@Cearrson was the blood bright or dark? dark would be cause for concern because it's higher up in your digestive tract. bright probably means something on the way out got hurt. i've had the latter for years due to hemorrhoids, which usually flares up if i'm dealing with inflammation or constipation, but it's very noticeable for me.

@Polar334 I don’t personally feel like I know enough to say one way or another. All I can say is that I had a separated shoulder for about two years heal after about a month on BPC. I couldn’t sleep, train, or hold my newborn without literal excruciating pain. Pain that at times was so severe it caused instant spontaneous weakness, (like almost a total loss of use of my arm). That pain translocated to my wrist because I was constantly overcompensating for the weak/painful shoulder. So now I have an arm from shoulder to hand that is essentially useless, and in one month, it was like I didn’t spend two years like that. It’s been almost 6 years since it healed and I have to really think about it to remember it ever happened, I have zero pain. I say all this just to say, maybe sometimes in life we have choices to make, and maybe there isn’t going to be a clear best choice? I tell everyone I know about my experience because living with chronic pain for years has got to be worse holistically for the mind, body, and spirit than a round of BPC. I am not a doctor, and this is not medical advice. I’m just an n=1.

@NotShanalotte yeah I’d love to hear the theories behind it and see it discussed and picked apart in a thread. I don’t know enough to say it can’t happen. After all, Ray has shown some convincing theories that its electron transferring (layman’s terms), that is the specific “thing” that nutrients and hormones etc, carry to the target that yields the actual measured response/result of said nutrient. I would not doubt that vibrations can do something wonky we don’t see yet. Thanks for the heads up.

How much riboflavin? The gut can only absorb a limited amount of riboflavin at one time, and an excess is quickly excreted in the urine. Therefore, No Upper Intake Level for riboflavin has not been established. => Light yellow urine = excretion of unused B2. However, riboflavin does not cause any side effects. No need to take B2 every day. Every other day for maximal intake. But I take it twice a week when I make a cure with thiamine (B1). When consumption exceeds the ability to absorb (37 mg), riboflavin passes into the large intestine, where it is catabolized by bacteria to various metabolites that can be detected in feces.[5] There is speculation that unabsorbed riboflavin could affect the large intestine microbiome.[42] But taking into account that riboflavin is used immediately, thus not stored in the body, excess amounts would be excreted, mainly in the urine (90% in 24H). The biological half-life of riboflavin in the liver of rats was 6.5 days. I use Swanson riboflavin 100 mg 2x/wk. 50 mg would be enough if no worrying excipient. (Here: rice four, gelatin, magnesium stearate). Not every day Mg stearate and not too much. I didn’t find a better form. But it’s OK for me. 42. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riboflavin#cite_note-42

@Kvirion Yes! I read the same too about methylation from another forum and that if one was to start B vitamins, they would need to start low and slow also. But high doses are advertised everywhere.

Thank you very much to all for responding. I resorted to supplements because sleep has been really challenging for a period of time. With the information you all have provided above and from listening to Jay Feldman and Mike Fave's podcast re sleep, I'm back to the drawing board to tweak my food intake specially in the evenings going for more carbs. Thanks a lot everyone! The experimentation continues....

Hopefully your relationship survives her coming off BC, I’ve heard many horror stories.

@yerrag said in Why does only starch raise my temp well? (and sugar not): yerrag yerrag a day ago @neverever sweet potato has a higher yeah potato was no good need to eat too much and doesnt last me long as you said. thanks for the advices anyway now is finally summer and can get hours of sun so i should be fine healing with that advices

@Sippy Topical iodine should help greatly

@RawGoatMilk88 said in High metabolism feeling lethargic rather than energetic?: I would avoid iron supplementation, just eat more meat. Historically it was not enough for us (judging by ferriting level), although I would prefer otherwise. Availability of red meat also leaves something to be desired where we live. @Razvan said in High metabolism feeling lethargic rather than energetic?: I will suggest to try iron citrate not the normal prescriped iron sulfate. The citrate form protects against the formation of free radicals, it's easier absorbed and causes 0 to no intestinal distress. What do you think about iron bisglycinate? We didn't experience much intestinal irritation from it. @yerrag I might have chosen a wrong title. The more precise one would be "I have the indicators of a good metabolism, why am I lethargic?". I also did not know endotoxin can raise temps, although at least in my case the temps were tightly correlated with supplementation. @T-3 thanks for expounding on your experiences. Your post gives me a lot of hope; I have been kind of wavering in my confidence recently and I fear my entire life will pass before I figure this out.

@Jenna testosterone base in olive oil and d-alpha tocopherols. 2 - 8mg per day, once a day in the belly button, is probably a good protocol.

@SummerPeach yeh i would 2 oranges or 1-2 cups OJ should help protect from the toxins in cigarettes to some extent, not sure how significant the effects are for hormones tho another relevant thing http://haidut.me/?p=1905 (female smokers had 40% higher chance of quitting smoking during the week of high progesterone compared to any period throughout the study - "When a woman’s progesterone level was increasing from a low level, she smoked fewer cigarettes per day without even knowing it or trying to. But that effect on smoking behavior eventually levels off. When progesterone peaks in a woman’s cycle, it’s very high. The benefits plateau.” He noted that the biggest finding is that quitting success comes from the low to high increase" & https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11420098/ so going from low to high progesterone helps quit smoking - so if are low then might benefit, but a supporting lift can be from just getting low milligrams extra & more isnt necessarily better (maybe pushed it too much, or didnt get along with the vit E? or maybe just didnt need it altogether), if arent low (or estrogen signalling already low) then might not benefit)

@Emilia I've had the same since around the age of 10 I believe. Sometimes doctors or opticians have noticed it and just asked "has that always been there?" and then they don't take it any further than that. Certain exo-thinkers believe it to be some kind of indicator of organ health for the person with the pigment.

@himblondemaxxing Good call, I've noticed a greater craving for calcium when by salt is already doing well. Lately I've been having about half a gallon of milk a day and I certainly notice the days that I have less.

I broke my wrists last year skateboarding and after the cast it was still a bit painful especially on my right wrist. I tried magnesium oil, k2... a lot of things. I finally tried comfrey balm and it did reduce my pain a lot. If I had known, I would have applied it directly just after my "crash" This winter my ex gf had very dry hands all the winter until she tried comfrey balm, it was way better after. Beat all the bs dry hands cream she used

@Kvirion Coffee, caffeine and milk are each complicated topics. No one size fits all answer for any of them. And i still mean to follow up on some of the interesting info that @LucH brought up previously, the website and maybe even skimming the book since i can see that it's available elsewhere.

@ZeroTron That's a great question. Many years ago I was reading a study about guys in the military. Couldn't get their wives pregnant despite great health markers. Now it's been awhile but IIRC they needed 15-20 nanograms/deciliter progesterone. The tail motor of sperm doesn't work without progesterone. So without further context, and the joke that's modern lab range of 0, that's my best guess. Couldn't hurt to use pubmed and search around a bit, use sci-hub.st to try to find full papers.

Thanks for all the great information you all provided. Culture turned out to be positive for a relatively common and most often benign skin bacteria, so it was most likely a false positive/contaminated sample. But, this is all useful information nonetheless.

@happycat You're welcome!