Posts made by Kvirion

@CO3 said in Impact of Clothing on Health:

Secondly, there is a totally under-discussed matter in my opinion: the matter of vagus nerve impingement. This is very serious, and one should never wear belts for this reason. Look for clothing with an elastic belt for your free time. and look into suspenders.

Yeah, it's new to me, thank you!

to be zero-drop, or 'barefoot'

Isn't this contextual? I.e., 'barefoot'-like is great if one is walking into nature (grass or sand), but what about concrete? Aren't springy soles better when walking on hard pavement?

@wrl said in The Dental Care Thread:

Maybe a sodium bicarbonate swish after using this product?

Yeah, probably a good idea, but it may also wash away the good ingredients...

@DonkeyDude Have you also considered the consequences of bringing a child to a world that will with high probability encounter collapse pretty soon? Our current lifestyle is impossible to sustain, Earth is already overly exploited - both culturally and ecologically...

@the-MOUSE
Before peating, I was on keto and IF - therefore for me getting back to the proper ratio of fats/protein/carbohydrates was a key move. Next was getting proper nutrients, avoiding fasting, and Aspirin.
Recently I introduced emodin - it is making new wonders for me!

@Him Hi,

Yes I've already made these adjustments, Im frustrated as quite a few of the more prominent suggestions Ray made dont seem to have moved the needle on my health significantly.

Most of Ray's advice is context-specific i.e. works when applied in proper circumstances... e.g. in the right order...

Id say the things I've observed a strong positive health outcome with so far are the carrot salad and magnesium glycinate

Good choices, both are Peat-approved.

For me, the following advice helped me most to move from a low energy, low mood, and IBS-D/acid-reflux state (messed keto diet) to a much better (peatful) situation.

• Pro-Thyroid foods: milk/cheese, eggs, beef, oysters, refined coconut oil; fresh orange juice, coffee (source of magnesium, vit. B1, and caffeine) & honey/sucrose/milk; salt, seafood: sole, whitefish, turbot, scallops, lobster, shrimp, and squid. Fruits… | DHEA/pregnenolone, collagen, nicotinamide.
• Pro-Mitochondrial respiration: Aspirin, PQQ (Pyrroloquinoline Quinone), Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10), CO2 bag-breathing, creatine, BCAAs + Tyrosine, taurine, carnosine; Urolithin A, apigenin, blueberries/OJ; Calcium, Potassium, Copper, salt, Mg, Selenium, Zn; vitamins B, C, D3, A + E, K2; foods containing caffeic or stearic acids; inosine; Boswellia, Cordyceps. Red light. Yoga…
• Normalizing cortisol by firstly getting the inflammation and stress down, then by adding (in afternoons) vitamins B6-P5P, B3+B1, C, A+E, D3+K2, Ca, Zn, Mg, inosine, theanine, apigenin, 5-6mg of DHEA, Aspirin, Royal jelly, icariin, emodin, Tulsi; gelatin, palmitic acid, coffee, ~pomegranate, honey/milk/OJ; yoga, CO2…
• Anti-serotonin: "The safest that I know of would be theanine, BCAA + tyrosine, caffeine, and a good deal of niacinamide. P5P is dopaminergic, so that would make it anti-serotonin as well. I think the combination of theanine, BCAA, and tyrosine has some serious potential as an anti-serotonin tool organism-wide and as such helpful in issues like weight management, immune system support, libido, and mood." ~haidut | Plus: aspirin, inosine, creatine, collagen, magnesium, thyroids (^T3), and CBG (as a 5-HT1A antagonist).
• Proper calcium to phosphate ratio in the diet: cutting out meat, beans, nuts, and possibly all rice including white while also supplementing eggshell or bone grinds, drinking milk, and eating ice cream…
• “Carbon dioxide (CO2), glycine, GABA, saturated fatty acids (for example, Nanji, et al., 1997), vitamin K, coenzyme Q10, niacinamide, magnesium, red light, thyroid hormone, progesterone, testosterone, and pregnenolone are factors that can be increased to protect against inappropriate cellular excitation.”
• 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…
• Anti-Endotoxins: activated charcoal; aspirin, antihistamines, Cyproheptadine & antibiotics, D3/sunlight. | Activated charcoal is great at lowering gut serotonin…
• sunshine/sun-bathing, walking/hiking in nature, etc.
• Briefly: RP nutrition has about 100-250 grams of carbs, 75 g of proteins, ~50 g of fat; ~40/35/25% ratio…

The list above has been based on suggestions of Ray or his closest mentees... I did those in a step-by-step way with a lot of trial and error... Plus intense learning of Ray''s holistic approach to human biology.

BTW peatarians also suggested Saccharomyces boulardii for gut issues...

My previous experience with doctors with issues like this have been fruitless and its very inconvenient

This is unfortunate, it's very hard to find a wise doctor...
If you wanna to get peatarian advice you can ask Danny Roddy or Hans Amato online...

@Him said in Dizziness, acid reflux, fatigue. Help pls kind sirs kindly do the needful.:

Im still new to Peating, only found about him late last year, main thing ive done is completely cut out PUFAs and start having the carrot salad.

Good start, welcome in peatarain circles

As you probably already know the key principle of Ray was: Perceive. Think. Act. He was against strict prescriptions and rules. Coffee, orange, and orange juice were just examples. His guidelines were focused on optimizing one's metabolism by providing balanced macro and micronutrients and balancing hormones - especially minimizing serotonin, cortisol, and estradiol. All are customized to a specific person.

You seem already well attuned to what your body is trying to tell you. The next step would be to research and better understand your symptoms, and then act accordingly...
You can use for example sources like

• https://bioenergetic.forum/topic/4/ray-peat-resource-thread
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xb2F8xLQMvw
• https://testonation.com/
  To learn more about how your body works...

that ive now become incredibly sensititve to coffee,

So, don't force yourself to drink coffee or orange juice, stop it for some time and try something else. Perceive. Think. Act.
For example, try Google like this "Ray Peat acid reflux or ulcers" - you should find videos like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynibO1D2_4Y

BTW Have you visited a doctor near you?

@Him Have you also tried peaty ways to lower/manage serotonin, estrogen, adrenalin, and cortisol? (it may help with many issues incl. dizziness)

Have you tried to change (experiment with) the amounts/ratios of milk, OJ, coffee, etc.?

Do you try to help your body to increase your metabolism? By understanding how it works what supports it and what's not?

@JulofEnoch said in The Dental Care Thread:

It is almost impossible to find things near me that don't have dioxides, stearates, microcellulose extracts, etc.

Yeah, it's hard, but I noticed that in recent years there is a positive trend of "clean label products" i.e. some novel companies are trying to minimize additives in supplements, at least in the EU.

When you've got five different add-ins, then I question how much of your product is actual product.

Good point!

@epstein-jeffery It's overly simplistic...

As explained in the following places

• https://twitter.com/natelawrence_/status/1773057585509203971
• and https://twitter.com/dannyroddy/status/1765369509400002878

@Master said in Cyproheptadine Warning:

around 12-15mgs

Wow! The standard protocol is starting with .5 to 1 mg to see how it goes, and building up to 3 or 4mg max (only if needed i.e. lower doses don't provide desired effects).

@Key-2 Yeah, in my case by bettering my metabolism (following Ray's principles) plus rising dopamine and DHT (and lowering serotonin), etc.

Poor motor coordination may be in many cases a sign of disturbed Executive Functions...
https://www.understood.org/en/articles/what-is-executive-function

@Mulloch94 said in New "Mission" of RPF:

Charlie and Garret have basically created a fictitious caricature because otherwise they'd not have anything to critique...

Yeah, they follow exactly the trail of other con men and snake oils salesmen to blind common people with false superficial dichotomies and (too easy) "miracle solutions" quackery...

And I guess that lion is probably more of just a pawn/puppet in this game...

@Mulloch94 said in New "Mission" of RPF:

"I think I need to be more careful with what I say from now on."

Thank you very much, I didn't know about this!
It's fascinating to listen to this piece https://youtu.be/cY0QqoJM7LU?t=2428 LOL!

I guess that what he said as a comment to "RP diet" should be the main banner of the forum.

Moreover, it would be great to have a bot - If someone used the words RP diet in a post, the bot would reply with this video clip/quote.

@IkeIkeforever Gummy bears are a good idea if they are without artificial additives/preservatives.

The grass-fed beef gelatin is the best. Bone broth is a viable alternative. And still, pork gelatin is better than nothing...

BTW aminoacids like taurine and theanine also have calming properties.

@yerrag said in Why are you all so religious:

Along with reciprocated altruism goes the natural inclination for "tit for tat" as a moderating third rail against abuse of power, and the re-balancing of good and evil in this world.

Agreed. BTW Recently, I saw a good video about tit for tat history https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mScpHTIi-kM

The natural world has this balance. Human society is so gamed that this balance is gone for good.

Yes, unfortunately...

@Amazoniac said in Resources for authors:

Never mind, it's a joke that started on the Garrey Smeat Forum.

LOL! Nice one, thanks for the clarification

@Ecstatic_Hamster

I think it's better to take T4 and T3 usually.

Yep, exactly.

"An effective way to use supplements is to take a combination T4-T3 dose, e.g., 40 mcg of T4 and 10 mcg of T3 once a day, and to use a few mcg of T3 at other times in the day. Keeping a 14-day chart of pulse rate and temperature allows you to see whether the dose is producing the desired response. If the figures aren't increasing at all after a few days, the dose can be increased, until a gradual daily increment can be seen, moving toward the goal at the rate of about 1/14 per day"
https://raypeat.com/articles/articles/thyroid.shtml

@Wkia said in Supplementing T3 not safe afterall?:

my fairly healthy life style and my being a picky eater (meaning a.o. nothing processed and as little pufa as possible) for many years, would keep me safe from possibly harmful effects of T3.

Yes, good, it looks so. Probably, the best approach would be still: Think. Perceive. Act. I.e. starting with the lowest (split) possible dose, and increasing it slowly - constantly observing the body's reactions (temperature, pulse, stress levels, etc.) to it.

@Wkia Such studies provide a bit reductionistic approach...

Most probably many/most of the people in this study had low thyroid because of a mix of bad diet, chronic stress, genetics, an unhealthy environment, etc... Adding just T3 was like adding fuel to a fire... Probably many of them used this extra thyroid energy to do/eat more bad stuff...

Ray always stressed that diet and lifestyle should be addressed first before starting any T4 and especially T3 therapy...

It's also nicely and concisely described in this video https://twitter.com/natelawrence_/status/1766186130985107582

@Amazoniac said in Resources for authors:

The English is better now because of conscious effort to moderate the Prolactinese and keep the speech minimally understandable.

Wow, that's interesting. Do you mean that the higher prolactin levels the more distorted the clarity of a speech may be?
(As prolactin is related to stress and anxiety)

Can you tell us more about it?