Comments on: 294: TZ Discussion – The Jarvis Option

By: Danilo Celic

Danilo Celic — Tue, 26 Apr 2016 15:22:41 +0000

Buying an Echo and at least one Dot soon, and if I ever get a Tesla: https://medium.com/@jsgoecke/commanding-a-tesla-model-s-with-the-amazon-echo-a06f975364b8#.ip10d6mmq

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 17:51:33 +0000

Well, this is timely – http://iceddev.com/blog/jarvis-an-amazon-echo-clone-in-your-browser/

By: Joe Stech

Joe Stech — Wed, 20 Apr 2016 01:36:45 +0000

@Justin thanks, I’ll try that one!

BTW three Vega shakes and 2 veggie stir fries is hard core. That’s impressive self-discipline.

By: Andrew Cox

Andrew Cox — Tue, 19 Apr 2016 18:08:14 +0000

Noted you mentioning 3D printing in passing. If you want to get Colby playing with that tech now and printing out his tinkercad designs at home, the Fabrikator Mini is cheap and I have heard repeatedly that it prints very well: https://youtu.be/WbdlDR-tEfE

By: Justin

Justin — Tue, 19 Apr 2016 17:05:15 +0000

@udi & @joe Thanks both very much for your feedback.

@joe I am using this completely plant based drink here – http://www.amazon.com/Vega-Nutritional-Shake-Vanilla-30-8oz/dp/B0079BZDK0 – The french vanilla is the one that tastes good and so far I have been able to stick to it.

@udi For the moment I am completely plant based. I am having three of those shakes + 2 large veggie stir fries. Thanks for all the info and wish best of luck to your mom from me 🙂

By: Udi

Udi — Tue, 19 Apr 2016 07:23:09 +0000

Hi guys 🙂

Haven’t heard the entire episode yet, but wanted to share something with you (hopefully it won’t look like I’m trying to promote my own vegan agenda).

My Mom has Type 2 Diabetes, and for the last 5-6 weeks she sees a Naturopath that created for her a specific diet that suits my Mom’s needs and taste. The general guidelines are: little amount of fruits at first, no animal products (mostly because of animal fats and the side effects animal products create in the body), and increased amounts of certain foods (Oatmeal, millet, veggies but not tomatoes..).

Now, instead of 5 pills a day she takes 1 for diabetes, her sugar levels dropped significantly, her blood pressure dropped and she lost 22lbs/10kg (she started at 104kg). Never felt hungry and the diet was modified for her taste and needs.

Now, she can add fish and meat (not a lot, but it’s allowed sometimes), but never milk or dairy products.

The strategy is to lower the intake of sugar (both natural and processed), lose weight so the fat won’t block the receptors in the muscles that supposed to receive the sugar through insulin..

After months of discussions with her she finally made this step and never felt better.

I really recommend looking into this route. I know you tried the vegan diet in the past, but perhaps specific recipes and guiding can make it easier. Also, Dr. Michael Greger talks about diabetes in his book and lecture “How Not To Die”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rNY7xKyGCQ
and he explains a lot better about the cause and treatment of diabetes and other health issues.

By: Joe Stech

Joe Stech — Tue, 19 Apr 2016 02:15:32 +0000

@Justin, I’ve never tried Soylent (I don’t like the fact that it’s mostly maltodextrin and soy protein), but I’m a big fan of liquid lunches when I’m busy — my go-to is usually this rice protein: http://www.amazon.com/Growing-Naturals-Organic-Protein-Vanilla/dp/B00CYQX0OQ/. It’s high-quality stuff, and it’s sweetened with stevia so I’d assume the glycemic index is practically nothing. Sometimes I mix it with vegetable juice or a packet of emergen-c. I also drink it after workouts (in fact, I was drinking some while I was listening to your podcast). The protein has helped me recover 100% from my shoulder injury, I can do 3x reps weighted pull-ups with 80 extra pounds now (my body weight+50%).

Thanks to you both for the great podcast, as always.

Joe