GENEVA — World Health Organization (WHO) leaders are sounding the alarm Thursday, warning that President Trump’s temporary freeze on federal funding for the organization may delay the release of a new pandemic.
“And that would be terrible,” the organization said in a statement. “We’ve got a cool name for it and everything. Delaying the pandemic now would cost hundreds, maybe thousands of good-paying Chinese jobs.”
According to WHO officials, the next pandemic is expected to be a “real doozy” and lead to creative new policies like standing exactly 28.5 feet away from other people, wearing masks over your ears, and burning down churches. But now, at the rate American policies are changing, the pandemic may never even happen.
“No one wants to see their life’s work go down the drain,” said WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. “It’s almost like Trump doesn’t even care who he hurts as long as he gets to save a buck.”
President Trump’s approval rating has risen by another 10 points in light of news of the pandemic’s likely delay and possible cancelation, surprising members of the mainstream media.
“The COVID pandemic was the best time of my life,” said CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins. “We got to scold people and get paid for it! Trump ruins everything!”
At publishing time, President Trump had responded to the WHO’s warning by making all funding cuts permanent.
President Donald Trump revealed that he has directed Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to conduct a comprehensive audit of the Pentagon’s funding.
During a press conference with Japan’s prime minister, when asked by a reporter about directives related to Pentagon budget reviews, Trump confirmed his decision.
“Yes, I have [directed Musk to review] Pentagon, Education, just about everything,” Trump said.
Trump continued, “We’re going to go through everything, just as it was so bad with what we just went through with this horrible situation [with USAID]. I guess 97% of the people have been dismissed. It was very, very unfortunate. You’re not going to find anything like that, but you’re going to find a lot.”
It can be recalled that acting USAID Director and Secretary of State Marco Rubio is reportedly downsizing the bureaucratic agency, retaining only 294 of the agency’s 14,000 employees worldwide. This move cuts 97% of USAID’s staff.
“I’ve instructed him to go check the Pentagon, which is the military. Sadly, you’ll find some things that are pretty bad. But I don’t think, proportionately, you’re going to see anything like we just saw,” Trump said.
Affluent liberals’ purported compassion bears a striking resemblance to self-interest.
In fact, like their 19th-century forebears, modern Democrats seem to fancy themselves benefactors to those whom they exploit.
According to the New York Post, police officials in the upscale village of East Hampton on New York’s Long Island have assured wealthy residents that local police cannot cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in detaining and deporting the illegal immigrants upon whom those residents rely for domestic service.
“If it is an ICE detainer or an administrative warrant, we do not have the authority. We will not hold them,” East Hampton Village Police Chief Jeffrey Erickson said at a community meeting on Tuesday.
East Hampton Town Police Chief Michael Sarlo said effectively the same thing at a different meeting.
“Our level of participation and cooperation with ICE lies in criminal matters,” Sarlo said. “I haven’t seen an ICE agent in this town in I can’t tell you how long.”
Sarlo did add, however, that local police do not make a habit of violently confronting armed federal agents.
In other words, police in sanctuary cities cannot assist ICE, but neither do they actively resist ICE’s efforts. Thus, sanctuary cities themselves constitute the real problem here.
Tom Homan, President Donald Trump’s border czar, made that clear last month when he complained that sanctuary cities’ policies make ICE agents’ jobs exponentially more dangerous.
East Hampton’s affluent liberals, however, could not care less about ICE agents’ safety or about federal immigration laws. After all, those liberals need cheap maids and landscapers.
“I think it’s a very good idea and very helpful considering we have a very large community here, and people rely on them,” East Hampton resident Alex Lovett said.
According to Zillow, the average home price in East Hampton is $1.92 million.
Meanwhile, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, that wealthy enclave nonetheless maintains a poverty rate of 11.5 percent. How many of those impoverished people work as maids and landscapers?
Of course, Democrats have given no indication that they feel any shame about the slave-like wages they pay their domestic servants.
In fact, they talk openly about how much they need illegal immigrants to pick berries for their fruity drinks.
Mainly based on interviews with Assange’s father antiwar activist John Shipton, this 2020 documentary provides the first comprehensive biography on Julian Assange I’ve seen.
Julian grew up in Melbourne Australia, which in the late eighties and early nineties was the Australian center for international hackers and “experimenters.” As a teenager, Assange and his friends spend most of their spare time trading hacking programs. In 1989, the Melbourne hacking syndicate broke into the NASA computer and infected it with a “wank worm” containing a message about warmongering. The breach would force NASA to postpone a shuttle launch.
By 2006, Assange was less interested in hacking than in material he discovered on-line related to constant lies the US and other governments told the public. The same year he and hacking friends founded Wikileaks, using the Tor* server as an anonymizer for government whistleblowers to share embarrassing documents. The first leaks Wikileaks made public concerned Somali government malfeasance. In 2009, they exposed the Climategate emails revealing climate scientists were faking data about global warming.
In 2010, Wikileaks made world headlines after they published the Collateral Murder video. Shot by US troops from an Apache helicopter gun-sight, it clearly shows the deliberate unprovoked killing of 12-18 Iraqis civilians, including a Reuters journalist, his rescuers and two young children.
Wikileaks’ next major leak concerned monitoring by US intelligence of all private gmail, iPhone and Blackberry communications.
On November 28 2010, Wikileaks shared their third major leak, consisting of 400,000 classified cables from 2001-2009 about the US coverup of Iraqi civilian deaths, torture of Iraqi prisoners and child prostitution. The New York Times, the Guardian and Der Spiegel eagerly collaborated with them in releasing this explosive material.
Although Wikileaks offered the Obama White House the opportunity (which they declined) to review the logs before they were published, Obama immediately accused Wikileaks of endangering Afghans who helped US occupying forces in Afghanistan. On November 30, Interpol issued an Interpol Red Notice for Assange’s arrest for sexual assaults that allegedly occurred in Sweden mid-August.** He was arrested in Britain, having left Sweden after the Swedish prosecutor assured his lawyer there were no arrest charges against him.
In May 2012 after losing his Supreme Court appeal against extradition to Sweden (based on fears Sweden would extradite him to the US where he potentially faced the death penalty), Assange was granted asylum in London’s Ecuadoran embassy.
He spent the next eight years in the tiny Ecuadoran embassy (a three-bedroom apartment), confined to a single room and foregoing access to sunlight or dental or medical care. Wikileaks continued to operate from the Ecuadoran embassy, releasing another high profile leak in 2016, of DNC emails regarding a deliberate Democratic Party conspiracy to sabotage Bernie Sanders primary campaign.
Six years into his stay, Ecuador elected a pro-US government, and the new president Lenin Moreno did everything he could to force Assange to leave voluntarily. This included denying him access to his lawyers and razors, searching his visitors, putting surveillance cameras in his room and periodically neglecting to provide food and toilet paper. They Ecuadoran government also released media stories about Assange being messy, having poor hygiene and smearing feces on the walls. After 18 months, the Ecuadoran government allowed British police into the embassy (which is sovereign Ecuadoran territory under international law) to arrest him.
The US immediately filed for his extradition on espionage charges, but the UK forced him to serve his 11 month sentence first for breaching his parole.
Afternote: During his 2022 extradition trial and subsequent appeals, Assange was confined to Belmarsh high security prison, where he was denied Internet and telephone and forbidden to fraternize with other prisoners.
In June 2024 he was finally released from prison after pleading guilty to a single charge of “conspiracy to obtain and disclose classified US defense documents.” He was released at a hearing in the US District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands, and from there flew home to Australia.***
*Tor is a free overlay network for enabling anonymous communication. Built on free and open-source software and more than seven thousand volunteer-operated relays, users can have their Internet traffic routed via a random path through the network
A second deportation flight carrying 13 Venezuelan gang members wanted for a range of violent crimes departed El Paso, Texas, for Guantanamo Bay in Cuba Thursday.
The flight roster includes a Tren de Aragua gang member who committed a homicide and another who admitted he is wanted in Venezuela for escaping from jail, aggravated robbery with a weapon and intent to commit homicide, according to a Homeland Security official.
Other offenses the migrants are accused of include possession of dangerous drugs, robbery, assault, fraud and entering the US illegally, the official said.
A second deportation flight carrying 13 Venezuelan gang members departed El Paso for Guantanamo on Feb. 6, 2025. Department of Defense
The flight comes 48 hours after the first such planeload, which left Fort Bliss, Texas, Tuesday carrying about a dozen “highly dangerous” illegal migrants, including 10 Tren de Aragua gangbangers.
The prison complex located in the south of Cuba became known for housing notorious criminals including 9/11 plotters, and has been newly repurposed to house criminal migrants as part of President Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration.
More than 10 per cent of farmland in England is set to be diverted towards helping to achieve net zero and protecting wildlife by 2050, the Environment Secretary will reveal on Friday.
Swathes of the countryside are on course to be switched to solar farms, tree planting and improving habitats for birds, insects and fish.
What if that’s the whole point? Tucker Carlson recently asked Piers Morgan this uncomfortable question.
Morgan refused to let his mind go there. And for good reason. It’s a dark premise. Yet one with historical context that must be analyzed due to the aggressive moves now in play against farmers around the world and humanity at large.
Thomas Malthus was the East India Company’s first economist training individuals for service as administrators for the organization. Malthus was also a eugenicist in the economic wheelhouse of the world’s largest corporate monopoly with its own private army.
The power of population is so superior to the power in the earth to produce subsistence for man, that premature death must in some shape or other visit the human race. The vices of mankind are active and able ministers of depopulation. They are the precursors in the great army of destruction; and often finish the dreadful work themselves. But should they fail in this war of extermination, sickly seasons, epidemics, pestilence, and plague, advance in terrific array, and sweep off their thousands and ten thousands. Should success be still incomplete, gigantic inevitable famine stalks in the rear, and with one mighty blow levels the population with the food of the world.
Eugenicists aren’t picky. Whatever gets people off the planet en masse – they’re into. Notice his last sentence, when bases are loaded and “success be still incomplete,” it’s the famine that is the preferred home run hitter – the weapon of choice.
In the 1860s, the full weight of the East India Company’s monopoly helped kill off India’s economy of textile industries putting countless out of work and forcing them into agriculture. This, in turn, made the Indian economy much more dependent on the whims of seasonal monsoons as dry seasons gripped the country.
The Indian and British press carried reports of rising prices, dwindling grain reserves, and the desperation of peasants no longer able to afford rice.
All of this did little to stir the colonial administration into action. In the mid-19th Century, it was common economic wisdom that government intervention in famines was unnecessary and even harmful. The market would restore a proper balance. Any excess deaths, according to Malthusian principles, were nature’s way of responding to overpopulation.
The current overlay argument government, NGOs, and global bodies like the United Nations are using to interrupt farming during present day is because of ‘net zero’ goals.
[See video below on the origin of the ‘climate crisis’ narrative highlighting the Club of Rome’s hand in crafting the modern day operation.]
Cows create greenhouse gases, carbon emissions from fertilizers, destruction of wildlife, and people themselves are all, we are told to believe, BIG negatives for the earth. Therefore they must be reduced.
Not in an orderly way, but as fast as possible because we’re told change in climate is the biggest, world-ending threat humans face – or something like that.
The United Nations [think Agenda 2030, Paris Agreement] has been the prime mover, policy-shaping action arm to accomplish this ‘net zero’ utopia. Enter Julian Huxley.
Huxley emerges after World War 2 as a crucial bridging figure from what has been referred to as “old eugenics” [Malthus] to a new eugenics based on molecular biology and human evolution.
In 1945 as World War 2 was ending, the United Nations was founded in New York. That same year, the United Nations Conference for the Establishment of an Education and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) was also founded in London with Julian Huxley becoming the first Director-General.
One year later Huxley wrote UNESCO ITS PURPOSE AND ITS PHILOSOPHY stating:
At the moment, it is probable that the indirect effect of civilisation is dysgenic instead of eugenic; and in any case it seems likely that the dead weight of genetic stupidity, physical weakness, mental instability, and disease-proneness, which already exist in the human species, will prove too great a burden for real progress to be achieved. Thus even though it is quite true that any radical eugenic policy will be for many years politically and psychologically impossible, it will be important for Unesco to see that the eugenic problem is examined with the greatest care, and that the public mind is informed of the issues at stake so that much that now is unthinkable may at least become thinkable.
As it appears we are now in the home stretch of the environmental overlay of modern-day eugenics, the consensus-building and subtle messaging are being done away with.
A 2022 research article published in the journal Social Studies of Science titled Environmental Malthusianism and Demography writes:
Some bioethicists argue that, because ‘we are threatened with more population than the planet can bear’, humans simply ‘don’t have a right to more than one biological child’ (Conly, 2016: 2). Some recommend that governments act to uphold this limit (Hickey et al., 2016). Even feminist historians and sociologists of science, including some sharp critics of the population control projects of the late 20th century, now call for measures to reduce childbearing as a means of combatting climate change. Environmental Malthusianism, the idea that human population growth is the primary driver of environmental harms and population control a prerequisite to environmental protection, is experiencing a resurgence.
At some point, the unfortunate Ukrainian people will simply have to get rid of NATO occupation and form an independent government that would come to an agreement with Russia and finally end the conflict.
The only way for them to normalize relations with their eastern neighbor is to get rid of the political West and its Neo-Nazi proxies. Even that would just be the first step, as it would take quite an effort to convince the Kremlin that all that would be genuine.
Since taking office approximately two weeks ago, US President Donald Trump has suggested that Russia should “end the war immediately”. This notion has also been proposed by the mainstream propaganda machine quite consistently in the last almost three years. However, the Kremlin has been reluctant to jump the gun, and for good reason. Namely, it’s not easy to end something that you didn’t start in the first place.
Moscow has been trying to negotiate a peaceful settlement for approximately a decade, including after the start of the special military operation (SMO) on February 24, 2022. However, all these attempts have been futile, as the Neo-Nazi junta is simply incapable of telling the truth, let alone keeping its word. Subsequent “peace summits” have been nothing more than propaganda gatherings designed to present the Kiev regime as “willing to end the war”.
Thus, it’s quite clear that the Kremlin has nothing to talk about with such terrorist entities. However, this begs the question, why doesn’t Russia simply launch a massive offensive on a strategic level and just knock down this criminal regime? Well, there’s far more to this than meets the eye. Namely, at least two dozen million people are living under NATO occupation in Ukraine now. The political West and its Neo-Nazi puppets are responsible for keeping this satellite state afloat.
Not to mention that this state apparatus has been vetted to include only those who are Russophobic to the core, so the Kremlin would effectively be feeding the dog that has been biting its hand. As a result, Moscow is in no hurry to end the NATO-orchestrated Ukrainian conflict and is willing to wait as long as it takes. At some point, the unfortunate Ukrainian people will simply have to get rid of this NATO occupation and form an independent government that would come to an agreement with Russia and finally end the conflict.
The only way for them to normalize relations with their eastern neighbor is to get rid of the political West and its Neo-Nazi proxies. Even that would just be the first step, as it would take quite an effort to convince the Kremlin that all that would be genuine. Namely, the questions of territorial integrity and security guarantees are the primary concerns for the Russian state.
Any attempt to keep it alive will result in the prolonging of the NATO-orchestrated Ukrainian conflict, as Russia doesn’t need “peace deals” that would turn into yet another ruse to buy time for the rebuilding of the Kiev regime’s military power. Thus, the Kremlin will keep exerting incremental pressure and continue advancing on the frontlines, while letting the Neo-Nazi junta fester.
Footage from the Defense Department shows Marines boarding a plane bound for Guantanamo Bay from an air base in North Carolina on Sunday. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images, left; DOD via AP, right)
The Trump administration has begun flying detained illegal migrants from the U.S. to Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Tuesday.
The move comes just days after President Donald Trump announced that he would instruct the Pentagon to prepare the facility to hold around 30,000 “criminal illegal aliens” at the U.S. military base.
“I can also confirm that today the first flights from the United States to Guantanamo Bay with illegal migrants are underway,” Leavitt said.
“And so President Trump, Pete Hegseth and Kristi Noem are already delivering on this promise to utilize that capacity at Gitmo for illegal criminals who have broken our nation’s immigration laws and then have further committed heinous crimes against lawful American citizens here at home.”
Leavitt said that El Salvador has agreed to the repatriation of its own citizens as well as also “illegal criminals from other nations” who will then be sent to their prisons.
“Venezuela as well has agreed to repatriation flights and Colombia also agreed to cooperate with the repatriation of illegal Colombian nationals that we have found in the interior of our country.”
One flight from Fort Bliss to Guantanamo has roughly a dozen migrants on board, the Pentagon confirmed to Fox News. An additional flight left the U.S. on Monday, the Wall Street Journal reported.
The migrants will be held in the detention facility that was set up for post-Sept. 11 detainees. They will be separated from the 15 detainees already there, including the Sept. 11 planners like Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.
Around 150 Marines are at the Naval Station and have set up tents for around 1,000 migrants in the other part of the Naval Base. But those facilities with latrines and showers are not yet ready for an onslaught of 30,000 migrants as promised by Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
As of today, the facility is understood to have enough beds to cater to around 144 migrants, though there is not yet enough military security for all those beds to be filled right now.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told Fox News’ Will Cain on the “Will Cain Show” last week that Guantanamo Bay is already being used to house illegal immigrants, particularly the worst of the worst.
Noem said her department will make sure resources are placed there to ensure there is enough space to get criminal illegal aliens out of the U.S.
Trump last week signed a presidential memorandum last week to begin the process of making 30,000 beds available at Guantanamo to house migrants who pose a threat to the American public, adding that putting them there will ensure they do not come back.
“Some of them are so bad, we don’t even trust their countries to hold them because we don’t want them coming back,” Trump said. “We’re going to send them to Guantanamo.”
He added, “It’s a tough place to get out of.”
The president said the move will bring the U.S. one step closer to “eradicating the scourge” of migrant crime in communities, once and for all.
The migrant facility at the base is separate from the high-security U.S. prison for foreign terrorism suspects – which has been used occasionally for decades, including to hold Haitians and Cubans picked up at sea.
The Trump administration has not said how much it would cost to expand Guantanamo, which was established in 2002 to detain foreign militants in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States.
He also called on Congress to provide full funding for the complete and total restoration of U.S. borders and financial support to remove record numbers of illegal aliens.
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel last week called Trump’s move to send 30,000 migrants to Guantanamo an “act of brutality.”
“In an act of brutality, the new US government announces the imprisonment at the Guantanamo Naval Base, located in illegally occupied territory [of Cuba], of thousands of migrants that it forcibly expels, and will place them next to the well-known prisons of torture and illegal detention,” he said in a translated post on X.
Gut microbes significantly influence energy production and usage in primates, with larger-brained primates having microbiota that promotes energy use, while smaller-brained primates’ microbiota favors energy storage
Short-chain fatty acids, such as acetate and propionate, are crucial in energy creation and reducing fat storage, thereby providing energy for brain growth
Research shows that gut microbes played a pivotal role in the evolution of larger brains in humans by optimizing energy allocation to meet the brain’s high demands
The gut-brain connection is central to understanding how energy is allocated in primates, with gut microbiota composition varying across species, thus influencing the metabolic traits of each species
Supporting your gut microbiome is essential for proper brain function. Strategies such as replacing processed foods with healthy carbohydrate and practicing proper breathing techniques will create a strong foundation for probiotics to flourish
Gut microbes are fascinating entities that play a pivotal role in how energy is produced and used in our bodies. These tiny organisms produce short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), which are crucial in influencing our metabolic function.
For example, SCFAs such as acetate and propionate have a significant impact on glucose production and fat storage. They are not just passive bystanders — they actively shape the metabolic processes of their host. But have you ever wondered how the gut microbiome works for our primate companions?
Interestingly, each primate species exhibit variations in their gut microbiota composition, which are instrumental in supporting their brain evolution. Larger-brained primates, for instance, have gut microbiota that promotes energy use, while smaller-brained primates have microbiota that favors energy storage. This variation in gut microbiota composition is a key factor in understanding how energy is allocated in primates.1
The underlying metabolic differences in each species’ microbiota are rooted in their respective abilities to produce SCFAs, which are produced through the fermentation of dietary fibers and carbohydrates. Once synthesized, they influence various metabolic processes, including appetite regulation, fat synthesis and glucose metabolism. By modulating these processes, SCFAs help determine whether energy is used for immediate needs or stored for future use.
A Look Into the Gut Microbiota of Primates
A study published in Microbial Genomics investigated how gut microbiota across different primate species influences their metabolism. Specifically, the researchers focused on the relationship between brain size and energy requirements.2 The study utilized germ-free mice inoculated with gut microbiota from three primate species — macaques, squirrel monkeys and humans.
The three primates were selected based on their relative brain sizes and distinct metabolic traits, providing a comparative framework to explore how each gut microbiota affects the host’s metabolism. The researchers demonstrated that “the primate gut microbiota contributes to interspecific differences in host metabolism” and that the microbiota “of larger-brained primates shifts host metabolism towards energy use and production.”3
The findings reveal that microbiota from larger-brained primates exhibit significant metabolic differences. Specifically, the researchers noted that “High-EQ (encephalization quotient) primate-inoculated mice had significantly lower per cent body fat” and “appeared to have heightened energy production.”4
Additional testing shows increased fasting blood glucose levels and altered liver enzyme concentrations, indicating a shift towards enhanced energy utilization. There was also a notable increase in triglycerides and a decrease in cholesterol levels among the test subjects.5
The study identified SCFAs, particularly acetate and propionate, as key metabolites produced in greater concentrations by the gut microbiota of high-EQ primates. “The GMs (gut microbiota) of high-EQ primates produce increased concentrations of SCFAs, particularly acetate and propionate,” which play a crucial role in supporting energy metabolism.6
For example, propionate is important for optimal brain function among humans. As noted by the editors of Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience:7
“It plays an important role in maintaining the health and proper functioning of the brain and in protecting against neuroinflammation and neurodegenerative diseases (NDD), such as Alzheimer’s disease. These roles of propionate are potentially mediated by endocrine, immune, vagal, and humoral pathways …
In addition to the microbiota, other potential sources of propionate include the diet, where it is used as a food preservative, and in medical treatments, such as valproic acid. Propionate and propionate-enhancing pre/probiotics, diet, and fecal transplantation can be effective treatments for NDD, but measures should also be taken to prevent propionate toxicity.”
The Role of SCFAs in Energy Production
Mechanistically, the increased production of acetate and propionate by the gut microbiota influences liver gene expression, leading to enhanced energy production and utilization. In the words of the researchers, “These host metabolic differences are associated with changes in liver gene expression,” indicating a direct link between microbial activity and host metabolic pathways.8
Furthermore, SCFAs cross the blood-brain barrier, functioning either as an immediate energy source for the brain or as signaling molecules that regulate metabolic processes.9
The study also observed that “mice with the GMs from the two distantly related primate species with relatively high-EQ had a metabolic phenotype consistent with higher host energy use and production.” This means that the gut microbiota not only affects fat storage but also enhances the body’s ability to generate and utilize energy more efficiently.10
Consequently, “High-EQ primate-inoculated mice exhibited increased blood concentrations of ALP and ALT,” which are enzymes related to liver function, further supporting the metabolic shifts induced by the microbiota.11
Moreover, the research highlighted that “the glucose produced via this pathway could be a valuable energy source for the brain,” emphasizing the importance of gut-derived metabolites in supporting brain function.12
By fostering an environment where energy is readily available, the gut microbiota facilitates the maintenance and development of larger brains in primates. This symbiotic relationship underscores the pivotal role of gut microbes in evolutionary adaptations related to brain size and cognitive abilities.13
Four Ways to Support Optimal Gut-Brain Health
As shown in the published research, your gut microbiome plays a vital role in brain function and energy metabolism. By optimizing your gut health, you’ll be able to enhance your cognitive function and overall well-being. Here are four practical steps to nurture this connection:
1. Nourish beneficial bacteria with healthy carbohydrates — Incorporate healthy carbohydrates daily, adjusting based on your microbiome and activity level. Focus on whole fruits with pulp and gradually introduce fiber-rich foods as your gut health improves. But what if your gut is severely compromised and can’t tolerate complex carbohydrates? Don’t worry — I’ll give you tips on how to repair your gut in the last section.
2. Nurture a carbon dioxide-rich environment and eliminate harmful foods — Minimize oxygen by ensuring adequate cellular energy production through proper nutrition and stress management.
Avoid high-intensity exercise immediately after meals, as it can disrupt this delicate balance by redirecting blood flow away from digestion. Additionally, eliminate vegetable oils, processed foods and nuts from your diet to protect your gut and overall health.
3. Optimize SCFA production while protecting the gut barrier — Enhance the production of SCFAs, essential for both gut and brain health, by consuming appropriate carbohydrate sources. Introduce fiber gradually and monitor your body’s response to avoid increasing endotoxin levels. SCFAs help maintain the integrity of the blood-brain barrier, supporting overall well-being.
4. Protect mitochondrial function with healthy fats — Vegetable oils are one of the most pernicious toxins in the modern Western diet. Instead, cook homemade meals using natural fats like grass fed butter, tallow or ghee. These healthy fats support mitochondrial energy production and the maintenance of beneficial gut bacteria.
Additional Strategies to Support Gut Microbiome Function
Is your gut severely compromised? If it is, you need to slowly repair it until you’re able to digest healthy carbs regularly. In my interview with Dr. Vincent Pedre, an internist focusing on functional medicine and gut health, he recommends beginning with low-carb and carnivore-like diets, as this creates an environment that limits the fuel sources of pathogenic bacteria.
While it will bring results, I recommend against long-term implementation because you will eventually need carbohydrates. If you don’t have enough carbohydrate intake, your muscles will eventually waste away, and cortisol will elevate.
US president Donald Trump will try to force Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky to agree to a ceasefire with Russia by Easter under a peace plan, according to a report.
Trump, who has long claimed that he would be able to negotiate an ending to the brutal invasion of Ukraine in a single day, is said to be working to end the war within 100 days.
The unconfirmed plans, reported by Ukrainian outlet Strana, have been doing the rounds in ‘political and diplomatic circles’ in Ukraine, and will include a ceasefire by April 20 that would freeze Russia’s steady advance, and a ban on Ukraine from joining NATO.
According to Newsweek it would include a demand for Kyiv to accept Russian sovereignty on annexed land. Zelensky has denied the existence of such a plan.
On top of this, Ukrainian troops will be made to leave Russia’s Kursk region, where it launched a counteroffensive in August, while a contingent of European soldiers, which could include British troops, would be asked to police a demilitarised zone. American troops will not be involved in this contingent.
The EU will reportedly be asked to assist Ukraine in its reconstruction efforts, which may cost as much as $486billion (£392billion) over the next decade according to the German Marshall Fund thinktank.
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has denied the existence of the ceasefire plans and the White House has yet to officially comment on the reports.
But if confirmed, it would see Zelensky and Vladimir Putin sharing a phone call within days before the warring pair meet either in late February or early March. An official ceasefire declaration would then be made on April 20.
A declaration on the agreed parameters for ending the war would then be released by May 9, after which Kyiv would be asked not to extend martial law or mobilise troops.
Trump also wants to set up an International Peace Conference, mediated by other prominent nations, that would gather to help forge an agreement to end the brutal war that has so far killed over 45,000 Ukrainian soldiers, according to Zelensky, and an estimated 840,000 Russian troops according to Ukrainian intelligence agencies.
While many of the terms of the reported plans include concessions for Ukraine, Trump is also reportedly planning on continuing American support for Ukraine’s military, as well as a pathway for it to join the EU by 2030.
But Russia would also make significant gains as the plans include lifting sanctions on Russian energy over several years, though money from special duties on energy will be used to help fund Ukraine’s rebuilding efforts.
Zelensky’s office has strenuously denied the legitimacy of the peace plans.
Andriy Yermak, the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, wrote on Telegram that they did not ‘exist in reality’, adding that such reports often disguised allegations spread by Russians.
Zelensky told media groups on Sunday: ‘Russia’s war is against Ukraine, against Europe, against the whole world, but above all, the war is waged on our land. It is impossible to exclude Ukraine from any negotiating platform.
‘Either this negotiating platform will have no real results, or it will have only political results. And such results will have nothing to do with security or the end of the war.’
He added: ‘I would really like the European voice to be there as well. It is important for us because we will be members of the European Union.
‘But I can’t say clearly today what the structure of the negotiation process will be. Because we do not have a joint plan yet.’
Russia, meanwhile, said that the US is yet to offer any substantial details on the ceasefire deal.
Moscow’s foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said: ‘Right now there are a lot of words, a lot of statements.
‘There is no clarity or certainty about the steps being taken. Therefore, it would be premature to discuss the prospects of negotiations or anything in general in this context… We will focus on specific steps and actions.’
Russia currently controls around 20% of Ukraine’s territory, and has held widely disregarded referendums in four regions in which they ‘voted’ to join Russia.
Zelensky previously claimed that he would never allow an acre of land to remain in Putin’s hands, but has also admitted that land may not be returned to Ukraine immediately.
The Most Revolutionary Act 