What are the most nutrient dense foods? How is it calculated?
This video is a long time favorite of many nutrition enthusiasts. It covers the topic of the puzzling problem of calculating nutrient density in foods, accounting for calories and water weight. The results presented are amazing.
Source: Mathieu Lalonde, Ph.D is an organic chemist with a postdoc in inorganic chemistry from Harvard University.
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Dr Ramani says the research on rebound relationships shows they aren’t as bad as once thought. They act like a palette cleanser. They often reboot people and get the previous relationship off a person’s mind so they don’t sit around ruminating. Importantly, this contradicts what is widely considered to be common knowledge that rebound romantic relationships aren’t healthy. Apparently they can be.
Source: Dr. Ramani Durvasula, Psychologist; Sexual Disorientation Episode 23 ~23:20
Dr Ramani is also an author and has published multiple books. Her specialty is examining and treating clinical narcissism.
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NAD+ NADH Ratio for Epilepsy
“One of the proposed benefits of the ketogenic diet, particularly for the anti-seizure effects that it has for epileptics, is really that it shifts this redox potential. And that the additional—I’m pretty sure it’s NAD+ goes up. NAD+ over NADH, when you’re on the ketogenic diet for a while, that it’s actually the excess NAD+ that is providing the therapeutic benefit. This is one of the proposed mechanisms of action for the benefit of the ketogenic diet in something like epilepsy.”
—Dr. Trey Suntrup, PhD in physics and engineering; Healthy Rebellion Radio – Salty Talk 17
Dr. Trey Suntrup was discussing this off the top of his head and he mentioned there is the remote possibility he may have the ratio backwards. He said he is pretty sure it is NAD+ that goes up but anyone viewing this citation should review the literature and make sure it’s not backwards.
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Carnosine for Fibromyalgia
“[Chad Macias] suggested that carnosine, an intracellular pH buffer used by muscle cells, would get more to the root of the issue. In the podcast, he discusses studies he did with Lactigo, a topical spray with transdermal carnosine, to help with delayed-onset muscle soreness (DOMS) and fibromyalgia.
Another way to increase carnosine levels is with beta-alanine. Beta-alanine combines with the amino acid histidine to form carnosine. Since carnosine is broken down in the digestive tract, it is considered more effective to supplement with beta-alanine than with carnosine itself.”
—Chris Masterjohn PhD, “Beta-Alanine for Twitching”, Newsletter
Preface
Back in February of 2019 I came across a weird book and seminar called Dead Doctors Don’t Lie, in which a veterinarian and/or farmer and/or naturopathic clinician—I’m not clear on what the author’s credentials are, or if he has any at all—tries to make a case for how many diseases are caused by nutrient deficiencies and that we are supposedly acutely aware of this fact if we are discussing farm animals, but we are reluctant to acknowledge it in humans. It must be reiterated that most of his observations or knowledge he claims to have is in veterinary nutrition for animals.
I don’t know whether Joel D. Wallach (author) is a reliable source, as I haven’t spent much time researching him or his work. In fact, it seems a lot of people dislike him. But there are some things that are true:
- Mild nutrient deficiencies can cause diseases in different individuals and these diseases and symptoms can be corrected with nutrient supplementation. This is absolutely true.
- Medical Doctors receive practically no training in nutrition (about 20 hours for all of medical school)
- Many doctors are arrogant and dismiss nutrition as a factor. They don’t even want to acknowledge the existence of it. And therefore doctors become an unreliable source as to whether nutrition can actually help with disease.
- In this current climate of doctors failing to consider nutrition nor test for it, we have to turn to outsiders for possible insight. Especially in desperate situations.
So what did I hear?
One of the things said in Dead Doctor’s Don’t Lie—the audio seminar version I was listening to, actually—was that he believes copper deficiency contributes to aneurysms in animals.
This observation was meaningful for me in two ways:
First, I diagnosed my own copper deficiency and verified it via lab test. I have been taking copper bisglycinate to correct this. I have not taken a follow up test yet.
Second, I have a friend who has an aneurysm in their brain. Since one can test for copper deficiency for about $30 out of pocket, it would seem reasonable for anyone who has an aneurysm to check their copper status based on this notion. It might yield some interesting results.
Before you dive off the deep end, I recommend the book Testing Nutritional Status: The Ultimate Cheat Sheet instead. The author has a PhD in Nutritional Sciences. You can trust everything in that book and it all pertains to humans. Then, if you truly want, you can explore the wacky world of wild claims about nutrition as it pertains to animals. But take everything there with a massive grain of salt.
In this interview, Jordan Peterson discusses his journey around the world trying to find relief from benzodiazepine withdrawals—a fate he says is worse than death.
He describes agonizing torture similar to being shocked with a cattle prod (akathisia) and is less preferable to being flogged. He experiences time distortions, hallucinations, tremors, and forgets how to lay down.
Finally he was treated with an adjustment to his meds and/or a rapid drug detox assisted by blood transfusion, most of which occurred while unconcious under the effects of the sedative propofol. I believe some drug tapering was involved as well.
Be sure to see all of the resources compiled in the description of the video. They are numerous.
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Interesting Uses of Glycine
I buy glycine in bulk because it is a sweet-tasting protein that can be used as sugar replacement in beverages. I use it for partially sweetening my homemade electrolytes. Most people can use it to replace some of the sugar of their Kool-aid. Up to 10g of glycine per day is appropropriate for the average human. That’s about 2 tsp of bulk powder, not counting what you might get from diet.
Tip: Don’t count grams of isolated protein like glycine toward your protein goals if you’re on a diet that counts grams. Don’t count collagen either.
More Uses for Glycine
“In schizophrenics, 60 grams of glycine per day has been shown to have anti-psychotic effects.”
“Supplementing with 3 grams of glycine before bed helps you fall asleep and also increases sleep quality.”
Chris Masterjohn, PhD; The Genius Life Episode 66: The Truth About Collagen, Optimizing Iron Levels, and the Little-Known Skin Vitamin
“Taking 3-5 grams of glycine with a meal has been shown to stabilize blood sugar.”
Further Reading
Paul Stamets claims he cured his debilitating stutter with a high dose of psilocybin mushrooms. This remedy has lasted his entire life.
And Paul’s friend temporarily alleviated his age-related hearing loss with psilocybin mushrooms and did not require a hearing aid—for several days, if I recall.
Besides these strange experiences, I want to highlight something important Paul said about lead contamination. He warned to be careful buying imported mushroom supplements because they are often contaminated with lead. For this reason he recommends getting supplements from his own company, Host Defense, because they are aware of this issue and are lead free. Based on other things I’ve read, lead contamination in supplements is a very real issue, because of how little regulation they receive. I would take his advice seriously.
“… low levels of sodium, magnesium and potassium will make it very difficult for your brain to carry the very signals it needs to to make milk.
All the teas, smoothies, oatmeal and lactation cookies in the world won’t help if you have low electrolytes, specifically sodium.
Mothers who are nursing are told to “drink tons of water” and are forcing down exorbitant amounts like over a gallon. This can actually make your production problems worse as you further dilute your blood-sodium levels and bringing on a host of other nagging symptoms. (Faintness, Spinning room, ringing in the ears, headaches, heart palpitations and more)
See my previous electrolyte post.”
Robb Wolf; Facebook, 2020-05-22
This clinician says that “Hashimoto’s” patients see benefit on an anti-lectin diet. He doesn’t talk about “Hashimoto’s” in detail but the entire video is on what lectins are and why they are problematic. I linked you to the minute he mentions Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis. Clinical anecdotes can be a somewhat useful place to start. I hope it helps you on your health journey.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kmo5UcGPXo&t=2381