He did bring it up a few times. In Nutrition for Women Ray Peat wrote "Manganese is needed to synthesize thyroxin, so a deficiency can interfere with thyroid function (coffee is a major source of manganese, and caffeine also stimulates the thyroid)." Pretty hard to hate manganese and drink that much coffee. The thing he warned about was supplements with big amounts of iron and manganese in them.

low nitric oxide can be bad however Cialis does not raise nitric oxide directly https://lowtoxinforum.com/threads/warning-to-people-taking-lysine.22864/

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@chudlord please, stop with the experiment. The only reason your body tolerated the halo for so long is due to the otherwise therapeutic substances you were consuming. The energy and focus you had were high adrenaline and cortisol, for a few days your body will manage, then the hangover will come. The intestal issues came due to the halo, arguing that is is unrelated is wrong. The substance creates extreme liver toxicity. The intestal issues and decreased appetite is your body’s reaction to the inability to produce bile, which would digest food. You cannot break down meals, so it is protecting itself by lack of appetite for eating. Before trying new substances, I would simply recommend asking AI or searching on ray peat wiki in the podcast archive section, if Peat or Haidut have not talked about it somewhere, more often than not, you will find some comment on it.

For more information check out the Modern Procer Project: https://modernprocer.com/synopsis.html And watch these four videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTw1x66GZNM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3wsXj1efH0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2KnZ6rNExo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLkJK52uAFE

@Cicero said: Are bioplastics and plant-based materials safer than conventional plastics? In vitro toxicity and chemical composition https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412020320213 Interesting, but I don't think the study would be all that relevant to any sort of real world use. From the Materials and Methods section- "Three grams of each were placed in one or two amber glass vials, depending on their volume. After adding 20 mL methanol (99.9% LC-grade, Sigma-Aldrich), samples were extracted by sonication in an ultrasound bath for 1 h at room temperature. We used methanol because we aimed at maximizing the extraction of chemicals without dissolving the material completely and to be able to compare our results with our previous study on conventional plastics (Zimmermann et al., 2019). The methanol was transferred into clean glass vials and 200 µL of the methanol extracts were retained for chemical analysis." For real world purposes, a solvent like water, vinegar, or ethanol would be much more appliable, to see how many of these chemicals could potentially leach out.

there are studies showing urinary excretion increases alot with certain foods. bananas are high but not high excretion. green beans are high and high excretion.

@MateLover87 said: I've since resumed iodine, but at a lower, more controlled frequency (2x/week) Thyroid and brain need 10-12 days (till 2 weeks) to adapt metabolism. Think of a dry sponge and water pouring onto its surface... Receptors needs to be progressively opened. When there is a virus: HD D3 5 000 UI x 2 for 2 days. Zinc 15 mg x 2 for 5 days. rice when there is diarrhea but with water evapored, not thrown away.

Funnily enough I've settled into the 1-2 times a week for vitamin E routine as well, just from going on how im feeling. Always nice to see research backing up "the feels."

@BearWithMe For start, try salted potato water. (They have to be without the skin, long cooked, for like an hour no problem and cut into small pieces). If you do it correctly, it will be rich in nutrients, easily digestible and will include alpha-keto-acids - these are incredibly special, they will look for “trashy” stuff in your body and turn it into proteins, Ray recommended them for people with problematic digestion to stabilise their organisms. As for liquids in general and cavity problems which you mentioned, first I reccomend drinking acidic drinks via a straw, secondly, wash teeth with baking soda and after every food use xynitol (but to not eat it, just leave it in your mouth for 2 minutes, than spit it all out - and only use it after sweet foods, your body will think that it is consuming sugar and xynitol is not sugar, so would raise your stress hormones). This will not solve all your problems but will at least give you some breathing room. I am not sure if it wasnt already mentioned, but you should try progest-e, pregnanelon and T3 (microdosing). Without hormonal intervention, your body will have problem stabilising itself, this should be your priority. Combined with the basics as of avoiding PUFAs and fiber (FYI pork and chicken fat are high in PUFAs thanks to their diet), it should set you on the right path.

Hi, Ultrasil is bamboo silicon. As most plant silicon, the molecule has not the right size to enter the mitochondria. Only 30 % reach the membranes when the molecule has been stabilized. 30% of 6.300 = 189 mg from one liter. I’d rather say 3%, in the best case, here. Why: nothing has been said about the process. • Silica 63.750 mg • Silicic acid 6.300 mg => 1/10th • Elemental silicon 30.750 mg • Dry bamboo extract 75.000 mg Advise: You’ll get the same result with the first four leaves from a nettle infusion. It’s a question of molecule size and stability. I can develop if interested what you should pay attention to.

@lobotomize said: according to the study nac can be used to recduce cystine No problem if you manage the dose and the interaction.

@TexugoDoMel kinda figured that was the case. I think Buddy still needs thyroid or some sort of intervention at this point too or he’ll never be a 120 year old Lean Balkan dairy farmer

Maybe it depends what it is for? A CT scan is really terrible. It has a lot more radiation than an X ray. I have an ascending aortic aneurysm. I get usually checked up with an echocardiogram. But a lot of people take yearly ct scans since it is more accurate in detecting growth. My cardiologist suggested to do a ct scan next time to make sure there is no growth. I don't really want to do it but then again an aortic aneurysm is a silent killer and I definitely want to stay alive for a bit more. Just my thoughts. When it comes to regular X rays I usually just decline them. Also at the dentist which is sometimes hard. I had to change dentists because my previous one didn't want to have me as a patient if I declined X rays.

I have been using structured water, and various forms of red light for about ten years now, and I was always so confused by the Peatsphere’s perspective that structured water was useless, (especially since my personal experience directly contradicted it). I get that Danny, Ray, and Georgie all said, “but stomach acid!” But this is such a limited perspective! First, it touches the lips, internal mouth, throat, (passes by the fricken thyroid!) before it hits the stomach. If this liquid is energized and has the ability to structure those things it comes in contact with, it’s clearly beneficial outside of ingestion. And this doesn’t even touch on topical applications, (soaking an elbow with tendinitis in a bowl of it for instance). Such an odd perspective from Ray, Georgie, and Danny, “no I’ve never tried it, but it can’t work, so meh…”

@AlphaZance said: Stoichiometric Limitation: One molecule of Vitamin E quenches one peroxyl radical before needing to be recycled by Vitamin C or Glutathione. It protects the surrounding bis-allylic motifs as long as active Vitamin E levels are maintained. Hi, Thanks for the post. I've been searching for additonal info, trying to connect the dots. (8 pages docx for an article on my forum). Here is a no-conventional aspect: There is a bidirectional save effect between AA and tocos. Translation of an excerpt: Bidirectional recycling: Once Vitamin E is regenerated (recycled by ascorbic acid), its membrane anchoring allows it to act as a shield; this not only exerts a sparing effect on the nearby ascorbic acid but also enables a bidirectional exchange. The precise mechanism of this reciprocal support remains a complex biochemical challenge, yet the outcome is clear: the two molecules protect and sustain each other amidst the oxidative storm.

I was experimenting with various solid foods recently (I was eating mostly liquid or blended food until now) and it made me realize that I'm not digesting my food at all. My stool is indistinguishable from the food I eat. My stool is a lump of bits of food with absolutely no change in size, shape, texture or color, and very little change in smell (sorry for TMI). What goes in leaves my body almost unchanged, undigested. That would explain the lack of weight gain I guess.

@haidut said: ... it may very well be helpful for cancer too. The reason to use B3 in this study was explained, in part, by its prior use for skin cancer prevention: "In a phase III randomized, placebo-controlled trial by Chen et al, [8] oral nicotinamide administered at 500 mg BD for 12 months was safe and effective in reducing the incidence of nonmelanoma skin cancer and actinic keratoses in individuals who were at high risk. " [8] Chen AC, Martin AJ, Choy B, et al. A phase 3 randomised trial of nicotinamide for skin-cancer chemoprevention. N Engl J Med 2015; 373(17):1618–1626. doi: https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1506197