Posts made by chosroes

Just had an experience from a little experiment, might as well post here to keep some kind of log.
I tried nutritional yeast two days ago, a very small amount. Have been thinking I might be dealing with some nutrient deficiency since I've been losing weight for a few months now, despite eating normally, hence the yeast. Did a hot water extract of about 1/6 teaspoons worth. Was trepidatious, because the intestinal problems have for a long time gone together with hormonal problems (high E, apparently low T), which I also do not fully understand but seem related somehow. Yesterday I really struggled to fall asleep, identical to what I've experienced before when hormonal problems have been severe. Brain could not settle down and doze off, I felt warmer, and my chest was somewhat itchy. Decided to increase vit E dosage again, which I've been cutting back recently. It appears nutritional yeast is a no-go.

It seems, again, like the hormonal and digestive situation are related, but I don't know how. Slowing digestion can for sure lead to worsened hormonal symptoms, and faster, larger BMs often improve libido and so on. Feels like some systematic approach is called for, the question is what. Progesterone is one of the few things I've had, on net, positive experiences from, but have not used it for several months - the hormonal ups and downs it caused were a bit frightening. Maybe try eating some liver again.

@chosroes Interesting, I have a habit of not dressing warmly enough. What thyroid do you use? I've been out of the loop for a while on thyroid brands.

@Jakeandpace Yeah I've been doing the carrot salad for a couple of years now, mushrooms maybe once or twice a month. I don't really have a sense of how the carrot affects me, but it seems neutral, as long as I don't add vinegar or too much salt

I've been struggling to understand what is going on with my digestion for a good while now, but feel I should try to intervene in some way, as I'm not seeing too much improvement happening.

Basically I've been without appetite or hunger for a very long time (years), with a tendency toward constipation. There's the occasional diarrhea, as well, usually seeming to relate to something upsetting my stomach. I don't experience any particular stomach pains, but can be slightly sore just below the left rib, with some noise and sloshing around happening in that area. I usually have 1 BM daily, but they can vary in size, drier and smaller when constipation is going on. Irritating my stomach can make me very dizzy, for example after drinking excessively salted water or eating uncooked apples has made me wobbly and out of it for several days in the past.

On the diet side I eat cooked oats and eggs for breakfast, which don't seem to bother me too much, but I don't know. Avoiding gluten, and drink about or slightly below half a litre of milk daily. Dinner tends to be some combination of beef or cod fish, greens (spinach, broccoli, and such) and rice or potatoes. Pretty bland stuff, but it's alright. I drink coffee, but am cutting back recently since the gastritis thought came up.

I've been considering whether this is some kind of long-standing gastritis, SIBO, or maybe both. Possibly nicotine use is an issue, previously I remember it promoting evacuation, but nowadays I don't seem to get that effect. I've tried B1 in sub-100 mg doses but didn't feel too well on it, so stopped, but sometimes do 5-10 mg. Lab tests don't find much of anything, not routine blood tests nor things like fecal hemoglobin, no elevated calprotectin, etc. Doctors prescribe unappealing laxatives, like macrogol and bisacodyl, I haven't had the stomach to touch those yet.

Anyway - there seems to be lots of different and sometimes contradictory approaches and experiences in dealing with digestive issues, so I'm curious to hear if anyone has had success dealing with similar things.

@fruitfly Either twice or three times daily, usually around breakfast and dinner, applied on navel and chest.

@cremes Good to know, I've felt fairly certain attributing the weight loss to vit E since it's the only thing I've been using with any regularity, but who knows. Have you noticed anything particular from using it?

@vocedilegno Nothing negative in particular to point to - I'm dealing with some long-term CFS-like problems and was mostly mulling over whether things seem to be getting better or worse since using vit E. I haven't noticed too much in terms of mental energy, but physical energy actually has improved, stamina to just move around normally and not become drained from normal activity. There are some other things too, and zooming out, the effects have been either neutral or positive.

So maybe I'll just lower the dose a bit and relax.

I've been using haidut's TocoVit for about 8 months and have gradually noticed it's causing fat loss. This has been a mostly happy thing as I've been stuck in a skinny fat-sort of build for a couple of years, but I'm thinking it might not be the best thing to have going on for too long.

The per day average has been < 400 IU, maybe 250-300 IU (8-10 drops), topically.
The weight loss seems to still be happening, I can gradually see more of my ribs, veins on my legs, etc. Has anyone else had this happen from vit E or TocoVit specifically? Reasons to worry?

I'm going to cut back and see what happens, since it hasn't really been doing anything for my main symptoms, but am curious if anyone wants to chime in on this.

@Kvothe said in New "Mission" of RPF:

Yeah, Charles definitely doesn't have any alt accounts
Quite amazing how he seems to be unable to even slightly alter his writting style/choice of words.

https://raypeatforum.com/community/threads/i-was-skeptical-at-first-too-but-the-changes-really-are-astounding.52699/

While dumping toxins is of course generally awesome, avoiding carrots and eating beans does have the unfortunate side-effect of introducing particular spelling errors in the writings of the newly converted

Feel like I've been seeing the similarly peculiar "low and behold" used a bit too much in the RPF posts since this weird stuff has been going on