@mavuue said in Gelatine and Collagen as a teenager:

I've heard some talk that the more anti-inflammatory, non growth amino acids are advised against when you are still growing.

I won't say it so.
Some amino acids are necessary for growth and replication. For instance leucine.
Other ones are required to temper and make it easier when overheated: e.g. glycine.
After 35 years old, we could take more collagen to target the quantity of proteins required, but no more than 50%, which is quite a lot, provided you take the effect into account: adapt yourself to what your organism tells you.
Some amino acids are classified as excitatory; leucine, methionine ...
Taurine is classified as antioxidant for the brain (not only).
Leucine for growth shouldn't excess a certain trend: 2.5 gr when dealing with a immune pathology or cancer.
Taurine is related to age pathology. It seemed to be a GABA agonist without addiction issues. At about 2.5g in the morning and 1.2g at night for taurine.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abn9257
Note: I won't take both at the same time (taurine + collagen).
*) Glycine and collagen powder
10 gr of hydrolyzed collagen per day is necessary to meet needs and rebalance the deficit, knowing that we will absorb 10 to 15 %. For glycine, it's 2 to 3 gr (1 gr per dose).
Julien Venesson recommends Cell-Inov, Superphysics or Nutrimuscle. (here in Europe, France)
For US: The Great Lakes gelatin is fine, Haidut has personally used the generic Knox gelatin, available in every grocery store and have had no problems with it., he said.

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@Ray-Peat-Fanboy said in How does alcohol and thiamine "depletion" work in practice exactly?:

How does alcohol and thiamine "depletion" work in practice exactly?

Ability to absorb thiamine is progressively lost due to inflammation of stomach lining and lost of transport capacity.
"Heavy alcohol use causes inflammation of the stomach lining and digestive tract, which reduces the body's ability to absorb vitamins."
Note: Heavy = repetitive use, more than what the liver can handle.
Before night sleep 1/4 tsp L-glutamine powder could help to rebuild leaky gut.

at day light (2x/day)
=> glutamine = nutrient for stomach lining.

@wrl said in Who knows where the history button is?:

His insights are quite novel and extraordinary

They certainly are.

@Sugar

I would say that I struggle to genuinly like women. I want to like them but I just cant like them. Its difficult to genuinly like a woman in 2024 , if you know what I mean. Most of them are not exactly good people nowadays , not very likeable.

hell of a coincidence

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@Ray-Peat-Fanboy it boosts dopamine reduces serotonin and glutamate increases GABAergic tone so yes. I get decent mood lifting effects at 600 mg

what a fucking beast

Ofcourse. Raymond Peat is king.

@edouard thank you!

@OliverCloasov I'm regards to the copper lined box, I forgot to mention that this was to house the surge protector and power bricks for my computer and devices.

@Lothric Are only hormones like Progesterone and Pregnenolone to be used topically? Also, is every hormone different in the ideal place to put it, ie androsterone on wrists, progesterone on forehead etc?

@Lothric

Yes, unfortunately we don't even know really when we are lied to half the time. When we latch on to just one lie, our game is off already. We just move on and adopt the aphorism "Don't worry. Be happy," blame it on genes, walk 10,000 steps each day, and yolo before we age into more sickness and medically divine intervention.

@herayclitus Theres one about trailer park sounding guy who says vitamin E made him and girlfriend really horny and stuttered like a sperg.