A very nice benefit that I get from thyroid is improved blood sugar regulation. I do much better when in-between meals, I don’t get hungry that often, and if I do get it, I am still able to function great, and not see a crash in energy levels.

@Jonk I tried NDT once from Idealabs, I did ok on it, but the benefits were not that significant. Perhaps I should have increased the dose.
I’m now happy with Novotyral and see no reason to switch.

@nicemushroom17 Not mine. This guy has no idea about me. I think he did raised seat cycling.

@idealabsrat i tried this last night and when i went to cook the rice after rinsing the water would not evaporate. my rice essentially turned into porridge slop. i boiled it for one hour, rinsed the rice in a strainer, then brought to a boil with a bit of water and cooked on low heat. not sure what i'm doing wrong or if this is the proper texture when cooking it this way

@Hearthfire

Ya, that what I’m doing

I now seem to tolerate milk much better, which is fantastic. Before I could feel it giving me brain fog, dandruff/ dermatitis, but recently I started drinking milk again: goat milk and non-homogenized cow's milk and I feel pretty good from it.

I also realized how much the quality of the thyroid product matters. Before I was using Levotiron for T4, now I use Novothyral (100mcg T4 and 20 mcg T3 per pill), and I started feeling better in days.

Novothyral is so far the best thyroid product I could get my hands on (in Europe).

@PrinceTrebata Transdermally 50mg most of the time because it is 1ml of my solution / a full dropper.
I get effects from less than that but sub 5mg might be too little for topical.

@Mr-X dang I forgot *:D

I definitely have clearer/worsened skin depending on when I have good metabolism vs stress.

I think haidut posted a study saying a single 40mg dose of propranolol before doing something you find fearful can help eliminate the fear response completely for the next time you have to do it, forever.

found the post:
https://lowtoxinforum.com/threads/blocking-stress-adrenaline-just-once-cures-ptsd-and-maybe-any-mental-disorder.28622/

40mg propranolol 1 hour before the fearful event and then get a good nights sleep afterwards.

For the 2021-2023 NHANES data, in order to remove TRT users, I screened out those with testosterone over 600 who also had LH below reference range. Apparently TRT lowers LH and FSH to near zero. I also removed some data that was probably in error.

So average testosterone in 2021-2023 was 451 ng/dl - no major difference from 2015-2016's average of 459 ng/dl.

2021-2023:
20-24: 536
25-29: 464
30-34: 476
35-39: 440

2015-2016:
20-24: 535
25-29: 556
30-34: 461
35-39: 466

2011-2012
20-24: 468
25-29: 438
30-34: 435
35-39: 392

2003-2004
20-24: 673
25-29: 537
30-34: 541
35-39: 589

if its too acidic i add 1 gram of baking soda and some sugar (food grade aluminium free), the bicarb reacts with the acid to clear some (dont need a lot) and gives a little salt to balance the water, but yeh probably not the best if a sweet brand is available or vs eating ripe oranges

I’d vote stop all your supplements except D&K. Keep B complex if you’re sure it’s well formulated and no bad “additional ingredients. And cut the coconut oil. Not cuz it’s bad but you have coconut oil on your body you’re trying to loose.
1000mg of Mag is displacing calcium and you aren’t eating that much Cal.
Good luck that’s my two cents.
And walk more!

@Insomniac pregnenolone needs to be used with a lecithin carriera to work for topical use.

@sneedful

https://longestlevers.com/fat-loss/honey-diet.html

@NokiaDrift I'm so happy to see you're trying the glucose protocol. I was going to suggest it but then finished reading your post and saw that you're already giving it a go. I'm in my 4th month, but being a tad older than you I expect it could take me quite a bit longer to be 100%. You have overcome so much and are on the right track! Carry on and do keep everyone posted!

Any updates?

Also, can someone chime in regarding oral test metabolizing in the liver? i remember when i wanted to get into AAS about 8 years ago reading that those oral test supplements are toxic to the liver when metabolized, but as far as i remember those werent real test but rather test derivates. Does this apply to real test as well?

@Jakeandpace same, niacinamide and thiamine are kings.

@Ecstatic_Hamster said in Ideas for getting more CO2 into your everyday routine:

Control pause gets worse within 10 or 15 minutes of eating anything, especially protein, and especially foods you aren’t tolerant of. The CP diminishes for 3 or so hours. I have heard it has to do with ions soaked up in the process of creating hydrochloric acid for stomach digestive stage, and these ions are then picked back up into the body. I doubt this is the best explanation but it kind of explains why meat lowers CP more than eating fruit does.

It does not explain the food intolerance part.

As far as the Ray Peat diet (whatever that is) resulting in weight gain I find that when I limited sugar consumption and consumed more starch, I was able to easily lose body fat. That is the way most of the thin world eats.

Thanks @Ecstatic_Hamster i missed this earlier! Iv always noticed an initial lessening of symptoms immediately after eating i think from the pleasure of it, then followed by a worsening of symptoms about 30mins later as energy is taken for digestion. Interesting to see how this patches in with cp!