Has he ever shown his actual labs?

I've subscribed to his newsletter for years now and had signed up for one of his group experiments, but I've never been one of his paid subscribers. He talks about his labs and results often, but I don't know if he's actually ever shown them publicly for anyone else to give a good overall critique of what he has going on. I imagine his numbers are all over the place, though, because he's constantly running all these different experiments on himself with varying results.

I'm just seeing this now; thanks for updating us.

I would say that it makes sense that you are doing better with the A2.

The incorrectly structured casein protein in A1 milk is the cause of most dairy allergies (immune response.) As far as dairy intolerance (digestive issue,) I know that a lot of people think they are intolerant to lactose (sugar molecule) when it is actually the casein (protein molecule) that their body struggles to correctly break down.
This is discovered when they switch to A2 milk and are relieved of symptoms that they previously blamed on lactose.

However, lactose intolerance is still very real for many and I don't know that any study has really ever put the two issues side by side to see which is more common.

Where exactly do you live? I am in the US and travel for work. I have found a couple brands of non-homogenized A2 milk in different areas. They are a mix of raw vs pasteurized, but are still non-homogenized.

RAW FARM brand dairy. They are raw and non-homogenized. They also are 'grass grazed' so while not 100% grass fed, that is still decent. I have found them mostly in Sprout's Markets but are often in small health food stores as well.
https://rawfarmusa.com/find

Alexandre brand dairy. This brand has several options, all of which are A2 cream-top. So they aren't raw, but they are non-homogenized. They have varying fat options (2%, 4%, 6%) as well as a 100% grass-fed option.
I usually see these in Whole Foods, but they're branching out to more national stores as well as small health food stores.
https://alexandrefamilyfarm.com/pages/store-locator

You can also use this national search engine that will show farms across the country. Its not updated very well, so call before you start a trip out somewhere because some of the farms close down or change offerings without the site knowing.
https://www.realmilk.com/raw-milk-finder/

@sphagnum said in Wart On Finger Destroyed; 3 New Warts Appear…:

selenium

This is why I said red meat: beef / ground beef / steak has high amounts of selenium. I read that oysters, fish, eggs, and dairy will also help meet selenium needs. That's the absolute core of bioenergetic eating! (eggs, dairy, beef, shellfish, etc.)

@beriberi when i took 25mcg t3 100 t4 i was dumb and agile as a brick - my exam scores tanked, and my soccer abilities weren't floating either. once i switched to t3 only my soccer performance skyrocketed and i started heating up to a point in which i feel fine outside in the German winter with no clothes on.

Elderberry extract increases testosterone and steroidogenic enzymes strongly. It lowers aromatase and 5areductase, which is unfortunate. To me it doesn't feel like it lowers DHT at all. Quite the opposite. So I'm wondering if the increase in androgen receptors and steroidogenic enzymes is enough to compensate .
And, 5aR isn't the only pathway towards DHT, and the backdoor pathway wasn't tested so maybe it has to do with that .

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39683564/

Also by the same group:

Identifying obesity and dementia risk: body adiposity and neural connectivity in cognitively normal, mid-life adults (2025)

Obesity is a risk factor for dementia, creating a chronic inflammatory state that results in white matter (WM) injury. Edge density imaging (EDI) is a novel technique that has demonstrated reliability in quantifying WM changes. Thirty obese and 20 non-obese cognitively normal adults underwent structural and diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging. Visceral adipose tissue (VAT) and subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) were quantified via VOXel Analysis Suite by separating signal intensities of adipose and non-adipose tissue. Scans were processed by a pipeline (MaPPeRTrac) to generate EDI. Among obese participants, there was a negative association between the VAT/SAT ratio and EDI, which was not seen among non-obese participants. Additionally, males had decreased EDI compared to females. The results of this study suggest that obesity, through WM damage, may confer increased risk of dementia, with sex as a potential differential factor. EDI demonstrates promise in delineating the neuropathology of obesity and dementia.

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@jamezb46 Does the inhibition of the -diol conversion make ATD notably better than ordinary exe?

I've yet tried neither proviron nor DHT. But I'd like to use the latter first, as a benchmark, and not so much for a heavily criticized lack of anabolism of DHT but for its anticipated restorative effects, at some time when there's less essential conditions on my plate. Along with ARA-290 and other stuff then.

@sunsunsun said in opinion on whey protein?:

I took whey protein (dissolved in milk on peaty cereal)

The estimated glycemic load (GL) of a meal containing 20g of whey protein, 240ml of half-skimmed milk, and 45g of buckwheat cereal is approximately 17 (medium GL classification).
Between 10 - 20, the load is considered medium.
Try first with some fibbers, mixed with coco oil. Coco must be above 30° C to get soft, easy to mix. No rice / almond "milk". Well hazelnut of cow milk.
No cornflake, rather usual oat (no bran).
NB: cereal or pseudo-cereal shouldn't be considered as a healthy meal. OK if you like it, 2x/wk. Listen to your feeling and adapt.
When I eat oat ones (simply crunchy cereal, from Jordan, with honey), in hazelnut milk, I add some cut fruits. half an apple, or blueberries, e.g.

While I never experienced TMJ, I did go through a phase of teeth grinding. Mine was a result of caloric deficiency leading to hypothyroid symptoms.
I was experimenting with fasting, and when I was eating I had a diet that didn't contain nearly as many calories as I thought it did. As someone with a fast metabolism, it was a recipe for disaster.

Fortunately for me, its how I found Peat's work. Some of my other symptoms (the feeling of high stress hormones) lead me to the possibility that I was experiencing hypothyroidism. I did the Achilles tendon reflex test, and eventually came upon Ray.

I started tracking calories with cronometer, and increased my intake of starches in particular. It was tough at first, but I forced myself to eat more, specifically carb dense foods like rice and concentrated fruit juice. Fasting had kind of destroyed my ability to "feel" hunger so it wasn't fun eating at times.

I don't even know when the grinding stopped, but at some point I realized that when I forgot to put in my mouth guard before bed, I wasn't waking up with the edges of my teeth feeling rough anymore. Now and again if something happens and I don't eat enough, I won't feel hungry but I notice the stress horomones stirring up. If I don't correct it before bed, some grinding comes back. If I'm well fed, though, no issues ever.

just got some gaba powder. have some dmso too.... hmmmm... transdermal gaba applied to scalp to cross into brain.... hmmmm ... interdasdting.....

Dopamine and noradrenaline drastically reduced in part of the brain. Serotonin not.

In PD, the levels of dopamine and noradrenaline were greatly reduced by 93 and 81%, respectively.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27741357/

@Milchkanne Speaking as an American, I had one package confiscated by Customs back in 2020 or 2021. Probably because it had Ivermectin. They sent me a notice asking me for a bunch of paperwork. I didn't respond. Then they just went ahead and destroyed it. They said that because I'm an individual, not a company, I don't have to pay for the cost of the destruction.

More recently I ordered medication from an Indian pharmacy. It was nothing controversial. This was just after the Trump administration said that they were putting all packages through customs. The de minimis rule was over. Drugs require prescription with the drug and all of that. Despite all that, I got it in about six weeks. It should have taken about two weeks, but it took six weeks. I did actually get it.

I probably would consider ordering overseas again. I think they're probably just so backed up and busy they're just letting packages through anyway.

@DavidPS Thanks for your reply. Yes I'm aware of the iNOS bashing but reckon it's partly a chicken-and-egg problem – i.e. is removing the substrates to NO solving the underlying inflammatory issues or merely hiding them? Is keeping furniture in your house the actual fire hazard or is that only an issue because there are smoldering floorboards?

In any case I think Cit/Arg are daft ways for wanting to reduce hypertension, akin to trying to lower blood pressure by riding a continuous niacin-flush wave.
In the long run, however, Cit helps to maintain eNOS functionality. Which is universally accepted as beneficial? I deem Cit to be greatly preferred over Arg because of its greater systemic distribution beyond the tissues of initial exposure (GI lymphatics, liver).

And I see Cit in the context of glycine because Cit's ultimately a substrate for proline, complementing Gly's impact on systemic vasculature and collagen structures, which then leads back to the contexts in this thread.

I don't have an answer to the Arg/Lys and shingles/viral phenomena. I strongly suspect it's also a workaround to suppress immunological or excitatory pathways which ought to be cleared up from another angle.
One thought towards this is that since Arg is a precursor to Pro perhaps these peeps could also benefit from more Gly availability – because a greater ratio of Pro (or of ascorbic acid for that matter, or especially both in combination) may use Gly for collagen synthesis and in doing so rob other cells and tissues of what little amount of Gly had been available to them for their respective functions. In some circumstances elevated (OH)Pro deposits seem to be a culprit and are alleviated by more Gly, like in liver fibrosis by chronic alcoholism in rodents (link, link). In people with metabolic syndromes, plasma Gly's also been found to be depressed and it raises upon introducing physical improvements but, reciprocally, supplementing Gly by itself helps to bring about physical improvements of various aspects of metabolic syndrome (link, link).

@lykos (replying so others can see) I left it on indefinitely, didn't wash it off. If I felt I applied too much, I might wipe off the excess with a towel.

@yeyo12 My interpretation of the results were that caffeine co-administration with oxandrolone increased the absorption of the latter via inhibition of PGP.

@ThinPicking ok

@tocovit I was reading about stacking Mildronate & Pyrucet, trying to figure out how much is known about how they might synergize or conflict. I read the entire 31-page Pyrucet thread at RPF/LTF and only saw a few people discussing it. Does anyone have any theories, studies, experiences or thoughts about stacking these two?

Is there any reason your dosing of these two is so moderate, given that you're going nuclear?

Your "moderation in moderation" is a commendable philosophy I can endorse.

I was hoping someone might have tried this stack and provide reports with doses like 500-1000mg Mildronate and 20-to-40 drops of Pyrucet per day, maybe divided by two BID.

Interesting post. Keen to see any updates.

@LucH You get enough cysteine from protein foods.

Cysteine supplementation reverses methionine restriction effects on rat adiposity: significance of stearoyl-coenzyme A desaturase
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20871132/

Glutathione (GSH) drives cancer metastasis by promoting cell survival under hypoxia
https://haidut.me/?p=2816
https://doi.org/10.1158/2159-8290.CD-24-1556