Here is what the pancakes look like:

@sushi_is_cringe also one thing that I should have clarified is that it is important to drain all liquid from the soaked buckwheat - otherwise the mix will get too liquidy. It's easy to add some water in if need be but not vice versa.

And ripe bananas tend to work better.

I have been eating these for months and they have been great!

Here is a recipe for tasty buckwheat pancakes:

• Before you go to bed, soak ~60 grams of hulled buckwheat

• In the morning, drain excess water and pour the buckwheat in a blender.

• Add 1 large banana

• Add 2 eggs

• Optionally: add 1 tbsp collagen/gelatin

• Blend for a few seconds

Heat up a pan on medium high heat and add a lot of butter and pour in the mixture, cook for 2 minutes, flip, cook another 2-3 minutes.

This makes around 8 smaller pancakes, or maybe 4-5 big ones.

Serve with maple syrup or fruit preserves

Enjoy!

@jamezb46 Thank you that makes sense - does nicotine boost NAD+ levels? Or does cigarettes contain small amounts of nicotinamide?

This could be a very good experiment to run before going all in on cigarettes , I will check if I have some niacinamide left in my supplement pile.

@sushi_is_cringe maybe you are correct, the idea of smoking cigs just "feel right" to me, I can't really explain it better. Many people that smoke have good vibes and maybe thats was I am after...

@Corngold Hmmm so you didn't get any wellbeing/dopamine effects at all from cigarettes? What were the negatives you notice from smoking?

What is interesting to me is that I have never smoked regularly, maybe only a few times per year. But now all of a sudden I have these cigarette cravings 🧐

Hi everyone,

I haven't smoked for years but recently I have been having strong cravings for cigarettes.

I don't know how to describe it but it feels like cigarettes have some important nutrient that I'm missing and I am thinking a lot about how good it would be to just have a cigarette.

Has anyone else had cigarette cravings, randomly out of the blue? I feel like it has something to do with the spring weather...

Should I start smoking cigarettes? What do you think? It doesn't sound very healthy

Thanks for your insights!

Also I have a feeling that butter fat helps with coffee tolerance a lot. I have been eating a lot of butter with my meals lately and been feeling great along with the increased coffee. Maybe the saturated fat helps to stabilise blood sugars?

I find my coffee tolerance goes way up when I have low gut inflammation and consistently avoid foods that I am sensitive/have slight allergic reactions to. It could be related to better liver function from less endotoxins or something - I am not sure.

For reference, I am averaging around 6 cups of strong coffee per day and feel like I only get the nice thyroid boosting/high vibe/wellbeing effects, without any side effects like anxiousness or jitteriness.

In the past I thought Ray might've been wrong about caffeine but I think it was because my physiology wasn't in a good state and I couldn't enjoy the benefits of caffeine.

Have you tried tinkering with your diet to see if certain foods make you feel better or worse?

My experience is that when I already feel good, I can drink tons of coffee, but when I feel bad (endotoxin feeling) I can not have very much coffee, and it doesn't "work" that well (i.e., I have a cup of coffee but don't get any good feelings or it even makes me feel worse). But the feeling good part has to come first, and for me that is dependent on my diet to a very large extent.

@AinmBeo Beta oxidation is fatty acid oxidation, and vice versa, i.e. they are the same thing.

This takes place inside the mitochondria, feeding acetyl-CoA into the Krebs cycle and then NADH/FADH to the electron transport chain.

It is normal, we are always burning some fatty acids and some glucose. I think issues arise when the glucose burning machinery is not working and the body has to rely excessively on fatty acid oxidation for its energy needs.