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Steve’s note about google’s built-in proxies in Chrome for browsing “high risk” sites was fascinating:
Google actually takes it upon themselves to proxy any requests a user in Incognito mode might make to any 3rd-party domain on the MDL.
Why only do that only in incognito mode? Why not all the time? And why didn’t Leo or Steve contrast this service Apple’s iCloud Private Relay that will proxy out all your Safari requests always? Does iCloud Private Relay do as good as Google to squash the fingerprints? Mentioning the complementary services that Apple provides to combat the user data harvesting would have helped that discussion.
Pre-show:
Steve’s commentary on testing Vitamin D levels is crucial! We are blind to what supplementation levels we need unless we test every year or so. During COVID, we know that levels under 20ng/ml (50nmol/L) had far worse health outcomes than individuals with levels above 40ng/ml. Somewhere around 60ng/ml sounds like a reasonable target. I don’t quite understand why we haven’t funded science to get some agreement on an optimal level. During the pandemic, researchers measured a significant drop in those vitamin D reserves after getting a COVID booster. This makes sense: the mRNA vaccine was invoking an antibody response which was fueled by the VitD consumption in individual white blood cells. In a sane world, Calcifediol – activated Vitamin D – would have accompanied booster vaccines to anticipate that demand on our reserves.
Leo’s supplementation list is impressive. I like how he’s using a consensus of AIs to identify any micronutrient he’s supplementing to an excessive level.
One obvious way to reduce inflammation and get better circulation is to sleep on a grounding pad. Our ungrounded bodies will float up to a positive charge – a shortage of electrons. Grounding will restore that. Within a week of making this change, I noticed my sinuses were not congested. This was a wonderful change; congestion was the norm for me in the winter. Traditional doctors never recommend grounding pads; I think that’s unfortunate. Dave Asprey had grounding mat inventor Clint Ober on his podcast. Clint was an old-school Cable TV installer before developing grounding pads in retirement. I love that pivot: he took his massive knowledge of Cable TV grounding to human beings. Ober’s interview reminded me of the glory days of Triangulation. 
You had CoQ10 on your list, but you didn’t have Urolithin A – typically sold under the brand name of “mitopure”. Both of these are good for improved mitochondria function. I recommend adding Urolithin A to your list.
There’s a growing body of evidence for photobiomodulation – red light therapy – for improved mitochondria function. Recent papers show that light stimulation of mitochondria lowers blood glucose levels and longer wavelengths in sunlight have a systemic impact that improves vision. One researcher curates a list of all the papers in a Google Docs spreadsheet: the Photobiomodulation Database – 8800 papers and counting. IMHO, a small RLT panel humming on a low setting in @Leo’s TWiT attic would be an excellent idea. #longliveleo 
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