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@Jennifer said in Your top daily supplement? If you had to pick just 1:

@Mossy said in Your top daily supplement? If you had to pick just 1:

@Jennifer said in Your top daily supplement? If you had to pick just 1:

@Mossy said in Your top daily supplement? If you had to pick just 1:

@Jennifer said in Your top daily supplement? If you had to pick just 1:

@SpaceManJim said in Your top daily supplement? If you had to pick just 1:

I'm wondering what people value as their most important daily supplement (vitamin, mineral, hormone, etc). For your choice, why?

Thyroid is the supplement that had the greatest impact on my health, but the only supplement I continue to use is vitamin D3 (Premier Research Labs). When my thyroid function was poor, supplementing vitamin D kept me from becoming deficient, even when I was sunbathing regularly, and now I use it year round primarily as a sleep aid.

Hi Jennifer, I'd be curious to know what time of day you take vitamin D for sleep? I ask because I've read that taking it at bed time may actually negatively affect sleep. Considering it does make many tired when taking it, it would be convenient to take before bed.

Hi Mossy, I typically take it in the morning, but the times I’ve taken it before bed have been just as effective. What’s more likely to affect my sleep negatively are the excipients. I used to get the NOW brand of vitamin D drops until I discovered that the MCT oil it contains was irritating my intestines and disturbing my sleep. I switched to vitamin D in olive oil and haven’t had a problem since.

Ok, good to know that it works am or pm for you. I also have vitamin D in olive oil, which I also find better than the MCT, where the MCT gave me what I've described as a serotonin effect in the gut, but maybe your description that it's irritating the intestines is more accurate. Do you purposely stay away from the other supplements that many pair with vitamin D — Vitamin K2, Magnesium, Calcium, and Vitamin A? I'd be interested to know how you've concluded to just use vitamin D (if that indeed is the case). I've heard many share that these co-factors are needed to properly facilitate vitamin D, such as to direct calcium into the bones versus the blood. I ask out of genuine interest, not because I think I know better or am suggesting otherwise. I like the idea of taking less supplements when possible.

Oh, no worries. I didn’t think you were suggesting otherwise. And I think your description is just as accurate as mine. I simplify by saying irritating instead out of habit because it’s easier for the non-Peaters I speak with to understand as a negative when they believe “serotonin is the happy hormone.“ I supplement vitamin D and not the others because I don’t get enough sun during the winter to keep my level above 30, but my diet is naturally abundant in K2, magnesium, calcium and vitamin A so my levels of them are always within range. When it comes to directing calcium into bones, I’m more concerned with my thyroid and parathyroid function.

Thank you for the added detail. Good to know you're able to take just the vitamin D, considering you're getting the others in food. I may try just that.

@Jennifer said in Your top daily supplement? If you had to pick just 1:

@Mossy said in Your top daily supplement? If you had to pick just 1:

@Jennifer said in Your top daily supplement? If you had to pick just 1:

@SpaceManJim said in Your top daily supplement? If you had to pick just 1:

I'm wondering what people value as their most important daily supplement (vitamin, mineral, hormone, etc). For your choice, why?

Thyroid is the supplement that had the greatest impact on my health, but the only supplement I continue to use is vitamin D3 (Premier Research Labs). When my thyroid function was poor, supplementing vitamin D kept me from becoming deficient, even when I was sunbathing regularly, and now I use it year round primarily as a sleep aid.

Hi Jennifer, I'd be curious to know what time of day you take vitamin D for sleep? I ask because I've read that taking it at bed time may actually negatively affect sleep. Considering it does make many tired when taking it, it would be convenient to take before bed.

Hi Mossy, I typically take it in the morning, but the times I’ve taken it before bed have been just as effective. What’s more likely to affect my sleep negatively are the excipients. I used to get the NOW brand of vitamin D drops until I discovered that the MCT oil it contains was irritating my intestines and disturbing my sleep. I switched to vitamin D in olive oil and haven’t had a problem since.

Ok, good to know that it works am or pm for you. I also have vitamin D in olive oil, which I also find better than the MCT, where the MCT gave me what I've described as a serotonin effect in the gut, but maybe your description that it's irritating the intestines is more accurate. Do you purposely stay away from the other supplements that many pair with vitamin D — Vitamin K2, Magnesium, Calcium, and Vitamin A? I'd be interested to know how you've concluded to just use vitamin D (if that indeed is the case). I've heard many share that these co-factors are needed to properly facilitate vitamin D, such as to direct calcium into the bones versus the blood. I ask out of genuine interest, not because I think I know better or am suggesting otherwise. I like the idea of taking less supplements when possible.

@LetTheRedeemed said in Reversal of hair loss in Mice with “sugar gel”:

@Mossy woah nice. Thanks for sharing

You're welcome.

@Jennifer said in Your top daily supplement? If you had to pick just 1:

@SpaceManJim said in Your top daily supplement? If you had to pick just 1:

I'm wondering what people value as their most important daily supplement (vitamin, mineral, hormone, etc). For your choice, why?

Thyroid is the supplement that had the greatest impact on my health, but the only supplement I continue to use is vitamin D3 (Premier Research Labs). When my thyroid function was poor, supplementing vitamin D kept me from becoming deficient, even when I was sunbathing regularly, and now I use it year round primarily as a sleep aid.

Hi Jennifer, I'd be curious to know what time of day you take vitamin D for sleep? I ask because I've read that taking it at bed time may actually negatively affect sleep. Considering it does make many tired when taking it, it would be convenient to take before bed.

@Hearthfire said in Reversal of hair loss in Mice with “sugar gel”:

@wester130 Just using google ol' white table sugar and honey.

I haven't done too much searching, but I doubt many people have done a long term attempt at applying sugar for regrowth and been consistent at it. The nature of it is just too messy for people to deal with.

This is the conversation Danny Roddy had with Ray Peat:

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Danny Roddy: Okay, that makes sense. I read a few times, Kealey. I might be saying his name wrong. Adachi and a few of the other hair loss guys talk about how the hair follicle is extremely glucose-dependent and that it needs a source of glucose. Then a few other people say it's relatively independent of the circulation of glucose in the blood. They were thinking that the glycogen was part of that independence, but if the circulation is reduced from the low thyroid function and the oxygen supply is reduced, the hair follicle obviously suffers. That's where the oxidative stress and lipid peroxidation come in, really harming ... Go ahead.

Ray Peat: Yeah. All of the stresses tend to interfere with glucose oxidation. When you're stressed, you liberate free fatty acids as an energy source, but those poison the ability to oxidize oxygen, so it creates a local diabetes. Have you heard anything about whether diabetics have more baldness or less baldness?

Danny Roddy: I read that the insulin resistance, so-called, is related to baldness. Then somebody on one of my YouTube videos said that he had worked extensively with type 1 diabetics who were all using insulin, and he was like, "I've never noticed any of them being bald before." I don't know if that was accurate or not.

Ray Peat: I've been thinking that with a concentrated glucose solution, you could probably activate hair growth just by keeping your scalp moistened with glucose.

Danny Roddy: That's funny because people have emailed me that, asking if that was a viable therapy. I was like, "I have no idea. I don't know how that would work." It made me think of when you would say things like people use honey for scars and things like that. Go ahead.

Ray Peat: People are actually suggesting applying insulin topically to the skin, but that's a relatively much bigger molecule than glucose. I think there's a chance that either of those can get in, in a quantity that could help.

Danny Roddy: The insulin is helping by what? Stupid question but just supplying the hair follicle with glucose?

Ray Peat: With energy, yeah.

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Dexstrose powder would probably be even better than sugar, as it's pure glucose right?

I forget exactly where I got this, probably raypeatforum, but Peat hinted at topical agmatine for hair.

@Buckian said in The Dental Care Thread:

Does anyone here use blotting toothbrushes?

I have tried those, but it was too time-consuming and tedious of a process. I now use a water-floss device instead.

@voldtzeig said in N-HA toothpaste in Europe?:

@Mossy Thanks a lot for the posts, great info! From what I've read N-HA seems to be the better of the two with most studies being done on it. Unfortunately most brands you have on amazon are not avaliable in my country, might be buying the powder! Thanks once again.

You're welcome. I have read the same from studies, that the nHA was considered more effective, but I am not comfortable with nano-particles, based on Peat's and other's comments. From the same company I linked prior, here is a pretty thorough write-up on particle size. I realize they have a vested interest in showing the efficacy of non-nano, but you may find this helpful. Good luck.

https://orawellness.com/nano-or-no-no-hydroxyapatite-particle-size-matters/

@voldtzeig If you shop off of amazon.com, I've done a comparison of several types of nHA/HA toothpastes available, comparing the known % and type of HA, as well as the other ingredients:

@voldtzeig I've not been able to conclude with certainty which is the best, nano (nHA) or non-nano (HA). After some general research online, as well as considering Peat's comments on nano particles, I've opted for HA. You can buy just the powder and add it to the toothpaste of your choice. Maybe there is an advantage to an nHA/HA formulated toothpaste, versus adding the nHA/HA to an already formulated combination of ingredients. Just a thought; not saying I know this to be true. There are two companies I know where the general consumer can buy just the powder (HA), which they name MCHA (microcrystalline hydroxyapatite). I could guess the US company ships to Europe, looks like the Australian company ships all over the world:

Small amount (80grams), shops from the US: https://store.orawellness.com/products/mcha-bulk-bag\

Large amount (1kg), ships from Australia:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/192507948433?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=7qGv1CZPSo2&sssrc=2047675&ssuid=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

@S-Holmes said in Conditional problems with vitamin A: a place for sane discussions:

Most here are familiar with RP's discovery that a daily carrot salad made him feel better. Some think it was because of the "colon sweeping" effect, but if that were the case, wouldn't charcoal have the same effect? Could it be because Beta carotene is an effective modulator of the gut biome?

I can share, anecdotally, that carrot salad always helps me, charcoal does not, with regard to transit time and moving the train down the tracks. I believe the carrot salad's effectiveness is due to the mere mechanics of the fibrous carrot moving through your system. At least that is how it feels to me.

@questforhealth It's definitely not my desire to question what troubles and difficulties anyone has endured and which has hindered them from being in the win column. My challenge to this original statement and those who can relate through hardship to the seemingly predestined factors of life, is that the application of discipline, in and of itself, has value – regardless of what the outcome may be.

Discipline is quite obviously a choice, e.g., my choice to be on this forum and not sleeping and preparing for a more productive work day tomorrow. That which is not a choice, is the outcome from the application of discipline. And I can see only one way to determine whether a person is one who wins or is just a supporting player – discipline.

@Chud Thank you. Will look for this.

@fd I am none of the medical minds that frequent these forums with their sage advice, but I can offer up my anecdotal experience.

It was impossible for me to gain weight and keep it on until my late 40's, which coincidentally is when I started Peating. If there is a single consistent contributor to weight gain for me, I would say it's milk. Though, it's not only muscle but visceral fat gain as well. If I were to work out and be more active, I think that would reduce to a large degree. Actually, on this same loose version of a Peat diet, when I had an active job, I was about 12-15lbs lighter, which would still be considered naturally muscular and fit. Keyword is "natural" here.

Also, a key contributor all through out my life is creatine, which never failed to put weight and muscle gain on me — if I worked out —, albeit with a bit of water gain, but not much. I can't make any scientific and qualified statements about creatine beyond the fact that it worked for me. And, I don't know the Peat stance on creatine either; so, I'm not certain if it's Peat approved.

@Mauritio Thanks for bringing this thread over from RPF.

I had to stop with the apple powder I bought (Malus pumila) from Bulk Supplements, as it was causing the typical malaise I get from supplements. I'll probably use it as a topical on my scalp. I may try the Swanson apple polyphenols you're taking at some point.

Liver is really the only tame way for me to get vitamin A. I have Haidut's Retinil (retinyl acetate), but it causes what I can only describe as severe joint and bone pain. Maybe missing co-factors are a contributor, but I'm so tired of feeling bad from supplements that I've resolved to stick with liver as my source for A. Nothing against Haidut's products — which I have several of.

Though I currently don't make or take kefir, I've used these grains with success to make homemade kefir with both basic homogenized and raw milk:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007GGRJTG/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8

As someone who has a very sensitive gut, I find that when all else fails just a raw, skinned carrot taken along with salt, dissolved in soda or juice, creates the lest disturbance, and usually results in helping digestion and promotes elimination. The oils (coconut or olive) and vinegar can be a gamble, in terms of gut distress. I don't doubt that they're doing their job, they just can create too much trouble.