@drain-gang ive used it 2 1/2 years. The problem every batch has a different amount of hormones hard to dose. And some lab test with another brand showed horrible t3:t4 ratio 1:10 IIRC. For people with serious conditions like hashimoto, hypothyriod not good. for the average joe who just need a little thyroid boost worth a try

@SpicyPeater it's clearly coke

@Him Hi, Yes I've already made these adjustments, Im frustrated as quite a few of the more prominent suggestions Ray made dont seem to have moved the needle on my health significantly. Most of Ray's advice is context-specific i.e. works when applied in proper circumstances... e.g. in the right order... Id say the things I've observed a strong positive health outcome with so far are the carrot salad and magnesium glycinate Good choices, both are Peat-approved. For me, the following advice helped me most to move from a low energy, low mood, and IBS-D/acid-reflux state (messed keto diet) to a much better (peatful) situation. Pro-Thyroid foods: milk/cheese, eggs, beef, oysters, refined coconut oil; fresh orange juice, coffee (source of magnesium, vit. B1, and caffeine) & honey/sucrose/milk; salt, seafood: sole, whitefish, turbot, scallops, lobster, shrimp, and squid. Fruits… | DHEA/pregnenolone, collagen, nicotinamide. Pro-Mitochondrial respiration: Aspirin, PQQ (Pyrroloquinoline Quinone), Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10), CO2 bag-breathing, creatine, BCAAs + Tyrosine, taurine, carnosine; Urolithin A, apigenin, blueberries/OJ; Calcium, Potassium, Copper, salt, Mg, Selenium, Zn; vitamins B, C, D3, A + E, K2; foods containing caffeic or stearic acids; inosine; Boswellia, Cordyceps. Red light. Yoga… Normalizing cortisol by firstly getting the inflammation and stress down, then by adding (in afternoons) vitamins B6-P5P, B3+B1, C, A+E, D3+K2, Ca, Zn, Mg, inosine, theanine, apigenin, 5-6mg of DHEA, Aspirin, Royal jelly, icariin, emodin, Tulsi; gelatin, palmitic acid, coffee, ~pomegranate, honey/milk/OJ; yoga, CO2… Anti-serotonin: "The safest that I know of would be theanine, BCAA + tyrosine, caffeine, and a good deal of niacinamide. P5P is dopaminergic, so that would make it anti-serotonin as well. I think the combination of theanine, BCAA, and tyrosine has some serious potential as an anti-serotonin tool organism-wide and as such helpful in issues like weight management, immune system support, libido, and mood." ~haidut | Plus: aspirin, inosine, creatine, collagen, magnesium, thyroids (^T3), and CBG (as a 5-HT1A antagonist). Proper calcium to phosphate ratio in the diet: cutting out meat, beans, nuts, and possibly all rice including white while also supplementing eggshell or bone grinds, drinking milk, and eating ice cream… “Carbon dioxide (CO2), glycine, GABA, saturated fatty acids (for example, Nanji, et al., 1997), vitamin K, coenzyme Q10, niacinamide, magnesium, red light, thyroid hormone, progesterone, testosterone, and pregnenolone are factors that can be increased to protect against inappropriate cellular excitation.” GABA "agonists" should lower adrenaline. Since glycine, taurine, and niacinamide are all GABA "agonists" they all have studies showing lower adrenaline when consuming them. It also decreases with the help of salt, sugar/OJ, milk, sunlight… Plus inosine, theanine, ~apigenin, Tulsi, antihistamines, CBD/CBG, and forest bathing. Adrenaline increases with stress, heat, HIIT/IF/fear/excitement, and caffeine taken in a fasting state… Anti-Endotoxins: activated charcoal; aspirin, antihistamines, Cyproheptadine & antibiotics, D3/sunlight. | Activated charcoal is great at lowering gut serotonin… sunshine/sun-bathing, walking/hiking in nature, etc. Briefly: RP nutrition has about 100-250 grams of carbs, 75 g of proteins, ~50 g of fat; ~40/35/25% ratio… The list above has been based on suggestions of Ray or his closest mentees... I did those in a step-by-step way with a lot of trial and error... Plus intense learning of Ray''s holistic approach to human biology. BTW peatarians also suggested Saccharomyces boulardii for gut issues... My previous experience with doctors with issues like this have been fruitless and its very inconvenient This is unfortunate, it's very hard to find a wise doctor... If you wanna to get peatarian advice you can ask Danny Roddy or Hans Amato online...

@SpicyPeater It’s fine lol, I think Peat said 1mg K2 per 325mg aspirin is a good amount, also glycine from gelatin powder/ gelatinous bone broth is good when taking aspirin. If you’re doing both of those aspirin is extremely safe. Even if you aren’t, aspirin is still very safe to take

I had heard a few drops on the testicles was good for boosting T... is this advisable?

I'd imagine that it all depends on what's causing/caused the back pain to begin with. Are you able to provide any detail? Location of pain, injury type, cause of pain e.g. lifting etc etc

@Hugh I have tried topical application as well on the scalp and wrists without much effect

This thread might be helpful

@Sippy said in Melasma: Does anyone have experience with melasma? Is it always caused by estrogen and low thyroid? Should it go away once estrogen is lowered and thyroid is working well? Can topical progesterone make it worse? I developed some on my upper lip over the past couple years and can't seem to find much solid info on it. Using topical Niacinamide daily, supplementing thyroid and have lowered estrogen. Has anyone used topical melatonin? I had it Pretty badly Maybe for a year or two, when I was at my sickest alongside of periocular dermatitis as well Oh And milia. Can I pinpoint to what caused it? No, because I had high prolactin, high cortisol, high estrogen, and low progesterone at the time I was also under nourished with very low blood sugar But I did want to say that it completely resolved on its own with no supplements, and no allopathic interventions And it’s never come back

How many calories are you eating and do you hit all micros? Do you have any symptoms of gut dysfunction, food sensitivities etc?

@jens I drink so much liquid so I figured this could help me improve my metabolism. Luckily, a lot of the bleeding in the stool has stopped. Not all of it though, it has gone down I'd say 80%. I think the sodium bicarbonate I took helped accelerate healing

@izkrov Yeah that's Ray's take on it. It's important to understand the TRT community has very different views, and actually isn't that compatible with ours. We do "patch work" here to mix some of the ideas in the TRT community with bioenergetics. Standard TRT protocol is usually something like 120 up to 250 a week. Typically test cypionate. 4mgs won't raise blood levels which is what the TRT is purposed for. Of course this can cause issues. For one, test cypionate is a longer acting ester. Your levels won't mimic the diurnal rhythm. I don't think we've yet fully understood the implications of this. Most of the "bros" seems to think this is good, because longer esters mean more stabilized androgens at a higher level. But this could have serious adverse effects too. Like being at an increased risk of hyperestrogenicity, clots, stroke, and the like. It will have a prolonged suppression on the HPTA as well, lowering fertility (unless you take hCG, which has it's own set of risks) and eventually upstream hormones like P5, P4, and DHEA.

Pyrucet, aspirin, or vitamin E would all be good choices by lowering adrenaline and free fatty acids. Salt, calcium, and progesterone play facilitative roles as well. Optimizing thyroid and carbon dioxide will increase glucose oxidation. CO2 baths, cynoplus, vitamin B1, and serotonin antagonists. They all accomplish very similar things via different mechanisms. Optimize your androgens. To keep your androgens naturally high you need good thyroid function, vitamin D3, vitamin A, zinc, magnesium. Keep heavy metals chelated.

It might be worth reading about heavy metals, these can cause gut issues, not the case for everyone but just worth exploring. Look at our citrus pectin thread for how to do a 'poor mans' heavy metal test.

@the-MOUSE fwiw the doctor prescribed me cefixime trihydrate 400mg / day and azihromycin dihydrate 1000mg/day feels so shitty, it's making me so bloated and giving me a headache