Anti-Hedonism

No, the point of life isn’t to maximize your pleasure (hedonism). ‘Hedon‘– pleasure, sweet [hedus].

Hedonism:

Loving sweet (sugary) things in life. A life of diabetes, over-fatness, and physiological illness.

How to transform the bitter into sweet

I quit sugar maybe 5 years ago. Why? Mostly aesthetic reasons. I want to be ripped, swole, jacked, and highly muscular, with a low body fat.

And this is the funny thing:

I have noticed once I quit sugar … foods which I once considered ‘bitter’ are actually very sweet.

For example, 100% dark chocolate [no sugar added] becomes very sweet. 100% cocoa powder becomes very sweet. 100% cocoa nibs become very sweet. Even broccoli becomes sweet. Carrots become too sweet.

Focus on consuming bitter foods

Making kimchi at home with collard greens

Kale, collard greens, mustard greens. Taste it — if it is bitter, it is good for you.

Typically, sweet foods are almost universally bad for you

Simple idea:

If you had the option of eating a very delicious 2-pound T-bone steak, or eating a muffin … which would you choose?

I would choose the steak.

Harder is better.

Consider … when is hardness better than softness?

If you’re a man, and you cannot get an erection (you cannot get hard, this is a big problem).

Or when it comes to society, do you prefer a soft society? Soft kids? Or hard and muscular individuals?

HARD IS THE GOAL.

ERIC

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