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they keep all of the personal info, so yes, it very much starts a relationship with them.
In order to donate with traditional systems, you have to dox yourself
I don't want to start a relationship with those I donate to, I want to drop money in the pot and walk away. I don't want followup emails, I don't want to be on a donor list, I don't want call to action phone calls.
Every other form of transaction starts a permanent relationship. I don't like that
There is no difference between carbs as sugar and carbs. They all end up in the blood stream as glucose.
Fructose is really bad and usually doesn't get converted to glucose.
Fiber is not absorbed by the body and just passes through.
Carbohydrates are not essential for human life. You can be perfectly healthy without eating them. The body does use glucose for blood cells and about 15% of brain metabolism, but that can be created by the liver on a as needed basis.
There are people who differentiate carbohydrates based on how quickly they arrive in the blood stream as glucose, in my view that's a unnecessary distinction. Elevated blood glucose is really dangerous for the body, regardless of how delayed it is. That's why the body prioritizes burning the glucose off first when it's elevated in the body.
What function does elevated glucose have? (I.e. why eat carbohydrates)
increase blood sugar for hypoglycemia
raise insulin levels
some athletes believe it helps their performance
The sports term is carb loading, and for non-fat adapted athletes it does help their endurance, prevents bonking. But for fat adapter athletes who don't eat carbs, it's unnecessary as they don't bonk. The blood only carries 5g of glucose, and when you use it all up you can bonk, the body does not store glucose at all.. the body stores fat. So people who burn fat don't bonk because they don't run out of energy
What benefit does fiber have?
reduces transit time of all food
reduces absorption of other food
can be converted into short chain fatty acids in the intestines
Obviously, reducing the nutrition from the food you eat is only a "good" thing if your diet is unhealthy.
The SCFA's are interesting, you can eat fiber and have some of it turn into fat by bacteria, or you can just eat fat directly and skip the middle man. This is the whole "fiber feeds the gut" argument you hear, gut research is still early stages. Its not clear what the ideal biome is, but whatever you eat will determine what lives in the gut. The bacteria will adapt to your diet and stabilize in about 9 months.
Some people believe fiber helps with constipation because of the reduced transit time, that isn't actually true. Fiber is actual causal of constipation (in one RCT, the only fiber RCT that exists...)
In general if you are having cardiovascular issues, such as blood flow, tingling, numbness - check on your vitals. Blood pressure, pulse, blood glucose, lipid panel.
Depends on the context of the game. If you have clues, maps, items, mechanics that would assist an adventurer then having a maze with islands would be rewarding for the invested player.
I.e. leaving footsteps in the sand, or being able to paint walls, or leave breadcrumbs, or finding a old incomplete map
donate.wikimedia.org as an example, requires a email address, and their policy is
they keep all of the personal info, so yes, it very much starts a relationship with them.
In order to donate with traditional systems, you have to dox yourself