@winters2 said in hypothyroid no matter what: is this the only way to fix my hypothyroidism? We have to occupy the place in the presence of heavy metals. Heavy metals & antagonistic trace elements: Cadmium --> Zinc Lead --> Calcium, Molybdenum, Sulfur Aluminum --> Magnesium, Calcium, Phosphorus, Fluorine Mercury --> Sulfur + Selenium Arsenic --> Selenium Fluorine, chlorine, bromine --> I (+ Se) (for thyroid). Antimony (Sb) is a close brother of arsenic (As), classified in group 15 of the periodic table. Nitrogen family. Sb stands for "stibium", derived from a Latin word. Antimony is a metalloid, meaning it exhibits properties of both metals and nonmetals. What could help is to occupy the place. A dislodger of the possible squatter(s) on the thyroid gland (thanks to Se and I). => What helps to eliminate heavy metals. Glutathione peroxidase (GPx) has this ability for a good amount of Heavy metals (HM). Selenium and glutathione are needed for GPx. A thiol group has this ability (double-pronged forceps), as in garlic and broccoli. Be careful not to go about it haphazardly. You need tweezers (thiol molecules) and avoid opening the brain barrier. No ALA (alpha lipoic acid) at the beginning of the process. Too soon and too strong (brain). NB: Glutathione (GSH), containing a thiol group, plays a crucial role in detoxification, particularly in the liver, where it neutralizes toxins and aids in the elimination of metabolites. Need a special form if used as a means. Selenium is a precursor. See Cutler protocol for suggestion for other anti-oxidants when detoxifying HM. I repeat: Never detoxifying for a too long period (4-6 wk.), change the molecule, make staples with pause to reload energy and useful nutrients brought away by chelation.

After trying normal coffee for a couple of weeks I'm switching back to torrefacto. I use same amount of normal coffee (vs torrefacto) to get a desirable taste/consistency/ stomach comfort. I noticed it started giving me a headache even from one cup...probably high pressure due to too much caffeine. If I use less amount of coffee it will be too watery. I can sip at torrefacto coffee all day long , I have never had a headache from it. Most people here drink torrefacto and price is 3 times cheaper. Also there are chances that torrefacto coffee is more resistant to mold (aflatoxin...) due to sugar coating .

@peatyourheartout sorry, i forgot to add that you will want to make sure your vitamin d level is adequate and likely need to supplement vitamin d. vitamin d in EVOO will be least irritating to the stomach, premier research labs or lark supply are good options. and related to that, making sure you have adequate calcium intake relative phosphorous (grains and meat are high in phosphorous and low in calcium). so milk and cheese if you can tolerate it are good. you can try warm milk with honey and gelatin, some digest that easier. alternatively you can just supplement calcium in the form of eggshell calcium powder, there are a few places that sell it online. these things will get you going in the right direction.

@eduardo-crispino Oh gosh, yes, I meant sucrose, lol. I am not fat. My fat intake is moderate, around 2L of whole milk, small ball of ground beef, 2 eggs, butter from frying, 1-2tsps coconut oil. Yes, I guess it is reactive hyopglycemia, I didn’t know of such a thing, I always dismissed the concept of a “sugar crash” as something fake. Will have to read up on what Dr. Ray had to say about this.

@Vex said in Why is thiamine giving me eczema?: How would you approach treating SIFO? First I'll get informed. If you don't choose the right way, you'll reinforce the survived bacteria able to hide behind a biofilm. See Dr. D'oro site to learn how to manage with SIBO/SIFO. => Google Search (or see below): Dr. D'Oro and SIFO. (in 3 parts; translator needed, doc in French). I've dealt with histamine intolerance and have treated as if I were touched by SIBO. I can give a link to my diary on my forum if desired. But first get informed. See here too: Useful link *) SIBO: the invasion of bad bacteria in your intestine https://mirzoune-ciboulette.forumactif.org/t1131-sibo-pullulation-bacterienne#11611 NB: In French (translator needed). => Key Ideas The microbiota is the center of our immunity. If you regularly suffer from bloating, belching, flatulence, gastric reflux, abdominal pain and/or diarrhea, or even unexplained fatigue, most of these problems originate in the small intestine, where there is an excess of bacteria (SIBO). There is a close link between bacterial overgrowth and celiac disease (irritable bowel syndrome or IBS). SIBO, FODMAPs, gluten sensitivity, lactose intolerance, etc., all contribute to low-grade inflammation of the intestinal mucosa. However, low-grade inflammation weakens leaky gut. This opens the door to an autoimmune reaction. Understand the process that leads to intestinal permeability.

@Insr well, I ditched the main offenders. But would butter/cream still be acceptable? I heard that one has to avoid all dairy, but I don’t think that the fat would have minerals. I also eat plenty of strawberries.

@schemingfonzie I would taper just the way you ramped up

@nygaardAB Okay lol.

@LucH I forgot to mention, the protein and calcium is mostly from skim milk, which is why both values may seem high, my diet is essentially 2-3L of skim milk and some low fat yogurt from morning on, and dinner is a regular balanced meal with most of the fats being at dinner.

@BroJonas Too much of a good thing is bad. Not that the dose is not adéquate but ... 1 + 1 + 1 = 5 when overloading the détox pathway. Açumulation.

@Tarzan17 said in i wake up very bloated in the morning: every morning, i wake up so bloated before having eaten anything. Hi, Tell what you do and don't do, on a regular basis. Don't comment. The comment may come later. Separate the problems and the comments, if pertinent. https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/bloating/

@samson the ribose is not being reduced if it is interacting with MB, it is being oxidized.

I think about this thread once in a while to this day.

@Turk said in Why Does Wine Help with preventing Nighttime urination?: Most nights I have to get up to pee, 1am, 2am, 4am most of the time, but have noticed when I drink wine, usually half or a full bottle, I dont need to wake up to pee. Does anyone know why this helps? For anyone in the future searching for key terms like nocturia, waking to pee, night time urination, wake to pee, etc... When I am not calories restricting and just eating how I feel like, wine and or icecream about 1.5hrs before bed helps me to not pee during the night. And when I'm in a calorie deficit those dont seem to work, but what has worked was taking some cynoplus 1.5hrs before bed, a smaller dose than with my meals, it was about 20mg of cynoplus = 3.75mcg of T3, 15mcg T4.

@winters2 might just be bacteria thriving due to lack of dental hygiene, would repeatedly brush teeth until it no longer stains the toothpaste

@Tarzan17 potatoes are extremely hard to overeat in my experience, maybe just try some potatoes with coconut oil and plenty of salt

Some more information why / when high dose vit E could interfere ... Vitamin K uses the same pathway as Vit E Does vitamin K supplementation deplete vitamin E? Mito says: https://raypeatforum.com/community/threads/does-vitamin-k-supplementation-deplete-vitamin-e.39564/post-622839 There are several aspects of vitamin K’s biochemistry that suggest high doses vitamin K could have adverse effects on our health: • Vitamins E and K are broken down in similar pathways (Shearer, 2008). High doses of either one elicit an increase in these catabolic pathways by activating a common receptor known as the steroid and xenobiotic receptor (SXR) or the pregnane X receptor (PXR). As a result, high doses of one will elicit the destruction of the other. Thus, high-dose vitamin K could contribute to vitamin E deficiency. • Second, a small portion of vitamin K is broken down to a compound known as menadione (Thijssen, 2006). Some of the menadione is used to synthesize MK-4, but high concentrations are toxic. We therefore conjugate a portion of the menadione to glutathione, the master antioxidant and detoxifier of the cell, and excrete the complex into our urine. High doses of vitamin K could therefore deplete glutathione. This would impair detoxification, and along with vitamin E depletion it would hurt antioxidant activity. • High doses of vitamin K can inhibit bone resorption, which is probably the mechanistic basis by which 45 mg/day reduce fracture risk (Iwamoto, 2013). While bone resorption sounds like a bad thing, we need to use it every day to help our bones remodel themselves and adapt their structures to our lifestyles, and to keep blood levels of calcium within a precisely controlled range. We also use bone resorption to release osteocalcin into the blood, where it acts on multiple tissues to improve our metabolic and hormonal health (Ferron, 2007; Oury, 2013). Ironically, one of the benefits of vitamin K2 is to support proper production of osteocalcin, but high doses of the vitamin could hypothetically prevent us from using it. That would be expected to hurt blood sugar control, insulin sensitivity, our metabolic rate, and, in males, testosterone production. https://chrismasterjohnphd.com/blog/2016/12/09/the-ultimate-vitamin-k2-resource

@Chud I knew getting sunlight on my stomach would help with digestion !