Children's food
My three year old attends childcare everyday, and I just recently discovered that the foods she is getting is cheap middle-aisle breads and deli-meats with frequent pizzas and processed chicken nuggets. I wanted to explode and take her out of the program or just send her with our own meals, but my wife thinks I'm overreacting, saying kids can burn through all kinds of shitty foods so much more readily than we can as adults. Can you do an episode on the child obesity epidemic and perhaps provide a framework for understanding the long-term consequences of failing to establish a strong low-sugar and unprocessed dietary foundation for children?
Keto and decreased heart rate variability
I’ve been keto for 2 years now and whenever my ketones get above 2 or so I notice palpitations and my resting HR is consistently around 90-100 with a significant decrease in my HRV. I’ve read about keto-induced cardiomyopathy from case reports in children being treated with keto for epilepsy and wonder if I’m at risk of this. Also is the decrease in HRV a signal of a stress response or just the effect of ketones on the cardiac myocytes?
Keto and extreme thirst
I’ve been keto for 2 years now and whenever my ketones get above 2 or so I become extremely thirsty and am never able to quench this thirst despite having ample urine output and having consumed 2L+ of fluids that day. Is this a sign of my body’s inability to regulate sodium without enough of an insulin response and is it something I should worry about?
Shoulder AC joint arthritis post-stabilization
I had multidirectional instability in both my shoulders from years of surfing and swimming. Both were repaired surgically but now I suffer with painful AC joint arthritis and I’m only 36. Are there exercises you could recommend or general tips for avoiding further regeneration of the joint? My function remains extremely limited as a result.
Post-operative stiffness after shoulder stabilization
I had arthroscopic stabilization of both my shoulders in the last 2 years and in both I developed post-operative stiffness with ER only able to go just beyond neutral. Are there any recommendations in terms of stretching out the scar tissue, and are there any studies that show how scar tissue can stretch over time and methods of speeding this process up?