Thank you for notifying.

The source website linked in the RP forum thread is very useful btw, a valuable bookmark imo. Because of Tamara Rubin i knew to stay away from Morton salt and to select an Instant Pot if i wanted to avoid lead.

Salt article: https://tamararubin.com/2020/10/how-much-lead-is-in-salt-which-salt-is-safest-to-use-for-cooking-is-himalayan-salt-safe/

Instant Pot article: https://tamararubin.com/2022/08/2022-instant-pot-stainless-insert-inner-pot-stock-pot-lead-free-including-the-interior-and-exterior-writing-and-markings/

Watch those rice and pressure cookers too, some of them are downright contaminated.

@LucH Thank you as always. I'll re-research Niacin to take note of possible factors. That RP forum thread you linked has another useful link to a Niacin discussion at the PhoenixRising forum: https://forums.phoenixrising.me/threads/does-methyl-absorbing-niacin-neutralise-methyl-supplements.54918/#post-919667

@PeatPerspective, you're very welcome. A steady dose of 50mg with most meals would probably bring much of the benefits we've read about Niacinamide, especially if you keep it up for a while. It makes for interesting research too, at the RP forum i do a title only search using the word Niacinamide, so many potential benefits are posted, especially by Haidut.

@PeatPerspective
Starting 2 or 3 weeks ago i went on another Niacinamide protocol, one that i was going to actually stick with this time. At doses of 150-200mg twice a day, sometimes three times just to see if it would keep me awake at night.

I felt the calming effects the first day, as i had in the past, less than an hour after the dose. Now imagine coupling this with Taurine, Glycine and Magnesium, say goodbye to stress.

I recall in the past getting a little sleepy from it, and perhaps some sugar cravings, but not this time around.

I was going to do a standard Niacin protocol but postponed it for some time in the future.

@josh
Potential issues would be the source of ascorbic acid, if it's contaminated with metals as it often is, and would they absorb through the skin. Another concern with standard Vit-C is the toxic mold remnants from the manufacturing process and if they would cause any issues transdermally.

The same questions and concerns would apply to citric acid as well.

I'm guessing you're not using Quali-C in the bath as that seems prohibitively expensive.

@josh
Hey Josh, for clarification purposes i believe you may have meant grams as opposed to milligrams?

Just wanted to prevent future readers from getting confused.

Am also familiar with the Dr Myhill website, will dig up that article soon.

@Serotoninskeptic
I realize it's a cheat but that can be partially remedied by stirring in some ice cold low fat milk. It would likely tame down the sweetness too.

@Jennifer said in Coconut Ice Cream - Look at those ratios!:

Frönen

Thank you.

US store locator:
https://www.eatfronen.com/pages/store-locator

Apparently my local supermarket carries it, hmmm.

@dt said in A very positive experience with pregnenolone:

@Insomniac I think Ray mentioned something about the new method (since 2013) producing these results. It's unforunate. It is definitely not related to eating more food, in fact you can be eating squat and gaining weight.

Would you be referring to the questionable pregnenolone acetate perhaps? For example, many products won't divulge the actual form they use, making consideration of source paramount imo.

@Androsclerozat
Good question, if it were me i'd be leery on using coffee to flush B5 with the set of symptoms you're experiencing, but everyone's different.

And for the record I do think @Insomniac made a good point in his post though. And to be honest i wasn't entirely sure what a high dose of B5 consists of. But sometimes a sustained mid-dose becomes a high dose if done long enough, saturation etc.

In light of what B5 did for me, i may have to revisit the broader topic eventually.

The high dose folks over at the old forum only used Quali-C, have seen it in many posts. Made in Scotland using non-GMO corn etc, etc.

Have been using Quali-C about 3 or 4 years myself however my daily dose varies between 200-1000mg depending. There were times early on when i would take 2-3 grams a day for a few weeks straight with no ill effects to speak of.

I do recall the standard Chinese Vit-C giving me a bit of a runny nose pretty consistently.