Michael569

Well said I see a lot of problem with the way mainstream veganism is heading which is processed junk, cheese replacements, fake meats, chips, vegan chocolates and crap. For a long time I used to think that everybody is doing a whole food plant-based diet, they aren't. many vegans are clueless about nutrition they consume foods dominant with sunflower & canola oils, salt, phosphate additives, vegan butter, thickeners, colourings and plant proteins. If a vegan diet is done holistically based predominantly on whole foods, beautiful but now with it becoming easier and easier to get vegan junk so more and more people are transitioning, see this becoming a huge problem. Not disputing the ethical side, that argument is indisputable. Once you've demonstrated the evidence of animal harm to somebody and they still accept those consequences by consciously choosing to eat the animal foods, your job is done, any additional screaming, vindicating and riding the guilt train makes people hate you and creates distance.

hmm, I couldn't agree less with you. In another post you said you MUST NOT take ALA if you have a risk of mercury toxicity. Now, imagine based on what you said folks starting to load on these things. How many of them will end up harming themselves. I see few problems with this type of approach: 1. you're ignoring the bigger picture - from my experience, most people who are chronically fatigued can reverse it by optimising their lifestyle & diet, I've seen it happen time and time again. If people assume straight away, they are toxic, all the more obvious simpler solutions (e.g. eat more complex carbs, get your iron checked, eat more protein, fix your sleep, stop abusing stimulants) are thrown out of the window straight away. It becomes the "what stuff can I take to make me feel better -> green pharmacy is still a pharmacological mindset" 2. It creates a mindset that everybody who experiences mild health problems is toxic which clearly isn't the case. 3. loading yourself with ALA and other supplements like DMSA etc. is not detoxification. Chelation does not equal detoxification. If you have not prepared your elimination channels (gut, liver kidneys) for the shitstorm that's about to come up and are a guy with zero to none nutritional, biochemical, anathomical & physiological knowledge you could severely harm yourself. I see a lot of problems with folks jumping into these protocols without proper background knowledge and guidance.

Reading through the comments now, you really love this word don't you. I'm really trying to understand what you're trying to say but am missing the point.. ...help me out here

I mean the burning of the plant itself along with the paper whenever a joint is smoked. It is a plant but burning of organic matter produces free radical residue and that puts strain of our antioxidant reserves. Probably not an issue if you do 1-2 joints a week but can become irritative if few joints are smoked daily.

@Egzoset ummm.....what? ?

Frankly pesticides are the last of your worries if you are a cannabis user, I'd be more worried about all those oxidative particles from carbon combustion making their way to your body + the addictive nature of cannabis + the fact that in most cases weed is being used as green pharmacy solution (e.g. can't sleep need weed, can't relax need weed..)

@mavelezm be careful not to put experts on pedestal and ideolize them, a lot of what Anthony says is pure bogus.

What makes you think you have a heavy metal toxicity problem? Just curious What do you base the judgement on?

@perlita autoimmunity is a great mystery because unlike things like coeliac (despite it being autoimmune too) we cannot pinpoint them to a single cause. While the main mediator is an immune system, the cause is rarely immunological. The immune system is on overdrive because foreign antigens are making their way into the body and these can often resemble the amino acid structure of out own cells (e.g. thyroid cells). Gut health is one of the most significant accelerators of all autoimmunity. If you have root canals, it is possible that that has been creating a mucosal permeability in your mouth and antigens have been falling through triggering an immunological reaction. The dentist may be able to shed more light on it but I believe in a same way you have "leaky gut" you can have leaky stomach and even a leaky "mouth" meaning permeable dental mucosa. This is when gluten or dairy avoidance helps but they are never the cause, more like they simply contain proteins that can fall through or open up tight junctions for other stuff to come in. Lack of vitamin D is also a great accelerator of autoimmunity because it strengthens the immunological tolerance of your T-cells so they don't attack your own tissue. Your microbiome health is also important here because microbiota is an immunomodulator other things like chronic deficiencies will also play a part here

@Striving for more bro get a professional support. You're in UK, the holistic medicine is on a great level here. Go to the Institute of Functional medicine and find someone you can work with or reach out to London Clinic of Nutrition. Alternatively get in touch with the College of Naturopathic Medicine and you can get 2 sessions with a herbalist student or a naturopath for £40!!!!!

@Spartan you may benefit from reading The Path of least resistance. Seems like a huge ball of resistance stands between you and your passion, this is common. It comes in all shapes and forms. doubt, fear, anger, laziness, boredom, distraction.

In order to appreciate progress, you have to experience a relapse. Over and over again and once you climb back out of that hole you'll realise that while you were at it, the outside has changed a tiny little bit...for the better. And so you carry on and at some point, you fall right back and once you've crawled out, the world is again slightly better. That's how you progress.

@SirVladimir why hello there and welcome back old friend

I wouldn't worry about that. It is true that not all plant foods contain all 9 EAAs but I assume you won't eat ONLY legumes. If you combined them with tofu, vegetables, grains, nuts et you're getting the whole cocktail of all AA + your body can transaminate most amino acids (except the EAAs ofcourse) so protein combining is nothing to worry about as long as you get your caloric requirements met.

This is EXACTLY what I've observed this morning. The more I "dance"and the more I move around the more uncomfortable it gets but once you take control of your breathing and actually go through the experience fully, it becomes more tolerable.

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there probably isn't one diet for all but it seems the Mediterranean is a median carrying the benefits of multiple other with its high content of whole foods , relatively low content of animal food and low alcohol and sugar. Keep experimenting and you'll find out what works for you but I wouldn't leave it till the day problems start to emerge. Hit me up if you'd like to talk about that, don't wanna spam the forum oh man, there's a lot. I think Nutritionfacts.org is brilliant. I like Mark Hyman, Rangan Chaterjee and some of Kris Kresser's stuff as well

@ROOBIO anxiety can be driven by physiological, psychological, emotional and spiritual components. Perhaps try to see if you can identify a pattern. When was the last time you felt normal and what happened since then? Do you have areas in your life where you experience major unfulfillment or the feeling of being trapped? (eg marriage, relationships, carer & purpose, emotional wellbeing, bereavement etc) Are there areas you are resisting a change or are you holding something inside that needs to be processed and let go of? Also consider doing some basic medical tests. How is your health? Digestion, cognitive performance, energy. Get your vitamin D and iron checked. How is your diet? Exercise? Any addictions? Do you live in polluted area? Any medication? Stimulants, recreational drugs, alcohol, smoking? Sedentary lifestyle?

some people found a combination of glucosamine and chondroitin helpful but it does do not solve the root cause, they can just be transformed into the proteoglycans that make the bulk of the cartilage more readily. Your diet plays will every important in the regeneration and healing off the tissue unless of course there is a mechanical injury. As a runner, you're producing a lot of oxidative particles so the diet needs to be filled with antioxidants and a good amount of protein and fats for joint health & function. depending on your age and activity it may be but it could also be an improper running technique or inadequate shoewear, hard to say.

Sounds like you are coming down with flu (maybe you even caught covid). Nothing to worry about but monitor for very high fever (over 39 degrees celsius) Warm vegetable soups, lots of fruits and vegetable juices. Avoid most protein-rich foods, junk food and sugarEat mostly light, small portions. Sleep a lot, avoid exercising but get some fresh air daily at least by opening windows. If you want you can also fast through it on some vegetable juices. You could also get an echinacea tincture, 50mg of zinc citrate and start getting your vitamin D in check unless you are taking it already. Generally if your symptoms are mild-to moderate you are fine. Other things that can help are warm drinks containing some ginger, lemon and raw honey. If you can tolerate it I would advise against using pharmaceuticals unless you are in a state of emergency Note if you start experiencing difficulty breathing and extreme fever, seek out medical emergency assistance If your symptoms prevail over 48-72 hours, call an ambulanc

This one can be difficult to pinpoint but few known suspects are: * prolonged exposure to environmental toxins like lead, BPA, POPs and other stuff * exposure in pre-natal state through maternal exposure * being born through c-section and/or not having been breast fed * prolonged vitamin D deficiency * compromised gut health and/or dysbiosis and/or permeable gut * having obstructive sleep apnea or sleep disturbance * excessive exposure to stimulants in childhood Hard to say without doing proper digging. I'd also consider reading "scattered minds" from Gabor Matte, it may be that this has a strong spiritual and emotional component.

Yes I did, at least I hope so, haven't had asthma attack for over 3 years and allergies for over 2 so fingers crossed You know I threw so much stuff at those two that I don't even know anymore but with asthma, the greatest difference happened by going mainly plant-based and reducing the intensity of my workouts. With allergies, I did a bit of immunomodulation using medicinal mushroom complex, echinacea and buteyko breathing which included taping my mouth at night. It really depends on whats your trigger. For example, asthma may be coming from compromised gut integrity or from chronic inflammation caused by poor diet and environmental toxins. Being obese is also a risk factor for it because the fat body is constantly inflamed. it may also be caused by being born through c-section, not having been breast-fed, having had too many antibiotics as a kid ((especially before year 1) as well as being born to a house with extreme cleanliness. Generally, the two are tied together very much and they are, sometimes, the same condition just manifesting itself in a different way because some of those trigger molecules are the same. Or it could be one causing the other such as the body inappropriately reacting to an antigen which causes constriction of the throat and wheezing. Allergies are still a great mystery Also generally the longer you've been on a corticosteroid inhaler, the more difficult it is to treat but I would say in the majority of cases, asthma is curable although allergies are a tougher nut to crack

on its own it is mostly useless but there is decent evidence for its use if combined with other protocols and a well balanced diet aimed at liver support You'd first have to assume that ALA can only be found in supplements, the body is creating it constantly in each cell as it is one of the greatest antioxidants intracellularly and a major protector of mitochondrial integrity which is often compromised in conditions like depression, alzheimer's CFS etc. ALA has a great amount of evidence for diabetes and CVD and I'm yet to see evidence of its side effects but I have to admit I am not familiar with the chelating side of it so perhaps you're right on that if somebody has extreme stores of heavy metals. Yes, I think so too that this is not any sort of immunological thing (like allergies) but this is linked to something else, my guess is either enzymatic deficiency or past liver damage or something going on in the gut (eg gut permeability) but could be a combination of all since gut & liver are connected through the gut-brain-liver-microbiome axis which pretty much means that if liver struggles, depression will quickly follow. You also mentioned insomnia above, which can be caused by a deficiency in liver detoxification as well, massively pale stools may also be pancreatic insufficiency your doctor can test for Pancreatic Elastase 1, it is really easy to test and very very accurate. It may also be bile deficiency (do you have your gall bladder still? EVer had a gall stone or bile duct obstruction? it is more yellow meaning there is undigested fat left in it. Definitely mention this to your doc, I think stool testing would reveal much. Either that or something like Organic Acids Tests privately. (usually costs up to 400 $ thou. I would say Matt that it seems like you are heading the right way with investigating this so definitely keep it up.

I might have read that one as well. Obesity basically means being locked in 24/7 low-grade inflammation which means 24/7 immune system on high alert. Now add a new type of virus to that and the chances of ending up with cytokine storm are increased 500 fold. Not to mention an obese person cannot muster an immune reaction strong enough and fast enough plus majority of these people are severely nutrient deprived despite being in hypercaloric state.

I can't quite tell if you're a troll or not