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Are we heading toward extremely low-calorie snacks that taste almost identical to normal ones thanks to food-science breakthroughs like EPG?

Could we eventually get chocolate, chips, ice cream, etc. with 50–80% fewer calories without a major taste/texture compromise? What are the main limitations right now — cost, safety, digestion, regulation, or something else?

And what other technologies besides EPG look promising?

Now we are able to supress appetitde with GLPS but eating is just fun and brings joy. Atleast to many of us. So having low calorie ultra tasty snacks would be nice to have. Or maybe an medicaction that just makes you burn more calories with no side effects.

Hey,

Ive been using an icecreamer maker for a few months now to help me alongside my diet and its an ABSOLUT GAMECHANGER: Its crazy how you can get perfect ice cream with 35g protein and just 250kcals.

You can then add some oreos as topings and end up with about 400kcals and 35g protein for something so insanely tasty and still healthy and supporting for your diet. And its a huge pint.

I use Ninja Creami. Obviously this is not sposondered at all. In fact iam angry at them because 1 machine already broke down!!!

But its still just so good and worth it hehe. I eat it every single day now for 3+ months.

Hey,

I lost my tooth on June 2nd. It was an unfortunate incident where I was having a root canal treatment 10 years ago and the tooth was death. And then fell out.

I went to the dentist, the made a CT scan and also did bone grafting. Now my questions is:

When can I expect to get the screw implant and when can I expect to have a permanent implant? I decided for the Straumann implant.

We have scheduled a new appointment for August 1st and shortly before that a new CT. Is it realitic that I will the screw implant by August 1st already. So about 2 months after the incident?

Iam 26 years old. Healthy lifestyle in general.

And what can I expect moving forward? So far I have to use a flipper denture. Which looks indistinglishable but its not nice to use and limits my dating life, and ability to eat with it. And its uncoformtable too.

I would appreciate advice

Hey,

I started traveling about 1 year ago. I am in my mid-twenties and come from a small city in Europe where I wasn't really dating. I am good-looking, though not tall (5ft8). I managed to meet girls throughout my life, but whenever I was using online dating it was often a humiliating experience because I was sometimes just getting matches with women that were far below my attractiveness level. At first, I felt discouraged, but I quickly learned that it has a lot to do with how rigged dating apps are.

I first started traveling to Thailand for 1 month. Not with the goal of dating, but because I can work remotely and always wanted to visit Thailand. I knew dating is easier there, but I didn't realize how huge the difference is. I was able to get a lot of matches on dating apps, and I met a Chinese girl who was in the same Airbnb as I was. She asked me for my Instagram. And then in the evening, she texted me asking if she could come to my room because her friend was having a fight over the phone with her boyfriend. She then came over and we chatted via Google Translate. And then one thing led to another and we hooked up on that same day. She was a cute, well-educated medicine student. I dated her a few more times, and she became obsessed with me, literally crying when she had to leave Thailand and then even flying extra from China to Vietnam to visit me when I was in Vietnam for 1 week. That shocked me. I've never experienced this kind of dating success before. What I have to say in addition to that is that I've also improved my looks a lot (before the looksmaxxing trend). I lost weight and improved my skin and hair. That boosted my attraction massively and would have also helped a lot with dating in Europe. I've always been a bit chubby, like 20% body fat, and when I went to 15% body fat my appearance just changed a lot. Now I am at 10% and it's even way more impressive how my results improved.

Anyways, after that 1 month, I focused on some personal projects and work again, and I went back to my small city in Europe. At this point, whenever I am there I don't even bother dating anymore. If you're from a small city you just get way fewer matches in general, and the people are often from way further away, so dating is not as accessible. Plus, the average age in my country is very high. This is no excuse or anything, but just statistically and demographically speaking, it's just bad. So in any case, I'd always recommend living in a somewhat big city if dating is important today.

Then a few months later I went to Africa. Specifically Kenya for 1 week. Again, just to visit the country and because I enjoy traveling, and because I was climbing Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. So I had a stopover and spent a week there.

I arrived very late and downloaded Tinder the day before. And when I arrived at my hotel I noticed that I was getting matches every few minutes, and I fell asleep. When I woke up the next day I was in shock! 1,000 matches. And what's totally insane is that every woman I swiped on literally contacted me first. This is something that is rare for me in Europe and happens when women are really into me and I am their type. In Asia that's far more common, but in Africa, it was basically every woman I felt like, and even women that were taller than me. I am 5ft8 and generally like women that are at least 5ft8 or below (so not taller) but it was still wild to me.

And YES I KNOW. A lot of women are hoping to escape their lives and just want money. But this was really not always the case. Many women really just wanted to meet me when I told them that I am just here for 1 week and that I am interested in something short-term. Or some women asked to watch a movie. And these were not sketchy women; often university students or just nice women. You can really identify that at some point or build a good intuition for it. But yes, there are still many bad actors out there (lol). Don't tell me.

But then also throughout my entire day, women would be very flirty and would look at me, and be super friendly just in general. I appreciated that a lot. Dating was super easy. I really feel like this is what life must be like for high-tier guys in the West, where they can just dictate the date and everything. Where you really just feel how much they appreciate you by how they text with you and by how they make themselves extra pretty on the dates. Also, being the leader and more dominant becomes so much easier then.

I've also been in Mombasa for 2 days just because Kenya was really cold during that time and I wanted to go somewhere warmer. What surprised me there is how underdeveloped it was compared to Kenya and how Muslim it was. I felt way less safe, and people constantly ask you for money on the streets or want you to drive in their tuk-tuk. But it also had beautiful areas and nice areas. Regarding dating, it was the same: literally just so easy and good.

You see sometimes white men or foreigners, usually older men, where you already know what they are after.

I've also been to some smaller cities in Africa, and dating is still very easy, but the smaller the city, the less developed and the more difficult dating became because of the lack of infrastructure and because it felt less safe. Also, because you are being watched more, I felt like. Dating a local woman as a white man, I was always being watched by other local men and I think judged, or they were jealous. I don't know, to be honest.

I've then also been to South Africa during that year. And the women there have incredible genetics and physiques—also in Kenya, but South Africa is on another level. I've been to the gym there and just signed up. The woman who made me sign the papers asked if I am a model. Lol. The women were really flirty, and I am facially maybe a 7, still quite above average, but still just 5ft8.

In that gym itself, I was also shocked by the figures of some of those African women. It's totally insane what physiques they have. I am not the biggest fan of them facially, but physically, they have shapes that some Western women can't even achieve with surgery. And they are often naturally very curvy, which is a total jackpot for me.

But still, dating was so great there, also because it was attracting many foreigners from other African countries, but also because you can date some white women from time to time. Though I notice for myself how I am not able to pull very top-tier ones. Still good-looking, but because it's Westernized it's still harder, but way easier than where I am from originally. And some of the South African women are extremely unique-looking because they are mixed nationality and background.

That's also where I dated one of the girls for a while. And it's insane how attached this one woman became with me. I must say I am always transparent; I never make false promises or tell them I want a relationship or so. But she still kept texting me even months after I was there, even when I didn't reply anymore because I told her I can't text anymore. And this happened a few times during my travels.

Then I've also been to Thailand again and stayed for a bit longer. And dating is also incredible. I was in Bangkok, and dating Asian women is amazing. They are so nice and sweet. Also, you can date so many Asian women that are expats and not from Bangkok. I've also dated many Western women in Bangkok, and I think I would have never dated them in their home country because of the competitive dating market. I found Bangkok pretty uncompetitive because many men really don't take care of themselves.

I've even had it a few times that women asked me for a casual encounter on Bumble/Tinder directly. And these were normal, sweet women—completely genuine. I really pay massive attention to this. One of them had barely any dating experience before. Two of them were actually both from Indonesia. One was from the UK but of Pakistani ethnicity.

But I must say something that I realized for myself: when I was younger and wasn't really getting much attention, or was unsatisfied with my dating life, I always wished that I could one day have a better dating life and live this lifestyle. But many times I realized that it's not as fulfilling as it seems. It gets boring and exhausting after some time, especially when you spend hours dating just for a little bit of validation in the end and don't even build a connection.

That's why I've also taken some breaks from dating and decided to be more intentional with it. I had some casual arrangements along the way, but even that is also exhausting to maintain, especially when you are an introverted person who values his time, because it's really time-consuming.

But I would still say that changing my location to improve my dating life and the probability of a successful future relationship was one of the biggest leverages and lifestyle improvements I could have done.

Luckily, I am in that position where I can choose my location and work remotely, but that was ONLY ONLY ONLY possible because I was so unsatisfied with my dating life in the past. It fueled so much anger and energy inside of me that all I could think about is that I need to make more money so that I can eventually escape this vicious cycle and become someone. This luckily worked out for me. And only once I had enough money and job security I started this lifestyle, or even came across the idea of being a passport bro. Though I am not a typical guy who just cares about mindless hookups, please don't get me wrong. I see it more as a rational way to improve one's dating life by analyzing the data and giving oneself what he deserves.

Hey,

I started traveling about 1 year ago. I am in my mid-twenties and come from a small city in Europe where I wasn't really dating. I am good-looking, though not tall (5ft8). I managed to meet girls throughout my life, but whenever I was using online dating it was often a humiliating experience because I was sometimes just getting matches with women that were far below my attractiveness level. At first, I felt discouraged, but I quickly learned that it has a lot to do with how rigged dating apps are.

I first started traveling to Thailand for 1 month. Not with the goal of dating, but because I can work remotely and always wanted to visit Thailand. I knew dating is easier there, but I didn't realize how huge the difference is. I was able to get a lot of matches on dating apps, and I met a Chinese girl who was in the same Airbnb as I was. She asked me for my Instagram. And then in the evening, she texted me asking if she could come to my room because her friend was having a fight over the phone with her boyfriend. She then came over and we chatted via Google Translate. And then one thing led to another and we hooked up on that same day. She was a cute, well-educated medicine student. I dated her a few more times, and she became obsessed with me, literally crying when she had to leave Thailand and then even flying extra from China to Vietnam to visit me when I was in Vietnam for 1 week. That shocked me. I've never experienced this kind of dating success before. What I have to say in addition to that is that I've also improved my looks a lot (before the looksmaxxing trend). I lost weight and improved my skin and hair. That boosted my attraction massively and would have also helped a lot with dating in Europe. I've always been a bit chubby, like 20% body fat, and when I went to 15% body fat my appearance just changed a lot. Now I am at 10% and it's even way more impressive how my results improved.

Anyways, after that 1 month, I focused on some personal projects and work again, and I went back to my small city in Europe. At this point, whenever I am there I don't even bother dating anymore. If you're from a small city you just get way fewer matches in general, and the people are often from way further away, so dating is not as accessible. Plus, the average age in my country is very high. This is no excuse or anything, but just statistically and demographically speaking, it's just bad. So in any case, I'd always recommend living in a somewhat big city if dating is important today.

Then a few months later I went to Africa. Specifically Kenya for 1 week. Again, just to visit the country and because I enjoy traveling, and because I was climbing Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. So I had a stopover and spent a week there.

I arrived very late and downloaded Tinder the day before. And when I arrived at my hotel I noticed that I was getting matches every few minutes, and I fell asleep. When I woke up the next day I was in shock! 1,000 matches. And what's totally insane is that every woman I swiped on literally contacted me first. This is something that is rare for me in Europe and happens when women are really into me and I am their type. In Asia that's far more common, but in Africa, it was basically every woman I felt like, and even women that were taller than me. I am 5ft8 and generally like women that are at least 5ft8 or below (so not taller) but it was still wild to me.

And YES I KNOW. A lot of women are hoping to escape their lives and just want money. But this was really not always the case. Many women really just wanted to meet me when I told them that I am just here for 1 week and that I am interested in something short-term. Or some women asked to watch a movie. And these were not sketchy women; often university students or just nice women. You can really identify that at some point or build a good intuition for it. But yes, there are still many bad actors out there (lol). Don't tell me.

But then also throughout my entire day, women would be very flirty and would look at me, and be super friendly just in general. I appreciated that a lot. Dating was super easy. I really feel like this is what life must be like for high-tier guys in the West, where they can just dictate the date and everything. Where you really just feel how much they appreciate you by how they text with you and by how they make themselves extra pretty on the dates. Also, being the leader and more dominant becomes so much easier then.

I've also been in Mombasa for 2 days just because Kenya was really cold during that time and I wanted to go somewhere warmer. What surprised me there is how underdeveloped it was compared to Kenya and how Muslim it was. I felt way less safe, and people constantly ask you for money on the streets or want you to drive in their tuk-tuk. But it also had beautiful areas and nice areas. Regarding dating, it was the same: literally just so easy and good.

You see sometimes white men or foreigners, usually older men, where you already know what they are after.

I've also been to some smaller cities in Africa, and dating is still very easy, but the smaller the city, the less developed and the more difficult dating became because of the lack of infrastructure and because it felt less safe. Also, because you are being watched more, I felt like. Dating a local woman as a white man, I was always being watched by other local men and I think judged, or they were jealous. I don't know, to be honest.

I've then also been to South Africa during that year. And the women there have incredible genetics and physiques—also in Kenya, but South Africa is on another level. I've been to the gym there and just signed up. The woman who made me sign the papers asked if I am a model. Lol. The women were really flirty, and I am facially maybe a 7, still quite above average, but still just 5ft8.

In that gym itself, I was also shocked by the figures of some of those African women. It's totally insane what physiques they have. I am not the biggest fan of them facially, but physically, they have shapes that some Western women can't even achieve with surgery. And they are often naturally very curvy, which is a total jackpot for me.

But still, dating was so great there, also because it was attracting many foreigners from other African countries, but also because you can date some white women from time to time. Though I notice for myself how I am not able to pull very top-tier ones. Still good-looking, but because it's Westernized it's still harder, but way easier than where I am from originally. And some of the South African women are extremely unique-looking because they are mixed nationality and background.

That's also where I dated one of the girls for a while. And it's insane how attached this one woman became with me. I must say I am always transparent; I never make false promises or tell them I want a relationship or so. But she still kept texting me even months after I was there, even when I didn't reply anymore because I told her I can't text anymore. And this happened a few times during my travels.

Then I've also been to Thailand again and stayed for a bit longer. And dating is also incredible. I was in Bangkok, and dating Asian women is amazing. They are so nice and sweet. Also, you can date so many Asian women that are expats and not from Bangkok. I've also dated many Western women in Bangkok, and I think I would have never dated them in their home country because of the competitive dating market. I found Bangkok pretty uncompetitive because many men really don't take care of themselves.

I've even had it a few times that women asked me for a casual encounter on Bumble/Tinder directly. And these were normal, sweet women—completely genuine. I really pay massive attention to this. One of them had barely any dating experience before. Two of them were actually both from Indonesia. One was from the UK but of Pakistani ethnicity.

But I must say something that I realized for myself: when I was younger and wasn't really getting much attention, or was unsatisfied with my dating life, I always wished that I could one day have a better dating life and live this lifestyle. But many times I realized that it's not as fulfilling as it seems. It gets boring and exhausting after some time, especially when you spend hours dating just for a little bit of validation in the end and don't even build a connection.

That's why I've also taken some breaks from dating and decided to be more intentional with it. I had some casual arrangements along the way, but even that is also exhausting to maintain, especially when you are an introverted person who values his time, because it's really time-consuming.

But I would still say that changing my location to improve my dating life and the probability of a successful future relationship was one of the biggest leverages and lifestyle improvements I could have done.

Luckily, I am in that position where I can choose my location and work remotely, but that was ONLY ONLY ONLY possible because I was so unsatisfied with my dating life in the past. It fueled so much anger and energy inside of me that all I could think about is that I need to make more money so that I can eventually escape this vicious cycle and become someone. This luckily worked out for me. And only once I had enough money and job security I started this lifestyle, or even came across the idea of being a passport bro. Though I am not a typical guy who just cares about mindless hookups, please don't get me wrong. I see it more as a rational way to improve one's dating life by analyzing the data and giving oneself what he deserves.

Hey,

Does anyone know how to fix that bug? I cant test my apps anymore. In none of my devides.
The email and account all are correct. It should just work , i used it all the time. I have latest IOS Version too:

Elon Musk was getting in pretty good shape and took it for quite a while, but then he stopped and got fat again. Anyone knows why he stopped?

I believe it messes too much with dopamin and reward system that he had less ambition in persuing his goals. And he realized that.

For many of us who take it, i really makes you less ambitious and kills motivation and dopamin related energy.