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Yes definitely

What should I get checked? Total cholesterol, LDL-C, HDL-C, ApoB and what else?

Thread turned into a fat powered ketokid mess :D

As above, no have not

Agree otherwise

Ideally I would like to keep it as close to zero as possible

Yeah I do understand that as well and most of the other factors are in control

Unfortunately have not had a chance to measure them...

In order to decrease the possible risk of developing CV disease later

How on earth do you keep dietary cholesterol to minimum on non vegan diet? Assuming most of here are eating high protein, cholesterol just piles up unless you only eat egg whites and whey isolate
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Hit me up with the best sources (most protein to calorie ratio) of plant based protein

Going to try full vegan diet for a few days just because why not and need to switch chicken breast, white...

Unless familial hypercholesterolemia

You want to avoid saturated fats and dietary cholesterol and increase fiber, PUFAs, MUFAs and plant based protein sources

Nootropics are your best bet on top of a good diet

Speaking of melatonin

Is it safe supplement long term daily? Say 2mg each night pre bed? Are there any long term studies done and are there any negatives to it? Never tried it personally so I am...

Here some sleep tips off the top of my head


Wake and go to bed same time
No caffeine 8hrs pre bed
If struggling cut caffeine completely for few days
When you wake up, immediately get out of...

This is what I do, you do you :)

Hardest to digest

Say you have a meal of salmon, white rice and broccoli

I start with broccoli then move to salmon and finish with white rice for digestion purposes

Yes I do

From hardest to digest to easiest to digest , always

Veggies first, then protein / fat and carbs the last

Depends on the context

Contest prep; re asses what happened and make up for it

Not a contest prep; carry on normal

The chances are either

You are not used to train in the mornings and that's why performance suffers (it can take a long time to adapt to a new max performance window)

You are not properly fed...

Why are you so hellbent on trying to have the magical ratio of 50/30/20 ?

Trve :)

Buying the book and purchasing a lifetime access to a membership site always seems to reveal some ancient black magic , the more expensive the total price , the mightier the magic

You mean refeeds? I think they have their place when approaching extremely low bodyfat if interested to hold as much muscle as possible