@the_black_jew said in What do you guys think about Linus Pauling and Vitamin C?: 10,000iu retinyl palmitate once a week seems low to match 5000iu daily vit d Yes, you're right. My brain brakes. Not logical. If I try to explain why (insufficient, I know): My Vitamin A comes from animal sources: gouda cheese and brie cheese: one third of the dose from fat, compare to 4 % creamed fat from milk. 8 days on 12 days. raw butter: 2x/day 3 portions. Same dose. 2 chicken livers a week or 10 000 UI retinyl palmitate once a week. 2 eggs twice a week: 160 mcg x 2. few vitamin A from 100 - 120 g meat once or twice a day. So, not enough to be optimal, I know. I should re-read why the amount of retinol has to be higher when taking 5 000 UI vit D in the winter time. Thanks for having me remind this "insufficiency".

Whilst the L. reuteri are oddly fermenting (I'm not quite sure, it smells and tastes somewhat like tangy cheese), I've found a connection between GABA and the microbiome. Essentially, not only does the notorious gut-brain-axis rely much on a GABA-producing microbiome raising GABA in serum and brain! But a lot of bacteria of a (healthy?) microbiome exclusively depend on GABA as a crucial nutrient. Many bacteria don't grow at all without exogenous GABA, which should be supplied by other bacteria of the microbiome. Hence, supplementing GABA feeds such bacteria and reconstitutes gastrointestinal microbiotic diversity. And feeding GABA increases IFN-y for innate immunity, TNF-a, MUC2 for the crucial mucin barrier. Also, feeding GABA appears to enhance autophagy of enteric cells instead of them taking the route of destructive apoptosis. GABA-producing gut bacteria are foremost Bacteroides (e.g. fragilis), Parabacteroides, Eschericia, L. plantarum, L. brevis, L. lactis, L. paracasei. GABA content in fermented dairy (cheese) varies a lot depending on the microbiotic strains being traditionally used in the respective regions (huge differences e.g. just among the Italian Pecorino cheeses). GABA-modulating bacteria of the human gut microbiota Effects of dietary gamma-aminobutyric acid supplementation on amino acid profile, intestinal immunity, and microbiota in ETEC-challenged piglets GABA attenuates ETEC-induced intestinal epithelial cell apoptosis involving GABAAR signaling and the AMPK-autophagy pathway I'm now supplementing c. 3grs GABA every day. Have already felt the "heavy chest" and mild flushing for a couple of hours after my intake, as reported by others in the RPF.

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@PunkinEater I will...but I am trying to avoid as the shipping cost to Europe is quite high, plus the danger of paying outrageous customs and administrative fees

Try asking these guys. https://bbforum.org/

@Hollowed I’ve brought a couple bottles flying across the border before. No issues. I’d imagine things get suspicious the more you carry

@TexugoDoMel Thank you so much Summers in this part of China are extremely hot, so I actually spent a lot of time indoors. But it is possible that the little time I spent outside was enough to give me more sunlight

@the_black_jew I'll get a job soon anyways. Seems I've got this now.

No worries, @GRay. You’re welcome.

@ThinPicking said in Fertility and aging: @Mommymkultra said in Fertility and aging: now very odd forum Your username is not creepy at all Mommy. @Mommymkultra said in Fertility and aging: So I will say, his libido has changed… https://academic.oup.com/ndt/article/23/7/2154/1861032?login=false Definitely not in my totally innocent experience. A man can turn himself in to a rabid animal with the right salt/sugar concentration and water restriction. Assuming the rest of the diet and behaviour are sound. Conduct some experiments. Amazing article. I was a salt fiend while pregnant and nursing. Will be experimenting thank you! This is the kind of mommy-MKUltra experimentation I’m conducting over here. Less lsd and torture, more sugar and salt and lovin’. Haha

@Njegos May you go a long way in that quest.

@samsonblue reading Ray's book on female hormones would be a good start.

@jpegj0hn what is your Pregnenolone and DHEA dose? are these a RX micronized?

@TeaChedda I'm doing it w ld sublingual anavar. Gonna be on for 4 weeks then off

@happyhanneke said in advice for gut issues/constipation: @Mossy I think you should try it 3X daily for a while and see if you improve. If it doesn't then up the dosage. That's how I did it and it worked very well. It takes a bit before you get regular. I think that is a good approach. I will probably start with the 1/8th tsp, as I have the most sensitive and disagreeable system I know.

have tried a whole bottle of cypro, a lot of liver, pineapple and nattokinase. maybe the latter 2 not extensively enough, but so far nothing's moved the needle. levetiracetam sounds promising, but the health system in my country is garbage. a friend of mine recommended i try naltrexone to recover my sense of smell, since it worked for her mother. doctor stonewalled me despite agreeing that it sounds like it would help. if i manage to find a more loose doc i'll look into it.