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Get in touch with a functional medicine doctor or a gut health specialist and pay them to fix you up. Gut is very difficult to fix if you don't have a lot of systemic knowledge and training. You may need some private testing followed by strict elimination diet followed by gut cleansing & sealing and reintroduction. If candida is indeed present it may take up to a year to eradicate completely depending on severity of colonisation. From reading your story i would nearly bet my entire savings that all your problems including ocd and brain fog stem from the gut issue

If you can fix this, your neurogenesis will return back to what it was. Without proper sleep, BDNF shuts down and it will be hard to perform mentally very well Also, more strength exercise either with weights or with your own body rather than just cardio will be more helpful Get your vitamin D checked and optimise it as long as you are below 60ng/mL (this is a European measure, the values in US are a bit different) And finally making your diet predominantly plant-based, with as little sugar spiking junk and as much whole food ingredients like legumes will benefit you greatly.l

Love this, can't wait to read more about your journey ?⛰️?

Got an early b-day present to myself, a new Garmin watch. I've never owned one of these and for a long time I was very much against them but I'd give it a shot anyway and test how I feel about it. I love that it is nudging me every half an hour of sitting to go move around, perhaps I may keep it around for that one function solely if nothing else. This week was a bit on and off, my only female client had to be put on metformin as we were not able to control her gestational diabetes with lifestyle and diet despite it going really well in the beginning, her numbers just started to rise up from the same foods. Her doctor said it is impossible to try to control it without medication in the final trimester as the baby grows yet deep inside I have a feeling of failure even though, rationally this is the best thing for her to do. I'll need to work on this feeling of perfection and not expecting perfect results, sometimes it just doesn't happen and that's okay. She still says she feels the most support she has ever had in her life so I guess that was really what was important to her more than getting perfect sugar numbers I continue my research into gut-brain axis, into probiotics, prebiotics, gut permeability and been looking into blood-brain barrier disruptions as well. A new term I never heard before called "brain microbiome" a potentially toxic and dangerous stage when pathogenic bacteria from the gut enter the brain due to disrupted blood-brain barrier. They say people with dementia and Alzheimer's often had post-mortem finding of these bacteria in their brain where they shouldn't be. Seems like this is a completely new therapeutic area worth exploring. Maybe we're really seeing the dramatic consequences of antibiotic, toxicity and poor lifestyle going way beyond the messed up gut. Signed up for a 12-week course for learning how to properly interpret research statistics, I'm really excited for that I definitely feel I am not good at interpreting the results of complex trials especially if a lot of statistics is involved. One of my former lecturers is leading the course, a brilliant guy, more knowledgable than anyone else I know. Been looking at "statistics for dummies" as well as "biochemistry for dummies" but for now I managed to resist both but might go for them in near future to expand some of my understanding of different topics

let me know if you want to reopen and continue to thread

@Hap E-Boi @diamondpenguin you guys are stretching my open-mindedness to infinite degrees

A bit late to the party but All the best Leo and thank you for all the hard work you do!

don't let that discourage you from answering the call of your passion It would be a beautiful process of learning and expanding your knowledge. Not to mention great opportunity to make contacts with people with likewise mindsets, some of those friendships could last for a very long time. Yeah, there will be stage blue dogma, tests and all that crap but it ain't all that bad. If you are passionate about the subject, the learning, tests etc actually come to you pretty easy (speaking from recent experience). You are too "evolved" already for any of that dogma to stick to you. And once you graduate you do your own thing and sometimes it helps to have a certificate/degree especially maybe if you in future wanted to start your own farm or animal shelter

oh man you bet this could be contributing to the whole allergy thing, disrupted microbiome, potentially disrupted gut mucosa with high production of LPS are all risk factor for worsened allergies. Yeah, I'd suggest some good probiotic mix. At least 50 billion CFU (make sure there is a good cocktail of bacterial colonies) per unit maybe for 2-3 months and prebiotics in forms of beans, wholegrains, mushrooms and some fortified foods. Feel free to hit me up if you wanna talk about it sometime Yeah coming of SAD, that diet pretty much predisposes individual for everything, sometimes it is like a Russian rolutette, what comes first Good luck!

@Hap E-Boi let's switch off the most obvious "it's gross" filter and look at it from a more holistic perspective. The body is getting rid of many toxins and accumulated heavy metals through the urine. This process takes incredible amount of energy, you lose antioxidants, enzymes and red blood cells are being damaged the process and a lot of different systems have to collaborate. And now, you, thinking this is a healing cocktail chug that back in. What's gonna happen is this toxin load is now added to the toxin load you already (if you live in modern western society, you do have a certain toxin load) have and has to be detoxified and cleared out again because those toxins have probably already reopend in the urine and are now bound to new carriers so those bonds have to be broken, reopened and recycled again to be disposed of safely. Secondly, your intestines were never meant to come in contact with urine, the environment in gut is not suited to it. It alters the PH, it may cause separation of tight junctions and it may (maybe not) cause disruption to your microbiome which will then have a knock off effect on the rest of the body including the brain, the blood-brain barrier etc. From the more energetic perspective, some people believe you lose a bit of this "vibration" or this "energy" in the forum of urine that you should get back by drinking it. This sounds to me more like a form of shamanistic purple medicine. By the same line of thinking you should also eat your poo or at least rub it all over your skin which most sane people don't. I think urine therapy is us having taken one step too far in pursuit of "natural health" and have completely ignored the benefits of science and research as well as basic anatomy.

Awesome! that's gonna make a lot of difference. Keep it up That's actually a very decent mix. These are mostly herbs that stimulate flow of bile and offer somewhat protection from oxidative damage. In such a mix, thistle won't be as potent so I'd say this is a nice addition to have. The thing with milk thistle is that it is being sold as this magic pill for all liver conditions but all it does is speed up certain detoxification pathways in the liver which is not always beneficial if the overall diet isn't very balanced because it could mean that there are more side products being produced by the liver as a result of this and if the body is not ready to take that by having sufficient antioxidant power, it can create more harm than good. But in the mix you have it will probably be fairly helpful as long as your focus on the diet remains strong. Add a few saunas if you can, some cold showers and good amount of rigorous exercise and the liver markers as well as the LDL will go down nicely

oh right, fair enough

I love that you're willing to do this! COC is such an awesome channel. Would love to watch face to face with Jordan Peterson or Sam Harris

the topic has shifted into excessive self-promotion, @marinaaniram please read the forum guidelines and the comment under the penalty points given to you for this. We are open to any sorts of topics and discussions including fruitarianism & raw foodism but not to the extent of sending every single person to your insta. You may put your insta into your signature and that is totally fine

What helped me disassociate from this was to cut out all news feed. I realised consuming news was a huge part of my life. I don't watch any news anymore. The major things will get to you one way or another. No more covid news, don't check how many ppl died every day, unfollow all ppl on social media who talk about covid and cut ties with all covid-mongers. Basically, remove everything that reminds you there is a pandemic. Ofcourse follow the usual social guidelines, cover yourself, social distance, blah blah blah but cut out all the news, 100% of them. Also, make sure to take excellent care of your health so that if you catch it you'll shake it of in no time. Number 1 is to get your vitamin D levels into optimal. Second is to remain fairly active even in pandemic (where possible)

@Alex_R have you at least watched any of his videos on health problems? You can't fix everything by making more gains and eating more chicken

@Raphael I would start here. If this is your breakfast, make it bigger. More complex carbs, more protein and more fats. Breakfast should basically be your largest meal, not only does it set your metabolism to the optimal speed, it also sets the tone of your blood glucose balance for the rest of your day and your blood glucose balance is one of your primal brain power factors. Perhaps you could combine your meal number 1 and 2 into a single breakfast meal that will give you 50-60% of your daily calories and then not eat till around d 3pm (lunchtime) The diet balance is nice but I'd suggest a bit more calories from complex carbohydrates (wholegrain, lentils), cutting out all white rice and white potatoes and replacing it with high-fibre wholegrains will also clear out a lot of brain fog Also, exercise definitely needs to be part of the routine. Not a light jog but a more rigorous strength-based form, this increases density of mitochondria in your brain cells and also stimulates BDNF. So either weights, or bodyweight, some kettlebells, HIIT with your own weight, pullups, pushups that kind of stuff. Also some agility training to deploy more areas of your brain (like primal movement, look up Ido Portal - that sort of stuff) Add some green tea in the mix. 2-3 cups per day to stimulate your neuroplasticity Make sure you go out, get some sunshine or at least expose your eyes to daylight every day, very essential for optimal brain performance. Make sure your zinc intake is optimal You can check my 2 part blog on BDNF as well as gut-brain axis post. I've put over 30 hours of research into those, you may find some helpful info in there, just follow my link in signature and click on "blog".

@Eren Eeager i assume you are trying to tackle the ADD you mentioned in another post. Has the add been diagnosed medically? Have you had rigorous testing? Or did you self-diagnose and self-prescribe a chelation therapy? Just curious

You may also ask for celiac testing, the test is called IgA & IgG tissue transglutaminase, your doctor can do it. If it comes positive, you will still need an intestinal biopsy to confirm. Other things that may be relevant is: sibo, lactose intolerance, enzymatic insufficiency, food allergies or food intolerances (not a diagnosis but a side effects of something else). Basically, you need some proper stool testing, probably including parasitic screening including candida albicans But it may be as simple as eating too much, too fat in an inappropriate combination. And it could be a combination of 10 things at the same time, which is most common, so if you don't see any help from a doctor, consider hiring a functional doctor or a naturopathic doctor or a trained herbalist

Go in the forest, sit by the tree and observe. That's your enlightenment. Everything is perfect as it is, you just need to shift your perspective and remove all those 20,000 lenses of judgement, labelling, cultural background and preconceptions.

agreed, it may be a factor but those levels will go down as less meat and more plants are consumed. Also the more fibre in the diet the less the prooxidative effects of heme iron in the colon is. Generally you want to get 80-100% of your iron from plants

agreed, seems once you get over the healing stage, other foods should be reintroduced. Kind like your typical elimination diet

@Lyubov ALT & AST don't indicate detox deficiency but they are indicators of physical damage to the liver. This could very much be connected to your cholesterol results and the bigger picture. Continue working on polishing your diet, removing junk and these values will improve. ELiminate most sources of white sugar, fructose (except fruit), alcohol, tobacco, foods with chemicals, excess salt, cheap oils in cooking. DOn't barbecue your meats, don't eat red meat, don't east cured meats, salamis, sausages and all this crap, this is incredibly toxic to liver. Get more active, eat more natural plant foods. You'll start feeling better. For particular liver benefit: citruses, apples, dandelion leaf to salads, green herbal spices, artichokes, green leafy vegetable, crucierous vegetables. I'd keep the thistle away for now, maybe at later stage, it may be too aggressive promoter of phase 1 detoxification which you don't want. Also careful with coffee. 1 per day is a good dose to aim for. You may also consider adding some herbal teas like ginger, turmeric & green

I think the attempt is not to hurt anyone, the attempt is to get as much as possible, damn the costs or consequences. Hurting others is always only a nasty side effect of ruthless selfishness. Best way? Cut ties, forever.

@Cocolove since making that comment I've gone a bit deeper into understanding allergies and it is a bit more complex than that. How's your gut health?