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@LucH Great stuff thank you.

@Goodman
How much caffeine is too much for a pregnant woman? I'm scared this might have happened to me, although I was born normal, it could have affected my brain.

@Cearrson

Yeah I just make gummies with fruit juice, I use Great Lakes brand, used it for the last couple years without issues.

Regarding dairy, milks from common CAFO sources and mass produced cheese created using 'enzymes' are probably worse for the body than grass-fed milk and animal rennet made cheeses.

Personally when I have the former, I will get acne breakouts. Also high fat in general, even if saturated, causes me acne. Extra zinc sometimes helps.
Anecdotal of course, everyone handles these things differently, but something to consider.

@DavidPS very informative, thank you

@cs3000 (weirdly it looks like the glycine added to aspirin doesnt prevent damage in the gut at least, maybe it would elsewhere e.g helping tinnitus, somehow a low glycine dose 250mg potently lowers the pain response with the same damage from aspirin, so alone without other changes probably isnt enough https://www.cochranelibrary.com/central/doi/10.1002/central/CN-00510392/full , probably still happens because of its intended effect on prostaglandins which are needed there or something (pge2 / cox2 involved in gut repair), or taking non dispersible form (dispersible form floats in the stomach liquid more and spaces apart, easier to deal with)

@DavidPS

I learned something new!

No wonder a lot of people have poor eyesight.

Mainstream keeps pushing beta-carotene as Vitamin A at the expense of retinol.

While our doctors keep interpreting thyroid panels wrongly and giving people false negatives on whether or not they are hypothyroid.

Eat beef liver to be sure. And eat carrots for the gut antibacterial effect.

@Cearrson was the blood bright or dark? dark would be cause for concern because it's higher up in your digestive tract. bright probably means something on the way out got hurt. i've had the latter for years due to hemorrhoids, which usually flares up if i'm dealing with inflammation or constipation, but it's very noticeable for me.

@Cearrson This is anecdotal to my experiences, so no sources. But I pay closer attention to the consistency of my movements than the frequency. Somewhere between 2 or 3 seems to be the consensus. 7 is a lot, and it would be interesting to know if it's watery like diarrhea or well formed.

The best bowl movements in my opinion are the ones that are well formed but not hard or dense. The consistency I'm looking for is that of fresh soft serve ice cream right out of the nozzle.

@Cearrson said in sometimes grind teeth when sleep at night:

@mostlylurking what Vit. D do you use? is it a liquid or pill, I had a buddy recommend a D3 liquid, doubt it matters much frankly, just curious.

I use this one.

@Cearrson Hi, I suggest that the positions in which you instinctively sleep are potentially better in many cases, sleeping on your back is not better in itself, I have observed several people who snore and have sleep apnea on their backs, and when I suggested that they sleep on their sides and / or reduce their number of pillows and they instinctively began to sleep more on their sides, they no longer snored and no longer had sleep apnea