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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RE: Glucose loading cures everything?
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RE: What do you guys think about peptides?
@Polar334 I don’t personally feel like I know enough to say one way or another. All I can say is that I had a separated shoulder for about two years heal after about a month on BPC. I couldn’t sleep, train, or hold my newborn without literal excruciating pain. Pain that at times was so severe it caused instant spontaneous weakness, (like almost a total loss of use of my arm). That pain translocated to my wrist because I was constantly overcompensating for the weak/painful shoulder. So now I have an arm from shoulder to hand that is essentially useless, and in one month, it was like I didn’t spend two years like that. It’s been almost 6 years since it healed and I have to really think about it to remember it ever happened, I have zero pain.
I say all this just to say, maybe sometimes in life we have choices to make, and maybe there isn’t going to be a clear best choice? I tell everyone I know about my experience because living with chronic pain for years has got to be worse holistically for the mind, body, and spirit than a round of BPC. I am not a doctor, and this is not medical advice. I’m just an n=1.
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RE: What do you guys think about peptides?
@Polar334 Danny Roddy just did a little work on BPC and suggested that it raised VegF and NO. I don’t know personally, but I’ve taken it in the past and will probably do more research before doing so again.
It’s a bummer because I had some great reversal of long term injuries that were not healing personally.
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RE: Ideas for knocking out "hidden" lymphatic bacterial infection
@LetTheRedeemed how’s your thyroid status? Broda Barnes talks frequently in two of his books I’ve read about the regularity of recurring infections in hypothyroid patients.
I know in the “Peat Sphere” thyroid gets spammed, but it’s not without reason. I myself used to get throat, and ear infections constantly, and it wasn’t until I began adopting many of the principles, (high carb diet, getting temps and pulse up, eliminating exhaustive exercise) that I began to go years without infections. Exercise was a big offender for me.
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RE: Any advice for a minor muscle gaining with only dumbbells?
@Sokolov honestly optimize hormones, get your thyroid in order and eat a slight surplus while being reasonably active. You should gain muscle.
For example reasonably active would be chopping wood, moving furniture, taking the stairs always, parking (if you drive a car) at the end of the street and walking longer, if you take a bus or trolley-getting off a stop early or late and walking, cleaning your tub or shower every two days or so, etc. just never slouch on chores, and have the energy to want to do them.
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RE: Any advice for a minor muscle gaining with only dumbbells?
Natural Hypertrophy is GOATed, esp. if you plan to remain natty. Eric bugenhagen is funny, but his sauce is on the sauce, so not necessarily the best recommendation for a newbie. Just my opinion though, YMMV.
If you’re limited with resistance weight there are a few ways you can overcome this: higher reps, slower reps, or exercise variations to increase difficulty. Of these, only variations is probably anywhere in the realm of Peaty, (and remember Peat often described himself as sedentary, so intentional exercise is not Peaty).
High reps are obvious, (you increase the reps per set) slow reps are less obvious, (start with a 10 second push up, move to a 12 second push up, move to a 15 second push up etc) variations are swapping a normal squat for a one legged squat, or changing hand positions to a push up and progressing to a one arm push up, etc.
Ask yourself, why do you want to work out? Don’t want to be bigger or stronger? These are very different goals. You have to train for your goal, or you will develop fuckarounditis.
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RE: Do you drink coffee first thing in the morning?
I drink 8oz of OJ first, maybe have 2-3 dates, sometimes 8oz milk, and then I have coffee with almost half milk and maple syrup. No cortisol response, good digestion.
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RE: Alternatives to suncream
I used to burn terribly, (I assume avoiding PUFA has helped there). I never burn now because I do some “sun training” (I don’t know what to call it). Where I progressively expose myself to sun during spring so by summer I can go hours without burning. So I might go out in the sun for 7 minutes without a shirt, and work up to 10 in a few weeks, 15, and then 20 and so on until I can be out an hour or two without any burn. It takes some doing, but it works. It’s been years since I’ve had a bad burn.
When I did burn I would use aspirin topically and that usually healed it within a day.
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RE: Methionine/Cysteine restriction increases longetivity AND energy expenditure
@Ecstatic_Hamster are you experimenting with it? If so how long, and any noticeable effects?
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RE: Taking T3 gives me insomnia
Before I forget, make sure you’re getting enough calories for your activity each day. Undereating can definitely cause elevated cortisol and be detrimental to good sleep.