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@yerrag said in Why it's hard to overcome a bad childhood. Dr. Lipton explains that 95% of our operational programming is completed by age 7:
Confirmation at around age 14.
Years ago I read a psychology book that stated brain plasticity dramatically drops off after 14. That next 7 years probably accounts for the 5% or programming remaining.
@yerrag I experienced no side effects with a ARB except maybe a occasional cough if I remember. I stopped needing it and didn't stop bc of side effects.
The side effect profile for candesartan was the same as placebo in the published trails.
You'll probably need more than one drug to get you systolic under 160
@yerrag The arbs probably won't bring you to normal. You can still use improvements in blood pressure diagnostically while being at a safer bp and protecting the kidneys.
Dr. Lipton explains that 95% of our operations are programmed from our environment by age 7 and that this is why people have trouble escaping their past.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6mVFO8wrb0
I wonder how many people here looking for ways to overcome a bad childhood and confused by why nothing they do seems to work.
@yerrag I never heard blood pressure medication can cause kidney disease.
Is it from the lowered pressure or were they kidney toxic independent of the lowered pressure?
Rice diet doctor Kempner treated a patient with a very enlarged heart with a long water fast in a hospital setting and it shrank to normal from the account of someone that worked with him.
He also cured extreme hypertension with the diet which was extremely low salt and low fat and protein.
@yerrag It's a miracle you're alive with bp that high. At least your pulse pressure improved from 80 to 50 but your heart will have to enlarge if you don't bring it down.
@LucH I watched Sally Norton speak. She wrote a book on oxalates. I don't think she talked about food pairing or adding minerals, just oxalate avoidance.
It's good to have another take on the topic. I've started eating cheese with high oxalate foods.
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@CrumblingCookie My pleasure
@CrumblingCookie said in Normal body temperature is now 97.9. "it’s rarely as high as 98.6 F":
Reminds me of another publication on breathing frequency I had seen recently. Nowadays the PR reference range starts at >12/minute and lower PRs are simply being ignored and deemed impossible. Whereas back 100 years ago or so the average was somewhere between 6-10/minute (vaguely remembered).
I reckon PR and temperature are probably not directly related with each other, though, i.e., low PR can present with low temps, too.
I had no idea about this. Really interesting. I'm not sure what it means. Thanks for posting.
The explanation that keeps coming up from mainstream sources is that dropping temps is from a cleaner environment and lower infection burden.
@jwayne said in What drugs and supplements help temper emotions for better decision making and clear thinking?:
@Insomniac Good sleep and digital detox. You want to discipline the reception of all the overly excited signals that excess estrogen/cortisol/low GABA will send. You do that by removing investment in the regular sources of brain burnout, like replacing time spent on screens with time spent with people and nature (e.g. plants, animals, the elements).
Permanent lifestyle changes are incredibly difficult but I know you're right and that trying things like digital detox make sense.
Most people have terrible sleep habits. When I work on my sleep habits I can increase my sleep time by 70-80%.
I never understood why pregnenolone doesn't substitute for progesterone since lots of it converts to progesterone.
@yerrag I've heard that even light activity has a large effect on glucose disposal and that's why being sedentary is such a large issue. But as one gets older with less muscle it becomes an even bigger issue since the muscle is the main place for glucose disposal.
But also to your point, exercise impacts the mitochondria.
Ray Peat once said something like he does squats every 10 years or something along those lines. He didn't believe in exercise without purpose. My sense was he didn't schedule regular fitness if there was nothing useful to do.
@TexugoDoMel I'm not clear on the timeline. Actually I'm not even sure when he gave the quote you posted.
He always mentioned 1% milk and orange juice. But I think he also liked cheese and he had a recipe for coconut oil ice cream. Honestly, he may have been changing things all the time over his life.
@Kvirion said in I remember Ray Peat saying he used to eat lowish carb. Does anyone know around what age he switched to favoring carbs/sugar?:
@Insomniac said in I remember Ray Peat saying he used to eat lowish carb. Does anyone know around what age he switched to favoring carbs/sugar?:
I always wonder if his last diet killed him or bought him some time. Out of nowhere he's talking about slowing aging and mtor
It may be hard to optimize for a healthspan (quality) and lifespan (adding years) simultaneously...
Especially if someone didn't start in perfect conditions...so I assume he was trying to biohack with low protein and high carb but high carb is probably not great for a sedentary elderly man IMO..
I guess that manipulating mTOR can be a double-edged sword... In Ray's age, one small step too far i.e. out of balance could have been decisive...
Especially with all the PFAS, pesticides, and plastic everywhere... Plus a grim outlook for our world...
I think he may have figured this out. In one his last interviews with Patrick Timpone, Timpone said something like RP is off all the vegetables.
@yerrag said in I remember Ray Peat saying he used to eat lowish carb. Does anyone know around what age he switched to favoring carbs/sugar?:
@Insomniac said in I remember Ray Peat saying he used to eat lowish carb. Does anyone know around what age he switched to favoring carbs/sugar?:
@Serotoninskeptic said in [I remember Ray Peat saying he used to eat lowish carb. Does anyone know around what age he switched to favoring ca
I always wonder if his last diet killed him or bought him some time. Out of nowhere he's talking about slowing aging and mtor so I assume he was trying to biohack with low protein and high carb but high carb is probably not great for a sedentary elderly man imo..depends on what kind of protein. less methionine less cysteine more glycine, favoring preservation rather than building of structure.
not sure if high carb isn't helpful with elderly people. my koi when mature eat less protein and more carb as too much protein ends up not utilized and end up as waste. nitrogenous waste such as ammonia and nitrates are stressful.
@yerrag There is really no way to say with confidence what's best to way to eat for any individual however I've come to the opinion that lots of activity like walking or gardening in the case of the elderly is very important for high carb diets . Europeans especially shouldn't carb load and then sit at a computer. It becomes a net negative although you mention positives. This is just my opinion but I've spent some time thinking about it.
@Serotoninskeptic said in I remember Ray Peat saying he used to eat lowish carb. Does anyone know around what age he switched to favoring carbs/sugar?:
@Insomniac Yea i remember him saying equal parts of each macro was good many years ago. Towards the end of his life i think he was more high carb/ low fat/low protein judging by the fact he limited his milk/egg consumption to only 50g protein and eas more plant based. I believe he said he ate 500g+ of carbs and sometimes 2k calories from orange juice alone
I always wonder if his last diet killed him or bought him some time. Out of nowhere he's talking about slowing aging and mtor so I assume he was trying to biohack with low protein and high carb but high carb is probably not great for a sedentary, elderly man.