What I've healed from

[hooligan]

I have managed to Cure these diseases in myself:

chronic fatigue, chemical sensitivity, major food sensitivity, bipolar disorder, dissociation/loss of reality, anxiety, panic attacks, fibromyalgia, depression.

Still working on:
healing cavities naturally
a bit of eczema left (got rid of most of it)

If anyone ever wants any advice etc I'm available. Love this community.

[Budge]

I have managed to Cure these diseases in myself:

chronic fatigue, chemical sensitivity, major food sensitivity, bipolar disorder, dissociation/loss of reality, anxiety, panic attacks, fibromyalgia, depression.

Still working on:
healing cavities naturally
a bit of eczema left (got rid of most of it)

If anyone ever wants any advice etc I'm available. Love this community.

Damn! Do you do the Plagues of Egypt for an encore?

[Yodean]

I have managed to Cure these diseases in myself:
chronic fatigue, chemical sensitivity, major food sensitivity, bipolar disorder, dissociation/loss of reality, anxiety, panic attacks, fibromyalgia, depression.
If anyone ever wants any advice etc I'm available. Love this community.

@OrangeNinja: yeh, I will definitely be consulting you in the future. The info on the nuances of honey was quite excellent- I've since switched to better brands.

Also started my own "Orange Program" based loosely on your recommendations: I eat at least one orange a day on average.

It is said "an apple a day keeps the doctor away," but I think an orange a day keeps zee Kovid away! As well as the flu and the common cold, etc. Then again, hard to verify objectively as I haven't been sick for several years. Must be that whole immune system thing, as well as optimized "Terrain Theory."

Btw, any recommendations regarding improving sleep? I have a few stacks of supplements and practices for sleep, but always interested in hearing other ways of improving sleep. To me, high quality sleep is perhaps one of the most important "supplements."

[hooligan]

Re sleep:

Melatonin is healthy and works. take as much as you want. you'll feel it. too much and you'll have too much trouble waking up. its a massive antioxidant and will detox you while making your sleep deeper. quality with supplements matters. vimergy good brand.

body is sensitive to light even if you have a blindfold on. darker the room the better.

EMFs disrupt sleep. wifi off. cell radios off. hardcore: circuit breakers off for bedroom.
Good home engineering has better shielding for house power wiring. in germany they have better standards. Body recharges via earth's magnetic field. Radiation disrupts this and is a subtle prolonged poison.

Clean the blood before sleep. Lemon water. Bit of honey or a date for a bit of blood sugar.

Thyme tea or tincture for sweeter dreams. L-lysine also good for this. 1500mg. Both work in tandem. Lemon balm another good herb here.

Healthier you are the less it all matters, obviously. dont be obsessive, just take steps to improve it if it feels weak.

forgot to mention California Poppy. Has none of the toxicity of opiates. Gentle and healthy but strong sleepy effect. comes from the flower petals. tincture my favorite.

[stefk]

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2 ... 173822.htm

serotonin in the sleep process.

""Cacao helps:

Neurotransmitters: Cacao stimulates the release of phenylethylamine (PEA) which boosts focus and awareness. And anandamide (the bliss molecule) which helps you feel good. Cacao is a source of tryptophan which is the precursor to serotonin. And theobromine which boosts blood flow, is a stimulant, and may account for chocolate’s aphrodisiac qualities.""

https://nootropicsexpert.com/cacao/

Everyday in the morning, I eat a dose of cacao nibs (pure cacao, not chocolate), and icing on the cake, it has an ORAC level of 62000 !!!!!!!

And every night, I sleep like a baby.

[SOL]

According to Ray Peat melatonin is dangerous

“Many health food stores are now selling melatonin, to induce sleep and “prevent cancer.” They have taken some information out of context, and don’t realize how dangerous melatonin is. It makes the brain sluggish, causes the sex organs to shrink, and damages immunity by shrinking the thymus gland. It is the hormone of darkness and winter, and is produced in the pineal gland by any stress which increases adrenalin. Adequate sun light suppresses the formation of melatonin.” -Ray Peat, PhD

Degeneration of the retina is the main cause of blindness in old people. Retinal injury is caused by ordinary light, when the eyes are sensitized by melatonin, prolactin, and polyunsaturated fats. Bright light isn't harmful to the retina, even when it is continuous if the retina isn't sensitized.

Melatonin and prolactin are induced by stress, and darkness is a stress because it impairs mitochondrial energy production. The polyunsaturated fats which accumulate in the brain and retina damage mitochondria.

Iron, which accumulates prenatally, and then again with aging, reacts with unsaturated fats during stress to destroy cells. The popular supplements melatonin, tryptophan, fish oils, St. John's wort, and the various omega -3 oils, all increase the risk of retinal light damage and macular degeneration. Serotonin uptake inhibiting antidepressants are suspected to be able to cause it.

Processes similar to those that damage the over-sensitized retina can occur in other cells, as a result of stress. The substances that sensitize the retina to light-damage, can also increase the incidence of new or metastatic cancers.

Cyclical exposure to melatonin can have an effect on the reproductive system opposite to that of chronic exposure, and the way exogenous melatonin is delivered to the animal can have unexpected effects on the actual amount of melatonin circulating in the blood (Wright and Alves, 2001). The actual amount of melatonin in the tissues, its relation to the normal cycling of the animal, and the influence of temperature, are often disregarded in melatonin research, making it hard to interpret many of the publications.

There is a lot of talk about melatonin’s function as an antioxidant, but, like so many other “antioxidants,” melatonin can act as a pro-oxidant at physiologically relevant concentrations; some studies have found that it, like estrogen, increases the activity of the pro-oxidative free radical nitric oxide (which acts like melatonin on pigment cells, causing them to lighten). The promoters of estrogen are also making claims that estrogen is a protective antioxidant, though that isn’t true of physiological concentrations of estrogen, which can catalyze intense oxidations. The market culture seems to guide most research in these substances.

Almost any kind of stress increases the formation of melatonin.

In some animals, melatonin has been shown to be responsible for whitening of the hair during the winter. In some species it acts directly on the pigment cells, but in other species it seems to inhibit the action of the melanocyte stimulating hormone.

http://raypeat.com/articles/articles/aging-eyes.shtml

He goes on to state elsewhere that taking under 1mg (probably 0.5mg) is not toxic. However, he supports Dark Chocolate and Cocoa Nibs.

I am not sure if it is a Placebo effect, but when I took more than 1mg I felt quite sluggish and slow. However, when I ate dark chocolate anything above 75% with no Lecithin I felt pretty good.

Another Good supplement is L-theanine

Hooligan overall the information you have posted is very good and the ailments you have cured yourself are quite impressive.

[hooligan]

i welcome all disagreement ! learning is good ! let debate fuel it

[hooligan]

what i would argue is that it is released during stress to Stop Stress Damage ... it has a "suspending" effect ... and it oxidizes toxins. The body produces oxidants on its own like hydrogen peroxide which are used in 1000s of cellular functions. Some oxidants are "compatible" and others aren't.

The eye issue isnt an issue while you are sleeping and not taking in light. the idea is to have it active in the blood at night, since the pineal gland produces less than it ought to due to blue light screens etc. you take the pill before bed.

I might hypothesize that it's released during stress also to improve vision slightly, and to help you make critical decisions by slowing your consciousness speed a bit. It has a bit of a starry effect at moderate doses

Crucial would be to research if healthy people produce More or Less, during the day or night. )

It makes you sluggish, it is the "sand" of the "sandman". Take more or less as needed. I am sensitive so a low dose works, and I dont always use it.

For anyone who has trouble getting to sleep it can be a powerful relief to have as a tool. ,!,!

[Yodean]

what i would argue is that it is released during stress to Stop Stress Damage ... it has a "suspending" effect ... and it oxidizes toxins.

The eye issue isnt an issue while you are sleeping and not taking in light. the idea is to have it active in the blood at night, since the pineal gland produces less than it ought to due to blue light screens etc. you take the pill before bed.

For anyone who has trouble getting to sleep it can be a powerful relief to have as a tool. ,!,!

Melatonin is interesting . . . there's a lot of available research on the topic, some of it really good, some questionable, etc.

I have been using melatonin at various doses, off and on, for many years. For the most part I find it quite effective, especially if you are exposed to a lot of light (blue) at night, i.e. watching T.V., working on the computer, etc. The blue light blocking glasses work a bit, and filtering out blue light by adjusting your TV or monitor settings, but I found the blue light blocking glasses somewhat annoying to wear, and always watching stuff without much blue light interferes with my enjoyment of watching something on the TV, so I stopped doing these things. I still keep my computer monitor on predominantly "night" (i.e. very little blue light) settings 90%+ of the time, even during the day, and find I experience less eyestrain.

Also, wrt to dose, besides individual variation, it depends on the route of administration: if you take melatonin sublingually, you will need a much lower dose, since it's more bioavailable; however, if you take it by swallowing a pill, it's only about 20 - 30% as bioavailable (or even less), so that's another factor to consider.

FWIW, wrt to melatonin, my views are quite similar to Hooligan's.

Don't get me wrong, I think Ray Peat is great - I've read most of his _original_ (a lot of internet writers interpret and write about Peat's stuff incorrectly, and miss all the nuances) articles previously, including the one on melatonin, as well as most of the others:

http://raypeat.com/articles/

He tends to be a bit pedantic and difficult to read, especially if you don't have a scientific background, but he makes a lot of good points. I've also listened to some of his YT interviews - quite excellent, but once again, pedantic and somewhat difficult to listen to.

On balance, I would tend to agree with about 80% of what Peat says in general - the melatonin bit falls in the other 20% or so.

What I've found is that Peat tends to get himself in trouble when he starts speculating on practices or supplements he actually has never used or engaged in - he starts talking (or writing) about that topic, then kind of "falls in love" with his ideas a little too much, imho. Examples are intermittent fasting and vigorous exercise - he denounces these practices publicly without (to my best current knowledge) actually having engaged in them, and learning about the nuances and subtleties, as well as proper "dosing," of these powerful practices (when done right).

It's like listening to a virgin with an IQ level of 250 and a PhD talk about sex - yeh, she may know about the mechanics of the deed on a theoretical level, but is she really qualified to opine on the subject? And so forth.

Overall, Peat is great, but once again, as the T.I. admonition goes, there is no perfect guru, whether it's in the financial arena or the health arena. Trust the best and rare experts in a particular field to a certain point, but verify through personal experience.

One woman's poison is another woman's cure.

[AstuteShift]

Melatonin for me is only to be used to reset sleep cycles but chronic use, your body builds a tolerance quickly

The most effective method for a good night sleep is literally turning off all light a couple of hours before bed. Hot shower also to relax.

[scott]

Melatonin for me is only to be used to reset sleep cycles but chronic use, your body builds a tolerance quickly

The most effective method for a good night sleep is literally turning off all light a couple of hours before bed. Hot shower also to relax.

I've been waiting for someone to advise have a good orgasm. Oh, wait no longer.

[langdj]

I have managed to Cure these diseases in myself:

chronic fatigue, chemical sensitivity, major food sensitivity, bipolar disorder, dissociation/loss of reality, anxiety, panic attacks, fibromyalgia, depression.

Still working on:
healing cavities naturally
a bit of eczema left (got rid of most of it)

If anyone ever wants any advice etc I'm available. Love this community.

@hooligan
Glad you did all this but it might be helpful if you mention some of the ways you did this

[Triplethought]

I have managed to Cure these diseases in myself:

chronic fatigue, chemical sensitivity, major food sensitivity, bipolar disorder, dissociation/loss of reality, anxiety, panic attacks, fibromyalgia, depression.

Still working on:
healing cavities naturally
a bit of eczema left (got rid of most of it)

If anyone ever wants any advice etc I'm available. Love this community.

When any natural remedy, supplement, visualization, or prayer manages to cure a case of amputation I will be very impressed. I think "healing cavities" that already exist (short of drilling em out and filling em) would be right up there close with healing an amputation in my book for being very impressive.

[AstuteShift]

I have managed to Cure these diseases in myself:

chronic fatigue, chemical sensitivity, major food sensitivity, bipolar disorder, dissociation/loss of reality, anxiety, panic attacks, fibromyalgia, depression.

Still working on:
healing cavities naturally
a bit of eczema left (got rid of most of it)

If anyone ever wants any advice etc I'm available. Love this community.

When any natural remedy, supplement, visualization, or prayer manages to cure a case of amputation I will be very impressed. I think "healing cavities" that already exist (short of drilling em out and filling em) would be right up there close with healing an amputation in my book for being very impressive.

Soon robotics and AI will fill the gap of supplement. Super human and life extension therapies.

[bpcw]

Anything on high blood pressure and fungus finger nails, I get white patches just on one hand and the palms can be dry, helps to keep moist with coconut oil? Would very much appreciate any help?