Posts made by BioEclectic

I would think that Smith appearing before the medical examiners board would be using the process as intended.

@A-Former-User said in How Your Microbiome Influences Your Dietary Recommendations - Interview With Georgi Dinkov:

Well if you think of the human gut microbiome like a flower meadow which requires all the different species to be a healthy ecosystem its no surprise this is the truth... Humans are not meant to live in sterile environments.. If you have a diverse gut microbiome it works like a well oiled machine and the different species all complement AND balance eachother out to provide a healthy ecosystem that makes us healthy. In ecosystems diversity brings stability, why not the same in human guts?

If there is diversity taking out one part won't hurt. No diversity means taking out one part can make it all come crashing down.

Bold, fluffy claims like these need citations, otherwise they read like an advertisement.

@lanadelesoteric said in Has anyone felt worse after eating seed oils?:

@dan-dominic Yeh presumably. I get a McDonalds like once a month (I get fillet o-fish and large fries) or some fried deep fried in seed oils with starch covered cheese. I just associated seed oil heavy foods with comfort and I used to love them when I was a kid. Its good to have seed oils now and again to strengthen your bodies resilience.

Careful, your body's PUFA stores replenish themselves rather quickly supposedly. But once every month or two is certainly better than every week or two i'm sure.

My personal concern with all of this is well over 40 years of PUFA consumption, I even downed 1/2 a bottle of fish oil and iron pills near the end. Then i stumbled upon Ray's website and even researched his references, what an eye opener.

Fast food french fries were the toughest to give up but i did so right away. I simply reminded myself that they are fried in old oxidized PUFA oil, a double whammy.

@dan-dominic
Lol

I still indulge a couple of times a month maybe, well trimmed and with coconut oil. I do try to stay away from pork sausage though with it's high fat (PUFA) content and potential mystery ingredients. No bacon.

I don't consider pork flesh a high quality protein, or chicken for that matter. In addition to the coconut oil i'll often mitigate them with collagen/gelatin in the same meal, or after. Aspirin and Vit-E is a given.

Feel worse after eating seed oils, or corn oil in particular? Yes, about two years after going Pufa free, doing the usual aspirin, vitamin E etc etc etc.

Was at a relative's home and had their otherwise excellent homemade sausage for dinner, just some and not too much. 20-30 minutes later my guts got very tight, almost a stomach ache. It stayed that way for hours. I had found out later that evening that it was fried in corn oil.

A month or so later i unintentionally ate food fried in corn oil again, the stomach tightness was the giveaway, i had confirmed it afterward.

Now i make it a point to discreetly ask ahead of time.

Not exactly a meal but honey can be useful to the active outdoors person for a few reasons:

Emergency calories, burns slower than sugar and has some nutritional content. Antibacterial, wound and burn dressing. Allergies, helps with sore throats. Trauma therapy, a spoonful for anyone who may have been badly wounded.

And since it is a natural preservative it remains edible for a long time. Good to have in your bug out bag for all of the reasons listed.

I believe that's the main reason in addition to a couple of others including contamination.

@Londyman said in Is Alka-Seltzer peaty?:

citric acid ...... on a regular basis

It depends on their source of citric acid but if it's the manufactured variety then it's been described as highly inflammatory.

I see it contains 1000mg of it per serving, not a trivial amount to be taking on a regular basis if it's the manufactured type.

@mostlylurking said in High-dose thiamine troubleshooting:

Please tell me what is "MMC"; thanks.

Migrating Motor Complex.

I don't have an answer but there's another article author who cited two sources for that same info, Encyclopedia Brittanica book of the year 1946 and Boyce, James K. “Of coconuts and kings: the political economy of an export crop.” Development and Change 23.4 (1992): 1-25.

Found that at the bottom of this article: https://physicalculturestudy.com/2014/12/04/why-coconut-oil-isnt-fit-for-pigs/

I wonder if the info has been scrubbed, as other info has been. Personally i have my doubts about that but you never know ..

@b1 said in Boron supplements:

@BioEclectic
On Amazon I can only find Calcium magnesium with boron.
It may be because I'm not in USA

Meaning, you cannot find any form of Boron that doesn't include the additional minerals, or were you specifically searching for CaFB?

Take the following with a grain of salt as commercial interests may be involved, or simply not properly researched for all i know ...

A supposedly more therapeutic form of Boron, Calcium Fructoborate, CaFB, just one of many sugar borates.

• Calcium Fructoborate: a novel nutrient for Bone & Joints
• Calcium Fructoborate Kills Breast Cancer Cells​
• Calcium Fructoborate Helps Symptoms of Osteoarthritis
• The Treatment of Osteoporosis with Calcium Fructoborate
• Calcium Fructoborate Lowers Inflammatory Nitric Oxide and IL-6.
• Calcium Fructoborate Quiets Inflammatory Neutrophils
• Calcium Fructoborate as an Antioxidant
• Calcium Fructoborate Promotes Hormone Balance

I've seen it relatively inexpensive in the past at Amazon by searching directly for Calcium Fructoborate or using a trademark name "Fruitex-B".

Edit:

Dr Hesslink (PDF):
The Fructoborates: part of a family of naturally ocurring sugar complexes, biochemistry, physiology, and impact on human health - review (definitely read the introduction page at the very least)

• Index of Dr Hesslinks other Boron articles.
• I guess calcium is not necessary for a fructoborate to exist, and that there are multiple types, then there are also glucoborates.

Edit: i know i can give @Amazoniac credit for some or most of these links. An interesting topic imo, will revisit.

The late Ted from Bangkok counseled many to take Boron a few days a week, and to take short breaks from it regularly. Pretty sure most of his Boron info is still posted at the Earth Clinic forum.

Edit: here's some of Ted's info:
https://www.earthclinic.com/search.php?search=Boron&r=&ps=1&rfs=1&qa=1&ts=1

Here's an interesting post:
How Borax Can Help Alleviate Arthritis Symptoms and More
snip:
*Borax is a natural remedy that can effectively treat various types of arthritis and joint problems. It's a low-cost and straightforward solution that can help alleviate symptoms of osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, and more.

Borax is a mineral compound used for medicinal purposes for centuries. It contains boron, which has anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving properties, making it an effective natural remedy for arthritis.*

Here's an old archived Health and Longevity newsletter article titled Boron for Better Bones

@Jakeandpace
As for the mental aspect, having moments where your head is clear along with less ruminating thought patterns is an improvement in my book. You'll monitor it's progression i'm sure.

All in all it still sounds like a positive work in progress.

@noseleather
Apologies, i recall typing a reply but must have never sent it.

My Mag recommendations would be the common ones in split dose, two to three times a day ... this is in case you're one of those who do not retain magnesium, which can be slowly alleviated.

Mag oxide, gluconate, chloride, carbonate etc. I would start with your spray first, 2 or 3 times a day for a week or two to test. Be mindful of the doses you are taking though, add up the daily milligram amount, assume most of it is being absorbed to play it safe. It has chloride, be mindful of it's intake also. If you don't feel any benefit then slightly up the daily dose, but only to a point. You can always move onto another form of Mag at a later date.

@Autism said in Best Sugar to put in your coffee?:

Best Sugar to put in your coffee?

The one that's most likely contaminant/pesticide/impurity free imo.

I'm not sure about sugar in general but there are times where minimal- simple processing or refinement is desireable. And the sugar cane vs sugar beet thing, which one is most likely to be clean.

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That's one resource.

@KippleRemover said in Resolved lifelong problem with dandruff:

@BioEclectic
Thanks for the explanation,
what would you suggest to remove the fungi from the other zones?

Now that's a good question. I haven't researched the topic in depth since before i discovered bioenergetics. Whatever i may have used in the distant past is almost positively toxic.

Not sure if you have access to the other forum but if you do i'd plug the following terms into a search bar: jock itch and athlete's foot even if you don't have the actual symptoms the treatments would be the same.

The feet can take tougher solutions than the groin, you have to be cautious with that whole transdermal thing because absorption begins almost immediately.

Antifungals off the top of my head are Sulfur/Sulphur based, Boron/Boric acid, Iodine/Iodide. Am just not sure what sort of dilution or concoction is needed, especially for the groin. I believe apple cider vinegar has more of a probiotic-type displacement effect but i could be wrong.

Nice, seems that you're on the right track. I'd go low and slow on any new supplements that you may add in.

Good one with the lamb liver, some of us have gone to calf liver for the milder flavor, cooked on low heat/rare.

A few random thoughts aloud:

Peeled, chopped, soaked carrots have less carotenes. Carrots have an antifungal effect over the long haul. The scraping action, removal of old bile and hormone regulation are other more obvious bonuses.

As for the gelatinous/Glycine rich foods i commented on earlier. Even just boiling a bone; chicken, beef, lamb, in your homemade soups would provide benefit. It does not have to be cooked for hours or turned into a proper gelatinous bone broth, even a 45min to 1 hour low boil brings some benefit. Lamb & beefshanks, lamb and beef neckbones (excellent) chicken neck and other bones especially wingtips all make for decent oxtail replacements with the correct healing amino acids.

If tolerated then adding peeled and chopped potatoes will bring ketoacids which increase the soup's payload. It's also a healthier noodle substitute.

Pressure cookers are excellent, they provide the equivalent to a 3 hour boil in 45 minutes, saving both time and energy.

I don't recall you mentioning magnesium, very needed and many are deficient. If you try it then consider smaller doses twice a day to experiment. People seem to react differently to the various forms, something to keep in mind. I've cycled through many of them till i found the two types that i prefer.

@KippleRemover said in Resolved lifelong problem with dandruff:

I switched to apple cider vinegar + warm water some months ago and noticed that now dandruff is basically gone

This may suggest that what caused the dandruff was fungal in origin, an imbalance of naturally occurring ones or something more invasive.

If its the invasive type then it can colonize other parts of the body and your home. A good practice would be to simultaneously wash your bedsheets, pillow covers, shower area and tub. These fungi can also colonize the groin, armpits and feet, making it only a matter of time before it returns to the scalp. Treating these areas would be wise but not with anything too harsh or toxic because it may take multiple applications.

Go a little easy with the apple cider vinegar both due to it's physical makeup and acidity, it can bring unwanted results.