Michael569

@Loving Radiance something like that yeah, hard to imagine it being very enjoyable or particularly healthy thou

You may consider requesting blood test for B12 deficiency. How is your blood sugar, has it been tested anytime recently, do you have any personal/family history of blood sugar problem?

Think about how much effort your gut has to involve to process this stuff. Digesting all those eggs & sausage takes tremendous amount of energy from your body, an energy that already is a bit low. Sausage can take 6 hours to digest where oatmeal is out of your stomach in 45 minutes gently massaging the intestines as it slides down, slowly giving away glucose to your cells. Not too fast and not too slow. The fibre in this meal ensures that your insulin is not spiked rapidly and that your cells get a gradual influx of glucose to turn into readily available energy. When you burn carbs for energy it is clean, easy and fast. Yes you can use protein but it is like burning posters to make a fire. It stinks, it smokes and it does not feel right. Let me know if I can be of any further help

@electroBeam Thanks so much for sharing. What I am missing here is just more volume, more calories, more good healthy complex carbohydrates and more fibre. Try an experiment: for the next 7 days start your day with oatmeal made of the following: 80g of dry oats cooked in 400ml liquids (combined water & oat milk) 40g nuts, 2tbsp of seeds, 1 banana, 1 apple, 1/2 cup blueberries. See how that makes you feel and what that does for your energy levels. I get the egg = protein argument but there is too little fibre to hold it long enough and without carbs you're burning protein for energy. Crates ammonia and all sorts of rubbish byproducts that your liver has to detox and that can give you a bit of brain fog

@electroBeam hey mate what is your diet like? Give us a sample if you wouldn't mind

Not a female opinion here, hope you don't mind but the below may help you One of the most important things on PCOS is blood sugar management. I don't want to make any assumptions as I don't know you but the majority of women with PCOS have a degree of insulin resistance which drives hormonal imbalances. Diet generally is extremely crucial here, it has to be low in proinflammatory foods, low in animal protein and predominantly plant-based. Also not sure if this is relevant but in case you carry on some excess weight, that could be a complication here as well....hope saying this won't come as an offence I don't know if you are taking any medical drugs at the moment but if not certain herbs such as Agnus Castus, Black Cohosh or Raspberry Leaf could be helpful to help you balance the LH/FSH ratio. Oestrogen dominance is sometimes relevant here (dutch testing can confirm that) and in such cases consuming loads of brassicas, flax seeds, tofu and other phytoestrogens will be super helpful Coffee does seem to make PCOS worse for some women and so does dairy due to high content of bovine oestrogen and growth factors ( can stimulate growth of cysts). Sugar should also go. And finally stress is a huge contributor as well as lack of physical activity

Fluoride is actually really helpful in toothpaste, it helps keep your gums healthy and your enamel strong. You don't absorb molecules of fluoride through your oral mucosa so just try not to swallow it. It would not be needed if humans did not consume so much garbage & sugar but right now it is great protection....kinda like why fortifying salt with iodine spared tens of thousands of Americans growing a goitre. It is not ideal but sometimes we need to protect the herd health. There are certain foods that contain large amounts of fluoride especially processed foods (can't remember which these are) you may want to keep an eye on that, the tiny amount in toothpaste is harmless.

Is it possible for you to start preparing your own meals? This will make the greatest difference. Maybe you can also prep some for your parents and help them make healthier choices so that the whole family thrives. If they see that healthy dishes can still be tasty they will become more accepting to your decisions. Just a thought.

I am not too familiar with US testing but I believe DoctorsData have this option. There's gotta be other labs where you can send a sample for contamination testing but it will probably cost you.

totally! I've now replaced my entire gym with a pair of 1kg dumbells & skipping rope. Back to my times as a kickboxer years back, love it. For some reason this sort of workout has always been my most favourite. Bunched with loads of burpees, jumps, pushups & sprints. Easier done outside but also possible inside (except the sprints

Liver & Kidney tests would be a good start fo these. Seems like you may be having some detoxification/elimination challenges. Food intolerances as well if you can get them.

Very individual and dependant on your genetics, environment, climate, diet, lifestyle, stress levels etc. Best to experiment on yourself and see what works best. There is definitely no one approach that works for everyone here.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/BRITA-Marella-water-filter-MAXTRA/dp/B01MXSHEKB/ref=sr_1_7?dchild=1&keywords=britta&qid=1606229900&sr=8-7 get one of these, its a good start. Change filter every 4 weeks and wash the whole jug every other week I wouldn't BPA in those can go through the roof Bacteria maybe, not heavy metals or microplastic. Btw keep the kettle just pour in a pre-filtered water

I saw you said you're in UK. Look up holistic dentistry, many of them are trained specifically to handle these procedures because they understand how toxic they are. No don't go to regular dentist who will just wrench them out.

@nistake man this is beautiful. What's the story of this gem?

You can assess your symptoms for example many food sensitivities are caused by leaky gut and if you see them improving it means your gut is healing. But it may take anywhere from 1-3 months depends on the rate of damage & permeability. But unfortunately, we don't have a lot of good tests. You can measure the LPS in your blood, if they reduce it means the gut is healing and there is also the Zonulin test but I don't know how reliable that is

ALpha-Lipoic Acid is a powerful antioxidant not just a chelator. It can be very helpful for diabetics, people suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome or atherosclerosis. But if you are healthy your body produces enough of it. The mistake I see in all these detox threads is the reliance on one thing, magic pill to get you rid of everything that has been stored over years and decades. No, detox doesn't work like that. You need to eliminate all sorts of foods that burden your elimination channels and then go carefully one by one starting from the gut. A detox can last anywhere from 2-6 months. If you dump a bunch of DMSA down a toxic gut, all of those chelated particles will get reabsorbed through your leaky gut walls and you'll get the worst depression of your life.

Glad to hear you managed to identify the cause Good luck !

I wouldn't worry if you are healthy Charlie. We all got stuff inside of us but your body is getting rid of it all the time. Being vegan actually makes your systemic detoxification much smoother & faster since you are avoiding a lot of crap from animal products.

yes, cadmium, extremely toxic

@levani you're in UK right? There are bunch of excellent supplement companies around here so see what they have on their websites. In my opinion, the top brands in here are: Viridian, Cytoplan, Allergy Research, Biocare, Nutriadvanced. I heard Willey's have a good fish oil so see what they say about their testing. I don't like Solgar tbh, they sell all over Holland & Barrets which are the shittiest types of supplements on the market imo. See what the other brands have to offer. Cytoplan is my personal favourite, they offer variety of wholefood products and their price range is good as well. They have a nice ALgal Oil as well

Do you really think you will be told? They'll ask you to sign a waiver, e.g. if you die as a result of the vaccine, it's not their. fault. It may be safe but are you willing to sacrifice your health (that, from what I read is not very good already) to earn some quick cash? Why do you think they are paying you this sort of money? Because it is a fucking risky business to be a drug tester. I am not discouraging you, I just think you need to REALLY think this through. That is unless you have an existential financial crisis and you desperately need the money.

The reason fish oil is taken is the so-called "long-chain fatty acids" of the Omega 3 family of fats (fatty acids). There are two that are crucial: 1. Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) a 20 Carbon chain with 5 double bonds. 2. Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) a 22 carbon chain with 6 double bonds This is because a standard diet is practically devoid of these and even when they are present (e.g. fish ) they are destroyed by the heat processing and turned into oxidised fats that are harmful especially to cardiovascular system & prostate. So the idea of Fish Oil is to replenish these. They indeed have powerful antiinflammatory effects but the risk is that they can be contaminated. At the moment there is no legislation anywhere in the world (I might be wrong on this) that regulates supplemental companies to display results of heavy metal testing on fish oils....and as such most of them don't do it. Since heavy metals have a high affinity for fats and lipid-rich tissue this risk can be quite extreme if you use fish from contaminated sources. Now, are there heavy metal-free fish oils? Yes, I think so....there are highly conscious companies out there but most people do not make the effort to seek them out and just buy whatever in Walmart (or any supermarket in Europe) because these are usually cheaper. So if you want to ensure that the fish oil is clean, seek out highly reputable products, clean from wild-caught fish that is tested for lead, cadmium, mercury, PCBs, POPs (btw POPs are even bigger problem than heavy metals), microplastics and other form of garbage. I don't know any such company (nor have I ever looked) which is why I'm staying away from fish oil and advise all my clients to do the same (when I see that they are ready to move on, not everybody is). Luckily there is an alternative in form of Algal Oil. Algae do not take in heavy metals because they do not have the same type of organic tissue as animals. They are easy to grow in controlled environments and are far more economical & sustainable than harvesting bodies of dead fish. Having said all that here are 2 types of oils you can combine if you don't want to consume fish oils but want to ensure the benefits of long-chain fatty acids: 1. flaxseed oil - either from capsules (again should come from a reputable source) or coming from dark glass bottles, store in the fridge. 2. Algal Oil - that contains around 300mg of DHA I wouldn't supplement lomg term as a guy as there is some evidence of high intake of PUFAs and Prostate growth but I believe this is because they are often rancid such as when eating fried fish. On the top of that you may consume 2 tablespoons of ground flaxseeds (or chia) every day. In terms of fish the only ones I'd probably eat is sardines & mackerel or salmon caught in wild pacific waters, the type of dark red not the orange, nothing else is safe. The bottom dwellers like crabs, lobsters or shells contain low mercury but they can be highly contaminated with microplastics. There are also Omega 3 eggs that come from chickens fed flaxseeds that already do the metabolic conversion of EPA & DHA for you. Hope that helps

nah you're fine. Plastics don't have oestrogens btw, only human glands can produce that, I guess what you mean are endocrine disruptors. The thing is that these jugs are made of really solid hard plastic and the amount of time the water spends inside is short. Just don't filter boiling water ofcourse.

@Striving for more get some basic testing done. It may be that your elimination channels are struggling. It could be in the liver and it may be hormonal as well. See if your doctor could get you these tests: * full thyroid panel * kidney & liver testing * hba1c & fasting glucose * your catecholamines (this may not be an option thou) * ECG * neurological assessment Naturally, as others mentioned we cannot exclude trauma or PTSD, you'd have to tell us if there is a factor.