@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.
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Posts made by cdwg
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RE: Lowering cortisolposted in Not Medical Advice
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RE: What Are Some Peaty Snacks?posted in The Kitchen
- 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.
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RE: What to do as a giga fatty?posted in The Gym
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).
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RE: New IdeaLabs Product – 3α-Dihydroprogesterone (3α-DHP)posted in Literature Review
@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.
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RE: New IdeaLabs Product – 3α-Dihydroprogesterone (3α-DHP)posted in Literature Review
@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