Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussion

[JimboToronto]

Years ago when I noticed my blood sugar starting to rise, I cut out all sugars and starchy foods like potatoes, rice, bread, cakes, cookies, candies, etc. I started using stevia in my morning coffee. It soon started bugging me though because it gave me a funny feeling in my mouth and made me drool. I reverted to a single spoonful of pure cane sugar in my coffee. Within a few months I'd lost 30lb and when I asked my doctor how my blood sugar was, she replied, "remarkably better, in fact better than mine".

I later did some research and found an article from the University of California medical school explaining the glycemic chemistry of fructose and how it affects our blood sugar levels, and hence diabetes. It seems fructose is really a poison but nature provides an antidote in the form of fiber. Unfortunately most commercially available fruit juices have had all the fiber filtered out of them. Almost all soft drinks except pure soda water contain a particularly unhealthy ingredient called high-fructose corn syrup or glucose-fructose without any fiber. Fructose is sweeter than sucrose so sleazy businesses can save a buck by using a smaller (and thus cheaper) amount of fructose in their products than they would with real cane or beet sugar. At least in Mexico they still use real cane sugar in their Coca-Cola.

I'm not at my principle residence where I have access to the article I'm citing but if I get a chance I'll post a link.

TLDR- Stevia's OK but real cane sucrose is better.

[AirtelBuzz]

My name is bitebits and I have $10k in my bank account.

[Biodom]

Years ago when I noticed my blood sugar starting to rise, I cut out all sugars and starchy foods like potatoes, rice, bread, cakes, cookies, candies, etc. I started using stevia in my morning coffee. It soon started bugging me though because it gave me a funny feeling in my mouth and made me drool. I reverted to a single spoonful of pure cane sugar in my coffee. Within a few months I'd lost 30lb and when I asked my doctor how my blood sugar was, she replied, "remarkably better, in fact better than mine".

I later did some research and found an article from the University of California medical school explaining the glycemic chemistry of fructose and how it affects our blood sugar levels, and hence diabetes. It seems fructose is really a poison but nature provides an antidote in the form of fiber. Unfortunately most commercially available fruit juices have had all the fiber filtered out of them. Almost all soft drinks except pure soda water contain a particularly unhealthy ingredient called high-fructose corn syrup or glucose-fructose without any fiber. Fructose is sweeter than sucrose so sleazy businesses can save a buck by using a smaller (and thus cheaper) amount of fructose in their products than they would with real cane or beet sugar. At least in Mexico they still use real cane sugar in their Coca-Cola.

I'm not at my principle residence where I have access to the article I'm citing but if I get a chance I'll post a link.

TLDR- Stevia's OK but real cane sucrose is better.

Yep...this explains it in detail:

https://www.eufic.org/en/whats-in-food/article/what-is-glucose-fructose-syrup-qa

Weight-wise, fructose is indeed 1.2-1.8 times sweeter than sucrose, albeit sucrose is basically glucose and fructose molecules bonded together by a chemical bond called glycosidic linkage. As the cited article describes, it is different in what is called glucose-fructose or fructose-glucose, which are made from starch. That glucose-fructose is being added almost everywhere (especially in processed foods), though, so it is hard to "escape" from it being consumed by almost everyone.

[Roggeredek]

My name is bitebits and I have $10k in my bank account.

What happens? we are know Bitcoin never down $30k, welcome $10k BTC in bank.

[Biodom]

My name is bitebits and I have $10k in my bank account.

That's a bit random, unless it is in connection with "My name is Robert Paulson"-from the "Fight club".
If not, then i should say that very few Americans have 10K in the bank.

60% live paycheck to paycheck:
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/12/11/why-even-americans-making-more-than-100000-live-paycheck-to-paycheck.html

A median checking account in US (called payment account or transaction account outside of US) balance was $2900 in 2022:
https://www.fool.com/the-ascent/research/average-checking-account-balance/

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[DirtyKeyboard]

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[Sexylizzy2813]

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Very hard to see Bitcoin price surpass $45k since last year and is still having same effect this year, $44k now and I'm expecting it to go back to $43-42k any time soon...

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[bitebits]

My name is bitebits and I have $10k in my bank account.

That's a bit random, unless it is in connection with "My name is Robert Paulson"-from the "Fight club".
If not, then i should say that very few Americans have 10K in the bank.

60% live paycheck to paycheck:
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/12/11/why-even-americans-making-more-than-100000-live-paycheck-to-paycheck.html

A median checking account in US (called payment account or transaction account outside of US) balance was $2900 in 2022:
https://www.fool.com/the-ascent/research/average-checking-account-balance/

Thought I better come clean regarding my fiat addiction. Seems most Americans are doing much better than I do.

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[Torque]

Reacher season 2 out.

Haven't watched yet. Is it any good?

So far it is, watched the first 3.

I rather liked season 1.

Yeah season one kicked serious ass!

Ok, I watched Reacher season 2, the first 3 episodes.

Loving it so far! Could say it's even better than the first season.

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[hisslyness]

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I feel this was everyone's last chance to buy Bitcoin sub 44K....

Happy to cop a "that didn't age well" post next week

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[ivomm]

This week will be epic both for Bitcoin and me! The long awaited ETF will be a fact by Wednesday. On that day I will receive the keys of my new home. The next day my super computer will arrive. On the day after I will get 1Gb optical internet. Not to mention my new job, where I quickly became a boss. And the city is so nice and developed, I fell in love with it. The only bit missing in this puzzle is the price 130K+, when I intend to pay off my mortgage in full

[AirtelBuzz]

11 spot bitcoin ETFs set to be approved in next 3 days