Hey, everyone.
Been lurking for a while and just joined (that "register" link pops up only periodically).
I'm 50, male, 6', and thought I was in pretty good shape. Had 110/70 BP and a lean body up until about 40 when I weighed 175-180 lbs. My dad got type2 diabetic later in life so I tracked my glucose all through my 30s and typically was 70-90 fasted. Likely drank a bit too much too regularly and ballooned to 195+ over the last decade and got hypertensive (160/90). This past June I suffered a mild heart attack (non-STEMI) shortly after a vacation where I had gotten my first case of COVID (presented as a 103F fever only). I can't prove it was the JnJ shot but the probability in my mind is definitely non-zero. The heart attack was only detected because my troponin levels were elevated beyond baseline but not by much. I was given the choice of a stress test or an angiogram and went with the angiogram so I would know *for sure* what was going on. Turns out I had 3-vessel disease with Type A lesions in the 3 main vessels amounting to 80+% blockage in each. Three stents later and good as new, lol.
My family has a little history of heart disease but not until much later in life (70+). So to find this out when I was 49 was a bit difficult. All those years of avoiding SAD and eating "right" didn't amount to a hill of beans. Since the heart attack I have re-focused on diet and exercise. Brad Marshall @ fireinabottle led me here. Not a drop of seed oils since July though I still eat beef + lamb with their PUFA.
Aside from my prescribed meds, I now take the following to supplement my diet. I know the goal is to eat so well you never need a supplement, but I don't think that's achievable, period.
5000 IU D3 (year round)
3 grams Vitamin C as ascorbic acid (added to my black tea + honey)
800 IU Vitamin E (Solgar mixed tocopherols but starting to use Tocovit from @haidut now, taken in morning)
3 grams Vitamin B3 (divided per the work done by Abram Hoffer)
2 black garlic pills daily (natural ACE inhibitor to augment my prescribed beta blocker)
1 b-complex multi
1 liter of k-water (potassium taurine bicarbonate, 6.5 grams of potassium bicarb + 6.5g taurine)
Vitamin K2 1200 mcg (taken in evening away from vitamin E)
From this forum I was introduced to Abram Hoffer and went down the B3 rabbit hole. That inevitably led me to doctoryourself.org and the Shutes' work with vitamin E. I had already heard of Dr. Linus Pauling and was supplementing 1g+ vitamin C; that's increased now as I try my hand at the concept of orthomolecular treatment.
For exercise I've gotten back to doing Heavyhands (google for Leonard Schwarz) and that's been going great. My cardio fitness is quite good and getting better. I've had an Oura ring for the past 2 years and tracked my HRV (heart rate variability) religiously. I was disappointed when my average HRV was bracketed between 20 and 40ms back then. Post heart attack, my HRV is typically sub-20ms. Sigh. Even sleeping grounded (I use my home's water pipe as ground instead of the electrical outlet) hasn't done much to improve that number.
As you can see, I am now fully wedded to exercise and a Peat-like diet with the addition of some megadose vitamins with grounding as a kicker. Something's gotta help, right?
Anyway, thought I'd introduce myself and say hello.
Been lurking for a while and just joined (that "register" link pops up only periodically).
I'm 50, male, 6', and thought I was in pretty good shape. Had 110/70 BP and a lean body up until about 40 when I weighed 175-180 lbs. My dad got type2 diabetic later in life so I tracked my glucose all through my 30s and typically was 70-90 fasted. Likely drank a bit too much too regularly and ballooned to 195+ over the last decade and got hypertensive (160/90). This past June I suffered a mild heart attack (non-STEMI) shortly after a vacation where I had gotten my first case of COVID (presented as a 103F fever only). I can't prove it was the JnJ shot but the probability in my mind is definitely non-zero. The heart attack was only detected because my troponin levels were elevated beyond baseline but not by much. I was given the choice of a stress test or an angiogram and went with the angiogram so I would know *for sure* what was going on. Turns out I had 3-vessel disease with Type A lesions in the 3 main vessels amounting to 80+% blockage in each. Three stents later and good as new, lol.
My family has a little history of heart disease but not until much later in life (70+). So to find this out when I was 49 was a bit difficult. All those years of avoiding SAD and eating "right" didn't amount to a hill of beans. Since the heart attack I have re-focused on diet and exercise. Brad Marshall @ fireinabottle led me here. Not a drop of seed oils since July though I still eat beef + lamb with their PUFA.
Aside from my prescribed meds, I now take the following to supplement my diet. I know the goal is to eat so well you never need a supplement, but I don't think that's achievable, period.
5000 IU D3 (year round)
3 grams Vitamin C as ascorbic acid (added to my black tea + honey)
800 IU Vitamin E (Solgar mixed tocopherols but starting to use Tocovit from @haidut now, taken in morning)
3 grams Vitamin B3 (divided per the work done by Abram Hoffer)
2 black garlic pills daily (natural ACE inhibitor to augment my prescribed beta blocker)
1 b-complex multi
1 liter of k-water (potassium taurine bicarbonate, 6.5 grams of potassium bicarb + 6.5g taurine)
Vitamin K2 1200 mcg (taken in evening away from vitamin E)
From this forum I was introduced to Abram Hoffer and went down the B3 rabbit hole. That inevitably led me to doctoryourself.org and the Shutes' work with vitamin E. I had already heard of Dr. Linus Pauling and was supplementing 1g+ vitamin C; that's increased now as I try my hand at the concept of orthomolecular treatment.
For exercise I've gotten back to doing Heavyhands (google for Leonard Schwarz) and that's been going great. My cardio fitness is quite good and getting better. I've had an Oura ring for the past 2 years and tracked my HRV (heart rate variability) religiously. I was disappointed when my average HRV was bracketed between 20 and 40ms back then. Post heart attack, my HRV is typically sub-20ms. Sigh. Even sleeping grounded (I use my home's water pipe as ground instead of the electrical outlet) hasn't done much to improve that number.
As you can see, I am now fully wedded to exercise and a Peat-like diet with the addition of some megadose vitamins with grounding as a kicker. Something's gotta help, right?
Anyway, thought I'd introduce myself and say hello.
