Dandruff or scalp irritation? Try BLOO.
@sphenoid said in Does tanning age you even in an absence of seed oils?:
@Hando-Jin it’s the conversion of cholesterol to vitamin D precursors from UV light. Supplying cholesterol or cholesterol precursors to the skin can help replete it.
What depletes it though? Is it an inevitable old age thing
@Ecstatic_Hamster said in Does tanning age you even in an absence of seed oils?:
As we age our skin loses cholesterol
I wonder why that is and if it's inevitable
I wonder what the diet of the average WEF scumfuck is. They're obviously eating/taking something pretty bad.
@kneegrows said in Hyperactive and hypothyroid?:
I remember Ray talked about how kids that are hypothyroid don't necessarily have to be lethargic as might be more common in hypo adults, but could even be "hyperactive". This is exactly how I was as a kid. Endless energy, drove adults insane, made teachers cry of exhaustion, doctors asking my mom why she hadn't reached out for help with medicating me etc. I also needed to eat very regularly as missing a meal with just one hour made me really cranky.
Then as puberty hit this all shifted. I became constantly tired, no amount of sleep helped. I remember Ray mentioned kids in that situation often have high adrenaline and cortisol, I think? Is this familar to anyone? I have a kid (9 months) and I recognize the same patterns in her and want to make sure I can help her as best as I can. Already eats a lot of fruit and sugar, dairy etc.
I was extremely restless and agitated as a child and would get upset easily, very passive and shy though and not bouncing around the room etc. By the time puberty came round the fatigue set it, digestive problems, constantly cold, disturbed sleeping patterns and a nervous wreck.
I had constant infections as an infant, so was probably hypothyroid from birth,
If diet isn't helping your kid then I guess thyroid, progesterone etc would be the next thing to consider.
There's some correspondence floating around between Ray and some people with kids in a similar situation, giving his recommendations etc. I thought I had them bookmarked, I post if I find them.
Does your kid like coffee? It might be something easy to try. I'm surprised at how many kids I see who like it. I know somebody who's five year old has coffee with breakfast every morning and loves it.
Cinnamon. Maybe cloves.
The oil in mustard is unsaturated as fuck. Dry mustard powder might have less oil in it.
Hypothyroidism.
I used to bruise terribly on aspirin before taking thyroid.
Have you tried switching to a thyroid product that has some t4 in it as well? I've never really seen t3 on its own work for many people.
Thyroid should lower adrenalin eventually, once you get the dose right.
Do you have gut issues? they tend to cause a lot of adrenalin.
Taurine is pretty good at lowering adrenaline, or there's propranolol like somebody else mentioned.
He looks like shit and he thinks like shit.
His misrepresentations of Ray are what you'd expect from either mediocre mental activity or deliberate dishonesty. Both indicative of less than optimal health.
@Regina I liked your reading your posts, hope you hang around here too!
His religious convictions obviously enable him to believe all sorts of other insane things (Qanon, moronic political stuff, fad health ideas) and behave reprehensibly without ever admitting he's wrong or even pausing for self reflection. He's been called out for making money off Ray's name while disrespecting him time and time again, particularly by other christians. As a legit fundamentalist he doesn't care though.
It's no coincidence a lot of the 'vitamin is poison' crowd are fundy christians. They've simply transferred their religious desire to purge 'evil' onto a new health fad that revolves around avoiding/ridding themselves of anything they label toxic. It's all satan to them. It's OCD dieting driven by religious fanaticism.
If he a shred of decency or humility he'd change the name of the forum, he's had years to do it. But he obviously just sees Ray's name and the postings of other people there as a potential commodity to be exploited. It was so telling when he welcomed Mercola into his forum, the amateur conman wanted to learn from the profession conman.
-the supplements are probably shit quality now. Ray has an interview, I think with Roddy where he talked about his experiences with it. He mentioned a study where something weird was happening to supplemental vitamin A and the researchers stopped whatever was happening to it by adding vitamin E
-you have to be careful with it if you are hypothyroid it can suppress metabolism
-its not intrinsically 'toxic' and the people claiming so have OCD
-carotenoids aren't vitamin A and are harmful
@BigusDickus said in Getting rid of gyno:
Talk to doctors, patients, and people who've had gynecomastia for years. Look into the literature. It's NOT an easy solution and complete reduction is unheard of BECAUSE the tissue has become metabolically inert, for the most part.
I bet these people are hormonal wrecks that have been ignored by doctors though. Is there any research on using thyroid etc for gyno?
Dr. Ray Peat: Thyroid supplements can be useful for prostate hypertrophy and some cases of impotence and infertility. Occasionally, a man who can’t put on a normal amount of weight finds that a thyroid supplement allows normal weight gain. Leg cramps, insomnia and depression are often the result of hypothyroidism. Heart failure, gynecomastia, liver disease, baldness and dozens of other problems can result from hypothyroidism.
The activity of aromatase increases with aging, and under the influence of prolactin, cortisol, prostaglandin, and the pituitary hormones, FSH (follicle stimulating hormone) and growth hormone. It is inhibited by progesterone, thyroid, aspirin, and high altitude. Aromatase can produce estrogen in fat cells, fibroblasts, smooth muscle cells, breast and uterine tissue, pancreas, liver, brain, bone, skin, etc. Its action in breast cancer, endometriosis, uterine cancer, lupus, gynecomastia, and many other diseases is especially important. Aromatase in mammary tissue appears to increase estrogen receptors and cause breast neoplasia, independently of ovarian estrogen (Tekmal, et al., 1999)
Gynecomastia (and galactorrhea) associated to the use of conventional and certain atypical antipsychotics can be related to high prolactin levels.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34933535/
@Ecstatic_Hamster said in Ray Peat was a Stalinist:
@Hando-Jin said in Ray Peat was a Stalinist:
Anybody got any links to Ray's comments on either Stalin or Lysenko? I don't have all of his newsletters.
Lysenkoism was dreadful doctrinaire and stopped good research from happening.
But the idea of Lysenko is now taken up as mostly correct, in the form of epigenetics.
Dr. Peat was right about that. People are so indoctrinated into the idea of genetic determinism that science has already disproven 30 years ago.
I hear it all the time. “My father had a bad heart. It runs in my family.” This is what virtually EVERYONE thinks.
Dr. Peat opened my eyes to the epigenetic role that means we can be free from much of our genetics. And that is essentially what i think of when I think of Lysenko.
People make fun of Lysenko today, but look at what happens to dogs in captivity versus dogs in the wild. Epigenetic changes are dramatic and fast, and genetics doesn’t account for it.
I also think the idea of randomness in genetic mutations is probably completely false. I read a fantastic book called Quantum Evolution that argues for an intelligence to mutations using quantum mechanics — essentially all possible mutation worlds manifest like a quantum computer, and the “best” one is the one tha manifests in our reality. So evolution is very intelligent.
I wish I could find the website Dr. Peat mentioned on intelligent cells. It is an old website but still up. It shows how single cells are very intelligent, have something like eye sight, etc.
Dr. Peat believed that animals are intelligent, and cells, and that taught me a. Lot. I just ignore his Stalinist views and his views on economics and politics.
I'm not much of a Bookchin. I think Bob Black's criticisms of him were pretty decent.
Vitamin K and adequate vitamin D. Aspirin and pregnenolone together can raise testosterone.
Haidut posted studies showing antagonizing serotonin makes animals mega horny. The Lisuride+cyproheptadine can be pretty powerful.
Things that tend to ruin sex drive in my experience- hypothyroidism and gut issues,
@eatfan Yeah i think so. I got induced gyno from taking amitriptyline (some studies say it raises prolactin).
@Fructose said in Which antibiotics for gut issues and chronic fatigue?:
a liquid diet.
Yep, Ray's metabolic emergency diet of OJ and milk is a good option for people with gut disorders.
It's pretty drastic but people might need a multi pronged approach for stubborn gut stuff- diet as well as supplements.
@eatfan is it actual mammary tissue or fat cells? You can tell under ultrasound
If the antibiotics don't help:
-Big doses of pregnenolone (300mg+) can really help with intestinal problems. Here's a story from the 'other' forum:
"Been 2 years and I’m on low dose TRT since but still never felt right. Low body temps like 96.5 . Pain everywhere. My youth hormones plummeted also , but I didn’t know to check them until Ray. I played around w all 3 in average doses and nothing changed really. The past week I’ve supplemented 300mg pregnenolone daily and good lord.**
Every single blood marker improved dramatically. I’m now pooping 3 times a day. No more bloat. My TMJ and head pressure disappeared. Colors are brighter. Multiple ppl have commented on my skin. Temps are now at 98.6+ Even in morning. extreme blood sugar issues have stopped."
-topical vitamin D in a big dose can really relax a painful gut. Try it orally as well.
-the Lisuride+cyproheptadine combination