Glucose loading cures everything?
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@S-Holmes said in Glucose loading cures everything?:
Dr. Stephens says 4 months is usually the minimum amount of time required. I've had CFS/ME for many years so it may take me longer to be 100%.
Thank you for sharing your updates, @S-Holmes and @marmalade_cat
It's interesting to me that he says 4 months is usually the minimum amount of time required. I got the impression from watching his interviews previously that some people saw pretty major improvements basically immediately. As in, they even felt their brains turn on at the first dose. I know that doesn't mean 100% resolution by any means. But I guess but the overall experiences reported herea and at RayPeatForum (some positive results, some negative, some neutral) aren't seeming to quite line up with how it came across from his interviews (e.g. my impression was: it works great 100% of the time if you stick with it, you'll notice it working right away, and eventually it will resolve basically all ailments). But it's very interesting to follow.
All in all, I'm encouraged by some aspects of what people are reporting, discouraged by others. I'm sticking with the protocol for now. I'm fortunate to be in good health but have a few minor symptoms I'm watching out for (e.g. dandruff, foamy urine, white tongue at the back of tongue). No change in those symptoms but my subjective experience has been neutral-to-subtly positive so far. I'm a little over 2 months in (started mid-June with a 2-week break for travel in late July/early August).
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@S-Holmes I wonder if these symptoms are related to decalcification of past injuries due to elevated body temps. Ray or Georgi talked about that happening to people when their temps elevate on thyroid.
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@LetTheRedeemed Would it be possible to provide a link?
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@S-Holmes I'll see what I can find
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@LetTheRedeemed said in Glucose loading cures everything?:
@S-Holmes I'll see what I can find
Thanks! It's interesting that my temps have been good for a few years now without taking thyroid. (I took Cynomel for about 3 years but temps didn't respond.) I've been taking 10 mg of famotidine for about 4 years so maybe that's helping with displaced calcium? The glucose is definitely helping with mood swings and attitude. I don't bottom out when something mildly upsetting happens. As for the physical stuff, still working through it, but the direction seems promising.
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@S-Holmes nice. I'm having trouble finding it. it was an offhanded comment I saw in a transcript
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@LetTheRedeemed said in Glucose loading cures everything?:
@S-Holmes nice. I'm having trouble finding it. it was an offhanded comment I saw in a transcript
No worries. Just if you come across it again the context may be helpful.
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@S-Holmes for sure
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Quick update. I'm still on 6 TBSPs of glucose 3 to 4 times a day. I've been taking my temperature again lately and am amazed. My afternoon temps are running 99° to 99.3°. I used to take thyroid (T3), maybe 10 years ago, and my temps were still in the dumpster. The thyroid didn't do much for me. So I've had an aha moment. In order for thyroid to work it must have enough glucose. (RP101), so the glucose therapy is restoring thyroid function. I have never restricted sugar, never done the keto diet, but apparently my high stress levels and PUFA's were enough to wreck my metabolism. Glucose to the rescue!
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Another quick observation. In my part of the world, ragweed is giving everyone grief right now, and yesterday my eyes were really burning. I remembered Dr Stephens said to take glucose until symptoms subside, so I took an extra dose. Within minutes my eyes stopped burning. I continue to be amazed.
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@S-Holmes Pretty Peaty solution. I've done that with caffeine too, the last several years
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@LetTheRedeemed Yes! Glucose AND Caffeine for the win!!
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FYI, I played with caffeine pills for a while and can confirm the experiences of others, that coffee has a more pronounced caffeine effect than pure caffeine alone.
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@S-Holmes said in Glucose loading cures everything?:
Quick update. I'm still on 6 TBSPs of glucose 3 to 4 times a day. I've been taking my temperature again lately and am amazed. My afternoon temps are running 99° to 99.3°. I used to take thyroid (T3), maybe 10 years ago, and my temps were still in the dumpster. The thyroid didn't do much for me. So I've had an aha moment. In order for thyroid to work it must have enough glucose. (RP101), so the glucose therapy is restoring thyroid function. I have never restricted sugar, never done the keto diet, but apparently my high stress levels and PUFA's were enough to wreck my metabolism. Glucose to the rescue!
Ragweed been kicking out ass lol idk why I didn’t think to try this again
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@Jaffe said in Glucose loading cures everything?:
Ragweed been kicking out ass lol idk why I didn’t think to try this again
It seems particularly bad this year.
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@LetTheRedeemed said in Glucose loading cures everything?:
FYI, I played with caffeine pills for a while and can confirm the experiences of others, that coffee has a more pronounced caffeine effect than pure caffeine alone.
I agree. I tried caffeine pills instead of coffee for a few days. They didn't have the same effect.
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@S-Holmes I wish they worked lol
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@S-Holmes Those Smarties contain citric acid, which is made from GMO black mold (Aspergillus niger). I have to think that there is still some mold left in that citric acid.
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@PranaDeva said in Glucose loading cures everything?:
@S-Holmes Those Smarties contain citric acid, which is made from GMO black mold (Aspergillus niger). I have to think that there is still some mold left in that citric acid.
Do you know if all citric acid is made from black mold?
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@S-Holmes it may be possible to make citric acid from other molds, funguses, or bacteria, but I've only heard of using black mold.
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