Michael569

Be at peace brother, hope you are at a better place now. I remember his posts back from 2016 when there were only a few people on here. We interacted only on a few occasions but I held him in very high regard. This is crushing news. Wishing my condolences to his family,.

That's a very black & white thinking about the body. I don't think it is as simple as that. Chelation is an aggressive therapeutic process and should not be used so sparingly. Just because you can does not mean you should. Some of those metals could become part of your bone mass and later on should you end up with osteoporosis you'll also get dementia from all that lead leaving the body. Chelation drugs do not remove all heavy metals and we literally have no long term safety data on chelation drugs. How do you know that using DMSA 20 years in row doesn't cause permanent liver damage. Nobody knows. You don't need to eliminate 100% of seafood just consume it wisely. ^

@LSD-Rumi i wonder if you upped foods rich in those 3 components whether your progress would be even better. For NAC look up cysteine rich foods like sesame seeds For phosphatidyllnositol mainly legumes and soy For omega 3 lineseeds, lineseed oil amd walnuts This is what targeted nutrition is all about. Tou got this. Good luck!

You can but you risk injuring yourself and learning the techniques incorrectly. There is value in paying a coach. If you take 10-15 private sessions with a muay-Thai or kickboxing coach, you will be pretty capable of defending yourself for the rest of your life. KNowing how to move, sidestep and maintain your balance is even more important than being able to punch hard and that is difficult to learn on your own. Ofcourse ideally you would diffuse every situation before it breaks into a fight because starting a fight with the wrong person can get you killed. You can also do it yourself of course but I found when I was practicing muay-thai years ago, the most growth I had was once I signed up and paid somebody who has been doing that sort of stuff for 40 years and who has actually had years of in-ring experiences. It is difficult to improve on your own when you don't have a reference point of somebody correcting your posture, punches, kicks, breathing etc.

Probably if you want insurance coverage but you are usually free to order any private testing yourself. It won't be covered by insurance and you'll have to pay for it.

Drinking Euphrasia seems to help some people. My girlfriend had a persistent stye in the past and drinking Eyebright and applying it on her eyes for 20 minutes a day as well, healed it in like 3 days completely, I couldn't believe how effective that was.

You could look into Mucuna Pruriens. It contains L-dopa a precursor to biological dopamine. It adds more building blocks for dopamine and has some decent research behind it. It may not be suitable if you suffer from a mental health condition such as anxiety, bipolar or schysophrenia. It is not stimulating as coffee is but might help uplift the mood & motivation a bit. If you want the typical adrenal stimulation coffee gives you, there is nothing else out there with same effect other than drugs and pharmaceuticals. But agreed with everything @Godhead said and his comment needs to be also considered in this case.

I'd literally put the title of this thread in YouTube and you'll find the answers there

@Rasheed the Gillette thingy is useful if you wanna keep 100% facial hair off (baby face). I found if you keep a tiny bit by using electric razor (same you'd use to trim your hair) the skin does not dry out as much. Gillette is not too useful for longer beards

@Loba good stuff! I was surprised how much dental health can actually impact the rest of the body (eg. lungs, heart, even the brain) if neglected, when writing the blog about it. Definitely worth staying on top of it.

Agreed, flossing is probably even more important than brushing. You can't reach those spaces with the tongue and it can take years for uncleaned interdental space to turn into early periodontitis. During that time periodontal pockets can build up all over the mouth so best do it daily.

Do you mean trim it or shave off completely? Either way electric razor works for me. Spares you needing to put chemicals on your face afterwards and lasts kinda forever unlike the replacable razors. There are also special grooming ones with lots of fancy attachments

You can but you will have to stuff yourself like a Thanksgiving turkey with each meal. Why not just do 3 regular meals. Fasting induces a catabolic state. Gaining induces anabolic state. It is like building up a house and then breaking it down each evening. There are better and worse ones. Eating half a can tuna once a week is fine. Eating tuna every day is probably stretching it too far. If you want to remain with fish, switch to mackerel or cod. It is normal, even desirable to poo at least 3 times a day, your risk of colorectal cancer goes down if you poo at least twice a day. If you eat high fibre diet, that is completely normal and healthy as long as the poo is not a chocolate pudding but has a solid consistency. Unless it is more like diarrhoea or explosive. In such case you may wanna investigate it further.

yop! I remember this one when I was moving out as well. Family dynamics can be quite toxic at times like these when the pendulum is swang. All the best in days & weeks to come.

work/study: Not bad this year, I've got a decent amount of stuff done at least the stuff that matters. I could have done more with less distraction and less bs in my life but overall I'm quite happy with this year in terms of work & study. Definitely want to be reading more going forward emotional intelligence: I've had the most growth in this during November & December when I signed up for childhood conditioning coaching, these sessions have been a blessing and a great eye-opener to the world of my own suppressed emotions and also becoming aware of a lot of stuff I did not pay attention to before. social life: There is no evidence of me having a social life outside of the internet and the virtual world. At least not whilst living in the UK. relationships/sex life: Pretty good. I am very blessed and lucky to have an amazing partner and so our chemistry, intimacy and mutual understanding has been amazing. family: Could be better. I have been neglecting my family quite a bit this year and did not make enough time for them until about September - December time. self-development/spirituality: Some decent growth but not as much as could have been, had I spent more time reading and investing. finances: Pretty decent, I've found another source of income which hasn't always been great but it added something extra and allowed me to put more effort into important creative work. Overall I feel quite happy with this area of my life at the moment. physical activity/eating: Mostly stable and good. Been maintaining good consistency with healthy habits hobbies/habits: A lot of room for improvement especially around productivity habits and routines.

I don't really use nootropics anymore. I've tried a few with mediocre (often none) results. When I tested Maca on a hill where I practice my hill-speed-drills, I was able to run a little bit further before full exhaustion...but could have been a placebo or coincidence. I find it interesting to review research on nootropics in my blog so maybe check that out once a month for some new updates. But like overall, in general consensus, I am not convinced nootropics deserve the attention they are getting and they definitely do not stand up to the marketing hype since most of the claims made by marketers are based on in-vitro research. At least I don't believe that at the moment from what I've tried, read and researched. They are......interesting.....but the benefits are often just not there and it comes down to placebo. The ultimate nootropic remains outdoor exercise for me, kinda something like I did in that Youtube video, you can check it out in my second link.

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@mmKay maybe What sort of info are you looking for?

@LSD-Rumi I don't know as much about ADHD as I'd like to, to give you an in-depth researched answer. You might consider connecting with @flowboy, Eric does a lot of research into this topic and has worked with other guys with ADHD. I know a little bit about the pathophysiology but not enough to be super helpful. You could start by considering some sort of genetic testing to identify any ongoing receptor mutations that could be complicating your dopamine reuptake (e.g. COMT, VNTR od DAT1 mutation). SOmething like 23andme maybe? Dunno if you'd be open to that. It is not cheap but could give you some preliminary answer. On the biochemical level, you want to stabilise your glutamate & glycine firing causing excessive neuroexcitation and stabilising your NDMA receptors also responsible for neurostimulation while making sure you stimulate GABA production and docking is maximised. You also want to make sure you don't manipulate your dopamine baseline too much and avoid activities that force increase of dopamine baseline levels. So basically you want to make sure not to overstimulate yourself with caffeine, stimulants, energy drinks, pre-workouts and hyper-stimulating herbs. You want to spend more time practising calming exercises, drinking warm herbal drinks that have been shown to stimulate GABA production like chamomile or lemon balm (do not combine lemon balm with any mental health meds tho). Things like QiGong , Thai Chi would be preferable to HIIT and Crossfit. Now, in terms of the supplement stack: It would require a huge amount of time for me to go and dig into the literature and see what's been found on each with relation to ADHD specifically, whether there are clinical (human) studies, what was the quality, size etc. But I'll just give you some of the research I did and a bit of my gut feeling. Curcumin - Curcumin has been shown to correct levels of BDNF as well as suppress inflammation in the brain of people with Alzheimer's & Parkinson's. I can't see how this one wouldn't be helpful. Obviously you want to be careful if you take any medical anti-inflammatories or anticoagulants, diabetes pills or hear medication There are no randomized studies on curcumin & ADHD tho...so take that as a limitation Rhodiola - This has been on my blog list for some time. I recall a herbalist once told me that Rhodiola is stimulating and is more suited for people experiencing burnout. I fear it may be too stimulating. RHodiola is also overharvested and kinda endangered so I am on the fence with recommending it to anyone. Uridine - I haven't found anything on it that would tell me it is useful for ADHD. . It seems Uridine is metabolised into Uric Acid at some point which may or may not be an issue if you were prone to gout development. But there seem to be some other clinical benefits of using Uridine. Dunno, doesn't seem like something I'd go crazy for. Ginseng - Potentially useful but there is only one study on Korean Red Ginsengbut this is a small study and only done on 10-year old children so there isn't a lot to hold on to here. If you are going after adaptogens, I would reach out to a herbalist in your area and ask them to mix something for you. Herbs work better as tinctures (easier to cross BBB & easier to metabolism especially when taken sublingually). I don't think this product will make any difference to be honest. Phosphatidylserine - potentially useful, got some nice benefits in depression, ADHD and cognitive health. I'd definitely give this a go. Bacopa - There is one promising study out there but it was on kids with some level of mental retardation if I recall correctly, potentially worth trying tho. Tyrosine - Might or might not help. Tyrosine is converted to L-Dopa and Dopamine. The problem is that tyrosine has very hard time crossing the blood brain barrier because it can be outcompeted by other amino acids and the transporter is also a bottleneck meaning there is a limit to how much tyrosine can get in brain per hour. Also there are huge genetic variations in people in terms of how efficient this shuttle is. I read that there are over 240 genes responsible for coding all sorts of BBB transporters and each can have snips and mutations. I would probably consider focusing on tyrosine rich foods before taking supplemental tyrosine. Google which those are and see if you can get more of them in. Split them across your main meals. But you can do supplement too, up to you French Maritime Extract - this one I don't know much about. Seems to have some antiinflammatory effects but that's not unique, most herbal supplements do to a degree due to their antioxidant properties. Alpha GPC - so far we know very very little about this product. It has some potential effects but I wouldn't put my hand into fire for it. Anyways, hope that is helpful. Diet and lifestyle are very important in ADHD as well as Vitamin D, gut health, sleep etc. In terms of more guided support I'd consider reaching out to @flowboy for some one to one support. Good luck buddy !

Have you had an endoscopy done for that bleeding? Has a professional investigated it?

Some homeo-botanicals from grounding (root) herbs would probably help. Get in touch with a local herbalist/naturopath for some tincture brew.

Thank god we have a gastrointestinal expert on the forum @undeather I'm sure he will drop a few bombs once he sees this thread.

It would be a negligible contribution to total toxin overload compared to other things we do.

Safe for majority of women although there is some evidence of clotting issues and thrombosis. Breast cancer association has not been proven but i don't know if i would readily exclude that distant possibility especially in women with BRCA 1 & BRCA2 mutations that are already at hereditary risk of breast cancer. Not to mention all the toxins and xenoesteogens they are exposed to these days that they were not even 10 years ago. Best and safest contraception is condom. Women have to give birth that's enough of a stress to go through already, they should at least be free from artificial hormone manipulation when possible.

Even if it does, heavy metal removal is a long-term process and one can only do water fasting for so long. I would look at chelation the way you're looking at bringing up a child. The long-term process with tiny improvements over weeks and months. Rather than trying to power through the detox, always start by cutting down on your toxins ingestion first and look at all sources of exposure including air, water, food and even cosmetics & chemicals in household. Once everything has been purified and diet restored to a level where you are happy with it, only then would I start looking at chelation.