@revenant said in Stanolabs DHT gel:

Still waiting for my order to arrive.

Finland. Should be arriving soon.

Still waiting for my order to arrive.

Where do ppl buy it from?

What do you think about this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTRtKby8P80

Isn't "oxidative stress" in the bioenergetic world the same as not enough oxidation, not too much?

Anything that raises dopamine.

When I went too low in fat and protein I didn't sleep for a few months.

Try casein powder before bed. Also anything that reduces cortisol and adrenaline should help with frequent urination. Magnesium is helpful for sleep in general.

@ThinPicking said in Tinnitus remedies?:

Tinnitus results from electrolyte disturbance in endolymph. Auricular function is extremely sensitive to variations in the constitution of that fluid.

And I don't consider Ray's attributions to hypothyroidism and endotoxin inconsistent with the normalisation of fluid balance.

I have had tinnitus, dizziness and a feeling of fullness in the ear now for a while but it comes and goes, and I definitely notice that fluid retention in general affects it. When I'm all dried out (and weigh less on the scale), my hearing is perfect and everything is fine. When I start adding water weight, tinnitus gets worse and sense of balance gets worse.

Apparently endotoxin can cause fluids to leak into the inner ear, but fluid balance seems important too. The first time I experiences the dizziness was when I tried the potato hack and consumed tons of potassium.

The standard treatment for Meniere's disease (dizziness, tinnitus, sense of fullness in ear) is diuretics, so clearly there is something to it.

@LetTheRedeemed said in Calorie deficit but gaining fat?:

Danny Roddy shared Broda Barnes’ findings that you can’t lose weight no matter the attempt, when your temps are low enough. CICO methods don’t help. Optimal scenario, You just burn water weight, which promptly returns the minute you restore carbs, or just die of a stroke before you reach your dream body.

Ray shared case studies on obese women who were consuming 600 calories a day while working out, not losing weight.

Principally, it’s first and foremost a hormonal issue. Cortisol and estrogen literally cause weight gain.

I know that in my keto carnivore days, I’d fast and calorie restrict for so long, with no success. It seemed to plateau at the same point at which I was getting severe hypo symptoms… no wonder… I can directly refute @RawGoatMilk88 on that one. It was not for lack of trying and diligence that that failed…

I’ve gotten my pulse and temps up pretty consistently now, and now I can at least lose weight on days I sleep more than 8 hours. I do understand the principles of CICO (and play around with low fat/calorie counting), but I still consistently do better when I increase my icecream intake before bed, and restrict my protein intake, and up my gelatin intake. So far my weight loss has happened in bouts of feeling good on tasty food until full, but no mechanical CICO consistency has done the same for me.

The goal is to get your core temps and pulse up consistently high, and then do short term CICO.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cvAAUtKUf34&t=61s

How did you get your temps up? My pulse seems fine but temps are under 37 almost always.

T3/T4 don't seem to do much for me.

@Bling5 said in Calorie deficit but gaining fat?:

@revenant

i would add way more vegetables. if you're interested in body recomp and athletic performance your meals should really be starch meat and veg and then eggshell to balance the phosphorus. that's my opinion. a bit of zucchini isn't enough plant food. the fruits dont really count, yeah they have micronutrients but not as much as cooked leafs or other veg.

if youre trying to lose fat it doesnt make sense to have less nutrient dense stuff like cheesecake and cokes. you should be using whatever opportunity that anytime you eat something in a lower calorie diet to get the maximum nutrient density in. you only have a certain amount of calories to eat right now so you should be choosing the most nutrient dense things.

yeah i saw the rat studies with how they lost fat on coca cola. show me anyone who has done that and thrived.

milk with sugars imo is a good meal replacement for convenience and not a staple of the diet. i.e. you eat 4-5 meals a day, you can have 1 as milk or other dairy stuff.

and i dont think fruit should be meals. fruit can accompany a meal and help with digestion (e.g. digestive enzymes in pineapple etc.) but it is a waste of an opportunity to make fruit a meal. again talking about body recomp an performance. not leisurely vacation diet. you would get way more out of using that opportunity to get nutrient density in.

add cooked leaves and cabbages and bell peppers and lettuces and stuff. ive never experienced the downsides of these that people on rpf postulated about for years. in fact i did way better when i added all this stuff i took out after browsing rpf and taking ray's words too literally and personally

That's worth a shot I guess. Thanks.

I usually supplement 200-400 mg of magnesium and some B vitamins. Occasionally take 15 mg zinc or 2 mg copper. Started taking 5000-10000 IU of vitamin D per day since spending time in the sun during summer did not raise my vitamin D levels. Also vitamin A sometimes, maybe 1000-5000 IU per day.