One thing metformin does is occasionally encourage cells to burn excess energy rather than store it. This may lead to extra cellular repair processes. I heard cancer rates were lower in metformin users and could extend life. Had my doc prescribe it to me 5 or so years ago.
I take it daily. There were mild GI side effects and weight loss at first, but my body adjusted and now it is BAU.
Haven't changed my lifestyle, can't know if it has made me more healthful. I still get colds and flu maybe once every other year.
Had a vaccine injury scare after the second jab. My health has been down since, can't know if Metformin is helping or hurting that situation - hopefully in the background helping me heal.
500mg twice daily, but I usually forget in the morning and take 1000mg before bed.
At least for my body, the troubled GI side effects faded over time. I never noticed any lightheadedness or fatigue by it unless I overdosed. But as I mentioned, I never changed my lifestyle and eat America-sized portions, so I suspect there's plenty of sugars and energy sloshing about and all systems have power.
I like to respond with 418 as the catch all response code for mock web services for requests that dont match any installed expected requests. The reasoning is sometimes 404 is a valid mock response for some test cases, so I needed the "404 for mocks" that would never appear on any legit service. Very clearly highlights when something is going wrong on a test.
If I could advise my younger self, I would say: “Learn how to cook” (for real). It turns out olive oil is all you need, and even not much of that. I discovered that most of my use of oil was simply covering for my lack of ability.
It’s instructive to remember that two hundred years ago, palm oil/vegetable oil/canola oil/avocado oil/almond oil/etc didn’t exist, nonstick pans didn’t exist, and somehow people could still cook amazing food.
Canola is made from rapeseed, which is toxic before processing. (And mostly not toxic after processing. ) The oil it produces used to be used only for greasing engine parts.
It is not that they lead to obesity on their own, but over consumption of them might and the effect they have on the body (inflammation) might have other secondary effects (insulin resistance, higher cholesterol, fatigue).
To say it is "just a fitness fad" is dismissing a ton of good research:
Meta comment: parent and GP are an interesting contrast between the "settled science" drum-beat dismissiveness narrative and the science/study-based curiosity counter-narrative.
Here's to hoping that with the death of the dollar, the "settled science" practitioners lose their bullhorns.
It bothers me when someone good/bad naturedly corrects me on "blacklist" and encourages me to say "blocklist". I figure that stems from either overactive empathy or is a power play. Please continue to say "blacklist".
I see “blocklist” becoming more popular in programming. But it just occurred to me how bizarre and out of place it would be if the parent comment said “a blocklisted word”.
