Week 9

Welcome to Day 58 of the One Year Fast. Today, we look at what goes into modern processed food—from artificial colors, preservatives, and emulsifiers to stabilizers, non-nutritive sweeteners, and flavor enhancers. When food production prioritizes corporate profit margins over human biology, long-term health pays the price.

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Welcome to Day 59 of the One Year Fast! Let's explore the deep and philosophical cultural comparison that impacts my hydration (and sanity) during this journey: how differently people in the US and UK consume coffee and tea.

While both nations are highly caffeinated, the approach is vastly different. The contrast isn't just in what we drink, but how we prepare it!

Why tea is deeply embedded in everyday culture and consumed more frequently than coffee.

How British tea is typically black tea with milk, enjoyed all day long.

The surprising commonality of instant coffee, even as high-quality coffee culture grows.

Why coffee is the absolute dominant everyday hot beverage.

The American preference for brewed/filter coffee from drip machines and shops.

The unique position of iced tea, especially in the South, compared to British hot tea.

The emphasis on freshness, specialty, and the coffee-shop experience.

The simplest distinction is that Britain has historically been a tea-drinking culture that also drinks coffee, while America is a coffee-drinking culture that also drinks tea. The contrast is reflected in our preferred preparation methods: the quick tea bag for British tea and the steady drip machine for American coffee. Instant coffee perfectly highlights this reverse preference—familiar and daily in Britain, but niche in the US.

Welcome to Day 60 of the One Year Fast. What if the secret to modern longevity lies in the past? Today, I’m exploring a fascinating concept: what happens when you combine the whole-food, seasonal, unrefined diet of the Middle Ages with the preventative power and diagnostic precision of modern medicine?

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Welcome to Day 61 of the One Year Fast. Today, I’m 48 hours into my fasting window and taking a close look at my breath-based ketone readings. Tracking acetone levels through breath analysis provides a non-invasive, real-time window into fat oxidation and metabolic state without the need for constant finger pricks.

In this video, I walk through my latest numbers, discuss how breath ketone monitors compare to blood and urine testing, and analyze what these readings reveal about metabolic adaptation 48 hours in.

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Welcome to Day 62 of the One Year Fast. At 68 hours into my extended fasting window, I’m putting the biometrics to the test. Today, I measure both my blood ketones (beta-hydroxybutyrate) and breath ketones (acetone) side by side to see how deeply my body has transitioned into nutritional and therapeutic ketosis.

Nutritional vs. Therapeutic Ketosis: Where this level of ketosis sits and why it matters for longevity.

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Welcome to Day 63 of the One Year Fast. Today, I’m taking a look into James Lovelock’s final masterpiece, The Novacene: The Coming Age of Hyperintelligence (2019). Lovelock—the creator of the Gaia hypothesis—argues that Earth is transitioning into a brand-new epoch where hyperintelligent, self-generating electronic beings will become the dominant intelligence on our planet.

Unlike the common dystopian narratives surrounding artificial intelligence, Lovelock presents an optimistic, evolutionary perspective: machines and organic life entering a cooperative symbiosis to protect Gaia and regulate the biosphere.

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