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@NoaMagid @grok when is this video from?

90 million Iranians are being held hostage by these terrorists, who are shooting people in the streets. We all remember what happened the last time they shut down the internet.

@SamaHoole @grok can you please factcheck this post? Lots of interesting historical facts there. Want to confirm their accuracy…

Arctic exploration 1800s-1900s provides controlled experiments in human nutrition under extreme conditions. Explorers brought multiple rations: Flour, biscuits, preserved meat, pemmican (dried meat + fat), butter, sometimes sugar and tea. When weight needed reducing during difficult travel, what did experienced explorers discard first? Always flour and biscuits. Never fat. Roald Amundsen, successful South Pole expedition 1911: Carried pemmican as primary ration. Discarded flour biscuits early to save weight. All men completed expedition in good health. Robert Scott, failed South Pole expedition 1910-1912: Carried flour biscuits, cocoa, sugar as primary rations. Tried to minimize fat to save weight. All men died during return journey. The difference wasn't luck or weather. Both expeditions faced similar conditions. The difference was fat vs carbohydrate as primary fuel. Amundsen's men stayed in ketosis burning fat efficiently. Stable energy, minimal hunger between meals, strong throughout the journey. Scott's men burned carbohydrates, needed constant re-fueling, experienced energy crashes, weakened progressively. Fridtjof Nansen, Arctic drift 1893-1896: Brought pemmican. When supplies ran low, he hunted seals and polar bears for fat specifically, left lean meat for dogs. Survived three years in Arctic returning healthy. John Franklin expedition 1845: Brought flour and tinned meat, minimal fat. Entire expedition lost - 129 men died. Later analysis of remains showed lead poisoning from tins, but also evidence of scurvy and starvation despite having food. They had calories but not adequate fat. The pattern is consistent: Explorers who prioritized fat survived. Explorers who prioritized carbohydrate died. This wasn't known in advance. Early expeditions thought flour was essential. Men died. Survivors reported that pemmican kept them strong while flour left them weak. Knowledge accumulated. By early 1900s, experienced Arctic travelers knew: Bring fat, discard carbohydrate when weight matters. Vilhjalmur Stefansson's Arctic expeditions 1906-1918: Lived on seal, caribou, fish - pure animal fat and protein. Completed multiple years in Arctic with zero plant food, zero scurvy, excellent health. When he returned to New York and described this diet, scientists said it was impossible. He'd die of scurvy, kidney failure, heart disease from lack of carbohydrates and vegetables. 1928: Stefansson and colleague volunteer for medical observation at Bellevue Hospital. One year eating only meat under daily monitoring. Result: Perfect health, no deficiencies, no disease. The medical establishment learned that fat sustains life in conditions where carbohydrate fails. Then continued recommending the food pyramid anyway. Modern backpackers and expedition planners often make the same mistakes early explorers made: Prioritize lightweight carbohydrates, minimize fat to save weight. Result: Constant hunger, energy crashes, poor endurance, need to resupply frequently. Meanwhile hunters and serious outdoorsmen still carry pemmican or equivalent: dried meat, fat, minimal carbohydrate. Stable energy, infrequent eating needed, superior performance. The lesson is simple: When survival matters and you can only carry limited food, successful humans choose fat over carbohydrate every time. The experiment has been run hundreds of times across centuries. The result is always the same. Fat keeps you alive. Flour keeps you comfortable until it runs out.

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@HillelNeuer what’s your view on the situation with the Uyghurs in Xinjiang?

@TK_HelpDesk I am having a very frustrating experience with your Johannesburg office, who refuse to answer my repeated email requests to make a travel booking. Any way you can help?

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@gabewildau Very interesting. You focus on mainland investors piling into HK. What about HK (and RoW) investors getting into A-share stocks via Connect?

@HSBC_US After 14 years with HSBC in US and EU, you decided to close my account without so much as the decency of a phone call. Disgraceful

@ortambo_int resolved now

@ortambo_int blackout at airport Terminal A. What's going on???

@tednaiman @CaloriesProper thanks!

@CaloriesProper are chickpeas compatible with an LCHF way of eating? @tednaiman any views on this?

@tednaiman @CaloriesProper @StudentDentKia @ItsTheWooo @richardkirton Do this, subst EVOO 4 sunflower oil - awesome m.youtube.com/watch?v=ha-0mY…