Dandruff or scalp irritation? Try BLOO.
@GJD Kein Problem.
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Ich habe angefangen, einige Artikel von Ray ins Deutsche zu übersetzen.
Habe vor, als nächstes den über die Youth Steroids zu übersetzen und generell meine anderen Lieblinge. Falls irgendwer sich am Projekt beteiligen möchte, sag gerne Bescheid. Würde mich sehr freuen!
I had a small patch of psoriasis on the front of my scalp and it went away within a few weeks of getting my vitamin D up to around 60ng/mL and never came back, except for one time where I was very stressed and sick, and my vitamin D also happened to be low - even then I could just see that it was about to be little inflamed, no skin flaking like it used to. Went away in a day again, so that was just an extreme low point.
To this day it's the part of my scalp most affected by hairloss and the hardest to rehabilitate, interestingly. I think it's related to the poor blood flow; that spot is probably the worst and when I have a stiff neck there is a nerve that has a bit of pain that leads straight to that spot. The poor blood flow and stress signals from the pinched nerve likely compounded the inflammation. It's been gone for about almost 5 years now.
@wrl @yerrag thank you both for the suggestions. I had milk yesterday and seemed to be useful although it was hard to tell, not much irritation. Great to know about the menthol trick, clean menthol honey candies are easy to get here. Will try it next time I eat them and report back
Hi all, I just bought a bunch of canned oysters off iherb as they're not available here and I quite like them in my diet. Unfortunately iherb Europe only stocks them with olive oil and a chilli, and they're kinda spicy. I drain the oil and dab the oysters down with kitchen towel, which definitely helps tone it down, but they've been soaking in the can for a while, so there's still enough capsaicin to sometimes irritate my intestine.
I was wondering if anyone knows of a way to protect from or break down (?) or somehow neutralise the effect of the capsaicin so that it's less irritating. Or even a way to get more off the surface of the oysters. All I can find on the net is that it's fat soluble, so dairy fat might help at the same time. I'm unsure though if this will at all help further on in digestion.
Thanks for your help!
@GJD Ich kenne mich leider in Berlin zwar nicht aus, aber für die Münchner (und falls es für euch hart auf hart kommen sollte) hat die Klösterlapotheke einen guten Ruf, und sind auf Schilddrüsenmedikamente spezialisiert. Die stellen auch selber NDT her und haben ein sehr "aufgeklärtes" Personal, was Schilddrüsenhormone betrifft. Es lohnt sich vielleicht, mal bei ihnen nachzufragen, ob sie Ärzte kennen, sie sich mit T3 auskennen und das regelmäßig verschreiben. Als ich dort mein Rezept abgeholt habe, habe ich nachgefragt, ob man eine Marke gegenüber einer anderen empfehlen könnte, und die Frau, die mich bedient hat, wirkte durchaus sehr gut informiert.
Irene Gronegger (Autorin und Journalistin) aus München schreibt auch einen guten Blog über Hashimoto und generell Schilddrüsenphysiologie und hält regelmäßig Vorträge zum Thema.
https://schilddruesen-unterfunktion.de/blog/
@K-Dog ich habe die Ziegenmilch bei knuspr in München gesehen. weiß nicht ob das überall dann erhältlich ist.
If you can get your hands one pure good quality pregnenolone then half a gram to a gram of that will obliterate any stress. Saved me on a few occasions.
Mario 64 and similar games like Banjo-Kazooie and Mario Odyssey. The Analyze and Optimize guys even posted a study using an FPS vs Super Mario 64 with people in a retirement home on brain health I think.
@YellowCanary Yeah. Funnily I just started upping the milk intake on UHT (Berchtesgadener Land Bio, really good!) and gave Flowers of Sulphur a try (Schwefelblüte) and I am tolerating 6 cups a day extremely well now with no bloating, gas or irritation. Never thought to just try UHT all day for some reason. But keeping digestion good is probably more important. For what it's worth, I've been very shocked to see my Vitamin D level after summer in Germany before, around 30 or lower last year. I've heard it is lowered during stress and infection so that's worth considering. I've decided to just take 5000 IU all year round unless I was really outside all day now. Even then it's worth testing just to make sure. Always feel so much better getting back up to 50-60mg/ml. Good luck!
@BabyDuck Check out https://www.vitabasix.com/
DHEA isn't "verschreibungspflichtig" in Germany, i.e. no prescription required. I have bought from them multiple times, mainly for pregnenolone, which is very good quality. It's not pure powder, but they claim it's only rice flour and magnesium stearate. I tolerated the pregnenolone very well and only had good effects in large doses (up to several hundred mg at a time). I've only tried the DHEA on occasion but I have found it hard to discern the effects of it, and am wary of trying too high a dose. A bit expensive though, but I think it's worth it for the quality.
@YellowCanary have you had your vitamin D tested? I used to have psoriasis on my scalp which disappeared since getting my vitamin D up to around 60. It starts to get itchy and slightly inflamed again (but doesn't change colour) when I start to get low, like 20-30ng/mL. Look up Labor Stager (mein Direktlabor). There may be one near you. Otherwise cerascreen has been good but I'm suspicious of the accuracy of the tests.
For what it's worth I drank milk for the past two years daily but have found that, although I've tolerated it extremely well, I do better with just cheese, because the lactose seems to be fermented in some part of my intestine which is still prone to inflammation. So I would try to stick to the most well tolerated calcium sources if you have a sensitive intestine (which it sounds very much like you do). I initially was extremely lactose intolerant and was able to drink over a litre a day with virtually no issues, but as Danny Roddy has mentioned, UHT milk was always the easiest on my system. Vorzugsmilch, for example, would sometimes give me endotoxin-like symptoms like yogurt can for me, especially if I want feeling great.
@Mauritio the store brand Bio juice. https://verbund.edeka/presse/produktsteckbriefe/edeka-bio-orangensaft.html
The "BioBio" store brand juice at Netto seems to be the same, it tastes the same and it's owned by Edeka. Also same price I think.
@Mauritio
Edeka and Netto both seem to have very delicious Bio orange juice from concentrate, and it's cheap (2,70 a litre) compared to alternatives. I was getting really nice Direktsaft from Flaschenpost (Burkhardt brand) but they raised the price to 3,33 euros a litre so I ditched them unfortunately. I was enjoying having it in glass but the juice from Edeka at the moment has been really sweet and delicious.
If anyone is interested in getting somewhat affordable oysters:
https://honest-catch.com/products/auster-in-halbschale
These look good for the price. I have gotten canned ones from iherb but they aren't shipping at the moment.
EDIT: By the way I had a really bad experience with Wolfra's Direktsaft. Tastes awful. Not sure if it was the batch I got but flaschenpost switched out my order at the last minute and gave me Wolfra instead of what I ordered because it wasn't in stock and I just couldn't drink it in the quantities I was used to. Sour and somewhat foul-tasting. Have been getting friends to slowly chip away at it for me 
Habe übrigens auch von Keith das Progest-E zwei von zweimal durch den Zoll bekommen, falls es direkt von Katherine nicht klappen sollte.
Ich nutze seit ugf. über einem Jahr das Pregnenolon von diesem Anbieter. Ich hab keine negativen Symptome festegestellt, die auf Verunreinigungen hinweisen könnten. Habe teilweise mehrere Hundert Milligram in "Notfällen" ("ich bin müde und verkatert/krank und habe einen Termin") auf einmal genommen und nur positive Erfahrungen gemacht. Das echte Zeug. Leider etwas teuer. (je nach Menge 0.5-1 cent pro milligram!). Als Füllstoff nutzen sie Reismehl und Magnesiumstearat, was ich persönlich, bis auf mögliche Verunreinigungen, für unbedenklich halte. Das DHEA von denen ist auch gut. Alles andere sieht nach Mist aus (vom Angebot her, die Qualität ist vermutlich weiterhin sehr gut). Vielleicht ist das GABA für jemanden hier interessant und er kann berichten. Geliefert wird aus Österreich.
Außerdem finde ich regelmäßig hier in München sehr guten Schafs- und Ziegenjogurt (griechischer Art) in meinem Edeka. Leider nur Andechser Ziegenmilch mit den genannten Zusatzstoffen.
I can't get (affordable) oysters here in Europe reliably, sometimes iHerb has some but only with chili and olive oil, and it is sometimes irritating. Fresh oysters cost 3 (!!!) euros each at the local market, so it's just not a staple food unfortunately. At home in Australia I can get them fresh and cheap and they are great, but I am only rarely there to visit.
I have definitive symptoms of poor zinc status: low plasma zinc (bottom of the range) and carotenemia on my palms, despite relatively good thyroid function (I take 25-30mcg:88mcg T3:T4 at the moment, temps are pretty good and have been for a year now). I don't even eat that much carotene (usually the daily carrot and a bunch of OJ are really my only carotene sources). I also have frequent white spots on my nails. Although I have good VIt D levels (40-80 ng/mL), I'm susceptible to mild respiratory infection if I am stressed for too long. A few days later I always then see new white spots on my nails.
Is 25mg zinc bisglycinate a good compromise? I don't eat very much beef, only 2-3 times a week maybe. I feel much better getting most of my protein from dairy, eggs, and collagen. I eat mostly "vegetarian" (with heavy dairy emphasis).
I definitely seem like I benefit but I don't want to screw up my copper status. I eat calf's liver every couple of weeks so I'm set on the Vit A and copper intake side, I think, but I don't eat much seafood. Should I maybe lean into that even if it's not oysters?
Ray has mentioned that the free metal can oxidise other nutrients in the digestive tract. Is this a real concern? If so, should it maybe be taken on an empty stomach to mitigate that? He has also mentioned long-term 10+mg a day is probably not safe. Given that the absorption is not 100% I would suspect a 15mg tablet is probably safe daily then if I'm not eating oysters.
Anyway sorry for the wall of text, am keen to hear your thoughts. Thanks!
EDIT: I should add that I think my zinc requirement might be a bit higher because I still have frequent issues with SIBO in the lower small bowel, but it has gotten massively better over the past year, and only really gets particularly bad when I'm very stressed or sick. But the stress and the bowel inflammation is probably making me excrete more (metallothionein?) than I would otherwise. My average intake according to cronometer is around 12mg probably, ranging from 9mg-17mg. I'm male.
@PUFADestroyerPPO Not aware of the banana ones. Will have to keep my eye out. Thanks for the tip n
Hi Constantine, great article. Unfortunately very over my head/unfamiliar physiology, but it was interesting nonetheless.
I don't have asthma myself, but I lived with a friend of mine for a couple of years who had asthma. He would wake me up every morning when he got up for uni/work having a coughing fit, especially if drinking the night before (explains the hypoglycemic idea well). I am sure he has low vitamin D and also eats a pretty high phosphorus diet (lots of grains, meat, little dairy, no greens). Do you think the Ca:P ratio along with vitamin D would lessen the severity (as simple interventions)? Maybe I can convince him to get a Vit D test sometime soon. Really felt sorry for him whenever he would nearly suffocate having a shower without ventilation (from the steam). He also didn't eat a lot of sugar (plenty of starch though).
Besides progest e just generally making me.feel warm and fuzzy like sitting in a sunset talking to friends, I have found it to instantly stop the pain from a burn (i.e. 500 degrees Celsius from an oven) and be really helpful for the healing.
Also was extremely helpful when I had a fever last year and felt impending doom/incredible dread on its onset and had an oral temperature of over 39°C. Immediately made all uneasiness evaporate and I slept very well.