@Ecstatic_Hamster Very interesting, thank you for sharing.

Is there any decent food source of thiamine? Basically just pork, right?

I've heard lots of people promote thiamine and its benefits (even at very high doses) but I'm generally resistant to supplements (despite supplementing 600 calories a day of dextrose ).

Still, it might be something worth trying for me. I believe I've heard it referenced as sometimes being beneficial for clearing up foamy urine, which I do deal with.

@S-Holmes I generally have a lot of protein but I will look out for any correlation between my protein intake and shakiness. Thank you for the tip!

@S-Holmes Thank you for sharing your update.

I am interested to hear how you adjust to significantly reduced glucose.

On my end, I recently traveled and took 8 or 9 days off glucose (coming from 15 tbsp/day) and felt no ill effects or feelings of withdrawal. So I was pleased with that. Nothing definitively interesting, positive or negative, to report on my experience with dextrose to date. Some potentially positive signs, some potentially negative ones. I'm back at it for now (planning on doing the protocol for 6 months).

I do have a question for anyone trying this: Have you noticed any tremors or shakiness? I occasionally have noticed some based out of my forearm area the last couple months but I'm not sure if it is a new experience or one I just never paid attention to before (my occasional slight tremor based only occurred to me after a family member asked me to be on the lookout for a shared contact's shakiness). It seems like it comes and goes and I haven't identified a definite pattern yet (e.g. does it happen X hours before/after working out and/or X hours before/after glucose dose and/or on days I eat food X). Could be fatigue due to some workout stuff or could be blood sugar related or could be something else entirely. But I'm curious if anyone else has noticed anything shakiness/tremor-related.

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@Lothric Tsp of baking soda before a lift is the best preworkout I've ever tried.

How much time before working out did you take the baking soda? And did you dissolve it in water?

@Mr-X said in Glucose loading cures everything?:

Has anybody here longterm success with this protocol? I did yesterday 4 times a day one dextro energy ( 5g dextrose) just to see what happened? It reaches directly the brain and I get calm but after 30-60 minutes I get hypoglycemic response. Last week I did also what Ray mentioned in one of his videos 1 pound additional sugar in 3 days to reset the thyroid from stress. I did half a pound what it was really great more energy more calm and some effect on the thyroid where it was loosen up not so tight anymore in the thyroid area. If you hear Dr. Stephens Videos u here like nearly everybody has instant relief from his protocol I think this doesnt match with the reviews here and on RPF

I'm still trying the protocol; approximately 3 months in. So I can't say much one way or the other.

However, I agree with you. From Dr. Stephens' videos, it sounded like basically instant relief across the board, whereas that is not what we are seeing in these forums. I've seen enough positive reports to think maybe there's something to this protocol, but I've seen enough reports conflicting with Stephens' representation to question its veracity.

@S-Holmes Which video on his website? Right now I'm not seeing anything at https://www.peakneuropsych.com/ but I don't know if that's the site you are referencing.

@S-Holmes said in Glucose loading cures everything?:

@jjk_learning said in Glucose loading cures everything?:

@S-Holmes Did he share anything specific there about cases where he has treated children with diagnoses such as autism?

Yes, but he also covers a lot of the same information in his videos on his website as well as in his books.

Once the video is uploaded I'll try and share a link. Q and A won't be included because it was held off stage in a smaller, more private area.

Thank you! I'll be interested to see the talk if you end up able to share a link.

@S-Holmes Did he share anything specific there about cases where he has treated children with diagnoses such as autism?

@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).

@S-Holmes Ha! That made me snicker

Glad to hear that your mental/emotional status is good and that your husband is seeming happier. Sorry to hear about the worsening nausea, headaches, and heartburn though.