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  1. Posted · Edited by Michael569

    @Schizophonia I'm not, however I've seen others to talk about it plenty of times plus I've had a sneak peak into some of his content over the years.

    Enough to gauge the direction of the group

    Ofcourse you were banned lmao, it's a playground for boys with wounded masculinity they don't like outsiders who don't conform 

  2. Posted · Edited by Michael569

    46 minutes ago, Schizophonia said:

    you read his works, it is sometimes particularly hypothetical and strange.

    yeah I agree with that 

    46 minutes ago, Schizophonia said:

    I just read his article on blood sugar and as I understand it just explains that sugar wouldn't be a problem and that the formation of AGEs is caused by the release of polyunsaturated fats under the influence cortisol, glutagon, adrenaline and stress hormones in general.

    Going back to the starting point, he can take brown rice if he doesn't see any problem having eaten, I guess.
    Poaceae fiber tends to be more inconvenient for the intestines.
    Brown rice also has 5-AR inhibiting activity

    Those may all be true. I wouldn't have a problem accepting that this is indeed what happens (for a short time), maybe 20-40 times after eating the rice. Maybe, but maybe not. 

    ...but

    Here is the problem with this type of reasoning where it is applied in the absolutes 

    1. it sounds cool so people are attracted to this like flies - everyone loves complicated pathways that suddenly explain a subjective bias they already had (e.g. "my favourite influencer said that soy causes manboobs and now I have a cool mechanism" - soy blocking AR in vitro. 
    2. those mechanisms are usually observed in-vitro or in rodent research - not humans
    3. Once we start bridging over to humans are translating short-term mechanistic speculations to humans (the way Ray does for example in the seed oil topic). Especially where the mechanistic data is superseded by large scale human evidence that often shows the opposite.

    Here are some examples of that where this type of reasoning basically hits the wall 

    1. CLAIM: Soy Phytoestrogen has been found in vitro to be beta-oestrogen receptor agonists as well as blockers of Androgen Receptor (AR) 
      1. MECHANISTIC CONCLUSION: Soy causes cancer and reduces testosterone (a proper mechanistic idiot will say "say turns men into soyboys  with manboobs"
      2. CONTRADTING HUMAN DATA: soy protects from cancer as shown by hundreds of thousands of ppl human data and there is no evidence of people in the highest quadrant of soy consumption to have statistically lower levels of testosterone, DHT or reduced fertility as a matter of fact. 
    2. CLAIM: Polyunsaturated fats from seed oils cause production of radical oxidative species (free radicals) in-vitro 
      1. MECHANISTIC CONCLUSION - therefore seed oils cause inflammation, cancer, ageing and heart disease 
      2. CONTRADTCTING HUMAN DATA (epidemiology and clinical data): PUFAs where replacing saturated fats reduce the risk of heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer's disease, fatty liver disease and diabetes. 
    3. CLAIM : In vitro, coffee increases the PH of the chemical solution 
      1. MECHANISTIC CLAIM: coffee acidifies the organism and causes disease 
      2. CONTRADICTING HUMAN DATA: coffee consumption has been associated with protective effects against most cancers as well as Parkinsons disease and (in moderate quantities) even against osteoporosis. 

    Anyway, I'm not looking to turn this into another heated discussion :D This has been debated over and over in here and I'm sure on Ray's forum people would absolutely devour me and kick me out for these arguments. They love their mechanisms, so that's cool. I just think we need to be more responsible, at least those of us who apply this knowledge to alter the health and behaviour of other people. 

  4. Posted

    3 hours ago, Schizophonia said:

    rice has a relatively high glycemic index and the AGEs generated can contribute to aging by initiating a cascade of inflammation.

    Spoken like a true Ray Pete acolyte ^_^

     

    @StarStruck as others said it depends. There are multiple variants of rice you can eat. The fibre content is imo the only factor you should be looking at. I don't know to what degree the arsenic issue is a real issue or just another phobia - time will probably show. 

    Plenty of other carbohydrate types to try instead - most of the whole grains that can easily replace it are probably healthier and more nutritious. 

     

  5. Posted

    15 hours ago, Superfluo said:

    - The Completion Process, by Teal Swan

    - Parts Work (Teal Swan has a video on it)

    - Inner Child Work/Visualization (basically visualizing an emotion as the inner child and taking care of/listening/accepting/understanding it)

    thanks, yes I think she needs a deeper work. I do not know a lot of therapists who would do this type of work (well, 2 on this forum but not sure if they are still practicing) - it is really difficult to find a good therapist in this area. She would definitely benefit from IFM but I believe there is such thing as having too many therapists. Right now she has: NHS psychiatrist, NHS GP, private psychotherapist + me. But she definitely needs to go deeper. 

     

    16 hours ago, Osaid said:

    ncrease sleep quality, make sure sleep isn't being interrupted and that the sleep schedule isn't weird. 

    IME, if the sleep is interrupted a lot or if it is low quality, it increases the amount of dreams and makes them more vivid as well. You end up phasing in and out of a lot of weird dream states.

    With a certain sleep schedule, I was able to enter sleep paralysis with about a 80% success rate. I was sleeping from 6pm -11pm and then sleeping again at 3am - 4am. So make sure that there isn't any awkward schedules like that going on

    Thanks, I agree with these points. Her sleep is all over the place, it is something we are working on, mainly it is being disrupted by her nightmares hence the existence of this thread. Good to know about the sleep paralysis. 

    13 hours ago, aurum said:

    o get an experience of EMDR, they are likely better off just seeing a therapist or trying virtual EMDR (https://www.virtualemdr.com/)

    Thank you, I will recommend this to her as a potential tool to look into. 

  6. Posted · Edited by Michael569

    On 13/06/2023 at 7:14 AM, Theprofessional said:

    Today I found out my school also has a film studies

    well, there you go. Screw the mockery. In 20 years when half of your business major colleagues are depressed, burned out and hypertensive, you can be the one pulling the middle finger. 

    Just go for it. It will be a good start but don't expect job offers straight after school, you may be looking at a life long journey but if you are passionate you will figure it out. 

    With that said, before you figure it all out and area ready to transition fully you may need a job to pay your bills so some form of admin work is probably unavoidable for a few years. That is my journey at least. 

  7. Posted

    47 minutes ago, integral said:

    s a easy experiment to stop taking all the stimulants for a week and seeing if that helps? Avoid B-complex, vitamin c

    Might be worth the shot :)

    5 minutes ago, The0Self said:

    I used to have nightmares a lot. I have diagnosed narcolepsy and very often get sleep paralysis. I would procrastinate going to sleep every night. The sleep paralysis was painful too — felt like what I can only describe as phantom limb syndrome across the entire body. Eventually it cleared up for the most part fairly randomly but it happened at the same time as what I would call “growing up.

    That's interesting. She does report having sleep paralysis quite a bit. Has anything helped with that while you were in the mids of it? Somehow I feel that her SSRIs might be making this worse but I can't prove it. 

  8. Posted · Edited by Michael569

    Do you exercise? How many times a week and how hard? 

    Do you eat carbohydrates? Sufficient amount? 

    Sleep's okay?

    Because it might improve all those things you mentioned.

    Not to mention if indeed suboptimal testosterone is the issue (excluding conditions like hypogonadism), resistance training, eating enough carbohydrates, correcting sleep and managing stress decently enough may just be enough to fix that.

    I'm yet to see anything in the supplemental or herbal word that's any better than taking sugar pills (long term)

    It's kinda dumb and simplistic but from my experience the most basic strategies are the most underutilized ones

    TRT is certainly an option but I'd leave it as a last resort where everything else has failed and where levels are so low that they are now increasing your risk of CVD

  9. Posted

    2 hours ago, Schizophonia said:

    Which ? ?

    Mirtazapine is apparently better for this problem because it is actually an antagonist of adrenalinergic receptors and certain 5-HT receptors implicated in anxiety, nightmares, and insomnia.
    People with PTSD have more adrenaline and are sometimes prescribed beta-blockers in parallel with their usual treatment, precisely for the problems of nightmares, "flashbacks"...

    https://wchh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/pnp.418

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4818733/

    So yeah, maybe change the medication (not necessarily Mirtazapine) I guess.

    at the moment escitalopram as that seems the be the first one that does not make her gain weight and cause headaches - still not ideal. I don't prescribe pharmacology so its outside of my scope to change them. That's a psychiatry work. 

    She definitely has PTSD problem but somehow I think more meds aren't the solution here. Beta-blockers, in UK are prescribed mostly for hypertension, you would struggle to get a prescription for mental health. Basically, she has been put on meds and sent home...that's a standard approach from the NHS. 

    I think if she could go off, 5-HTP or SJW would be the way forward (alongside other tools) 

    1 hour ago, integral said:

    Is she living in a secure environment? I had a ex gf whos trauma was healed during our dating she would have constant night terrors reliving the trauma for years and would wake up in the middle of the night calling me. What helped was a change in environment and meeting her security needs, if we think about it from Maslow's hierarchy. Took about 6 months after she moves house, reduced contact with toxic people and surrounded herself with healthy ones. 

    I totally believe this can be achieved and if I had a 100% free hand in this (untied by the NHS) , could follow her around for 24-hrs a day and control her environment and guide her through mindfulness therapy, she'd probably be off in 2 months but there are limits to what can be achieved through online communication. Your girlfriend was lucky to have a stage Yellow dude around :) Most people are not so lucky, I think her bf is stage orange guy who does not himself lead the best type of lifestyle. 

    1 hour ago, integral said:

    From personal experience with sleeping issues but not with reoccurring dreams is that eating heavy foods to close to bed time or taking supplements like B-complex, vitamin C or Ashwagandha any time during the day can cause vivid dreams (disturbance) at night. So if she is taking anything its better to experiment avoiding them to see if that helps. She could also be sensitive to coffee if she is drinking that every morning or evening. Also if she has any gas build up in her digestion track the pressure in the intestines stresses the system and keeps the body with high cortisol during the night causing sleeping issues. 

    She is taking both of those vits already along with Omega 3s, magnesium (all self-prescribed) , I'm a bit worried to put her on any herb as these things interact with meds a lot and has has already gone through an episode of serotonin syndrome in the past. 

    yah coffee is a good call, she said it does not impact her but I don't believe that. Reduction is caffeine is one my goals with her. 

    Another issue is that she exercises an insane amount of time and has a bit of an adrenaline addiction in that way, I think and that's something that we also need to fix by getting her to slow down. 

    1 hour ago, integral said:

    ith anti-depressants when I met my current gf she was taking them, so I immediately worked with her to start the gym and reduce the dosage slowly over a 2 months until she was off of it. Because of the high she was getting from our new relationship and life style changes she got off of them with 0 withdrawals, at some point she just stopped taking them with out following the proper reduction protocol because she was high on life lol. 

    like I said, she is lucky to have a dude next to her who can lead her through that :) that's an inspiring story! 

  10. Posted

    @Lila9 @Jacob Morres :x

    10 hours ago, aurum said:

    Bessel talks a lot about its ability to work with nightmares related to trauma in The Body Keeps The Score. Never dealt with these kind of nightmares personally, but in my experience EMDR definitely is effective and worth investigating.

    thank you, I will look into this. Would you suggest recommendig the book to them? I haven't read it myself but heard great things about it. 

    It seems to be that the true reason is the physical body is constantly on the run away from the emotional body that is trying to process trauma that happened to her during covid and the only time that happens is in the middle of the night which leads to all these nightmares. We're trying to work on that. Appreciate the response

    @Schizophonia  thank you for the elaborate response. The issue I am facing is that she is on SSRIs which are messing up with her serotonin system already so yah it might be that it is not helping for sure. I can't do anything about that unless she decides to temper off and her psychiatrist needs to approve it. I've gone down that route with others and it is a messy process. ST John's Wort and Saffron could hold her psychologically during SSRi withdrawal but her doc needs to be onboard and they usually don't like to be. SSRI for life is easier. 

    16 hours ago, Schizophonia said:

    People also report nightmares or at least dreaming faster after high choline intake or at least after taking substances that increase acetylcholinergic signaling.

    Having analysed her diet, the choline intake is pretty standard so not sure if this would have to do anything with it. 

     

  11. Posted

    I think you just need more recipes. Vegetables do not diminish in quality by being cooked or fried. The nutrient loss is negligible if you eat plenty of them.

    Think: soups, stews, curries, chillies, meat/tofu/lentil dishes of all sorts. Vegetables can be used in 100 different ways and the combinations are endless.

    Get yourself one or two cookbooks from a library and start experimenting ?

  12. Posted

    I'm working with someone who keeps having persistent nightmares returning to traumatic experiences of the past. 

    And while we've improved other areas of their life, this one isn't improving much. They are already working with a psychotherapist but I feel like this needs a different approach but is beyond my scope of practice. 

    Can you guys recommend any books or tips for someone going through this? 

    Thanks! :)

  13. Posted · Edited by Michael569

    4 hours ago, Twega said:

    n a separate note, I would love to hear your thoughts on some of his claims of downsizing the effect of nutrition on health (dismissing epidemiology). I respect him very much, but everything I've learned about health/my own intuition cannot bring myself to believe his claim...

    yeah that's an area where I don't agree with him but then it is not his interest, you can see that he considers nutrition inferior to things like athleticism which is his primal topic. I would love if he brought on Drive people like Chris Gartner, Ross Taylor or Kevin Hall to talk about that bit. Layne Norton was on a few times but they ended up talking about exercise nutrition .... as is always the case with BioLayne  - I don't think Layne is quite there yet when it comes to topics like SFAs, seed oils and cardiovascular health nutrition. 

     

  14. Posted · Edited by Michael569

    the ultimate question as a health educator & science communicator is what problem are you solving? People on the internet have gotten used to not paying for information unless that information are nische to a problem that they are trying to fix where they haven't been able to get free help. 

    The second question is also, who is your audience? Because you can't talk to the lay audience the same way you would talk to an expert audience. You're either overwhelm one or bore (even offend) the other. 

    Have a look at what Peter Attia does for example. He is a clinician but also a health educator for medical professionals and clinicians. His information is not super well-suited for a general audience and in order to benefit from his Drive podcast and his paid membership, one needs to have a higher level of prior knowledge. 

    On the other hand, someone like Rangan Chaterjee talks more to a lay audience. His content is simple, basic. His books can be read by children and adults and all will benefit from it. But if you are a health professional or a clinician, you won't find much that is new there. 

    So figuring out who you're talking to is important. Trying to talk about complex biochemical pathways to lay audience will lead to loss of attention very quickly. 

    This is an issue I struggle with myself and crack my head with a lot. How to talk so that you capture attention online. My main platforms are Instagram and Facebook right now but the view count is still poor so I try to optimise thre way I write, the design, the length, CTAs and all of that. 

    Knowing who you're talking to in each video and what problem are you helping to solve is likely to help 

    Good luck!

  15. Posted · Edited by Michael569

    7 hours ago, Someone here said:

     yeah that's suitable for you

    calling me immature? :P

    7 hours ago, Someone here said:

    Why don't you just try and engage in other subforums than the health section?

    I believe in distributing my attention into as few subjects as possible helps me stay focused and consistent. Also, I try not to comment on things where I have low level of expertise and experience as it may just be wasting everyone's time. 

    I practice a lot of spirituality for personal use but would not call myself proficient so generally stay away from those discussions :) plenty of people around here who are better suited to comment on most of those topics. 

    With time, priorities might shift, but for now that's what it is 

  17. Posted · Edited by Michael569

    @zurew while it would probably include selling a big chunk of my integrity, from a financial perspective being able to leave corporate would probably be worth it :D 

    On 09/06/2023 at 3:40 PM, integral said:

    Make a Bryan Johnson how to guide on youtube with full cooking instruction

    I already have those kinds of videos up there :D..when I was still making content that is.... I made a few legume veg batch cook videos 9_9 Dunno why I stopped making those; probably too much work and editing 

  18. Posted · Edited by Michael569

    On 6/9/2023 at 10:34 AM, LfcCharlie4 said:

    Sunlight avoidance? 

    wrinkles and skin ageing - I am not a huge advocate of complete sun avoidance but anyone who wants to go into this and look like a teenager in their 40s need to minimise sunlight exposure and supplement the vitamin D or get it from a diet. 

    On 6/9/2023 at 10:34 AM, LfcCharlie4 said:

    think all the Bio-Hackers admit 85% come from the basics. 

    Yah, I agree. There is a lot of hype around the supplements he is using and the most important factors (lifestyle, diet and mental aspects) are easily forgotten.

  19. Posted

    Well, I officially have a first client who wants to go elbows deep into this protocol :D You don't realise how much nitty gritty there is until you start to properly dig into the protocol. I mean the guy eats 16 pounds of black lentils a month!! 

    The diet part is more or less doable although very restrictive but it is the supplement bit that concerns me a bit and the fact that folks are just buying packs of 30 supplemental boxes without any understanding of what they can do and how they can interact with eachother. 

    I don't think Bryan appreciates how some of these supplements can contraindicate each other, not to mention people are taking all sorts of meds which can also be contraindicated. There should probably be more warnings about this all over the page. 

    Nevertheless, he is slowly influencing a small generation of excited young men who basically want to become superheroes : D

    The potential risk I'm seeing are major health anxieties, ageing phobia, paranoia and obsession about getting endless amount of results. Bryan himself admits that he has now stopped making progress, seems like a lot of the benefits are really down to extremely low body fat, sunlight avoidance and caloric restriction. 

    The question is, can this be kept for another 20 years? 

  20. Posted · Edited by Michael569

    @integral just get her ferrous bis-glycinate, it has by far the best absorption, no constipation issues, and the cost compared to ferrous sulphate isn't substantial. Start at 50mg and see how she responds. 

    And it is much harder to over supplement on such a low dose. Of course, keep monitoring. She should be having blood checks once a month, ideally 

    Her diet is also important - investing in addition of some supreme vegan iron sources like molasses, black olives, dried morel mushrooms, kelp, red lentils, wakame and artichokes might help. Alsom plenty of vitamin C rich foods alongside of it. Squeeze in a few drops of lime  on the top of each meal and have her eat lots of fruits and berries. 

    Good luck ! 

  22. Posted · Edited by Michael569

    1 hour ago, Something Funny said:

    Most of the people who are "against" veganism here only comment because they want to inflame and create debates and disagreements on the forum.

    This is nothing new. These sorts of debates have been on the forum ever since it was started in 2016. One way or another, Vegans and non-vegans have always disagreed with each other, that's not a reason enough to close a thread. I don't have enough evidence yet to tell that it was done to "inflame the debate". 

    We try to be inclusive to all perspectives however offensive, hateful and hyper dogmatic comments are moderated where possible. 

    1 hour ago, Something Funny said:

    Schizophonia has openly admitted a few times that the only reason he engages in the discussion here is because he enjoys trolling.

    Those sorts of comments need to be reported to us the next time you see them. I know he has done that a few times in the past but his recent comments seem alright 

    1 hour ago, Something Funny said:

    I do apologize for the strong language  but I am honestly not sure why this thread still hasn't been closed for comments as there is nothing good coming out of it. 

    I do agree that the thread has been derailed and OP probably has already got the answers he was looking for but if we were to close each topic that gets derailed, half of the posts would be locked on the forum by now. 

    1 hour ago, Something Funny said:

    Is that because it was created by a moderator?

    No, the topic would have been treated the same, were it created by any user. 

  23. Posted · Edited by Michael569

    Somehow I feel this won't catch up the way Google Glasses didn't. It looks stupid and it is not something people will talk about to others because well....it looks stupid 

    The idea is great but basically what we're looking at is a bigger plasma screen and a new way to watch porn and play video games. Hard to say if that will be enough to justify. Sounds like Apple is trying to dominate the VR market as well. 

    At that price tag even hardcore applegeeks will have hard time justifying the cost considering it is not something you can wear in an office. 

    If they can give it a stylish near Ray-Ban type of look that people will be proud to wear outdoors, it may catch up. Unless they can create an entire culture around looking like a Scuba diver in an office being somehow the new thing the samw way their air buds caught up because people were not shy to use them around others 

  24. Posted · Edited by Michael569

    There are many ways to get a word out. 

    1. social media - Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Linkedin all have their pros and cons but audience can be reached. Having small private groups or p[ublic account and making regular contribution is a way to build following - although lately it seems to me that unless you do shorts and reels, the algorithms no longer care. 
    2. you can give free talks at schools for kids with special needs, universities, public libraries etc - basiclaly figure out where a lot of people with ADHD hang out and do a bit of a PR by sharing free information but not giving it away fully 
    3. you can create some form of freebie that you will be exchanging for emails to build up a subscription platform and then send newsletters
    4. you could be blogging, that is a good way to rank up in SEO - although that's not an easy path to walk and you will need a website. 

    Basically what I'm telling you is - you can have the best solution in the world but if people dont know you, dont trust you, are not convinced it works - you won't make any money on it. The world out there is cut-throat. People lie all the time, they scheme, look for shortcuts and sell garbage & poison that doesn't work. Convincing a potential client that your solution actually works is like rolling a ball up the hill

    Doesnt mean it never works but it is not easy 

    If you are trying to sell an honest solution, it is not easy to get your word out. Coming from a personal experience...