@LucH

I'll assume these are accurate for the supplements you're taking, unless you respond otherwise:

https://www.amazon.com/Doctors-Best-Betaine-Gentian-Bitters/dp/B00HA67WCQ

https://www.amazon.com/Enzymedica-Supplement-Digestion-capsules-servings/dp/B00124UKJ4

@sneedful said in Assumimg I have dysbiosis gut is made worse by any soluable fiber and insoluable:

@Mossy im probably wrong about that tbh

coconut oil is generally anti bacterial. that bacteria bilophilia wadsworthia and some others feed off bile and increased fat intake can increase bile but coconut oil is mostly absorbed by another method, so in general coconut oil is anti bacterial and @LucH is probably right

so I retract the previous statement saying coconut oil can feed bacteria.

Thanks for clarifying. I appreciate your explanation.

@LucH said in Assumimg I have dysbiosis gut is made worse by any soluable fiber and insoluable:

@Mossy said in Assumimg I have dysbiosis gut is made worse by any soluable fiber and insoluable:

1. Is that to say coconut oil is pro bacteria?
   2.I've never heard this before,
   3.but from my experience with coconut oil, I could see this being the case. I don't feel well when I take it.
   4.This is really pronounced when I take it straight, but I'm now considering even within food it may negatively affect me.

1. some kinds of SFA are useful , but excess unbalance is not appropriate. Let's say 45/45/10 %.
2. doi: 10.1159/000371687
   Interactions between diet, bile acid metabolism, gut microbiota, and Inflammatory Bowel Diseases.
   => excess SFA, sugar and lack of veggies.
3. Listen to your body. Stop 1 month with coconut oil. Then take 2 x1 tsp with a meal.
   Other kinds from butter and free-range cattle / poultry / duck / ...
4. Coconut oil has the capacity to kill LPS bacteria. Liver overburdened. Need some olive oil to carry them away. Not advised to take coco at he beginning of a detox, or when you take antibiotics.

When I have have problem to digest food:

• enzymedica lipogold (when bloating)
  -- Betaine HCL (with ginger & gentian bitters), from Doctor's best. once a day, at evening meal.

Much appreciated, LucH. I will consider and apply some of these.

@sneedful said in Vitamin C (IV route) doubles survival time in advanced pancreatic cancer patients:

@Mossy same deal with k2 . I assume you mean mk4. k2 mk4 best absorbs with lots of fat anyways and im not sure eating a bunch of fat with methylene blue seems like an appetizing combination

Yes, K2, mk4. Thank you.

@sneedful said in Vitamin C (IV route) doubles survival time in advanced pancreatic cancer patients:

@Mossy in my opinion it's just better to take them separately. dha can irreversibly undergo hydrolysis in plain water and depending on how fast/slow digestion is maybe it starts to break down before it reaches target tissues. I think it makes more sense to let ascorbic acid and methylene blue meet in blood around target tissues and turn into dehyroascorbate and leucomethylene blue there so the dehydroascorbate can be taken up by tissues more immediately.
at most I suggest just mixing them right away and drinking, and not waiting for the solution to turn from blue to clear.

Thank you. You've answered a question I had asked on RPF, a few years back. I was curious if you could simply take both and let the reaction take place internally. You don't mention K2, but I'll assume the same.

@haidut said in Vitamin C (IV route) doubles survival time in advanced pancreatic cancer patients:

While high doses of ascorbate will still raise DHAA formed inside the body, the effects are rather minute compared to administering either preformed DHAA or a combination of vitamin C and a quinone.

Interesting study. Thank you.

On the RPF there is a thread that discusses the making of DHAA, with vitamin C and methylene blue. It's very simple to know when you have the mixture, for the methylene blue goes clear. If using K2 instead, is it just a matter of mixing the K2 with the vitamin C, or should we be looking for of a proper reaction, like when the methylene blue goes clear?

@sneedful said in Assumimg I have dysbiosis gut is made worse by any soluable fiber and insoluable:

@LetTheRedeemed coconut oil literally enhances some of the bacteria that can cause these issues particularly bilophila wadsworthia and others that feed in bile acids

Is that to say coconut oil is pro bacteria? I've never heard this before, but from my experience with coconut oil, I could see this being the case. I don't feel well when I take it. This is really pronounced when I take it straight, but I'm now considering even within food it may negatively affect me.

@LucH said in Is lutein a Magic Bullet for cognition?:

@Mossy said in Is lutein a Magic Bullet for cognition?:

Thanks for the info, though this contradicts what @DavidPS posted above, where cooked spinach has more lutein than raw.

I suppose it varies from different studies and what is found in the ground.

Yes. I'm also considering that the 1/2 cup is volume, where cooked spinach shrinks, hence the higher weight in grams to the right.

@LucH said in Is lutein a Magic Bullet for cognition?:

Typical loss of Lutein+Zeaxanthin (as compared to raw food): 5% Freeze, 50% Dry, 25% Cook, 35% Cook+Drain, 10% Reheat.
Source: Nutritional Effects of Food Processing
http://nutritiondata.self.com/topics/processing
Freezing, Drying, Cooking, and Reheating.
Note: the results are often variable.

Thanks for the info, though this contradicts what @DavidPS posted above, where cooked spinach has more lutein than raw.

@LetTheRedeemed said in How to fix haemorrhoids/piles?:

@Mossy tea with sugar and milk was the only way I wouldn’t have problems with cascara sagrada

Very good. Thank you. Good to know you're having success with it in tea form.