@Cezar4911 400g of white sugar? You might run into deficiencies.

Shouldn’t the goal be not lowering endotoxin, but healing the gut lining, so that endotoxin doesn’t pass into circulation anymore?
Chat Gpt says so.

I feel better after getting off Taurine. More clear-headed, no longer have that “drunk”, high GABA feeling.

Curcumin used in my meals seems to have a big anti-inflammatory effect in my gut. I’ve read on ChatGPT how it helps heal the gut lining.
Current approach right now is to eat an anti-inflammatory diet that helps my gut heal and regenerate. That is for me: no gluten and no commercial dairy products, and low fodmap.
Will also be looking into taking Zinc and Magnesium.

I no longer believe total avoidance is the way. Carnivore, zero starch peating are not the way to heal the gut. The goal should be to slowly rebuild the microbiome and heal the gut lining.
Healing the gut lining, fixing the leaky gut will ensure endotoxin no longer exerts its harmful effects.

I also believe that refined sugar, and sugary drinks are harmful in a state of dysbiosis and leaky gut. I’m talking about Coca Cola.

@yerrag If they crave it naturally, sure.

**Yes, tigers (and other carnivores) can suffer from vitamin A toxicity (also known as hypervitaminosis A). This condition occurs when there is an excessive intake of vitamin A, which is typically stored in the liver.

In the wild, tigers naturally get their vitamin A from their prey, particularly from eating the liver, which is rich in the nutrient. However, if tigers are overfed liver or receive excessive vitamin A supplementation in captivity, they can develop toxicity.

Symptoms of vitamin A toxicity in tigers may include:

• Joint pain or stiffness, leading to difficulty in movement
• Bone abnormalities (like bone overgrowth)
• Liver damage
• Lethargy or weakness
• Loss of appetite

In captivity, it's important to carefully balance their diet to avoid both deficiencies and excesses of vitamins and minerals.**

I have decided to slowly wean off thyroid, safely reduce the dosage over the next 2 months, and eventually quit. Simply put, the benefits aren't worth the hassle. I have seen some benefits, but not to the level I'd desire.
And I still have a functioning thyroid and see no reason to risk atrophy of the organ by taking exogenous thyroid long-term.

I also started seeing the appearance of some grey hairs, perhaps being in a hyper state caused some nutrient depletion (Copper?).

At least, I now know that thyroid wasn't my core problem. Because if that were the case, then I'd have felt much greater effects from thyroid.
Even having hyperthyroid levels on blood tests did not improve much my energy levels, or libido.

My core problem remains my digestion. And low libido too.

I don't think they work for fatigue. At least, they didn't for me.

When the diet was changed so that it was low in fat but high in protein and with enough carbohydrate, symptoms of hypothyroidism appeared

Interesting. So he says that a high carb and high protein diet caused a hypo state?

@Sugarnotsnow That's absurdly low.

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@happyhanneke my understanding is that some people have trouble converting T4 to T3 in the body. For example if you have bad liver health. This may be a reason to take T3 without T4.

I never understood why would liver health have anything to do with it or what is the explanation behind. What goes bag in the liver that it affects the conversion? Is it the liver getting more fattier, or more filled with toxins/ estrogens?

Don't listen to young people about diet. What is he, like 25? At that age' everything works.

Major realisation: I realised that Taurine, that I was religiously taking since Peating, is having negative side effects for me.

It makes me more depressed, anhedonic, lowers my libido, causes my dick to not function.
I suspect too much GABA activation.

Is a pity because I thought it has no side defects and it’s one of the most beneficial compounds to take.
I’m going to stop using it.

Last week, I took like 5/6 grams/ day.