I know right?

Prove things to my own satisfaction?

My dear, that's science.

I will concede that not all research is created equally. That's why you have to research the research as well as have a working understanding of the topic to understand the paper in the first place.

That said, the point of research is to confirm repeatability. Was this a one-off? Are there any limitations? Does this work with some groups better than others? And so on and so forth.

And the funny thing about anecdotal evidence is that it's subject to the same flaws as peer-reviewed research. People lie because they have an incentive to do so. Or maybe they are doing something else that's causing changes and misattributing that to this breathing method. Maybe it does work, but only for certain kinds of people. Who's to say? But unlike anecdotal evidence, peer-reviewed research lays the methodology and conclusions out for all to see.

You just gotta understand what you're looking at.

Era? What era?

Never try to shock your body into anything. That's how you make yourself sick.

Just transition to an omnivorous diet first. Once you're settled in, then focus on weight gain.

This is not to say you can't gain on a vegetarian diet. There are a good chunk of vegetarian and vegan feedees on here. But focusing on too many things at once will make it harder for you to achieve your goals.

That said, you may end up gaining some weight anyway when you switch from a vegetarian to an omnivorous diet.

I'm actually a Christian.

That said, if someone is making health claims, then they need to have proof they actually work. There's a lot of snake oil out there that at best doesn't do what it claims and at worst actively harms someone.

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Gives a whole new meaning to airing out dirty laundry.

I'd say it's less about BMI and more about body comp and how you carry your weight.

But from there it comes down to personal opinion. For example, a lot of thick women and built men are technically fat. But very few people classify them as such.

The term "b-belly" is specific to pregnancy. The belly shape itself is not.

Since you decided to lash out at me, I have decided to do my own research outside of what you provided.

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9028328/
medicalnewstoday.com/articles/wim-hof-breathing-method#benefits
webmd.com/balance/wim-hof-breathing-technique

All of these say the same thing. The Wim Hof method seems interesting, but more research is needed. There's only been a handful of studies thus far, and these studies have a small sample size with inconclusive results. These were posted pretty recently - 2021 and 2022.

In other words, a lot of Wim Hof's claims cannot be scientifically prove because they are still being verified.

I believe you owe me an apology.

It all comes down to how you approach the fetish.