Okay the speculation of trenbolone being 8x as anabolic as testosterone (that I may of said?), may be true. According to the “Anabolics 11th Edition”, trenbolone is 5x as anabolic as nandrolone acetate. Therefore, using Vigorous’ “dubious maths” it is 6x as anabolic as testosterone. Given that in humans, it was given at 75mg hex ester every 2 weeks, it’s totally plausible. 225mg every week of T for a burn patient doesn’t seem crazy. Nandrolone decanoate is given at 100mg a week. That’s 125mg T a week in terms of matching anabolism So for those reading, tren is approximately 6-8x as anabolic as testosterone https://youtu.be/OeRFm_9uRk0?si=NVbrAiiAchxIUS_1

@wester130 well said!

Tidbits on manganese toxicity. I think anyone should be concerned on consuming large amounts of it, which is easy if you are a fellow autist that is prone to consuming stupid amounts of foods like pineapple or orange juice. "In the rat, the half-lives of 16 brain regions are between 52 and 74 days [6]."` "Mn concentrations in the cerebrospinal fluid, however, continued to increase even at the eight week. It is possible that a slow elimination of Mn from the cerebrospinal fluid may contribute to the high level of Mn in the brain " https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4545267/

Here's a good video on blueberries. This guy tested a bunch of different blueberries from German supermarkets and saw some interesting results. For example Anthocyanin content was 7 times higher in some organic brands. And many more,check it out. He also linked a study that showed People with the highest intake of anthocyanins, had a 32% lower chance of dieing and a 38% lower chance of getting heart disease. PMID: 39496659 https://youtu.be/4r0ufccM5VE?is=73ZIQaW7YdrgLvdw

@Hearthfire I did get the impending doom feeling but I did not get the body aches. This may be a fluke but I decided to take a course of Nitazoxanide which is an antiparasitc drug, and after that the heart palpitations seemed to calm down a lot. Not sure why but so far it worked. I also mega dosed magnesium for a few days and it calmed me a lot.

Mauritio said: The above studies show that (at least in rabbits) a microdose might be all you need. 70mg/ day increased testosterone and lowered cortisol strongly. If you want to replicate the study, measure 70mg with a mg scale and put in a big bottle of water and sip throughout the day. That is the closest thing to what they did in the studies. So that way, you could get the benefits without overloading on PUFAs. Heres another study on chia seeds. They also use an HED of 50-70mg, although this time it is an extract. In diabetic rats that were given low dose chia seeds extract (P3), blood sugar and MDA drastically improved. They were lower than in the control group without diabetes (P0) and lower than in the positive control group that received metformin (P1). [image: 1784548243360-results-of-the-analysis-of-the-average-blood-sugar-level-during-and-mda-levels.png] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/373779495_Effect_of_Chia_Seed_Extract_Salvia_Hispanica_L_On_Current_Blood_Sugar_Levels_and_MDA_Levels A plausible explanation of the benefits could be mitohormesis. A very small mitochondrial stress could activate benefical compensatory mechanisms like Nrf2, PGC-1a or AMPK. There are studies showing Chia seeds activate AMPK.

@wester130 Not sure why it would be dangerous. I may be mistaking Exemestane for a different compound (anastrozole) - but it may lower IGF-1 levels which is probably not ideal if you're in the normal range already. AFAIK DHEA's main/only concern is aromatization, which Exe does a good job at keeping at bay. It would be best if you knew what your estrogen levels were prior to doing this or at least testing after you're through this to see if you're too high. Odds are you likely won't crash it with 3mg exe. You may consider the whole cycle is "pointless" if you don't have an end goal and reason in mind to take these. I don't expect an already healthy person to see a large upside to this protocol. Maybe I'm wrong and someone else knows better though

That one's Life in Technicolor ii from the same album LTR. A Vida meme is somewhere in the RPF thread though.

@sunsunsun Usually slow release has a reason it is "slow release;" a chemical reason. That is most likely what is causing disturbances in pup's guts. When used properly, with the right cofactors, which you aptly listed, aspirin is fantastic. Hence, why they paint it in a bad light! This isn't new however. During the first fake pandemic: start of industrializing-rothchildism take-overs-celebrating birth of hypodermic needle-polluting of true medical texts, etc, namely the so-called "spanish flu," which was actually and also vaccine injuries of that time, they totally demonized aspirin. Later as publications were discovered supporting anti-aspirin sentiment, they noticed that upwards of 30 grams!!! of aspirin was used in those studies!

Damn, talks about broken collarbones and today Vingegaard crashes and likely breaks his.

@Mossy that’s actually the same as what many coaches teach and the core message of the Bhagavad Gita . doing things for the joy and not the results promotes abundance flow . its high vibration to do things for fun not for specifically getting something

@wester130 I know nothing of cardamom's specific chemical effects on the body, but I know its one of my favorite spices. Several years ago I made extracts of herbs and spices, with cardamom being one of them. I have to stop myself from using it, so I won't run out...haha. I've mixed it in milk as well, with vanilla and sugar. Sometimes I'll add cocoa for chocolate milk. Now I know why it's so expensive.

I have a ton of notes throughout the years, on health and nutrition, but I tend to be going off the cuff these days, i.e, by memory. In that vein, I recall reading cocoa butter is indeed the key ingredient to look for in quality chocolate; and the further down the list it is, or even non-existent, the more the chocolate bar/candy drifts from quality. My additional 2 cents, and my personal litmus test for all chocolate, and all processed foods, is whether they use "natural flavor". I avoid all foods with natural flavor, for I interpret it as faking the taste of what should be a real taste produced as the result of a proper balance of real-food ingredients. I've noticed Nestle always uses natural flavors.

I forget where I read this, but purely by memory I recall any granulated sugar, not specifically noted as being "cane sugar", such as Walmart's store brand sugar, is made from beets, which is cheaper to produce because it is beets and not cane sugar. So, I've blindly followed this, and have looked specifically for "cane sugar" on packaging, thinking it to be better. I realize to those more in the know this may simply be stupid, and at the least ignorant, reasoning, but sometimes time and opportunity allow for just winging it on some things, and gleaning what you can when you can. Such as things like this: @cedric said: Polyphenols from sugar cane support Bifidobacteria.

Ate pasta, bread with tomato sauce / GRAVY and cola. Most cravings are gone.

@engineer i am currently doing 7 keto DHEA

@sunsunsun good to know. How about cloni dine?

What's going on with the old ray peat forum? Has it gone through some kind o recent change?