Michael569

Leo, I'm curious. Are you also doing any herbs or any gut healing protocol or do you see carnivore as a long term solution?

@4201 ah man, just eat a bloody salmon twice a week and you'll be fine ? I admit i didn't read the full Cochrane thing would take few days. You've got some solid line of reasoning there so best personal safety policy is probably to eat some DHA rich foods every now and then

This is an interesting one and it seems there is more use in developing brain (e.g. child) than in adult brain. When we look at some studies that are rated as "top of hierarchy pyramid" meaning systematic trials and meta analysis, there isn't awfully lot of benefit. BRAIN https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26268080/ - no additional benefit for cognitive decline in this systemic trials. This is a review of randomized blinded trials so, very high quality of evidence. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32060571/ - same here CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD003177.pub3/full - this is the best quality study I could find. Cochrane systemic study of 79 randomized trials (112,059 participants). Basically pooling a shitload of data and averaging them out. Cochrane trials are currently considered the most rigorously tested and conducted. Results: Increasing ALA intake probably makes little or no difference to all‐cause mortality (RR 1.01, 95% CI 0.84 to 1.20, 19,327 participants; 459 deaths, 5 RCTs),cardiovascular mortality (RR 0.96, 95% CI 0.74 to 1.25, 18,619 participants; 219 cardiovascular deaths, 4 RCTs), and it may make little or no difference to CHD events (RR 1.00, 95% CI 0.80 to 1.22, 19,061 participants, 397 CHD events, 4 RCTs, low‐quality evidence). However, increased ALA may slightly reduce risk of cardiovascular events (from 4.8% to 4.7%, RR 0.95, 95% CI 0.83 to 1.07, 19,327 participants; 884 CVD events, 5 RCTs, low‐quality evidence), and probably reduces risk of CHD mortality (1.1% to 1.0%, RR 0.95, 95% CI 0.72 to 1.26, 18,353 participants; 193 CHD deaths, 3 RCTs), and arrhythmia (3.3% to 2.6%, RR 0.79, 95% CI 0.57 to 1.10, 4,837 participants; 141 events, 1 RCT). Effects on stroke are unclear. So overall not as effective for serious cardiovascular events with some mild benefit here and there. But to be frank, despite all this, I still take Algal Oil 3 times a year as a precaution.

Sorry to hear that, IBDs are not easy to deal with. Can you pinpoint a particular trigger point? Usually, stress is involved to a great degree, infection could be a case, extreme environmental exposure as well. Have you ever been assessed for something like Coeliac disease or other forms of allergy? IBD may also be triggered by undiagnosed or misdiagnosed food allergy that has been unchecked. Having history of smoking, drinking or recerational drugs can also be a trigger point for autoimmunity. Anything that comes to mind?

agreed with this, it would be helpful to ask for a testing of: ferritin (iron), B12 and even folate (B9) for a start. @Preety_IndiaIf you tell your doctor that you are doing vegan diet for an ethical reason but don't feel very well, they may be quite ready to do these tests.

@4201 The entire ALA -> DHA conversion is a bottleneck and there are several factors that can limit it. The most profound one being the competitive use of few enzymes (delta 4, 5,6 desaturase and elongase) as well as few other things that may impact the conversion rate like insulin sensitivity and I believe magnesium and zinc status as well, possibly many other things. The conversion is also very much determined by certain genes and genetic snips as well. That being said, we don't have a lot of good quality data that would show that loading the body with additional DHA has any groundbreaking benefits and it seems sufficient ALA intake should cover the needs. Somebody actually shared some helpful resource the last time I claimed otherwise and when I looked into the research, I was surprised to find that there isn't any convincing data out there to say that eating a lot of algal oil or fish oil gives you additional benefits besides just the regular dietary intake of ALA. But it looks to me like we still need larger amount of data especially more high quality trials. That being said, in order to make the most of the converting enzymes and prevent competition, you can avoid loading your body with high doses of omega 6 foods mainly eggs, meat and dairy or maybe just separate them from meals that are high in ALA. For extra benefit, you can just consider adding few cycles of algal oil a few times a year as a precaution policy.

A "Shit test" is unlikely to reveal any of these qualities. He'll tell you what he thinks you want to hear so that he can end up sleeping with you. I'd just go easy, natural and be you. No faking, no testing. Genuine human conversation. You can usually spot a lack of integrity pretty quickly.

@Soul_Guy Leo discussed his journey on the blog, it was few months ago so you may need to scroll a bit back. I know you asked Leo specifically so feel free to ignore this question but may I ask what the condition is and what have you tried so far?

@Leo Gura thanks for acting quickly and fixing the issue. Anything can be re-written and reposted

Do you plan to use them for particular therapeutic effects? Otherwise, something like Pycnogenol I wouldn't take just for the fun and neither would I really suggest loading your body with Arginine, the latter is used in bodybuilding communities for loading your body with nitric oxide but since this process is a massive bottleneck more is not better and your diet should give you all the arginine you need.

Why don't you start listening to your body to tell you how it feels instead? Gluten is not evil, although some people react to it poorly. If it doesn't sit with you, quite it. It is easy as that. Plenty of good whole-grains are gluten-free. Google a list of gluten-free grains, hit "images" and you'll find neatly organised lists for you. store-bought or home-made? Store bought granola is mostly rubbish full of sugar, palm oil and fried nuts. Make it yourself from millet, nuts, seeds, some cinnamon and some dried pieces of fruit. Better quality and tastes nicer as well. I have high doubts about thiols being an issue. Simply because the problematic molecule in thiol foods is cysteine because it has sulfur bound to its molecule but if that was an issue you wouldn't;t be able to eat anything because any animal food that has a complete amino acid profile also includes cysteine so it would mean you would be reacting to pretty much every meal. And even if that was so, it would still be questionable whether thiols are the problem. Supposedly thiols are the greatest issues in people with the highest mercury levels (I have great doubts about this as well) so best thing to do would be to get it tested before eliminating foods that may be beneficial. ....There are many things that can cause problems in diet and (in my experience) it is often the case that gut needs to be fixed not food eliminated. I'd need a bit more info on the complexity and structure of the meals but it seems like a good start. Track your meals in cronometer.com for few days and share the results after if you'd like. We can help you make sense of it. It is free to use and quite fun I'd say

@Thunder Kiss work on the underlying tendency. Most likely a deeply rooted anxiety or some sort of chronic stress is causing this. As a repellent you can dip your fingers tea tree oil to make them taste gross. But seems like you have some deep work to do on you psyche.

Are you referring to clotrimazole? It doesn't work as fast and is not as effective either. There are no efficient systemic antifungals available at the moment and once you're on this stuff, your livers markers have to be checked regularly because it is so toxic. There are better, more natural fungal treatments like oregano, burdock root, tee trea, wormwood, aloe etc. Also not all fungus is bad. There are good & beneficial fungi that are commensal and it is when microbiome is distorted and disrupted that overgrowth happens. In a balanced gut, fungal overgrowth should not happen. External overgrowth (on feet especially) is often sign of wearing socks and shoes too much and keeping feet too moist. It is really common in athletes, swimmers and hikers.

All I hear is a motivation to reduce the suffering of unconscious people. How is that a negative motivation? I'll let OP answer that question, to me it seems like this emotion could be channelled into a powerful purpose, seen it happen before. Hero's journey could be a call for greater alignment

@Human Mint I really like buckwheat or millet porridge (rather than typical oatmeal) and then just top it up to your heart's content.

@Andrew John sounds like a decent breakfast already. Store-bought or home-made granola? Smoothies are nice, have you tried making it a smoothie bowl and adding that granola on the top of that? I don't think there is a blueprint for an ideal breakfast, for me personally larger meal (up to 850-900 calories) works best filled with an abundance of fibre, whole grains, nuts, seeds, fruits & berries. I get the most energy and mental clarity from this sort of meal. But many others don't eat breakfast or have high-fat breakfast and it works good for them so you just gotta experiment and see how you feel.

Sounds like a powerful call to your Hero's Journey

there is a big element of where you are born, to what sort of family, what level of intellect do your parents have and what level of education is available to you. For example if you are born to a typical low-life family in some rural region here in Britain, you are pretty much F-ed for life. Your ambitions even if there are any, get stumped on and pissed on by your drunk ass father and your neurotic crazy bi**ch mother, both your parents are ill, obese, have extremely low IQ, addictions and so many neurosis that it would take an army of psychiatrists to name them. I see families like these everywhere I go and it is sad but these kids really have no chance of escaping. The daughters become to mothers tending to their mom's neurotic needs and desires and sons become cast-outs, doing some low paid, shitty jobs exposing them to toxins and further destroying their potential. Over generations, resources have been taken away from them to feed the many feisty mouths of corporate London. At least this is UK, I assume a lot of rural America is like this as well and I see these dynamics in my homecountry in Eastern Europe as well. So it's not always laziness or lack of interest, sometimes it genuinely is being f-ed from birth by growing up in family with no access to resources, being born to mothers exposed to toxins and shitfood with diminished IQ and diminished brain capacity. And this is not some rare exceptions, we are talking millions of people

The limited time span is what makes this experience of living beautiful, precious and miraculous.

Glad to hear that, this is exactly what I get from those as well. Nuts are great, add them in your breakfast every day. I'd say walnuts are top but almonds are also nice

I'd be looking at the carnivore diet as an acute elimination diet, not as a beneficial diet, there are very few (if any) benefits of only eating meat for a prolonged period of time. Do it as you are fixing the gut and once you are able, plants should come back slowly. fermented soy products have many preventative benefits from chronic conditions like prostate cancer but there are no immediate benefits per se in the SIBO protocol. Are you planning to use any antimicrobials?

@Vision soy is allowed on a low FODMAP diet for SIBO (if that is the way you'll take) so both are ok. That being said some people react to soy even to fermented soy like tofu so best to try it and see how it goes. I eat tofu regularly and tempeh occasionally, they ar both great protein and calcium source, easily digestible I don't have experience with this diet but looking it up it looks very very similar to Low-FODMAP with some minor differences. Seems a bit more restrictive. Some legumes are allowed on FODMAP, I'm not convinced they have to be cut 100% unless the person can't tolerate any. The evidence on SIBO shows the most promising results with low FODMAP diet. Noth else has been researched to any significant degree (does not mean other diets don't work) edit: if you are going 100% carnivore then tempeh and tofu are out of the table I assume anyway?

Tea tree oil. The strongest you can get. This stuff is absolutely wonderful for (external) fungal infections. I was struggling with nail fungal infection for years and this stuff helped me clear it out. This is very common in people who spend a lot of time wearing sweaty socks during sports such as football players because those fungal love moist environment. He needs to expose her feet as much as possible, keep them dry and not wear socks at home. The oil should be used up to 5 times a day. If there is fungal overgrowth under nails, that may take fw months to clear, it is recommended to cut his nails as small as possible and then always force the oil behind the nail. But more holistically speaking, this could be sign of weakened immunity, vitamin D deficiency, fungal overgrowth in the gut and other. Ask him if he has anal itching, white-coated tongue and if these things appear elsewhere on the body. You will commonly see spots around the scrotum, armpits and neck. But it may be as simple as doing too much sports and wearing tight shoes for excessive amounts of time

Do you mean 300 grams of carbohydrates per day? Bread and oats are not the only sources, think of fruits, vegetables, whole grain and legumes as well as your carbs. If you make your meals balanced and mostly whole, you'll get all the carbs you need. Of course, carbohydrates are not the only source of calories. 1gram of carbs or 1 gram of protein has 4 calories where 1 gram of fat has 9 so you can also rely partially on fats in food for more calories in the day. DIet is best approached from a more intuitive perspective. The moment you start counting, it becomes a pain in the a.... and can very easily turn into a semi-eating disorder. It is better to observe how particular foods make you feel. If you feel tired during the day it is likely you are not eating enough calories or enough carbs or protein. If you feel fatigued straight after your meals, it is possible that the structure of that meal is not adequate and you need to add more fibre sources. Let your body be the judge. Observe your energy, skin, libido, digestion, mood and brain performance throughout the day. If any of those falter, something needs to change