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@Evolutionarily said in Finally 100% reliable Thyroid to EU (and probably other areas):
criticisms would apply to Georgi's products
Nope, that's an unfair comparison. We all know Georgi's wisdom and his obsession with the quality and purity of products. He stakes his name and reputation on all his work... There are no faces/names behind Deus...
I don't claim Deus is bad, but I can not put them in the same place on the podium as Haidut/Georgi.
@Evolutionarily "Finally 100% reliable Thyroid to EU"
Thanks for the report, but...
Can we be sure of that? According to Reddit, Deus Medical isn't a 1st-grade pharmacy but rather an underground lab.
Can we be sure that there is no contamination in the production process?
Can we be sure that the next bath will have the same quality?
BTW, It's worth remembering that an average bodybuilder cares less about the product quality than a bioenergetic peater - so reviews aren't a 100% assurance... unfortunately.
@chosroes Some remarks...
greens (spinach, broccoli, and such)
They may lower your thyroid levels
1/2L of milk provides not enough calcium
Cascara contains emodin which lowers cortisol and estrogen and also increases dopamine a bit as a rather weak MAO-B inhibitor. Emodin has a long half-lifetime: 50 hours
Again, for whatever reason, my stomach seems to affect my hormones, and I've been getting some serious antiandrogenic effects since then.
There is a strong gut-brain connection. Issues in the gut may increase prolactin which lowers androgens...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3214685/
@pittybitty Man, LucH is trying to help you holistically, be grateful.
Executive Functions need dopamine to work properly and serotonin counteracts dopamine i.e., lowers it.
Imagine serotonin and dopamine as neurotransmitters sitting on opposite sides of a swing.
BTW Bettering EF/ADHD is also about lowering cortisol, prolactin, and estrogen.
Moreover, as an old ADHDer, I can confess that starting peating* made a hell of a difference for me. Optimizing/bettering my metabolism in systemic ways helped my EF tremendously.
[*] Disclaimer: proper peating is a lot more than just milk, OJ, and B vitamins...
References:
"Dopamine, the main neurotransmitter of the ES, plays an essential role in the frontal cortex in mediating EF. Dopamine neurons participate in the modulation of expectation, reward, memory, activity, attention, drives, and mood."
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3413474/
Dopamine is involved in many processes in addition to executive functions such as encoding rewards and drug addiction https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3933483/
@wester130 It would be preferred to work on a better metabolism - as a systemic solution for digestive problems, than just looking for a quick (temporary) fix...
You can learn more from https://www.functionalps.com/blog/2012/06/03/hypothyroidism-intestinal-bacterial-overgrowth-lactose-intolerance/ + https://bioenergetic.forum/topic/4/ray-peat-resource-thread
And browse https://bioenergetic.life/?q=sibo
@T-3 said in Direct Current and ATP:
limiting the way we understand any phenomonon of interest and, in particul, our bodies' materialist vs. bioenergetic/bio-electric vs. "other" nature
Just by the way, there is a similar divide in biology or cognitive science:
@Energia I use Cascara Sagrada from NOW Foods - 1/3 of a capsule - usually a few times per week (2-3 times, sometimes less - I listen to my body i.e. Perceive-Think-Act.).
Aspirin and K2 - different brands from my local drugstore, usually Aspirin 250 mg once or twice per week and K2 daily.
@BioEclectic said in Milk/protein digestion:
You can fill the void by experimenting with different cheeses and butter.
Yeah, I started my healing with those too. Cheddar or goat cheese are still my favorite 
My first step toward milk was Greek yogurt - which has almost no lactose and is stripped of lactic acid... - thanks to a suggestion by Haidut (Georgi) in this podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crebVA_c5Cg
@bowser said in Milk/protein digestion:
how strict are you on PUFAs?
Not religiously. I'm focusing on saturated fats (milk/cheeses, coconut oil, beef, and macadamia nuts) - to be the main part of my fat consumption, but I don't care about some PUFAs in organic eggs, etc. I counteract such PUFAs with vitamin E supplementation.
[Update]
I also strictly avoid processed foods with all those preservatives, caking agents, etc. The shorter the label the better...
@Milk-Destroyer Aspirin - as it raises dopamine and lowers all the bad stuff... + plus intense music sometimes...
Generally, some kind of pressure/constraints and a perspective shift are good for entering a creative state...
@bowser I had some similar issues in the past.
For me, the trick was to first heal my GI tract with carrot salad, more carbohydrates (less fat, avoiding PUFAs), and calcium carbonate as a supplement. Moreover, following other bioenergetic guidelines.
Then my stomach became bulletproof and now I do not have any issues with consuming milk, honey, OJ, coffee, etc.
@Mallard6146 said in Post-Viral Illness:
Thanks guys.
You're welcome.
I’ll get prolactin checked this week too. Will look at adding the DHEA and cortisol tests also.
Good. You may send updates here too.
Ordered some T3 a while back. I tried it last fall and 12.5mcg did eliminate all symptoms for a day. I only took it once though as I was worried about continuing on using an exogenous hormone.
Yep, first diagnosis, then relevant lifestyle, and dietary changes. Hormones should be used only if any other ways fail...
Have you tried to assess your thyroid with a natural method? I.e. measuring temperature and pulse upon waking and then after breakfast for a few days.
Are you already applying Ray Peat's principles/advice in your daily life and nutrition/supplementation? How is your sleep quality?
@Mulloch94 Yeah, the corporate and "rational" (reductionistic) world is probably still in love with a single metric/KPI...
I guess that IQ may be somewhat helpful in measuring the ability to "connect the dots", but intelligence is also about perceiving things "out of the box" (predictive processing), knowing how to make sense of things, not being blinded by ego, etc.
There are also theories about extended cognition i.e. 4E
Fun fact, according to a test done many years ago when I was low in T3, my results in categories of IQ and "processing speed" were exactly on the opposite sides of the Gauss curve, LOL!
@Mallard6146 It would be also good to check your adrenals:
DHEA and (morning + evening) cortisol levels.
Plus Hando-Jin's advice.
There are a few podcasts with Ray talking about chronic fatigue - you can check them with the help of this site https://bioenergetic.life/?q=chronic+fatigue
@Mulloch94 Yeah, agreed. Moreover, IQ studies are also criticized from a statistical point of view.
https://medium.com/incerto/iq-is-largely-a-pseudoscientific-swindle-f131c101ba39
the most important marker here would've been the ratio of T4 to T3, as a more even one, 3:1
@Mulloch94 Fascinating finding, thank you!
It seems to be another proof (besides things like learned helplessness) that poor(er) people aren't "just lazy", but the key ingredient to being more entrepreneurial may also be "the drive" i.e. healthy metabolic (bio)energy.
For a broader audience it would be good to add that formulation of the study's conclusion isn't fully correct. The key issue isn't the level of T4 per se, but its lack of conversion into (free) T3 or even worse conversion of T4 into reverse T3 - which is not mentioned in this research paper together with other factors like low inflammation, low PUFAs, progesterone, and so on, that also influence fT3 levels...
@onliest said in First Wet Dream on Cypro:
Interesting, thank you for the report!
Yeah, ~3-4mg is a pretty hefty dose...
which MOA of cypro would cause this
I can only guess that because of stress your cortisol levels, prolactin, serotonin, and probably estradiol/histamine were perhaps pretty high... Cypro lowered all of them at once which caused a surge of dopamine and testosterone -> DHT, etc. And your sensitized receptors welcomed them very much... kind of a bounce-back effect... Probably, not sustainable for the long-term...
Or maybe a succubi was stroking my shit last night, idrk..
LOL! Maybe, who knows? 
@noticer You may want to read this info first https://bioenergetic.forum/post/19449
Moreover, you can try the search function, there are already threads about it.
@monadology said in Excessive sweating:
high levels of sweating
It's usually caused by (too) high levels of cortisol and especially adrenalin, and rather low estradiol, progesterone, and (too) low Thyroid T3. Deficiencies in Magnesium, ADEK, and B vitamins are also probable.
BTW, an optimal level of TSH should be about 1, not above.
Some good practices to experiment with:
Normalizing cortisol by firstly getting the inflammation and stress down, then by adding (in afternoons) mBc-P5P+B3, C, A+E, D3+K2, Ca, Zn, Mg, inosine, theanine, apigenin, 5-6mg of DHEA, Aspirin, Royal jelly, icariin, emodin, Tulsi, PS; gelatin, palmitic acid, coffee, ~pomegranate, honey/milk/OJ; yoga, CO2…
GABA "agonists" should lower adrenaline. Since glycine, taurine, and niacinamide are all GABA "agonists" they all have studies showing lower adrenaline when consuming them. It also decreases with the help of salt, sugar/OJ, milk, sunlight… Plus inosine, theanine, ~apigenin, Tulsi, antihistamines, CBD/CBG, and forest bathing. Adrenaline increases with stress, heat, HIIT/IF/fear/excitement, and caffeine taken in a fasting state…