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Late thread because my network hasn’t been working lately but this is what I did:
1. Thiamine
I’ve been megadosing thiamine HCL for a couple of months and recently added benfotiamine as well, but thiamine HCL has been more effective for me personally. 100-200 mg (that is thiamine itself) per day after a meal. Quickly helped with my muscle twitching and rigidity. I could relax better after a stressful day and my sleep improved tremendously. After a while, my alcohol tolerance started to drop significantly. I used to average a fifth of vodka, a bottle of wine and several pints of beer per night, almost every day, if I could afford it. Now I’m off the hard liquor and get a buzz from a couple of beers again. Planning on further cutting down on alcohol. My mental clarity has improved and after a couple of months, my sun intolerance was gone. I used to get a terrible heat rash and itch all over my body when it was sunny outside or when I’d be sweating. Now I can spend hours in direct sunlight. I also don’t burn anymore. Which brings me to
2. Sunlight
Since restoring my thiamine levels has enabled me to get those sunrays on my skin again without itching, I’ve been trying to have at least two intense sunbathing sessions per week. Needless to say that sunlight is essential for us. My skin got better, my life-long seborrheic dermatitis has dramatically improved, I have much more energy, my sleep has gotten deeper, I’m calmer, more stress-tolerant and less inhibited and my overall mental health is just way better compared to what it was when I was rotting inside all day long.
3. Minerals
Absolute game changer for my chronic muscle pain. I used to be sore for days after just going for a walk. Like getting hit by a truck. I was feeling like an 80 yo grandpa and blamed it on aging and the after-effects of botulinum toxin-related nerve damage. It was so bad that I suspected I might have CFS or fibromyalgia. Turns out I had been lacking electrolytes for a long time, especially potassium, calcium and magnesium. I introduced organic blackstrap molasses into my daily diet (or coffee). 1-2 tablespoons per day. Blackstrap molasses are rich in potassium, calcium, magnesium, copper, iron, chromium and manganese. I also drink mineral water with high calcium and magnesium occasionally and it’s working wonders for my muscles. Minerals are essential for proper nerve and enzyme function. I can be physically active now and feel fine the next day with little to no soreness, like when I was a child. I’m going to make my own electrolyte blend consisting of calcium & magnesium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate and potassium citrate and drink it throughout the day to stay properly hydrated and keep a decent supply of electrolytes. Properly balanced and way cheaper than the crap you can buy.
4. Methylfolate
I’m taking 400 mcg of L-5-methyltetrahydrofolate per day. MTHF acts as an antioxidant that inhibits BH4/tetrahydrobiopterin breakdown, which is an essential cofactor for the tyrosine and tryptophan hydroxylase enzymes, which are the rate-limiting steps in the synthesis of dopamine and serotonin. After reincorporating quatrefolic back into my daily regimen, my anhedonia has lifted and I’m feeling more balanced mentally. I made a thread on methylfolate a while back: https://looksmax.org/threads/the-missing-link-in-depression-anhedonia-and-low-dopamine.712288/
MTHF supplementation is pointless when you comsume a lot of greens through your diet, which are naturally rich in it, but since my diet consists mainly of meat and eggs, it’s definitely helping and will probably be a long-term staple for me, just like thiamine. There are no sides either.
There’s this debate on supplements and I agree that most supplements are indeed just cope for most people. Vitamin D and omega 3 fatty acids are massively overhyped. Protein powder/amino acids, collagen and sports supplements in general are absolutely useless and nobody needs to take zinc or iron. But one thing that literally everybody with any kind of chronic condition should be taking in my opinion is thiamine. I see all these people with multiple sclerosis and chronic fatigue/myalgic encephalomyelitis using massive doses of vitamin D as part of the coimbra protocol who are not getting better. Some even develop kidney stones and end up worse. Many of them would greatly improve with thiamine. Also a water filtering system, sunlight, minerals (preferably through wild herbs), keto diet, fasting and in some cases even nicotine.
Nobody is born with MS, ME/CFS, Parkinson’s, diabetes or alzheimer’s. They’re just given the wrong advice. They’re prescribing heavy pharmaceutical drugs for conditions that can literally be prevented or cured with nicotine alone. Such as Parkinson’s, dementia and IBD. Even schizophrenia, MS and osteoarthritis can be greatly improved with nicotine. Even infections with certain variants of covid-19, as ridiculous as that may sound. Which is why the smoke-free policy has been installed and as a result, the prevalence of these diseases has risen significantly. So they could push their drugs and make money off the chronically ill. The two most effective natural remedies for a wide range of diseases known to man are literally tobacco and coffee and they’re trying everything in their power to get us off of them through fearmongering, contamination with toxic chemicals or by raising prices and taxes.
Tl;dr: Thiamine, sunlight, minerals
1. Thiamine
I’ve been megadosing thiamine HCL for a couple of months and recently added benfotiamine as well, but thiamine HCL has been more effective for me personally. 100-200 mg (that is thiamine itself) per day after a meal. Quickly helped with my muscle twitching and rigidity. I could relax better after a stressful day and my sleep improved tremendously. After a while, my alcohol tolerance started to drop significantly. I used to average a fifth of vodka, a bottle of wine and several pints of beer per night, almost every day, if I could afford it. Now I’m off the hard liquor and get a buzz from a couple of beers again. Planning on further cutting down on alcohol. My mental clarity has improved and after a couple of months, my sun intolerance was gone. I used to get a terrible heat rash and itch all over my body when it was sunny outside or when I’d be sweating. Now I can spend hours in direct sunlight. I also don’t burn anymore. Which brings me to
2. Sunlight
Since restoring my thiamine levels has enabled me to get those sunrays on my skin again without itching, I’ve been trying to have at least two intense sunbathing sessions per week. Needless to say that sunlight is essential for us. My skin got better, my life-long seborrheic dermatitis has dramatically improved, I have much more energy, my sleep has gotten deeper, I’m calmer, more stress-tolerant and less inhibited and my overall mental health is just way better compared to what it was when I was rotting inside all day long.
3. Minerals
Absolute game changer for my chronic muscle pain. I used to be sore for days after just going for a walk. Like getting hit by a truck. I was feeling like an 80 yo grandpa and blamed it on aging and the after-effects of botulinum toxin-related nerve damage. It was so bad that I suspected I might have CFS or fibromyalgia. Turns out I had been lacking electrolytes for a long time, especially potassium, calcium and magnesium. I introduced organic blackstrap molasses into my daily diet (or coffee). 1-2 tablespoons per day. Blackstrap molasses are rich in potassium, calcium, magnesium, copper, iron, chromium and manganese. I also drink mineral water with high calcium and magnesium occasionally and it’s working wonders for my muscles. Minerals are essential for proper nerve and enzyme function. I can be physically active now and feel fine the next day with little to no soreness, like when I was a child. I’m going to make my own electrolyte blend consisting of calcium & magnesium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate and potassium citrate and drink it throughout the day to stay properly hydrated and keep a decent supply of electrolytes. Properly balanced and way cheaper than the crap you can buy.
4. Methylfolate
I’m taking 400 mcg of L-5-methyltetrahydrofolate per day. MTHF acts as an antioxidant that inhibits BH4/tetrahydrobiopterin breakdown, which is an essential cofactor for the tyrosine and tryptophan hydroxylase enzymes, which are the rate-limiting steps in the synthesis of dopamine and serotonin. After reincorporating quatrefolic back into my daily regimen, my anhedonia has lifted and I’m feeling more balanced mentally. I made a thread on methylfolate a while back: https://looksmax.org/threads/the-missing-link-in-depression-anhedonia-and-low-dopamine.712288/
MTHF supplementation is pointless when you comsume a lot of greens through your diet, which are naturally rich in it, but since my diet consists mainly of meat and eggs, it’s definitely helping and will probably be a long-term staple for me, just like thiamine. There are no sides either.
There’s this debate on supplements and I agree that most supplements are indeed just cope for most people. Vitamin D and omega 3 fatty acids are massively overhyped. Protein powder/amino acids, collagen and sports supplements in general are absolutely useless and nobody needs to take zinc or iron. But one thing that literally everybody with any kind of chronic condition should be taking in my opinion is thiamine. I see all these people with multiple sclerosis and chronic fatigue/myalgic encephalomyelitis using massive doses of vitamin D as part of the coimbra protocol who are not getting better. Some even develop kidney stones and end up worse. Many of them would greatly improve with thiamine. Also a water filtering system, sunlight, minerals (preferably through wild herbs), keto diet, fasting and in some cases even nicotine.
Nobody is born with MS, ME/CFS, Parkinson’s, diabetes or alzheimer’s. They’re just given the wrong advice. They’re prescribing heavy pharmaceutical drugs for conditions that can literally be prevented or cured with nicotine alone. Such as Parkinson’s, dementia and IBD. Even schizophrenia, MS and osteoarthritis can be greatly improved with nicotine. Even infections with certain variants of covid-19, as ridiculous as that may sound. Which is why the smoke-free policy has been installed and as a result, the prevalence of these diseases has risen significantly. So they could push their drugs and make money off the chronically ill. The two most effective natural remedies for a wide range of diseases known to man are literally tobacco and coffee and they’re trying everything in their power to get us off of them through fearmongering, contamination with toxic chemicals or by raising prices and taxes.
Tl;dr: Thiamine, sunlight, minerals
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