Posts made by GreekDemiGod

Get on Cyproheptadine.

I have talked with someone who had success in rebuilding her microbiome. She saw improvements within 3 months, but she said that generally repopulating the microbiome is a long term process and can take years.
Makes you wonder why people quit too soon, they expect results too early.
I too didn't have the patience.
Her approach was probiotics, and slow reintroduction of plants, fibers, veggies. She saw big improvements in depression, candida, bloating after a couple months.

2 weeks ago, I started having neurological symptoms, parenthesis in my left arm, left leg, migraine in the back of my head. Thought I was gonna have a stroke or something.
The ER neuro doc gave me a complex of B1, B6, B12. It has improved my symptoms a lot. I’m feeling much better.
Also seeing big reduction in brain fog.

Genuinely curious how do the pro VA camp explain the fact that once VA/ retinoids acid gets dumped into the blood from the liver, which happens on a reduced VA diet, wreaks havoc on the body and causes toxic effects?
Why would a vitamin do that?

I read that long term high dose Thiamine will mess you up/ ruin you and should only be used strategically.
There is no free lunch, guys.

@S-Holmes I’ve tried Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus coagulans, Bacillus clausii from what I remember, all spore based.

Has anyone experimented with a high carb, high plant diversity, moderate fiber diet with complex carbs and vegetables instead of sugars?
In theory, if the microbiome is adapted and one can digest such a diet well, it should be very much in line with Peat principles of a high metabolism diet. Carbs are carbs, they all turn to glucose eventually.
Quality animal products, moderate protein and low ish fats also allowed.

There was a discussion on the old forum on how a 80% plant-based diet is actually the Peatiest of diets. If you think about it, it makes a lot of sense.

The title of that thread is:
Applying Peat principles to veganism. Incredible results

• High carb: protein ratio = high thyroid, high CO2, high oxidative metabolism
• low to moderate amounts of muscle meat and inflammatory amino acids: methionine, cysteine, tryptophan
• thriving microbiome from high plant diversity
• use steak, eggs as vitamins instead of staples of the diet.

@S-Holmes I tried Bacillus Coagulans and L Reuteri with no effect.
I recently ordered a Lactobif probiotic complet to try next.

Might as well not workout if not eating post-workout protein rich meal.
But 40g of protein in the pre-workout meal will offset some of the losses in gains.

Currently doing affirmations. Call me crazy, but I swear I can feel my bones “activating” and hurting when I’m affirming.
And my POV feels higher.

“I am taller and taller”
“I am growing each day”
“I am <desired-height> tall”

Repeated at least 100 times per day.

I am 6ft1, not bad, but wouldn’t mind being 6ft3 or 6ft4.

@oldchem said in New "Mission" of RPF:

@Hando-Jin

i am personally waiting for that smith fella to start claiming he can now cure cancer with low vitamin a. he already claimed the diet was responsible for a woman giving a miraculous birth or something.

any day now....

He is already hypothesising on Twitter that cancer is a toxicity problem. Remove the toxicity/ VA, and no more cancer.

@risingfire How come the G Genereux thread is the biggest and most discussed thread on the forum, spanning at least 5 years back?
This was way before what is happening now.
I agree that Low VA is not the only true path, but to completely dismiss that there are use cases where a low VA diet is beneficial (Accutane sufferers and people who supplemented high dose synthetic VA) seems closed-minded too.

@Truth For sure.

@Razvan Daily starch gave me many negative effects, I couldn’t continue. So I’m not doing intentionally restricting VA that much right now.

@LiftWaffe88 said in Is a no starch diet sustainable?:

I've never been able to break away from starches. Are you rather muscular or heavier than average? Because I think that's a big factor in the cravings. I can load up on as much meat and fruit as I want, but my energy expenditure makes me crave more and more carbs and I inevitably include rice with my meal at dinner.

Yes. I am 180 lbs at 6ft, have some muscle.
The problem is I digest starch very badly.

Have any of you guys managed to design a no starch diet that is sustainable long-term? That eliminates the craving and downsides of starch.
I have poor digestion and starch causes me brain fog and anhedonia, when I go no starch, it's a noticeable difference. However, every time I tried no starch, I wasn't able to sustain it for one reason or another.
Currently, I'm eating beef, eggs, berries, honey, agave syrup.

@Harlock https://x.com/outdoctrination/status/1757062340841714040?s=46&t=a8gKZoLMKC0o1r60b5az-g

@raypneat blocked and reported. Get out.

@shedim Coomers do not belong here

@Lipidfree said in Bowel Movements: Sh*tmaxxing Strategies:

@Skysnek

What is usually recommended but didn't work for me regarding constipation:

• Cyproheptadine at 2mg/day
• Thiamine HCL at 100mg/day
• 2 carrots per day
• Magnesium citrate, up to 2.5g/day

What worked but inconsistently:

• Coffee, from 7g to 45g of grounds per day

Things I have yet to try but are in the books:

• Cascara
• Nicotine

If coffee works for you, nicotine will def. work too. However, I don't believe it's the healthiest way to trigger a bowel movement.
Try Magnesium Oxide.