I should explain what was the reasoning behind eating the meat RAW: after years of subjectively seeing meat consumption as “unnatural”, I believed that the taste of it, uncooked and unseasoned, or the mere smell of it, would make me INSTANTLY GAG.
The proof is in the pudding.
My pudding isn’t your pudding. Do what’s right for you. Personally I’ve learned a ton during these years, not just about diet, but about myself, and that also matters a lot. Ultimately it’s not just about diet, but also about individual wisdom.
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Today I broke the US 🇺🇸 static breath-holding national record I already held (under the CMAS rules) by an extra 24 seconds…but this time in the “Master” category (+50 years old).
The 7 minutes 8 seconds record was validated by the US Freediving Federation.
I’m happy yet not satisfied because the water and weather conditions caused me to get cold early. Fighting the cold takes a lot of energy, causes tension and mild shivering, which costs significant oxygen and shortens the time you can hold your breath.
That’s especially the case because maximum breath hold attempts are done on a fasted state (18 hours fast or so) which makes you sensitive to cold, and obviously breathing cannot be used for internal regulation.
Two years ago Steve @Stivka3 , a breathwork instructor from Australia, hurt his lungs badly doing the WHM exercise…the very wrong way, without being aware of it.
Steve gave me permission to share this story.
In his own words, at the end of his breath hold, he experienced the most painful thing he'd ever felt, and every gasping breath he took was followed by an excruciating blood-drenched cough.