So today I finally have some good news to announce. I got my Omega 3 results in my mailbox and I’m going to share them with you here. All my life I’ve always had normal results on every blood test my doctors administered. But they didn’t test the most important stuff.
So first the basics:
Here’s my Omega 3 index score, which is very deficient. That’s not very interesting though, because loads of people are very deficient. Anyone who gets a result like this is gambling with their life according to science. But the thing I really want to show you, is the DHA levels in my red blood cells:
Have a good look. DHA is at 2% of red blood cell fatty acids.
That’s EXTREMELY low.
Have a look at the average measured in 7 different countries:
See, if you just looked at my Omega 3 index you would say “alright bad, but this is seen in people around the world”. If you looked at my EPA, the other long chain fatty acid, you would say “alright that looks normal”.
But the DHA, the one that really matters, is catastrophically low. How low?
Well, here they measure it in people to see if they get dementia. You have five quintiles. The lowest quintile of DHA has the highest risk of dementia. What’s the median in the lowest quintile? It’s 3.4%:
Again, I’m at 2%, so statistically, I’m at least in the bottom 10% of DHA in my red blood cells. Probably even the bottom 5% honestly.
And hey keep this in mind: I was eating mussels and oysters every once in a while. In the past, my score may have been even worse.
The average vegan gets 0 gram of DHA. The average vegetarian gets 0.02 gram of DHA in their diet per day.
Note, the specific DHA deficiency is a thing you see in vegans more often. Here you have vegans compared to omnivores who don’t eat fish:
Under RBC, the vegans are slightly deficient in EPA. But for DHA, they’re more than 50% below the omnivores (who don’t eat fish).
Think about this.
All this time, for more than 25 years of my life by now, my brain has just been stuck without the DHA that it needs to maintain itself. It has been in decay. I can go exercise, I can take drugs that reconnect my neurons again. But the neurons are mostly made of fat and the fat they needed was just never available to them.
I’m a European man, living near the coast. Evolution just adjusted to the reality, that my ancestors would have had a source of DHA in their diet. And when we lived on the plains of Africa, we would open skulls of corpses with stone tools, to get access to the brains. That was the meat that was left, after we chased the other scavengers off the corpse.
So, here you can see me engaged in my biological obligation, a former vegan reduced to eating raw herring:
The herring are caught sustainably, they are not being over-fished, unlike the mackerel unfortunately. But I won’t deny myself any mackerel, it’s not my fault, I need to eat.
And fortunately for me, there is still a world to discover, of anchovies, sardines, fried fish, grilled fish, crab, lobster, sushi, andsoforth.
But look, if you take one thing away from this post, for the love of God, please, if you are vegan or vegetarian, make sure you’re getting enough DHA! And no, enough DHA does not mean those lousy pills they sell of algae oil, unless you’re taking a bunch of them daily, consistently.
Again, the average vegan is extremely DHA deficient, stuck at brain-rotting levels that trigger Alzheimer’s. You can fix it in theory. But in practice, we’re already lucky when vegans get enough B12 and iodine.
Veganism is a kind of religious ascetism, developed in response to animal abuse and ecological exploitation, it’s just an entire demographic of young people who let their brains rot away and get eliminated from our gene pool. Well, the Buddha eventually left the path of ascetism behind and now it’s my turn to do so.
The vegans have seen the pigs in the cages, so now they can’t function in our society anymore. A thousand years ago, our ancestors would have had one pig, eating their waste, wandering around, keeping them warm during winter, until eventually the pig is slaughtered. Now they are kept in tiny cages, in giant buildings.
I still don’t like how cows, chickens and pigs are treated in our society, but death is ultimately just part of life. The fish I eat would have brutally eaten each other in the ocean, if humans had not caught them. That’s just the way things work in nature. It means the life-force gets to reincarnate as some other kind of being.
I don’t claim to have all the answers. Maybe one day I will eat meat from wild geese and boars, it’s easy to order online for me. Maybe I will just be a pescetarian. Maybe I will just relax my sense of responsibility and eat cheese and eggs on a regular basis.
But I do know one thing: Make sure you get your DHA.
Hey, congrats on solving this.
I knew vegans get b12 deficient; the iodine thing is weird (them vegans do eat algae, no?), but the DHA ain’t that surprising either… there isn’t a good plant source. 🙁
Congratulations. I’m very excited to see how this diet discovery affects you and your thinking. Thanks for sharing this.
I have a delicious way to eat salmon, similar to how the Japanese do it. Bake salmon in the oven, make rice (I prefer basmati). Mix both together when they are done with lots of salt. Spoon this mixture into Nori paper and wrap it like a burrito.
It’s delicious and very few ingredients. You will love it.
Fry in butter is the best way to prepare salmon
Wild boar is a good idea too. In the USA they are a major, invasive nuisance species. Apart from humans and domestic dogs, it is hard to imagine a more resourceful and adaptable mammal. I am not sure how they fare in Europe though.
they are full of parasites
Depends how they are prepared. But that is a risk with all wild game.
That’s why we invented fire
Pigs are a pest in Australia too.
Depending on location, other mammalian feral species that can be hunted include rabbits and hares, goats, deer, buffalo, horses and donkeys, and camels.
There are also feral cats, foxes and dogs, but it seems unlikely that these would be high on many people’s menu.
Maybe I should harden up and become a hunter as well as a fisherman.
The old blackfella ladies in the Tanami Desert LOVE feral cat. They dig em up from their burrows, knock em on the head, and chuck em on the fire.As time goes by, they’re (the cats) getting bigger.
I’ve never tried cat, but I’d eat one before I’d eat dog.
A dog is a man’s best friend.
But a cat?
I mean, really, why not eat a cat?
Fascinating stuff!
Good for you for being so open-minded and showing a will to live.
Once again, I never, ever consume mammals and I wish nobody else did either, since it’s not necessary today. But fat is necessary and olive oil isn’t going to cut it, as Lierre Keith points out.
White people are the original farmers and we evolved lactose tolerance for WHOLE milk and cheese! We are white like milk for a reason. If you couldn’t thrive on milk 10,000 years ago you were eliminated from the gene pool.
I love to feast on a nice big cheesey omelette on Sunday mornings.
If eggs seem gross to you as a recently reformed vegan then fill them with vegetables and cover them with salsa. I used to blacken my eggs with pepper until I discovered salsa and hot sauce.
Also good for eggs is to scramble them with a little milk and salt, plus dry mustard and dry parsely. I don’t like the taste of eggs, but I like these.
2 eggs + 2-4 Tbsp milk + 2-4 shakes of salt + 1/8-1/4 tsp dry mustard + 1/2-1 tsp dry parsely flakes. Mix and fry in butter. Adjust proportions to taste. Start on the low end of the salt and spices and work your way up until you get a flavor you like.
Scrambled eggs with a few drops of tobasco sauce are a good alternate flavor.
And congrats on identifying the low DHA!
> Once again, I never, ever consume mammals and I wish nobody else did either
> I love to feast on a nice big cheesey omelette
You do realise that the dairy industry is more cruel than the beef industry, right?
LSWMLM, that may or may not be so, but I’m getting my dairy products as long as they’re available.
I may be an accessory to industrial animal cruelty, but so are you and every human being alive. Do you boycott everything made from leather? I didn’t think so.
The calculus for me isn’t about the deal between animals and humans, it’s just my personal taste.
Everything may be sorted out in the end by God, or not, but in the meantime I’m drinking cow’s milk.
Who says that Whitey was the ‘first’ farmer. I reckon the Indians and Chinese might dispute that.
Codliveroil.also high in vit A and D
There is a reason why your parents forced you to swallow that
Well done mate, you did good.
I wonder how I survived being a strict vegan for 19 years. I didn’t notice any mood effect, once I learned to take selenium. I was a lot older than you when I started, so maybe I had a DHA backlog?? Also, my ethnic forebears (British Isles and Eastern Europe) weren’t selected for fish eating. My only problem seems to have been k2 (but who knows; maybe there were other problems). I am so glad that you figured out that you need (real) DHA; your brain may calm down now.
Glad your persistence paid off with a useful finding. Wishing you all the best in your recovery.
Do you think that we are all going to forget that last week you were recommending suicide? As Big Bird correctly pointed out, you are demonic.
I think that suicide is the end game for anyone who perceives reality accurately. I don’t think this is a good thing by any means. If someone can find comfort in this world by having balanced nutrition, doing energy work, taking drugs, having a partner, whatever it is, they should do that. It’s what I’m trying to do.
Serious question: when not do it then? I have heard this argument, and it is the same from the “overpopulation” crowd. Why not act on your conviction? If you don’t, then you are a liar or a coward or a hypocrite.
I’m not encouraging you, I just am genuinely curious.
It isn’t. For if you perceived reality clearly you would have seen God. And that would give you a reason to keep living for his sake.
I had never heard of DHA until this week when I read this and immediately thought of you: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/psychological-medicine/article/comparative-efficacy-and-tolerability-of-nutraceuticals-for-depressive-disorder-a-systematic-review-and-network-metaanalysis/5799A126D0B5677764562824C452D545
On May 4th, when Rintrah was suffering terribly, you wrote:
” When you truly understand how things are, it makes you feel the pointlessness of it all, and losing your zeal for life is just about inevitable. It is my sincerely held honest belief that suicide is true enlightenment.”
So now you are saying that “true enlightenment” isn’t a good thing?
You are lying, and pretending you didn’t try to tempt poor souls to the sin of self murder. Satan is the father of lies; you are his unholy tool.
Meant for ForestGhost.
>You are lying, and pretending you didn’t try to tempt poor souls to the sin of self murder. Satan is the father of lies; you are his unholy tool.
Suicide’s An Alternative/You’ll Be Sorry
https://youtu.be/JHiRyuKi6SU?si=aenpOL0u3GP5nJlF
Sick of people! (No one’s real!)
Sick of chicks! (They’re all bitches!)
Sick of you! (You’re too hip!)
Sick of life! (It sucks!)
Suicide’s an alternative!
Sick of trying! (What’s the point?!)
Sick of talking! (No one listens!)
Sick of listening! (It’s all lies)
Sick of thinking! (Just end up confused!)
I’m sick of moving! (Get me anywhere!)
Sick of myself! (Don’t wanna live!)
Sick and tired! (And no one cares!)
Sick of life! (It sucks!)
Sick of politics! (For the rich!)
Sick of power! (Only oppresses!)
Sick of government! (Full of tyrants!)
Sick of school! (Total brainwash!)
Sick of music! (Top 40 sucks!)
Sick of myself! (Don’t wanna live!)
Sick and tired! (And no one cares!)
Sick of life! (It sucks!)
Suicide’s an alternative!
Sick of life! (It sucks!)
Sick and tired! (And no one cares!)
Sick of myself! (Don’t wanna live!)
Sick of living! (I’m gonna die!)
Suicide’s an alternative!
\m/\m/\m/\m/\m/
Well, I’ve got a little story to tell
About a man, said he came from Hell
He said Satan’s been lookin’, especially out for me
He said, Satan’s got a paper, gonna set my body free
He said, “Power and glory
Bitches and screwing
All in your name, and all for you to stay”
Oh yeah
“Power be your name
Glory and fame
I see the gold and all of the riches in your head”
Oh yeah
He said, “Power, fame, all in your name
All that you wanted, all that you need
All that you want to answer your greed
Anything that you ever could need”
Just sign the paper, that’s all you do
Just sign the paper, it’s ready to
Anything down here, it’s all for you
Just sign the paper”
Uh, let me see if I got this right…
When I sign the paper, then I get all these things?
It’s gotta be something else happening
I don’t know, man
Besides, it’s like, not worth it
Well, I don’t care too much about gold
And I don’t really give a fuck about what you’ve been told
And I don’t really care, or need anyone looking after me
Besides, I’m a meaner son of a bitch than that fucker ever could be
I’m sorry to report that I sold my soul long ago.
Don’t sell your soul, frens. It’s not worth it.
https://youtu.be/jl1pl7CAViM?si=nMDZyPNW4zChtQP1
When I go down the street
The people watch me shiver and shake
I’m a prisoner of a demon
I think my head’s about to break
It stays with me wherever I go
I can’t break away from its hold
This must be my punishment
For selling my soul
Too much pressure, my pulse is rising
My heart is pounding, my head really hurts
I can’t take it, all this pressure
From all these things inside of me
Everywhere I look, I see ’em
Everywhere I go, they’re at
What did I do to deserve this?
Why won’t they just leave my body?
Are they people, or are they spirits?
Do they belong to the human race?
Why do they want me so bad
And why aren’t they coming out of their hiding place?
I can’t see them, but I know they’re here
I can feel it in my veins
All this pressure on my body
Is causing all my strength to drain
Too much pressure, my pulse is rising
My heart is pounding, my head really hurts
I can’t take it, all this pressure
From all these things inside of me
Everywhere I look, I see ’em
Everywhere I go, they’re at
What did I do to deserve this?
Why won’t they just leave my body?
Am I crazy, or am I insane?
Have I already lost my mind?
Is it real or is it fake
Or am I in a permanent bind?
Am I in power, or am I a slave?
Who in the hell is in control?
Am I still living or am I dead
Do I still have a soul?
Too much pressure, my pulse is rising
My heart is pounding, my head really hurts
I can’t take it, all this pressure
From all these things inside of me
Everywhere I look, I see ’em
Everywhere I go, they’re at
What did I do to deserve this?
Why won’t they just leave my body?
I know I can’t keep going this way
I have to give my mind some leisure
If I keep on going like this
I never again will taste pleasure
If they will not break the oath
I will have to disband
I have lost all control
This thing has now taken command
Possessed!
“I’m sorry to report that I sold my soul long ago.”
There’s a fix for that. But death? Maybe not so easy.
>There’s a fix for that. But death? Maybe not so easy.
So…in addition to being an anarcho-communist, you are also a Jesus-Freak?
Fascinating..,
You’ve got my number Mehen.
When I read the Gospels, Jesus seems like some kind of anarchist to me. The early Christians also seemed to live like some kind of form of communists, so being an anarcho-communist Jesus-freak all seems pretty consistent and to flow naturally from there.
Nietzsche even criticized anarchism for being the same thing as being Christian.
You could probably call my tendency ‘Christian’, or ‘anarchist’. or ‘anarcho-communist’ pretty much interchangeably – some kind of God-fearing anarchist at any rate.
Well said.
In a forest disturbed by man
Wild boar dig and pillage
An invasive beast destroys
Natural habitat
Then tamed by a rifle
Cooked on an open fire
Stars twinkle
Had a dream last night that A boar broke into my sister’s room, I grabbed a spear and chased it downstairs and into the woods where I hunted it down. No one in the dream believed I did this since I’m vegan.
As the custodian of your brain I am glad you and it are working through your issues together, to gain some balance, the world is a better place with yous in it.
I read this paper last week and immediately thought of you: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/psychological-medicine/article/comparative-efficacy-and-tolerability-of-nutraceuticals-for-depressive-disorder-a-systematic-review-and-network-metaanalysis/5799A126D0B5677764562824C452D545
“Our analysis highlights the evidence supporting four nutraceuticals, namely EPA + DHA, SAMe, curcumin, and saffron, as potential add-on treatments or even stand-alone options for adults with depressive disorder. Our study suggests that some adjunctive nutraceuticals may offer superior therapeutic efficacy compared with the use of either antidepressants or nutraceuticals alone. As such, prioritizing adjunctive therapy may be beneficial when considering nutraceuticals for the treatment of depression.”
Looks like the most comprehensive meal would be Baked Turmeric Salmon on a bed of saffron rice (https://www.theroastedroot.net/baked-turmeric-salmon/).
Saffron is such a strong anti depressant that I think it must be dangerous to use long term. Of all the stuff I’ve tried, morning worked like saffron. Cacao would be a distant second place, and probably not as bad to use daily, but still not ideal.
You could take up hunting and fishing. Both are good for your soul when done right.
Glad to know this is working for you. I’ve been taking plenty of DHA in a mostly pescetarian diet but every once in a while I’ll have black Iberian pig.
They live free in a paradise of acorns and one day they die, so it’s as good as it gets to me.
Spain and Portugal take the black Iberian pig very seriously, so there’s rigorous inspections to guarantee a minimum amount of acorns they need to eat, the quality of their habitat and fat composition and so on.
The black pigs actively sustain their own ecosystem and even the vegetation is genetically the same it was many centuries ago.
Super
> But I won’t deny myself any mackerel, it’s not my fault, I need to eat.
nice sentence.
Anyway, congrats on finding what’s missing. Keep us posted on what works for you
Quote: “But I do know one thing: Make sure you get your DHA.”
You still have your spleen for mono-causality.
Welcome back Diogenes hooray you’re still alive hope you’re still off the vodka.
I wish i would. But after the total failure of my anti-depressiva (I only got a tinnitus) the wodka is the only working medicine. I try to avoid body-addiction by switching between weed, wodka, valium and cbd-oil.
But I’m alive and still not mad (at least I hope so).
Anyway, thanks for the welcome.
Welcome back Diogenes. I’m happy to see you again.
(To any “rational skeptics” reading, let it be known I performed a Sigil Magick ritual a couple months ago on behalf of Diogenes. Don’t tell me this is a mere coincidence due to the delay. Any good physicist will tell you that Time is an illusion and quite subjective)
Diogenes, I invite you say more about magnetic pole shifts and the Earth’s magma core. Rattie has abandoned pure veganism. Perhaps you are The One to disabuse him of CO2 climate change as well.
(But only if you are feeling up to it. I don’t want to twist your arm.)
OK, news from the mantle-shift theoreticans:
The Ethical Sceptik (TES), the creator of the Core-Mantel-Decoupling-Theory, got an interesting supporter of his theory named “nobulart”, the guy who made all those animations where you can see how the mantle-shift will affect the continents differently. His conclusions and speculations are even wilder than those from TES. Read his site if you are interested. TES is also constantly adding new evidence to his texts (he has a .com page and a substack page and is like nobulart active on twitter).
And Rintrah … I read this “I have to eat” reasoning not the first time. He wrote this months ago too. On the one side I think it’s good if he is de-radicalizing himself a bit, on the other side it’s always sad to see someone slowly giving up his ideals. But he is still my best aspi-buddy (although I never met him).
Diogenes – what’s the hypothesized timeframe for the next ‘flip’?
Some kind of deficiency
https://youtube.com/shorts/75oTlbTzt2U?si=xKP6jC820E89Tp3v
Have a look at this book:
Valentine: Neurons and the DHA principle (2013)
https://books.ms/main/8f424e238f71d7541af77647ad9918bd
I’m not sure about the rest of you but there is a full moon where I’m at
I’ve got a little treat for any Zoomers (or younger) reading.
The hardcore/thrash band “Dag Nasty” and the album “Can I Say”
This was one of the albums that inspired me to pick up a guitar in my youth.
To this day I will attest to their uniqueness. They had a harmonically complex sound that set them apart from other hardcore/thrash bands.
And they were all blond dudes that looked like Straight Edge Hitler Youth (in case that matters)
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mscHbEhXS8VIgN-qCsfszMFm4dl_rsIXs&si=vE-XrMtLU7zrvddu
Stand out tracks if you’re short on time:
Values Here
Circles
Justification
(They’re all about 2-3 minutes long anyway)
https://youtu.be/UpghYjIP4Ig?si=x3qiFonqBDVNK0aA
We have tried and failed
We have stumbled and fallen
We have tried a new taste
And we spit it back out
We have taken a left turn
When we meant to turn right
We lost sight of our origins
But our past never lost sight of us
Lost sight of us
It’s not emulation – ’cause that’s not this hard
Not imitation – ’cause that won’t take you far
Not digression – ’cause I’m falling straight up
It is progression – I’m not afraid to stand up
I don’t know what I expected
But I expected it to be great
I said “I’m trying my hardest”
But (((he))) didn’t like the tape
Take a look at what you’re doing
And tell me I’m too late
You say we’re walking backwards
Well, that dead horse sure can run
It sure can run
The truth
I know I can
I know I will
I know – I know what I have to do
And now you’ll listen
And I hope it won’t hurt
I’ve seen your poison
You’ve done your worst
I’ve seen your better
And I can’t believe it’s true
You’ve lost the truth
That used to live inside of you
Never Go Back
https://youtu.be/rOJFi5PhsBM?si=00q08n6wubWym5if
sometimes it gets so cloudy
it’s hard to see
everything gets distorted
it’s all a dream
all these smiling faces
have lost their shine
I guess I’m getting older
I just don’t relate
never go back
I wish I could learn
to never go back
there’s something wrong inside
but I will never release my pride
I wish I could learn to never go back
I’m looking at pictures
and I’m thinking of those times
those times have changed, man
and so have I
I stopped my dreaming
I know I can’t go back
I started looking closer
and I know what it’s become
I wish so bad it was the same
I wish so bad it was the same
I wish so bad it was the same
how could it ever be the same?
never go back
never go back
I stopped my dreaming
I don’t want to go back
I started looking closer
and I know what it’s become
“I’ve got a little treat for any Zoomers (or younger) reading.”
I guess I’m in the target audience. I’ll check them out.
I never really got into rap / emo, I feel like they’re a little too try hard.
I also like a lot of older stuff.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XDIYOiQUi2s
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tT6oolJjp8Q&list=RDtT6oolJjp8Q&start_radio=1
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FG1NrQYXjLU
>I never really got into rap / emo, I feel like they’re a little too try hard.
Tf? Li’l nigga, that isn’t rap or emo. It’s HARDCORE, and one of the timeless albums of the genre
Moving on…
>//m.youtube.co/watch?v=XDIYOiQUi2s
OK, nice
>.youtube.co/watch?v=tT6oolJjp8Q&list=RDtT6oolJjp8Q&start_radio=1
Wow! This is a mostly EXCELLENT mix. I would draw your attention specifically to Rush “Mystic Rhythms” and Styx “Mr. Roboto”
I was a huge Rush fanboi in my youth. The lyricist was a hardcore atheist/libertarian/Randroid for the first 10 albums, and “Mystic Rhythms” was the first track/album where he started to acknowledge the existence of “Higher Forces”
Now that I think about it, here’s another little treat: a lesser known track from the album preceding that one: “The Body Electric”
If any of you are still working in the corporate world, you might recognize the female-coded HR Longhouse, way before that was a term. The video also seems to presage our A.I. future.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3Dju2i4FZw
>youtube.co/watch?v=FG1NrQYXjLU
I do not know what the spirit of a philosopher could more wish to be than a good dancer. For the dance is his ideal, also his fine art, finally also the only kind of piety he knows, his ‘divine service.’ — Nietzsche
Enjoy the 80s cheese!!!
“Wow! This is a mostly EXCELLENT mix. I would draw your attention specifically to Rush “Mystic Rhythms” and Styx “Mr. Roboto””
Thanks!!! And thanks for the recommendations.
Generally I prefer 70s 80s stuff, especially if it’s HIGH ENERGY and fun and danceable. That’s why I mentioned rap / emo earlier, I wasn’t referring to the music you posted, just my own taste. Also because it seems like those are the genres everyone listens to these days.
“The average vegan gets 0 gram of DHA.”
You would be dead with this intake. Vegans actually develop ability to convert ALA to DHA, up to 5% conversion rate.
But herring will help you. You are fortunate to live in Holland where you can get quality herring. And probably cheap at that. Here in Czechia we can get only herring with sodium benzoate (preservative) which is a terrible stuff.
I am glad you found the courage to change.
What about:
https://animalia-life.club/qa/pictures/pickled-herring
Yes, I prepare pickled herring sometimes. The problem is it is available only from the Makro/Metro store chain here. And I don’t have one near my place.
I have found an eshop that sends raw frozen herring by mail (packed with CO2 ice) so I’m going to give it a try.
Diogenes:
>On the one side I think it’s good if he is de-radicalizing himself a bit, on the other side it’s always sad to see someone slowly giving up his ideals. But he is still my best aspi-buddy (although I never met him).
I felt that. <3
Alas, time marches on…
In case anyone is interested, this is the best explication of Gnosticism I’ve so far encountered. This Miguel guy seems to know his stuff. Highly recommended
https://youtu.be/DkfI23X03Eo?si=09WikVQtn-XlXg2W
You could also add hemp seed oil to your diet, it is the best plant source for Omega 3s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemp_oil
https://www.hempoiltalk.com/hemp-seed-oil-vs-fish-oil-which-one-is-better-for-your-health/
https://bulkhempwarehouse.com/hemp-101/important-hemp-tips/hemp-oil-comparison-chart/
I have been taking hemp oil daily for 27 years now, at least two tablespoons daily, often I just pour liberally on top of salads and food. Do not heat it or cook with it though, and make sure to keep it in the fridge, in the dark.
The problem is the conversion into EPA and DHA. Without that conversion, it won’t heal your brain.
Oh yeah, that’s true, if your body cannot convert it, it won’t be enough.
There are vegan sources for DHA as well, though. Algae, Spirulina, seaweed at least. Funny that those are also from sea sources like fish 😉
https://sunwarrior.com/blogs/health-hub/vegan-dha-omega-3-sources
“Fish derive their omega-3 content from algae, making it an ideal plant-based source of omega-3. Algae-based supplements often contain both DHA and EPA, making them a better source of omega-3 compared to nuts and seeds that primarily offer ALA.”
Also, sorry about your situation. I hope you get better.
I emphatize, having had to deal with severe depression and anxiety all my life – yes, before going vegan too for some of you numbnuts there – some people who are sensitive to suffering of other creatures just seem to have a hard time dealing with existence in general amidst suffering.
Last time I had a full blood panel done, the doctor asked what I eat because the balance of blood fatty acids and sugars was a text book example of what it is supposed to be. I do pay a lot of attention to what I eat and what supplementation is necessary, but also don’t have hereditary biological problems that would cause serious deficiencies.
Lol. Pathetic. Vegetarians are evolutionary dead end. Same as the alphabet subculture. And to be honest I am totally ok with that. Let them have their unhappy and short lifes. They are sometimes fun and most of the time cringe fun but at least but most fun is their own choice of miserable existence. Frodeny tip – heringa even raw won’t ake your fatty and dha levels climb to normal values. You wil need at least a year of alimentary treatment and supplement intake.
Faith No More — The Real Thing
https://youtu.be/HYFDKk4K1tY?si=Uq0GO9a3EwTYdgC3
I know the feeling
It is the real thing
The essence of the truth
The perfect moment
That golden moment
I know you feel it too…
I know the feeling
It is the real thing
You can’t refuse the embrace
No!
It’s like the pattern below the skin
You gotta reach out and pull it all in
And you feel like you’re too close
But you swallow another dose
The pinnacle of happiness filling up your soul
You don’t think you can take any more
You never wanna let go
To touch the roots of experience
The most basic ingredients
To see the unseen glitter of life
And feel the dirt, grief, anger and strife
Cherish the certainty of now
It kills you a bit at a time
Cradle the inspiration
It will leave you writhing on the floor…
This is so unreal, what I feel
This nourishment, life is bent
Into a shape I can hold
A twist of fate, all my own
Just grit your teeth and make no sound
Take a step away and look around
Just clench your fist and close your eyes…
Look deep inside, hypnotize
The whisper is but a shout
That’s what it is all about
Yes, the ecstasy, you can pray
You will never let it slip away…
Like the sacred song that someone sings through you
Through you
Like the flesh so warm that the thorn sticks into
Into
Like the dream you know one day will come to life
Life
Try to hold on just a little longer, longer…
Stronger, stronger
It’s the jewel of victory
The chasm of misery
And once you have bitten the core
You will always know the flavor
The split second of divinity
You drink up the sky
All of heaven is in your arms
You know the reason why
It’s right there, all by itself
And what you are, there is nothing else
You’re growing a life within a life
The lips of wonder kiss you inside
And when it’s over the feeling remains
It all comes down to this
The smoke clears, I see what it is
That made me feel this way…
I know the feeling
It is the real thing
The essence of the truth
The perfect moment
That golden moment
I know you feel it too
I know the feeling
It is the real thing
You can’t refuse the embrace…
This is so unreal, what I feel
Flood, sell your soul, feel the blood
Pump through your veins, can’t explain
The element that’s everything
Just clench your fist and close your eyes
Look deep inside, hypnotize
Yes, the ecstasy, you can pray
You will never let it slip away
Yes, the ecstasy, you can pray
You will never let it slip away
You will never let it slip away
You will never let it slip away
Like the echoes of your childhood laughter
Ever after
Like the first time love urged you to take its guidance…
In silence
Like your heartbeat when you realize you’re dying
But you’re trying…
Like the way you cry for a happy ending
Ending…
I know
I know
I know
I know…
Great job!
You will soon be a super-Viking.
The Flame in the Flood is on sale on Steam, with a 90% discount.
The mantle is made of green to brown peridotite and apparently glows when it gets very hot. It’s possible that the mantle glows green deep underground. The underground world may be very bright and gorgeous.
I am upset about Scott Adams.
> I am upset about Scott Adams.
As am I.
I’m fond of Stoicism in these moments.
Congrats on the DHA find. The longer you eat the right stuff for your brain, the less sensitive your brain will be to occasionally going without. Right now going without the fish for even a single day will cause symptom recurrence. In a few years, you’ll still eat fish every day, but if you get sick and say don’t eat fish for a week you’ll be able to ride out the gap and be ok.
Also don’t believe people who tell you your brain cant regenerate and heal. It can. Keep at it, eat right, do things that stimulate neurogenesis (look it up), and you will grow new brain cells to make up for the brain cells you might lack right now. Your brain will get permanently better.