Glucose loading cures everything?
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Does anyone have any experience with this?
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He just talks about glucose. Makes no mention of tissue oxygenation. Very one-dimensional thinking.
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@yerrag But it seems he is saying that by resetting your brain you'll restore normal function, meaning proper oxygenation of tissues as well. It does sound too good to be true, but as the perennial lab rat I'm going to test it out.
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I only went halfway as I was tired of listening to brain issues being all about glucose. I didn't get to the part about the brain resetting. What is involved in resetting the brain, if I may ask?
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I’ve been doing it for about two weeks now and have experienced many benefits. I’ve always had issues with oral health, but my teeth are strong and I have no sensitivity in my mouth since starting. My eyesight has improved, (not that it was ever bad, but it seems sharper and my eyes seem hydrated). My sleep is the biggest game changer. I’m someone who will often take an antihistamine once, maybe twice a week, and I seem to need none to have a deep restful sleep. I mean, falling asleep fast, not even turning over in my sleep, and waking up in the same position feeling refreshed. I’m also dreaming more frequently, (or at least remembering them more frequently). Oh, and my verbal fluency has improved dramatically. I seem to have much less brain fog. It’s been an incredibly rewarding experience.
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This case report doesn't seem possible to me.
From Dr. Stevens website:
https://www.peakneuropsych.com/treatment-of-brain-injuries-and-mental-illness
Case History 6
Diagnosis: Concussion with LOC, Suspected Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy63 year-old female. Immediate reason for referral was motor vehicle accident with concussion with loss of consciousness. Neuropsychological test scores at the time of initial appointment were artificially elevated due to her familiarity with neuropsychological testing as a result of her career as a rehabilitation/occupational therapy specialist and having given neuropsychological screening instruments to many of her patients. Her neuropsychological test scores ranged from the 16 th percentile (despite specific familiarity with this task) to the 92 nd percentile. Depression, anxiety, headache, head pressure, mental “fogginess”, memory problems, “word-finding” difficulty, anger, balance problems all rated at the 80 th percentile or higher at the time of initial appointment. Began with 60 grams of glucose at initial appointment, which reduced all symptoms to 30 th percentile or lower during initial appointment. Recommended dose of 100 grams 4 times per day at conclusion of initial appointment. At second appointment she reported that this dose reduced symptoms to the 30 th or 40 th percentile or lower. Recommended dose increase to 160 grams 4 times per day. At third appointment she reported this dose reduced symptoms consistently to 20 th percentile or lower, with some intermittent higher intensity of symptoms. By 5 th appointment she was taking between 200 and 240 grams 4 times per day, which eliminated all symptoms. She continued on this dose for 5 months, at which time all symptoms had been eliminated for a month and she discontinued use of glucose apart from occasional doses of 20 to 40 grams during times of high stress. Neuropsychological test scores at the time of completion of treatment ranged from the 84 th to the 97 th percentile.
How did a 63 year old woman eat that much for 5 months? Eating nearly 3200 cals of dextrose powder per day and she's certainly diabetic after 5 months. It's not impossible but it's hard to imagine a doctor telling someone to gain weight like that.
A 100% success rate is suspicious as well. He claims 1500 patients and they've all been cured.
I heard him claim several Alzheimer's cases cured which I didn't think was possible because it's caused by brain tissue loss as far as I know. Maybe it can be improved slightly when it has an early onset. It's a little suspicious.
Garrett Smith called him Stevens a "Shyster." That's unusually strong language. Is he calling him a fraud just to protect his interests?
Stephens is making big claims. It would be nice to know if he's credible.
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This is the video of Garrett calling Dr. Stephens a crook. It starts at the attack.
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@S-Holmes said in Glucose loading cures everything?:
Does anyone have any experience with this?
https://youtu.be/AiyoNM7OT7YThe video is quite long
So I didn’t viewCame here to say
If im making the correct assumption with the big idea
Peat spoke favorably of this idea
If I can find what im specifically referring to today
I will post hereBut here is a start:
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Foundational
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@Peatful In that clip Ray's talking about the stress of hypoglycemia and that's something that can occur after a very large dose of plain glucose as the body overreacts following periods of hyperglycemia. In fact RP would promote fructose partly because it could suppress the blood glucose spike.
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@Insomniac said in Glucose loading cures everything?:
@Peatful In that clip Ray's talking about the stress of hypoglycemia and that's something that can occur after a very large dose of plain glucose as the body overreacts following periods of hyperglycemia. In fact RP would promote fructose partly because it could suppress the blood glucose spike.
Thx
That’s not what im pointing out
The big takeaway
Besides stable blood sugar- which is paramount as well- but another conversationThe big takeaway is how essential sugar (which the body converts or uses and or stores as glucose)
is for not only thyroid function but liver function as wellBack on rpf
Lots of folks couldn’t wrap their head around white sugar being therapeutic or medicinal or healing or essentialFruit?
Sure
It has potassium blah blah blahEven in the Peat community
I saw white sugar avoidancePoint being
If some guy on a long video is singing the accolades of sugar -> glucose
This has been a foundation with Ray all along
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@Peatful It is certainly Ray Peat themed protocol. I've read a lot of the posts on the forum where it's being promoted and it's incredible that nobody has mentioned this even though the forum is named after him. It's absurd.
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@Insomniac said in Glucose loading cures everything?:
@Peatful It is certainly Ray Peat themed protocol. I've read a lot of the posts on the forum where it's being promoted and it's incredible that nobody has mentioned this even though the forum is named after him. It's absurd.
Oh really?
They are touting this video or this guy’s work not Ray’s?
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@Peatful Exactly. Ray Peat doesn't even come up in the conversation. They've scrubbed him.
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@Insomniac said in Glucose loading cures everything?:
@Peatful Exactly. Ray Peat doesn't even come up in the conversation. They've scrubbed him.
They never understood him.
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I haven't quite figured out how or why the brain downregulates sugar usage following every stress (any kind of stress). Stress seems to trigger lipolysis (vs glycolysis) and the damage is CUMULATIVE. Is this why stress kills? I've ordered his latest book. Hopefully he addresses this in depth.
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@S-Holmes said in Glucose loading cures everything?:
I haven't quite figured out how or why the brain downregulates sugar usage following every stress (any kind of stress). Stress seems to trigger lipolysis (vs glycolysis) and the damage is CUMULATIVE. Is this why stress kills? I've ordered his latest book. Hopefully he addresses this in depth.
Peat talk about this plenty
But not cohesively
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@Peatful Right, but I don't understand why the brain restricts it's own fuel consumption following a stress, and is never able to completely recover (without glucose loading).
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@evan-hinkle Thanks for the great report! Has the glucose loading caused any weight gain?
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What kind of problems did you have?
Do you then brush your teeth or rinse them after taking glucose?