hat on and discovered there are 2 liver enzymes that break down booze: ADH & ALDH, respectively. As we age, our bodies decrease production (to varying degrees) of these booze filters. Mine seems to have fucked right off, so the Devil's Own Brew is off the list. C'est la vie
And my intermittent feast one meal a day thing was an evolution that took years. I've fucked around with all sorts of eating and training protocols and have just figured out what works best for me. Clean foods in a short window and functional fitness. But I dig nerding out on that shit. Figure I'll spend the last half of my life trying to mitigate the damage incurred during the first half.
Good for you on kicking the Camel's! That's huge. I dropped the habit the day I took my first Muay Thai class. No fucking way those two can coexist.
Whoah! That's amazing you kicked booze entirely. I gotta look up that ADH thing. I've noticed I've been becoming narcaleptic when I drink lately. I just wake up and don't remember going to bed. 😬 Maybe ADH is the culprit! The human body is weird.
Do you think part of why there are no real men left is the massive amounts of estrogenic grains and booze people consume so much these days? Also, isn't weed estrogenic?
Growing up I was basically a nerd/sissy, but as I got older I realized I'm fucking Ron Swanson compared to "men" my age. Can't change a tire, can't fix anything, can't even get dirty. About all they're good at is smoking weed, living at home, and playing video games.
Yeah, dog shit diet has so much to do with it. Sugar, corn, and soy are in everyfuckin'thing packaged or boxed. Prison food served to our children in schools. Processed dead food served to our patients in hospitals. Fast "Food" joints and homoginzed franchised chain restaurant feeding troughs along every goddamned highway and byway. Government dietary guidelines and subsidies that knowingly promote poison.
But...easy fix. Just eat live foods. Wrapped, sure. Packaged or boxed, not so much. If circumstances allow, plant a garden. Learn the art of hunting. Your local farmers market is also a great place to source fantastic food.
We are made of the genes of our caveman and warrior forebears. These can be accessed and expressed through diet and exercise and focused controlled agression. Grrr, mother fuckers!
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