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  1. Yeah I have a friend who's vegan and she says she feels healthier. Personally I think it's because if your diet consists only of plant foods, it forces you to eat a wider variety of plant foods, especially if you're eating meals from scratch.
  2. There are lots of different ways to lower blood sugar. Put simply, the average person should aim for 15grams of fibre for every 100 grams of carbohydrates, and 5% or less of a person's dietary intake should be in the form of sugar, and simple starch counts as sugar. You also want a good amount of your calories to come from fat and protein. Not only do foods high in fat and protein improve satiety, but they've been shown to help lower blood sugar. When it comes to carb based foods, it's best to focus on a wide variety of plant based whole foods in order to maximise gut microbiota diversity. Research has shown that people who consume 30 or more different plant foods a week, have the most diverse gut microbiomes. What counts as a single plant food is also pretty flexible, but it's good to do research on that, because I've read that, while two different types of apples will count as two different plant foods, 2 servings of spinach is required to count as a single plant food, for some reason. The great thing about doing it this way instead of aiming for 5 a day, is that it gives you a lot of flexibility. You can do this while on the Keto, modified Atkins, gluten free, you can avoid legumes or maximize legume consumption if you like. You can eat 1 vegetable a day, so long as you're making up for the numbers in other kinds of whole plant foods. Although, with diabetes, it is recommended that you limit how many plant based foods are fruits, particularly high sugar fruits like grapes. Also, for optimum gut health, it's recommended to consume a fermented food, at least 3-4 times weekly, so: kefir, yoghurt with live cultures, kimchi, sauerkraut, and miso. Pickled foods are good too, if the pickled foods are fermented and not just floating in vinegar. This is not something you have to do, as it takes a bit of work, but something I like to do is buy meat on the bone so that I can boil the bones to make bone broth, as bone broth is great for gut health. The reason I recommend a gut healthy diet, personally, is that research has shown that diverse gut microbiota helps control blood sugar and increase sensitivity to insulin. If you have ChatGPT, Claude or some other AI tool, AI can be really good for research scientific studies (in fact, I find when asking it about research on any given subject, that's when I've found it to hallucinate the least). It can also be good for giving you a custom meal plan based on your personal dietary needs as well as your food preferences. I've been using it to generate a meal plan in which I consume at least 30 plant foods a week including a fermented food at least 4 times a week, and it's given me brilliant ideas. You can ask it simply for a meal plan that's best for a diabetic and put in all the foods you like eating on daily basis, any allergies or sensitivities, etc, and even ask for alternatives if you're not sure about the first choice or need flexibility.
  3. I think that ChatGPT has helped me be a better witness in more peripheral ways. I mean, I've been using it for more 'slog work' as I call it, to help me with meal plans, cleaning schedules, etc. so I can focus on doing research on spiritual things or comments myself, or, on my down time, doing something creative. I don't like researching jw subjects with it, personally, because I find putting in the work gleans more rewards, and actually gives me more opportunity to really think and meditate on a given subject. I'm surprised no one brought up the recent study in which someone who used old fashioned tools, google and chatgpt for a writing assignment, and the one who used chatgpt had the least mental engagement with subject, the lowest amount of brain activity and had the worst recall of the 3 categories. Some things are worth doing the more difficult way, at times. I'm not saying you're doing a bad thing if you use it for spiritual research. It can be useful so long as you're taking the time to digest what you've researched. It's just a personal preference for me.
  4. This is just political drama. It's just theatrics. Meanwhile Trump is considering making a major database on all citizens and making a deal with Palantir to do, using the desire to deport illegals as an excuse and hardly anyone is talking about it. Some are even saying there might be evidence that DOGE was setting up for this and that might have been Elon's role. You can't trust any politician, which is obvious. It has been so normalized for governments to commit mass overreach and deprive their citizens of privacy or censoring their speech that it seems like no modern government can do anything without attempting, at least, one of these. The free world is a lie. Some people only seem free. I also never trusted Elon. He is incredibly clever, something people should not underestimate. He clever in a way, I believe former PM Tony Blair is clever: These are people who play the long game, think their next moves before making their current and know exactly what to say to garner support to themselves, no matter how sinister their plans for people might be. But, I also never trusted Elon because I've seen evidence he's had ties, at least, with individuals associated with the WEF, a globalist organization with ties to the UN, he proposed neurolink and thought interfaces before it was talked about at Davos, and he often warns against the dangers of AI while a lot of the technology that he owns has massively expanded the AI tools it implements, often to the potential detriment of users. X is a massive target of something known as "dead internet theory" or the belief that most of the people you interact with are AI bots. He claimed to try to get rid of AI bots, but it feels like there are more than ever. Of course, I have no hard evidence to support my feelings of distrust for Elon to sincerely be someone who cares about the well being of US Citizens. It's mostly a gut feeling based on things like the above.
  5. The deportations is not what I find concerning. It's the fact that Trump felt the need to sign a contract with Palantir to commit surveillance on the average person in the US that does. Governments these days can't do anything without massive overreach and either spying on or trying to control their citizens.
  6. I seriously doubt Americans hard pressed to find work would not pick fruit. The difference, however, is that they won't do it for below minimum wage and without adherence to labour laws. An undocumented migrant would, because they wouldn't have a choice. Do work or be reported to authorities and deported is their choice. In the mining industry, a citizen would expect safety protocols and compensation of injury or death in the case of a mining disaster. If an undocumented migrant is injured or killed in a mining accident, the employers could just get Abrego Garcia to go and round up another batch of workers for them. Even mass legal migration can lead to worker exploitation, because employers can do what ever they want to someone who's job is tied to a visa with very little to no backlash, because the options are, again, "work here or be deported". There are apparently exploitative practices taking place in the UK, a country with a relatively open immigration policy for workers. Yes, native people are going to be disenchanted with an immigration policy that makes finding employment next to impossible or lowers the standards of how employers can treat employees, because "we can just replace you with a batch of Indian workers at a moments notice". I agree that people shouldn't criticize the migrants, themselves, because they're just doing what anyone would do in their position, but, on places like forums and social media, I'm seeing an increasing amount of people complaining, not about the migrants themselves, but the employers and governments for their exploitative practices and for how they end up treating their own citizens. Yes, people are making a huge fuss about people breaking the law and entering a country illegally. What the Europeans did was between 300 and 100 years ago. I'm really tired of people rehashing old history as a justification not enforcing current laws. I'm saying this as a descendant of an immigrant from south of the border, myself. My grandfather entered the country and came in through customs just like everyone else who came in the country, because, even then, people knew that entering a country without permission was not allowed. He also learned fluent English, started a family with an indigenous American, had lots of kids, and, in many ways, assimilated to the local culture. He wasn't the nicest dad, I hear, but he influenced his children to obey the law and respect authorities. How can a parent who breaks the law for the sake of entering a country come to impose those standards on their children? Comparing people who enter a country illegally, and who, after years of living here, never bothered to learn even enough English to give a short reply to a police officer to those who worked hard and assimilate to the laws and customs and the land is insulting to these people. What is more, is that it's insulting to the many people who go through years in immigration limbo and spend thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours filling out forms for Visas until they finally get indefinite leave to remain. Most news media and commentators don't consider the facts before assuming that anyone with any kind of objection whatsoever to this are just "racist".
  7. Ooooh. I want to do this with my family... except for Bluey.
  8. We watched "A Silent Voice" or "The Sound of Voice" again, and anyone see that? I think everything can be constituted, at least to some extent to be Naoka's fault. Looking at the Wikipedia on the Manga, it looks like she's a bit worse in the anime than in the Manga. It kinda makes me curious to see the manga. I wonder if Amazon has a translated version... Anyway, she instigates a lot of events in the film and, when people respond to that instigation, due to social pressure, apparently being quite strong in a collectivist society like Japan, she seems to use it as a out to escape anything resembling accountability for her actions. I'm pretty sure she's a psychopath.
  9. I mentioned I left it out, not on purpose, but because I'm on a computer and not my phone. I'd have added it if I were on my phone.
  10. Here in Northwest England, I love going to Darwen with my little girl. There's so many beautiful hilly spots with becks and waterfalls. I also liked going to Alderley edge and hope I can go back when my daughter's a bit older. It has a really old mine and a stone circle that I didn't get to see because I had a kid in a pram still. When she drops the nap, I plan on going pram free with her, so as soon as I can either get a sitter for the baby that's coming or drop the pram for both, I'd love to go back. The picture doesn't do it justice. You can see the entire Manchester skyline from the hill where the forest begins: We also had our fourth anniversary in Grasmere, which was breathtaking, and we hiked to a very small cave that was kinda fun, but the walk itself was the best part. Lastly, when we were in Munich, there was this forest that was about a half hour bus ride away from the city: Grunwald (yes, it does have an umlaut, but I'm not typing on my phone. Sorry) forest. Our daughter was only a few months past one, and we put on her baby reins and let her walk for much of the forest and she absolutely loved it. Going to various forests and parks is one of my favourite things to do with my little girl and she seems to love nature and flowers and trees and birds.
  11. Whether using AI on a test for employment isn't necessarily cheating. A good question to ask a prospective employer might be to straight up ask whether they would expect you to use AI tools in your work, and, if so, at what level. I'm not sure what is meant by a job needing a lot of technical knowledge, but if it's a part of the tech industry, it is likely that the employers might have embraced AI, and are expecting their workforce to use it on a daily basis. If you are expected to know this material without relying on AI however, then, yeah, it could be cheating, or at least considered to be such. It's probably best to at least attempt to have an open conversation on AI if you end up moving forward on this job. I would imagine individual have varied opinions on its encroachment upon the workforce, and, thus, different expectations.
  12. Some forums are made to be more like social media, yes. I don't think this is one of them.
  13. Sometimes I delete my social media apps for a week or so, because I've found sometimes the content can bring my mood down. I agree forums are not like social media. Social media is designed to keep you addicted to scrolling indefinitely. It can lower focus and attention span, and can negatively influence our thinking when we overconsume it. A forum allows for more long form, nuanced ideas and arguments requiring more critical thinking to read as well as write.
  14. On a more serious not, while I don't assert an opinion on what government should or should not do, I think a tiktok ban and really a short form video ban would be good for society. I don't see any positive impact that TikTok has made in the consciousness of younger generations that even measure up to, much less than outweigh the negative impacts. It is highly addictive and it lowers attention span. It also shoves divisive, often highly politicized issues into people's faces via influencers who either lack the understanding of the nuances of the situation or will not share a more nuanced views, because divisive and controversial content gets more engagement. These content creators, as well, with the loudspeaker they're given and the validation it gives them from audiences exacerbates the Dunning Kruger effect in regular content creators to dangerous levels. People are giving advice on things thinking they're actually experts, when they have no idea what they're talking about. I see, even on facebook on Instagram a lot of this Tiktok parenting content, and a lot of it is toddler moms asserting with great confidence really extreme ideas on "gentle parenting", (which in reality is permissive parenting). It seems as if these competitions as to whose ideas can be the most extreme incarnations of some trendy concept become inevitable. I've seen people say things like: germs don't make you sick, we shouldn't be eating vegetables, or that you should never tell your child "no" or you should always respect their "no". I think Twitter/X and TikTok have created a generation of people who can't pay attention to something that lasts more than a few seconds and struggle with even basic levels of critical thinking. I wish I could stop seeing Tiktok or Tiktok clone content everywhere on the internet. I have to delete my social media accounts once every few weeks or so, these days due to its negative impacts on my mental health. I also wonder how many ADHD diagnoses are just misdiagnosed screen or social media addictions in children and even toddlers. Btw, I'm not sending any judgment towards people who regularly view Tiktok. As someone who struggles with social media addiction, I understand the struggles of those who struggle with breaking away from short form content. I'm just saying, it's not the healthiest thing for our attention spans or ability to comprehend longer and more nuanced content. Before social media, film and television developed a lot more slowly, so that people could have a chance to get to know the characters, theme or setting a bit better before the main action came into play. I've found a lot of film and television hammers the message right in your face from frame 1 almost. It could be that we no longer have the attention span to see something start slowly and see where it takes us.
  15. If time travel to the past were possible, it seems like there would be at least one Bible account of miraculous time travel to the past. I think Jehovah set up the universe with a few hard and fast rules and no time travel is one of them. The fact that nothing can travel faster than the speed of light is likely a clue to that. (of course nothing with mass is even likely capable of travelling light speed either). I'm eagerly awaiting any confirmation as to whether tachyon's actually exist. Of course, the implication that a particle with imaginary mass can time travel still would not likely apply to anything with mass. Yes. I believe it's what physicists refer to as entropy. I'll have to check with my husband to be sure.

Katty last won the day on April 16 2021

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About Katty

Member's Public Information

  • Gender
    Sister
  • First Name
    Katherine
  • Relationship Status
    Married
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    Britain
  • Publisher
    Yes
  • Baptized
    Yes

How I Found the Truth

  • How I found the Truth
    My mom was disfellowshipped, and when I was 14, she decided to come back and was determined that I come with her. I was bored with it, at first, and thought the ideas were too pollyannish. But, when I started seeing more of the organization, such as being at assemblies, that's when I really woke up to how everyone in Jehovah's organization is so sincere and no one has anything to gain, so I started taking my studying more seriously.

My Hobbies & Interests

  • My Interests
    Aprender español
    Drawing
    Painting
    Baking new things like different kinds of cookies and puff pastries
    Currently learning:
    Web Development with HTML/CSS/Javascript and starting to learn React and Node JS.
  • My favorite books
    Well, we all answer the Bible of course :)
    JW Publications:
    Draw Close to Jehovah
    Bearing Public Witness
    God's Word for Us Through Jeremiah
    Imitate Their Faith

    Favorite secular books/novels:
    Bleak House
    Great Expectations
    The Great Gatsby
    Persuasion
    Pride and Prejudice
    Jane Eyre
    Alice's Adventures in Wonderland....
    Obvious theme: I love the classics :)
  • My favorite music
    I bounce around a lot
    My favorite JW Original Song is "Inspired by Your Wonders", I also like "Faith can make it happen", "I keep your reminders", and "We Won't Forget You,"

    My favorite bands include:
    The Big Pink, A Perfect Circle, The Psychadelic Furs, The National, Souxie and the Banshees, The Cure, Rush, Marble Sounds, Mounties, Florence and the Machine, Of Monsters and Men, and just soooo many more...I typically like Indie bands. Just started getting into Mexican Indie bands. They're pretty good.
  • My favorite movies
    Okay, again, I'm gonna do both JW movies and secular:
    JW Movies:
    Walk by Faith, Oh Jehovah I trust in You, The Prodigal Returns, and Remember The Wife of Lot

    Secular Films:
    I love the How to Train Your Dragon series. Yeah, I know it's kind of a kid's movie, but it deals with a lot of adult stuff too--same for the Despicable Me series. It's a coming of age story, really. I also liked Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol 2. Also, Little Women (the 1995 version), Big Eyes, Bright Star, Meet the Robinsons, The Old Star Trek Movies, especially Wrath of Khan to the Undiscovered Country (so basically all of them except Star Trek the motion picture), and Death Comes to Pemberley

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