SwampNut

Reminds me of another dietary fallacy... Multiple consumer nutrition surveys confirm that more than half of Americans believe steak contains dietary fiber. This misconception stems from widespread gaps in baseline nutritional literacy across the United States. [1, 2] Key Surveys and Statistics The 53% Misconception Study: National consumer nutrition polling evaluated by food analysts and health organizations reveals that 53% of Americans explicitly believe steak is a significant fiber source.

You've never let me pay, since it was in "trade."

I mean, the numbers are just numbers. You can keep repeating that, but it doesn't make it true or at least, useful, as a part of a normal diet. There's also the matter of reducing sodium. Go look at the ACTUAL numbers of what you'd get, particularly relative to the things you may not want to increase (calories, saturated fat, mercury, etc). There's no room for random opinions here, go run the numbers. IF THE ABOVE WERE TRUE or useful as part of a diet, then we wouldn't have rampant deficiency, right?

Your boyfriend still refuses to tell me where he gets those.

I hate how far it leans over, which also makes the hot pavement problem worse. I'd prefer to add something to it permanently (obvious I have handheld puck things to put under it). I had one on the KTM that was specific-fit and loved its simplicity. The ones that claim to be for this bike seem generic Chinesium.

I'm not sure what sort of joke you're trying to make here, but I don't get it, and this could be confusing to people. Natural sources of potassium are mostly plants, such as the dark dried fruits, bananas, avocado, tomatoes, coconut, pistachios, etc. Skin on potatoes are good. Obviously, most beans. Milk, yogurt, and SOME fish are decent, not super high. On the fish, the ones with potassium are also likely high in mercury, so overall, not a reasonable source. Mammalian meats other than goat are not a good source; the amount is pretty small compared to the amount of shit you will ingest, kind of like the fish. A good sized steak has less than a medium banana. And then...do you salt the meat (with sodium salt)? Or use potassium salt instead? Fruit juices may or may not be useful, some are quite low. And now you're spiking sugar with low nutritional value all around. Smoothies and purees of some fruits may be good, but not anything really common/easy to buy. By the time you consume chocolate, it's not potassium dense. It's only dense in raw form. At a consumer level, the amount of garbage calories relative to the amount of potassium is very high. Similarly, by the time you consume coffee, it's a pretty useless amount unless you're drinking it all day.

Probably. In years of experience with this I've seen a few people just stop and not re-gain, and many go the other way. A lot of this is a long term metabolic disorder, and I'd say that the likelihood is you'd take it at a "maintenance" dose forever. Your words make it sound like you have a long term need. I will be on it forever for diabetes. No choice. I've actually had very little weight loss after starting it. Typical mainstream medicine, he probably doesn't actually know much. The user groups are generally more useful than doctors on the topic of GLP-1s and related peptides. Right, 2.5 for at least four weeks, then increase ONLY IF you are not seeing a result. Then if you are stuck with pens, do 5mg, but if you're on vials, just go to 4. Just this morning I got an email asking me about major side effects from a person who went from 2.5 to 5. There is absolutely no reason not to baby-step this and be safer, as Dave says. My pharmacist gives people the link to my video on how to break open the pens and make new doses. And he's fine with dispensing the 15mg so people can make a month's worth from one pen (they cost the same-scam). Yeah, this, there's no reason not to go slower and use less. You can always add more. @Hobicus I have a pressing need (from other people) to finally get this group buy done, if you are interested, I need to know like now.

I posted about this years ago, when it was 1 in 5000. It's getting worse with the processed food scourge, now, The Mineral Intake Recommendations Only 1 in 6,000 U.S. Adults Meet https://nutritionfacts.org/blog/the-mineral-intake-recommendations-only-1-in-6000-u-s-adults-meet And it’s so damn easy to fix… https://amazon.com/dp/B0183RU7VI?lv=shuf&channelId=500&plpRedirect=mhFallback

The half-life is 117.5 hours. This means it's around three weeks to ramp up or down and re-stabilize in a meaningful way. Psychological effects may last longer than biological effects.

Oh hey, did you ever cut dose? If you're on vials, then you can just do it. When we talked I thought you were using the normal pens. Rich if you feel like a live chat on this I'm up for that.

Well then, that eliminates their only advantage. And that's really unusual in the US. You're in a special place with all your medical contacts though.

What does "best" mean? You have three compromises. This is not a good place for just opinions, only medical facts. I'll withhold those unless I specifically say so. Though obvious you can guess at some of my opinions by what I actually use. I'll be doing a group order with a trusted peptide vendor in the next couple days. Tirzepatide runs me around $200 for 340mg, which is ten vials of 34 each. You'd have to mix it with bacteriostatic water as you need them. This is easy and millions of people do it for both peptides and other drugs. As I've mentioned in other threads, I've been involved in many peptides for a bit over three years and have some great, tested sources. It's what I'm using. I was prescribed Mounjaro, saw the prices, and immediately set out to solve that problem. And did. This is how you mix: Your next option is one of the prescription compounding options online. They are mostly all about the same, just vastly more expensive. Each of the "providers" have their own plans and little nuances on how they charge you and add support. They arrive to you already mixed, and in some cases in a pen. Mostly though in a vial, you just draw with an insulin syringe and inject. This is how official Lilly product is sold in most of the world, but in the US we're too soft and stupid to do that apparently. And then your most overpriced option is the actual Lilly product. This is in a pen injector. Zero effort. Although, you generally will get better medical/advice support from compounding, or by using one of the online providers to get this instead of compounded. Most doctors have low knowledge on GLP-1s. I've taught medical professionals more about it than they have told me. My own PCP said so. All of these are 100% identical, period. There is no difference in the molecule, and there are no nuances between generic and branded being slightly different. It either is, or is not, exactly the right molecule. My sources are tested for exact contents and very importantly--actual dose volume. Many compounding pharmacies don't, and even Lilly is allowed to be 10% off. Testing for this batch if you want in on it: https://imgur.com/a/7DVp1gd

According to a quick reading of the Peoria site, not reading the law directly itself, it's for "high risk" irrigation and fire systems. I assume you know fire systems are full of horrible shit since they (hopefully) never flow. High risk irrigation is certain chemicals and shit.

Oh and it's also illegal for me to replace it myself. And I'm required to have an annual test of the valve, that's what these are for. I don't understand why your house has one.

We are responsible for them. This is far from the meter. It's also only on the irrigation which can suck up dirt, not the whole house. Joe, as Oscar said, something has to rotate first, without a union fitting. Unions cost $4 though so obviously they didn't install that when building the house. Part of my question was to confirm that I'm not missing anything and there's no union in any of this. Edit to add: Might also feed the fire sprinklers, will have to look. Since they are basically full of toxic sludge now.