@FTMarinetti There’s this source that’s similar.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/coconut-oil

@tubert

@haidut has many posts on lowering cortisol on his website, haidut.me, and the old raypeatforum. Personally, cypro has been the best and most noticeable effect in lowering cortisol.

• Pre-packaged fruit cups in syrup/juice
• Applesauce squeeze pouches
• Ruger wafers (fat is coconut oil and palm kernel oil)
• Honey Crisp cereal
• Bugels
• Oriental Corn Chips (have to check label but a lot of them are made with coconut oil and/or palm kernel oil.)
• Naked Juice smoothies
• Microwaved/Pre-Popped Popcorn (check label to see if coconut oil, palm kernel oil, or butter. e.g. LesserEvil Himalayan Pink Salt Organic Popcorn)
• Reay-to-drink coconut water that has added sugar (or I mix with other juices).

My daily go-to combo at work is Naked Juice Smoothie and Ruger wafers/Bugels from the cafe. At home, it tends to be coconut water, fruit cups and applesauce squeeze pouches.

Looking for ways to lower serotonin and cortisol may be useful. Belly fat is highly associated with increased cortisol (e.g. Cushing disease as the extreme).

@Mr-X Not sure. I have not taken it by itself. I take the stack I posted morning and evening.

Positives I’ve Noticed:

• More calm
• Feel less intimidated/scared by higher ranks in my work place
• less social anxiety. Used to freeze during presentations and driving meetings.
• no adrenaline rush (interesting feeling when I went on a rollercoaster. It was like experiencing the ride with clear vision. No fear.)
• feel more drive to perform well in my workplace

Negatives

• Occasional dry eyes.
• Occasional catching myself acting confident in a rude manner, but no anger. Not afraid to speak my mind or filter my thoughts before speaking.
• when the stack starts wearing off, i feel like the stress response flicks on and off rapidly during a stressful event. For example, when I was riding my motorcycle I got stressed when I was trying to come off the line. While I was peeling away the feeling of stress would turn on and off repeatedly until I felt safe on my way. Weird feeling.

Neutral effects

• I feel full all the time even with little food
• weight gain but it doesn’t feel like fat. Clothes fit the same. Hoping the drop in cortisol and serotonin is allowing some muscle to grow back.

@haidut said in New IdeaLabs Product – 3α-Dihydroprogesterone (3α-DHP):

0.01-1.0 microgram

@haidut correct me if I'm inaccurate, please.

1 drop of this product for R&D is about double the dose used in the quoted studies above for HED. (I used Copilot to convert the dosage).

On the older AlloP and 5α-DHP pages, the common max R&D dose was 10 drops.

If anyone is interested, I like the following stack for busy days. Helped me a lot mitigating the stress when interfacing with a panel of directors and VPs.

Morning/Evening Dose:
1 drop lisuride - topical
1 drop cypro - oral
2 drops androsterone - topical
2 drops 3α-DHP - oral