I think Peat himself said ashwaganda was serotonergic, (I know you said you aren’t currently taking it). The porn and masturbation are for sure causing issues, but the issue isnt so much that you’re engaging in that, (without end-point gratification mind you-which is a whole separate issue potentially) but rather porn and masturbation are a symptom, (again, like the meticulous logging of food and supplements) of what seems, (to me) sky high serotonin. You are trying to control everything in your life, (down to denying yourself ejaculation because of a potential negative outcome).

This is not what you want to hear, but if you’re not having fun playing soccer you should quit. It sounds like your life is totally devoid of joy. I don’t say this lightly, I say it as someone who had a similar experience playing competitive sports. I now wish I never played sports, and believe strongly that my time spent playing them caused most of the health issues I have today, (but more so, my playing sports in the first place was a symptom itself of my lack of energetic living). I hope you find your happiness, whatever that is for you. I have, and it took me til I was about 40. I hope you don’t have to wait so long. Be well.

@random both

How’s your liver health? Can you drink coffee at night without keeping you up? Is your tolerance to alcohol non-existent?

In the time I’ve been using Peat’s work to better my health, the people I’ve come across who were non-responders to supplements typically had liver dysfunction.

@random but in a lucid dream you have the ability to access the subconscious. I have found that incredibly impactful personally.

One time I asked to speak to my subconscious, and I asked it what was holding me back. It replied fear. I pondered this for a while because I didn’t feel particularly fearful, and then I googled the hormone responsible for fear. I got cortisol as a search result. This led me to Ray Peat’s work and literally changed my entire life.

I’d call that impactful, YMMV…

I wonder if the water is not playing a role in the 29 month old mice who are showing signs of reversal of age? For instance, water can be structured many different ways, (red light, vortexing, filtering through rock like media). I wouldn’t be surprised if the ultrasound is structuring/energizing the water, and it’s the mice being bathed in this substance that is exerting the effects.

I have heals many maladies in the past simply structuring water and then soaking my feet in that water. For whatever reason that I can only guess about, my best results have always come from using sea-water, (structuring that, and then soaking my feet in that). The results are systemic. A rough patch of skin on say my knee is returned to normal by soaking my feet. An increase in energy, (not driven by cortisol) can be observed by soaking my feet.

I say all of this to say: water may be playing a key role in these findings, (though if ultrasound is capable of structuring fluid, the fluids of the body may suffice too). I just personally have had remarkable success with “bathing” in structured water.

@Mauritio excellent! Exactly the lead I was looking for thanks!

I had ultrasound long ago when I had knee surgery, (I don’t ever have knee problems anymore). I’m following this thread with great interest. Anyone find any info on ultrasound for the thyroid? I seem to remember an old study @haidut posted on the old forum about heat alone regressing tumors…

I’ve had positive experiences with lactoferrin supplementation, and decided to give the enteric version a shot.

My personal experimentation with regular lactoferrin has resulted in better sleep, more frequent morning erections, and vivid dreams and recall, (a positive for me since I practice lucid dreaming). It also seems to have a strong anti-inflammatory effect for me. I’m particularly interested in the enteric coating to see what anti-inflammatory effects this might have on the small intestine. My wife has had issues with SIBO in the past and I was hypothesizing that perhaps a reduction in iron, (as lactoferrin is known to bind) especially in the small intestine might be a more holistic/environmental change dissuading bacterial colonization in the area vs antibiotics alone with no change in environment.

I bought enough to trial this for a few months, (the studies were 8weeks).

@lobotomize-me I’ve done a lot of public speaking in my life, and I stumbled upon this trick in high school when I tripped on my way to the podium to speak. The tripping scared me sufficiently to somehow relieve any anxiety I might have had about the speech. I gave one of the best presentations I’d ever given. Since then, I try to recreate the feeling my doing something to make myself vulnerable just prior to speaking. Tripping, or making fun of myself/making a joke specifically about me, somehow relieves some tension and then allows me to master my delivery and flow.

Maybe your warmup and your poor play at the beginning of the game are similar? They allow you to tap into inadequacy that then relieves the anxiety of “what if I play poorly?” You’ve already played poorly, so that anxiety has been fulfilled and now you can simply relax and concentrate on the mastery that you have beneath that.

What if you try to actively access this feeling in your warmup? It’s inconsequential to the game, and might allow you to start the game with that elevated sense of motivation that you get from being subbed out. Maybe wear a silly winter hat to the warm up, or tie your shoes together and trip, (though in your case you obviously don’t want to risk injury)? Is there a mascot? Maybe improv something where you’re the butt of a joke?

Embarrassment seems to be the key. It somehow resets the anxiety scale, (if you will) and allows the skill you have beneath the veneer of anxiety to come out.

@LetTheRedeemed interesting, I hadn’t considered this, but perhaps a little coconut oil in a sweetened drink could be more stabilizing. I tend to eat lower fat, (I’ve always had trouble digesting fat-I assume it’s gallbladder related, but in my 6 years of “Peating” I haven’t been able to figure it out). My family’s solid meals always have plenty of saturated fat though, (butter, tallow, dairy, coconut) but adding to a glucose drink is a great suggestion that I’ll try. I could mix plain coconut oil in my warm milk, but how do you mix it in OJ? Do you use MCT?