According to a study done by astronomers at CalTech, there are at least one billion planets in our galaxy alone (read more here). This information will probably be considered basic space knowledge in a few decades, but I think it's amazing that we've gone from not knowing about the rest of the planets in our galaxy, to then thinking there are only that many planets, to knowing there are BILLIONS AND BILLIONS of planets, a decent percentage of which may be Earth-like and potentially habitable.
This is truly the great age of space exploration and discovery. I can't wait to see what we're going to discover next. Although the debate is still up for whether or not there is life out there, just think about it. Billions and billions of planets that are like ours, billions of moons surrounding those planets. Although the Fermi Paradox states the problem of the huge contradiction between the possibility of large amounts of life and the lack of communication from them, I don't believe it myself. Human beings, and higher intelligence on planet Earth, have only been around since about 200,000 years ago in the form of Homo sapiens, and only within the last 10,000 years have we formed the culture that we have today. Now consider the vast amounts of time that the Universe is thought to exist... 13.75 billion years. Life is said to have started on Earth 3.2 bya. There are huge disparities here, advanced intelligence life could have risen and fallen 3x before we even evolved into the Homo species. I think it is foolish and egotistical to think of ourselves as the only form of higher intelligence in the Universe, knowing the huge amounts of time and chances for life that are involved.
Regardless, I can't wait to see what we find next.
Day 3 of fat-fast! It went fantastic. I've noticed that when I do the macadamia nut + heavy cream + cream cheese fast, I will shoot into ketosis within the next day. It's really unbelievable. I used to suffer through 3 days of exhaustion while my body switched gears from glucose burning to fat burning but never again will I put myself through that.
From here on out, I will slowly start throwing more carbs into my diet. Tonight for dinner I had a cup of broccoli soup splashed with heavy cream, and some summer sausage sandwiched with cream cheese. Low carb is nothing if not sinfully delicious. Salads, cauliflower, broccoli, dairy, nuts and berries are where I will get the majority of my carbohydrates from, and I try to keep under 30g per day. It can be difficult, but it is much easier when ketosis kicks in and you are sated by what you eat instead of always feeling hungry (like on low/cal, low/fat diets), and you have excess energy.
This is the lifestyle that the human species has been living for the majority of the time that we've been in existence, and although agriculture has made it easier for us to feed vast populations, it is not the healthiest way for us to live. Our bodies are made to exist best on fat and protein, and the inclusion of cooked protein is actually what caused our brains to start growing. We essentially became human because of eating protein and fat... not grains, and especially not corn. I sincerely believe the majority of the obesity problem today is caused by this over-reliance on carbohydrate calories.
But to even suggest that is considered blasphemy. Well, maybe I'm blaspheming then, but the keto or low-carb/high-fat diet has worked wonders for me. Check out my before & middle ;) :
This is truly the great age of space exploration and discovery. I can't wait to see what we're going to discover next. Although the debate is still up for whether or not there is life out there, just think about it. Billions and billions of planets that are like ours, billions of moons surrounding those planets. Although the Fermi Paradox states the problem of the huge contradiction between the possibility of large amounts of life and the lack of communication from them, I don't believe it myself. Human beings, and higher intelligence on planet Earth, have only been around since about 200,000 years ago in the form of Homo sapiens, and only within the last 10,000 years have we formed the culture that we have today. Now consider the vast amounts of time that the Universe is thought to exist... 13.75 billion years. Life is said to have started on Earth 3.2 bya. There are huge disparities here, advanced intelligence life could have risen and fallen 3x before we even evolved into the Homo species. I think it is foolish and egotistical to think of ourselves as the only form of higher intelligence in the Universe, knowing the huge amounts of time and chances for life that are involved.
Regardless, I can't wait to see what we find next.
Day 3 of fat-fast! It went fantastic. I've noticed that when I do the macadamia nut + heavy cream + cream cheese fast, I will shoot into ketosis within the next day. It's really unbelievable. I used to suffer through 3 days of exhaustion while my body switched gears from glucose burning to fat burning but never again will I put myself through that.
From here on out, I will slowly start throwing more carbs into my diet. Tonight for dinner I had a cup of broccoli soup splashed with heavy cream, and some summer sausage sandwiched with cream cheese. Low carb is nothing if not sinfully delicious. Salads, cauliflower, broccoli, dairy, nuts and berries are where I will get the majority of my carbohydrates from, and I try to keep under 30g per day. It can be difficult, but it is much easier when ketosis kicks in and you are sated by what you eat instead of always feeling hungry (like on low/cal, low/fat diets), and you have excess energy.
This is the lifestyle that the human species has been living for the majority of the time that we've been in existence, and although agriculture has made it easier for us to feed vast populations, it is not the healthiest way for us to live. Our bodies are made to exist best on fat and protein, and the inclusion of cooked protein is actually what caused our brains to start growing. We essentially became human because of eating protein and fat... not grains, and especially not corn. I sincerely believe the majority of the obesity problem today is caused by this over-reliance on carbohydrate calories.
But to even suggest that is considered blasphemy. Well, maybe I'm blaspheming then, but the keto or low-carb/high-fat diet has worked wonders for me. Check out my before & middle ;) :
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