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Yes, it reduces fever but not inflammation.

Will regulate your stomach-acid production and minimize the chance of getting stomach ulcers during NSAID-therapy. I do not advocate for a long term treatment with PPI's but they absolutely make sense short term. 30 percent of patients treated with NSAIDs suffer from dyspepsia, which is also the most common reason for discontinuing the therapy. About 10 percent develop an ulcer, 1 percent ulcer complications. Talk to your GP about this.

Waking up with a messed up stomach can already be a sign of a damaged gastric-mucosa. PLEASE think about getting a PPI (proton pump inhibitor) for at least 2 weeks to prevent ulceration. No amount of taking it with food or probiotics will prevent this from happening if you are unlucky. Most back injuries will get better to the degree your core & back musculature is getting stronger. The best bet you have is getting to a physiotherapist who really knows what he is doing. My knowledge about surgeries in that case is limited, therefore I wont say anything for or against it

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Interesting discussion. Either Leo is one of the most awake humans that ever walked this universe, or he is a complete nuthead who managed to delude himself to a level never seen before. Those are the 2 cards on the table - and both are kinda fascinating. I have always wondered about this "spiritual one-upmanship". There are so many accounts of mystics/enlightened teachers and realized individuals who discredit each others experiences as some form of "lower understanding". I mean, yes - there definitely are levels to this, of course. But even if you study really famous examples of highly realized beings like Rumi, Maharshi, Gotama - who were able to put these truths in such elegant language - you will still find some really crucial differences in how they lay out nonduality.

Paracetamol does NOT have any antiinflammatory properties!

What is the cause of your back problems? Did you get a diagnosis? Do you actively try to resolve this issue at the moment? Almost all back pain issues can be completely or at least partially reversed through the right form of exercise or physiotherapy. The pain management is mainly there to bridge this period, reduce suffering and give you some good nights of sleep. Long term treatment with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs like Aleve could come with some serious negative side effects, so be mindful about this. For short term pain management, its completely fine though. Also, you should consider taking a low dose acid blocker during this treatment. Some alternatives are: (I will list the acting agents, since each country will have different names) - Misoprostol + Diclofenac combo - Ibuprofen (Stay below 1400mg/day - otherwise dont use it) - (Acetaminophen) - Ointments if the cause is in the musculature I really dont like herbal/plant based stuff when it comes to pain management - in my own experience, they just dont work as well as the usual drugs.

Thats not accurate. Heavy metals and all the other unwanted molecules accumulate to the degree of their chemical affinity towards the particular tissue. Thats why you see the highest concentrations of heavy metal contamination in fat-rich organs like the brain or bone marrow. This fundamental characteristic is what makes chelation-therapy even possible. The liver-damage through heavy metal overload is usually a byproduct of complex autoimmune events. Fun fact: If your healthy liver turns into a fatty liver (which is super common and has a 50-70% morbidity in certain regions) it gets more susceptible to heavy metal uptake - which creates a downward spiral and is a co-factor for cirrhosis.

This is kinda true, but lacks nuance. The liver can accumulate toxins and heavy metals, but so can every other part of the body. Through high metabolic activity, its also more likely to store those molecules in the hepatocytes. Also, Cadmium for example is known to accumulate especially in the liver.

Leo's content is (for the most part) great. This forum is where the crazies gather. If you are 17, you should focus on building a life for yourself. Forget the hardcore spiritual stuff for now and just start with a simple meditation practice. Build a strong fundament, focus on practical stuff. Learn how to do basic things like cooking and cleaning. Do some sort of physical activity an a regular basis. Find out what do you want to do with your life - pursue a goal and see where it takes you Become good at something. Grasp the financial aspect of life. Learn how to think. Acquire a strong work ethic. Face your fears. Get your sexual life in order - gather experience in that field. Most importantly: Have fun. Go out. Socialize! Thats what you should do in your 20's and sometimes even early 30's. Add more spiritual stuff after you have built some sort of fundament!

There is, but our current paradigm/understanding of longevity is extremely fragile and not in any way or form holistic.

With that kind of lifestyle your average citizen wont get to 90, even if you are perfectly medicated. Health is complex and highly individual - a lot of good stuff has already been mentioned by the previous posters, so I wont repeat that. This is not unusual by the way - you can observe this every other day in hospitals. I distinctly remember a 98 year old who has smoked since his 13th birthday while also drinking about 4-8 beers a day. He was surprisingly fit for that age as well.

So lets see the sources for your claims: 1) The first one is a Israeli media network identifying with religious Zionism 2) The Gateway Pundit is a politically motivated, far right news outlet which gets in on every conspiracy possible 3) James Fetzer is a Holocaust denier and also a well known conspiracy theoriest. Making any "truth-claims" by citing sources like these is an automatic disqualifier. Do you see the conformation bias there? Fascinating how the mind is able to delude itself.

I dont have a problem per sé with an informed decision to not get vaccinated. I am not part of the "vaccinate anyone and everything"-crowd. The issue is the pollution of our information ecology through bad faith and somtimes dimwitted individuals, which makes the sensemaking process for the general population way more difficult than in actual is. And yes, this includes part of the mainstream media representation of Covid-19, but also the mentioned candidates in my previous response. I deal with this shit almost every day now and it makes me furious. People who clearly would benefit from the vaccine dont get it because they read or listened to some guy on the internet telling them otherwise. And the end of the day its us doctors that have to tell the family that he/she could have survived Covid through getting the vax beforehand. Also, the vast majority of individuals I regard as wise and concious are vaccinated.

Where in that study do you see that "VAERS under-reports vaccine death by at least 6X. "?

Please back that claim up with evidence. Where did the CDC & FDA say this? Yeah I agree, VAERS is a shitty system - prone to over und underreporting! Thats why you dont make any predictions (positive or negative) on it - its a rough screening tool on a population level. There are far better systems than this and they all show a huge safety signal.

Nobody argues that the pharmaceutical complex has its examples of unethical, profit driven behaviour over the years. So does almost any other huge company around the earth by the way. And yet, if you suffer from an heart attack, you will receive drugs in the emergency room that will save your life - produced by Pfizer & Co! You dont need to trust them in any way or form. At this point, after delivering billions of dosages - there has been an overwhelming amount of data which is independent on Pfizer or anyone else. Its literally all in front of your eyes, you just need to look at it. Also, everyone has skin in the game - all the scientist, all the doctors, all the CEO's and managers, everyone who knows something about biochemistry and data - they are for the most part, all vaccinated. Do you really think they would harm themselves or their loved ones if there was big doubt about it? No of course not. 1/5 - really? I got my third Pfizer-shot recently. I have propably vaxxed hundreds of people myself at this point. My whole family is vaccinated. All my collegues, hundreds of doctors, nurses, students & other workers in my hospital are of course vaccinated. All my friends and family got at least 2 doses. There wasnt a single severe side effect in that huge sample! I know 1 case of a friend who felt something like OP described in his post (weird heart issues which subsided after a week) Our emergency room isnt flooded with people who have vaccine side effects - this DID happen during Astra/J&J - period! This is the lived experience of every doctor I know. Remember - this is the first hand experience of someone who sees sick people every day. Not some vague theory on the internet. I agree with you that Omicron isnt really serious though! Not everyone should get the booster in my opinion - but in general the vaccine IS safe.

Sigh. Corona really was the perfect scenario to proof the reality of a sensemaking crisis. Robert Malone is clearly a bad faith actor. If you cant see this, then your mind is playing tricks on you. He is lying, wherever possible, about his credentials as the "creator of the mRNA vaccine", a huge part of his claims are outright ridoicolous and the evidence he cites is laughable. The same goes for Peter A. McCullough. And yes, even Fauci & the CDC have proven to be a bad faith actors in some sense. Most people are "anti-meanstream" because it feels good to be in that camp nowadays. I am not saying that you cant possibly come to conclusions that go against the present narrative, but the work you need to do is just not something the average joe is willing to put up with. No, your gut feeling and "intuition" aren't enough to understand the complexity of the situation, I am sorry. This is pre-rational thinking, a basic misunderunderstanding of what it means to be intuitive, per definition not an integral view on reality - therefore reductionistic, incomplete and far away from second tier dynamics. If you have learned anything from Leo, then remember the fact that the primary role of the mind is to deceive itself. Intuition can change in a heartbeat and I have seen this so many times in my patients. Do you know how often I have heard that "It doesnt feel right-argument" in the last year? Its SO common and in almost every case its simple fear & inability to deal with uncertainty hiding behind the construct. Guess what, I too had a "bad feeling" about the vaccination when I first got it. Real intuition is a skill that takes years to hone. Its when the car mechanic instantly knows where the problem lies without even opening the engine cover. Its what makes the nurse has a 6th sense about a patients condition. Its about really great doctors almost "smelling" the diagnosis. People are not "waking up" - its the same shitshow on both sides of the narrative spectrum. Here is a little piece of advice: If you want to get out of your blind spot, ditch both extremes and focus on the middle. If you find yourself drawn to any extreme - i.e "The vaccine is dangerous"/"We should vaccinate even small children" - you are most likely wrong. Analyzing scientific literature is not like reading a book. Its takes years to learn. If you want to cite the scientfic study as evidence for a certain argument, then you better know what kind of biases there are that might influence the outcome or certainty of that paper. The deceiving quality of the mind is really strong in those cases.

Yeah, thats absolutely possible - there are 3 distinguishable ways an intolerance can manifest: - Congenital complete genetic defect (very rare) - Primary: Usually decrease in lactase activity in childhood/adolescence (only affects adults) - Secondary: As a result of a small intestine disease (e.g. celiac disease ; transient after gastroenteritis) The frequencey varies enormously worldwide: lowest prevalence in Northwestern Europe, rates incline across southern Europe and the Middle East and are highest in Asia and most of Africa! @Shiva99 : Easy way to find out! Iam 95% sure its just a simple lactose intolerance, which can develop throughout your life (as mentioned above). Get tested at your local general practitioner!

Hmm, how do you know that you are not lactose intolerant? This sounds like a med-school exam question of someone who is lactose intolerant because bloating/cramps are textbook typical for that haha!

Caffeine is primarily metabolised in the liver by cytochrome P450 enzymes, which are responsible for more than 90% of caffeine clearance. The enzyme responsible for metabolism of caffeine is coded for by the gene CYP1A2. So if you want the drink, get the positive benefits while getting away from the potential side effects you mentioned, a more active CYP1A2-base is the way to go. Most of the data regarding coffeine clearance (the rate you metabolize the molecule) through enzyme induction is highly theortical and the general evidence is low. However, this is what you could potentially do: - Consumption of broccoli and brassica vegetables in general increase caffeine clearance. - High doeses of Vitamin C supplementatin seems to increase metabolism as well - L-theanine supplementation seems to counterbalance the agaitation a bit - Avoid foods high in quercetin right before coffee consumption ( https://www.webmd.com/diet/foods-high-in-quercetin#1 ) - Start smoking (no joke!), almost doubles coffeine clearance ;D - Avoid grapefruits & alcohol - Certain adaptogens (like ashwagandha) could pontentially counteract some of the negative side effects - BUT, this could also go into the other direction and cause paradox effects. Some of those supplements could actually compete with coffeine for metabolisation, increasing the effects in the process. Since there is a lot of complexitiy involved, there is no way around trying what works for you individually! The first and propably most common alternative is green tea. When my patients ask me what they could do when they still want some of the positive effects, I tell them to switch to green tea. Or...you could play biohacker and try the things mentioned here

This is the book I recommend to my patients if they want an easy/science based summary on healthy nutrition. Its not perfect, but one of the best I have personally come across. Amazon-link

Research on NMN is highly inconclusive in a human model, thats everything you need to know at the moment. There was a huge hype about this some time ago because Dr. David Sinclair promoted it on JRE among other podacsts. I personally dont have too many positive things to say about this guy, since he obviously cant even interpret data very well (some of his tweets just make me cringe). There is some preliminary data from animal studies that are high quality and reproducible - some of which show decent effects on aging and metabolism. I personally dont recommend it to my patients at the moment - just wait 2-3 more years for more human data!

The actualized.org forum is not a very good place to debate the validity of spiritual claims since a lot of members pride themselves in being anti-intellectual and "beyond science". The weird thing is that at the end, they are right in their basic ontonlogy - but most of them got there skipping the rational part. There is an argument to be made which is completely rational, to the ground and actually much more likely than "the nihilistic materlistic paradigm" - and it has been made for thousands of years. I also disagree with Leo on a lot of his views because some of them are just wrong - which is okay, because he is a human too. That said, he is also right in a lot of important ways. If you want, we can discuss this in priavte (per PM). Oh and by the way - Ich bevorzuge dabei Deutsch

This is so full of assumptions, misunderstandings and strawmanning - I dont even know where to begin..... I am in contact with Bernardo and I will invite him for a debate - lets see how he reacts!